The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-01
51 N. N. TRAINS ARE CANCELLED
 TO MOVE FOOD
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New Haven, March 1.--+Mr. Buck land, who was president of the New Haven" road under the Railroad Ad- mintstration Act, in a statement made in New Haven, outlined plans for the resumption of the system under pri- vate control as follows:
 Owing to the fact that former President Edward J. Pearson was l made the federal manager and oper- ated the property during the federal control and now returns as president, there will be no material changes in the personnel and it is hoped that the company will soon resume in all re- spects the operation of the property as before federal control.
 1 ''The property has been well main tained in most respects. Owing to Q scarcity of rails there is some under maintenance with respect to these. Ties have been well kept up but the progress of baIlasting the road was partially halted on account of scar city of labor. Motive power is in good condition excepting where, dur ing the last few weeks of severe weather there has been temporary disability. Passenger cars and equip ment are in good condition but owing
 to the fact that none has been added
 during federal control, there must soon be increases in this respect
 If the freight business continues
 at it's present high point, the com
 pany should have not less than 25 and
 more than 50 new locomotives. As to freight equipment little can be said
 till the company's freight cars, which
 have been scattered all over the coun-
 try, are returned to it for examina- ton.
 ''It is feared that freight cars have
 not been maintained and that large
 repairs will be necessary, but no posi- tive prediction on this point can be made until the company gets it's cars back and looks them over.
 ''The company's coal supply is very low. In this respect it is suffering in common with its neighibors in New
 that relief will follow with the clear
 ing of snow from the roads,
 MT. Buckland said that the man. ~agers had no control over the troll leys in Connecticut and Rhode Lsl-
 and. It was his theory that it would
 be better for the. public if the steam
 railroads, the trolleys and the steam boat lines were run under one control and that this view was particularly ! applicable to the trolley. But the trolleys had been taken away and to operate them was now forbidden to the railroad. In 1914 a decree was
 obtained by the United States attor- ney general under the Sherman anti
 trust law and since then the trolleys l had been separately operated. The F Rhode Island system was in the hands of a receiver and trustees are running the Connecticut system. MT
 Buckland was understood to say tha
 the law allowed the S'New Haven tc
 run certain trolleys in New York state
 and western Massachusetts, in the Berkshire county.
 \ Washington, March 1-The operat- I ing division of the United States Rail- l road Administration, the govern s mental agency which for more thar . two years has controlled the opera d ton of the nations railroad systems . today passed out of existence. Witt . it's passing at midnight the 230 line 1 that had been merged into what was 8 practically one gigantic system agair 8 went under control of private inter,
 ests, free, to operate in competition a. d of old. The transfer from govern = ment to private control was withou D incident and there was nothing to in 5 dicate to the travelling public tha
 there had been a change.
 Of the staff of directors and ex l ecutives who controlled the road
 during government operation, Direc e tor General Hines alone remains. H t will have no authority in directing '' the operation of the systems and re mains simply to clear up matters lief d pending when the government relin 'f quished control. These include thous II ands of claims, contracts and griev z ances yet to be settled, among whicl q are S3 compensation contracts wit
 various roads which still are the sub
 ject of negotiations.
 Under the So-ca11ed railroad reor
 ganization bill which governed the re is turn of the transportation systems t t. private ownership, little Jurisdiction is retained by the government. Unde is it's terms the I. c. C., is given greate s. power to control rates, and compuls l. ory arbitration of labor disputes n required. The government also re ,- tains a certain amount of control owe 10 their bond issues, but at the sam -o time insures a fixed percentage C
 profit and makes it possible for tn
 corporations to secure loans from
 federal fund set aside for that pun
 pose.