North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-02-07
VOL. $ NO. 26
HOW RICH MEN WORK.

The hardest working men and the
hardest working institutions in New York
are those which are the most successful.
To the outsiders it seems an easy thing to
make money to keep it. Banking was
easy work few years ago and is now in,
the old fashioned institutions which have
country and no foreign exchange
But no factory or machine shop keeps men
on the Jump ds does like bank in this
wide awake city. was in one of these
institutions yesterday which is not ten
years old It's army of clerks have to be
on hand early in the morning. and they
cannot leave until their days work is done,
which is often not till long after the gas is
lighted Its capital is two millions, Its
daily receipts seven million dollars. IT,
receives daily from two hundred aud fifty
to four hundred letters, all of which have
to be registered and answered before the
basiness of the day ends No bank clerk
on the salary of a thousand dollars year
goes to his bank as regularly, or works as
many hours as William B. Astor, who
counts up his forty millions. His little
one story office, a step or two from Broad
way on Prince street, with its iron bars,
making it resemble police prison, is the
den where he performs his daily toll, and
out of his labor gets only ''hiS victuals and
Clothes He attends personally to all his
business, knows every dollar of rent or in
come that is TO become due, pays out ,ery
dollar. makes his entries in his own hand,
and obligcs his subordinates to come to
him for information, while he does not 90
to them He generally comes down in
the omnibus at an early hour of the day,
and remains closely absorbed in
business until near five O'Clock. lie rare
ly takes exercise and finds his pleasure in
he clos .st attention TO business A fiend
of mine rode to Washington with him in
the same car from New York. He nei-
ther spoke nor got ont of his seat, and
hardly moved from Jersey City TO WASH
ington. He usually leaves his office at S
o'clock, and slowly walks up Broadway to
Lafayette place He IS over six feet high,
heavily built, with decided German, look
small haze eyes, As if he WAS halt asleep,
head round As pumpkin and about as des-
titutc Of hair lie is exceedingly huspita-
ble, and in the season" gives dinner to
his friends weekly. at which the richest
viandS, on services of gold and lver, are
presented by liveried servants to his guests.
Commodore Vanderbilt never worked har-
der in his liie-never worked more hours
than now He has confidential clerk
who works like pack-horse, who has
been in his employ for thirty years. Be-
sides this Vanderbilt does bis own busi-
ness, makes and executes his own contracts
and this. with the business he does on
twenty millions, is no small toll. The
Commodore goes down to his business
regularly every day, and can be found ct .
certain hours. His only recreation, euchre
and fast horses. Moses Taylor, whose
dividend from his coal stock alone this
year reached the pretty little sum of a
million of dollars, began business in New
York when he was sixteen years of age,
kept books with his own hands, and has
done SO ever since. His library i'm his
house on Fifth Avenue is a regular work.
shop. Every night he brings up his busi-
ness with his own hand. His vast busi-
ness, personalto himself. and his business
as trustee, are kept by himself. He
makes all the original entries of sort and
kind and goes TO his Office for no informa-
ton, and he knows just how things must
be there to be right. And should every
record kept.by his book-keepers and clerks
be destroyed, it would make no difference
with him, for he has the originals in his
own hands. Many merchants spend the
afternoon in riding, or in the excitumeut
in the evening stock board, but Mr. Tay-
lor finds his recreation in bath, a good
dinner, comfortable siesta. and an even
ing devoted to work. Such a man would
make money and keep it.-N. Y. Cor.
Boston Journal.