Washington DC, December 28, 1917, Here in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, at noon today, the great railway systems of the United States were passed into the control of the Government under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo. Left to Right: Julius Kruttschnitt, Southern Pacific RR, Howard Elliott, N.Y, N.H. & H. RR, William G. McAdoo, Sec. of the Treasury, John H Payne, Consul Emergency Fleet Corp, Samuel Rea, Pennsylvania Line, Hale Holden, C.B. & Q.RR.