Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-11
MR., CLEMENTS RESIGNS,
The Master of Tran nsPortation OF tho ID. q
O. Asks to be Believed.
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1t became generally known among the
officials in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Central building yesterday that Mr.. William
M. Clements, master OF transportation OF
the company, had rendered his resignation.
The announcement caused general surprise
and comment among railroad men, who
have always regarded Mr.. Clements as q
fixture in the service OF the company.
The resignation is dated Saturday, March
I, and is addressed to the President and
Board OF Directors. Mr.. Clements, ii Is
said. states in detail his reasons tor wishing
TO withdraw, and asks to be relieved on
April l.. Just what induced his action has
not been definitely ascertained. One report
is that it grew out Of q difference OF views
upon a question of principle, as one official
expressed it, between Mr.. Clements and
General Manager Durham. The latter Off
cial was brought East six or eight months
ago and made an assistant 10 Mr.. s.
Spencer, one Of the Vice Presidents.
He was atterward made General
manager, with his Office at Camden Station.
and thus became Mr.. Clemcntss othcial
superior. Another report was TO the effect
that there are personal differences between
the two gentlemen, arising from what Mr..
Clemants considered an Objectionable exer'
else of authority BY his superior officer.
The board OF directors of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company will meet to.
morrow and the matter will come up for
action. If the resignation is not accepted
it will virtually be an endorsement OF the
position of the master of transportation.
Mr.. Clements entered the service OF the
Baltimore and Ohio, at Martinsburg, in
1869. He remained there four or five
wears when he was transferred to Locust
Point. During the riots OF 1877 he had the
responsibility of protecting the company S
property at Locust Point and as recogni-
ton OF his services he was promoted to his
present position, and was stationed at Cam.
den Station. One Of his most successful
railroad exploits was the handling Of hun
dreds OF trains on inauguration day last
week in so successful manner as to svold
any accident or delay.
Other Railroad News.
The Baltimore and Ohio will shortly COM
mence the extension OF the CASTOR railroad,
which at present runs TO Paramount. The
line will cross the west fork Of the Monon-
cahcla river about two and one-half miles
from Paramount, and will be extended TO
latre fields of gas coal in South Castor.
The road, when completed, will be FIVE miles
long, and will open up 1000 acres OF the
finest gas coal region OF West Virginia.
The mines are very rich and have never
been worked.
The new bridge at Bayview, on the Phil.
adelrhia extension Of the Baltimore and
Ohio, will be sp :ung this week. twill con-
tain $4,000 pounds of iron and steel. 49,,
The bridge over the Susquehanna will!
weigh 100000 pounds, fye-sixths OF
which will be steel. The Edge Moor Iron
Works, above Wilmington, are filling the
contract for one half OF the material. They
expect to have it all on the Cecil shore BY
July l.. The company expects to have
trains crossing By September or October.
vTte Inauguration traffic of the B. Il o.
brought in 100000.
A dispatch from Cinciauati last night
says: The Baltimore and Ohio railroad
today sold first class tickets to Washington,
for SiO.' The Pennsylvania route announced
a rate OF 80 and the Chesapeake and
Ohio 80.
To New York the rate over the New York
Pennsylyania and Ohio is 80; Chesapeake
and Ohio, s.; Pennsylvania, 49, Cleveland
Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis, S'