Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-27
THE WORK OF 4 WOMAN.
She Upsets the Presidency OF the
Baltimore a Ohio Railroad.

The'philadelphia Record Thursday says: THE
ousting of samuel spencer from the presidency
of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
was the work Of woman. Although elevated
% the control of the road by the CARROTS, Pres
ident spencer had for some time been re-
garded as iiiimical TO tho Garrett policy. The
election of Charles T. Mayer to succeed Mr..
Spencer was accomplished through tho energy
and shrewdness OF Miss Mary Garrett. II has
been known for some time that Miss Garrett,
who, since the death of the brother II. Harr-
son and the illness Of her other brother Robert,
has been in contrulof the Garrettstock has been
opposed TO President Spencers management
Of the conf anys affairs. spencer was a pro-
teEe and trusted friend OF John W. Garrett,
who finding that he was a young man of ability
steadily promoted him.
Robert Garrett had inherited confidence in
Spencers ability and supposed that he was
thoroughly devoted 10 the Garrett interest.
Consequently when Robert Garrett was COM
PEELED TO relinluish the presidency Of the
company Mr. Spencer was made president Of
tle road.
Spencer at once began a policy directly OPP
posed to that Of tho CARROTS, and aroused the
opposition of Miss Mary Garrett, who had nj
ways taken lively interest in the Inanage-
nlnnt of the company. Miss Garrett had been
her iathcr's cnntidante and often his advisor,
AMI she WIS said at one time to be more fa-
miliar with the details OF the company than
any one connected with It, II was against her
protest that Mr.. Spencer entered into ncgotia-
tons with JAY Gould for the sale OF the 3alii-
more and Ohio telegraph, which was Robert
ocean en- mis- way TO the United States, and
could not Interfere, spencer cnnsunmated the
sale OF the telegraph lines. For this u is said,
Robert Garrett accused Spencer Of having
accepted money from Could. When Il. Har-
Iison Garrett died II was believed that Mr.
spencer would be able 10 hold his position, but
Miss Garrett did not propose that lp should be
continued in control, and with that energy and
iact which she has always displayed, she sot
TO work to accomplish the overthrow Of Mr.
Spencer and his policy.
The Drexel-Murgan syndicate had advanced
s5Ou0,00D 10 The road under MIR Spencer's
management and that official wanted TO me-
gOtnte another loan from the Same parties
This would have placed the company more
completely in the control OF the banking Arm.
MSS Garrett blocked this scheme She adj
| vnuced several millions Of dollars to the cons
| pany herself.
Tho policy of the road under the new mani
| agcment will be nm aggressive one, and the in
I dependent route TO New York will bG estab-
| llsnod The Staten Island terminal work is 10
be pushed with vigor. Drexel, Morgan " Go;
have been pnid in full for all their loans, and
they have ceased to be a. factor in the COIN
pany's affairs.
Considerable interest has been excited in
| this city as to the influence which President
| George deb Keim OF the Reading Coal and
! Iron Company. who is now director in the
| baltimore " Ohio Company, will have in Its
future management. MIR. Charles W, keim
said yesterday, in speaking Of the report thu,
his brother would be appointed 10 q vice-presi-
dency "lhero is not one iota Of foundation
| ior such q ruln0r. IL is preposterous 10 sup
pose that my brother will resign the presi-
dency OF the Heading Coal and Iron Company,
tor which he draws a salary of 100 per yeaT,
TO accept the yice-presidcncy Of the baltimore
d Ohio
A railroad man who heard Mr.. Keims TO
marks said, ,'Of course Ii is improbable that
anyone would give up $25.00O place for one
which will not pay half as much, but why can
not President keim of the Reading Coal AND
Iron Company, be also yice-president OF tht
Baltimore y Ohio Company, with heauquarteF 7;
at Philadelphia,
There is good reason. however, to beliove TIM
Thomas NJ. king will return 10 tho service o
tho Baltimore Y Ohio Company us second vice
president.