Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-12-22

the voters on 70 vote for just such policy
declared In the Republican platform. Now
OF course they are pleased.
A GREAT deal VI interest has been
aroused by the chsnge in the Baltimore q
Oaio presidency. Mr.. Spencer, whom Mr.
Mayer succeeds, II practical railroad msn
Of large experience In the road, TO whore
head he arose when Robert Garrett became
incspacita,ed. He had been the chief exc
cutive under him, being steadily promoted
In the servo, OF the 90 Dpany. He owed
his rise to his talent, but he was alto IN.
d ,b.ed to the favor OF the family who CON
trolled and governed the road.
When the road under Robert Garrett's
presidency got into trouble, and Mr.. Gar
x,tt became broken down In health end
went away for tour around the world,
leaving the company In tho hands
of Mr. Spencer, he seems TO have fcrgotten n
who his friends had been and who were the
owners Of the road. He undertook to
break awsy from the Garrett policy, and
Just before Robert Garrett reached home,
where he Was called by bis brothers. death,
Mr.. Spencer caused the Baltimore & Ohio
Telegraph company 10 be sold TO the
Western Union. The shock 10 Robert Gar.
rett Of this 30. 10 believed by his family to
have resulted In his present hoT eless de-
mentia I; and they feel bitterly towards
Mr.. spencer ~ liz cause. Robert Gar
rett accused HIM OF being bought
with Gould's gold but the probs-
bility is that he was led only
by his ambition, and that no followed ott er
advisers In the company, who then seemed
to be potent In its affairs. With the death
OF Harrison Garrett and the failure oi
Robert Gsrrea's capacity, there was no one
apparently left In the family of conse-
quence enough TO fear, even though It still
held the majority OF the stock.
Here Mr.. Spencer made his m mistske. He
forgot to note and to weigh properly Miss
Mary Garrett, the sister, who had been her
fathers sssis,ant In his life time, and who
has had knowledge, courage aud ossh
enough 10 eet Mr.. &. SPENCER sslde
There was friend OF her family, who
was one Of the mcst successful and highly
esteemed business men of Baltimore, and
who had been made by Harrison Garrett his
executor. He would be concsded to bs
competent for the position OF president oi
the Baltimore & Ohio company. The sit.
uation then fouEd the Garrett fam.
tiy In control OF msjority oI
the stock = tie road, desiring to put away
President Spencer, rs one who had been
fsithless 10 II, and provided with q man In
waom IL Tlsced entire trust, who was un.
doubtediy lit for the presidency. Thoy
offered 1t to him and be took IL. There
was nothing strange about tho trans
action. 1t would have been strange
II 1t had not happened jast 70, and
II Mr.. Spencer bad been permitted by the
msjori,y owners to remsin In control of I
property that he had shown his unwilling z
news to manage to their satisfaction, II,
was quietly and decidedly set aside. A new
board OF directors was carefully selected
which will be both harmonious aud strouR,
Mr.. Keim president OF the Phiiadelphis q
Reading coal and iron company, entered Il
~ the earnest request OF the Garrett family
and Mr., Mayer, who Is his cousin and
brother inlaw, as well as mos. intimate and
highly esteemed friend. They are descend
oi from different branches of the MAYER
family, who all landed at Baltimore when
they came into the country early In the
last century; M. Meyers ancestors remain
there, while MIR. Keim's went frat TO Fred
erick, MARY land, and then came here to
Lancaster; whore Mr.. Mayors father,
Lswis Casper z Jrn Mayer, merchant o
Baltimore and Philadelphia, came and
married, on October %, 1917. his cousin
Susan O.tclia, daughter OF Christopher
bartholomew Mayer, lwhose family 10 sill
represented here by the S!einmans and
FrapkIins and others
Cbe les Frederick May or, their six tn child,
was born at Philsdel phia, N ovembsr 80, 1929
Until 1854 when his uuole OF the Same
name, aiso resident OF Baltimore, died, be
was called ''of Louls'', to distinguish him.
He married at Po.tsville. December 4, 1866,
Susan Douglas, daughter OF Gen. George
May Kein. He has no children. His bust.
ness has been the mining and shipping
OF bituminous coal, the arm being
Meyer, Carroll & Co. He Is president of
the DespsTd Coal company OF w. Virginia;
OF the Consolidation Coal company OF Bslt,.
more and Of the Gu mberlsnd & Pennsyl,
vsnia railroad. HIS success In tue manage
OF his enterprises marks him as Q man OF
hrst'cass business ability and he " 90 co
teensd. The Consolidation Coal company
Is the largest dealer In bituminous coal in
the country and Mr.. Mayors counse Ia, gel y
Influences the whole bituminous produc
tion, there being q combination of tue sea.
board shippers OF bitumluoun coal.
His policy as president Of the Baltimore
q Ohio railroad may be easily judged from
his record. 1t will Certainly bs prudent as
we'll ss enterprising. No ether interest,
and certainly no personal interest, will
step In between the company and Mr..
Mayors Judgment of Its interest He will
push It with all his force In the direction In
which he thinks 1t should 20, aud It will
prosper accordingly ss its Judgment IL
good which 1t is reputed to be. That OF
no Que else wili run Il.
TIE congressional investigating commit.
tee in session In Pittsburg on Friday
secured plenty OF evidences showing the
Immigration OF undesirable classes, and the
Castle Garden authorities PRACTICALLY sd-