The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-02
THE sALTInORE s ONO.
Reorganization Of the Telegraph De-
partnent.

reorganization OF tho Telegraph De.
partnent.
BALTIMORE, eet. l.-ISpeclsll I'm
portant conferences have been held in
this city during the past few days be-
tween ofiiaisls ofthe Baltimore 4 Ohio
railroad company and tho Baltimore
y Ohio Telegraph company, looking to
Q reorganization Of the telegraph ser
vice OF the telegraph department OF
the railroad company and an enlarge
ment OF the neld of operation Of the
baltimore q Ohio Telegraph company,
ana the following arrangement OF the
stAn and asslknments OF duty have
neen sgreed upon, taking effect to-
day:
d. II. Bates, president aud general
manager OF the Baltimore 4 Ohio Tel
eeraph company and general manager
OF the Baltimore & Ohio railroad tel
egraph department, with headuuart ers
At Now York City; Il. A. Leslie, gem
eral superintendent eastern division,
with headquarters at New York; @,
w. Price, superintendent, with head
quarters at New York; q. j. Sheehan,
superintsndent, with headquarters at
Boston, Massschuse,ts; .. IS. Bog art,
superintendent, with Headquarters at
Weehawken, New Jersey; j. w.
Larisb, assistant superintendent, But
falo, New York; @. Seiden, general
superintendent central diSision, with
head9aartsrs at Balt'more; j.
b: IL. Stewart, superintendent,
With headquarters at Baltimore;
N. q. Griswold, assistant superin.
tandent, PittsbSrg Pennsylvania;
Johnk. Iueblin, general superinton.
osnt western division, win head.
quarters at Chicago; J. d. Clark super.
lntondent, ChicspO; B. ~. Lovd, supor.
intesdent, CiusDnssi, Ohio; Il
lIeloup, superintendent, Galyeston,
Tex ran; George Il. Williams, suparin,
tendent National To egraph COMPANY,
Cleveland, Ohio; ID. J. Ludw wig, super.
intendent, Commercial News Bureau,
New York; William M. Buchs
nan, Auditor, Baltimore, Maryland
Q. y. JARVIS, auditor esstern division
New York; u. j. Kenney, auditor
western division, Chicago; II. Var
Hoevenbsrg, electrician, New York
William Maver, jr,, assistant elec
trician, New York; W. IL. Huntington
superintendent Baltimore IL Ohio dis.
trict service, embracing the three d.
visions; John A. Helvin, superinLend.
| ent OF oonetru0tisn for tho eastern di.
vision; II. v. Riley, superintendent Of
construction for the central division
l. L. Bach, suporintendento of oonstruc
tion for the western division.
| In addition to General Sapsrintend
ent Selden's duties to the Baltimore a
Ohio Tclegraph company, ss above, Ii,
siil alao have charge Of the Balli
more & Ohio railroad telegraph de
partment, over oil the lines owned a.
operatSd by tho company, from Phila
delohis to Psikersburg, Columbus ant
Chicago.
Tho business of tho Baltimore 4 Obi,
Telegraph company has increased dur
ing the past few months TO an extern
bsyond the most sAnguine cxpe0tsti tioni
OF its officials, and with tho additiona
equipment which has been ordered
AID the enlargement of the system
which will DO imnealated carried out
together with the immsnse advan-
tages secured by means OF its quad
ruplsx systom, the free right 70 use
which has beeu recently demonstrated
In the United States courts, IL Is ba
lieved that tho company hiss now en-
tered upon an era VI permanent and
unexampled prosperity compared
with the efforts of aud re-
suits secured by any previous
competing telegraph system.
The officials and staff OF the entire
service are composed Of young, expe
rienced and active men who have
shown themselves quite the equals O
their com petitors In every test
Au exclusive contract, for o lonl
torn OF years, has been entered int
within few months betweea tho Bal
tim0ro q e. Ohio and the United
Press, an organization that bears {
somewhat sim lar relation 10 the New
York Associated Prsss and its allie,
70 that which the Baltimore Il Obi,
Telegraph compan Y bears 20 the West
ern Union Telegraph company.