Charles Sanger Mellen: architect of transportation monopoly: Historical New Hampshire/ Barry A. Macey.

Title:

Charles Sanger Mellen: architect of transportation monopoly: Historical New Hampshire/ Barry A. Macey.

Author:

Macey, Barry A.,

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1971.

Physical Description:

p.2-29.

Source:

Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1971 Vol.26, Issue 4 (Winter 1971) Historical New Hampshire

Description:

After his apprenticeship from 1869-80 on the Northern and Vermont Central railroads, Mellen became the chief lobbyist and promoter of Merrimack Valley consolidation from 1800-87. This led by 1893 to control of Maine and New Hampshire lines by the Boston and Maine. A conflict with its general manager sent him west, but by 1893 he was part of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad system, which was supreme in southern New England. He impressed J. P. Morgan, who put him successively into the presidency of the Northern Pacific (1898-1903) and of the New Haven for a decade. During his first six years, 1903-09, he rebuilt the line. Then, by expensive purchases he consolidated New England transportation over mounting opposition. In the Progressive Era, Mellen came to symbolize the evils of monopoly. With the death of his financial supporter, J. P. Morgan, in 1913, his empire collapsed.

Subjects:

Monopolies. , Railroads.

People:

Mellen, Charles S. (Charles Sanger), 1851-1927. , Coolidge, Thomas Jefferson, 1831-1920. , Tuttle, Lucius, 1846-1914. , Rockefeller, William Avery, 1810-1906. , Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943.

Organizations:

New Hampshire Historical Society Periodicals History.
Boston and Maine Railroad
Northern Railroad Company (N.H.).
Vermont Central Railroad.
Boston and Lowell Railroad Corporation.
Concord Railroad.
Eastern Railroad in New Hampshire.
Northern Pacific Railroad Company.

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