Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine (1912) (14574886597)

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Title: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Subjects: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Publisher: (Baltimore, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad)
Contributing Library: University of Maryland, College Park
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation



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•CAI! AIM K. D. W ALKJOR THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE 19 Virginia, where his parents took himwhen he was six years old, he enteredWashington College, now Washingtonand Jefferson. When Young Walker wassixteen years old his father died. Hismother urged her son to continue atschool, but he would not heed her and asthe railroad had just been completed toWheeling, he heard the call and got ajob as cleaner-up in the yards. Henext was given charge of the companystore, which dispensed matches, tobaccoand other articles of a similar nature. It was at this time that his futurecareer was shaped. He had a friendwho was a telegraph operator and theactive mind of young Walker wanted todelve into the intricacies of this thenlittle-known invention. It was notlong before he mastered the telegraphiccode and was appointed a telegrapher.He recalls that Thomas Swann waspresident of the Baltimore and OhioRailroad Company at the time. Astrains sped by the window of his tower,Walker longed to b