Ryan, Thomas F
capitalist, was born Oct. 17, 1851, in Blue Ridge, Va. In 1886 he joined hands with William C.
Whitney in securing and consolidating the various street surface railroads in New York, which now comprise the large system owned by the Metropolitan Traction company.
He is a director in the Southern railway, the Hocking Valley, the Flint and Pere Marquette and the Georgia Central railroads, the Metropolitan Traction company, the Consolidated Traction company, the Bank of New Amsterdam, and many other corporations of like nature. The success of his business career, culminating in a fortune estimated at several millions, is obviously due to indomitable will power, unrelenting perseverance and breadth of mental vision.