The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-03-19
CHANGE IN B. 8
0. MAhAGEMENT

". B. Williams, general superinten-
dent of the Wheeling District of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, at Wheel
ng, will become general agent on March
Is, according 70 an announcement made
at the general Office Of the company. Mr.
Williams will be succeeded by w. "
Averell, assistant general superintendent
it New York.
The appointment Of Mr.. williams a.
general agent pre-age- broadening Of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroads with
respect to West Virginia, a. with his
state and possessing intimate knowledgr
II the industrial development under way
and possibilities for the future and en-
loying wide personal acquaintsnce-hip
sith business men and their inter ests,
there will ~ an effort made through the
new ofiice IN bring commercial West
Virginia into still closer touch with it,
most extension transportation system
Under this changed organization Mr.
Williams, who. has spent his railrosd a
.sreer with the Baltimore and Ohio, has
won promotion 70 q nigh office in the
operating department. will become part
Of the executive organization Of the
company and report u Nice-President
A. W. Thompson. chief operating officer
In selecting Mr. Williams succe--or
the importance of the Wheeling District
n the Baltimore and Ohio system has
been further emphasized in the appoint
ment Of Mr.. Avrrell. an official Of wide
experience ia railroad operation who has
specialized on terminals and has been -
engaged &C Baltimore, Pittsburg. New
York and other centers on the Baltimore
and Ohio. Before entering Baltimore
and Ohio service Mr.. Avereu Wa con-
nected with the southern Pacific Com
pany on the Pa-ifc coast. Mr.. Williams
xas born August IL, 1855. and received
his efucktlon in the public schools Of
West Virginia. lie entered the employ
II the Baltimore and Ohio railroad ~
telegraph operator ~ Cameron, Novem-
h.er 5. 1870. ~ June. 1875, he was Al
vanced To train dispatcher at Cameron,
and in April, 1873. became agent and
operator there. fiis next promoti0n Was
a. chief train dispatcher &C Cameron.
which appointment hecame edertiye
Deoemh,er I, lss6, and fonr years later
ne ~as made chief dispatcher st Graf
ton His advnsoement was % train
master af Grafton, IN NOvrrnber 1885.
IL was OctOber I. 1901, that Mr.. Viii
liarn- re-reived his next Important pro-
motion when he became superintendent
of the Wheeling division, st Wheeling
In April 1919. he Was transferred to
q alton A. superintendent. lie vas al
vanoed b. general superintendent. re
turning o. Wheeling. IN May. 1910, and
the territory embraced in the Wheeling
District and under his jurisdiction ex-
eend. from Fairruonf On the east n
CoIumbous, on the we>t, and from the
Great Lakes n the Ohio river.
Mr. Avereil. the new general sup-rin-
tendent, H. q native Of Og.iensburg. y.
Y. where he ea- bora, Nay l3, 1879.
lie eas gradustesi from yale University
IN the Cla-s n 1870 and started railroad
sork rIth The Great Northern railway.
in September. following his graduation.
He later becsme statistical clerk Of the
southern Pacific, IN September, 1872,
and sncc-~~ively train master, assistant
-uperinter.dent and superintendent of
thst road st f0~ Angeles, Gal, until
February. rsll. Tie hecame assistant 20
gpnersi manager Of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad on May I, 1911, and vss
promoted % assistant genersi superin-
tcndsnt st Piftsburx on July IS, 1912.
hupin9 advanced % assistant general Su-
pcrinsrnd>nt of New York division and
Rpuprna superinsendent of the Staten
Lsiasd lina On MAJ ]. 1919