Horace Jansen Beemer ( c. 1845 – July 22, 1912) was an American railway contractor and businessman active in Canada. There is little known of Beemer before he came to Canada in the 1870s and was employed on the

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. He was soon involved in contracts of his own including a municipal water system in

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and a railway contract with the :fr:Quebec and Lake St-John Railway. Up until about 1900, his business interest grew and prospered. After that time, his activity and influence diminished. While Horace Beemer never became a top level decision-maker and financier, he did contribute substantially to the construction of railways and operation of related businesses. He died in London in 1912. Roberval BAnQ P560S1P336.jpg,

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Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
1840s births 1912 deaths American emigrants to Canada 19th-century American businesspeople {{Canada-business-bio-stub