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Show FOR YOUR INFORMATION. The Baltimore & Ohio directory is a strong one, as can be seen by t"-e following short business history of each director: William Salomon of New York ha3 been connected with the banking house of Speyer & Co. for many years and is regarded as one of the foremost financiers fi-nanciers in the country and has had charge of the reorganization for the managers. Jacob H. Schiff is a" well known member of the firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.. of New York, bankers and financiers, a director of the Union Pacific Pa-cific Railroad, of the National City Bank of New York and of other large financial institutions. James J. Hill is well known as president of the Great Northern Railroad and is regarded re-garded as one of the most successful railroad operators and financiers in the country. Edward R. Bacon is president presi-dent of the Baltimore & Ohio South Western Railway and was chairman of the sub-committee on reorganization which proposed and carried out the plan of reorganization of the Baltimore Balti-more & Ohio Railroad. He is a director direc-tor of the Farmers Loan and Trust Co. of New York, and for a long time has been identified with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad as one of those interested inter-ested in the property. Louis Fitzgerald Fitzger-ald of New York is president of tin Mercantile Trust Company and has long been interested in the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and ischr.lrman of the reorganization committee. Norman B. Ream of Chicago represents his own and the Interests of Marshall Field, P. D. Armour and their associates, who have large interests in the property, and is also identified with many of the largest financial and commercial Institutions In-stitutions in the northwest. James Stillman Is president of the City National Na-tional Bank of New York, Is closely identified with the Standard Oil interests, inter-ests, is a director in the Chicago and North-Western, and the Missouri Kansas Kan-sas and Texas Railroad, also a director in many of the largest financial institutions insti-tutions In New York. Edward H. Har-riman Har-riman of New York is the new president presi-dent of the Chicago and Alton Railroad and chairman of the executive committee com-mittee of the Union Pacific Railroad and chairman of the Illinois Central. J. Kennedy Tod is the head of the New York banking firm of J. Kennedy Tod & Co. and is a director in the Great Northern Railroad and Is connected with many large financial institutions. Charles Steele is a member of the New York law firm of Seward, Guthrie and Steele which has acted as the counsel of the reorganization syndicate. Alexander Alex-ander Brown is the head of the firm of Alexander Brown & Co. of Baltimore, and connected with Brown Bros. & Co. of New York and London and is a financier of distinguished ability. li. Clay Pierce of St. Louis is associated with the Standard Oil interests and Is a leading business man in his city and is associated with large financial institutions. in-stitutions. H. Crawford Black and John V. L. Findlay are well known Marylanders, being appointed to the board by the governor representing the state's interest in the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. |