The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-16
MR.. CORBIN'S SUCCESSOR
A MAN WHO USES NEW METHODS OF
HANDLING EMPLOYEES.
President woodford on the Railroad
SituafiOn-Fast Passenger and
Freight Runs ON Local Lines.


Railroad history. does not furnish any
more striking example of what energy and
determination will accomplish than does
the rapid rise of W. II. Baldwin, jr., from
a clerk, ten years ago. on the Union Pa
cif1c road, to the presidency of the Long
Island road, a very valuable property. Mr..
Baldwin is now but thirty-three years of
age. In ten years he has seized every op
portunity to advance himself, he has risen
on his merits and with his coming into
prominence a new departure is made in
the science of railroading. The Brooklyn
Eagle contains a sketch of his railroad
career, in which it is said: "It would be
impossible to imagine two men more dia-
metrically different in their personality
than the late Austin Corbin and William II.
Baldwin, jr. The one, although true and
loyal to his friends and to those whom he
knew and trusted, was unapproachabIe
and at times brusque to the general public
and to those who did not share his friend
ship. Mr.. Baldwin, on the contrary, is af-
liability itself. He can always be seen and
talked to, even by the humblest employe
of his road. But behind his sauve and easy
manner there is a viii of iron and de-
termined purpose. A railroad president and
an organizer and builder up Of railroad
properties, who is, at the same time d
student of political and social science, is an
anomaly. When he became practical head
of the great Southern railroad system that
takes in every State east of the Mississippi
and south of the Ohio river. he found that
the race question was one of great import
ance and he made up his mind that the
best thing for the South to give the
negro work and keep him at it. So he en-
ployed hundreds of them in the operation
O pxr91Ant
workmen and out of those who were be-
fore idle and shiftless he made good citi-
zens. Colonel William r. Morrison, head of
the Interstate-commerce Commission, per-
haps gave the key to President Baldwin's
character When he said; Baldwin has no
tricks. l believe everything he says The
labor organizations and the laboring men
know that they have friend in the new
president of the Long Island Railroad
Company. There was an expected strike on
the Southern railroad a short time ago and
everyone anticipated the most serious and
the strikers into his confidence. He wrote
a pamphlet and addressed it to the engi-
neers, firemen and conductors of the COM
pany. The men read this pamphlet and
the strike was called off. Carroll d.
Wright, the. national Commissioner of
work of the kind that he had ever SEEM
c., III. & ID. improvements.
M. D. Woodford. president. and c. G.
Waldo, manager of the Cincinnati, Hanlil-
terday and will remain until noon to-day.
One of the objects of their visit is to con-
slider the construction of a new city freight
depot and to meet the Board of Public
Works and confer with it about some
changes in street grades. Mr.. Woodford
spoke in a manner which indicated that
something would be decided on regarding
the building of a city freight depot to take
the place of the one burned. Regarding
the earnings of the Cincinnati, Hamilton
& Dayton lines MIR. Woodford said that
they were not as large as the company
would like to have them, still, when COM
pared with their neighbors' earnings the
G., III. q d. had no room for complaint.
AS to the volume of business he said he
did not look for much improvement until
after the election, and he felt like all other
railway officials. that If a sound-money
man was elected President there would be
an early improvement in business general
~, in which the roads would of course
share. Concerning the failure of the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton syndicate to
secure control of the Queen & Crescent, he
said that through the turn matters had
taken the syndicate had been relieved of a
large responsibility, but he satisfied
the city of Cincinnati made mistake in
not accepting their proposition.
&. G. Waldo general superintendent said
the company was buying little new equip
ment but was keeping its track and equip
ment up to the highest standard; he was
satisfied that the power of the Cincinnati
Hamilton q Dayton was in as good condi-
ton as at any time in the companys his
tory and as evidence that such was the
case he cited the run up to indianapolis
yesterday afternoon. The train is sched-
uled TO cover the thirty-nine and seven
tenths miles from Rushville to the Union
Station in fifty minutes, including the
slowing down in the city limits; yesterday
it made the run in ffty-one minutes ana
for several miles a speed of mile every
hfty-three seconds was made.
Peace Restored
Peace has been arranged between the
Chicago-St. Paul lines and the lake trans
portation companies. The Great Western
was the only road that stood out against
allowing a differential to the Lake Michi-
gan Car Ferry COMPANY and it has finally