New-York tribune., 1914-12-21
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AT WORK in CLUB
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,anizations which grew powerful.
Meanwhile Zimmerman became inter-
ested i'm the iron trade and the ral-
road business. lie sold his holdings IN
Mcdonald & Co. and started anew.
The monument 10 his early venture
is tbe great Chesapeake and ONO
bridge across the Ohio River INTO Cli-
cinnati. Zimmerman conceived the
idea Of the bridge and kept hammer
ING away at financial friends until ne
induced Coils p. Huntington TO go IN
with him. Zimmerman, always lnclineo
10 silence during business hours, mad
let others do the talking. lie said
nothing about his plan. and the bridge
was built almost before the pubic
knew il was contemplated.
Among the properties zimmerman
had taken when he settled up with NC
Donald was great lot Of timber la.!u
i'm Kings Mountain, ny. almost Vaiue-
less. however, on account OF lts mac
cessibility. Again the ilnancier per
formed one of his silent coups. lie
ran a railroad through TO the timber
lands and brought out immense guam
titles Of wood Of all kinds. lie then
sold the entire tract 10 "a cooperage
syndicate. and with his profits extend
He started a Southern route called
che Kentucky & South Atlantic, which
Is now part Of the Chesapeake 4 ono
system. He also opened route
through the mountains Of Tennessee
and Kentucky. but legislative enact
meats blocked his plan.
lie became associated with the Con-
nocticut syndicate, one of the most pow
crful i'm Wall ST., which included Henry
TAYLOR, Daniel Sully and Henry Shoe
maker. They got control of the Cin-
cinnaH. Hamilton Dayton Railroad,
and Zimmerman was made vice-presl-
dent and "a director The syndicate
took up the affairs OF the Queen &
Crescent Railway. and Zimmerman got
on the board OF directors. lie had big
holdings i'm coal and ore lands in Geor-
gia and Alabama and wanted 20 get 10
them. Through operations IN te
Southern's affairs he managed to open
up the isolated territory.
I'm 1905 Zimmerman engineered the
amalgamation Of the Cincinnati, Ham
ilton & Dayton with the Pere Mar
quette, later selling his stock in the
roads and retiring. His rcllnqulsh-
ment Of active business Affairs is said
10 have been FASTENED by his only
daughters marriage abroad TO william
Angus Drogo Montagu, ninth Duke OF
Manchester.
Zimmerman had no love for the peer
age, and the dukes family were .ot
anxious for their son TO marry an un-
titled American girl. Nevertheless,
the marriage occurred. and soon after
ward the young couple came here to
visit Zimmerman. The iinancier seemed
resigned and announced that he had
given the couple his blessing. The
inept financial activities Of the duke,
however. soon disgusted him.
zimmerman for the last few years
had wandered about country and
spent much time abroad. His daugh
tc was his sole real friend, and he
spent much time with her despite his
growing annoyance at the lively but
disastrous financial escapades of his
titled son-in-law. To add his trou-
bles he found himself last June the
victim Of a suit for 100000 for breach
of promise. brought against him by
Ic- Wareham, Long Island dog fan
cie.. The case never came 10 trial.
Zimmerman was a Democrat, but had
little faith in President Wilson's trust
policies. He was an implacable oppo-
men. of Theodore Roosevelt.
III Roosevelt is reelected / will go
10 England, become citizen and never
return" he remarked previous to he
last election.
Mrs. Zimmerman died twenty-three
years ago, when her daughter was
twelve years old. The child was
brought up by her father and aunt.