The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-10-22

The New York prrespondent oil
the Rochester Democrat says:
John II. Starin is aim ,st AS gre II II
wonder as Stewart. and his success
shows how men who have the rcqus-
ite genius find their element in the
great sphere afforded by the metropo-
lis. Twenty years ago young man
of 30 was keeping drug store on the
banks OF the Erie Canal The place
was Fultonville; VIII ,sa population i,
about 900, and the Young man felt
happy III having the ira le of the vii
lage, which gave him a good living
He was bright looking, hopeful fel.
low, with wife and family. all o.
whom looked torw ,ra to hf,, in their
native village; but just view tn
change. That man AT 30 is a New
Yorker worth 81 100000, and is max
ing more money than any other m,n
in the city except Stewart. How
strange it would seem ta place him
back in hi lutte store. Well he WAS
just as greai then as now, the only
difierenc,. being thu, his genius IS
develop d. All OF his present gran
daur grew out If a very small begin
ming. The druggist had invented u
valuable hors medicine. and in or
der to introduce it 10 a wide pa ron
age i was necessary that he should
,ravel. 10 do this cheaply al a.
rangement was made with the New
York Central r .ilroal. aai the itn.
eran, druggist solicite Irei ,ht fo the
road. II! was very siecr.ssfu N
making bargains OF tn kind, and the
result was that an invitatioa was ex-
tended him to remove 10 this city
The lrly st re was sold. and he be-
came New York freight agens. =
Daring the war vast quantities o.
m iit,rv stores. aud also heavy arti-
le :, W. e 10 be moved through this
city, AMI the task was com nj ted 10
his hands. All those 4,u paunders
which II ~ gu ,rd the en- rance Of u,r
port We're moved from the railway d,
Starin'> trucks, then placed on YES
srls and ilo.,rd to Their DIES inailol
Starin had surprising faculty ,f
handling freight and IA = ,wef oi ell
eulation wh'ch gave hun great elf :
cheney in this important department.
Nander;,il; d scoyered the value OF
such III II, and, to secure his servi-
ccs,gave him charge Of all the freight
shippc from this city by the Hud.
son Central Ro,d This was done
by contract favorable TO both par.
ties. Starin provided bargrs so clos.
to the commercial streets that cart.
age was diminished. When the bar
ges were full they were towed two
miles up the rver aud their cargoes
place on rail cars bound f,r the
West. II $ success led TO the adop-
tion of this system by other roads.
To e, freight across the Hudson $,
as to 10 I'd the trains bound for Pen
nsylvania has always been difficult
task Starin overcam" the difficulty
by C nstruc,ing barges each with "a
railway on is deck. The cars were
ladea on the wharf i'll this city and
then drawn into the barge, which
could receive three. A tug towed
the bage across the river, AM the
ears were hauled on 10 the track and
made up into trains. In this way IA
floating railway was constructed, which
is in opperatiun twelve hours IA day,
and 900 cars can be sent over at each
ferry daily. Three railroads now do
their freighting business through
Starin, and find 1t cheaper to allow
him margin for wealth than t. do
the work on the old system.