The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-17

piled. "My family is large, rents are high
and doctors bills have been considerable
but things are not as bad as you seem &c
think"
an see )" said Gould, handing out check
for 81 GOO. Take this over TO Conner and
tell him to put it in the market as he sees
fit Come back here when be tells you to. "
The man obeyed. II was an exciting day
in Wabash, and he returned to Gould with
$4,000.
80 you've been specializing" exclaimed
Gould. Don't do it again. That's what
alls you fellows who don't know what you
are about You bctter 60 home now"
The fortunate speculator babe Gould
good-by with profuse thanks and started.
Haven't you forgotten something's
called Gould.
81 don't know"
where's that $1,000 1 lent you
this morning! 1t seems 60 be true that you
don't pay your debts. Remember, my boy.
the essential thing in business is TO keep up
your credit"
The embarrassed officer paid the g. 900,
and 1t has never been necessary to dun him
for anything since.
The NORTHERN GEAR.
The most autocratio railroad king In
America is James j. Hill of the Great
Northern lie used to be coal dealer In
st. Paul, and began his prosperous career as
superintendent Of a baby road called the
st. Paul and Pacific. This grew into the
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba cover
ing the wheat country, aud now, renamed
the Great Northern the Hill system ex-
tends through Montana and into the Cana
dian northwest and will soon reach the Pa
cifc coast. Tho road through Montana was
constructed complete at the rate Of eleven
miles day.
The Great Northern is rich and Mr.. Hill
controls it absolutely. He is man of
marvellous energy and has no use for a
subordinate who cannot keep up with his
high pressure gait. He has the disagree-
able trait of cutting off official heads with
out mercy, and the proverbial selutation in
the st. Paul general offices is, 'Who is
missing this morningN In the midst OF
this CHASTITY guillotining there is an occas-
lonal gleGm of humor.
In Allen Marvel, now president of the
Santa Fe, who was formerly general man
ager Of the Great Northern, Mr.. Hill
caught Tartar.
Marvel found a handsome young man in
his office one morning and pleasantly asked
him mis- business
Pm Mr. Ives" was the reply, your new
assistant"
"Why, certainly" said Marvel. 81 didn't
expect you quite so soon. Your quarters
will be arranged at once.
Ives soon became devoted to Marvel and
Marvel to Ives.
Things went on this way several years,
when one daY Ives informed his chief that
Mr.. Hill had asked for his resignation.
81 guess not" replied Marvel. "Mr. Hill
hired you without nv knowing it. but he
can't discharge you unless [ say so, and
won't. You keep on working" And he
did.
CORNELIUS vANDERBILT's Advertisement
1t is understood among passenger men
that it is necessary to post a halt-sheet card
on some telegraph pole where the president
and directors can see it, and run flaming
advertisement in the particular newspaper
which they read. In fact, 1t is more essen
tial to reach the president and directors
than the public.
Cornelius Vanderbilt used to be noted for
taking this sort of superficial interest in ad
vertising and when the Michigan Central
began to proclaim itself as the Niagara
Falls Route" the boys put up job on him
They got single picture of one Of their
trains passing the falls and hung 1t In q
Newport hotel while Mr.. Vanderbilt was at
his summer home. The bait caught aud the
Michigan Centrars passenger department
was highly mpimented on its effective
and extensive advertising. Probably moi
one passenger had seen the picture.
FRIEND OF THE PRESS.
f. B. Thomas of the Erie Ia a conscien-
tious and impartial discipllnarian. His
personal sympathies are with tho rank and
file Of employees, and no man in America
has done more to overcome the feeling
which occasionally arises through misun-
derstandings between capital and labor. He
has managed several railroad properties
besides the Erie, and decided numerous
labor difficulties, which acknowledged jus
tice TO all interested.
He is emphatic Ia his demands for tenn
perance among employees, and never per-
mits wire or liquor in his private car.
~ must practice what preach" he says
land If drink while on duty / cannot con-
sistently compel trsinmen to do other wise. v
Mr.. Thomas introduced the policy of fur
nishing to the newspapers full reports OF
accidents where any person is killed or IN
jured. Not only general officers, but divi-
sion superintendents and train dispatchers
have positive instructions to give to res
porters every fact regarding an accident as
soon as it happens.
This way OF doing business has given
some representatives OF the press oppor-
tunitiss to be extremely sensational. and up
to the present time, looking at the matter
from selfish standpoint, the policy may
not have been beneficial. MIR. Thomas in
sists on doing it regardless OF results, how
ever for the simple reason that he believes
it to be right. In the end 1t will doubtless
also be practical benefit to the road.
DAVID WECHsLER.