The evening times., 1901-05-31
The NETB. & 0. PRESIDENT
Dir. L0ree to Take Charge of TIE
Railroad at Once.

| To Arrive in Baltimore Today md
Begin His Administration TOmOT~
rGw-Few Changes to Be Made
!, a,ong the Subordinate Employees.
BALTIMORE. May 81. F. Loree,
! thu newly elected President Of the Bal
! imore and Ohio Railroad Company,
! Who Will assume his duties tomorrow,
! IS expected at the Baltimore and Ohio
| Central building today, when he will
/ meet the various heads of departments
/ at the office of the president. Tomor-
/ row viii probably be entirely devoted
! to making the acquaintance Of the men
| prominent in the management of the
road and the next day he will settle
/ down TO work
Mr. Loree's first official act will
/ doubtless be the appointment of George
/ L. Potter as general manager since
Daniel Willard, the acting general
manager. is to leave the Baltimore and
| Ohio tonight to enter tomorrow upon
his new duties with Mr.. Underwood,
! President of the Erie The next thing
! that MIR Loree will do Of an important
nature is to make an inspection trip
over the entire Baltimore and Ohio sys-
TEN. He has taken apartments at the
Stafford.
John X. Cowen, who resigned at Wed
| nesday's meeting of the board Of di-
rectors Of the company, was at his Of
fee yesterday. Concerning the control
of the system by the Pennsylvania ne
expressed himself briefly, saying that
he had every. reason to believe it would
| be TO the advantage Of Baltimore and,
| furthermore, that it would mean
greater development of everything con-
corning the prosperity Of this city.
The policy Of the new President Of
the Baltimore and Ohio, it is under
stood, will be to work out the problems
confronting the company with the men
who are now at the head Of the differ
ent departments. This means that there
! are not to be many changes, at least
for some time, if at all
The report that new first vice presi-
dent was to be elected is denied and
| Mr. Murray will continue in that ca
pacity- 1t is doubtful whether a second
| vice president Will soon be elected. Mr.
Underwood held that position as well as
| that of general manager. The third
| vice president is William NJ Greene
| who has charge of the Baltimore and
Ohio Southwestern.
/ Dispatches from other cities have de-
cIared that the purpose of the PennsyI-
| vania was to have the Baltimore and
Ohio trains run into Broad Street sta
ton in Philadelphia and also to con
/ tinue from that city TO New York over
the line Of the Pennsylvania. It was
learned yesterday from an authOrita-
tive source that these reports are with
( out foundation. The Baltimore and
/ Ohio trains will continue to run as they
| now do. They viii continue to use the
Baltimore and Ohio station at Twenty
/ fourth and Chestnut Streets in PhiIa-
delphia and VIII also run to and fro be
| tween that city and New York over the
| Reading and the Jersey Central roads
| As for the report that there viii only
be one station for the two roads in
! Washington. it is said that the question
of making a union station there has
not even been taken up.
4 number Of friends called upon Mr.
! Cowen yesterday at the Baltimore and
Ohio Building and expressed regret
! that he had decided to retire from the
head Of the company in which position
he had displayed so much ability As
general counsel of the company he will
| have an Office in the Central Building,
! but he viii spend most Of his time at
the Office of the law firm Of COwen,
/ Cross s Bond, of which he is the senior
| member. in the Continental Building,
across the street He Will remain in
Baltimore during the early summer as
| many matters will require conferences
/ between him and Mr. Loree
Later in the season Mr.. Cowen and
his family viii probably go to the Adj
| rOndaCk Mountains He has long been
| unable to take vacation ard now pro-
/ poses have an outing
/ Much interest is felt in business cir
/ cies concerning the policy to be puT-
sued by the Pennsylvania in managing
4 the Baltimore and Ohio. It is under
/ stood from a source in close relation
! with the new influence that the plans
/ made for improving the Baltimore and
/ Ohio service in Baltimore will be car
/ ried out and that III no degree will the
! interests Of the trade Of this city be al
! lowed to suffer. On the contrary. it is
/ stated that everything viii he done to
/ Increase the trade Of this port Rumors
/ that determinations VIII be prgCtfced
/ in favor Of Philadelphia are denied en-
/ phatically. The Pennsylvania now con-
/ trolls the entire trunk line situation in
/ Baltimore. and the shippers of coal and
/ grain particularly are closely watching
/ its every nrVe which might affect their
/ interests.
! A much easier feeling prevailed yes
/ teTday around the Baltimore and Ohio
! offices after it had become known that
! the Pennsylvania men in the company
/ do not propose to make discharges.
! While the rank and file of the employees
/ would not expect to be the first to suf-
! fer in the event Of d shake-up, any
/ changes among the chief officers would
! be expected to be followed by gradual
| changes among subOrdinates. AR LO-
/ rec, according to one of his friends,
| wishes the men in the company to feel
/ safe, IS he has no intention of making
/ any removals.
Mr.. MARSHALL'S STATEMENT.
! He Declares He Only Wants Legally
and Properly Elected DcEeuntes