St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-16

lAG NJ richest citizen In the
+. ' $ s::: !::' Is ). i &C.:
HUlCS W both ends meet on for
@iA " tune of S125, 900, 600.
VII CF A few other poor but
SEES deserving people in the
CSN wickedcity of New
York are only removed from penury by in
comes ranging from $50, o0o, 600 to $780,
600, 900, while quite number of others
manage to exist and keep the wolf from
the door on fortunes not half so large.
There are several gentlemen in st. Paul
and Minneapolis who are known to have a
good time on fortunes of from $1,000, 600
to $40, GOO, 600. They are not newspaper
men. This is paradoxical, but it is true.
The Twins" are big cities. They are
growing bigger every day. After awhile
our capitalists will go East and buy New
York, Doodle magnates and all Then we
shall have the richest cities in the world.
All this is destiny, but the bookmakers
had better not bank on it.
Below are some of the rich men of ST.
Paul, Minneapolis and the Northwest.
They are all Self-reliant, self-made men.
They never flirt with Dame Fortune. but
they just stand up in square heel-and-toe
contest, and keep knocking the giddy old
girl out. Go thou and do likewise.
I'D. HTLL-It may be justly said that this
gentleman is native product of the soil.
To the aspiring and ambitious youth of
this and all generations his remarka-
Bile career should ever stand
as an inspiration and incentive.
He began his eventful career as laborer,
and twenty-five years ago he was dock
master on the levee at the foot of Jackson
street. The careers of few men emphasize
more forcibly the titful and capricious
moods of Dame Fortune. From an obscure
and humble beginning he has risen by sheer
force of brains and energy to the Hottest
heights Of success and fortune, and in point
of enterprise it is to be doubted
if he has his peer in the Northwest.
His first success or rather the stepping
stones to his success, was made as a coal
and wood merchant From this he branched
into the railroad business, and striking his
true gait he rapidly rose to position of
prominence and affiuence. To-day he is
regarded as one of the most successful and
wealthieSt railroad men in the world.
DENNIS RYAN-This modest gentlemen
is chiefly known to the residents of St. Paul
through his magnificent hotel enterprise,
although the palatial structure that bears
his name represents only 1.-THE of his great
wealth and influence. His fortune is rated
in round numbers at from twelve to sixteen
millions and it is the product of his own
enterprise. He began life as me-
chanic, worked his way up to the
plane of a contractor, and drifting
to Utah he struck paying dirt
in the gold fields of that prolific territory,
and to-day is the richest and one ~of the
most progressive men in the Northwest.
Mr.. Ryan is actively engaged in mining en-
terprises and he has invested considerable
proportion of his surplus funds in Chicago
and st. Paul.
COMMODORE n. W. KITTsoN has done
as much to build up and develop the inter-
ests of st. Paul and the great Northwest as
any man in this section of the country. He
settled in Minnesota when this region was
a bowling wilderness and he has continued
to keep pace with the marvellous develop
ment of the country. For many years he
dealt with the trappers and Indians of the
extreme Northwest as a fur trader, and his
early adventures would outrival the crea-
tions of fiction or romance. He is essen
TALLY self-made man and his immense
wealth and honers are the rich fruitage of
youth characterized by prudence, indus
try and integrity. He is honorably known
throu ghout the land.
1t has been estimated that WILLIAM
DAWSON owns more real estate in fee
simple than any man in st. Paul He laid
the foundation for his vast fortune in early
youth. When very young man he clerked
in general store in Tennessee, receiving
the princely salary of S100 per year, out of
which he made it rule to save something.
From this rule he never deviated, and from
small beginning he has worked his way
up to the topmest pinnacle of fortune. He
has brains, thrift and enterprise, and his
: highly successful career may be studied
with profit by the aspiring youth of this
generation. His fortune was made in the
banking business and in real estate invest
ments.
Everybody knows P. II. KELLY. Asa
politician his fame is national and as a
business man his record cannot be beaten.
He is thoroughly a self-made man. A good
many years ago he managed retail grocery
store on Third street; then he branched
into the wholesale business and at the pres
emit time he is the most extensive jobber in
the Northwest. His fortune is the result
of combination of brains and push.
A. Il. WILDER is very quiet and I'M
assuming gentleman. He doesn't put on
much style or make any noise in the world.
albeit he is one Of the shrewdest and most
successful business men in the country. He
Is railroad and government contractor,
and what he don't understand about engl-
neering contract isn't worth knowing. He
is very rich. quiet and an accomplished gen.
tleman.
Some years ago GUSTAV WILLIus and
his brother Ferdinand pooled their issues
and begun the banking business on 81, 600
capital. The present National German
American bank is the product of their
genius for business, their integrity and in
telligence. They now occupy and direct
the affairs of what is known as the finest
bank building and business in the state.
Ferdinand is now in Europe, while his
brother may be seen at his desk daily di-
recting the affairs Of the bank as president.
ELIAS f. DRAKE is one of the most
conservative an successful business men
in st. Paul. His fortune is the result of
number of business enterprises, in all of
which he brought to bear sound judgment,
industry, intelligence and unquestioned
probity. He keeps the wolf from his door
on the income of million or so, and he is
exact. scholarly and cultured.
Few men have experien ced more of the
ups and downs of fortune than WILLIAM
LINDEKE of the big dry goods firm. In
early manhood he was buffeted around like
rudderless ship on stormy sea, but after
awhile the clouds rolled by and he has been
basking in the bright beams of fortune ever
since. His first start was achieved as
miller, then he got into dry goods and he
: is now the leading spirit in one of our big
banks He possesses genuine talent for
business.
During the war CONRAD GOTHAM con-
Quoted small shoe store It is said that
he secured a few army contracts for har-
ness ETC., and rapidly developed great bust
ness capacity. BE is one Of the richest and
NEST genial men ia the Northwestern coun-
try, his big fortune being sele-ly the result
of his own push and business ability. His
career illustrates what great results NAV
come from a small beginning.
The wonderfully successful steamboat
career of Commodore ". 3. DAvInsoN is