Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-22
RAIL PRESIDENTS
0USTEO BY N AO00
WILL NAME FEDERAL DIRECTOR
FOR EACH RAILROAD SYS-
TEN OF NATION.
CUT OFF PAYROLL
IN SURPRISE ORDER
Those Considered Efficient and Who
Have obeyed Orders May Be Reap
pointed to Managerial Positions
Must Resign Official Positions With
Companies.


president in the United States was
relieved from active duty as executive
manager OF his road by Director Gen
eral McAdoo, who will appoint a FED
eral director for each road, respon-
sible only to the railroad administra-
ton, In many cases the president OF
the road may be named federal d.
rector
To safeguard the interests OF stock
holders and maintain the lndivlduahty
OF each railway federal directors.
whenever possible. will be appointed
from among the operating officers OF
the property, the director general an
nounced This will avoid disrupting
any roads working organization I'M
necessarily.
Creates New Districts.
AS another step in the reorSanlza-
ton of railroad management, the dl-
rector general ordered the creation OF
two new operating districts-the Al
legheny region, consisting OF the prln-
cipal trunk lines east OF Pittsburgh.
excluding the New York Central. to
be managed by C. H. Markham. now
regional director for the south, and
the Pocahontas district, consisting OF
the east and west trunk lines termt-
rating at Hampton Roads.
Regional director for the Pocahon-
tas district and for the southern dis
trict to succeed Mr.. Markham will be
appointed soon. A. n Smith Of New
York will continue to act as regional
director for that part Of the east not
Included In the new Allegheny dis
.rict, and district directors will be
named to serve under him as supervis-
ors of roads In New England, and for
the section between Pittsburgh and the
Mississippi river. and north Of the
Ohio river.
Other smaller operating districts will
be created from time to time in the
southern and western regions. now
operated as units by regional directors
of the railroad administration.
Wholesale Order a Surprise.
The first act Of the director general
in executing this new policy was
the removal Of C. W. Huntington, pres
ident of the Virginian railway, as chief
operating officer, on the charge that
he failed to carry out promptly the
railroad administrations instructions
regarding the repair and maintenance
OF his line.
This was thought to be the forerun-
ner OF similar disposition Of a number
of other railroad presidents but an
nouncement Of the plan for wholesale
replacement of railway presidents by
federal directors came as general
surprise at this time.
x@I1 hot In,
proportion Of present railway prest-
dents will be named to manage their
own properties. particularly whenever
the president actually is the most
active operating officer. but in all these
cases the presidents will be required
to resign their official positions with
the companies, land to become exclu-
sive representatives Of the United
States railroad administration"
To BE Paid by Government.
Consequently their salaries will be
paid by the~Eovernment, and they can
receive no pay from the railway cor
poration. AS an indication of what sal
aries they may expect, it became
known last night that most Of Mr.. Nc
Adoo's principal assistants Of the rail-
road administration will get no more
than $4,000 year.
For most Of them, this is much less
than they received as officers or execu-
tivcs Of railroads under private man
agement.
McAdoo's Statement.
The following statement was issued
by Director General McAdoo:
TN view of the direct responsible
ity for the operation Of the railroads
OF the country placed upon Director
General McAdoo by the act of congress,
and by the procla nations of the presl-
don't he has been unable to escape the
conclusion that it will be advisable to
place in direct charge of each property
for operati purposes representa-
tive, to be known as the federal man
ager, who will report to the regional
director.
"As far as practicable this federal
manager will e-chosen from the oper-
ating officers of the particular property
who are entirely familiar with it's en-
plpyes and its conditions.
Except so far as may be necessary
to meet the emergency conditions
which compel tn. government to take
control Of the railroads, the federal
manager Of each railroad Will endeavcr
to avail himself 20 .he,fullest extent Of
the advantages incident to The oper-