Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-09
B. & D. RECOGNIZES
EMPLOYEES ABILITY
Superintendent Blaser's Promotions
Leads Way For Advancement OF
Several Others.

The appointment of Mr.. f. e. Blassx
as superintendent of the Baltimouee
and Ohio railroad main line FROM
Philadelphia to Parkersburg, and tho
attendant advancement of officials oS
this division, has been the greatest.
recognition OF the ability of Cumf@x
land division men ever accorded hrv
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
Not only has Mr.. Blaser been moveSk
up higher, but Mr.. Chester L. French
trainmaster of the Cumberland ddxe
sioa.
Mr.. Harry G. McAdams Successes
Mr.. French as trainmaster OF tie
East End, Cumberland division.
Grew Up With 8. 6 o..
Both Messrs. Chester l.. French ana
II. C. MeAdams are products OF the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad so far as
railroad experience goes, both having
entered the service as boys. Mr.
French Is a son of the late Captain
Robert A. French, who at the time ID
his death held the position of train+
master Just relinquished by the SON.
He comes Of a railroad family. oneN'
brother, Robert A, French, holding q
high position on the Guatamala Cen
trail railroad: a brother. Georges
French. holding a position on the
Panama railway, and another brother
William French. on one Of tho farges
Western railroads.
Mr.. Chester L. French entered the
service OF the Baltimore INT Cfnos
railroad as a messenger boy In thus
Cumberland train runners office Haaf
has never worked nj any other pofrf-
his promotions following from mess-
senger boy to copyist, then operator
train dispatcher, chief train dis
patcher, assistant ~trainmaster for he
division from Brunswick to Grafton.
and after the work became quite
heavy the division was divided and he
was placed in charge of the east enc
as trainmaster six years ago last
January. now ~relinquishing that Pc
sition for the superintendency OF the
Connellsville division.
When Mr.. French entered the serv-
Ice as a boy, w. NJ. Clements was
general superintendent and later gen.
eral manager, and he worked under
the old time chief train dispatcher
the late J. II. s. Riley.
From Boy to Man In the Service.
Mr.. Harry c. McAdams entered the.
service at Magnolia, w. Va. his home
place. where his mother still resides
commencing his work as a boy about
the year 1885. At Magnolia station
he learned telegraphy and worked asr
an operator, later working along tire
line at all the division Offices until he
was brought to the trainmaster's Of
flee. where he went along the line Of
promotion from copyist to operator. !.
to dispatcher. to chief dispatcher, as
sistant trainmaster. TO his present
post Of responsibility.
Both OF the young men, for neither
one has reached his prime, are the
personification Of the well-merited
success that follows industry and
knowledge rightly directed. They
have worked earnestly and faithfully
in the several positions they have
been called to fiji. from office boy to
their present high posts. They are
both of that never-tiring disposition,
that holds honor. du'y and loyalty TO
purpose as above all else In their
work for the company they have serv-
ed so well, and 1t Is hoped by their
many friends that in the years TO
come they may be promoted TO even
higher posts OF usefulness.
Supt. Driscoll entered the B. & q.
service in March, 1882. when a boy
OF sixteen as a telegraph operator at
Pittsburg and in August. 1886. was
made train dispatcher. He was pro-
NOTED to night chief dispatcher In
June, 1896. being transferred to the
Connellsville division in August Of the
same year as chief train dispatcher
and division operator. He was pro-
mote to assistant train master &C
lockwood, Pa. Feb. /, 1902. Junv
1. 1903. he was made train master or
the Connellsville division and In De
cember, 1904. was promoted to super
intendent at Connellsville.
The promotions of the other men
who follow them in line is evidence
In itself that they. too, have been
found efficient in the positions they
have been holding. They are all good
railroad men and have in the main
been brought up in the service Of this
company.