Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-26
BALTIMORE AND OHIO r. r.
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Publisher and Proprietor.

The Fat Contributor" tells the fol
lowing as to trip over this popular road
and his interview with Colonel Sid Jones
the General Passenger Agent of the
road:
When does the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad leave2' / innocently inquired
at the Cincinnati office, the other day. Il
1t don't leave at all, was the ener.
getic reply of Colonel "Sid" Jones,
General Passenger Agent of the road.
You will always find the B. and o. in
precisely the same spot. 1t is as fixed
as the mountains it bestrides; as endur-
ing as the planet it assists to belt One
foot is washed by the waves Of the At
lantic. and it bathes the other in the
waters of the Ohiol Reaching out u
friendly and inviting hand to the nations
across the seas, it grasps with the other
the mighty commerce of the West The
Baltimore and Ohio railroad leaUe |?
Neverl twas put there to stayl =
| told the Colonel / didn't want the
road to leave-at least, not to leave me.
| was an excursion party, en- route to
Baltimore and Washington, and wanted
to know when and how to leave Cincin-
'nati--that was all. bNMF
~b"All right" said the Colonel, "any
information you desire you shall have.
In the first place, you want to take the
Marietta and Cincinnati railroad--"
But / don't want to take the Marietta
and Cincinnati railroad. | only want to
take nice lunch, bottle Of something
good to takep and few choice cigars
that's all. can't be bothered taking
along railroad"
The Colonel smiled, and / didn't feel
SO bad about the B. and o. leaving;p
don't you see.
At Mount Clair, adjoining Baltimore,
the immense shops of the B. and o.
road are located, covering ever one hun,
dred acres. To give some idea of the
force required to run so gigantic rail.
road, / may state that their payroll
to $l,OOO,O0O per month, and
that the number of employees is 1880.
Two thousand five hun pdred men are en-
ployed at Mount Clair. The B. and o.
manufacture all their own To-
comotives. --a
A few words concerning the history Of
he Baltimore and Ohio. 1t was the
irst railroad operated in the United
States under charter for the traaspor-
alton Of passengers-hence it is called
he Pioneer Railway The company
vas organized April "a, 1927. The con-
Itruction of the road was commenced |
July "a, 1923, accompanied by one of
he most magnificent processions of
military and civic associations, trades !
md professions, ever witnessed in this
country. The first stone" was laid by
Jharles Carroll, of Carrollton, then over
ninety years of age, near the south
Western line of the city of Baltimore.
after performing the work, he remarked
hat he considered it one Of the most
acts Of his life, Second only
o my signing the Declaration of Inde-
'endence, if it is second to that"
The entire length of the main line
nd all the branches we're completed
nd open for business May /, 1857, at a
ost of over thirty-one millions of dollars.
The following figures viii be of in
crest. ii
otal length of track owned and
worked by the Baltimore and a II
Ohio Railroad Company............. $50 miles.
lumber Of miles of railroad con-
trolled by Baltimore and 0hio-.v 36l miles.
eayiest permanent grade per mile JIG feet.
=" temporary " $40 g
ongest continuous grade (Pied-
mont to AltamOnt)..... II miles.
reatest altitude of road bed above ~
ude teetss