Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-03-07
Death OfCOl. BOrden.--On Wed

Death OfCOl. BOrden.-On We'd
nestlay of last week, 25th ut, Col. RICHARD
BORDEN died at his residence in Fall River,
Conn. This occurrence derives considerable
interest from the fact that he was President
of the Borden Mining Company, one of our
largest, best conducted and most successful
coal corporations The following extract
from the Providence Or. ~ Journu5 will
show the loss sustained in his death by the
several companies of which he was a prom
inent member, and which borrowed from his
influence much oftheir cntcrprising, sterling
and responsible character
Sol BORDEN had been for some time in
failing health, and for several days past his
condition had been such as to preclude all
hope of his recovery. Although endowed
with a constitution of great natural yigor,
strengthcd by temperate habits and years of
laborious activity, his advanced age, seven
ty-nine years, rendered impossible any lon
ger struggle with disease.
In the death of Colonel BORDEN the last
survivor passes away of the remarkable men
to whom Fall River owes the foundation of
I'i'N'Iii w II nv 'pliiilNIi'-
ed his b sv and useful career, the stream
that is now hid from view by huge manu-
factories, and costly public cdiiices, was
succession of romantic water falls, foaming
down It's rocky he'd and shaded by the for
est trees He has lived to see the little VII
lage which he helped to plant grow into
great city, and its single cotton mill null
tiply into the largest cotton manufacturing
industry of the new world. And what was
far more, he had the proud satisfaction of
knowing that this great development was
largely the result of the example of prrse
vcranrc and industry and integrity which
he and his early associates had uniformity
given. For they We're all the architects of
their own fortunes, and achieved success
not by hazardous spccUlatons, but by sober
and legitimate business methods
Colonel BORDEN was descended from a
family originally settled on the island of
Rhode Island. Some of them took an ac
tive and honorable part in the Revolutions
airy struggle He inherited toa large degree
their moral and rcli giols traits. Through
life he was marked by sterling honesty, a
sturdy love of truth. and Il hearty dislike of
| atfrctation and prrtcnce. In the full vigor
of his manhood, this was crowned with Il
sincere religious faith. During the war his
LOYALTY was conspicuous, and the monument
which he erected in memory of the sons Of
Fall River who fell, remains an evidence of
his public spirit. In private life he was
greatly cndcarcd by his kindness of heart,
and large family circle will mourn him
with unaffected sorrow The void created
in the community by the death of such a
man is one that cannot soon be filled"
| In the same paper we also find Il summa-
| nv of the corporations of which he was a
managing officer amounting in all seven
teen companies, as given below:
Sol RICHARD BORDEN was President
and Director of the Fall River National
Bank; Agent of the Fall River Furnace
Company; Director, Treasurer, Agent and
Corporation Clerk of the Fall River Iron
Works; President and Director Of the Amer
lean Print Works; President Of the Wa
tuppa Reservoir Company; Il Director in
the Od Colony Rairo d. President and
Director in the Mount Hope Mill. Amer
can Linen Company, Troy Mil, Bay State
Steamboat Company, Cape Cod Railroad
Providence Tool Company Borden Mining
Company of Frosl',urg, Md, and the Rich
ard Borden Manufacturing Company O.
Fall River. He was also a Director in the
An"wan Company, and Director, Treasurer
and Corporation Clerk of the Metacomc'
Mill"
As a mark of respect for his memory OPP
| crations at Borden Shaft and Borden Mines
near this place, were entirely suspended OF
Monday.
Nesice.-Any person wishing TO ex
change FroslEurg Gas Stock at par fol
Lumber can do 50 by applying TO
JOHNSON Bros.