Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-16

Th1 3ea8 Is custom TO ri
O'Clock As be had NOT appeared
time later, Captain Davis became vi
and hsd the staseroom broken into,
Mr. Ames was found dead
Coroner Conway believes that the
ionaire was seized with an apoplects
while In bsd and that be rolled out OF
floor. His death struggle must have
severe. for in his agony Mr. Ames nj
bit OF his tongue.
Bexza Life NJ the Bottom.
Frederick Lothrop Ames, capita
railroad builder aud director, Was the
OF Oliver Ames, the second TO bear
name, and was born in North Eas;,s
June 5. lss5- His mother was Stite
Q.othrop} Ames. He received his e
education at Concord, and at Phil
| Exeter academy prepared for Harv
university, where he was graduated G
| ls54
His tastes were then inclined to law, -
| In Difference to his fathers desire he ~
! into business 1t was his fathers w.
that he begin at the bottom of the iads
and be AT once became a clerk ia the or
Anes works al North Eastou FIR.
iishment required, he advanced, and at
| several years he was placed In charge.
the accountants department
Very early he showed a marked exec
tive ability. and when. in 1853. he becar
member Of the firm he was an expe..
enced business man Until 1875 the iirIl
name was Oliver Ames & Sons, but
that year It was reorganixed a. civ
a ma A. -.,A
Anes as treasurer, which position he he
TO the present time.
Early in his business career Mr.. Am
had become interested i'll railroads, al
when a young man was director in Il
Union Pacific, the Chicago and Nortl
western, Missouri Pacific and Texas p
cifie railroads. Gradually he diverted h
attention from merchandise to railroad!
and at the time of his death was officiall
connected with some 10 railroads and VIZ
conceded to be one OF the best informe-
men on all matters pertaining to thi
branch Of enterprise in the country.
Many of the monetary institutions 81
Boston claimed part of his attention
and he was identified with many charits
Bile institutions, TO which he gave mucl
time and money.
Unitarian in religion, Mr.. Anes at
tended the First church, Boston, and her
lent his strength, both moral and financial
he also took an active interest in til,
affairs of the church at \ orth Easton
He was also member of the corporation
Of Harvard college His holdings of real
estate in Boston were very large and one
Of its most notable structures is the Amey'
tuilding at the corner of Washington and
Court streets
A Very Rich Man.
The street" gossiped about Mr.. Ames'
wealth, as it always does when a
dies. The estimates
ranged from s25.000,000 to $4,000 600.
Said one of the most careful and expert.
snced of Boston bankers, a prominent
member of the Stock exchange, No one
except those who will not talk eau tell
what MIR. Ames was worth when he died "
The sum total of the real estate Oh
which Mr. Ames paid taxes in Boston is
y, lOO,.uc, and all Of this is said to be free
II encum brance, except the fremont |
House. which had mortgage when he |
bought it, All this real estate paid taxes |
asst year of SIS $50 and nearly all of it
from q to per cent upon the in
estment.
Strange to say, even as recently as the |
ear 1915, Frederick H. Ames was not |
sxed for single dollars worth of real
state in this city. In 1876 his name first
ppears on the assessors' books He is
here stated as owning $500 worth Of
roperty, the tax being 500 81.
Opinions Had Great Weight.
In the financial world Mr.. Ames was |
Tidely and fayorably known. His great |
'ealth made him most desirable mapJ