Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-28

ular run In such capacity on this part OF
the road until May IA, 1913, when he was
promoted 10 conductor. Mr.. Landon is re-
garded by officials very attentive and
careful conductor. and his present run is
from Baltimore to Cumberland on train
No. 1.-The Royal Blue express east and
west-and returning on train No. 10, the
Pittsburg-New York express.
Mr.. NJ. =. Donaldson the engineer in
charge of engine 2104, drawing the Ex-
press No 10, entered the service of the
Baltimore and Ohio July 10, 1886 as a
fireman on the Baltimore division. He was
promoted to engineer on the same division
July 10, 1889. and has been handling the
large passenger locomotives of the com
pany since that time When the Baltimore
and Ohio added the new Pacific type loco
motiVe-the largest passenger engines
built-to Its motive power equipment, a
little more than year ago, and because
of his ability at all times to get the
most work out of his engine, Engineer
Donaldson was placed in charge of the
monster 2104
The first train in was received with
cheers and other enthusiastic demonstra-
lions by the assembled crowd as 1t puffed
along the elevated tracks and entered the
train sheds Railroad officials estimate
that between % 900 and 10000 Washing
tOnians-men, women and children-Vislt-
cd the new Union station yesterday and
inspected the structure inside and out.
despite the ugly weather
First and Last Tickets Sold.
In reference to the purchase of the
last ticket at the old depot and the first
one at the Union station, the following
statement was made today by a Baltimore
and Ohio official:
Ticket form local A No. 5S37s, read.
ing Washington to Baltimore via Balti-
more and Ohio railroad, is the last ticket
sold In the old Baltimore and Ohio rail
road station Attached ticket, local A, No
$3.50 was the first ticket sold from tbs
new Union terminal station to Baltimore
and the second ticket issued in the new
terminals The first ticket sold from the
new terminal was local ticket to Laurel
Md and was purchased by an employe
who was born and reared at Laurel, and
wanted to purchase the first ticket to
that point.
The two tickets above referred to, be-
ing local a Nos. JS;7S and $3.50, Werr
purchased by S. 3. Hege, District passen-
ger agent of the Baltimore and Ohio
They will be framed, together with 4
photograph of the old station and one OF
the new terminal, and by him presented
( to Mr.. d. Il. Martin, manager passenge II
traffic of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
at Baltimore, where they Will no doubt
be retained and become. as the years &c
!
toric road"
Gift to Miss Purnell
II was added that ticket No. 5S379, pur.
chased by Mr. II. z. Baldwin at 3:25 Sun
day morning was presented to Miss kath-
ryn Purnell, who heads the stock com
pany at the Majestic Thcater. Miss Pur-
nell will frame the ticket, and is pleased
to recall that. while she was passenger
on the first train out of the new station,
she may preserve the first ticket sold.
She used a mileage book for her passage
to Baltimore. Laurel is the old home of
Mr.. Baldwin.
The first excursion into the Union
station came in yesterday from Win
chester, Va. There were about $50 per-
sons in the party, and they We're per
sonally conducted by Capt. ]. Z. Spur
rier, superintendent of the Valley di-
vision OF the Baltimore and Ohio, the
oldest superintendent in the service of
that road. The captain took great in
terest in the new station and its sur
roundings. The excursion left on the
return trip about I o'clock.