The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-10-21
G8T HG Rules Ellis Army Of Clerks
and SUbardilatGS,
TRE RAPIDITY WITH WHICH he
Is Absorbing REAL ESTATE.
E0NJECTURES ABOUT HIS
WILL.
NEW YoRK, Sept Is.

The fact ls becoming apparent that A
r. Stewart is absorbing real estIte taste
thgn any other man In this city. dc
g2ot say that his purchases arc all made
here. for he has become the owner Of {
Isown on Long Island and is one Of the
great proprietors in saratoga Springs
He 5, however, purchasing either in
ahis city rim irst-Class country resorts
%lih arapidity unequaled since the days
Of old John Jacob Astor. The only diff
i7ence is that Stewart began later in life.
Hal an equal start been given him he
Eould have eQualed that wonderful Ger
mar. As it is, however, Stewart now
.lowus more property In Broadway than
the Astors, notwithstanding the early
chance which this family enjoyed. Stew
MI is now only seven years younger than
,Aster was at the time of his death, but
he is vastly more competent for bust
aeBs than the latter when at the
Bsme age. The last fifteen years Of AS
tors life were chiefly spent at his coun-
3ry,seat at Hell Gate. He had placed the
care of his immense property in the
hands of his son William, who was then
=sbout fOrty-Gve, and was the general
agent Of the estate. The old man was
WuGh worried, however, concerning his
wealth, as most rich men are, and toward
'$lse last he became slightly crazed by the
fear of poverty,
ASA BUSINESS NAN.
in this respect Stewart has no equal for
Ais years. This leads me to the remark
:shat ne is somewhat desirOus to keep his
age at the lowest possible figure. No one
eof his employees will dare 10 make a
statement on this point. He is from
seventy-threo to seventy-seven; perhaps
-seventy-fve would be the most accurate
fiicule, but he really appears more capa-
Die than most men Of sixty, 1t is to be
observed that all others of our rich men
have had the stimulus of parental care
~ drive them 10 accumulation. They
have also had children to assist them
rin the burdens Of old age. Stewart
@sB The only one ofthisnumber who never
had any children, and he does MT seem
TO feel the lack even In this latter day of
his life The fact Ia, Stewart is not like
other men. He seems controlled by a
p destiny into which Is merged all tho
spOwers and affections which, in other
Instances, embrace the family circle. He
'is not 30 much flesh and blood as he is
the embodiment Of the spirit of trade.
1t is not so much that he loves wealth
thai he acquires It. The reason of his
Bucces- is that wealth comes to him in
5Okedieuce to certain laws. It Is not
specially his desire to crush out rivals,
but they tall because they place them
zselyes in the way Of his immense ma
.chincry. Stewart II not to blame for the
D,istortunes OF Others. He, too, would
81 10 ruin if there were greater than
,Ae.
THE MAN TO BoLTTCDE.
It'ia said that he has small social cir.
Gle. Int if so, it iSv very limited in Its ex-
aeHt. As u business man, Stewart has
always been man of solitude. He is
nalurllly self reliant, and has not called
% hers INTO communion with him, simply
hectll+e his own resources were sufficient
ale has been solitary, simply because
busiuess required it. To such u man the
-prrsrnce Of others, except when used as
1"nls, was only annoying. This feature,
however, was not accompanied by rude
nrss. Stewart is Constitutionaily as po-
lile ~ he is reserved. lie has specially
an easy way of meeting ladies' and when
retailer he loved TO wait on them. This
arose from his peculiar faculty Of antici-
pating their tastes. Hissense of proprie-
~ ia the outfit of the female sex was the
first Boint Of distinction which marked
ahe little shop that he opened forty years
asO with 4 capital of 1000. II was his
constitutional independence which kept
him from taking any partner during the
,arst twenty years Of his business career,
aud those who have since then been adj
.hiiled are subordinates to an unusual
nlegree. Stewards privacy is almost as
much observed by them as when they
~ere clerks. They enter not into his
gd.us, but merely carry out the detail as
tisned them. The only reason, indeed,
why there is any partner is to facilitate
zhe settlement Of business in case of his
illness and death.
HOW IT IS MANAGED.
Stewart employs in both establish
,@lonts nearly one Thousand persons, of