The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-27
IIg is An ABLE MAN.
A Sketch of the New President of the Bal
tImorc & Ohio RnIlroad.

A Sketch of the New President of the Bal
tImoro & Ohio IIaIlroad.
Mr.. Charles Frederick Mayer, the
new President OF the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad Company, is a son OF Lewis
Mayer, who was one of the first men to
develop the anthracite coal regions OF
Pennsylvania, and was very noted
MARYLAND lawyer. The father of Lewis
Mayer was Christian Mayer, one OF the
leading merchants OF Baltimore seventy
five years ago, and represented the
Kingdom OF Wurtemberg here as Con-
sul General. The late Colonel irantz
Maver, paymaster in the United States
Army, and very distinguished literary
man Of this city, was an uncle OF the
present Charles +. Mayer.
All OF the Mayors have been distin-
puished men-somein law, some in lit
erature and some as merchants-and
nearly every one OF them had some con-
nection with railroads and other large
enterprises. The general public is just
beginning to learn, what has long been
known and conceded in business circles,
that among the first half dozen big men
in this State must be included the new
President OF the Baltimore & Ohio, and
one well worthy and capable OF sitting
with the other able men who are at the
head OF the great trunk line systems Of
this country. He rarely goes about to
parties, receptions or shows, and his life,
Tor many years, has been devoted to the
interest OF the Consolidated Coal Com
pany and the bituminous coal trade, in
which he is widely known rs the leader.
The first OF the family who came to
this country was Christian Mayer, who
came from Germany and settled in Balti-
more shortly after che Revolutionary
war. He was one OF the founders OF the
German Society in 1917, and its first
president His son, Charles +. Mayer,
was a distinguished public man OF Mary
land, and prominent Wing. He was
State Senator, and us chairman OF n joint
OF both houses was the means
OF settling the troubles between the Bal
timorc & Ohio railroad and the Chesa-
peake 4 Ohio Canal Company.
The President Of the Baltimore & Ohio
was born in Pennsylvania while his
father and mother were temporarily llv-
ing in that State. When quite . young
man he became clerk in the office OF
his uncle, Frederick Kosnig, who was
one OF the largest merchants OF his time
in this city. He was afterwards super
cargo for some time on vessels trading
10 South America in his uncIe's business,
ue returned from Valparaiso after two
wears, and became the head OF the firm
Ills uncle founded. August, 1854, he, in
company with Thomas and Joseph W.
jenkins and others, organized the
Despard Gas Coal Company, with mines
at Clarksburg, W. Va, becoming Vice
President, and afterwards President. In
March. 1877, he was elected President OF
lbc Consolidation Coal Company, and
also OF the Cumberland & Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. He was elected
President OF the Susquehanna & Tide
water Canal Company a few years ago.
In 1871 he established the firm OF Mayer,
Carroll & Co., to mine and ship coal and
became a partner OF Mr..
Henry G. Davis, under the firm name of
Davis. Mayer Il Co. This firm dissolved
some time ago, and the two partners are
now the heads ofcompeting railroad and
coal companies.
Mr.. Mayeris n director in number of
banking, steamship and other corpora
lions. He married his cousin, Miss
Susan Douglass Keim, daughter OF the
late Hon. George May Keim, OF Reading,
Pa, in 1886.
The Consolidation Coal Company, Of
which Mr.. Mayer has so long been the
lble and energetic president, mines over
900 900 tons of coal year, and has
,apital OF over slO,O00,000. II has its own
ron steam GOLFERS and wharvcsat Locust
Point, HobOken, and on the Chesapeake
md Ohio canal at Cumberland and
Georgetown.
In personal appearance Mr.. Mayer is
bout FIVE feet eleven inches tall, and is |
Ipare aud thin, though OF large frame,
lut he is all energy and activity in
He is very precise and Wig |
,rous in manner. His face is thin ana
eatures prominent; has sharp eyes and
lquiline nose, long, strong jaw, high
orehead and large head, showing him
It once to be an uncommon man. In
he can be pleasing, and
alks logically and persuasivcly, but
when aroused is very determined and
aggressive. All through his life he has
Seen very successful, and, while he in
lerited q largo fortune and earned an
,ther, he makes no display, because he
las no time to indulge in luxury and
Not only tireless
yorker himself, he inspires all who sur
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