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Nelson Perin Dies
After Long Illness.
He Was a Native of
Cincinnati, But For Many Years Had
Made His Home in the
east - Mr. Perin Was Widely
Known in Financial
and Social Circles.
[Times-Star Special Dispatch.]
BALTIMORE, MD May 12.—Nelson
Perin, formerly of Cincinnati, who has been ill for a long time, died
here
this morning. The funeral will take place from Grace P. E. church
in Bellevue Friday afternoon and the remains will then be brought to
Cincinnati,
where services will be held on Saturday from the late home of his
mother.
Mr. Perin is survived by a widow, formerly Miss Ella Keck of
Cincinnati,
four sons and two daughters.
The deceased was a son
of Oliver Perin, senior member of the old-time whisky manufacturing
firm
of Perin & Gaff. Mr. Perin had fine commercial instincts and
was prominent in the market through the large fortune which he derived
from his father. Mr. Perin is said to have lost considerable
money
in the famous Truman Handy wheat deal, which, as will be recalled, was
one of the business sensations of the country at that time. The
exact
amount of Mr. Perin’s losses have never been disclosed, but at any
event
his resources were not crippled. The late Josiah Keck, who was
the
father-in-law induced Mr. Perin to locate in Baltimore, where the Keck
interests were large and connected with a number of the street railway
companies of that city. Within a few years the Cincinnatian
succeeded
in accomplishing that which had been attempted in vain previous to his
advent in the Monumental City—the consolidation of the various street
car
lines and companies. In recognition of his well-developed ability
in connection, with common-carrier enterprise, and the further fact
that
the earning capacity of these component lines was largely enhanced by
the
merger, Mr. Perin was elected to the presidency of the consolidated
companies.
This office he filled with signal ability until two years ago, when he
was compelled to resign, because of failing health. His
comparatively
recent visit to Florida in the hope of obtaining relief and a longer
lease
of life proved in vain, and he was conveyed to his adopted city to die.
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