The  success  of  the  Camden  and  Amboy
Railroad  stimulated  the  construction  of
railroads  elsewhere,  and  the  great  principle  ■
involved  in  the  proper  management  of  rail-
roads, approved  by  him,  have  been  univer-
sally adopted,  to  a  greater  or  less  extent,  by
other  railroad  companies.  He  may  be  justly
styled  the  railroad  "Nestor,"  for  we  know
of  no  other  gentleman  who  for  so  long  a  pe-
riod has  maintained  the  position  of  the  chief
manager  of  one  of  the  most  wealthy  and  im-
portant railroads  on  this  continent.
Throughout  his   active   business   life  his


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disposition  was  ever  most  genial  and  cordial,
and,  notwithstanding  the  pressing  demands
upon  his  time,  and  the  many  cares  and  re-
sponsibilities resting  upon  him,  he  was  at  all
times   approachable   alike    to    friends    and
subordinates.     In  him  are  happily  blended
the  most   amiable   and    courteous    manners,
with  a  firm  and  resolute  decision  of  charac-
ter, to  which  are  mainly  due  his  great  influ-
ence in  the  New  Jersey  Railroad  system  and
his  universal  popularity  with  the  public.
I  Mr.   Gatzmer,  at  the  age  of  twenty-two
years,  was    united    in    marriage  with    Eliza
A.  Campbell,  of  New  York  City.     At  the
present  time  Mr.  Gatzmer  has  but  two  sons
living,  William  C.  and  Robert,  both  of  whom
are  actively  engaged  in   business,  and  pos-
sess many  of  the  qualifications  and  charac-
teristics which  rendered  their  father  so  suc-
cessful and  popular.    The  other  children  were
Edwin,  Eliza,  Henry  S.  and  Ann.      Edwin
died  July  25, 1883,  and  Henry  S.,  February
9,  1886.
