The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-04

ably edited aud has supnoriod HE schcr,oa wifi,
:, tvrv"r mat proves that his newspaper en-
| pluyr.s regularly receive their wages.
WIN al his faults and foibl,s Hcrdie has
! unNuuit"dly boon the cause of most 81 the
| prosperity Wllinnlspor hrs enjoyed. He has
| I'M NY aug To every scheme calculated to in
| ,rrnsn business md bring capital to the city,
4c has traded larg ly on the crrdit Of others.
" hHA, icnl MS own credit without stint or limit.
| Indeed. II is doubtful whether he ever refused a
| request 10 endorse note or sign bond. He
| mas put hs name on the back of note without
| hooking at the face uf IT, but il is said that he
| mover lailod 10 mako money in some way out of
| IN. lrahsaot"n. Through the thousands who
| irh tlchs Ives under obligations. he welded
| CONSIDERABLE political power. and did not s.rtl-
| pie To use this power Tor thradvanccncnt of his
| election Of city and county OIL ins Judges.
members OF ne legislature. State officers. Con
| Efcssmrn. AMI United States Senators Though
! u progressed Republican. he has manipulnf,d
notl parties ns tis Interests dictated. Ten yours
az" , T2uy 9 hYr.il9s Yas made an in
| cy" To his business interests. ran his friend
| Dlctrick Tor Judge. The temperance question
| Dirtrick's behalf. but he was defeated by n
sinai majority. Herdic. however. was undis-
mayed. iic posted OFT To- Harrisburg. and in a
| very few hours got u bill passed by the I.cgis-
| lnturc. and signed by the Governor anncxing
Lyron,ng county to an adjoining judicial dis
| cnHc the Judge he had failed to defeat at the
| polls But his triumph was short-livcd. The
stat Sunreme Court promptly decided the act
At the time Of his failure he was engaged in
an effort o. construct railroad twenty.six
inllrs long. claiming i to be- link in n new limo
| Of railway from Pittsburgh To Binghamton
\ connection was, To be made with tho
pittsh,lrSh In H0aion tnr",,,,n H." ti Mwnu ION
mel. IL Is said that this would he 1876 miles
to connect with what il l. nn,vn ns tl., ,,, NE ME
road Ills sid" OF pt,srTh ~ 'nT iH trH ur R
Bank to iomewood. on the Pittsburgh. Fort
pittsIurrh thirty mics A. thr s,,,i,b NM r,
thS distanco between Boston and Chicago sixty
was 10 be- fnund in Tho Inc, tint ,I,,,
line would Tan g5 Ouo neres ~ hi,un nj nai
Land nwnnd nv mir, of ,,,,ru,, !, ~, IT,, 80
drrrd Immensely valuable Lv sunh =, 80" NM
ton. As ihs s6nm', ia bnr2.I 1" x ,o ,o p,n
sylvnni, Hnilrond ,vbn own H., =, ,,, wy, I'LL
road and control the pttSGursh Tnri WaVnc
and Cn i,o,,n and bv ma u,.i.,,,ar, All tI Nv
Canal Cnnnnnv whn rnrir ,Lc "r r",I t
Einghumton 10 BOSTON thr schema ,xiII rr,Lm'
Div su,.cri whrtnrr U,rdi,. ,v"r r",iiJ,sv H.,
benefit Of ii or not, ''''''' VIZ
In a rrnni ,nnnv nor,icul,rs 10 i,fs ,,,.,,,.t..
may Ie I.licyci Nr H"r,lin's c,rn,r ~ ~ ~
raj way not mike thnt Of tho Inn Within, If
Tweed. IL, improved and icautllicd Wiiiiams.
