Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-10
Steps Leading to Consolidation Of Two
Great Systems.
GEN. ORLAND SMITHS RETIREMENT
General Manager Randolph Slated
as His Successor.
A PROBABLE RATE WAR

1t Is the general impression among Off
Gals of high rank in the great railway sys-
TENS of this country, both east and west,
that very important changes are about to
take place among some of the highest OFF,
Gals of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
system, and that the move is one step
further in the practical consolidation of
the Baltimore and Ohio and Baltimore and
| Ohio Southwestern railway companies.
These changes, 1t is said, contemplate the
retiring of Gen. Orland Smith from his
place as the representative of the B. and
o. in the Joint Traffic Association, the ap-
pointment Of General Manager George F..
Randolph of the B. and o. Southwestern
railway to be Gen. Smiths successor. and
the appointment of Assistant General Pas
senger Agent o. p. McCarty of the South
ern Pacific to the place vacated by Mr..
Randolph.
In talking today to a Star reporter, a
prominent and well-posted railway official
said there was every reason to believe that
a bitter rate war is imminent between the
Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio rail-
way companies, and to his mind 1t seemed
clear that the B. and o. is in it to gain
victory, If possible.
He thought that the war might break out
and the Joint Traffic Association not be
dissolved, but 1t was clear, he believed,
that the B. and o. needed a younger and
more active representative In the JOINT
Traffic Association than 1t now has. in
order to meet all emergencies. The pres
ent B. and o. management, he said, mas
record for making very active competition
for business; that, in fact, 1t has been used
to a sort of ..knock-down and drag-out
policy" and it evidently means to be pre-
pared for a renewal of this policy, II It's
Inauguration should become necessary.
The Garrett Regime.
The representative at this time Of the
Baltimore and Ohio in the Joint Traffic AS
ISOLATION, Gen. Orland Smith, formerly the
first vice president of the system. was, I'M
til the road passed into the hands of the
receivers, the head for many years of the
finance department. If Gen. Smith shall
leave his present office (and 1t Is under
stood to be his wish to do so on account
of advancing age, 1t will be the retirement
of about the last Of the big officials con-
nected with the administrations of the
CARROTS, VINO, as father and son, con-
trolled the system for so many years.
Gen. Smith Is now in the seventy-third
year of his age, and nearly his entire bus
mess life has been spent in railroading,
either as an employee. builder or manager.
He was born in Lewiston. Me-. May 2.
1925, and at the age of twenty-four was
appointed station agent of the Androscog-
gin and Kennebec railroad at Lewiston.
Here he remained for four years. at the
expiration of which time he went to Ohio,
where for three years he was engaged in
the work of constructing the Marietta and
Cincinnati railroad. now part of the
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern. He re-
manned with the Marietta and Cincinnati
for five years, during which time he was
successfully accountant. assistant treas
urer and auditor, receiver, agent and su-
perintendent for purchases for the truS-
tees, auditor and secretary.
Entered the Army.
At the outbreak of the war he enlisted
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tenant of one of the companies. subse-
quently being promoted through the vari-
Gus grades to that of brigadier general
He was with Grant in the attack on Fort
Donelson. and participated in the battle
of Lookout Mountain and those around
Corinth. Miss. as well as many others.
During thirteen years following the close
of the war he was engaged in constructing
and operating railways as contractor.
and for several years afterward was gen.
eral superintendent of the Columbus. Hook
ing Valley and Toledo railway. From 1879
to 1889 he was vice president and general
manager of the same road.
In December. 1882. he accepted the office
of third vice president of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad. and March Is. 1888. be-
came its first vice president While hold
ing the last two positions with the Balti-
more and Ohio he was also president of
the Cincinnati, Washington and Baltimore
Railroad Company, and directed it's affairs
after 1t went into the hands of receivers
until its reorganization when he became
PRESIDENT of the Columbus and Cincinnati
Midland. one of the Baltimore and Ohio
properties. January 1, 1896, he relinquish-
ed the office of first vice president, which
died with the appointment of receivers for
the Baltimore and Ohio, and became a
member of the board of managers Of the
Joint Traffic Association. representing the
Baltimore and Ohio system.
Manager RandoIph's Career.
1t is generally understood that Gen.
Smiths successor will be General Traffic
Manager George F. Randolph of the Bal
timore and Ohio Southwestern railway
Mr.. Randolph is in the prime of life hav-
Ing been born June %. 1856, at Norwalk,
Ohio. He entered the railway service In
1873 clerk in the road department of
the Cincinnati Sandusky and Cleveland
railroad at Sandusky, Ohio. since which
he has been consecutively, in 1873 and 1874,
telegraph operator on the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern railway, in 1877 opera
tor and freight and ticket clerk at various
stations on the Cincinnati Sandusky and
Cleveland railway; in 1875 clerk. cashiers
office. ST. Louis and San Francisco railway,
at st. Louis. Mo-; June, 1875, to November
1873, paymaster of same road; November,
1879. to May, 1881, station agent, Cincinnati,
Sandusky and Cleveland railway, and In
diana, Bloomington and Western railway,
at kenton. Ohio; June 1881, to March, 1883,
travelling auditor, Missouri Pacific railway,
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway, and
St. Louis. Iron Mountain and Southern
railway; March to August, 1883, clerk, gen.
eral superintendent Office. Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas railway, at SedaIia, Mo- ;
August, 1883. to December, 1885, clerk,
auditors office. and chief clerk, general
freight office. West Shore railway, at New
York; December. 1886. to January, 1880,
general freight and passenger agent Ell
mira. Cortland and Northern railway; jan
uary, 1880. to April, 1892. general freight
agent, New York and New England rail-
| way; April, 1892. to March, 1893. first as
sistant general freight agent, Philadelphia
and Reading railway and Lehigh Valley
railway. at Philadelphia; March, 1S93 to
| September. 1895. general traffic manager
New York and New England railway and
Norwich and New York TRANSPORTATION
Company; September 1. 1895. to Novemb er
| 1895, general traffic manager, New England
| railway, successor to the New York and
| New England railway; March, 1895, to date
general traffic manager of Baltimore and
Ohio Southwestern railway.
Passenger Agent McCarty.
| AS Mr.. Randolph's successor at the head
| Of the passenger department of the Bal
| timore and Ohio Southwestern Mr. Grin
| p. McCarty, now assistant general pas
/ senger agent of the Southern Poll