, 1877-03-15


/ ot the enterprise with moro cheerful hands, aud
| tho Hork Of ascending tho mountains teoan.
! This VAS IN tho BEGINNING of tho War. Mat.rist
was expensive and labor searce. Tho formor
Maa ~ oe la1en on h'ne montns' sayacc round
tho Horn-cvesy pound o. Iron Of tho road4tcd
! and running g-saock-bcforc It was used, which
~. :. ~..t,n., ~ ns.,sa.. e@'e 'enk w
.*5s ~ ect'"g 'ne oosetnmen1 oonus Tor tho
conpetea M ano accepted part OF me inc, during
which the 1sc had aRaln 70 r'sk their Individual
work aeys, stopped. though i bse.ae e sse..s,y
ee,cs' e,sas T.. ''nss W seance sno iorce. lncy re-,
pay promptly, and when ono day they found
The treasury neartv emptv tho 0ve men r,et. nnd.
af,cr finding out how many roen they co,,l,, NV
NJ, - ,hsr orn ,nnn,,. 1r,ns .ha 49, ~, p1 i,
! 60 but 300, whom they kept At work on the road
The Central Pacific builders hasc beon accused
Ut being closo hut have yet to bcar Of thc,,.
thcr t,sg,t sverststnw tnr rs,1' AMI a. nn,v IN.
teasr iii IL es e bss e.
lie di;r,c,,lsie. coconsere ftaos ,|,c ssnasks AZ
ii comvrcs. irom @ whtrl ~ ouofa. t.'' e''n''''eo
ii s,,ns,,s,. ~ ,i'at foct. N.
,nercansiis errdt NJ mr. n,E.nes. n i,t,.r"ts rr
and y.st & WI py,.t!s,y oa5sl by Spr s9
msxuoa s.u WE tas1 ~ SntS.psS ane a.tsatsca tac
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| gotten, but they were Intensely vivid and real
! then. They wesc difficulties IRON end to end;
smn,xs' fea,o t1c.crts w.cs" sSrr" sas ssaeatr ~
Sni"r an,I from s.,rccs mi aat" whrrc tcr, y,
was ~ crrcs.: ,I5jTir1.ittc. from eod mr., fr1,
heat, from scarcity 0t timber and from OBJ
ttyust!sns Of zoSk; dtNeu!tcs Of supplying .
want ~ iaho1c,r y ''' @'~"' .".
Bnt tiisy osc:casnc them all, and to-day til.
gratitude Of rnElliuna Is Rivcn
! TIRE TWO HARDWARE MEacuANys
irle'tIa tu keep out OF tho cnteE-
psa*e aud savc thclr fortunes, wauan
crc'Ilt wa* seriously questioned or account Of
Tas tzlttcd tl.e "1lutch Flat awlu1lc,r' aud
which was abused by tho newspap p.rs, cartcatur-
cd by tic wits, dcrk!cd by politicians, and dis
cunntena,!ed ~ eapltalists. Hut tic foAd wns
connected with It was sared,--thanks to toe
ao'sisl Judgment that ruled NJ No. 81 K street,
Sacramento.
Ne..r, Huntington y ( 'ifs Giopsln, retired from
the active management q tne hardware bust
nss:, Albert GailatIn, ". r.. 5. Foyc, Ci,arlc.
Miller. nnd Il: II. scaton l,elnc auMtkct ~
partners, md The strlc Of TIC firm was changed
TO Huntington, Hupklns x Co. Three years.
later the expanding traac justified thu
estatllslEnR of branch house. In eun
| francisco, whtcl. was opened at the tor1,cE
OF Bush anta Market streets, and now Mt,icr tho
management Of NJ. charles Miller. The ''sti'u~
luz oer1lpled by tho ''branch" Is a handeo;nc
substantial, fourstory brick aud stoue structure,
Of feet square, and alleu frosa top To bottom
| with as complete stock Of hardwarc. 1run,
steel. mtut,g, milling, and railway supplies, as
cati be 1oupd In my similar establishments tn tho
Eastern o. snterior stases. Mr. Haist is 7
a resident Of California stuce 1861.
THE "AA1H" ods @ sAcRANExro HouaE
has q ftuttaEe Of 20 feet on Il street, and a
depth Of lC0 feet, three stories ~ height, butlt
u s,lcS Ha M ssons; ~ y ana vel! s.ofss1. Is!s ally
came to tho Golden State In 1851, and Sir. Fuye,
iro!1. Massachusetts. who eams here lssi D9th
admitted 10 partners. They nre oil competent
and experienced hardware n1ctl,. having been
up and lie growth of The business slncc they
took tho soie MANAGEMENT IN 1868 shows that
| Their annual sales, which extend TO alt tho Pa.
| ctac States and Territories md even to China.
Japan, and the Sandwich Islands to some ex-
5000, 600. They employ forty-two MEN ID vast-
Gus capacities, and their horses and trucks for
| f1tA atlon nj roDdA Hott1d funkn n Rte