Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1893-04-28
q NNEoOiA MILLIONAIRE
AND THEIR COLOSSAL
Fortunes
@rrespendesce N~w York Press

MilioLairss il Minnesota ar
thicker thsa mosquitoes in Ne
Jersey. You can't throw a ston
on the streets OF st. Paul or Mime
apolis without hitting a Cressu,
There are lumssr millionaire,
milling kings, resi- estate nsgnate'
and railroad gold bugs galore
This is the greatest lumber csnte
of the Union. J. Newton Mind
the editor OF the Lumbermsn here
tells me that Minneapolis will sol
more lumber than any city in th
country in 1893 Weysrhaussr
the lumber kiag, makes this hi
home. Ne man in the world repre-
septs 80 much lumber as Weyei
hasser. He owns timber all over
the country, and he buys by the
mllllons Just the other day he
paid ever 100000 for 5000,
900 feet OF the standing pine in
Northern Minnesota. and the syr-
dictate of which he is the head viii,
| ana told, within fosr years con
troll all the white pine, of Wseon-
sin ard Minnesota. 1t has a
capital of $50, 100000. 1t has great
saw mills which turn out huadreds
of millions sf feet Of lumber Aanu-
ally, and whose product is worth
close to $4,000, 300 a year. 1t
buys new lumber regions right
along, and is looking out for new
fields In the South and Northwest.
This syndicate inclsdss a small
mum bsr of rleh men, but Frederlck
WsysrhAussr is the richest and
brainiest OF thnn. He is German
and began life in a brewery. He
came to this country without
cent and wsrked for IL a day.
After leaving the brewery he piled
slabs in sswniIl for 8 time at
81 25 day aud gradually worked
his way up in lumber until he ia
worth millions. He IS as plain to-
day at Fifty as he was when he
worked in his first sawmill and he
Iabors Just as hard. He Ia wrap
ped up in bis business and goes at
times from lun ber camp to lumber
camp taking pot luck with his men
and having thorough knowledge
II every detail of his business He
5 man of great ability, full of
common sense and his four soss,
who arc all in the lum bor business,
AXE after him. The boys have
been well educated and his young
sst SON is now in Yale college.
Weysrhsussr gives great deal to
,harity and his oldest daughter,
who lately married a Dutch Re
ormed preacher of Syracuse, spent
, year some time before her marri-
,gs in going about amorg the low
sr classes of New York city doing
work.
I. B. Walker of Minneapolis is
another lumber king. He is said
o be worth s10,00O,0O0 and kis
louss here contains some of the
inest paintings you will find in
he United States.
1 wish could take you into the
houses of these rich men Of the
Northwest. They are az fine as
hose Of the money kings of New
York or Boston, and many of them
vill raHk with the oldest houses of
furops in their artistic furnishing.
here Is to day more art displayed
n the big business blocks and in
he fine residences of St. Paul and
minneapolis than you will fnd in
bose OF Boston, Cleveland or Cha
iunati. The finest Young Mems
'hri.tisn Association building in
no world is hero. The Mlnneapo-
Is sluh has finer quarters than any
lab IN Washington city. and here
rs number OF million dollar
usinsss blocks here which have
lors fHe marbles and Roman
1osair work than the cathedral of
: Marks st VeuIes T-e mer
ave made their money sgfsS.y
i ,La, .nand n fr..ix Thar