Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-16

re Asfsnsshfnx sa.isess Careers o.
sshn snA san Reeasesetter. Sam An
drsws asa %. q. Payne
CLEVELAND. Dee. 1.-THE ssasdare
on Company, - = e0uuer-la2 enter
prts@. sssrted In this city. One OF tn
oriainatorz wss sIosll~salaHisd book
keepsr, the other was poTteT ~
Wstsr street commission house. b
bookksepsr IL nov Prsstdens OF ih'
eomusny. while she porter nov ! YES 10
q 10000 pslaEse on tie rabo5 si5s OF
the sveli street In this city.
John ID. Rsscksfelisr. Presidsnt OF III
Standard. Il = pleasant Den' Win YER
agreeable mannera aSd heart tass J.
easily appealed ". he has 30 sisSan'
houses here and one IN Ses l@fA
Ehere he resides each winter. HIS r1fa'
vs.ort IL a shost Distance from ths ,s4s'
arm outskirts OF this city. Rnd IN Diis ~
a. soozs beautiful pisess ia Ohio. III.
atty reSideasA ~ on EIsiid a#eaae, A.
~ eo,uer If Cas-. and u surrounded
by ample Rroan5s tasfsfully planted
IHy socEEYTLLEza-
The Roeksfsiler family came from
some LITTLE toEa ia Central SsS i9fk-
vhere the father pTaetieed medirine
Thsv took up their rs~idence mere 10
SsS3. John d. var then little SHAVER
Of IL. He wett % school for tWo OF
three years. and afservsrd became 3
bookkeep@r for ane- horse soDnasssa'
Arm 10 water street. Whsn be Vas ~
or Ia 1851, be and nan named NJ .
Clark, who " nov member os tnr
elevator hrn of Gardner. Clark fprk'
vent into tue produce business on ihfif
0vn account. This partnership i1sted
until 1866. shen Rockefeller soid his I'D
teress and vent tntS oil refining Hrs~
vears before, howersF. he, With CLARK,
hgs oarsnar. and ons or too others. bad
hatEf A little pAtfolsnm refinery 40 TIE
river. Rocksfsllsr add Clark's invest
meus IN this enterprise v4s SUD. ~
gzye promise Of dong a bis basi1eas,
and x ,eksfelisr determined. therefore,
20 devote bis entire astsnii9n 20 t.
CLARK bought his interest," IN tbs com
mission house. aud Rockefeller and
samuel Andrega b-oame s1ie osners OF
the refinery. when Rockefeller vas =
booakeepcr Andrews vas porter In an
osher produce store farther down the
etreet. They became acquainted, and
an Andrews bad aeonm nlat-d few hnp-
dred dollars and was = practical fellow,
RockefrIleg invited him 10 become
mariner 10 shs rrfnsrY. At this time
kaokefeIler waa 26 and Andrews year
or two Younger Their property could
mt have been worth much more than
1900, and was probably not all paid
for. From this humble beginning has
grown the Standard Oil Company. wi b
lie hundreds Of Of sboots and It's f7O.-
100000 Of capital. year or t~o after
Rocksfsller and Address had Joined
fortunes they, 10 c0ninnotiou with Wm.
Rocksgeilar, hroshsr Of John D.,
established another refinery.
rHE FIRST cossoLmATIos.
The two establishments were finally
consolidated. aud n warehouse for the
sale OF tho prodr6t WAS opened IN New
YORK.. william Roeksfellsf took charge
Of the garehouse; John ID. Was the
business head of tbs eonsern; Andrews
looked after the machinery and men.
Andrews had come over from EnRlapd
90 better bis fortune, and ~ be had had
sosns mechanical experience ct home,
was well qualified 10 superintend the
practical part OF the business.
A short time after the eonsoli iatihn
the young retinefs found themselves Ia
very deep water. TBsy had spent con
siderabls money Ia extending their
business, and were threatened with
ruin b. fore they could get returns from
the investment john d. Rockefeller
started sut on hunt for financial re-
lief. and found B. V. Hardness. rich
WHISKY dissiller. whose son Ia Law. Henry
NJ. Floeler, was then doing badly Ia The
salt and lumber bu siness near StgintS.
Michigan. HARNESS advanced $50.
900 to kockefslles, called his son. in law
In from the pine woods, and bad the
satisfaction Of sewing neg firm created
under the nasos 0f. Rockefeller, An
drsws a FIosler. The money OF Hark
ness and the business tact OF Flo2ler
strengthened the concern greatly. Flog
Ter, although far from bring SUGGEST al
~ 9 maker Of salt and sawyer of logs.
developed remarkable tsieHts when IL
came 10 petroleum. In dealing with
opposing reflners he went - far as the
saW would permit. He argued that
there was neither friendship nor feeling
in traffic; consequently when he got his
bnsineas enemy IN a hole be .qaesz d
him. Mr.. FloalsT continued 20 1--we 10
this city until within two or three years,
when he removed TO New York.
NcoRPoRArtos.
In 1870 the trtn Of Rockefeller, An
drews A FioRler had become so inpOs-
ing, and d busit ess they were doing
~ "a a A. =.