Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-14
NEW YORK pLurocaA-s
Origin of the Astor. vand.r.u.
lard Fortune. end Il

Origin OF the Aston, yaua..a.
lard Fortuns .D''' and L.,p'
John Jacob Aston had NJ.
sey street, in the building il ~ .s, y Y
halleck lived. Fitz Greene " nl, b,
the doctors son, was ons nalleck
clerks, Old Astor got his !. y Astot,
by hiring out to a furrier i ssait alhs
keeping the moths out Of t ~ iars>
dollar a day. He was econo rsn-ss
saving, and presently began v ~ NJ
furs and muskrat furs, and ~ = Guy vt
accumulated a lot Of them "nen % hA
to England and sold them N s :, then
profit. Then he established :, -. ia'n
business here and extended II. nn oM
lions westward and northwa, ~ c0nass
became the largest dealer i " uaul !,
try. ~ 'le coua-
Commodore Vanderbilt v..
time running '"'perry-augur,, lrs 9 Thy
"a small ferryboat, CARVING ~ ,ps'lagu
and lee board) between NV wv mast
Station and the city. and was sshs -
very popular with boatmen and So IN
who were thrown in his way ~, u'lsa
Livingston owned an exclus;v. u, =,
to run steamboats, between ~ enaftsi
and Albany, and the monopolv wv iai
Ing immensely. Two old ie, .ss pa''
then started an opposition In 'synsa
they could not run direct betwaa,. ~.
York and Albany they got aroma s,un s g
difiiculty by going from New WV, ~
Jersey City, and making that tAs av y. Y
ing point for Albany. Thew ero N.Y. sa't
ed all sorts OF difficulties, hovss oun.ef
monopolists going SO far as to v;,1,' ~
run their boats down and oths.s a,l
GRIPPING them, and they were l .A'.as
ened with bankruptcy. 'A's'F
One Of the proprietors wa. :. "
York one day, when he asked ia WV W.
Guion 1t he knew Of man who w.
competent to take hold Of their li IN !,
make success of it. Yes, sa,d ns' ivy
4 know such man. His name i 4 w.
neel Vanderbilt He'll take Won, h w.t.
to the mouth of hell il you want him
That's just the man | want 80
response, and in little while n. wv
gain was concluded and Cornelius ".
derbilt took charge Of the line N.
monopolists tried every possible ms,,'
to prevent the line from doing busin...
in New York, and at last nut a .h.,,s
on board with instructions to ,r...
Vanderbilt IL he should attemptto NAV,
! the steamer from the wharf vana.,
bilt got all ready to go and then stooa
: by with an axe, and when the whes,
had begun to revolve and there wa, !,
, good strain on the hawser he up viii
+ his axe and cut the hawser and staamsd
I away to Albany with the sheriff !,
, board. A continuation Of his yipo,op,
, policy finally broke up the Fulton h
Livingston monopoly and establisbN
the opposition line on proatMl
t basis.
, Vanderbilts daughters were a wild
: kind Of girls They were perfectly n
5 home every where on Staten Island anil
3 were very popular. used to see them
in grocery over there sitting on ID,
Y counter swinging their feet and tslkiu
: to the young fellows who were chsisu
) them.
a The Lorillards had snuff and tobacco
Q business, and they made good deal n
S money out of it. There were three broth. !
v ers of them-Jacob and Peter aaiI
$ George. Jacob had a butcher shop ap|
). near the Bowery Theater. Peter-thst|
was the Dutch of it; it came to be PiernI
t after it had been transplanted int|
b French soil few months; Peter snd|
9 George were the snuff and tobacco dea1
s ers. After they got wealthy, nothing
g would do but old Lorillard must have Il
g carriage and a coat-of-arms upon it Hs|
o chose for his coat-of-arms, Who'd
thought it-snuff bought it." Ths|
o made the people laugh, and 50 bel
= changed it after while, putting onln nj
e place: ''Quid rides" which means; "At|
a what do you laugh?" His tobacco storsl
e was in Chatham street.-N Y. Times