. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . edlist on March 13, 1923. Richard L. Vernon Richard L. Vernon, who began work forthe Baltimore and Ohio as water boy andended as conductor, was bom on a faminear Sonora, Ohio on November 3, 1856. He attented the public schools of Sonora,and in 1870 had his first railroad experienceas water boy. In 1871 he was transcrrc 1to a caqjcnter gang; in .March, 1872 hewas transferred to brakeman. The ne.\iyear he was promoted to conductor. In1884 and 1885 he became general yard-master at Zanesville. Three years laterhe left the service of the Baltimore andOhio.


. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . edlist on March 13, 1923. Richard L. Vernon Richard L. Vernon, who began work forthe Baltimore and Ohio as water boy andended as conductor, was bom on a faminear Sonora, Ohio on November 3, 1856. He attented the public schools of Sonora,and in 1870 had his first railroad experienceas water boy. In 1871 he was transcrrc 1to a caqjcnter gang; in .March, 1872 hewas transferred to brakeman. The ne.\iyear he was promoted to conductor. In1884 and 1885 he became general yard-master at Zanesville. Three years laterhe left the service of the Baltimore andOhio. In 1889 he returned in the capacity offreight brakeman, and in 1898 was pro-moted to conductor, Newark, Ohio. In 1878 he was married to Miss SarahJane Walters, of Sonora, Ohio. He hast\vo daughters. John B. Sparenburg John B. Sparenburg, retired tallyman,Camden Station, was born in Richmond,Va., on December i, 1857. ;He was broughtto Baltimore at the age of one year. Herehe has spent the greater part of his life. He{Continued on page 45). Leff to righl, uppT: Henry Gebel, J. Stiles Platte, William W. Wilson, John B. Sparenburg, J. F. Ljwry. Lower: Join M. Purdum, Richard L. Vernon Jacob Gasser ,Anton Zeppel 44 Baltimore and Ohio Magazine, April, ig2j uum iionnii iiynoiiniimiiic *^ STOP THAT LEAK! STOP THAT LEAK! STOP THAT LEAK! Accurate Weights Insure Correct Freight Charges Gains to Revenue from Check-Weighing and Revising Classification of Inbound and Transfer L. C. L. Freight, January, 1923 Note:—Each month there will be published in the Magazine, statement of increases, shown by stations, made in the revenueof the Company by revising classification and check-weighing inbound L. C. L. shipments and L. C. L. freight in transfer. EASTERN LINESNew York Terminal Lines Pier No. 22, N. R., N. Y $ West 26th Street., N. Y Total $ Baltimore Division Brunswick, Md $5-03 Brunswick Transfer, Md Frederick, Md ^ 471 Georgetown, D. C Langdon, D. C 113 Laurel, M


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