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

j 1AA-S<-5 e--~ t1cl1lOIldlS VI LIS GcSiU
An indomitable viii. combined with sterlin,
! integrity, were the leading characteristics O
bis LIE. ne was lust, honest and honorpbl.
the courage 70 stand fearlessly by his couvic
! tions He also had the courage and higher
manhood 10 ratify any wrong which may have
| been inadvertently committed. Il was thit
knowledge of his justice and honesty thai
caused those who knew him best to love him
most. A love of home and OF family and at
! adorned his life. He will always live in their
/ hearts and exist in their affections In his
death we, who have known him so long eau.
not but feel the shock whicn deprive us of "a
and honest In purpose.
Our appreciation OF his noble qualities and
eminent abilities moves lis to spread this testi-
monal upon the minutes of the Board of Direct.
ors over which he had so long presided; there
fore, be Ii
Resolved, That the Secretary OF the company
be, and he is hereby directed to enter the tore
going at length in memorial page upon the
minutes OF the proceedings of this Bazr1 and
to transmit q Certified copy of the same to the
family Of our deceased President, and to ex-
press To them our sympathy in their severe
Resolted. That the members of this Board viii
attend the funeral in body.
Res0lsed, That out Of respect 20 his memory
the Board viii now adjourn,
WELLS, FARGO 3 co.
At special meeting OF the Board of Di-
rectoss of Wells, Fargo & Co, held in San
Francisco Saturday, Lloyd Hevis. President,
announced officially TO the Board the death
of Charles Croeker, and uf-red the follow
ing resolutions, which. on motion of George
E. Gray, seconded by Jehu J. Valentine.
were unanimously sGop'ed
WHEREAS, It has pleased Almighty God to
take f;om us our friend and associate Director,
Charles Crocker. and rhis Board desires to give
expression to Its sorrow at his loss, and to its
synpathy with his widow and family in their
most sad bereavement. it is
Resolved, That by the death of Charles Crocker
VINO has been member OF this Board many
years. we. his fellow Directors, are made 10
painfully recognize our difficulty in replacing
man so alb and earnest, and of such sterling
integrity, and, as his friends, we deeply mourn
the loss OF his strong personality, which was
ever genial and most kindly.
Re.o1yed That to his grietstrieken wife and
family, to each and every one of them, we de-
Fire 10 tender officially, and as individuals our
most sincere and heartfelt sympathy.
RtSolJed, That in the death of Charles Croeker
q great loss has been sustained, not only by his
family and friends, but by the people of the
State Of California, of whose history his life has
been part. While his first business efforts in
the State were in the direction of commerce
and mining, when Others Ssw no future for Cali
4ornia except from its production of gold and
silver, his comprehensive intellect di covered
Its great and varied resources, and he was one
among the first to foreSee its fOture, not only as
great agricultural, commercial and manufact-
uring commonwealth, but as the home of peo-
pie destined TO rank with the first in material
and intellectual progress Recognizing that the
rapid growth and development of California
was dependent upon her direct communication
with the commercial world, his indomit BILE
will assisted to sweep away the barrier which
nature appeared TO have interpoSed between the
East and the West, and he and his associates
planned and com pleted the first ttransoontinental
railroad. Possessed of great executive and con
structive ability, untiring energy and an in
flexible determination, leading in the field his
army of railroad builders, graphing face to
face with difficulties apparently insurm ounta-
BILE, and never yielding or fatering in the strug-
gle this gigantic work was brought to an early
completion. After a brief rest. he and his asso-
ciates entered upon the construction of the
past year he drove the spike which binds to-
gether California and RECON. These bands of
iron are the enduring monument TO. one of the
builders of the State who has passed away
RCsolued, That in the death OF Charles Croker
the deserving charities of the city of San Fran.
cisco lost a friend. While a strong man of iron,
be aided the weak and distressed, giving for the
good of giving, and without ostentation. Never
forgetting his own boyhood struggles with sd-
versity, he was the friend of the friendless
youth of our city. He did much to further the
cause of education, and was liberal patron of
the arts The enthusiastic energy of his bust
ness life had its counterpart IN the bueyant
cheerfulness of his leisure hours. There was
no truer friend, no kinder husband and father
Though dead he will live not only in the affec
tionate memory OF his family and friends, but
in the memory of the people OF the whole Pa
cifie coast, who are now reaping the beneStS OF
the work which he and his associates accom-
pliShed in his life time
Resolued That these resolutions be inscribed
upon the minutes OF this our special meeting,
and a copy of the same be forwarded 10 his be
reavei family.
THE VETERANS.
The Mexican Veterans met in San Fran
cisco Mondav night at their headquarters
on Bryant street, near Second. and passed
resolutions of respect to he memory of the
late Charles Crocker.
A CAPTAIN OR INDUSTRY.
rs. Y. Tribune, August l5th
Charles Crocker, who died yesterday al
tn OF 'd Pacific coast resort he helped to
found, We one OF those great captains OF
industry who would be more generously
recognized by the uien of their own time il
their achievements were less brilliant. In
| partnership with three others, OF whom two
survive him, he undertook the building o
the Central Pacific Railroad at period
| when this was considered at once patri-
otic service and the widest os crazy specu
lations. The 6nanciering of the enterprise
! fell to others. He assumed charge of the
actual construction, and drove it forward
with an energy then unparalleled and amaz
ling. An enormous SUCCESS rewarded hi
vigor and daring, and yet it was success:
even more profitable to the country, anC
especially to the Pacific coast, than TO him
| SELF He was man of many admirabl,
traits, and be had long since outgrown th'
petty jealousies which, under the guise o
| lighting monopolies. sought to crafty envy
by assailing him. He will be widel,
mourned, but nowhere more sincerely thar
in San Francisco where his bene6cenc
L oil and thrnrcrtnr-f tho pa
cific coast, which his enterprise did 8
much to develop.
HE WROUGHT THE TRANSPORTATION.
From the Pacific, s. FL
1t was, in one way, not so very easy tor
mere dry-goods dealer to become success
full railroad builder, and, finally, a " raj
road king !" but Mr.. Crocker wrought th
transformation, and accomplished the fea
He was a resolute, plucky man, brimful {
courage and strength. He did not shrin
from leading. His self-reliance had bee
marvellous from child. Once, when sti
! a lad he was seeking aid from relstiy
who doubted his ability and spirit, an
pointed him to garden full of weeds as
. testing place. he ruined the best suit (
clothes be had, blistered his hands, an
made his muscles sore for days, but he di
the Job, and so handsomely that he won b
l case, anu got Wldt ne Wduteu. 1uis iie
j dent was characteristic of him. He woul
( do it if it killed him-and then. of cours
instead of killing him, it made him.
! more ways than one, He that loseth b
life shall find it." The writer can nev
) forget the story he heard once, from N
4 Crocker's own lips, on the way down
Sacramento from the summit of the Sierrs
s of the perils, obstacles, defeats and di
4 lcouragements of that dreadful winter al
I terrific weather, when the builders on I
i higher parts of the western ascent saw
q labors of weeks destroyed in day. T
j man could scarcely keep back his tea
) and, from sheer exhaustion, would DIR
d asleep the moment he ceased talking.
But in other ways than as railro
5 man, Mr.. Crocker showed that he had
royal nature, and strong convictions, a
the courage of his convictions. He
i a high sense of honor. He believed
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