The sun., 1896-03-15
DOYLE or GRAND STREET.
THE MAN wHo AT 70 PAID aIs
TIE rms wuEy FE DJDy'T NAVE TO.


.uu,. uou.e, Wen Into the store A'tcs ~
Trnde Moved Up Tows-N T Nv u.,.sS
..,,,, Watch creditors Were SURPRISED"
,,,,,sn Michael l.. Doyle was dry goods NOR
-. 1, Grand street he was Known as mn"
- ,,,,, crown rich by fair deaitnR ana s.''
", -. husiness methods. That was h'o s".oA
lain to fmne and as there are mai'r oSs ...,,..-
80. T., Nav York who have similar rep.'s
-, NJ M, les honesty In his mefcnsn' ""s~
nsyer brought him into prominence.
Mr.. DOYLE is An old maI now anu NO "e' 9
ont of business two years. Wi'h.' W" -.
80, ,hat bos cot his name Into all the pspers
ona c,ns.d many people TO won der what h'a"-
,,or ,r man he il. and will causN MIN 10 10 20,
,,,nber.d AS a man who paid his aeots "heh "s
didn't have to. 49,. 49, At-
+, Inns already beon told in The sNrN how Mr.
Doyle was compelled to make an oss'Rn.en ,
after the panic OF 1894. how he settieH WIN ~"
creditors for j3ts cents on the dollar Nui nv
last week he called those creditors ether anu
mid them dollar for dollar. all that ne o"oU
them One hundred and ten thousand dt>iars
was what Mr.. Doyle failed for. When hc oao
Maid all hc could of these liabilities there was
a,jll SAC, 900 due his creditors. Ihis remaiho VI
IL what has just beon paid
This man ia now 76 years old. He ia nearly
six feet tall and weighs over ZOO pounds. Wnas'
little hair grows on hh' well-shaped head m'
snow viii to and is kept oosciy cut. Ills taces
smoothly shrven, indicates great benevolences
and his kindly manners bear II out. His fore
head is hiph and broad. and Ms large blue eyes
are almost always smiling. He speaks with
rich touch Of tlG brogue.
1t is now nearly half ceidury since Mr.
Doyle went into dry goods shop at the corner
of Grand and Allen streets as u cerk. UNUSUAL
ATTITUDE for the business earned him one pro-
motion after another until he wie taken into
partnership. Not long after that no became
sole proprietor. Then he got marie q. and thas
was the wisest thing he ever did, he SAYS.
M H. Doyle Dry Goods" was the Sign
above the entrance to tie store for fe W years.
Then tie young merchant took in part. Ner ana
tho style WAS changed to boy % Lehman u NoS
ons "ss teH sSs the to 4ak
and they moved to 200 Grand street. Tho
"nner gi change in the Arm name to- NJ L. Do ,e
Then it was DOYLE ~ Adolphi and once az. Sn
NJ: l., Doyle Thus it remained ed unit, until Mr.. Do. =
other day. Mr.. Doyle said:
I'VE had good business from the first. ln
the old days Grand street was great artery OK
trade and we got our share OF what was gong,
When ! first went into business for myself !
made it n rule to satisfy my customers or re1uno
them their money. We never. on any account:
refused to take back goods that were nov
Coming into the store and buying dress pat
tern for her daughter. Two or three days af-
her. Seeking the clerk from whom she has
bought the goods, she told him that she wantets.
my daushter.' said she. wouldn't be seen
at her own funeral in that dress
Very we'll madame the clerk replied. DO
you want to exchange the goods for anything
"sNo, don't. | don't want anything she
The clerk reported the matter to me, and.
putting on my best smile, went out and saw
nothing in my store that she'd have. l very.
politely returned her sa, tho amount she had.
fore the woman left the store she Ind bought.
anS T"fsh xoa of .;n9a Fao paa see little polite
lit was my ambition to increase the bulk Of
nh M seSy roods by
easy enough to catalogue the goods. but IT both
cred me to know where to send the ata!oHues: "a
express companies in the city aud asked them.
if they would give me the names Of their agents'
in the principal towns IN the United States.
They gave me the names and wrote to ths'
agents asking II they would b9 50 kind as to,
OF Their respeotve towns giving my Sro
ont. I required that a deposit should be sent
with every order. and the goods were sent c. o..
of business. Every order personally inspected
before it was sent out WAS rs, as R Rpart!cSS. acS.
should be exactly what had been ordered. We
sent good over the country from M Mn,ne sot to
goods returnsd or any complaint made. In one
year we did So"5ooo worth Of business.
to Fourteenth and Twenty third streets. Grand
street. AS u great thoroughtnre of trade. hecamA
Vested in real al tstate. state Iousn, the house at .,
PIri; avenue an! lived There. As trade grew
'sf Int" The busSss tns hs Hen T pgusht tt" the
at 63 Park avenue. which sold n!terward tv e..
cre a = Of the c,,H so. IT M however,
and the proceed. found their way to Grand
Street. When didn't har" anything more TO
sell my vile. here. sold som. property he had
for SiO.ono. and that went INTO the business IL
Long before failed wen: to the landlord
several times and told him hat thu traAe was
leaving the street 4nd could nor Afford to,aT
s.. 500 year rental Wh"n hen failed @ vas pay
ing tor That store and thcone adjoining ',oon.
store nearly try"tS years When failed
owed !w.Mtyiihrsc days rnnt. and what do you.
Think Tn. landlord sued me 10! 1t.
- 1t was pretty hard on an old man who had
tried to do right al his HE 10 have everything
swept away, but is only ~ menory ny @ low and
tling by mr. How ia / raise the moneyP
ins at tho corner Of Fifty third street and
sixth avenue stores with the flats above. IL
lnortraso OF $4,000 on the property The fact
that. IN our old days We owed nnyhody a cent
- Michael. how much more than $500 10
that Fifty-th!rd street property worth: ::
" told her didn't know, hut | thought con-
well sho said. 'if it's worth $40 900 more-
I'm going TO put u second mortgage on II. and
we'll pay up the creditors
We talked the matter over for several days,
and finally II was decided. The loan was
placed. and it's with that money that my
creditors have been paid. Wcwont have .,
large Income after interest. taxes insurance. and
other expenses are paid. but it Will be enough
for us. Onr tastes are very simple aud we'll get
along all right won't we dear :"
Yes" said Mrs Doyle as she arose and placed
her arm ntfectionatey around her husbands
neck. well get along; but Grand street.
wouldn't have been such IA bad street for busi.
moss II you hadn't been generous. Grand
street WAS good place bl get notes endorsed
when you were there. wasn't IT,
Mr. and Mrs. Doyle live CON. .fortably inaA
boarding house at II Madison avenue.
EIDDY,S CHiRMED LIFE
Hens Ex citing hide on Ice Cakes In the.