The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-31
PERSUADED BY CASSATT
MIR. LOIRE PREFERRED TO REMAIN
WITH TIL PENNSYLVANIA.
The Large Net Earnings of the Lead
the Greatest Prosperity.

While it had been rurlored for some days
that L. f. Loree. one OF the vice presidents
CT the Pennsylvania lines west, had been
selected for the ri presidency of the Baltimore
O. Ohio, so attached was he to the Penn
sylvania that it was thought he would
hardly accept the position. Mr.. Loree was
IN Philadelphia last week and had a long
talk with President Cassatt, and it was the
expressed wish of the Pennsylvania pres
loent that induced Mr.. Loree to accept. He
cid not care to be divorced from the Penn
sylvania service. but it was made plain 10
HIM that he was expected to improve the
service on the Baltimore & Ohio, and that
ne would be associated with some of his
former friends in the board of directors.
Daniel Willard, acting general manager, is
10 retire, and it is understood that Mr.
Loree Will take one, or perhaps two, men
off the Pennsylvania with him, one for gen.
eral manager and the other for assistant;
both places will be vacant tomorrow. Pos
sibly they may remain open a few days,
because good men must be selected. Mr..
Loree is a man of great capacity and abil-
ity. He is forty-three years old, ambitious
and energetic. Locally there is much in
terest felt III the advance of Mr.. Loree.
On leaving college he was admitted to the
lar. which he abandoned to enter the en-
gineering corps of the Pennsylvania in 1877.
From 1879 to 1881 he was transit man IN
the United States army engineering corps,
and from 1881 10 1883 a member of the ell
cheering corps on the survey of the Mex
lean national road. He then returned 10
the Pennsylvania lines west. and for a year
was assistant engineer on the Chicago divi-
sion of the Panhandle For two years ne
was engineer OF maintenance of way ct
the indianapolis * Vincennes. He was thea
promoted to be engineer OF maintenance
OF way of the Chicago division, and In 1880
held the same position on the Cleveland *
Iittsburg division, OF which he was pro-
noted TO superintendent In 1889. On Jan:
10, 1896, Mr.. LOree was promoted general
manager of the Pennsylvania lines west
He has visited Europen three times, thor
and continental railways, and has kept
abreast in the discussion Of everp problem
in railway development. For three years
he was president of the American Railway
association, attended the Paris Exposition
as a representative of that body. ana dc
livered the address on behalf of the Amer
lean roads at the railroad conference. With
the departure of Mr.. Loree from the Penn
sylvania lines west there will be a vacancy
TO be filled, and one that demands a man
thoroughly skilled in the art or raliroaq
operation. j. j. Turner, vice president and
general manager of the Vandalia, is among
those named TO succeed Mr.. Loree, but as
l.. +. Loree, elected president or the Bal
timore q Ohio Railroad Company on
| Wednesday. will assume his duties in Bal
timore Saturday morning. One of the hrst
official acts will be the appointment or MI:
George l.. Potter as general manager OF
| the entire Baltimore & Ohio system. Mr..
| Potter will succeed L. ID. Underwood, who
| lately resigned 10 become president OF the
Erie. Mr.. Loree will also appoint Arthur
Hale, present superintendent of telegraph
| of the Pennsylvania, assistant general man.
ager of the Baltimore x Ohio TO succeed
Daniel Willard, who also secs with the
Erie.
l.. @. Haas, superintendent of the Pitts
burg, Youngstown * Ashtabula and the
Erie and Pittsburg divisions Of the Penn
sylvania Company, has been appointed as
| sistant 10 President Loree, of the Baltimore
& Ohio, and will enter upon his duties at
once.