The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Meyer, Balthasar Henry

MEYER, Balthasar Henry, American railway economist; b. Mequon, Wis., 28 May 1866.

He was graduated at the University of Wisconsin in 1894 and later studied at Berlin. He was connected with the staff of the University of Wisconsin from 1895 and was professor of political economy there in 1900-10. He was appointed a member of the Railroad Commission of Wisconsin in 1905, and served as its chairman in 1907-11. President Taft appointed him to the Railroad Securities Commission in 1910 and to the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1911. Author of &lsquo;Railway Legislation in the United States&rsquo; (1903); &lsquo;History of Transportation in the United States Before 1860&rsquo; (1917).