Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-20
PERSONS ON TOP.
HOW M'GRAw MADE A FORTUNE.


NcGraw's boyhood was spent in hard work
and by the time he was young man he had
saved enough to go into business He failed,
he had wife and family on his hands and only
SI42 in his pocket. He decided to leave Maine
and 60 west Saying goodbye to his family he
struck out for California and arrived in San
Francisco with his total assets amounting to
only s42. He sent $40 of this 10 his wife and
looked about for work. The only Job he could
find was that of street car driver, and he held
the reins of bobtallsd Car for several weeks.
all the while looking out for something better
One day while driving down Kearney street he
saw this sign on bulletin board:
'BUY SEATTLE COAL"
The words stuck to him and he kept saving
it over and over, and wondering where Seattle
was and what kind Of place it was. He had
heard of it before. but he could not think
where Finally he remembered that a man
from his region in Maine had gone to Seattle.
He found where the place was >and wrote to
him. and a week or So later came here to make
his fortune. The town was small at that time
and be soon made acquaintance. He got a
place on the police force and proved himself
so efficient that he was elected sheriff He
held the Office Of sheriff for years, then went
into the hotel business. He had in the mean
time brought his family from Maine ard was
left him again without dollar. He had
studied law. however, while he was sheriff,
and he hung out his shingle. He soon gained a
practice. He invested in various properties
and made money. Now he is president Of one
Of the first banks of Seattle and il in indie
pendent circumstances. He is one Of the most
popular men in the state, and when his name
was sprung, without any preliminary canvass
ing, at the last state convention he was nom-
mated Tor governor with a hurrah. He was
elected by large majority, and though he is
not man of political ambition he will be
sooner or later in the United States Senate. He
Is one Of the shrewdest political managers as
well as one OF the best business men of this state
and 1t was through his management that Squire
got his present seat in tue United States Senate.
THE EVERGREEN STATE.
"We call Washington" said Gov. McGraw,
''the evergreen state and We have no doubt
but that it is to be of the greatest states in
the Union. We are rapidly increasing in popu-
lation and the emigrants follow close on the
heels OF the government SURVEYORS. The state
Is not all surveyed yet and is as rapidly
being taken up, and we have now more than
400, 900 people We expect to be the Penn
sylvania, Ohio and New York of the west. The
population Of Puget sound will be the greatest
Of any part OF our Pacific coast We are SO
located that We will eventually be the great
manufacturing section for this trade, ard our
mines and lumber are such that we can make
anything that the world wants. We have vast
coal fields and great beds of iron, and the pros
pect now is that we have the greatest gold and
silver fields of the world
Tell me something abou. this, governor ~
said l.
THE MONTE cRIsro GOLD MINES.
II refer" said Gov. McGraw, ito the Monte
Cristo gold mines. These are owned by a
small syndicate Of rich capitalists, including