Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-01-06

vIllAnD AND ma ARRAIRs,
4 Ali that evs4 heard Of Willard, whom
! do mot know 1t all, u sreditable. HI
probably has the errors Of the 0eTmAn
IN our country, Who are the best class O
our emiRrantA. aud come 10 stay Will
rs, and are much indebted in many di
recsisns. yet It 10 to be doubted whether
they arc the equals OF the better class Of
natives Of the soil for business and di
rectiOn. Tho Distinguishing feature oi
the American ID his adaptasilitv to al
situations. No tiee or tradition hold
him At anchor. Nearly all Amerioana
we're brought up under certain fixed and
straiRhtened beliefs, and yet at the pres
cot day no nation of men, the Germans
hardly excepted. 10 % emancipated from
superssitious. The American worshipa
the day in which ho lives and the day
that is TO follow ik. He has respectful
esteem fOr the past, but does not SCARE
his life by the cUnoition Of his parents
and ancestors. Il seems be has shown
In the management Of his railroad prop
esty too little Of the democratic instinct
and too much Of the autocrat. Hence
his failure. Il 10 said that his bankers
consider that he vas too stid and want
ed his own way too much. after tho
fashion Of tyrants.
dropped into my friends, the brok-
| ers. day or two after Willard resigned
from his properties, and asked him
some questions.
What do you think of this man Vii
lard?'
II am mot personally acquainted with
MN. sald he, and have been preju-
diced against him during his more TIL
uDphant career. But nov that he has
met with reverses, am bound to cav
shat be 10 one of the biggest spirits 10
have bad in construction in this oouu-
try. Some say be 10 . rascal. and others
say he Is gentleman. Whichever view
OF him You take, he il great big fel.
low. dis stran9eness in this country,
his foreign antecedents, and the way be
has worked right into our system and
played hls part, show me that be is q
man."
1T 10 supposed that he il rich?"
There are different views about
that. Some are willing 10 accnrd him
conscience provided he has Got no
property. Yet Willard might we'll have
mt something aside for himself in bet
ter days. This world of speculation
and construction il 20 uncertain that
every man 10 justified in taking care of
himself at the right time, provided he
does not sacrifios his reputation. Men
come into my Office and saw that Vii
lard sold out his stocks last summer
when they were high. do not believe
1t; otherwise it would have bsen told
ut that time. Whatever is going on in
the street 10 pretty veil knOwn at the
time OF its occurrence. It will not do
to wait till q man meets with reversee
and then jump on his rem aims and saw
this man did 90 and 20 year ago."
Have yOu any information about
Mr.. Willard and his new house The
spot where We were talking was hardly
two squares from Wizards house in the
rear Of the great Catholic cathedral.
Said my informant
Yes, l can give you some inferma-
ton. One Of my customers went to zee
Mr.. Willard last Sunday, and he reports
to me that Willard said to him. Have
y0u noticed the extravagant statements
gong through the newspapers about the
cost of my hOuse2 One account in the
West sage my house cost from 5000, 900
to 81, O0Oy 600, and 10 rival to Mr.. Van.
derbilt's house. Nov, l BOUGHT these
l0ts,' said Mr.. Willard, that is TO cav the
two lots on which my house now stands.
when real estate was cheap, and paid
$35, 900 for them. When concluded TO |
build house, I thought was q pretty |
rich man and could afford it. But nv
entire property here, house and LOT. 1
have not cost me goo. 900. The remain |
der was taken up for some friends, Who |
have built residences on the same plan |
a. my own, the three making q trianQu- /
lar court. One Of these persons ia MI. |
Holmes and the other Mr.. Adams.' Mr.,
Willard then added: MY wife went to |
her dressmaksr some time aRo. vhs /
charged her what she considered too
much money. and she rather exclaimed |
against il. said the dressmaker: sWhy.
what do you carer You arc Just going |
into house that cost 81, 900. OOO." Mr..
Willard then remarked: 1T is mortify- |
ing and annoying in tho midst Of ones
reverses 70 sec these MISREPRESENTATION.
! did not buy lots ON Fifth avenue Of |
any sxtravaRant figure, though got in |
. more modest port on Of the same
When the broker had finished l eaid
70 him: Does the last statement of the
Northern Pacific railway show that the
property can earn mueh?"
No, I'm sorry to say it does not.
That road has been built 90 rapidly that
population has not grown up with il.
Il hardly pays operating expenses at
present. Nevertheless, the road 10 fn-
isbed, and there will DO movement ON
that line, and ono of these days il will |
b one Of the most poPulous belts be-
tWetn the intermediate west and the |
Pacific. It will take time, and. a. l |
have always supposed, tho failure of |
Jay Cooke would 80 vindicated by the |
failure Of another man coming after |
him.-St. Louis Giobs Democrat.