Evening star., 1896-02-13
BALTIMORE AND OHIO CHANGES.
Two More Vice Presidents Said to BE
Slated for Other Duties.

Two More Vice Presidents Said to BE
Slated for Other Duties.
Persons generally well Informed as to
contemplated changes in the affairs of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company are
authority for the statement that in the near
future Second Vice President Thomas NJ.
King and Third Vice President Lord, as
we'll as General Manager r. B. Campbell,
whose retirement referred to in The
Star Friday last, will follow the footsteps
of First Vice President Orlando Smith, and
withdraw from all active participation In
the management of the affairs of the cor
poration.
These changes do not, it is said, grow out
of any charges of incompetency against the
officials named, but are the result of a con-
clUSion which has been reached, after con-
sultation with the New York capitalists
who have furnished, or are about to fur
nish, the S10D0,000, or thereabouts, neces-
sary to provide for the company's most
pi essing liabilities and to put the road in
first-class condition in every particular.
1t is believed by those who are in position
tc know that the displacement Of Messrs
King and Lord has been ordered mainly
through the influence of ]. Pierpont Nor
gan, the great railroad doctor as he is
called. There has been an impression with
| great many people, until few days ago,
that as the offer of the banking house of j.
P. Morgan & Co. to furnish the funds for
the relief of the Baltimore and Ohio in con-
| sideration of giving the former control of
| the latter was not accepted, the banking
house was not directly interested in the
| railroad companys affairs, but such, it ap-
| pears, is not strictly true. 1t is stated that
| while Morgan & Co. only furnished part
| Of the money needed, Mr.. Morgan has prac-
ucally as much to say, through director
selected by the New York syndicate, in re-
gard to the policy of the road as though
| he had furnished the entire cum desired.
When a few weeks ago j. Pierpont Nor
gan was asked whether or not it was true
| that there was any likelihood Of the South
ern and Baltimore and Ohio railways be-
coming united under one management with
Mr.. Spencer at the mead, Mr.. Morgan re-
| piled, Il think Mr.. Spencer has his hands
full now"
The successor to Mr.. King has not yet
| Is that Mr.. E. o. Mccormick, who is now
| the passenger traffic manager of the Big
| Four, has received the offer of the third
| vice presidency of the road in place of Mr.
| Lord.
Some gossips say that good and con-
| genial positions will be found for both
Messrs. King and Lord. who have been in
| tense in their devotion to the interest of
| the b. and o. company.
Rumor assigns Mr.. King to the presi-
| dency Of the proposed Baltimore and OHIO
| Northwestern Railroad Company AMI Mr.
| Lord to the already existing Baltimore and
| Ohio Southwestern Company, the latter in
| cluding what was formerly the Ohio and
| Mississippi road from Cincinnati to St.
Louis and that part Of the B. and Q. be-
| tween Parkersburg and Cincinnati, and of
| which Mr.. E. r. Bacon is at the time presi-
dent. Mr.. Bacon, it is said, is to become
| the chairman of the executive board Of the
| whole system with headquarters at Balti-
more.