, 1877-01-05

THE Cl1lCAuO
man. with whom he remained twelve ycars. In
1890 he lcft Gibbons With tno intention Oh a..
su"f V.. Wforth til i thls time $4,000. AZ the ilrst
step IN his new business lie built tho Gafo4he. H
WHICH Afterwards vent over Niagara FAILS; inls
I thirty 81 cieht running, not one of which va. ever
lost 6y ire, explosion, wreck we T. hts en-
ployent. Ths gold discovery IN nnsains CG,.o'n1sf
tic Tic psetilc ,.a nfail Steamship Line, which haa
! ihc monopoly OF transportation from tne ~
iantlc ports 10 San Franeisct', Fotescc'ne inc
dses % eIarter tom tho Government ot Nsar.eu.
and, ID 1851. established Al oppottnon nne' To-
diced prices one-half, and sustained the new
fmecnifcent private steamer, tho North staf;
m which, With his family, hc made an e1tendea
itour Ok Tho Old World. In 1853 be % nndsrtook
Guilt thc Artsl and Vanderbilt. two Of hts @ i1sst n
1,s nrcscntet to tho United State; goysrnmsat
s5ag %as asi tsnkea ii BY
wss sbous tbis limo he abandoned the steam
boat business, after having built sovcnteen
@ i. u lis s 10. vi
which made Him the railroad king o. w ;os Soa.s
.. try. By buying stock ID the Harlem haiirosa
Company L. ,h hs11 no In Old sock
G.rS nns,atpra p Writing to The New York Tribune,
b thus speaks oi 6l, influence upon tho stock Of
c tho road !.
Tas ;toss ;ts s 3D. 5'' 9nk bs
indnesd to 60 into the road becsuss he bad made
liz found th. ptotest What hid ad sltfs99y ;s9y
S'snss4 w1a Sa '' esmpss "s a
!hst line think ~ laprs,s!on ad + IT, h. fs frrs
Ss cent Sn h.aa ad ~ Ssesa sns .nsgsr sn
ssns1 was 1sueeeeded Ss William 4. Mo5i. yhS yh,s.s w.
asieE r. fanons ms's c
soms % action On ths part ths Sommon Council nsdI
Anoa 's tas ho so. continue
k aown sroadway. With sons branch roads: Ar eioss
.s, e y x:. r. s
to WAS ado to Fcconsidcs the action o[ tna Soa,na
counc apd n The e1Rssteoan'. sa'.. ~ msdo Gont
PssssyS s. % sas 4ss ss
#. about .so The Commodore, lanppose, had ID most
81 the stock Through biz sna 1,ra
iy b!e. =" thst II 1854 Or 1866 began pairing Per
ID s9tGss Il Il s.sed n e
H., tral, about thrco ycars ago.
ny In 1s0 no bought large interest u Tho llu
son vsF a ant I've to roa and
'as SOON aftcr Iolnid II With steel rails. lie bull
iss tic St John's Park Depot, and put itl, an
so trnck on part q t1e Wy tqnnng ad gthn cnna
nv tho road was 900 0o0 and this l,o doubled y
a2t 1SiN fhe addition to represent tho improve
nd- agement Of tAe New York Central Road, an'
tne onco more wo quote from tho communication Q
in. tho same operator:
mt Erastus Corning had baen Pte.iden. snd iIsnr
et IT, feip Ia1scs ss va pGsslenl time. md hat
that pe'on feF sso st ;scy a1st
Soasht eenra NV. va. :eins ua.o
ae vert aio ws' :; ;pns a. ato
,nic no't think tcY naid am Jthine{but scrip di!
q 70 cent ths.s wsss no s ess n bus &
ths ssa esnnaa % IL o esused .he etosk to a
w. vance. IN 1902 o. 1862 Il ~ 'etl.ng tGs ri
us Tse9 ,., 1s o %s es hss res
Tho i.a:an M Ryar bridse built 1907 v Il
Hudson River l'stltoad Company; ~ r. ,ow stoe1
nj" holjcf4. Tho colnnoaoto hsxan to ,a improve !,
speti i5J gu!t'x ss aSs =
'o"t as,eai issued hat 'ysnl W, to spt
~ IN IT. i ,msaetfs .s sstfp III II Il
tho III q ,s s srosRa
little In the winter Of 1s03-'83 the Central an1 u!
yon son River Non.!s wero consolldaagu nndG5
not name Of ito New York Central y fl9leon Ky
sISsa tssa cS%}''Wy o1 Wam M'sa iIfeSui H. Vasdcrpt
rbi1t rrcsIdcnt' Thc roads were ,lo,,bletracked fr
70 II i,tcl.cster to The Suspension Bridge, 20 t!
clous Yn1rn m't III iake aid Niagara River. Al
most str. Cer.s death H. 1872 he wa @ maaS t ri +
dent Of tho Lake Bhore Roadt AMI, TO tIe u
~ 70 Of his dcath, controlled 4 anu % snh II
dnya Central anu Great Wcatcrn lsoasle With rel
enco to iii operations slice 1873, 1t has b
n oe said OF hin BY prominent "ala-st1eee osoh
!eslre 1don't be,Ieyc that Mr.. Vanderbilt hss heon
nj, raretl In whit yon might eal stock speea'nt!
and eaing large EN- snonnt tSfnE Sf rSpaf faat
nofnwsa PEI nae mUns "cc.ss al ii. western Union opera
dying tat tr1esraehius would hsse bssn STsat H% q
music actct u fo.t nrt,c ict1rrs IL tcicrrt
night snppo,G pc tnSs havs eallscd ont Ill s yows with
bed ratd ri to western iin!on that would have afford
rived nisco for h!s surplus captal.
J ond. witt, regard 10 h!. real wealth tho New
~ WIZ, ~, Tribune says:
os nc I1o Ia willing enough to 10 conal1sscd v
aso t t9 s1aft 9tSs e. ssa w1' ayol, nsss
1o1ora ho actual ynluc OF his chtato cannns escn hs
worst naed. 10 rsy .hst lie II "ort from forty 70
y, md milons Of dollars ~ near .. any ohtsaes
Cor lin nn;t bc taken Into aceaun together VT VT
Sssat IN sset s s k1t opor.; ea an'
e.tats ii thers railroads and dspreciafs fhe
Cumn,o,iors Vanderbilt las t'atl n!no Il.
n,.a ter. ailil four SONS, tho eldest Of whom
.>o ihe William IL. Vanderbilt haa besn tho @ m.I
anl psndcnce q s father ~ nis va gast ~ 9u5 =
,o,iar dMe hc marr,c,l Mss Crawford, OF Mobile,
anet VEa;, a.ly who llns been described as typs
iokn best class Of tr!e American wo@en' Ill. ~
stsFday estinE Incidents illustrating tbs peculiar b
sli TO prurlFy!t!cs, aud charnctcststcs which tn'
nG as ~ fcscryc fnr anothcr time 1T lug Keen bn
Ii there . .a,a" H. acrurate knowlcjrv Vi ule
ster'lay In lis executive ability ua we'll lii the
latinn Of wcalt ho WIS the Representative
owner vs. '"'' >"
y 'alqs fI,1x %t INCIDENTS.
~ = iYa,tXx Yotx THE co11ouoaas Lows Or nonss.
he bulk Ills tondnes. for horses and for fast d