The Washington herald., 1920-02-29
BRINGS
MANY CHANGES
Most Executives Plan to Go
Back to Old Positions
With Railroads.

With Railroads.
When the railroads are turned
back TO private control and OPERA
tion at midnight tonight, many
scores of employees and executives
Of the Railroad Administration will
have concluded their work and
automatically will go into private
life.
Many OF the executives, who Of
fered their services to the govern
ment when 1t was found necessary
to coordinate lines of the country.
will so back to positions they occu-
pied before the government assumed
control. Some, however, will go
back lin advanced positions, or ac-
cept higher berths on other rail-
roads. Others will abandon rail-
reading for other business enter
prises.
Accepts Berths With Roads.
Executives who have accepted
berths on railroads under private
management, include:
Edward Chambers, Director of Di-
vision of Traffic, to become vice
president in charge of traffic of the
Atchison. Topeka ond Santa Fe.
William T. Tyler. Director Divi-
sion of Operations, to become vice
president in charge of operations of
the Northern Pacific.
T. c. Powell. Director Division of
Capital Expenditures, to become
vice president in charge of traffic
of the Erie.
H. A. Taylor. General Assistant
to the Director General. to be gen.
eral solicitor of the Erie.
Garrett Fort, Assistant Director
Division of Traffic in charge of pas
senger service, to become vice presi-
dent in charge of traffic of the Bos-
ton and Maine.
Robert c. Wright, Assistant Di-
rector Division of Traffic. to be-
come traffic manager of the Penn
sylvania Railroad.
W. S. Carter. Director Division
of Labor. to become president of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen.
Regional Directors Affected.
Regional directors, whose organi-
cations also are disbandeI, include
some of the best known men III the
railroad business. They will return
to individual roads.
L. w. Baldwin, regional director
of the Allegheny region. which in
cludes the District of Columbia.
with headquarters at Philadelphia.
will become vice president OF the
Illinois Central
A. T. Hardin, director of the East
ern region. New York. will become
vice president of the New York Cen
tral lines.
n. d. Maher. director of the Poca-
hontas region. Roanoke, Va, will
become president of the Norfolk
and Western.
Z. L. WinchelI. director of the
Southern region. Atlanta, Ga, will
go to Chicago to engage in busi-
ness.
r. II. Ashton. director of the
Northwestern region, Chicago. who
also is president of the American
Railroad Association, it is under
stood, will continue in that ca
,pacity.
Es Hale Holden, director OF the Cen
tral Western region, Chicago. will
become president of the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy.
Il. +. Bush, director Southwestern
region. St. Louis. will become presi-
dent of the Missouri Pacific.
Return TO Old Jobs.
Most OF the assistant directors will
go back to jobs they held when the
war broke out.
\ number of executives and en-
ployes of the Railroad Administra-
tion will remain in their present
positions until all details of the
transfer to private owners is COM
pleted. The divisions of law,
finance. liquidation of claims and
accounting will not be disbanded
but will continue under the direc-
tor general.
These divisions will be moved to-
day into new quarters of the ad-
ministration in the Hurley Wright
Building. southwest corner of
Eighteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue.
Executives, who will remain tenn
porarily with the administration, in
clude Walker'D. Hines. Director Gem
eral; Brice Claggett, his assistant; G.
Fl. Parker, comptroller: f. NJ. Under
wood, general counsel; Swagar Sher-
ley. director of the division of finance;
Henry Is. spencer, director or the d.
vision of purchase, and Max Thelen,
director of the division of liquida-
ton and claims.
Spencer TO Retire Soon.
Spencer, who formerly was vice pres
ident of the Southern Railway, is eX-
pected to stay only a short time. He
expects to enter into business life.
G. A. Tomlinson, director of me
division of Inland Waterways, who
also has interests in shipping, grain
and shipbuilding on the Great
Lakes, will give his attention to mis-
business. The Inland Waterways
Division is transferred to the War
Department under the provisions of
the railroad bill.
Director General Hines, while
ceasing to function as head of the
railroads, will continue for sixty
days as head of the four continued
divisions to straighten up affairs
growing out of Federal control. He
also will continue to direct the dis
tribution of coal. An executive
order to this effect was issued by
he