The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-11
CALIFORNIA; RICHEST MEN.
INTERESTING FfC1S ABOrT SOME "a
CIkIC COAST MTLLION.IIRES.
wealth Won In stock Gambling. In Rcni rs-
tate, and by Hard Work -shnron's $4,000
900 MoteI-Mhy James Fair Ii Unhappy.


ar,-plH ndcnt shirt bosom. The Acquaintance
of au rN millionaire WHO wears shiti~ made 9t
mr. y,,s u w,kinE W 'i,narv ~ he ms
AM outs of the California Boursc, He hal lost
MILTON. and expert +" son nav hno'ncr
future. aud with TIE proceeds of the novel bust
ness dincd nt Narchnud's anil the Poodle Dog.
the lrlmuni-os oi san Fran 20. phd nltoen
cents lur having his boot. nid'kud. and never
omitted t. hand th" lmiNl 'r N'uunl. ility
cents whenever ho encountered MIN. He CON
nr-t.l this iup RAJ Iuuutir in some strange
way WITH lurN IA California street Tho Elm
perur is i,ottiuy oll and shabby his appearance
II not 20 il urrYu.-"es inls; the Kilt cockade IN
his nat. ami the INSIGNIA of = me order need re-
gildin.,. and us Dr. has don" considerable IN his
hav o. prov" - the world tie eutrrity ~ the
San FRANCISCAN. q grateful city whose inhabi-
tants never lali 10 point him out ~ strangers ~
Dnc of the sights should 500 tu If at least that
his face is occasionally washed.
My "N-millionlirr acquaintance pointed out
among Ne speciliors ON Change about twenty
mn. III. were som. oi the oui-.
an oo ioriun"S TINY ~ ig~t varied, from
t5bbo IN OphIr in three months timc. and
lost It az IN Tho same number OF days IN COnso-
idat , N'rHi ma a.. Nnot.rr MA mad s23oWn IN
on'e, and. knowing the rOntents of the de-
tydl .i's, tod "A cuniod,ratu. who made use
drcis of thousands in one week
NJ one here seru- able t. resist the fnscina-
ami others verified the statement. that no stran-
ger VINO hal ever set foot in California street
and STAYED twenty lny- IN sun Francisco omitted
Among he iogunatss ia James Il. Kecnc, who
y called thu Free Luur.' k"cro is now IN
New York operai on Wall sire with tho
seven or eight riIion- he has mad here. and
% certain are his California ai.rir RS ~ MS
ability To get tnt hntHro tic New Workers that
The most ridiculous a 'spat h = relative g. this
or that success h' has made Fn-t are believed
NeNtt1 kr,n'. j.. i. Baldwin * uppermost IN
The mind of the boarso Mt Baldwin Is
rather clos" man. rhr leases he makes with
the tenants of his stores provide that thy shall
pay one per cent p'r .itN ih,"r,ri On rents re-
MI mi ~ unpAu IN dnNs " maturity
Baiiw % i- tpl'' dred.up man. He owns
vast o-i i;,s 100 southern California. ut Santa
Anita. and .-lts nl- rau 10 osa- onally in the
Nj, ha"I u 's.". the veteran millionaire OF Calf
forum, owns immrns' rAu l'- near those II
BALDWIN. though II cdn D. said that lsens,' owns
part ui every county ia the -iut.. II lid not.
g. BALDWIN hrrh.. sharon, Jvu.s haywurd.
ecNulN. ana lli' ufn"fS OF the thirty or mora
mllli0nnires here. win his spurs in California
about si2ulN 600 hv tho cent psr 'ent iusinsss
and ty iuckv Investments in r'al estate. Many
stories are todd about his p,nuriousnrss He ~
cIpu- o. \ very narked Irpm his stand
point hr If charitable in a certain degree. II is
known tuat b" Is iieniber ol two Hebrew
Ia in'.~t $50 monthly, ana his income II only
about - 600 pr lav. n. hat however a psn-
cnant lor always getting hi- money worth. lie
considers l'Ht legally thr saucer j, part oi the
cup. ami thus requires the itiing al O,th cup
an W rrIigiS" 10 an order ,a cup OF
L. lari.ug senator sharon. California sircat
"i,, ~. IT,. .r gym, H., VIZ i''7 ri,
r"rta'n Hal he ,,u .hv v"i r. w, ,l,'',nnnif
.r.,tir, of AK h,,se Il, 80, y A., ~, ~ h.,
sn,tr,rv y "a .n .rt ,inth, N %
eiaS-"i among the prumih mi milli' r'S.
