What is the name of first contractor of the oldest railroad in the United States' son, who became a pioneer in American Baseball?
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is the oldest railroad in the United States and the first common carrier railroad. It came into being mostly because the city of Baltimore wanted to compete with the newly constructed Erie Canal (which served New York City) and another canal being proposed by Pennsylvania, which would have connected Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. At first this railroad was located entirely in the state of Maryland with an original line from the port of Baltimore west to Sandy Hook. At this point to continue westward, it had to cross into Virginia (now West Virginia) over the Potomac River, adjacent to the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers. From there it passed through Virginia from Harpers Ferry to a point just west of the junction of Patterson Creek and the North Branch Potomac River where it crossed back into Maryland to reach Cumberland. From there it was extended to the Ohio River at Wheeling and a few years later also to Parkersburg, West Virginia.
Pat Friel Patrick Henry Friel (June 11, 1860 – January 15, 1924) was an American professional baseball player from the early 1880s to the mid-1890s. Friel was born in Lewisburg, West Virginia, and his brother Bill Friel was also a professional baseball player. He began his minor league baseball career in 1883, and continued through the end of the 1896 season. During that timespan, he played for the notable minor league team, London Tecumsehs and two Major League Baseball teams, the Syracuse Stars in 1890 , and the Philadelphia Athletics in 1891 . Friel died at the age of 63 in Providence, Rhode Island, and is interred at St. Francis Cemetery in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.