The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-10-13
NOtr Rich Men WOrk,.

The hardest working men and the hard
est working institutions in New York are
those which Are the most successful To
the outsiders il seems an easy thing TO
make money and 10 keep it, Banking
was easy work 4 few Years ago, and Is
now IN the old fashioned institutions which
have no foreign exchange But no facto-
~ or machine shop keeps men on the Jump
as does a live hank in this wide-awake
city. was in one OF these institutions
yesterday which is moi Yet ten wears old.
lis army of clerks have 10 be on hand ear
ly in the morning, and they cannot leave
until their DAYS work Is done. which i
often not till long after the gas l. lighted.
lis capital is two millions, lis daily re-
ceipts seven millions dollars Ii receives
daily from two hundred and fifty TO four
hundred letters. all of which have 10 lie
registered and answered before the busi-
ness of the day ends No hank clerk on
the salary of I thousand dollars year
goes TO his bank As regularly. or works as
MANY hours. as William Il. -A>tor. who
counts up his forty millions. His little
one-story office. a step or two from Broad
WAY. on Prince street. with IL iron liars.
making ii resemble 4 police prison. Is the
den where he performs his daily toll. and
out of all bis wealth and labor gets only
- his victualS and cloths" He attends
personally TO all his business. knows every
dollar of rent or income that Is 10 become
due. pays out every dollar. makes hiS en-
tries in his own hand, and olligeS hi~ sub
orciinateS 10 come to him for information
while he does not 20 Ia them. lie gsneallv
comes down in the omnibus at an early
hour of the day. and remains closely ab-
sorbed in business until , o'clock. lie
rarely takes exercise. and finds his pleas
ure in the closest attention 10 business. 4
friend OF mine rode 10 Washington with
him IN the same Cur from New York lIo
usually leaves his office at , O'Clock, and
walks slowly up Broadway 20 I-afayctte
place. He Is over tx feet high. heavily
built, with decided German look. small
hazy eyes. a. ii he WAS half asleep. head
round as a pumpkin and about aS destitute
of hair. lie l. exceedingly ho>piialle.
and in the :. season - gives 4 dinner 10 his
friends weekly. n which the richest VI
ands. on services OF gold and silver. are
presented by liveried servants 10 his guests.
Commodore Vanderbilt never worked
harder in his life. never worked more
hours than now He has a confidential
clerk who works Ike pack horse who
has been in his employ for thirty wears,
, Besides this. Vanderbilt does hi own brlsi-
ness and makes and executes hi> Own con-
tracts. and this. with the lili>imc>s he does
on twenty millions. l. Ho small toll The
Commodore goes down 10 his business re~-
ularly every day. AMI can be found al Ger
tain hours Ills ONLY recreation. euchre
and fast horses. Moses Taylor whose
dividend. from hi coal stock alone. this
wear reached the pretty little sum OF "A mil
lion of dollars. begun business Ia New
York when he was >ixleen years ol age,
kept hi$ own book with las own hands.
and i;l- done - ever since. His library
in hi< house on Filth avenue l. a regular
workshop. Every NIGHT he brings up lis
4 business with his osyn hand. Ills vast
business, personal to himself. and hi> bu>i-
hess as trustee. arr k,ri bv himself lie
makes all the original entries OF sort ami
kind. and goes 10 hiS office fer no infor-
nation. and knows iu~t how things must
lie there 10 be right And should every
record kept 10y his bockkeePers and clerks
be DESTROYED, il would make no difference
with him. for he has the originals in hi~
own hands. Many merchants spend the
afternoon in riding or in games. or in the
excitement in the evening stock board.
but Mr. Taylor finds he recreation in a
4 bath, Il good dinner. comfortable sizes
II. and an evening devoted 10 work
Such Il man would make money aal
keep it.-N. I. Correspondence -Toe,7sai.