FRED WERNER

 

FRED WERNER, proprietor of the Tremont Hotel, is one of the enterprising young business men of Sacramento.  He was born in Le Claire, Scott County, Iowa, March 25, 1857, and is a son of Charles and Minnie (Muller) Werner.  His mother is a native of a large manufacturing town in Westphalia, and his father was born at Kaiserslantern, Bavaria.  The latter is a shoemaker by trade and lived in Chicago when it was a small town.  He removed to Le Claire, Iowa, in an early day, and was in the boot and shoe business there for many years.  Both parents are now residents of Le Claire.  Fred Werner, the subject of this sketch, was reared and educated at Le Claire, and there learned photography and ink work.  In 1882 he came to California, and from here went to Durango, Mexico, where his uncle, Fred Werner Sr., a well-known man on this coast, was interested in mining.  He came back to Sacramento, and having, when he first came out here, worked three months at the Tremont Hotel, resumed work there for Mr. Bryding.  In January, 1888, Mr. Werner assumed the proprietorship of the hotel, and has since carried on the business.  The house under his management has gained largely in popularity, so that sometimes it is quite impossible to accommodate all the guests.  About sixty people can be comfortably quartered at the Tremont House.  This hotel was built by Sam Brannan, and was called the Brannan House.  In early days it was the leading hotel in Sacramento, and many men whose names are prominent in State and National history were the guests of the hotel at that time.  Mr. Werner was married in Sacramento, to Miss Ida Preston, a native of Yolo County.  They have one child, an infant.  Mr. Werner is a member of the Druids, and in politics is a Republican.  He is one of the active, energetic young men of Sacramento, and the success with which he is meeting is well deserved.