| Show 13 2 and 0 presidents the recent annual meeting of the baltimore and ohio nall railroad road company which was its seventy first brings to mind the fact that the B 0 h has as had ten presidents in seventy one years as follows philip E thomm thomas I louis mclane thomas swan willlam william C harrlson harrison chauncey brooks john W garrett robert garrett samuel spencer charles F mayer and john K cowen the line was put in operation to harpers ferry in 1834 was built to winchester va in 1836 and to strasburg in 1970 westward it went to cumberland in november 1842 and on to wheeling W va by jan 1 1853 the parkersburg branch from grafton to parkersburg was opened may hay 1 1857 it Is the only great railroad corn company pany that is bel being operated under its original name and charter |
