The Washington weekly post., 1900-11-20
ClOserAlliance with the PENN
sylyania SYSTEM.
THREE CHANGES IN THE BOARD
Maryland New Represented BY Only the
Two Representatives of the >tate-The
Southern Pacific and speyer& 20. Enter
the Directorate In the Persons Of Charles
Absorption oil B. & o. Southwestern.

Baltimore. Nov. fs-Much speculation
was INDUCED in to-day as 10 the signif-
icance attached to the changes made in
the directorate Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad At its annual meeting to-day.
Capt. john p. Greene. first vice president
OF the Pennsylvania Railroad Company:
Charles II. Tweed, chairman Of the board
and second vice president Of the Southern
Pacific Railway. and Martin Erdman, Of
New York, were elected directors in the
places OF j. Kennedy Tod, of New York;
Henry Clay Pierce. of ST. Louis, and AL
exander Brown, Of Baltimore.
The full list of directors elected fol-
lows; Edward X. Bacon. Martin Erd-
man, John p. Greene. Edward NJ Harri-
man, James ]. Hill. Sutherland NJ. Pre-
vost, Norman b. Ream, William SalOmOn,
Jacob II. Schiff, Charles Steele, James
Suliman, and Charles III. Tweed. BY thu
election OF Capt. Greene, the Pennsylva-
Mas representation in the Baltimore and
OhiO directorate is increased 10 two, tha
otner representative OF the Baltimore and
Ohio's big competitor being Third Vice
President S. NJ. Provost.
Other Roads Represented.
In the person of Mr.. Tweed the South.
ern Pacific Railway obtains an important
representative in Baltimore and Ohio az
fairs. He is closely allied with the firm
or Speyer & Co., which financed the re-
organization of the Baltimore and Ohio,
as is also Mr.. Erdman. or the old direc-
tors, Mr.. Hartman Is not only director
IN the Southern Pacific board. but ne is
also chairman Of the board of the Oregon
Railroad and Navigation Company. and
president OF the Oregon Short Line Rail-
road. Mr.. Hill is president of the Great
Northern Railroad. Thus five out of the
twelve Baltimore and Ohio directors are
important officers of other prominent
lines
No Marylanders are now left in the
Baltimore and Ohio board exceptinp the
TWO oHleial representatives of the state
VINO are ex-senator Arthur p. German
ana Col. !. Victor Baughman.
IL was stated after the meeting that thA
only business transacted besides tha
election Of directors was the discussion of
the ahhual report, which has already been
published. Mr.. Samuel Salomon. chair
man OF the board, who presided at tho
meeting declined to discuss the signif-
icahce OF the entrance Of another Penn
sylVania Official into the Baltimore and
ohlo BOARD, but IL is understood that thA
presence or both Mr. Greene and Mr.. Pre-
Vost means that the two systems will
"ork together in harmony, and that rate
wars are practically things of the mast
ss Absorption Of Southwestern.
From another source ho,reyo, =.
learned that the directors considerad ,Sa
absorption of the Baltimore a,d obto
Southwestern Railway and that the me-,
er VIII be announced within sixty davs
Negotiations with that end in view ba,,,
peeh IN progress practically ever since the
reorganization of the Baltimore and Ohio.
put nave Deen delayed. owing To the on
ptsitlon or certain interests. This oh
stacIe' IL is said, has now been overcome
II Is further said that Mr.. William M
greene formerly general manager of the
Baltimore and Ohio, and now vice nras-
loent and general manager of the Ralti-
more and Ohio Southwestern. will became
third vice president Of the Baltimore ana
ONO, with Jurisdiction over the Baltimore
and Ohio Southwestern.
The acquisition of the Baltimore and
Ohio Southwestern would give the Balti-
more and Ohio total mileage of about
5,zOO The main line of the Baltimore ana
ONO southwestern extends from Belpre.
Ohio, to East St Louis, III. The Bald-
more ana ONO owns its stock and guaraa-
tees principal and interest on its bonds.
Another significant incident of the an
nCal meeting was the election of Mr..
Charles H. Tweed a member Of the board.
Mr.. 4. II. Hartman, who was elected a
member Of the board several months aRo.
is also member Of the board of the
Southern Pacific, of which Mr.. Tweed is
chairman and vice president Thus out OF
twelve directors elected by the stock
holders, four, or one-third, represent two
systems. the Pennsylvania and the South
ern Pacific,