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RAILROADS The Devil & Dan'l Webster On a preinaugural demonstration of his new, light, low-gravity-center train, New Haven President George Alpert last week savored the unaccustomed compliments of 225 guests, mostly newsmen, along for the ride. The Dan'l Webster, a nine-car, $1,500,000 train, powered by low-slung diesel locomotives fore and aft, was noticeably smoother and quieter than standard equipment though it cost only $1,650 per seat v. $2,850 for the conventional type. As the train from Boston rolled into the outskirts of Manhattan, it was right on time...
WHEN Lawyer George Alpert took over the ailing New Haven Railroad, his first move was to call in a management consultant. As soon as Joseph Grazier became president of American Radiator & Standard Sanitary, he sent for a consultant. While Dwight Eisenhower was campaigning in 1952, businessmen backers called in McKinsey & Co. (TIME, Jan. 12,1953), to determine the 250 top policymaking jobs through which the Republicans could make their policies felt...
Instead, the New Haven board picked Boston Lawyer George Alpert, 57 (at $50,000 a year). No railroad man, Alpert had helped McGinnis win his 1954 proxy fight for control of the New Haven, became a director, has been studying ways to improve the road. He plans to hire an operating boss, said he would buy "a large number" of new diesel locomotives, boost maintenance outlays $3,000,000 in 1956, and run trains on time again. Said he: "Until proper service is accorded to the public, the investors are not entitled to a return on their investment...
...finals in the 167-lb. division will pit Lowell's Charley Harding against Bill Miller of the Funsters and Henry Ziegler will wrestle Laurence Alpert of the Deacons in the 177-lb. match...
...matches will pit Henry Ziegler of Eliot House against George Martin of Dunster and Laurence Alpert of the Deacons against Peter Sourian of Eliot...