The Baltimore County union., 1874-12-19


.s.tn. .lt. tho - htslo.s e tae lead
90 nsa q oar mes - shAl hnI asssenera.
r.i.s that 'hsy sFs sell nsis" tLatt thsv hase
starie r. "a poverty AIT ob.elttv wh.thef
t.H mao fnskes ~ fIrrunstanr@. af rtrram
f.sr-H' uas- tAe msn 'not necssssry here
q. IlIfs h4t fhst fs'oafssbi~ surrss, a.
tssi' ihc 'I"istsp' of ssnne men. artsing from
fhf - ssi srpsrsuty ff.tsi eifcumstauces -
t.s se.i sppsn - nrei rep.tuon ths Esrtst-.
W. tI'i erInera's. sr-- - n1ishlc example.
e IL tbis tr4lsn. buf sill not.cc one iu par-
trl.s ss'se usne nep staals srs ~ the
s+ft.. If Wsii street fans Cornelius Nsndsf
bs.'. .atw an ~ tho 'rs,srnIty a. 'ts Com.
n fl1f~
EsnI-rb.t -. born snl "fa..i on
-'airu I'lsui H. MI athef. hss al mothers
= rfwsrsahie men. ws' u1 iuabi fsnaFsAhle
spec neH . her SO. alihoagh nathtbx pay
t-uitFif snpsn n hsr sstimAhls aa.iiti.. fas
tAer thanshe ~ssshsri vofkiaR Dutch ueman
sh.. In .iiit.on =, 'he occupation af groxiss
cabbage sni cffn. birsm. the pfapfisiFc.s 81
80 nfttys terry bosi rltius between the
islAt I ani Ses Y.fkrtiy shieh latter brought
her an income ~ h~tssRn twn and three hun.
ifel i'llsrs per sunam. ~ tho ags Of 6fissn
her ssn Cornelius ~hr hai grosn M . Wild
hsrlm srarum boy. wi'haat education. was
placed 20 charge u the bat thereby iaying
the fsun lafisn q that robust canstitatiao. the
prssess.on 4 shich haa enabled him 90 lead =
long life Of activity. from this time he evi
dentlv had an eye to hasins.s Tor after running
the boat for one ves'. aad audisg there was
money 10 u. he secured. by ,rme means W
other. smaller though ssiftaf boat which he
rau IN mpe,itian With his mother. who wa.
oblzei in six month. n give up the hssiness
THIS success determined his fn,sre sareer .
Ile would ~, s,av q, hoiae sni he wulA uYt
O. - ssh.ol. 50 ignoFsat sxs he that ,p 4 La =
twentieth v-ar he wro,e hisrletnamt,-..f.
With Ak a. a &c" As hls arst none, -.
made with boats. he stack te them. ani ss@N
or three yetFs he had half das~n a. Nsren,
ferry rou,e.. sli oi which paid Then he a.
tempted 'tes 'pbaat eaterprisei With lido sue
cess u
when no va. twenty .,hres wear, old he had.
accumulated oooo. which he utilized a. cap
tial fnr subsequen, operations. For tla next
twenty Eve years he built steamboa bought
and sold stocks. and had Aurer IN everything
thet promised quick aud large rcturts. IL
fst9 the California gold fever brohe eu,, fie
sav his opportunity, and the nssl wear Ia Is.
tablished rival iine of steamers from New
York h. Nicsregua. IN 1851 he saii out 10 the
Transit Company IL en- advance of nearly =
million. aud little later was made president
"i ,h" Company That was tho time he 60, the
title of Commodore.
in 1870 b" dropped everything else for rail.
rad speculation. IN which he has made the
most ~ his money. Nv dint af careful schetn-
ing hc got possession Of the Harlem Railroad.
The great rival oi this route was the Hudson
River road. whose owners laughed at aud snub
h.l him. H. rourae % time he gained passes-
sion Of thai. Subsequently he pushed Dean
Richmond and his adherents from their stools
IN the New York Central Office. aud became the
auiocrat ~ that road in addition. He is nov
estimated I" b. worth from $50. .oo0 600 4, slo,.
0o0.oa0. aud yet he is not satisfied.
Next 10 money. his great passion 10 horses,
and some of the finest trotters In the country
can be found In his stables. Every day he NAV
he seen bowling along in Central Park, evi.
IDENTIFY enjoying tho excitement as much az a
boy Of fftcen taking his drst ride.