The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1879-09-30
Rich Nohlemen who are Useful.

There Is often great advantage 10 q
town, as well as 10 the individual noble
man, when the capital Of a peer is in
vested in some great commercial under
taking, or takes the direction Of improy-
ing and developing the town itseff. The
Duke OF DevOnshire, the very model Of
a business man, has been doing a great
work in the two towns, where he - D
large landowner, of Buxton and East
bourne. Cardiff Is typical instance.
IL was once an Insignificant place,
whittier coal was brought down on the
backs OF mules 20 the tiny wharf of a
little creek belonging 10 the port OF
Bristol. IL was known chiefly TO the
traveller as place situated near 10 the
cathedral village of LANDAU. Now the
relative importance of the two places is
entirely altered Cardiff is "A busy town
and thriving port, while LANDAU Is its
suburb, as Clifton is suburb Of Bristol.
The late Marquis OF Butte, 10 whose en-
4 terprising spirit the rise Of this town is
entirely due, possessed, in addition 10
some u. 900 acres Of the Glamorganshlre
I hills, rich with mineral treasures, a large
/ tract of moorland, desolate and bare, in
I front OF the small town of Cardiff.
Several schemes were suggested 10 him
\ for utilizing this land, and he at last de-
/ termined on supplying the town with
docks. In this great enterprise the mar
7 quis is popularity reported, as was also
I said Of that great commercial nobleman,
/ the Duke Of Bridgwater, TO have haz-
arded almost his last penny; but in the
/ issue the docks have been successful
I far more successful than the canals.
The present marquis was only an infant
when he came into the title. The trus-
tees carried ont all the plans Of his
father. and Lord Butte, We believe, in
stead of appropriating the vast income
derived from the docks, dcVOtes 10 TO the
further EXPANSION Of the port. The
marquis is the owner Of large fields Of
smokeless coal which is now preferred 10y
all the navies of the world. Lord Butte
inhcriis the genius Of his father in being
an immense builder and rs his house
in his Scottish isle has been recently
burnt down. he will have a further op-
portunitv for exercising his capacity this
way. About one-half Of the great town
Of Cardiff belongs to him, of course i'm
cluding the castle, which, reconstructes
once, is receiving another reconstruc-
ton. The east end, which is practically
the "west end" Of Cardiff, belongs "a
/ Lord Tredegar, and is called after him
/ Tredegarvile. His land adioins Lord
Bute's, and he may possibly have port
/ 10 compete with Lord Butes. A curioG'
point has, however. been raised To the
effect that the Crown il the owner OF
the beach from low-water 10 high-water
mark, and NAV on occasion assert lts
rights. Many other instances might be
given Of the vast commercial interests
Of nobility. The great iron-works which
are the property Of the Duke Of ueve-
land. might be mentioned. The Duke
Of Westminster is, we believe, greatly
engaged in building transactions. III,
Is the landlord Of the two Houses of
Parliament. Within recent years his
Westminster property has been enor
mously developed, and will soon bS
entirely covered with sumptuOus build
ings. The Earl Of Derby owns greai
part Of Liverpool; the Duke OF Norfolk
owns great part Of Sheffield: the Ear
of Kimberly owns a good deal of Fal
mouth. Lord Macaulsy said, according
TO Mr.. Trevelyan's work, that he wOulC
not exchange his position for all TIA,
wealth which Lord Dudley had below
the ground. or Lord Westminster abov,
il. The town of Brighten affords sev
eral illustrations of our subject. Tn,
Earl Of Chichester has q good deal ol
property i'm the east end, but being dis
appointed in an election he abjure,
the place, beyond presenting II with
cemetery as a - ,emn warning. He !
now taking his part in the remarkgbl
development Of the place. London Er