The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-23
Over the Old Short Line
Route at An Early
Date.
VAN HORN PROMOTED
President Wizards Visit
Turns Out to Mean Much
for the City.

Charles w. vanHorn, station agent
here the last eleven years, has been
promoted to chief clerk to General
Superintendent BlaAer of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company
with Offices in Baltimore, effective
April |. The promotion comes as a
well deserved one and his numerous
friends in this section are pleased
with the recognition given him, how
ever deeply they regret his departure
from the city.
I Mr.. yanHorn will be succeeded by
James w. Carter, cashier, who has
been connected with the n.
& o. Railroad Company the
last nine years. Mr.. Carter has
worked himself up through the var
ious departments to this most re-
gponsible of all positions at the local
station. AS rate man he had no
superior and as cashier his work is
unexeelled.
Mr., vanHorn's promotion taken
with recent visit Of President Dan
lei Willard and General superintend-
ent Blazier is believed to mean
much to clarksburg in the near flu
:ure, While here, It is learned
President Willard and General Sup
erintendent Blazler went thoroughly
ntc the needs Of Clarksburg with
Mr.. vanHorn and others and they
have come to the conclusion that
there must be some radical changes
in the physical equipment of the road
1t this point TO overcome the mad
equate conditions.
Owning the Short Line right OF
way through the city and ample ter
ritory for a fine passenger station
where the Oil Well Supply
tore and other property are, the
-ailroad company has seriously CON
tenplatad running It's passenger
trains over that route through the
city with its passenger station near
the Waldo hotel. This matter was
considered upon the recent visit of
Messrs. Willard and Blazier here. and
with Mr.. vanHorn in the Baltimore
offices doubtless the company will be
given muEh assistance in solving the
problem and MS result passenger
trains will be running into the heart
Of the city at an early day and much
needed relief TO the large shippers,
especially the iobbers will be afford
ed in Glen Elk, where the passenger
station is now located. Removal OF
the passenger site and the running
Of passenger trains over the pro-
posed route will give a large area
of additional space for freight tracks
and better facilities for handling not
only present freight trains but also
additional ones.
Present congested conditions with
the wholesale houses and others will
thus be eliminated and the trade as
now harlspered will not only rul
smoothly but also quickly expand
thus fully iustifying the the railroad
company in making the demanded
changes.
The shippers, particularly the job
bers, are especially interested in
this change as it will relieve them
of the present congested track fac!l-
tiles, which hampers their business
very much. The track facilities they
now have are wholly inadequate and
by occupying the passenger site with
freight tracks, the much needed re-
lief will be brought about.
Those interested are more sanguine
now than at any time since the pro-
posed changes we're first thought Of
that they will materialize quickly.
Mr.. vanHorn's most earnest en-
deayors will be to bring the same
about and Clarksburg will have adj
ditional cause to feel proud of his
inIoy,.;o, - b;s now Dnsiti0p