Evening journal., 1906-11-06
Editorial Opinion
A Noble wife Beater.


lucliest number in the whole lottei
OF International marriages. Never be
ter than in the case Of Castellane we
the words Of Tennyson exampled:
Here and there the cotter's babe
royal born by right divine;
Here and there my lord is lower tina
his oxen or his swine.
A count come down long descent
a leader in the society of the Frent
capital, and yet one of the lowest
human creatures-spendthr profit
gate blackleg and wife-beaterl Tn.
was what Anna Gould drew Tor th
prize Of her bright young dream. TIL
most becoming thing the wretch coul
do would be to fan on the sword OF !
wronged husband; but neither the char
acter OF the Count de Castellanc no
the degree Of ferocity that marks IN
French duel warrants the hope that hi
wife viii find her deliverance that way
A Great Railroad.
The eightieth annual report of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, giving al
account OF the transactions of the COM
pany for the year ended June 80 last
has been published The Baltimore and
Ohio Is the only railroad in the United
States, we believe. and the only one in
the world, except one or two in Eng
land that has been publishing reports
for so years This company has a
great history. and not the least re-
markable feature Of its history Is the
fact that a charter written for the in
corporation Of a railroad before loco
motives were invented, and framed
with the idea that the road might be
a toll road, operated on the method CT
turnpike roads mas beenfound adequate
for the government OF a road whose
annual income is now many times
greater than the original capital stock.
More than this, the charter written by
Mr.. Mcmahon is still the model for
railroad charters in the United States.
The Baltimore and Ohio Company now
has 44S5 miles Of track. It's gross
earnings last year were $S2,50S,719 and
/ its net earnings were S29, 166.799. over
the previous year there was an in
crease of about S1O,000,000, coming en-
tirely from the freight traffic as the
receipts from passenger traffic were
less in 1906 than. in 1905 by S115,443,
those Of 1905 having been exceptionally
large, because Of the st. Louis Fair.
More than one-third of all the freight
traffic or 39.77 per cent. Of the whole,
was soft coal The company trans
ported during the year the prodigious
amount of 55,335.1O2 tons Of freight, an
amount many million tons greater than
was ever carried In any one previous
year. The number Of passengers car
ried also was greatly in excess Of the
number ever carried before In 1905,
however the passenger receipts were
greater because Of the long haul Of
Passengers to ST. Louis The net earn
Iings OF the Washington branch were
S375. .S94. a decrease Of S65,695 compared
with the previous year. This amount
of earning is equal to about per cent
on the stock at the valuation at which
the State sold its stock to the COM
pany. The decrease In the net earn
!hgs of the branch, and the further de-
crease which may occur when the traf-
nc between Washington and tho West
is diverted from II and a portion of the
enormous cost OF maintaining the
Washington term nal is put upon it,,
would seem 10 indicate that the state
sold the stock at a fair price.
The recovery Of this splendid prop
Why AlNAI Afif NNllulAANH Oh WIEih anu
rain which destroyed It's capacity for
carry ng traffic and led to the receiver
ship, has been almost without parallel
in railroad history. In the rehabillta-
tlon Of the road the present president,
Mr. Oscar c. Murray, was one Of the
two chief agents He was co-receiver
with Mr.. owen and had in charge more
espec ally the material condition and
the transportation department, while
Mr.. Ccwen devoted himself TO the legal
and financial affairs Since he became
president OF the road, Mr.. Murray has
steadily pursued the policy Of improve
ment, adding facllit es. Strengthening
and improving tracks, building better
bridges and double tracks and buying
more cars and locomotives. The fact
that the road is prospering more than
ever before under Mr. Murray's pres
ent administration would seem to in
dictate that it is no disadvantage to the
road TO Identify its interests with those
Of the city Of Baltimore. rather thar
with some other city. Mr. Murray
treats the city OF Baltimore as the
home Of the Baltimore and Ohio Com
pany and as If the interests Of the city
and road are identical, as, in fact, the,
ara
When the railroad was opened 4
Wheeling a great majority Of it's com.
mon stock was owned by the state o
Maryland, the city Of Baltimore and tn,
city OF Wheeling. The sale of tn,
Washington branch stock ends thl
States representation In the board O
directors. But It is most gratifying t,
note that two non-res.dents who hav,
resigned have been succeeded by tw,
!, Baltimore gentlemen-Messrs. Bren
Keyser and Joseph r. Foard-both o
whom are deeply interested in tn,
prosperity Of this city
Mr. Murray. in his report refers I,
the completion and occupation OF thl
company's great ohice building in Bal
timore and to the approaching compile
I tion OF the Washington terminal whicl
he says will be in use within the mex
, fiscal year.-Baltimore sun.