Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-25

community where he Syed, and IN the
| church to which he beiNged. But the
wealth and conservatism cS the church
were against him. The majority sat down
on him. He suffered -eproach and OBJ
loquy. He was opposed in all sorts of
ways, ard IN such spirit that he felt hurt
and was indignant Under rash and
hasty impulse, it may be, he Withdrew
| from the church in disgust. and with the
thought that the reality of religion was
wanting in Ell such people, and probably.
in all people. It wgy thus that, like the
psalm writer, he said. in his haste, "All
men are liars. From this extreme position,
it is true, he receded, in part, later in life,
! but only in part. Nor did he ever, for him
self, quite recover the grgNud ne had lost
and the confidence he had FELT.
/ A BUSY EIrE EN9RD.
| Albany IN W Journal
| The story of the life of Charles Crocke,
/ the great California railroad nSiiliouaire,
| who died at Monterey, Cal, at the age of
| Sc years reads like q romance.
He was born in the 2eighbozing city Of
| Troy and was the son of a grocery keeper,
received common school education snd
at the age of II was newsbsy on the
| streets of Troy Shortly afterward he re.
| moved with his parents 20 Northern In
diana, disagreed with his father and started
out with nothing but the clothes he.wore
to earn his own living. He worked az
farm hand and in a blacksmith chop and
1t last became the owner OF an iron forge
and thus acquired small means. At the
time of the gold fever he with some com
panions went to California, made q failEre
of placer mining, but was q success as q
store keeper in Sacramento and IN less
than six wears bad accumulated hand
sJme fortune.
With Senator Stanford formerly of this
city, bIr. Huntington and Mr.. Hopkins
Mr.. Crocker entered into the enterprise Of
building the first trans continental rail-
road in the United States. The history of
that undertaking is familiar to all our
readers. Out of that operation and other
railroad enterprises on the Pacific coast Mr..
Crocker acquired an enormous fortune,
estimated at from S25,0o0,000 20 $4,000
coo.
His success FROM the humblest beginning
demonstrates that Charles Crocker must
have been man of great force of chsrac-
ter. Perhaps his distinguishing character
istic was his in6omitable will and this az
much as anything led to the construction
of the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific
Railroads While the fortune that he OBJ
tained from his railroad operations has al
ways stood between him and proper pub
lie appreciation of what he and his
associates did for this country by their
enterprise and dssilg the historian
in other days will give due credit &c
Mr.. Crocker, Senator Stanford and their
associates for their intelligent foresight
and indomitsble energy i'll project
ing and carrying through with the aid of
the Government the frst railroad that
connected the Atlantic with the Pacific
coast.
Mr.. Crocker's history is revelation of
the possibilities of life to the humblest lad
in this land of magnificent opportunities.
ONE OF THE HoBLE FOUR.
Charles Crocker, President of the South
ern Pacific Company, died at Monterey on
Monday. He was one of the noble four
Californians who gave California its great
railway system, and the nation q national
highway. Stanford and Huntington alone
survive him.-B-idgepsrs Chronicle Union.
HIS TACT AND PUSH.
His tact and push in building railroads
were wonderful. He was the living en-
bodiment of the mercantile money-making
instinct and talent. We know but little of
his benefactions, though OF late he has
given considerable amounts, We believe, to
various benevolent objects, and his wife
has literally patroniZed kindergartens. He
was q very devoted husband and father,
and will be missed and mournei by his
many friends. - California Christian Id
eocdte.
REMARKaBLE ONE.
Charles Crocker, the railroad millionaire,
is dead In many respect his career was q
remarkable one. He WAS man of bound