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road company, was called out for a
speech, and most ably did he respond
TO the call. We would like to give,
at least, the head Of his chaste and
elegant address, but The want Of time
and room forbid at present. He was
followed by Mr.. Young. of Baltimore
City Council, who introduced 10 the
audience Mr.. H. D. Brooke, Of the
Fourteenth city ward, and in a speech
rich, racy and musical, he put the
crowd in the finest humor. He was
followed by Mr. F. H. Pierpont, and
him by Mr.. A. F. Raymond. These
gentlemen made most excellent and
appropriate speeches in their usual eio-
quent style. Mr.. B. H. Latrobe was
then called to the floor and made a
highly interesting speech. He was fol.
lowed by a Mr.. Grey who dIlated upon,
the services OF Mr.. George Brown, Of
Baltimore, which brought that gentle.
man TO his feet, but only OF call out
Mr., Latrobe, the distinguished attor.
ney for the company. This gentleman
made an eloquent and beautiful
speech. He was followed by Colonel
7, 5. Raymond, which wound up 10.
The best Of our knowledge and belief,
the truly agreeable and interesting On.
%tertainment. II was the feast Of rea.
son and flow Of soul. Between The
speeches, that fine and Justly ~celebrat.
ed brass band from Baltimore dis.
coursed some Of ihe sweetest music.
employing none bue the sweetest notes
for the occasion. Every attention was
shown the visitors and strangers, and
the regret was that their, say Could
not have been prolonged They sleft
about 10 o'clock Oh Wednesday morn.
Ing The occasion was one that merit.
ed the celebration, and the celebration
was worthy Of the occasion.
Many people are prone 10 harpoop
and TO knock on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company ba, were faey
to stop alminute and think or Mere
they to become acquainted with rs
history they would know that ltbis
company has been the pioneer road
! n many projects; that it has Intro.
duced many Innovations in the opera.
lion and construction Of roads, chief
Of which 1t lays first claim TO are:
II was the first company In America to
build to own and to operate a railroad
under a charter and that charter has
not changed lis original name; II was
the first road operated to convey mas.
sengers or freight; It was the first
road to utilize locomotive power. II
was the first road to scale and meme.
trate the Allegheny mountains. IL Is.
sued the first lime table printed in
America. 1t was first to use electricity
as a motive power. 1t was the first
road In the world TO inaagurate eiec.
tric automobile service in conjunction
with Its passenger trains. II was the
FIRST road 10 use electricity as a means
OF communication, consequently II had
The iirst telegraph line in the world. 1t
was over this line that Professor Sam.
uel F. B. Morse inventor Of the tele
graph sent the first and famous mes.
sage What bath God Wrought
The original road Of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company was built
between Baltimore and EiiicOtts
Mills and was fifteen miles in length.
Later the road was extended as far as
Frederick, the company then operat:
ed sixtyone miles Of road. 1t was
then extended to Washington, then 10
iiaFPers Ferry next to Cumberland
thence across the Allegheny noun.
tains TO Wheeling and then on 10 ST.
Louis. From Cumberland a branch
was built 10 PIttsburc- which u.as az.
tended to Chicago. From these main
lines It has many branches leading out
Into rich mineral districts into fertile
valleys bringing both 10 a stage Of
development that they would not 9th.
ierwise enjoy.
Up until the time Of the building Of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
across the Allegheny mountains there
never had been such a ~stupendous en-.
stheering feat undertaken In the con.
struction Of railroads. 1t awakened
the countries Of the globe and they
eagerly watched the progress Of the
company as It bridsed chasm after
chasm and burrowed It's way through
the mountains. They saw the com.
pany bring Its work 10 a happy and
successful conclusion. This stupendous
undertaking successfully carried out
was the means by which the eastern
part Of the United States was connect.
led Commercially with the central part
and inspired the engineers in their
more wonderful undertakings in rail-.
road construction In the Rocky mnrn.