The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-26
MEN WITH MILLIONS.
HOW GREAT FORTUNES ARE
MADE
Huntington, Cracker. August BEL
mont and OTHERS How They BE-
gan.

NEW loRR. June III.
&. l.. Huntington native Of tunnec
ticut. | belieye. went Ia California IN th'
early days. but di,, not try Ia get rich b.
mining. He was too shrrwd for that
lie ial'iled in gold dust for while, bIl
soon st up hardware sst ,blishlnent IL
Sacramento, and adhered closely Ia lll>i
hess, until he hal "a large and lucratir,
trade. At that time he never woult
have dreamed of a fortune of more thar
81 .U0, ,000, " hich he would have thought
sufficient for any man. even for himself
When congress, however. dect'lrd II
Isl! To built the Pacific Railroad. Hun
tmst,n. with several other cntrrpri>ng
Californians. took the contract tor con
rtructing the Central Pacific from San
Francisco To Ogden. seeing the amount
of money he might make thereby.
CENTRAL PACiriC HUNTINGTON.
That was the beginning of his great
wealth, and ever since h. has hen rap
idly increasing his wealth. He prolsl-
bly, made several millions by the Central
Pacific contract; but that merely whrt.
ted hls financial appetite. Z man may
he satisfied with few hundred thou
sand dollars: but when he has gained Il
million there IL usually no limit Ia his
desires. lie cpvets the whole world.
Huntington now controls lines on lines
Of RAILROADS, AMI is reaching out for
more. They are called the Huntington
system, and are as well known as the
~ stems If Jay Gould and the Nanicr-
bilts. Between the three there il Il con
tnual struggle for predominance; for
they are all ambitious. more of power
than Of money. Huntington. unhap.
pity for his further acquisition, is sixty.
live, and. though recently married a snc.
ond time, has had no children. Tie has
An adopted daughter. young. pretty, and
clever. To whom, in all probability. the
bulk Of his vast estate reckonel at
S2j, NM. 900 to StO.0O0, 900 will, in due
time. descend. he may have twelve or
fifteen years Of work in him yet. for he
Is Of strong constitution, ,cNcrllcnt health.
simple habits. anl takes the best care of
himself. lie is considered rather hard,
matrly say that he has s"'t side to his
heart.
Wholly self made. hc owns few inner
resources, and cares little for the orll.
nary pleasures of lifr. lie is hest salts
tied. ,iouhilrss. when engaged in big
operations. and he gauges his happiness
by the size uf his income. H. has
one If the very tTst financial brains
IN the city or country. and il hr were
twenty years younger he might l1 the
richest Of Americans. Ii may ink him
sometimes to remember t;oulIs age. AMI
that Cornelius and William X. Wander.
Tilt are less respectively, than forty and
thirty seven. such men are apt To crave
heirs who can bear their name and con
tinie their monetary glorirs. Bit iinn-
tington reveals no symptoms Of diScon-
tent of any sort. HIS tall, hrawny.
heavy figure is familiar in We'll street.
Ills Iinnnets are pleasant. though rather
bluff, and he shows no purse vanity. 1
however much he may possess. Like 81
many rich Califurnians he prefers New
York Ia San Francisco and has made
ilis home here for years,
CHARLES cRMkEI
Charles ,rockcr. another man who
got his first start from his contract for
the Central Railroad. has come
here To- live. He has been much asSocia.
ted with Huntington, and Is still. though
younger and of less iinan-
cial ability. He Is replted tn i" worth
from l0.W0WW to S12 2.OOO, 600, and IL
plain, sensible, kind hearted. with marked
practical ability. lie. too, was an East
rrnpr, who had become a merchant on
the Pacific slope, and had struggled NJ
from nothing to pccunlary indrpend
rnce, when the railroad contract opened
the way To great wealth.
Some wears after his sudden PROSPER.
liy he was in Europe with his wife. to
whom he was devoted. and with whom |.
he wished to share all the financial ad
Of his newly acquired position. /
Tie wanted to get her ever, r,thlng that |
money would buy, and ha generosity
purchased such splendid diamonds for
her that she was in constant dread ot h..
ny robbed whenever she wore them. At
last she became so nervous about them /
hat she refused to put them on at all.
md had them carefully lurked up IN a
rank vault. For months they were
source Of terrible anxiety. hut finally
growing accustomed to their possession.
hey ceased to trouble her. have heard
# her marked personal improvement AT
hat time. She put herself in the hands
II Partisan 'arti-tes," and they trans
urInrd her into a new being by 'ievelnp
ny nature in her good intpnts but made
l,late performances. Tier husband. how
v-r, lett Paris very much IA he hal
ntpred it, except that hp was delighted
viii, the change in his WIFE This
hOws what money will do for women.
, lo seem. at leist in this r0untIv to
lp.d only leisure and means to take on
he higher aesthetic forms.
AUGUST BELMONT.
August Belmont, one Of the great
,anker- who counts his fortune by the
MILLIONS. is SAID to have had an humble
rigin. His father German and his
mother French. he early displayed un-
sal capacity, SO that his parents, though
osspssed of slender income. made a
l,ecial effort to give Inn IA good edura-
on. He exhibited remarkable financial
alent4. and before he WAS twenty they
lccee,led in placing him in n subortli
ate position with the Paris house Of the
They recognized his parts
nd rapidly advanced him, and finally
ant him as their agent to- the United
tat,s That was more than forty wears
60 He fully justified their faith IN
im, who. ere long, was banker on his
un account He proiitei by the optror
lnities he found here To- make money,
nd gained access to what was regarded
: the hest ancieiX. lie marrieI tho