. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . Monongah Divi-sion has seen quite a number of changes on theDivision staff, viz.: G. F. Eberly, divisionengineer of the Philadelphia Division, wastransferred to Grafton, vice E. T. Brown,resigned. J. W. McClung was appointedtrainmaster, with headquarters at Grafton,covering the territory from Grafton to Clarks-burg on the Parkersburg Branch and G. and B. District; Ernie Bartlett, trainmaster of theParkersburg Branch, Clarksburg to Parkers-burg; B. Z. Holverstott, headquarters Fair-mont, covering M. R. and Short Line, andW. C. Deegan, headquarters Westo


. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . Monongah Divi-sion has seen quite a number of changes on theDivision staff, viz.: G. F. Eberly, divisionengineer of the Philadelphia Division, wastransferred to Grafton, vice E. T. Brown,resigned. J. W. McClung was appointedtrainmaster, with headquarters at Grafton,covering the territory from Grafton to Clarks-burg on the Parkersburg Branch and G. and B. District; Ernie Bartlett, trainmaster of theParkersburg Branch, Clarksburg to Parkers-burg; B. Z. Holverstott, headquarters Fair-mont, covering M. R. and Short Line, andW. C. Deegan, headquarters Weston, coveringWest Virginia and Pittsburgh. The accompanying picture is of J. W. Leith,the oldest carpenter foreman on the MonongahDivision. Mr. Leith entered the service as acarpenter on March 1, 1882, and on July 9, 1887,was promoted to carpenter foreman, whichposition he has faithfully filled to the presenttime. Uncle John, as he is called by all hisfriends, is very genial, and no matter howdifficult the task that confronts him, he goes. J. W. LEITH Please mention our magazine when writing advertisers 62 THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE about his work in a happy mood. He is a goodChristian man and one that the MonongahDivision is proud of having on its territory. An interesting veteran employe is R. , whose picture appears on this entered the service on April 1, 1868, as afireman, and on February 20, 1870, was pro-moted to engineer on No. 71. In 1910, afterforty-two years of faithful and efficient service,he was pensioned. A few weeks ago he droppedinto our office to show us an interesting letterfrom S. E. Graham, now train dispatcher onthe Norfolk & Western, at Crewe, W. Va.,and a former Baltimore and Ohio man. Among other items of interest about old timeson the Parkersburg Branch Mr. Graham givesa list of the engineers and their engines in 1870,as follows: R. M. Colvin, 71; Henry Kidwell, 73; JessePierce, 75; Henry Jenks, 79; Joe Clayton, 86;John Gigle


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