The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-07-04

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rather than his f>ther. He is consider
ably over fifty, but is of robust constitu~
tion and vigorous health, and will be
likely to increase the property very
materially during his administration.
If he lives to his fathers age-eighty
fve-the estate will probably he worth
Sl5G, ,O00, ,00e. William II. Vanderbilt
is not the financial genius that
his father incontestably was. No
! body has ever suspected him of
| being such, but he is sstute and
cautious nevertheless, ami will not
| be likely, IS has been predicted, TO in
vOlve the enormous interests of which he
| has charge. The commodore left things
in such a shape (neither he nor any other
man could prevent legal assaults upon
| his will) that almost any good business
man ought to be abl5 to carry cut his
view- and int. ..tions. The present Van
derbilt, albeit not brilliant, is thought
by his intimates to be very safe. He
knows far more than he reveals. His
father long believed him to be incompe-
tent; but many years before his death,
discovered the cADacity of his son, and
never doubted it afterward. William
81 has son, Cornelius, who, every body
says, is the strongest and albert of the
existing Vanderbiits The commodore
had the highest opinion of his grandson,
and consulted him on MANY occasions,
attaching the greatest Importance to his
opinions. He used to declare that 'fthat
boy Cornell is going to be one of the
smRFtest men in the United States" and
the declaration will probably be justified
by circumstances
The correspondent, after devoting
few not mplimeutary words to Judge
Hilton, concerning the immense busi-
ness under his control, the Grand Union
and the Hebrews, the Womap's hetel
fGss0, comes to the consideration of one
who is well known of Brooklyn and much
honored by it, the place of his residence.
HORACE B. CLAFLIN
Is one of the richest merchants (perhaps
the richest after Stewart) in the city or
country. He used to be in lower Bread
way, but, before the breaking out of the
civil war, be removed to a new and CO.
lossal warehouse which he had built FOR
his business in west Broadway. extend
ing to Church and Worth streets, and
has remained there ever since. The
building occupies half of a whole block
aud is enc of the most conspicuous in
that quarter. During the season it pre-
sents 8 most active appearance. 1t
swans with busting humanity. The
sidewalks are covered with boxes, bales
and cases addressed to every part of the
United States, tie territories, Canada,
Mexico, Guatemala and South America
Nearly every vessel that comes or goes
frem our docks brings or takes something
to or from H B. Clafiin & Co., and the
Arm is most favorabIy known in London,
Manchester. Glasgow, Paris, Lyons,
Brussels, Hamburg, and all centres of
commerce and trade. The house employs
some 700 or 500 persons at salaries rang
ing from $500 to S25, ,000 per snnum, the
latter price being paid to the manager.
Clahin himself is nov considerably over
sixty, hut active and energetic, with
years of hard work in him vet. He
looks like q " Yankee," having a wiry,
rather slight, aDgula- figure, and a
shTewd, somewhat anxious, though hon.
est, prepossessiDg face. He has a repu-
tation for liberality, and is much liked by
his employees and all persons having
intimate dealings with him. "What is
he worth ?" To this decidedly American
question he could scarcely reply, if he
would. His fortune is estimated all the
way from S12, ,O00, 900 to $50, ,000, 900,
but if his affairs were rettled to-day, it
would neee ssaIily suffer greatly from
shrinkage.
There is another written of whom
Brooklyn must take interest in, since he
has been for 80 many years identified
with her ferries.
GEORGE LAW
Has sunk into obscurity Iatterly, 80 far
as newspaper mentien is concerned but
he is richer than he has ever been and is
busy looking after bis affairs despite his
seventy-four or five years. a native of
Washington county, this state, his par
ents were too poor to furnish him with
an education, for which in fact he cared
very little. He
WANTED TO MAKE MONEY
More than he wanted anything else, and
he resolved while still in his teens to
come here for that purpose. The story
is, that he worked his passage, as the
phrase is, from Albany to this city and
arrived in the metropolis with only few
coppers in his pocket. He had strong
hands and stout heart, and he SET to
work at ence. hiring himself as a steve
dore at twenty-five cents a day. After
Sc veral months of hard labor on the
docks and in warehouses he had sccu-
mulated $I00-this seemed to be
an immense sun-snd on his slen-
der capital be began to barter un~
| til he had increased it ten-fOld.
! Law enlarged his operations, and was
80 astute and energetic that he had ac-
cumulated $4,000 in few years. He
| has always said, however, even long
: after becoming a millionaire, that no
| amount of money was 50 hard to get as
his first 81, 900. Never intellectual, he
| hiss shown from the beginning All un-
mistakable talent for turning plans into
cash, and he is reported to be as fond of
the transmutation now as he was half a
century ago. Spite of his material sue
cess, he remained unknown until thirty
when he obtained the contract for
building the high bridge for the Croton
aqueduct. 1t proved profitable and he
got new contracts which proved profit
able likewise. Then he put money into
schemes for ferry and street railway
companies, and they had very lucrative
issue.
For the past twenty years "Live Oak
George" " has not made ripple in the
community, but he has been very active
! IN pursuing his own inteTs ssts and aug.
mentine his stock of worldly goods. He
still owns largely in the ferry and street
railway corporations. and gets a heavy
| percentages from them. He can be seen
nearly any day on West street driving
about in en old, shabby buggy. himself
an old, shabby man. and looking as Il he
had rot SO 900 in the world. He takes
excellent care of himself, going to
led early and rising early, being very
| prudent in his diet and in all his habits,
sud hoping, it ID said, to live till ninety.
He Is s large, Taw.bOned, hOmely man.
bent from age, but still vigorous in aP-
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means remarkable for the correctness or
ei.oauca of his Iauguaee ALWAYS a