The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-12-02
GARRETT'S MANSION.
Personal Gossip About the President OF
the Ba.tim ore and Ohio.

the Baltimore and Ohio.
President Robert Garrett, of the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad, has resumed
command of his mighty army of clerks
aud employees. During his soiourn in
Europe last summer he feshed up con-
! s'derablv and has added some fifteen
or twenty pounds to his already gener-
GUS display of corpulence. Mr.. Gar
reu s'residence on Mount Vernon place
Is still under the artisans hands. The
grand portico, over which the railroad
magnate and his nexi-door height Dor.
Henry James. nave had such a lengthy
legal contest, has been entirely changed.
Hr Garrett spent about $4,000 in his
legal fight aud the cost of the present
elaborate changes is about 600 The
elegant interior work has also been
changed anu the decorations made finer
rhaG before. The so-called Garrett
coat-of-arlns, which, carved in brown
stone. adorned the front of the portico.
has been removed, and the broad space
OF the pOrtl"O is now of stained glass.
specially imported for the purpose.
/, Mr. CARROTS new mansion is certainly
/ the finest in the city, excepting. per-
maps, the Old Winans mansion, but high
walls surround the latter, because of the
objection of the Methodist preachers to
the nude statuery that adorns the lawn
~ front of the house.
Refreshed by his ocean trip, Mr. Gar
rett returns more than ever determined
to Fl hi the PENNSYLVANIA for the latter's
New York and Philadelphia business to
the west. Robert Garrett is decidedly
fhan he fntln,.
Joun w. Garrett was probably the
siowsSt and most conservative of the
railroad leaders of this country His
son. however, Is far-reaching and de-
termined to extend the lines in every
direction, no matter what the cost or
opposition.
Mr.. Garrett is worth about s.. 900. 900,
and the bulk of his fortune is invested
In the Baltimore and OHIO railroad and
telegraph enterprises. The telegraph is
pet idea of CARROTS, and he is de-
termined to fight Gould and the West
ern Union, even at the risk of millions.
MIR. CARROTS personal appearance
does not indicate his real character.
He is a handsome man, though his face
is just little too full and rounded, and
of rather boyish cast He has cul-
tivated an English air, which is the
most Objectionable thing about him.
Dress is with MIR. Garrett a highly i'm
pOrtant consideration. AS matter of
fact, he possesses over fifty suits of
clothes, many of which were made in
Paris and London. Prominent tailors
N each Of these cities keep his measure
and furnish him with clothes of the
latest cut Reports have been circulated
that Mr.. Garrett sits in his Office and
teiegraphs dispatches of from five hum
drrd TO five thousand words directing
Ills New York tailor how to make his
clothes. These stories are nonsense.
Nearly all of Mr.. CARROTS clothes are
made abroad. He IS fond of horses.
though not 4 patron of the turf TO any
extent The carriage that he likes best
is an open victoria, surmounted by a
coachman and q footman. His victoria
was purchased in England. A pecu-
liarly pleasant feature of MIR. CARROTS
appearance is the sprig OF yioets that
adorns the lapels of his coat. summer
or winter, ram or shine. Violets are
cultivated lii the Garrett conservatories
Tor the express purpose of adjoining the
railroad king coat and q sprig of the
fragrant flowers is placed beside his
breakfast plate every morning.
Mr. Garrett is popular with everyone
T!Ih whom he is brought in contact.
i heneyer he visits the shops at Cum
1er,and OF Mount Clare he shakes hands
with the old employees with whom he
was acquainted when a boy and ac-
compauyug his father on the presi-
dental tours of inspection. He goes
frequently to the theaters. and is fond
OF books He has a splendid library.
lie gives literally to charitable institu-
lions. When travelling on railroad
business he pays half his own expenses,
a very remarks bic thing for a railroad
,na~nate 10 90. He has three private
secretaries, aud when he travels abroad
he always takes one of these young men
with him. The secretaries are as
stylish in their attire rs their employer,
excepting that they do not have so
many suits of clothes. He gives them
handsome presents. and they are the
most liberaily paid of any of the COM
panys employees, IN comparison with
their respective worth. One of the Sec
retaries has made considerable money
by dealing in stock on tips from the
president
Mr. Garrett is ambitious to become a
ontrolling factor in the stock market.
His father did not dabble any in stocks,
Hnd in lhis respect the son differs from
the father MI Garrett is member of
The Episcopal church He has been
married fourteen years. His wife is the
laughter of Mr.. George P. Frick, and
tAey have no children. Baltimore Cor.
fbiadeLphig Times.