Show CHARACTERISTICS OF BAER New v York World 11 01 George F. F Baer president of oC the PhiladelphIa Philadelphia Phil Phil- adelphia Reading which controls the Jerse Jersey Central and as such puch the dominating dominating dominating domi domi- II figure ure among the presidents of ot the coal roads wa was 60 61 yea an in old September September Sep Sep- He lie doesn't look P 50 He lIe Is about live five feet nine Inches tall taU and weighs about If pounds His mo most t peculiar t feature is his hh eyes tes They are arelong arelong arelong long and narrow more so than the average Chinaman's but are not up up- tilted tilled They Thy give I e him a n keen almost craft crafty look But he ho Is not crafty In Inthe Inthe Inthe the ordinary meaning lIe He hits out straight ht from the shoulder says S 'S what he lie thinks and Is a fighter from Cram the ground up lIe He Is an extremist In nearly nearly near near- I ly everything everything- When hen 13 he learned to set type and when 19 he and a a- brother bought houghl a paper pa pa- per the per the Democrat of Somerset Pit Pa That was in 1861 time Old-time printers say flay that when George c Baer Daer was wa worl working ng ngat at the thc case he was Ivas a fierce labor tor He lie gave up ui his Ills paper In 1862 1861 went to tho the war var and anti left the service fler general tant-general of the Second Brigade of or orthe the Arm Army of or the Potomac Then he studied law and in a a. few years cars was the ther r recognized leader of the bar har of ReadIng Reading Read Read- ing lag Pa He lie won some pome large suits suit against the tho Reading road and became me so 80 formidable that the that the company compan employed em em- him After that he devoted all I of his hiE att attention to corporation law Ia He lie has been president of or the Reading Beading only since cC April last hut but for tm many years cars was sas J. J Pierpont Morgans Morgan's 1 organ confidential dentin legal lelal ad adviser riser He lie su suggested to toMi Mr Mi 11 1 Morgan n the acquisition of the Jersey Jersey Jer Jer- sey H. H Central by th the Reading Beading and since he took hold of or the latter the tho market value of or Us its securities have 1 doubled In lii value The of or common tock stock of oC the road load was then selling at 31 1 i. i Last month it Il fold sold at SO 80 Ills His Philadelphia home is in in Spruce street streel hut but he lives most of the time In Inthe Inthe inthe the suburbs of ot Rending Reading where his place Hawthorne I Is one of the mo most t beautiful In lit Pennsylvania He Ho has a wife and live Jive daughters two of or whom ate are married He lie attends attend I the Second Reformed church regularly regular er c every Sunday and nd Is Isa isa isa a rl rigid worshiper He lie reads the Bible regularly and can quote Scripture with facility I He lie I K is a Democrat a a Jerr Jerry Black Dt Democrat he calls himself to emphasize emphasize size it It and was once spoken of for Governorship Go honors |