The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-30
WORK OF A LIFE,
1t Will Be Carried On
With Some Delay.
The Ex-senator Vast Investments
and PrOjects-funerai Ar
engagements.

to the opinions expressed the previous
night by some of his physicians. The
dead millionaire left no room for doubt In
the preparation of his last will and tesla
nent, and so his managers felt that cor
rection of the sta ement was requisite to
further settle the public mind on that
point.
There was no Photographic WILL" said
James S. Angus. manager for Senator
Fair. "The will as recorded this morning
was given into the hands Of Mr.. Breese,
his private secretary and confden tial
agent, in my presence. So there can be
no doubt whatever on that question.
YES" interrupted Mr.. Breese in a man
ner that betokened considerable emphasis.
Il received the document from Senator
Fair when Mr.. Angus was present"
Manager Angus was exceptionally busy
with the physicians ana attorneys. and
said that the death was so sudden he could
hardly recall enough to furnish material
for an interview.
ut came on US like a thunder-elap," he
con tinued. This Office is all upset, so we
scarcely know where we stand to-day.
Only two days ago we were first made
aware Of the Senator's precarious condi-
ton, and even then it was so sudden il was
hard to realize that his Illness was really
dangerous. Aud then he got so bad We
could think of nothing else but him. /
have not been asleep for two nights, nor
has Mr.. Breese. So you may see that we
are not in a condition TO go into details
now.
1--WE notified Senator Fairs family in
the East at once that be died, and tele-
grams have been received conveying in
structions for u.s."
What is the purport of these dis
patches?" was asked.
1.-THE kilograms state that the family is
on the way here now, and we are asked
to keep the body until they arrive; also,
that the funeral arrangements be made for
next Friday.
I'VE have accordingly arranged the
funeral for next Friday. The services
will be held in Grace Church on California
and Sto" kton streets, and the remains will
be inferred in Senator Fairs mausoleum
IN Laurel Hill Cemetery"
From others of the Representative men
in Senator Fairs employment 1t was
learned that the work which he was pros
ecutiDg in this city and elsewhere, that
gives employment to hundreds of men, will
be continued, though there will in all
proba bility be temporary cessation of
operations pending probate proceedings.
"Tne wrong man died this time" was
the significant remark of the manager,
land many people will find that out, am
sorry to say, before very long.
'The extensive operations at North
Beach, where something like forty blocks
are being reclaimed and a new manufac-
turing district is opening through Fairs
enterprise, will be continued. Contracts
for the work have been in operation for
some time past, and the contractors will
| continue as before. Therefore a great
number of wOrkmen will not be deprived
of employment With the other enter
prises which Senator Fair fostered there
may be some disturbance, while his indi-
vidual properties. it is believed, will be
disturbed for short time. The vigor and
self-con idence charaeteriziDg all his work
is, however, thing of the past, and much
| good that would have resulted from
| schemes he had in mind-go0d to the city
and workingman-wil not be realized
now.
Senator Fair was shining example for
| California millionaires to follow. He did
not 60 abroad or forsake the place where
all his great fortune was massed and sit
| idly elsewhere while draining the life's
blood Of the State away like others, imper-
ceptibly. though surely. On the contrary,
he rem aimed at home and had no am EDITIONS
beyond the Sierras. His interest in local
enterprises had very much more than a
selfish ring, and then, too, he was satisfied
to invest his millions here, knowing they
wonld give return as good, If not much
better. than elsewhere.
Senator Fair was president of thu
Pacific Rolling mills, an enterprise
that received most of it's energy and life
from his direction. He was a large stock
! holder IN the Selby Smelling and Lead
Works. one of CALIFORNIA; leading indus
tries. and also very largely interested in
the Fulton Iron and p-building Works.
which quite recently opened extensive
shops and shipy ards on his property near
Harbor View. These are some of his
favorite enterprises, though he kept a
gold mine at Towles station, Placer
County, in active operation, and four
mines at Angels Camp, and besides was
interested in the C0mstock.
while other capitalists were sleeping he
bought up several large lots in the dis
trict lying between the San Francisco
Postoffice and the water front, and built
handsome red-brick and sandstone ware
houses, and these buildings stand to-day
like monuments to their builders enter
prise among vast level stretch of rotten
shanties. and they pay a satisfactory in
terest on the money invested Here.
again, may be seen an example Of Senator
Fairs business acumen. The property is
| bound to become. before long, the choicest
| in the city. and then it will be a second
bonanza for its owners.
BRANCHING was speculation which Sem
ator Fair went into with profit. and he
leaves broad acres scattered through the
interior which in themselves would MAKE
him millionaire. His ranch near Peta-
luna includes 10000 acres, another at
knights Landing is about 10000 acres in
extent. and he had another near Newark
covering several thousand acres.
"Atthe Petaluma ranch he had ZOO or soo
horses. vineyard. racetrack aud a sta
bic of blooded horses, all valuable. His
| property Interests in San Francisco aro