Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-12-08
ANEW READING OFFICIAL.
O. Il. Henderson, Made a Second Ytee-
President Of the Company.

Inc QiTGClOEc INC -
Reading Railway Company met yester-
day, and beside transacting routine busi-
ness, conferred upon President Harris the
power to sign contracts. The board also
determined upon the following promo
tions and appointments Charles E Hem
derson, general manager of the Philadel-
phia & Reading Coal and iron Company,
to besecond vice president of the railway
company, in charge of freight traffic, and
w. G. Brown to be assistant secretary of
the company.
Charles Z. Henderson, who by reason
of his appointment yesterday will occupy
the dual position of second vice president
of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Company and general manager of the
Coal aud Iron Company, has had re-
markabiy thorough and varied experience
in railroad service. He was born in JEFF
ferson county, w. Va, September %,
1874, and entered the railway service
January 8, 1870, as clerk at Fort Scott
Station on the Missouri River, Fort Scott
and Gulf Railroad From April 1870.
until February, 1874, he served as clerk
in the general freight and ticket office of
the company, and then until April, 1879,
he served as chief clerk TO the general
superintendent of that and the Leavens-
worth, Lawrence & Galveston Railroad,
latter road, in charge of the land depart
ment of the company. From April to
September, 1879, he was in charge of
prospecting routes in Southern Kansas,
Missouri and Arkansas, and was also en-
gagged in settling purchase accounts Of
the Springfield & Western Missouri Rail
road.
He was then successively general
freight and ticket agent of the Atchison
& Nebraska Railroad; auditor, cashier
and paymaster, assistant general mana
ger, general manager, and finally receiver
of the Indiana, Bloomington & Western
Railway and its leased lines, and operated
it as receiver until March 81, 1887. Upon
its reorganization under the name of the
Ohio, Indiana & Western Railroad he
was appointed general manager and re-
mained as such until October, 1889. He
occupied, in addition to the above-named
appointments, positions of general man
ager and receiver of various other West
ern roads After severing his Connection
with the Ohio, Indiana & Western he
came East at the suggestion of the late
Austin Corbin, then president of the
Reading companies, and on Demcember
/, 1889, he was appointed general mana
ger of the Philadelphia & Reading Goa!
and Iron Company.
Mr.. Henderson is of a retiring DISPOSE
ton, but firm and quick to decide, and
possessed of excellent judgment. As
general manager of the Coal and Iron
Company his capacity has been thorough
ly tested. He has won not only the re-
gard and esteem of his associates in the
management, but the respect and consid-
Grafton of the company's rivals and com
petitors. In his new field his vast rail
road experience will enable him to dem
onstrate still further his worth and abili-
ty-
w. G. Brown. who was appointed as
sistant secretary, held that position un-
der the old company, and also holds
similar position in the Reading Company.
Philadelphia Record Nor. 26. 1896.
[Mr. Henderson is brother of Mr..
Richard Henderson, of this county, and
also of the late David Henderson, who
achieved fame as an artist along with
"Porte Crayon"-Gen. d. II. Strother.
He was member of Co. b, 18th Va.
Confederate Cavalry, and had the capac-
ity then to get to the front and prove his
efficiency just as he has done in railroad
ing, etc, since the war. Jefferson has
many sons away from home achieving
success and making themselves eminent
ly useful.-.Ed. f. Il.