The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-11

came anxious ana sent aro1nd word that
be would gsve ts75. 80 for IT, The price
- now $-s0.1D." Vas the reply. The
land 10 growing more valuable and 10
bound 10 r.ss right along" sBaldvin
hemmed and hsxed 1t this. He said he
would rot pay $s0. 90 and he zen, away.
A few DAYS later he came around and said
he woasd take - IT 131OC Where1poa
the man said the prscs had again rssen.
and that the price was nov $1,000.
Baldwin. howevsr. had decided 20 take u
At any prlce this time and he brought 9TH
him . sheck Tor 5000 He laid this
down on the table and accepted the man 3
Offer. Il cost hira jas; 81. 10 week for
waiting At the rate he bought sae land
cost ham lust $50 PER acre. IL - nov
worth from $50 10 81 go PER acre. and hs
has made millions oat of a.
Baldwin has. am tod. great deal Of
nerve IN business matters. lie hangs on
like bulldog. and II he has piece Of
property which he thinks viii eventually
pay you can's get 10 from bin siil yea giss
him bis price. He has just been offered, l
arm told 81 ssl.oa6 for one Of his ranches.
This Is the La PuentA ranch and the price
n m average of about &iDb per acre. A
Colorado syndicate Is taking OF buying IL.
II IL ss not sold Bald gin will spend ST. O0
in piping " atsr over il. and viii thus make
1: worth about $50 per acre. When lac
buiit the Hotel Baldwin In San Francisco
he could not purchase the ground he
wanted. Tie result Was that he
leased 1. for twenty year, and
pat buildings worth s2.S0.0O on
il. lie has. 1 arm told. recently bought
the ground. paying taree-9uar,ers of .
million tor il. He makes here on his
vineyard great part Of the wines used st
his ssotsi lie has $1,000 gallons of wire
and o.U,, gallons of brandy In his vaults
here on the ranch. This brandy 10 from
three 10 twenty years old. and some Of 10
II certainly very hne. II takes 100 tenants
10 msnsgs the different parts @. his farm,
and he has more than 400 head ., cattle
ON i:-
HIS stock Is largely made up Of Devons
and Durhams. and las dairy Is sai3 To bc
. very proatasse one. He has 90 hogs
and 25.0g0 ssssep. aud his horses are known
all the xorid over.
speat soYne time during my visit TO
the ranch In the stables. There are no
iriiis or furbeiows aboat this part Of the
land. Everything 10 plain and simple and
no money IL wasted anywhere. don't
think Mr.. Baldwin wastes very much
money except On his owl personal enjoy
ments, and he Is certainly not extrayasant
In the fitting out OF HE stables. There IL
no giis-edgei harness or hardwood stalls.
and these horses, some Of which are worth
from $25,0O To SyoD0 each. live in
plain tox stalls about fifteen fee,
square. The mile race track on the
farm Is n fairy good one, and one adyan-
tage that his horses have - in being able
20 get green feed ali the year round. | saw
some of his famous horses. Une Of these
Was the Emperor OF Norfolk. which
brought BALDWIN $1,000 during tho
racing season, and in another place
Jaw this home of Grinstead.
one of the famous breeding stations
OF California. and watched . number Of
yeariinxs and 2-year-olds which were
ali . tsa, = -. nd -
Lucky Baldwin manages his stables - .
business enterprise, and he makes them
pay. lie bays but little attention 10 his
horses himself. and drives but seldom. lie
haskood trainers. however, and il seemed
90 me that the horses were kindly treated
and we'll cared for.
This Baldwin ranch II perhaps the best
irrigated piece Of property In the United
states. The geological survey sent photo
graphers out here last year TO make pict-
ures Of some Of its systems. A network Of
pipe runs through the whole estate and
the water - stored in great reservoirs
down in the valley. rather than being
damned up in the canyons on the mount
ans. Much of the water 10 carried In &C.
ment-!ined d,tches. and in other places is
conveyed from one part OF the country To
the other in great pipes Of cement These
pipes arc made on the ranch and there are
miles upon miles 81 them.
Scattered over the estate are artesian
wells. from which flow perpetuAily streams
Of water rs large around a. the body Of O
man, and there seems to tie no laek Of irri-
CATION facilities. Some OF the most beauti-
ful water works of The ranch are about the
home aud there 10 = lake Of about eight
acres which winds in aud out through the
vegetation Of the tropics. have seen a
number oil botanical gardens in different
parts Of the world. but there are few moro
beautiful than the grounds about the home
OF Lucky baldwin. IL is one Of the pref
test places in the world, aud every tree or
shrub connected With IL has been planted
BY his direction. lie took this vast estate
when IL was practically Sdesert and he has
made IL = land OF fiowers, trees and of
irail-bsaring orchards. Whatever may
ee his record IN social way. and
~ To his business dealings, lac
he has done for this part Of the state of
California. His work has. of course, been
u selfish one. but he has opened UP these
thousands OF acres To settlement and bis
money has done what number Of small
fortunes could not have done.
have written many letters abou. rich
men. and am told that thousands Of beg
g,ng letters are always received by the
miiiionaires after such publications.
When l rublished a talk with the million
alrc W. ". coreoran. OF Washington CITY.
shortly before his death. hts mail came in
by ia. bushei from this coun try and
Europe. and nearly all the letters asked
Tor money. l would say Just her. that il
will he useless for such people Ia write to
Mr.. BALDWIN. lie Is too careful and con-
sentative business man to give money
indiscrininaieiy. aud ~ far as | can learn
lac has never been noted for his charities.
lie has not yet announced any In
tention of founding . great uniyer-
city, and there Is fair possibility
tina. his vast fortune. like those oi
most of the California nabohs, viii 40 Ia
the lawyers who support the claimants
who spring up like mushrooms alter RAIN
on the death Of California millionaire.
Lucky haidsin. In tact. seems 10 have
been more fortunate In money making
than IN natsimony. for he has heen
married several times and he has been
mixed up ia two or three divorce suits.
His present wife is, | am told, both beau
uial and accomplished. aud she spends
most D. her time at the baldwin residence
ia san Francesca
AZ tor Lucky baldwin. h. lives part Of
the time ~ hoaaS. part At the hotel. and
nov and then sreads some time hrre.
lie - hard wefkeF and mau of not
many snausensenfs. lie Is sagd 10 10 fauI
Of paging poAeE sgth toaF-b.G o. Any
cent ante and 30 oae ot Ais books adveT-
tising lass hotel 40 published an interior
showing himself seated vita a party a;
friends At a earl tsess.
From his eeAHttla gardens here aish
t6e.r thousands ot tropical plant. and shci.
acres Of sess.kept lawn can see thst he
adnasEes Sae beauties at nature. lie has
always admiTsd beautiful women. an!
am toad thas ~ a,s cd age 10 preserves
th's feature 9f ats taste iaF sAs beautiful
Thought Of shis rs set. Aifn sitting "a An
easy chair tuoktag dns oSer she xtASsX AXE