The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-05
EXECUTIVE PICKED
BY TRANSIT BOARD
Brig. Gen. Lincoln C. An
drews VIII Coordinate
Various Bureaus.
SALARY $4,000 A YEAR
Daniel Turner to Be Con-
sulting and Robert Ridge
way Chief Engineer.
EACH TO RECEIVE SIS, 900
Craig Holds Up Payrolls Pend
ing Decision on City's Petit
ton for Injunction.
EACH TO RECEIVE $4,000

George McAneny, chairman of the
Transit Commission, announced yes
terday the organization of the COM
mission preparatory to getting under
way its task of reoreanizing the city's
transportation system. The commits
sion, Mr.. McAneny said, has been di-
vided into three general departments
the secretary's office having charge Of
all board meeting work. hearings, cor
respondence with the public, SC; a
legal department, in charge OF the
commissions counsel, and a general ad-
ministrative department, embracing all
other divisions, bureaus and branches
and subject to chief executive office.
The post of executive officer is a
new one and q departure from the
form Of organization of previous public
service bodies. Brig.-Gen. Lincoln G.
Andrews, recently retired from the
United States Army. has been selected
for that position. His salary will be
10000 a year.
Chief Advisory Engineer.
Daniel Turner. chief engineer of the
Public Service Commission from 1916 to
1919 and of the Transit Construction
Commission since that date, will be con-
sulting engineer of the Transit Com
mission at a salary of $4,000, which Is
what he received under the old commits
sions.
Robert Ridgeway, for many years en-
gineer In charge of subway construc-
ton, has been promoted to chief engi-
neer and will receive $4,000 year.
The duties of Gen. Andrews will be
to coordinate the various bureaus and
subdivisions and assume most of the
functions formerly devolvng upon depu-
ties. the Transit Commission being
without deputies.
Gen. Andrews is well known both in
the city and State. He Is graduate
OF West Point and at one time was ad-
jutant at the Military Academy. Upon
leaving West Point he entered the cav
airy arm OF the service. He served In
Cuba and the Philippines and was for
a period Governor of the province OF
Levte in the Philippines The General
was with the American Expeditionary
tice became Assistant Provost Marshal
General of the overseas forces. For four
years prior to 1916 he served as in
srructor of cavalry for Major-Gen.
Organ His most recent service TO the
State has been as general supervising
officer Of the New York State Military
Training Commission.
Two Payrolls Sent.
Chairman McAneny sent yesterday to
Comptroller Charles l.. Craig his first
peyrolls. At the same time John II.
Delaney, formerly Transit Construction
Commissioner who Is contesting .he
right of the new commission to succeed
him, sent his payrolls to the Comptroller
as usual The Comptroller announced
that he will hold up all vouchers in con-
nection with the new and old commits
sons until Justice McAvoy of the SUI
preme Court hands down his decision
upon the citys petition for an injunc-
ton restraining the new commission
from succeeding Mr.. Delaney.
1t was indicated that the Transit Com
mission, previous reports to the con-
trary. will accept no data heretofore
gathered bearing upon the transit sit
uation. but will start completely anew
with it's own investigators and obtain its
own information first hand upon which
to base Its decisions and formulate is
plans.
That policy. II was understood viii
apply not only to the voluminous re-
port OF the Merchants Association upon
the transit question, in preparation of
which Commissioner lie Roy T. Hark-
ness lent valuable aid. but also to data
in the hands of the former Public Ser
vice Commission and the Transit Con-
struction Commission. to which the
Transit Commission fell heir. How rapid
will be the work OF the new commission
Chairman McAneny would not Indicate.
but IL was assumed that the scope OF
the work outlined will necessitate care
ful and rather slow work