The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-01-30

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previous, several sons of this family
became sharers in the advantages of
steam. which was introduced by Ro-
bert Fulton upon the waters OF their
native Hudson in 1907. Steam, soon
after the war of 1912. was introduced
on the western waters and several OF
the Garrison brothers went into MAIN
featuring and stesm-boating. at the
mead of " nom was Cornelius Garrison
N henever you find a man named
Cornelius, you may guess that he Is
of Dutch extraction.
The oldest Garrison now living he
came business man at Pittsburg ;;
two others, at last settled At st Louis.
while Commodore Cornelius Garrison.
after q vigorous career Oh the Missis-
sippl river. was drawn off to Panama
and California when the Americans
began to extend their empire to the
Pacific. He was the first American
mayor of San Francisco. and not only
the transportation these in
opposition to Vanderbilt and Others,
but started the banking business. and
has at different times been \ partner
of such successful men AS RalstDn.
Donohne, Fritz and Kelly. The nat
ural focus Of such steam-shipplng
business becs me the City of, New York,
where Commodore Garrison. as he W.
called not from any decoration by
the government, but because he had
a fleet Of merchanr sailing-ve,sels and
steamers Vanderbilt, took up
his abode and like Vanderbilt. in the
coursessof time left tie sea aud began
30 buy railroad and other proper y.
particularly in Missouri, where his
brothers had a large business connec-
ZION and saw opportunities for him
Among others things. he bought ia.
Missouri Pacific railroad. which was
only half built at the beginning of the
civil war, but finally finished to Kan
sas City, and it is the hest railroad
property in that state. Garrison sold
it for about So, 900 600, after the war.
to jay Gould, who has made 1t the
central portion IF his southwestern
system.
Garrison, with plenty Of money,
has also lent it 10 younger men with
railroad schemes. and he ia row sup
posed to be worth s25, 900, 000-some
say more than that. He is man of
very strong nature, with large Fl ure.
an expressive face, rather hooked
nose, eyes which can be genial, but
hich generally are strong aud scorn-
full. Like Commodore Vanderbilt,
having lived with the wife of his youth
MANY wears. he chose young woman
to be his bride long after lie had
reached the age when he might have
been her father, and perhaps her
grandfather. She was daughter of
Mr. Randall, furrier in St. Louis !;
and although the marriage was con-
sidered that of January and May, the
bride became mother not long after
the marriage. The commodore then
built one of the largest mansions al
Lang Branch. His only son, VIM.
Garrison, finished another noble house
less than year ago, and had just put
his foot over the threshold when he
was killed in q railroad accident. leav-
ing his father only daughter ih the
second genes alton, though with grand
children.
Several Of the Garrison bows are
fine looking men, hut none Of them
ha The ptarance ofold Comn'do e
Coz nelius. who, though of a different
brand, compared very well with tie
late Commodore Vanderbilt as 10 fine
looks and commanding type. Van
derbilt WIS a lean, Scotch-like man.
with the Dutch features chi fly show
ing i'm his mouth. Garrison was
decidedly one of the old Du'ch type.
looking like many Of the portraits We
find among the successors of Rem
brandt. His dark hair was inclined to
curl in ringle's, his brows were strong
" arched, his nose Tad . warrior
character, and his jaw and eye went
straight to some inward purpose.
The physical nature of this
family was of course very
strong. All the senses. enjoyment.
human life. were expressed by them
all. They were not an ideal people.
and made their money by looking over
the heads of the multitude. but by
catering directly for plain. ordinary
wants, such as freight, emigration,
iron. provisions.
The young woman whose curious
escape from family and a convent at
St. Louis has been the talk of the past
week. is said to have been one of the
finest physical specimens of this fam
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