The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-30

ton which we are about to witness-the cautious,
canny orthodox Garrett LINKING arms with Jay
could ana the New Jersey southern; 1t IS Antonio
ana Shyiock IN anxiety and proves the periectlQn
o, sne phrase That YES ertreaes 50 tQ,tgbeK MI
Ie 81 cOnEEssss hs
Jarrett 10 Europe partly for relaxation and IN the
main 60 negotiate the bonds Of the Texas Pacific
halroau. But Mr. thompson, Sc0tt's senior. Is ex-
pected among us-that wonder OF dpLOmb and de.
pertinent, who needed only that happy forethought
OF white necktie to make him atonce bishop and
'Do you know Scott !" says Mr. cuyler TO
harmless bystander. fMr. Cuyler s the grand
whether IN the constitutional convention or on the
sidewalk c0unsels and argues IN Its bebaif.)
..n 70 you should know Scott" says Mr.. Cuyler.
Gle Is brilliant a. meteor and simple as child.
His mind Is expansive as the soar system and his
modesty exceeding even that. His head is full OF
LOFTY anu large ideas. You should know Scott"
WHAT MANNER or MAN Is THOMPSON
"feil me-" said 1 to one who knows him well
what manner Of man is Thomp SOM,
zee Is good engineer" said the person In
CURED oil, with large and comprehensive ideas
and superior intuitive knowledge OF the useful
firm, imperious. brooking no opposition. he re-
mains the head o. the road in iact as well as in
name. while upon his Will Mr. Scott plays with
afabie ana deferential persistence, always carry
ing the point, and Scott, as you may know, never
quarrels with anybody.
The next man OF this squad whom may refer to
is cottager-M. Hall Stanton-whO is native OF
TIE sequestered peninsula OF Maryland, the east.
ern Shore but has developed in merchandise and
AFFAIRS with as much vgor as many oil his Northern
born neighb0rs. Chairman OF the Com nittee OF the
Whole IN The constitutional Convention, OF large
wealth, acquired while still young and bOyish and
handsome and good to look upon, he would have
been Mayor OF Philadelphia had II not filed the
dominant ring with apprchensi0ns to see gentle
man IN the office. anu they counted him out In
Convention.
KNIGHT
Still another man in tie little group at the hotel
attracts attention by the soft and bcnignant bear
ing OF his black eyes, which show all the better Tor
ns se'ag = a e Oldest QUAKER
stock in the Jerseys, his greatgreat grandiather
Giles Knight having come over with william rem,
anu his great-gi andiather was the D1Otege OF
Titan Leeds, noted almanac maker IN the Colo
Mes Mr. Knight Is KNOWN TO the land as the In
the American Steamship Company OF Philadelphia,
which is due to his constant and determined sur
VIGILANCE. He is among the richest men In the
Middle states, and began life a poor orphan boy.
moving over from Jersey to PHILADELPHIA and en-
gaglng in the grocery trade with his mother With
q Ouakers flia devotion he applied the first earn
ings he made to the settlement OF his deceased
father's debts Out of that little shop has grown
the S0uthwick reinerleS, which are the great
est molasses mills in the world, having used up
last year $4,000 hogsheads or One-tenth oil the
whole crop Of Cuba. lie is said to have been, on
judiclous occasions the boldest. heaviest and most
successful stock operator IN Philadelphia, and yet
TO have retained his afilliatlon with the Friends
meeting and 10 nave refused, although a
have anything TO do with fast freight lines, land
companies or any devices to give the few benefit
over the many in the railroad. He Is also large
possessor OF real estate in Philadelphia and OF
farms in Jersey, and notable in banks and naviga-
ton ever since he began to trade to st. Domingo
in 1886.
Thus the American nag is again returned to the
Atlantic 1t has kept It's place on the Pacific Ocean,
and Mr.. Knight, well named, has mainly put 1t
there. Mr.. Knight invented his sleeping car in
1859, PRIOR to which time nothing of the kind ex-
listed but Woodrurrs compartment car and Myers
patent. DR.. II. b. Myer was the father OF General
Myer Chief Signal Olicer Of the army, better known
as 'Old Probabilities" Mr. Knights patent In
cluded the folding OF the berth and bedding in the
roof of the This patent combined with others,
made the Central Transportation Company. which
preceded Pullman's company above seven years.