The sun., 1899-02-12

| street In front Of the property OF Olyor Onai-
and and iiaiirCad Ho brought a number Of his
| men TO cart my material away, SAYING he
E9a"va a Win q,iFsse Gss Slqdam q NJ PSag a him
| sure and come along himself. as did not pro-
moved. and he might expect a good fight. He
defeated In hif nT%JeSt an9 t hfsn En- the he
afteTnSoe hsaeu he o CAME %se ap shook hands and
treated me, saving that Il was as persstent
In all my dealings as had been Wi'h M MN. n,a
my friend ever nftcrwarj. aud looked to him
for advice in railroad matters. ., .,,, .,
owned the franchise on several streets and
operated eight miles OF road The &C eompoany pdnn
| Thompson. Dir. RHddy. Russell Halsey Ra
peysa. and Ray Hamton. Another opposi.
President oi the Globe Lille. Insurance Com
many was the President of the new company
money none from the insurance company They
got into the good graces OF the Common Coun.
e which GRANTED them p priSieffes oETE oIneT sM
company md vast resources both In money
and influence, but were unable to resist the
don the fight. when l made the following prop:
ositon. viz. TO lease the road for q term term oI
rebuild part Of rho road when the company
controlled by The insurance company started
same street, | was unable to comrete with
them and their extension was completed and
2T on Es road nna owed
over the same track. driving one of my own
cars. When the new eompnny,s car reached
came to o stop owing to the fact that connec-
tions had not been completed with the other
GHiSS$Sn axe * any and S%p eSs 1s for
tending @ ing" over aG"n nine Inc yeaii years followed ~
Then the company from whom SsIr o9fs,aea
orSer ord le1S that so they might se to the opnoston
road. declined TO be forced out and instead
Of et Of ssfn bs 6anF bep ep
at the annual election OF officers | appointed
board of thirteen directors composed Of
Just money enough left to treat my new officers
to a keg Of beer and sandwiches and they en-
fgot into the meeting room was In formed by
those present that the lease vas 10 be broken;
the ' teller T how much longer the pcs would re-
mar main open and he replied twenty minutes. m NJ n
the road and they all laughed. considering 1t a
good joke Then presented the names OF
stock. Then / sent for my Board OF Drec-
oEr Nnd We Se ess isaac
buchanan. the former President. and resolu-
SS psrs a%d %f docSnents ] beenElnE to the comnany
be transferred TO the office Of the Long Island
City and Calvary Cemetery Railroad in Long
on leaving the meeting I notified the, stock
holders that | was ready TO buy up all their
cents for stock. and after n fe " months became
the absolute owner of eight miles more OF rail
road. which put me in a position to renew my
fight against the insurance company's road.
bought locomotives and began operating the
oSM by steam SsspE as snSGssr @ o %ne 10 OF tne
down and kill several horses belonging to the
opposition road when the drivers pulled them
across my track in the path OF the locomotive
for the purpose OF having the Common Council.
prohihtt the use Of steam on the public streets
through my counsel. Jesse johnson. from At
tornAy- Genera Russell to bring suit against
waged until Justice Cullen finally decided in
my favor. declaring that my opponents rail-
r99d was tEs aR1 is Te
forced to abandon the railroad business. their
road was sold under foreclosure and. at the
sion of the road and my fight was resumed and
won; thus adding five miles more of road to
Every day was pay day at this time As the
drivers and conductors came In from TIP
run, and many time was compelled to borrow
money from them to pay, for my meals which
We're limited to s SSrk and beans S and an & 9cGH
and the kseys Of that dsy S%nG few d me
phate of carbon took another chunk out of my
Then i. next cost me s15. 900 to find out that
comnresssd air Is not what IT seems. and |
nope tnht my IrleDu. hlCnhru tTOEer,- may Do
more successful. In all. lost fully 100000
looking for a new motive power. ard finally
came to the conclusion that horses would do
wher electricity came into prominence |
was about tired OF sleeping In the stables with
the horses and alternating my time between
President. Treasurer and general manager OF
the road and acting the part Of veterinary
surgeon. horseshoer and hostler. but con-
cluded that would permit some one else TO
do the experimenting with the now power and
| would wait for practical results. and my OBJ
servations finally terminated in my adopting
electricity at a cost of S2OOOOO. and my road
was the first in New York State to be operated
by electricity. But with the adoption OF the
new motive power for several months lost
control OF the practical workings of the road.
as | was unfamiliar with electricity. and the
electricians ran the business about to suit
themselves until I 1naily mastered the de-
tails and then there was n clearing out. Light
ming played 2ranke with the cars 10 those days
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT would get drunk,
and | was compelled to take off my coat and
get down to playing fireman and engineer. l
extended my road all the way out TO Middle
Village, fought other corporations. SheriGs
and authorities and generally won. My funds
were pretty low about this time, owing to the
outlay on improvements. when the late MIR.
SteinWay unwittngly came to my relief by
purchasing one OF my branch roads at q good
round figure. which gave mo money enough to
pay all my debts and comfortable balance be-
sides. Mr. Steinway was O good piano maker.
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