York and both cities arr, now sii,.,.,"riny unIrr
debts that probably viii never H. MA Thn
debt IF Wil'Inmsnnrt il snid Ia h,. ,,,, c,,,,,n
the nsscssrd vain, Of lis nrnn,'r,v rl,, ,,i ~
real estate has iecr.asad IN some r,s"s fIlly
ford i,sn pwn.,ninon, h",,i ~" ~" r,.w
centre Of hc civ. wns soid law ui,ti"m re-
sl50no II miles th" Nils Io,,scI Grl' .l
ION If has ,nuri,', ,ll'i,, LII
hnt y,,t,r i'm v ~, ,,, All III ~, ,, 49,, I''S ~"
,r,, "a'o, w ~" ".itn' u"u'ri m
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VI -, ~, sivp''',u. ttit - . -,
trf,d ,N rii Ir1iv nipeIr, To- 9a ,
.N''''u we 'ltt{ U,r1u-h uanipulhlloh ~ thc
=. ne p,'llcNeu II h''''--ary l"r nus
,ssml" !rr,ct'sus 10 gun cnntr2l OF tn" Ivy
S'lrt ana th1 common Council. The former
"dS "pI'VH'u 70 MS, Nlcpison paN,in ut
a.. nls r1Nnr J1ns' IT, Wont 10 ne Lrsis-
ntttu'e nhu nhv tne Nvi',} '"uh'li "poilsheu.
- u" lp,s W're thon lut trou~h IN hurry
non1 10 ,lr amount oi sHi3uoo wfrr issuri'
p"fM"i, My y'aIS ,toh u"', ~ sly per con-;
tue nlvsl 81 h" uunus, ana received tu"m IN
pg,x y, lpr IN ' rnvSnent corI nt two per
III ~ ~ H., T' i, ,'h ~, u",iar, ne
S 9sp,S "l 10, NV Ilnllt,u tlc common
,,J'i ~ 1t, ui" "' s-"""'u h,rllc' u hpt airs
go i,.s 'oli.s 90 Snyn Hs Iv'.lN'i anu per.
S ona,'S eu"ra ,n..,ll nri interest AM uaymcnt
NheH cue. Ait'rwar tho common council re-
1lls,i To pay interest on more than s2no-uoO.
Iherrupon Peter slipped down 20 Harrisburg
nhu nuu "a al l'tsse, slNlhg tn' wy lreHsurrr.
~ ,L "I .,u 1"il,nh .nnng,l ap,h9riy
city went : the s.,,iiprcao Court. but got an a.
netse ue,isia, I Tue Ir,hsnrrr was a gentle
bondsman. he paid the interest like "A hero and
a. a. s end 1l MS 1 r lqrngd ~ seJ0og sh2r,
10 Ss,ntG nj oonh. hut ,hai document had unac-
cuuntaoiy disappeared ana was never recov-
orpun; ,e-, ,,o o,,. ,., -, ,,.-,.,,
gas company that drew twenty Der rent cent d IN
il charged with buying out n majority of the
s,ockh0derS and ire"zing out The others AZ
sole al
trr 81 the con pany limited me ISSUE If stork 10
sG7 900. hut Slnrr Hrrdi's failure il +. said
that lrominont phiindnlplilH .ui.ittli-i hns
turned III with s4uOOOO ol this gns stock hold
INK 1t as collateral Tor a. loan.
II e enemies charge him with attempting 10
capture tho stork If the water company In "A
similar way. The -ity owned sluu iuf tliI. -ta.k
and the story goes that Ilrrdir -rcrcily attached
II Tor "a small delf 1t was advert i-ed IN "a ono
horse way 90 hr sold IN llit-hurgn at certain
dltr. ono of IN" members Of the company ac-
ridoutally stumbled oyer the advert .senicni. and
thus saved the hides of the water company
For wears Hcrdi. appears To have ruled tho
city with rod 81 iron. At last the I'D Dutch
and Quaker aristo"racy became alarmed AT his
cl ms 90 draw the business centre OF the town
upon his own lands and began 20 fight him
a mite editorial terrier named Hninos sprang
INFO au $50 sunrtuni. and increasingly worried
ll.rdic. He accusrd him oi wholesale bribery
and robbery chilled him the Miliamspnrt
Tweed. AMI said that he was playing Jim / i-k
90 his father-in-law Jay Could a. early ~
$50 hc opened - follows in the columns of his
nrW-paper the D,iuOcfafic Bdnn.r.
,
A." Nv, '-w,l .in,'n u,nt WINE Tt't h,r.
civ 99r si0n" ti,,r 49,. N n," th'' r. ~.
that he executed contracts for himself that fahhci
the CITY OF hnnirtd. at thousnui. dollars. that d,
lr"niu',nty ircund Oh" building Of dlAus AZ au.nur
mu.' ..'t lAl uf ~ an thr li'idis House ani NIu
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