The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-30
A NOTABLE CAREER.

Mail ana Express, John III. Starln, a
young physician, with boundless am
| bition, but without a practice, came
| from Fultonville to New York city,
| and, having abandoned medicine. es-
| tablished on a small scale the steam
boat business now carried on by the
| Starin transportation lines, a concern
which has hundreds of boats doing
| business in and about New York har-
Dor, and employs thousands of en-
ployes. This enormous business has
been built up by the perseverance, en-
ergy, pluck and shrewdness Of the man
whose honorable and successful bust
ness career has just passed the half
century mark.
The anniversary was one which Mr..
Starin's employees determined to mark
with milestone, and it was celebrated
in a most striking and appropriate
manner. A bronze statue, represent
ing Justice" which, with the base
measures fully thirty feet in height,
was quietly erected upon Glen Island,
the beautiful resort in the sound which
Mr.. Starin has made paradise for
summer excursionists. A steamboat
took down to the island from New
| York a large delegation of the en-
| ployes, headed by the Sixty-ninth
Regiment band. Arriving at the island
the company marched to the point
| where the statue was erected, and Mr..
Starin was brought forward for the
presentation. Mr.. George Moser, audi
| tor of the Starin Transportation lines,
made the presentation address, saying,
among other things:
THE monarcns of ancient times built
monoliths and temples in order that
their names might live after them, and
their example has been emulated by
some of the money kings of the nine
tenth century, who erect tall buildings
or memorials to be called by their
names, and thus perpetuate their fame.
But there are others who are content
to let history record their good deeds,
and one Of these we are gathered here
to-day to honor-one who has done
more to benefit humanity and cheer the
race than either ancient or modern
kings.
LAS we stand here on this beautiful
island, made what it is to-day by the
mastery genius and indomitable ener-
gy of Mr. Starin, why should we not
feel it privilege to erect upon it, to
mark the f1ftieth anniversary of his
splendid business career, a monument
| which shall ever record the esteem and
affection in which he is held by his
thousands of employees?
"Mr. Starin, let me, in conclusion
say that it is the hope and prayer Of
us all that you may be spared to di-
rect and guide us for many years to
| hot
your army Of employees, as mark OF
our respect and esteem, in commemor-
ating the fiftieth anniversary of the be-
ginning of your active career, this
statue, typifying that which no one
of us ever asked in vain at your hands
Justice"
Other addresses were made by John
Gleason and William Rennie.
The statue was then unveiled, and
| Mr.. Starin responded with deep feeling
to the addresses on the part of his en-
ployes. Naturally" he said, II feel
some pride in the success which has
attended my efforts in business life
Yet / attribute that success, in great
measure, to the loyalty and ability OF
the men l have been fortunate enough
to have in my service" Mr.. Starin ex-
pressed his pleasure at seeing present
many who had long been in his en-
ploy, and touchingly referred to those
who had been called away. In con-
clusion he quoted the following lines
which, he stated, had been a source OF
inspirat ton to him at many troublous
time, and which might with advantage
be taken to heart by ALL both young
and old.
1t never pays to fret and growl
When fortune seems our foe.
The better bred will push ahead
And strike the drawer blow.
For luck is work
And those who shirk
Should not lament their doom,
But yield the play
And clear the way,
That better men have room.
These lines, the authorship Of which
Mr.. Starin has never told, were tackled
up on the first desk he ever owned
more than fifty years ago, and the
identical faded and weather. beater
card adorns his desk to-day in his bis
office on the Corlandt street pier. Il
these lines have been the inspiration o.
Mr.. Starin's unconquerable energy anG
enthusiasm they also mark one of his
most prominent characteristics. Fol
he is generous to a fault, charitable
enough to overlook almost every short
coming, but he has no use for a shirl
or an idler.
The statue, which will in the future
make another attraction upon Glen Is
land, is of bronze, and is said to have
cost $4,000. 1t was modelled by the
sculptor Mathurin Moreau, and cast il
the Val d'Osne foundry in Paris. 1t il
female figure, representing Justice,
with the traditional sword and scales
A bronze tablet contains the inscrip
ton
This statue of Justice was pre-
scented to John Henry Starin on Apri
l, 1898, the fiftieth anniversary of hi:
establishment of the Starin Transpor.
tation lines, as a mark of respect ant
esteem from 1000 employees, represent
ed by the following committees:
; John Walsh, John Gleason, William
Snow, freight department.
N. C. Fonda, George Moser, Alex
Ball, Courtlandt street piers.
E. c. Gillette, Frank Nance, ]. S
Murray, piers Nos. Al and IS, Nortl
river.
e. Valentine, r. H. Britt, foreign
freight department.
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