The morning times., 1896-08-16
.EARD BYZ
. THE LOyN!GER.

IE RANK CLEMENTS, OF Louisville,
I'll who travels extensively sSa sle in-
terest OF q large hGuor establish
meDt, Is spending few days in tie city.
Prank d. Carley: whose advertising feat
10 connection with the Bryan notification
meeting in New York, mas attracted some
attention, Is little knownin the East, he
said. IN many papers in New York and
adjoiBing States Mr. Cafiey cauged to bc
inserted on the same page with Mr.. Bryan's
speech, in response to his notification, a
column and q half argument in the shape
OF letter, addressed to Mr.. Bryan, In which
he combatted the latter's financial views.
The argument was in two parts, headed:
The Financial Trust and The Financial
Forecast
Mr.. Carley was ten years ago tie head
OF the Standard OIL Trusts business at
Louisville. He started then as q oompara-
lively poor man. but rapidly made his way
In the world He was for time president
OF the Young Mems Christian Association,
but that became too slow for him, and for
several years previous TO his leaving Louis
vile he was little known in Christian As
sociation circles.
Ills company was called the Chess-Car-
ley Company and for years occupied hand
some building at the northwest corner OF
Fourth and Main streets. the principal
business center OF the city. Mr.. CAREY was,
to a large extent, director OF Standard Oil
movements in the South
His company had not the name of the
greutoi trust, that has made more and big
ger miIlionaires in a briefer time than any
other In tine world, though it was generally
known to be the same and aiwa ysso spoken
OF. But Mr.. Cariey was tenacious OF the
honor of having his name in the title OF the
concern.
In 1885 the company erected a spIen-
did building on Walnut street near Fourth.
The building was square from the Poly
tec,inic library, the Courier Journal buiid-
ing. the Catholic Cathedral, the Walnut
Street Baptist Church, the Warren Memorial
Presbyterian, and the Walnut Street Metho-
dist and the First Christian churches were
not two blocks away. McCauley's Thea
ter was just across Walnut street, and the
new postoffice just across Fourth. 1t was
apparently the opening OF new era OF
achievement for the great monopoly.
"When the cupstone over the doorway
was reached it went up with the words
hHeNS-S dTicy tOupdUy tuSEdNCu upOH
it. Then there were rurnors Of row.
A few days later the stone came down, and
in ii week went up again bearing the words
The Standard Oil Company Soon after
Mr.. Cariey went out OF the manage
ment of the company.
"The next heard OF him yaaaas manager
ofthegreat KentuckyU UnionC Company. which
has thousands and thousands or acres of
the finest timber and coal and iron lands in
the world awaiting development in the
Cumberland Mountain foothills. north and
northeast "f CuInber,a nd Gap. An incident
OF his acquiring control OF this property was
II race by special train t6mfke a iraif-Wil-
lion dollar cash pa ymen Mt on a railroad pur-
chase.
There was q sale OF the Kentucky
Mr.. Cariey saw just before it took place
that he would be the successful bidder. He
got $500. geo in gold into a safe at Louis
vile at a. m. Monday. secured an engine
from his Louisvilie-6 Nashville friends
had all other trains notified that he had
right Of way climbed into the cab with an
engineer and told him 10 cut loosc- 1t was
wild run past farms. through villages
where citizens looked OH with Open-eyed
wonder. while the engine tore through
in violation of all ordinances: stop Of a
few moments at Frankfort, and then on TO
Lexington, a trip OF little over hundred
miles. in a little over two hours. Not so
rena rka BILE for the lightning trains On The
Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio out OF
New York. but marvellous for that section.
The safe full of gold was hustled TO an ex-
press wagon and carried to a point where
it could be used in making payment when
the sale took place at 10 O'Clock There
was plenty of time. and Mr.. Carley got his
railroad.
..Soon after that Mfr. Carley moved Per
manentIy to New York. and has since been
living there spending his summers at New
port"