The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-02-02

Virginia has changed his base OF opera
tions. Vice President Charles G. Eddy
has resigned his position as vice presi.
dent Of the Norfolk and Western rail-
road TO accept the position of second
vlce-president OF the Philadel phia and
Reading railroad, with headquarters at
Philadelphia. 1t is not particularly
any ones business, but Mr.. Eddy leaves
S10,0 900 job and goes to work at the
rate of S64 10 day, or $40, 900 year,
and will assume the duties of his new
position February Is.
The appointment came as an entire
surprise to Mr.. Eddy, who was sum-
moned by telegraph to Philadelphia on
Saturday and offered the position on
such fattering conditions that, CLOSELY
connected though he has been with the
development of the Norfolk and West
ern, he could not refuse to accept.
The reorganization OF the several de-
partments of the Philadelphia and Read.
ing as announced are as follows: Execu-
tive department, A. a. Mcleod, presl.
dent; Charles Hartshorne, third vice
president; Robert Ii. Sayre, fourth vice.
president; John Russell Young, fifth
vice. president; j. d. Campbell, general
solicitor; Henry S. Drinker, assistant 10
president; w. A. Church, treasurer; w.
K. Taylor, secretary; D.sJonos, comp
troller.
Operating department.: Theodore
voorhees,, first vice president. The first
vice president will have charge OF the
operations OF all railroad and other
transportation lines owned, leased or
controlled by this company, reporting
to tho president. His office will be at
No. 227 South Fourth street, Philadel.
phla. l. a. Sweigard, general manager:
g. M. LAWYER, general superintendent
main line division; Rollin H. Wilbur,
general superintendent Eastern divi-
sion; L. III. Fennell, general superin.
tendent Northern division, in place Of
William Stevenson, resigned; John Cor
don, general manager Lehigh Valley
Transportation Company. The main
line division will hereafter include all
lines of railroad and canal of the COM
pany, excepting those forming the
Eastern and Northern divisions of the
Lehigh Valley Railroad.
Traffic department: Charles e. Eddy,
second vice-president. The second vice.
president will have general supervision
OF traffic, OF all commercial matters con-
nected with the business of the company,
and of traffic relations with other COM
panies, reporting to the president. His
office will be at No. 227 South Fourth
street, Philadelphia. John TAYLOR,
general traffic manager; B. II. Bail.
general freight agent; e. E. Randolph,
hrst assistant general freight agent; C.
4. Hancock, general passenger agent.
The changes are that Charles Harris
horne, second vice-president, makes
way for Charles G. Eddy, as second
vice. president. Mr.. Hartshorne becom-
ing third vice-president in place Of
Robert ID. Sayre, who becomes fourth
vice. president, and ]. r. Young, pres
ent fourth vice. president, becomes fifth
vice. president. The duties of Messrs.
Hartshorne, Sayre and Young ara in no
wise changed or disturbed G. M Law
Ter, at present assistant general man
ager, becomes general superintendent
of the mail line division in place of M.
E. BonZano, who becomes assistant to
the fourth vice-president.
The appointment of Mr.. Wilbur as
general superintendent of the eastern
division is not new, as he has since Jan
uary been officiating in that office. T..
II. Fennell, at present superintendent
OF the Buffalo division, sub division
OF the Northern division, takes the gen.
eral SUPPLEMENTARY of the latter with
headquarters at Buffalo, succeeding
William Stevenson, who retires after
many years OF active service with the
Lehigh Valley, The appointment of
John Gordon as general manager of the
Lehigh Valley Transportation Com
pa ny. controlling the companys line of
lake steamers, is not new, Mr.. Gordon
having been officiating in that capacity
for several months.
Charles G. Eddy was born IN Rich.
field, N. Y. September %, 1S41. His
career Is striking example OF what an
American boy can do. He began his
railroad career as clork in the freight
office OF the Milwaukee and Chicago
Railroad Company, at Milwaukee, a
position which he retained until 1862.
In that year he enlisted in the army and
from July, 1862, unul June, 1868, he
was in the Union service, being at the
close OF the war confidential telegraph
operator and chief clerk to the late Gen
eral w. L. Sherman, and attached to
the generate staff.
He then returned to the railroad bust.
ness, becoming chief clerk in the freight
office at Milwaukee, Of the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad Company, con-
tinuing with this company until April,
| 1868, when he became general agent OF
the Lake Superior and Mississippi Rail
road Company. He left this company
in 1870 to take the agency of the Central
Verm ont line, at Duluth, returning in
1871 as general agent to the Chicago
and Northwestern Company, at Council
Bluffs, Ia, and Omaha, Neb. From
1873 to 1879 he was the assistant general
freight agent, being advanced in the
latter year to general freight agent. a
| position which he held until January,
1883, when he became general freigh,
agent OF tho Missouri Pacific Railroad
| c mpany, with headquarters in New