Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-22
NEW RAIL WAY PLAN,
NJ 'AD0O ANNOUNCES
Director General Creates Two New
Regions as First Move OF
His New Policy.
WAsurNgroN. MAY q.


D;rcrtor- General MCAdoos announce
ment If the new policy Of railroad control,
d,ctatc. from his sickroOm at home last
night, was as follows
In view Of the drrct responsibility
for tho operation Of the railroads of the
country placed upon DrcctorI' 'eneral
NcAdoo bv the act ot Congress anu by
tho proclamatjnns of the President he
has heen unable to escape tho conclusl"n
that II will he advisable 10 pia"e IN direct
charge of each property tor operating
purposes representative, to br known
as the Federal manager, who VIII report
to The, regional director As lar ~ i'r~-
t,cabIe this Fc,ieral manager will he chosen
from the operating officers ct tho pm-
tic,,Iar property. who are therefore En-
tirely familiar with its employees and with
ita conditions
Except 10, far "a NAV be NECESSARY TO
meet Tho emergency conditions which com
MI The government tu take control ~ the
rs,Irr,ads. the Federal manager ot each
yaIlrNad viii endeavor ~ avail hlinsei 70
tho fullest extent of the advantages met
dent tn the operation ot the paruCmhI
ra,lroad as q unit and the preservation ~
ita identity This is hcueved - he ~
essential Importance. not only - secure
the hest results during tho P"rlod ~
c,,vcrpmrnt control, h1t also to give we
greatest degree ot reasaiFance =" the
officers and employees that the ra'iroa',
careers upon which they nay" en,'''''
vii not he narrnwcd hut. Il anything,
viii ~, brnadened. and t0 give tho greatest
,~,ssihlc rrassiIrancc to the orthoti"Ts
that the,r lust interests N tho properties
will he rrssI~,,,te,i and that nothing wlil he
no,sllcsslv dome to have evcn the ap-
rraranor If ,mralrIng thor just rights
While IN this wav the responsibility Tor
tho operation of the property VIII he
Itrrrtlv 10 the regional directors, and not
IL The boards of directors 4 ~ the purpose
| of The director general to arcori tn TIC
! bnaris If din.ct0rR and their ropre
! esntatIvna the fullest Opportunity ~ keel
/ advised "a tn the operation AMI improve
! uent of the properties and IN MAINTAIN
with tho director general and the reglona
directors the fullest interchange OF vIew'
as ~ what is in the bezt interest Of th'
government and Of tho stockholders
! In the development Of this policy th'
| rx.o,opaI dirc-tors and alro tho Fedora
! maDaerrz will he required 10 SEVER thci
/ official relations With the particular com
/ Dan,es and to become exclusive rrpr'ecn
| tativcs of the nItcd States raIlroa'
administration.
/ The first rnovv>s m the inauguration o
/ This rol,cy will tc through tho creation o
two new regions, To be known rs tn
| "AlIeshcny region" and the 'Pocshonta
region
The Allegheny region viii CONSIST
F, hrpadlv. of the Pennsylvania lines eas
Of and including nttshure and tue
| Bsltin,orv. & Ohio, cast Of b1ttSb'lrS an'
the Ohio river, including fltt&burl
terminals; Bcsxencr 4 Lake Erie fah
| y,sad. Cumberland Valley RaIirOad, Ten
| tral Railroad Of New Jersey, Coal Il OK
! Eailruad. Philadelphia Il Reading kall
| way. Western MARYLAND Railway, Cum
| fs~rland Il Pennsylvania. and Iittsbur
| 4 Lake Erie. This region will he piacn
in charge Of c. II Markham rs rpgiona
dirrc1oy who has rralgned his connection
with the Illinois Central and other CON
| panira). who will have offices III Phi
| adelphia.
| The Pocahontas region will consist {
! tho Chreapeakc & OHIO Railway eaS
| Of Columbus. Cincinnati, and Louisville
| the Norfolk 4 " ester Railway, and TT
| Nirpinian Railway, including the ternlna
of ali lines at Hampton Roads With u
exception Of the Allegheny and u
! Pocahontas regions, the eastern rcglo
will remain as originally defined, vii
"A II. Smith as regional director, an
district directors under regional Ihrect'
Smith will bc appointed for New Eni
land and for that portion Of the caster
region west Of Pittsburg and The Oh
ivrr and south of the Eric man lin
The selection OF the regional dIrecto
for the Pocahontas region and for Il
southern region, succeeding MIR. Mar
hs1n. as well ar Of the two new dIstrl
direc8ors under Regional Director Simt
will be announced later
The same policy viii be applied fro
tsrn<e to time, as rapidly as may be CO.
venient, in other parts OF the oountr
aIrays with the greatest possible regal
for all the interests affected and with
view to preserving intact, as far as re-
sonablv practicable, the operating G
ganizations of the companies.