The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-09-20

into one corner OF IT, Boston Advey
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aANLIrr nv CARRyiNc, PARCEL
WITH ms OwN 1lANt'Ss'1aND tnA
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from Inc new ioa. ~, sun , .,,.ssirs 9 NJ.
Last evening Mr.; William .. plns
more, Mr.. John Hoeyt ana large
number OF merchants and expresemer
lett this city Tor Boston 20 attenu ynt
funeral services or tpe Mtei Alvin
Adams, the FOUNDER OF Ane Adams ex,
press. In 1910 MI. Ada'ps was moi
worth . dollaE Lest week MS express
carriedin one dayr$zt ,OOOsoVO, the 80.
curly for when wa simple, recelpf'
In 1910, with the assistance or one man
and boy, ne diu what llttietnere was
10 DO. :, To-Day the concern OF Wnlcn
he was parent employs nearly fifteen
Thousand persopes mr. ADAMS was
one Of the lew OF whom IL iMgpt De
said HE was one,of the most remark
able men ia the country. Like van,
derb1t and Astor, MT. ADAMS started
with nothing, and died leaving an es-
tate valued ~ many miinons OF col
lara. Among his early associates was
john Hoeysyho Tor thrty,seven years
was an irtimate Jficnui ana AZ mr..
.Adamsi death $1,000 htgh IN tne copn-
ellis or the company On the eve OF MS
departure 10 aItepo me Iunerai M
.Hoey was asked 10 give SOME remlni-
SCIENCES OF Mr.. ADAMS anu the early
days OF the great enterprise ne began.
In reply, Mr.. Hoey SAID, !" would pe
glad vt some otner tlme 10 telI you the
facts OF this romance, put 4 am hurry
ing off to Boston. sWhen Mr; ADAMS
began TO carry parcels ana letters oc-
tween Boston and New YORK there
was no raiiroad. he came 10 AIiyn,s
Point, and thence direet 10 new YORK;
he had singuiariy pieasant lace anu
p frank manly bearing, that aty[acteu
people and pred commence, SO tnat ne
soon got his share OF that kihd OF pat
rOnage." ,..,,e
Ibid he travei inuch hlniseiI
"Noi he Travelled snort Time only:
Then he hired messengers put MS
personal bearing ana gehiai manner
did much To win customers. IL was
everything, IN Iact. After u rev
months he inGucea a young harness.
maker, named Dlnsm,ors 70 c3rne ~
New YORK ana open an ONCE. ne uiu
40 anu AT nrsc ne KEPT the DOCKS, ue.
livered the letters lIor when Lney got
cells, made out the way bills and col
lected the freight
"Were you with them then q"
"Oh, no i was CABIN boy ON the
Sheridan, apacketDetween New YORK
and Liverpool. lgot In Win gang
Of boys, and In short time we nye
made q corner In counting papers. we
counted, mailed, folded, ana shlpped
all the papers printed IN the city. Mr..
Bennett took great fancy TO US. one
of us was Jerry Bryan, the minstrel.
While was doing this made the &C.
quaintance OF an expressman named
Beecher. He was running little Con.
necticut express, and offered me "a
o week and steady work. accepted,
and we took an ONCE Win ADAMS. At
that time Edwards y. SANFORD was In
the habit or coming In anu asking Ior
a job. FINALLY Dismore leC hiin heip
make out o way Dill, ana LtCie py
little he worked In I'LL ne was maue
agent In Phlladelphla, anu Dlnsmore
and ran the New YORK emo, Adams
staying In Boston,"
WAS Mr. Adams the chiei"
: ION, yes: ana ne was the sole one
known. He ana his manner maze
everything.
Were you successIui NJ hrst g
moi at al. IL was 1910 peloIe We
began even 70 see OUT way ciear' ~
was constant struggle. tnree-doi-
lar way Pill was wonuer.
AT hrst Diiis ana, ietters were tne
principai ireignt, puI Paiceis pe9an "
come "a, ana aiter awnne tIun KS Jokes
his necessiCateu Por-
ter, bat for along time . 10Y anu
dla all the colectihg anu
Ineh tney got norsc
ana wagons. steP which was Pon
dered long peIore IL was Iaken. All
the parties interesteu were nnu VI
horses. Mr.. ADAMS na9 III cary ne
looked forward 10 the oay When MS
ambition WOULD De crowned as ne Cook
his seat upon tne pox oI stage, WIN
the RIBBONS OF Iour-horse cean Al
his INST. .Mr. DinsHore, US harness-
. y l. a. t.
horsemen, anu knew aDouI noIses. III
late years Messrs. Auaiis anu sss Hah. ~.
nave been note0 ior chei, st"pies, "no
held the reins over the Dese Dio"u III
the land; WIN Inc pu.c .na'' ala vi ' ns
morse ana wagon cams = new Ism y.
operation. Inc New iork anu xew
haven raiiroae, 1uss .nen Coo
offered them iacinIies anu 1Acius,vS
contracts lor carrying n1ney anu
small packages In wnag was h no Us
2 T. 7. truck over its me . ror ' vnis
Adams q 20. cohtfc'e e ~ Pay; WI" I'LL
Tear ana trempil.g IL 1o Sueir u oVT LIZ Sne
enormous sum OF 1i,IWu i =, vus
ut the very star' IL proven
paying venture-inueeu, tne ven.ure
which Determined Iheni W cvnnuo
IN their business. Ine heAt step was
TO carry feight ior mercnah nnl as elsier
end OF the line, ana 20 estaDi,sn agen-
cies along the route as wen anu IN
less than three years the wnoie cusIem
Of the country was changed, almost All
Ihe light freight, ana some OF the
heavier, being sent py raiiIoad ex press'
instead OF on the Doats as ireight;
The government WAS not alOW 10