Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-03-10
BAL |MORE AFTEHXH|B|T
Curos Of the Baltimore & Ohio
May Find Home in That City.
EFFORT MADE TO SECURE IT
St. Louis Display, Now Stored In
Shops in This City, May Not be
Taken by Field Museum.

Will the great collection of old rail-
road relics and curios owned bv the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and now
stored in she round house of the com
pany in this city, be taken to Balti-
more, where, it is the general opinion,
it should be, or will it become the
property of and add to the distinction
of some other city?
This collection it will be remem-
bered, was one of the features OF the
St. Louis Exposition. 1t shows by
model every grade in the rise of rail
road-engine building, from the first be-
ginning down to the huge modern en-
CINE. 1t is the only collection If the
kind in the world, and the experts
who sew it at the Worlds Fair were
unanimous ia the opinion that it
would be a great credit to any city.
The valuable collection is now stored
by the Baltimore and Ohio here, where
it is awaiting the disposition of the
directors of the Field Museum, of Chi
eago, who according to the te ms of
the contract entered into between the
company and the directors, virtually
have an option on the possesso- ship of
the collection. That OPTION will hold
good until the last of the present year,
at which time, if the directors of the
Museum have not made some definite
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ton of the collection, it will revert
entirely to the Baltimore and Ohio.
An effort is now being made by the
directors of the Carnegie Technical
School of Pittsburg to secure the col
lection. but Major ]. G. Panghorn,
special agent of the Baltimore and
Ohio has strong hopes that the col
lection will be given home in Balti
more. Said he
"A wealthy Baltimorean has prom
! Used to give 500, 900 as a nuclues
fund for the installation of the col
lection in this city, cannot now,
for special reasons, reveal his name,
bat can say that he is ready rs soon
rs we get the proper encouragement
to put down 500, 600 to start the fund
Baltimore should by all means have
tie collection. AS the home of the
| Baltimore q Ohio and as the beginning
! place of railroads in this country, it
Us the losieal home, for great ex-
hibit of this kind Many really great
/ things have had their origin here,
and yet little attention is paid to the
fact. am not in favor of having the
collection take the form of mere
museum, an insnimate something,
relic of the past | would have il be
the center of a.great technical school.
an institution thoroughly instructive
in all matters pertaining to railroads
and their development.
can also say that the United States
government is deeply interested in the
future of this collection. Government
experts found it to be one of the
most interesting exhibits at the ST.
Louis Exposition, and feel that
can say with large degree of safety
that wherever the collection is in
stalled the government will establish
it's fuel testing station in connection
with it, So it will readily be seen
that it would be great thing for
Baltimore to have this remarkable
combination.
When asked what it would cost to
install the collection in Baltimore,
Major Panghorn said
"Well, to give it fitting home
and make it the center, as 1 have sug-
gested, of great technical school,