The Baltimore County union., 1875-02-06
his ewn relations to the road upon the same
basie th at be regulates the road itself.

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day it is because in making money it has never
made it SO fast that it has forgotten at the same
| time to save il. Mr. Garretts salary is the
same now that it was when he was first elected
-$4,000 per annum. The directors have re-
| peatedly endeavored to raise it, but he has in
| variably and firmly declined. Other roads
| have offered him 10000 and $50 900 per an
mum to accept their presidencies, but he has
| adhered faithfully to the Baltimore and Ohio.
A schedule of different tables of expenditures
| in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad service
would probably reveal proportion in its favor,
| as compared with any other railroad in the
country, of 80 per cent This, of course, does
not make the road very popular one with its
employees-in fact, it is not; but it is surpris-
ing how well they do their work and how they
conform to system.
During the war Mr.. Garrett played very
i'm portant part in its conduct, and few have
any idea of how intimate was his connection
with many of the most important military OPP
erations that took place. Mr.. Lincoln had the
greatest confidence in Mr.. Garretts Judgment,
and some of the most critical movements of the
Federal armies were made upon his advice
The late William Prescott Smith was then Mas
ter of Transportation of the Baltimore anu Ohio
Railroad and by his wonderful ability saved
the road over and over again when in the most
desperate straits. He was the most valued as
sistant that Mr.. Garrett ever had, and his man
agement of the roadway in those trying times
when it was alternately within the Federal and
Con Rfsdesate laesy'vas isiss-te Of sSsass
tive ability. Mr.. CARROTS relations with the
Government were marked by the most excel
lent judgment and tact He was placed with
regard to Mr.. Lincoln's administration very
much as his road was with regard to the con
testants, and he maintained his equilibrium
with the most consummate ability.
Since the war the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road has gone on steadily increasing in power
and influence under the untiring and unfailng
energy OF its President. Branch after branch
has been built and road after road acquired,
while on the seaboard he has unremittlngly
directed his energies to the creation OF addi-
tional facilities for c0mnun caton with Europe.
In forming his great Weste n connections Mr..
Garrett has from The first clearly defined the
object and utility of every important step. He
has always seen what the result was to be, and
he has reached in one direction after wheat, in
another after coal and in another after oil. In
this way it must be said that a satisfactory
feature of the conduct of the enterprise of the
Baltimore and Ohio road the quckness
with which results were attained. 1t is one OF
the most active roads in the country in dstrib
uting immigration received at Baltimore from
the north of Europe.
With English capitalists Mr.. Garrett has es
tablished the credit Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad upon footing that no like securities
of our country enjoy. better evidence of
this could not be had than that afforded by
the readiness with which he effected the nego-
aeT Of he last qaq IN Lnde
failed to inspire confidence in the same quar-
ter. Mr.. CARROTS course in regard to the "Sar-
atoga Convention" and the independent stand
that he has taken in the matter Of the Western
freight tariff have brought him before the pub
lie in strong relief as a railroad manager in the
broadest sense. In the West his popularity has
extended beyond the mere regard that he has
gained for his road in the eyes of the Grangers,
and has attached itself to him personally. If
we may take the intelligent Western press to
rightly represent public sentiment there, it is
doubtful, if Mr.. Garrett offered as a Pres
idential candidate, if he would not he their al
NEST unanimous choice.
Mr.. Garrstt'S business application from the
age of nineteen upwards did not deter him from
humanitarian pursuits, and he is a well read
and cultivated gentleman, and possessed of
marked literary ability. In person he is large
and portly, of affable and polished manner, de
termined and curt of business speech, but with
al pleasant and agreeable gentleman. He
has an excellent respect for the good things of
this world and his table is one of the most hos
pitable and generously laden in the gastronom-
ical capital of our country, Baltimore. Mr.
Garrett has two sons. his partners in the house
of Robert Garrett & Sons; they are Mr.. Robert
Garrett President of the Valley Railroad. and
Mr.. F. Harrison Garrett. Mr.. CARROTS brother,
of whom mention has been made, died in 1867
His father died in 1851.