Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-01
PRESIDENT CT. LOR[E
WAS HERE YESTERDAY
IN HIS PRIVATE cAR WITH PROM
INENT OFFICIALS OF THE
Is. ~ a. ROAD
LEFT HERE FOR HUNTINGTON
To Continue an Inspection of the
ohio River Road which Has Re-
Gently Been Acquired - 1nNen-
tories of Property Have been
CompIeted-Somc Changes In Of
HciaIs May he Made.

1 President c. f. Loree and the general
officers of the B. & O. railway system.
reached this city at one o'clock yes
terday afternoon via the c., l.. & w.
and Terminal bridge.
The train consisted of the private
coaches of President Loree. General
/ Manager Potter. C-ief Engineer f. Nj.
Graham, Mechanical Engineer Barr,
I and that of President w. r. Woodford,
of the c., L. & W., who accompanied
the party from Cleveland to this city.
The other members of the party were
Mr.. l.. G. Haas. first assistant to the
! general manager; Mr.. F. j, Obey, sec
ond assistant to the general manager;
Mr.. William Gibson. general superin-
tendent of transfers: J. f. Broderick,
secretary to the general manager. and
w. II. Williams. assistant secretary.
The train was not run up to the sta
ton. but remained in the transfer
yards below the b. & o. depot while
the party dined in their cars.
A representative of the Register met
the train on it's arrival being the only
member of the local press at the train,
and was very graciously received by
4 Chief Mechanical Engineer Barr and
other members of the presidents party.
They said the trip had been very
arduous one, and the party were all
somewhat fatigued. Those who think
that the general officials of a great
railway system like that of the u. d o.
have nothing to do but draw large sal
aries would do well to eradicate tnat
erroneous impression from their minds.
Nearly every moment of the time
while here was occupied In consn'ta-
tions with subordinate officials on
every major subject connected with the
administration of the affairs OF tue
newly acquired lines. kilograms, let
ters and orders by the hundred were
dictated to stenographers. Personal OF
ders and counsel was given to scores
of officials Even while dining ques-
lions involving great sums OF money
were discussed and decided in rev
brief sentences. Surely the life of
general official of great railway Is
strenuous one. and 1t is not surprising
that so few OF. them live to an advanced
age.
While here the following officials OF
the Ohio River railway called upon the
h. e. O. officials at the train: I. e.
Blaser. superintendent; G. h. Bryant
superintendent of maintenance OF way;
w. Layman, master mechanic; Z. +.
Woods. general yardmaster; ID. II.
Bradford. trainmaster, and U. G. Men
delhalI foreman machinery depart
ment, and others
Many local officials of the b. 0.
we're at the train. particularly those OF
the operating department. Among
these were Superintendent of Termin-
ais Barrett and Mr.. p. Pendergrast,
master mechanic at McMechen.
The private car OF President Wood
ford. of the c. l.. & W., was detached
from the train at this point and taken
back across the river.
At 2 O'Clock yesterday afternoon the
B. & o. party's train left for Hunting
ton. over the Ohio River railroad, at
which point arrived at 7 o'clock yes
terday evening. The presidents party
remained there until 10 o'clock p. M,
when they left for New Martinsville,
where they were secluded to arrive at
4 o'clock this morning, They will then
90 over the new Short Line, arriving at
! Clarksburg at o'clock a. m. to-day.
was learned from perfectly re-
liable official source that inventories OF
all material all property of every kind
and description including all operating
machinery, as cars, engines etc. belong
ing to the Ohio River railway were com
pleted yesterday by the different officials
of the road and turned over to the mas
ter mechanic who arranged them in
proper classification and then turned
! them over 10 LHt BtHeIdi ihdotOi hiO
chanic of the B. & o. railway.
At midnight last night the road passed
| from the control of the old officials Of
the Ohio River railway to the control OF
those of the B. & o. railway.
Just who of the old officials will be
Igiven places under the new regime Is
known only to the inner circle OF the
B. & o. management. 1t is thought the
| present officials will continue to per-
| form the duties of their various posi-
tons until after a meeting of the reor-
ganized directorate of the road.
Mr.. w. R. Woodford. president and
general manager OF the c., l.. & W., I'm
mediately after dining, left his private
car and came up town, calling few
| moments at the Mcclure House ticket
office of his company. He then crossed
| the river and met his car at Bridgeport,
leaving there at O'Clock yesterday af-
| ternoon for his home in Cleveland.
He had nothing of interest to the gen.
eral public to communicate to the press.
The c., l.. & w. is passing into the