PARTIES TO DISPUTE:



THE VIRGINIAN RAILWAY COMPANY

and

THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO SYSTEM FEDERATION OF THE

BROTHERHOOD OF MAINTENANCE OF WAY EMPLOYES


STATEMENT OF CLAIM: This claim alleges that Claimant was improperly displaced from Section 30, New River Division, on or about July 12, 1954.


OPINION OF BOARD: The issue presented in this docket must necessarily be determined on the basis of the controlling agreement and in accordance with the interpretation put upon that, agreement by the parties thereto; those parties being in accord that the claim is without merit it must be denied.


FINDINGS: The Third Division of the Adjustment Board, upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds and holds:




That the Carrier and the Employes involved in this dispute are respectively Carrier and Employes within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as approved June 21, 1934;


That this Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein; and












Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 11th day of June, 1959.