Evening star., 1919-12-21
BIC RAIL Salaries
RETURN UNCERTAIN
Officials Pre-War Pay Rang
ed From $4,000 to
100000.

"The railroads of the country are
about to be returned to their former
owners and private management, and
in this connection it is interesting to
consider whether the former salaries
of the high officials of the big sys-
TENS will be restored" says F. L..
Paine. writing in the Financial
World
Under the government control SAL
aries paid to the director general. re-
gional directors and federal managers
have been, as a rule. much less than
that received by them in various high
official positions before the roads
were taken over. For instance. Di-
rector General Walker D. Hines re-
ceives $25,000 as director general
whereas as chairman of the board Of
directors of the Atchison railroad In
1917 Mr.. Hines received $77,210. Re
gional directors are receiving $4,000
to 100000 now for managing and d.
recting the affairs of group of half
dozen roads. where before their
compensation as head of single road
was from $4,000 to $4,000. r. H.
Ashton. as president of the Chicago
and Northwestern, received $5O,24O
per annum. while as regional director
his pay is $4,000. 3. F. Bush, as
president of the Missouri Pacific, re-
ceived $44,170.
Lovett Got sIO4.1O4.1G.
"The highest paid railroad man in
the country in 1917 was X. s. Loett.
chairman of the board of directors
of the Union Pacific. who in that year
received. according to the official rec
ord in the possession Of Representa-
tive Sims of Tennessee. former chair
man of the House committee on in
terstate and foreign commerce, ex-
actly $104.104.16, trifle over $4,000
weekly for the entire year. However.
Jacob NJ. Dickinson. former Secretary
of War. who was afterward named as
receiver of the Chicago. Rock Island
and Pacific railroad, received $120.732
special compensation. but what was
the basis of the computation for such
munificent return for services this Of
fetal received is not known or stated
in the official record"
Salaries Before the War.
The Financial World has obtained a
full list of salaries paid in pre-war
times to all high officials of nearly
all the big railroad systems in the
United States. few of which follow:
Edward p. Ripley. president. Atchi-
son. Topeka and Santa Fe. S70.400:
Marvin Hewitt. chairman. board OF
directors. Chicago and Northwestern.
$60.46O: A. J. Earling. president, Chi
cago. Milwaukee and st. Paul, $75.-
319: Samuel Rea. president, Pennsyl-
vaniA system. $4,000: A. II. Smith,
president. New York Central. $7S.360;
f. r. Thomas. chairman of the board.
Lehigh Valley, S50,SSO; w. H. Trues-
dale. president. Delaware. Lackawan-
ma and Western. $75.399: w. w. After
bury. vice president. Pennsylvania.
$4,000; w. Hayward Meyere. vice
president. Pennsylvania, s35, 200; ]. j.
Turner. vice president, Pennsylvanla,
$4,000: Fairfax Harrison. president.
Southern railway. s50.500: L. E. JEFF
frey, general counsel, Southern rail-
way. $23,OS3; f. E. Loomis. president.
Lehigh Valley, $442S7: G. L. Peck
fourth vice president. PENNSYLVANIA.
S30.O3O: G. NJ. Shriver. vice president.
Baltimore and Ohio. sso:2so: Arthur
w. Thompson, vice president. Balti-
more and Ohio, $a0.510: Frank Trum-
bull. chairman. board Of directors
Chesapeake and Ohio, $2673S; 9. Da-
yies warfeld. chairman of board
Seaboard Air Line. $4,000: Chauncey
NJ Depew, chairman. board OF direc-
tors, New York Central. $25.260 (Mr.
Depew is eighty-three years ODD.
The list publishes about 16o names
of officials whose salaries vary from
that of Mr. Dickinson. with the high
est. to those Of several receiving
$50, 900, the lowest.