Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-11-18 | Page 5 | Former 'Czar' for R. R. S Dead

FORMER CZAR OF RI R RS RES DEAD Estranged From Wife rife Fi- Fi Financier Financier Expires in Quiet Retirement CONCORD N. N H Nov By 18 The Associated Charles S. S S Mellen once known es as czar cur of New England railroads who saw JaW his empire em- em empire pire totter and fan faU died Thursday at the home which he had maintained here since his retirement In 1913 Estranged from his wife with whom he made mide a a. private financial settle settle- settlement settlement ment when she withdrew divorce pro pro- proceedings In Massachusetts In 1918 he had passed his last years ears quietly and out of the public eye eye- He had a a. coun coun- country try home at e Mass Mr Mellen whO was wu born In Lowell Mass on August 1st 16 16 18 1851 1 began rail rail- railroad road rold work es as a boy in a a. clerical position tion reorganized the Northern Pa Pa- Pacific railroad and built the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad Into a transportation monopoly In NeW England His methods led to the financial ruin of the New Haven road and he was vas forced out of the presidency In 1913