. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . tom rovir:Robert F. Klebe, Office of Cost Engineer. Baltinjore. Md.; Oliver J. Wittenberger. Stenographer to Superintendent Chicago, 111. Baltimore and Ohio Magazine, August, iQ2j 7 The designs were gone o\erat intervals by Miss OliveDennis, inspector of passengerservice, G. B. Luckey, chiefphotographer, and the editorof the Magazine, acting asjudges. Their decision wasunanimous that. No. 400 wasthe best submitted and theyso reported to J. S. Murray,assistant to president, whowas in charge of the so happened that in a pre-liminary examinatio
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . tom rovir:Robert F. Klebe, Office of Cost Engineer. Baltinjore. Md.; Oliver J. Wittenberger. Stenographer to Superintendent Chicago, 111. Baltimore and Ohio Magazine, August, iQ2j 7 The designs were gone o\erat intervals by Miss OliveDennis, inspector of passengerservice, G. B. Luckey, chiefphotographer, and the editorof the Magazine, acting asjudges. Their decision wasunanimous that. No. 400 wasthe best submitted and theyso reported to J. S. Murray,assistant to president, whowas in charge of the so happened that in a pre-liminary examination of thedesigns, before the judgesreport reached him, had also picked as his choice. The fact that Miss Lans-downes design was selected asthe best submitted in thecontest, does not mean that itwill be adopted as the invari-ably used trade mark of theBaltimore and Ohio. But theappropriateness, simplicityandhistory of the basic idea, makeit adaptable for so many pur-poses that it will certainly beof great usefulness to the. Miss Lansdowne receives thehonor of being adjudged thewinner because she was notsatisfied with one, two or threeattempts, but spent night afternight on the contest, exercisingher ingenuity and using herskill in draughting until shehad submitted a well roundedand complete selection of care-fully worked out ideas. Itha])pencd that perhaps the\ ery simplest idea submittedin the whole contest, won,especially when it is con-sidered that the prize winningdesign is really but a simplifi-cation of the several variationsof the Capitol IDome designused in past years by theBaltimore and Ohio. But genius is often in makinga simple—a plain thing—evensimpler. And Miss Lansdowneknew how to do just this! IntroducingMiss Lansdowne Railroaxi. In reporting the results of thecontest to President Willard, gave the follo\ving reasonsin explaining why No. 400 hadbeen judged the best design. 1. It is adaptable to all uses forwhich the RaiJ-road might wa
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