financial success though indirectly, "a William
| halslln. who. IL is rNidrnt. was ~. financial
str',t sii ,,.voi,.J Inn.a at NM. ti,n,. io.l,.,i
IN the golden light Of tn Bank of California,
u,,.,,,.o'.. .tl ,'.J f'l-t.r t,.i,,J H. XXX ,,
dsitri t. he bank in ~, niionnt h. VIZ lot
Ikniv T., ~. ..c., ~ a., ,,.n,,,. ~ ...,, = H.,
mono Enl-t.u Amounted JIn.' SIM, glif.,t1-
on Of one oi tn" bank mines. az sluOJJ per an
mum. Intending ip retain largr 'rlion of the
salary 10 A.fNtuuliy lessen dc Indebtedness.
superintendent Jones. soon after his arrival ut
the uilnc. disco, red "a very rich NCii of ore.
and. ~ THO va. n thc time of staa1 goashe'
d.v h'f p" ih" n"Ws became pm. q, This -"
d. Ih H. 4ahe J'h .Ai A,,i,' 10y
war. ms InniAer.ln-law. the pr. ~ x .-l'u
81" fru;ii 10 - or - r - g. ;Dhi 1r -uU' pr
shar.. Hhd ia Income o., hNWilt Wa- lor a
-iI' tINu.1pp d month, nnl DON iar..t. o..
j 't 20 rt's"it u Wort M a-cnst iuiS ~,
a., M H. m ' .,o n' ,ns r,, l,n
rin -.n. This iitla ; pr. ii'- netH.on
santa B''f'nru ami STn Diego anu nIr't .iy pos
- l.l"li' ni' 90, ,n"rt 1u'o H. .'''Yit'nts'
4N' i"i .i I7 tl 'A''" iii4-N 'fh NN'
a.. ',t '.ulA or NOR M. 'neiG only n"
YER Denohue, or Unoie Peter % az. h IS often
yho WI -in-i .hand ! railroad Mn y NH 5
~ not penny 81 stock or BOND out Mr..
Ionohu" rs ihirly preserved ht1n 81 about
siNiY years OF age win a ioiiy r",i nose. unt
loIy way ~ passing ule time. Iie has fortune
oil about - uOJuJu. 3lI. DOnuhu originally
came L. CGufornia among thr l9crl. being sent
n'r1 n z hnrh-nith hY Brown br1ul'r Of Now
York. ne ms well improved his upportunl
tes. ana accumulated wealth rapidly hy his
foundry AID his real e-iai lns >imrnis. lbs 5
looked upoL asa very charitable man by the
people on The line Of his railroad. and ~ ,he
great redwood forests north OF Prise which
J." OWNS. He l- good Catholic. and like all the
wealthy men Of lis sini here is li.,ish Ia his
eonirlbuil ms 10 the church,
fr- ne t,au,..o M,G
Mr. Fair WA. horn in ireland T., 1871 .nl
came 10 he ultrl Stit,,s n, IA IT,. I',,i ri
lis business rdurniiSn IN Ghira@a a,d .,a ~
Cahfornin durlug the gold rv',lt men, in $50
Since that time h. has devoted hinls In rrinri.
pnlly u mining and from ,hnt source l., nn,,,
enjoying an Income OF about sGu0.uie nor
nonth. Mr.. Far reside, in virginia Cty. ana
personally supcriutrude the work ON tlr en-
SnhdHt.d Virlsinia and California minoe. Iii.
81 .u-r0n Il street * one Of the sieiits of me
town. long pure white. ami ~ pr,ff la nrna,-
! i.el.,st.d houses on a pole ana h is fini-boi
1 "a. highest style OF art No bird was oyer
l. own t0entor Il
hcre H. V0ry little ~ tho en0h about Mr.
Inr. II is true that he hns furnished for his
lHn.fl, o. lrrourli. drutrn bv f,ttr hnr.se ,r,,h