, 1876-02-26
Ware Divnr Road aro sr'rs OF thoir per cont,
wllol,or the road carna tia OF hos' thoy
nfIdnntly hnYn 4 YcrY GOOD V1nR.

wlotl,or tbs ROAD carnn tia amount or not, they
evidently havo very good wing.
rHEnE II ANOTHER n W t.d :" d Fnt", H. roco,t
By Vico.rrosldont Lincoln. 1t ls that tbs leaso
waa desirable, that tho only prs cs'chpio WY 20
get It, inasmuch AZ tho CompAn baa hos ,., .,o
wns for tho prosdent to get eoni x9inng 'ttof-
cat. ME Lincoln stated that attor t. MA W. done
tho rresident hn.1 afotcd TO ttansf y his intar-
ast to tho Company for what II hs' tn cost dn1: '
phny had no legal right to do So. No Q. a5 ~ tne
timo for esaw tito cfrcums.ancoa thns would give
these bombs sl.ctr prosent value. Tho D necsote s
had faith in tho future Of tho road sna Il, 1,a
!ato to p.y, snd q nigh. ls"rs
rate. lilo admitted the deilcsoy Of tho tsasa q,
tion. but submitted that 1t ought 10 bo ludgo1
by the character OF the naen engaged IN It, nnf
by tho results which should follow. ,rhla or
anti tho old Doard Of Directors were Eechoson
without opposition. And 80 long aa the stock
ho!,lors roceve thntr regular 10 per cent dtgl-
dontls 1t Isn't probable thoY will object to tho
rresdouta making q little something onlH1do OF
Ills regular salary. ....
TIE iMronrANr QUESTION.
but which tho Legislative CAmuittoc will prob
ably not cona.lar as within their ,ephcio is
ghsf M csnn oasn a tso Sss S ba 10 ano
road and Of hts hon.in-iaw - Psosidens
Of tho other to mako bargain ohieay advantage
ons to tie family purso. This he !s generally
cordine 10 s.ate Director lI.yos, at the ospense
OF tho Boston Il Albany lsallroad. Tho strict
legality OF tho Transaction no one scomB TO eert-
ously question, snd m investigation confined to
Ibis point would probably find nothing worse
than simple orros Of Judgment On tho part OF
the nossoli Albany Directors IN paying per
cent tor whnt might have beon Cotton for Q.
MR.. CHAriy, ..,
who Ia thus charged with administering grsat
publio trust for liz own emoiumeut, + widely
known as ono Of tho railroad kings OF tho East.
lilo fs now not far from 50 years old, having bean
born At Ludlow, Dec. 10, 17oa. His boy
sSs Sssov*s was .sa se"' bis s0n carly fss% saae.on N
uaa gained in tho district school, supple
1ncnscd by a few 1nonthe at tho Westtleld Acad-
omy. At u no came to Springfield. and tor tWo
brotLor. He then opened \ ssoso in Chlcouoe
aud Bsayod tlors for sayorsl yeara. In 1897 no
sold cut hts store and bought an intorest In tho
staEo limo botMeen Hartford, Conn.,, and Brattae-
bore IT,, md foE time drove staEe himself: ~
Connecticut Airar, botaeea Springfield and
Hartford, and Mr.. Chaplin xcofng In this an I'M
proyomont on bis stage. line, bought tho boats
tho following ysar anh d nm . them w tnoy 10 s y
Into this Hartford and Springfield railroad prof.
| oct Mt. Clapin throw. himsoif with All the eu.
argy Of his nature. In 1912 be became Di-
rector and sotca ~ agent q tho road tisl lts
Through ali the changes and Of thta
road, now the New York, New IIayon q Hart
| ford Eo has kopt hls DrectoEBhlp, and II now
SAID to ba tho heaviest individual Btookholder,
THO CONNECTICUT Riyar Railroad waa tlniahoa to
| Northampton iu 1876 and he became Director
ia thai also, rotaining Tho position sul the pros-
ens t1uc. About 1910 ho was extensively en-
ho established tho Agawnrn Bank 1T Springfield !;
was for short timo lis President, nna remained
d Director I'LL tho organization Of the chapin
banking sna Trust M Company, of which tnstF'u-
In 1850 ho bncame Director Of tho Western
naiIroad, though not at that time owning dol
lar OF its atock. Before tho cosc Of that roar ho
was elected President Of the CONNECTICUT River
umo having given up ILLS Disoctorship IN
tho Western. His management Of this
raad YES 10 successful that In 1851 ho Was ton
dored tho Presidency Of tho Wossorn:: Fhta
offered . wider ield for hia ambition, and he 70
copied, thus entoring upon tho GreRt work Of hta
lifc,-tbo building up Of tho Boston d Albany
lsailroad. Undor bis ekilltnl hand tho Western
Road waa soon greatly improved, tta faoilitiaa
dividends. uo 1aboroil strongly for tho con.
eoliIatlon OF the Western Itoad With tho 1oaton
l. Worcester, and when thIa was accomplished,
Doc. ], l667t-mhRing tho preaent Oostou @ -
bany.-he rot to work In developing tho consoil-
datod limo. Mainly 10 consequence OF his work
thu Doason + Albany Ia now ono Of thu best.
equipped roads III tho country. In addition &c
his railroad operations In .Masaachasotta. he Il
largely interested in the Now York Contra
& Hudson Iiver Road. aud has bsen 4
} | Director thoro since 1868. 1Io iD a1Be
connected With several steamboat 1uca running
from Hartford and Now Haven.
In politics Atr. Chapiu Ia q Democrat. ut
wns rnetnl,or Of tho btata Constitutional Con.
yention OF 1853, but, until his election to Con
grcss aB Mr.. Dawes SUCCESSOR In 1874 held nc
prominent public oltIco. IA business man ht
In COOL reserved. and cautious with wonderful
tenacity OF facts and the ability to Bsato cast
with cioarness and force, IIo hasn't any per
sonal popularity to speak Of, ciinga to ta none,
pretty cloaoly somotiuaes. aud iB considcIed no
at ali arerae to getting the best end OF bar
gain. But of bis ability aud a,lcceas ~ rail
5oAd manager thoro can 10 but ono opinion.