 With the eastern extension out of the picture, the Central could have held little interest for the Watsontown group.Hicks and Higbee left the board in 1894; their replacements were Charles W. Wilhelm, of Reading, who succeeded Hicks as vice-president, Edward L. Welsh, of Philadelphia, and Robert Valentine, a director of Valentine Iron.McLaughlin did not appear on the board at the time, but apparently returned to replace Kruger later that year.