New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-04
.cAdoo Fau0rs
Consolidation
OF Many Roads

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a tve-ycar period of Federal control
It would be possible by the end o
1913, by reason of economies of opera
ton, to effect a considerable reduc
tom IN rates without in any way low
ering the wages Of the railroad en-
ploymont, provided the traffic remained
as heavy as it was last year.
Cooperation Withheld
Such economies, he contcnded
would be Impossible of adoption with
IN the period cf twenty one months
The shorter time, he declared woul'
encourage the railroad owners and Of
fcers to withhold the necessary co
had been experienced ~ this connec
/ ton. With a longer period Of Fed
RAJ control assured, he declared, thu
railroads would find it to their intercs
( to appropriate The funds required To-
TIE needed bctterments and extern
! sions
Thus, he assured the committee hi
was CONVINCED that a fair test of gov
crnnent Control was possible only BY
extending the period to five years.
, Senator Kellogg took vigorous excep
Mc.adoo was not proposing to try out
in that period more than one form OF
government control.
Control He Proposes
In his prepared statement, which rc-
viewed in detail the experience OF
! government control of the roads. Mr.
/ McAdoo enumerated the following as
( changes in railroad operation, inaug
! mated during the last year which he
/ thought should be continued perman
emily ii possible, under any form Of
control which might be decided upor
/ by Congress:
THE maintenance of the permit
system so as to control the traffic at
/ its source.
2-The maintenance of heavy loads
for cars.
3 The pooling of repair shops.
1.-The elimination of circuitous
routes.
5-The unfcation of terminals,
6-Ihe maintenance of the sail
! ing day plan"
The consolidation of ticket of
fees,
S-The utilization of universal
mileage tickets.
9-The standardization Of equip
ment.
l0-The maintenance of the uni
tolm freight classification introduced
by the United States Railroad Adj
mlnistration
+ 1.-THE maintenance of common
tme tables between important
II. The maintenance of HIGH de-
murrage rates and uniform rules
10. The establishment of through
way billing freight from point of
origin to destination.
Ia. Rendering unnecessary the re-
bllllng by connecting or intermcdi-
ate routes.
Is. The elimination of the old
practice of paying in mileage or per
diem rental for the use Of freight
or passenger cars Of one carrier by
another
IL. The simplifcation of the old
practice of apportioning interline
passenger revenue
~. The utilization of water routes
Tor the relief of crowded rail lines.
More Adequate Regulation
Some of these reforms, Mr.. Meade,
pointed out, could be continued unde
private operation, while others conf,
not. Personally, he declared. he be
lleved that the ultimate solution of tn,
railroad problem was not in govern
ment ownership, but under more ade
quate regulation and control under pri
Vate ownership.
L am frank to say" he told the com
hlttee, i DO not believe that these i'm
portant reforms can possibly be accom-
pllshed II we are to have in the future
several hundred different railroad com
panles, as we have had in the past. O
even hundred, or even fifty, differen
railroad companies. | believe thew cal
all be accomplished either through
comparatively few railroad companie
OF through single Federal control I
the country prefers to continue in ex
lstence che hundreds of different rail
road companies, as in the past, I believ
1T VIII be necessary for the country t,
abandon the hope of obtaining most o
the fundamental reforms which | pro
pose to point out"
Hearing Room Crowded
The hearing room was crowded wifi
representatives o. the railroads, rail
yoad security owners and RAILROAD
iabor organizations, among whom wer,
the following: T. Dewitt Cuyler, chair
man of the Association of Railroad Ok
ccutiVes; A. 2. Thorn, general coupse
of that organization; Samuel Rea, pres
Ideht OF The Pennsylvania Railroad
Daniel Willard, president Of the Balti
more & Ohio; julius Kruttschnitt
chairman of the Southern Pacific
toward Elliott, chairman Of the North
ern Pacific; S. David Warfcld, presi
dent Of tie National Association o.
Owners Of Railroad Securities, and Lu
ther NJ. Walter and Hugh Bond, O.
counsel for that association; NJ. l.. Am
ster, chairman of the Rock Island anc
president Of the Investors Protective
Association: Bird NJ Robinson. prcsi
dent Of the American Short Line~Rail
roads Associations; c. L. Elmouist
president Of the National Association
Of Railway and Utility Commissions,
NJ. JCapics. president of tho Hooking
Naiiey; 5, M. FELTON,, president of the
Chicago Il Great Western; Clifford
Ihorne, representing various shippers
organlzat'cns; Glenn E. Plumb gen.
eral counsel for the railroad brother
hoods; NJ. +. Wills, vice-pre resident OF
the brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers; +. j. Mcnamara, vice presjdent
OF the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Fire.
men, and Frank Fayant, assistant te
me chairman of the Association O.
Railroad Executives.
McAdoo Anxious to Quit
Mr.. McAdoo showed his disappoint
ment over the failure of the committee
to conclude his examination to-day
and explained that he was planning te
leave Washington for good early mex,
week. 1t was agreed finally that his
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