Telegram-herald., 1888-09-02
NEW YORK LETTER
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noineiy - he perslnAl .FF>s<z1es. tA<E
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as iife. To - sIzs, as iiyes "a soss1y k1anr
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anlrac.F. tllaaga nat extr.v- zza1lT. sas as
psrsonal habit srs n Ne pIainszt. sad me
amount Re kloEs hsnnse.f for gocksE zlOLssy
~ouid aot us szEr4sse sas t0r hls nsza cssrk-
ttls ~aTir3bs - rsplenisassi wnsn aszoesaty
GlcEa5es at souls cheap ready Das1s ctoen1n<
store. and as meals gsILslsis q his s<n aoes>.
are exceed. asly frugal asotOass 0r s.s
great eisvafIleSs ia money matters are fro
sieaslY sold IA shs papers. bat Izs al 0thsx
allliouaires hs receives Begging ssscrrs %
tae soore. 11d u1llxs sons rs pays noe tas
s-ghtasr aslsasion - any u ta=na
NhaE Bis home 1fe Is it sould bs bard 20
tay foF Be aocs a0s cultivate society nor en-
tertain - 1ay sItsnt His surplus dollars
sFs kepG - Fub tosstker and 50 gst more.
taoagh he 10 sald Ga me very best sathority
e. b. eoTth over 81. -. .ooo. he Is not un-
Pleasant 10 naunsf, though soEnetiues
brus41s - degree, 2nd = sxcesdingly ssnzi-
tie 70 comment ia ne publlr print<
-lca nan, Oh tns other hand. IL not Jor-
dan L. Mott rs has never Ia his hfs kaozn
what u Is % need money, having inherited q
large fortune and an enormous business from
rs father sad whils 10 has always lived gen
erously, and even s1nptROGsly, and tzls sven
bos-ghs literally of picturss-a most sxpen-
sivs anIuseuent-bs hzs not bean a squan-
dersr NJ Mots = noe lsss thzn 80 years
ed. and = poitly and quite gray tie 10
given % J0illtY. however. and thereby has
preserved youEhfliaess u appearance a.
vel a. 81 spirus
H- hFsd uatu witnia few years Ia the
oid NStt manAion oa Third avenue, Just
above the Mott Haven draw bridge, out ths
iacr-ass IL travel directly By his door
hfouxht sith r. "A iunax of poor ueighbors,
and he boHgnt a beautiful Place on the upper
part II Ftkth avenue WHARF Ae has settled
rs family. probably for s1Ens generations To
come IL Is city hOase. but tie surround
ing grounds ara 50 ample that be enjoys tbs
hxnry of Eas country "A his living The
hoslss - furnished With sxtronss elegance.
h has. sccnasniatad By = quarter OF CEN
tgry n insslllgent nuying for be Is known
a. one - tbs keenest eornolsseurs IN OH paint
inv IN rhs New Tork market
Mr. Mott nas bern known In toe Demo
cratic party for many years as one OF tho
most intsll.gent advisers IA iss councils, but
hss always prsferred 10 Do merely an ad-
viser rather than an oEics holder He was
prevailed upon some ten years ago 70 run for
president 0f the beard II aldermen, but no
cne reoognisst more quickly than he did that
he was tas right nan IN the wrong place
there. and since then he has expressed great
disgust WITH politics Hs oothcrs himself
Little Win the details his great iron bust
ne-<. though be oversees it carefully almost
sverY day. He dos not believe IN early
hours, II somewhat ot a syharite IN all ways.
being bon vsvsns ss the table and lover OK
pleasure IN many forms. keen joker. ard
appreciasive II Wit tn others Delrnonico's
IS his tsEorite cla5. 28d IA Is 9 remarkably
good pck-- player
He v --oeedtng proud ot his two sons. and
is waSie sseisd. hearty friend, whose f.vors
are more spe 20 take The shaps Of services
reutisrea snaa Of nsnsy advanced
Er-Msysr Craze has not the gist Of at
tracing personal liking. which is NJ Motifs
grsst cnarzc.sristic- Although he Is genial
n manner and seemingly frank tn his ex-
prssSicas. is ts dif1cult. even for stranger, to
grs I'd q rho impression that Mr. Grace is
trying 20 work some diplomatic point IN
The simplest conversation
Hs has not always been q very rich man.
II Il net generally known that The first nota-
bic start that hs male toward being a mil
ChArlss r Flint. then young man lust out
% ste Brooklyn Polytechnic The er-msyor
-as snsrg-tic merchant Ia Pine street.
-so UPON very sstls capital had built CD
large busznesL 10 securs the money necrs-
sry 20 ertand hss commercial relations. be
E,ve Flint part interest in the house and
received therefor, II n said. SO 900 from the
tas laEtsr's father. wealthy Brookiynits.
Wasie the cash prsvsd Of the grest-
est h-rsHs to he new parrn-rship. the
new partner vas Far more vairAhle scqui-
rtian- ey undertaking and successfully
puttfng through q heavy contract % supply
Peruvian capitalist vtkh costly modern
uaachine~y. - Won the good viii of the mer-
rantiis ~orid ~ tbe wesf coast of South
America and gave the irn of W r Grace
co. an Invaluable reputation tcr enter
prsse. ability aod tr-lstworthinsss whfie
me hS-r lid noe realize very large profit on
this drse contract. &c more than erehless its
trade With tSas part Of tse xlohs n less than
tvo years. s-d by $3.50 became the most
po~-rfd knusrcan hcue upon hat oouti-
nent fnunedia~fy after the contract u>n-
ticned FLINT. snd through Fiint Craze. per
ceIv>d tss vss future Il elecsricity. and
-ere snnz< tas drss % largely invest their
cspitai and brains in shas field They wsrs
usmbers - tss <r,ap which organised the
tnited Ssatss 1iurutrssink company srd
similar corpcrations and prime movers of
the farnous trust-the 0<aznrns Electrical
c,mp,zJ. Thr twa partners sr- crssie.i
With hsving ei-srsl rnfTis,n cellars in shese
-uasrprsss sione.
Charles r Flint = god example of shs
fs~ men born vitA a siivsr spcon- who
srhieve another fsreu1e bv thar o~n xurk
TIE svn ~ a ret5rsd Erookfvu merchant.
BEN iaErin Fiiuf. be -niuT-d an ths srf-au-
tazes saseh xpassh' afferds Afsrr x-sss--.s-
iug VIA hsxh hon-rs ss tha Pclvt.chri~ IN
~hich hs asd dispisv-sf Ssrrng lesrzrY sasee-.
h refus@i a eoliege career. - the sgs-rrss~ of
as sis friends ard a. oa-e ~ns-rasi -rrnr,..r-
eat Life nrfier ere 5irsrsicn ~ Mavur Craze.
tbrn Tcunx Sus ss-cessful merchant Hs
tsca-us verv popular in bis bsssineSs rsls-
ticnE. Srs5 displayed 81 mrch ability shaf si-
fs1ner Sought hiD an interest," IN the hces-
sra - heca-,e jr-l1r uarsner HIS first
s-rose 49, na.rtr shortly zfeer A Peruvian
csrssehst 40 wss largely rnser-zt~f IN
~-zsT enlesre ans ctner ircius*riss IN whsch
rnachi ,erv y ehief fss.kor. fcurd hirre.sf
unsb,e so+ec1zpats vita his rivals Fasssnz
t.se 1ats trekiBty SO 8ue - thefr usinz
ta+w e-sd -tcse -i'ici-ns procez-s And sepa-