Mellen, Charles S. (Charles Sanger), 1851-1927

Assistant Attorney General Cooley recounts a conversation he had with Martin A. Knapp regarding a meeting with Charles S. Mellen of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company. At a meeting at the White House at which Roosevelt was present, Mellen seemed unsure if keeping steamship lines operated by his railroad might violate the Sherman Antitrust Act. Knapp’s recollection was that Roosevelt declined to express an opinion in the matter. In light of this, Cooley sees no reason not to proceed.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-03

Creator(s)

Cooley, Alford Warriner, 1873-1913

Senator Lodge describes his work in getting an agreement in place for a bill in the the Massachusetts State Legislature regarding the merger of the Boston & Main Railroad and the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. Lodge says he believes it is a good bill, but the difficulties created by moving stocks between railroads causes him to lose his temper. In another matter, Lodge asks Roosevelt if it is possible to have a detective or Secret Service agents investigate two men who have been making false statements about the Brownsville Affair.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-20

Creator(s)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Commissioner of Corporations Garfield tells President Roosevelt that Charles S. Mellen of New Haven Railroad will cooperate with the government on railroad reform. Garfield also discusses the appointment of an internal revenue collector in Ohio and a suggested candidate for the Interstate Commerce Commission.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-12

Creator(s)

Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950

Attorney General Moody writes to President Roosevelt after examining a letter that Charles S. Mellen, a railroad executive, previously sent Roosevelt. Moody states he will keep Mellen’s ideas for railroad rates in mind if a bill is presented.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-24

Creator(s)

Moody, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1917

T. E. Byrnes reports that members of the Episcopal Church of New York will be holding a dinner for the Archbishop of Canterbury and would like to invite President Roosevelt to join them.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-17

Creator(s)

Unknown

Senator Lodge would like Charles S. Mellen to publicly support him by saying that he is in favor of Lodge’s reelection. Lodge also requests that Mellen not oppose Senator Munro. Lodge notes that Eugene N. Foss and Henry M. Whitney have raised a considerable amount of money for the upcoming campaign. Although he does not believe they can do him “any great harm,” they have involved him in work that he did not think it would be necessary to do. Lodge thanks President Roosevelt for his kindness in regard to George L. Cain.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-08

Creator(s)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt depicted as a schoolmaster holding a big stick behind his back, saying “Will the young lad at the head of the class tell me what he knows about railroads. Med depicted as school boys are labeled Harriman, Morgan, Rogers, Newman, Hughitt, Mellen and McCrea. The students represent railroad officials and the cartoon refers to Roosevelts efforts to regulate railroads.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1903

Creator(s)

Cobb, Bert

The state Republican Convention in Connecticut adopted a resolution supporting President Roosevelt for renomination and named its delegates to the National Convention in Chicago. The fact that the president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Charles S. Mellen, and two directors, Charles F. Brooker and Edwin Milner, were named delegates proves that not all railroad interests are against Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-12

Creator(s)

Unknown

Rear Admiral Presley Marion Rixey looks on as President Roosevelt fires at two targets shaped like a lion and elephant with the names “Foraker” and “Tillman” respectively on them. Two rabbits–“Mellen” and “Paul Morton–as well as a wolf–“E. H. Gary” also watch. Beside them is “the spear that knows no brother.” Caption: Prepare targets similar to those shown above, lead the Faunal Naturalist to the rifle range and he will do the rest.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-15

Charles S. Mellen has asked President Roosevelt to expedite an investigation into his railroad company’s planned merger. The article notes this request comes the day after the defeat of Henry Melville Whitney, who had been in favor of the merger, in the Massachusetts gubernatorial election.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-07

Creator(s)

Unknown

An article in the Evening Post reports on a purportedly unsolicited visit by Charles S. Mellen to the White House to discuss his railroad’s planned merger with the Boston and Maine Railroads, offering his services to expedite any investigation the federal government might make into the merger. Several handwritten annotations comment on the article.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-06

Creator(s)

Unknown

Charles S. Mellen, president of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company, has met with President Roosevelt hoping to expedite a government investigation into his railroads. Mellen asserts that his company has not broken the law and argues that the government has no right to stymie the proceedings of private businesses in any case.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-07

Creator(s)

Unknown

The Department of Justice will not prosecute the merger of two New England railroad lines due largely to the intervention of Charles S. Mellen, president of one of the lines in question. Mellen, whom the article calls a “close personal friend” of President Roosevelt’s, met with the president privately to assure him the merger does not violate the Sherman Act and to push for expediting the investigation in the interest of allowing business to continue as necessary. Commissioner of the Interstate Commerce Commission Charles A. Prouty has already come out in favor of the merger as well.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-07

Creator(s)

Unknown

President of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company Charles S. Mellen has met with President Roosevelt to expedite an investigation into his railroad’s merger with another New England Line. Mellen argues that such investigations are embarrassing to businesses, hinder railroad development, and ought to be completed as quickly as possible once begun. Roosevelt has agreed to finish this investigation, but any companies that violate the Sherman Act will still be prosecuted.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-07

Creator(s)

Unknown

Charles S. Mellen had a spirited discussion with President Roosevelt requesting that an investigation into his railroad company’s planned merger be expedited. Mellen objected particularly to the embarrassment such an investigation causes and the indignity of the merger having been a major issue in the recent Massachusetts gubernatorial election.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-07

Creator(s)

Unknown

Charles S. Mellen, president of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company, and President Roosevelt had an explosive private meeting wherein Mellen asked for an investigation into his company’s planned merger be expedited. The investigation had been a major issue during the recent Massachusetts gubernatorial campaign.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-08

Creator(s)

Unknown

Many managers of trusts and mergers have been meeting privately with President Roosevelt in light of the administration’s increased prosecutions of trusts in violation of the Sherman Act. It is uncertain exactly what is discussed in their meetings, but most meetings have proven beneficial for the managers and their businesses.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-08

Creator(s)

Unknown

The understanding of the Interstate Commerce Commission is that the Sherman Antitrust Act does not apply to railroads, although without input from the Supreme Court on the matter they are unwilling to state so definitively. In any event, the particular matter of the merger of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company with the Boston and Maine Railroad is not a violation of the act.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-08

Creator(s)

Unknown

Railway employment history of Charles S. Mellen.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-11

Creator(s)

Unknown

A man, probably Charles S. Mellen, stands amid a crowd of angry investors who have lost their savings and investments due to mismanagement of the New Haven Railroad. Caption: This cartoon appeared in PUCK at the time of the life-insurance scandal. Still more applicable is it to the former “High-Finance” Looter of the New Haven Railway system.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1913-12-31

Creator(s)

Unknown