Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12
PEN NSY TO REORCAN|zE
AFTER RETURN BY i. S.
w. w. Atterbury Will be Operat'
ing Executive of Entire System
of 130 Companies.

Philadelphia. Feb l2.-Complete re-
organization of the Pennsylvania rallroad
system anticipatory of it's return to pri-
vate ownership on March | was ordered
Yesterday by the board OF directors.
Vice President W. W. Atterbury be-
comes the operating head of the entire
system, in which the 130 separate cor
porate companies are consolidated into
one great operating unit. This unit Is
| subdivided into four regions, each under
the direct charge of vice president sub
ordinate To Mr. Atterbury, who IN turn
is responsible TO President Samuel Rea.
The Long Island and the Maryland Della
ware and NireinIa roads alone are outside
of this unit.
\ departure from railroad manage
ment in the past IS made with tho creation
Of q department of personnel, headed
bv c. L. Peck, present federal manager
of the roads western lines. It VIII be
the duty of this department Ca bring
about a closer cooperation between the
company and it's employees along prin-
ciples being followed IN general industry.
Paternalistic welfare features, however,
will not be put into effect.
Philadelphia Is retained as the general
headuuarters OF the Pennsylvania rail-
road ond also of the eastern region,
which will he in charge of Elisha Lee,
the present federal manager of the road
eastern lines. Other regional head
quarters will be at Pittsburg, Chicago and
St Louis
Vice President Atterbury is considered
the author of the new plan, which the
directors had under consideration all
yesterday afternoon in meeting, at Broad
street station. IL was said that no tinan-
-soI I.-r,.-azA and that
the conference had 10 do solely with
operation President Samuel Rea, IN
announcing the purpose and objects
sought in the reorCa nIEatlon, SAID:
'In preparing 10 resume, after the
. lapse of more than two years. the opera
tion Of the lines constituting the Pennsyi-
wanna system. we appreciate fully the
responsibility resting upon US. These
lines, which serve thirteen States and q
population OF $4,000, 900 persons, come
back 10 their owners suffering, as Is the
ease with nearly everything else, from the
stress and strain of four years of war. and
the period OF excessive costs and abnor-
NAL conditions through which we have
been passing
we recognize that our responsibility
as managers is threefold. First. toward
the public, the industries. the mines and
ttle l8rillSs NflcD must ne StfNtu anu Niis
interstate and foreign commerce to be
accommodated on the system and through
is terminals; second, toward an army
of more than 100000 employees OF all
grades. whose welfare is inseparahle from
the success Of this railroad enterprise;
third. toward those citizens who directly,
or through their financial institutions,
have invested their savings and resources
III the creation and development OF this
railroad system. Upon them we must
rely for continued sources Of new capital
10 expand the system SO that the growth
Of the country, rs industries and its
exports and imports may not be re-
strlcted.
Robert G. Wright Is appointed general
traffic manager TO assist the vice president
in charge of traffic over the entire system,
and J. J. Turner, senior vice president OF
the lines west, will continue as an execu-
tive officer at Plttsburg. ". I'll. Myers,
director Of the company and vice presi-
dent, reti res under pension regulations
and is succeeded by NJ. {. Kennedy,
resident vice president for the Cumber-
land Valley district. 4. b. McCabe,
vice president in charge Of finance and
accounts, lines west, also goes on the
pension list and the position is abolished.