The sun., 1903-12-27
LOREE GOES TO ROCK ISLAND,
WILL HAVE 1900 MILES or ROAD
UNDER HIM As PRESIDENT.

Beesme President 81 the baltimore aud
Ohio IN 1901 ~ the Representative OF
Pennsylvania Observation-Disclosures
Murray Likely to Soeceed Nim Here.
President Leonor r. Lorse Of the Balt-
more and Ohio Railroad Will resign on
Jan to become president Of the Rock
Island system, the biggest railroad In point
of mileage In the United States. Mr.. Lorec
has been with the Baltimore and Ohio since
the resignation Of John X. Cowon In 1901,
and has won wide recognition among
railroad mon for his conduct Of the roads
affairs.
Mr.. Loree, who is one of the youngest
railroad presidents Of the country, was
born at Fulton City. ILL.,, In 1853. He was
educated at Rutgers College and began his
railroad work in 1887 as an assistant In the
engineer corps Of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road. From 1879 to 1881 he was transit
man in the Engineer Corps Of the United
States Army, and following that a topo-
srapher in the survey of the Mexican
National Railway. In 1893 Mr.. Loree again
entered the service Of the Pennsylvania on
its Western lines and advanced from grade
70 grade until in 1901 he became general
manager and fourth vioe-president Of the
Pennsylvania lines west Of Pittsburg. He
went to the Baltimore and Ohio as the
representative of the Pennsylvania in
terests in that road.
The Rock Island Company was formed
s to take P.oc ne RsM.y Ga OK
which had been purchased By William Il:
and James H. Moore and Daniel G. Reid
and William B. Leeds, q coterie known in
Wall Street as the. "kock Island crowd
They had promoted a corporation for the
making Of tin plates, and with the means
obtained from its transfer to the United
States Steel Corporation they bought, IN
connection with other interests, the Rock
Island Railway
From a road OF less than 1000 miles the
chases and leases of the st. Louis and San
Francisco, the Houston and Texas Central,
OF which it is joint owner with the southern
Pacific and other properties. until Mr..
Loree viii have direct charge OF IL 900 miles
Since the formation Of the Rock Island
Company William B. Leeds has been its
president Mr.. Leeds Is himself an old
railroad man, and OF his retirement now In
favor of Mr.. Loree. 1t was said yesterday
the service Of the Pennsylvania v estern
lines Mr. Loree was Mr.. Leeds's superior.
MIR Leeds Ia said to have been ono Of the
Rock Island interests most desdrous Of Sc
curing Mr.. Loree as It's executive head,
II has been understood for some time
In railroad circles that Mr.. L.eedss position
as president Of the Rock Island Company
was not permanent. 1t Is q number OF
years since he has been In actual touch
with operating, and his success ss g tin
actual owners of the Rook Island have
made his executive connection with the
company more or less nominal. He will,
Of course. remain q director.
There was some interest in Wall Street
Mr. Loree in the presidency Of the Balti-
more and Ohio. II was thought the direc-
tors would choose Oscar G. Murray, now
vice. president OF the road. Mr.. Murray
was one of the receivers OF the road during
regarded as its operating head since that
time.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 3e.-Col, Loree was
asked whether his leaving the Baltimore
transfer Of control Of the latter to the Penn
sylvania interests He said:
1T does not. I am going to serve the
interests Of the present owners OF the Rock
Island. My reason is purely the personal
field. My relations with my fellow officials
in the Baltimore and Ohio and with the
people of Baltimore have been very pleasant,
and II regret that the former are TO be severed
and tha. an am ob, 70 ieaxs Es,rasd iore .,.ss me
property and has a great future. 1t Is now
coming into this future
Oscar G.. Murray. Who Ia expeeted to
succeed Col Loree. was born at Bridgeport,
railway service in 1877 a. q ticket agent
Of the Galveston, Houston and Hender-
son Railroad. He was with that road
until 1880. When he went to the Gulf.
Colorado and Santa Fe. The next year
found him trafl3c manager Of the Missouri
Pacific line in Texas, which post he held
for five years when he was transferred
to st. Louis as traffic manager OF that dis
trict. From 1885 to 1888 he held a similar
place with the Cincinnati. indianapolis,
successors. In 1897 be was made second
vice-president OF the Big Four. In 1898
he was appointed one Of the receivers Of
the Baltimore and Ohio, and on Feb. is