RAILWAYS MANAGEMENT.

Taihape Daily Times, 11 April 1919, Page 5

RAILWAYS MANAGEMENT.

ME MCVILLY'S SALARY. "Curiosity is exercising more than the minds of railway officers regarding the salary attached to the position of Mr McVilly as general manager," writes the Wellington correspondent cf the Railway Officers' Advocate. "The announcement of the appointment went no further, and the amount of the remuneration, still remains miknown. So far all our logical arguments end in favour of the same salary as paid to Mr Hiloy. The alleged high remuneration paid to the ex-general manager has cceassionally been ridiculed; but if we make comparisons of the salaries attachable to commercial positions and compare the responsibilities and the capital involved, the amount does not exceed the value of the position. Comparatively, the wage's bill of the Railway Service is low generally when placed alongside other State institutions. The salaries paid to the Civil Service Commissioners (practically a Staff Control Board) exceeded the salary of the railway manager, who in addition to managing the service, controls a larger staff than the whole of other State Departments. It may be attributed that Mr Hiloy's salary was the worth of introducing new and economical management ideas, but little has eventuated, through unforseen circumstances. This reveals the fact that Mr McVilly's task is not a light one, for tfc" 1 policy dormant for the past five years has firstly to be reset, and then comes the task of management. However we view the position, we cannot see that Mr MvVilly's • '•sit.'on is less arduous or less responsible than his predecessor's: if anything, our perpeetive leads us to think the reverse.''