The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-24

President James K. Polk and concerned the
calling out OF troops for the Mexican war.
At this time and for many years later I was
quently visited the ale house Of which I
have spoken and there became acquainted
th the eder b and had ae by
brought his son with him. He was bright
lad and, although quite young, could play
rrowess. took quite liking to the boy.
One evening the elder Carnegie remarked
that he did not know what to do with his
son in the way Of occupation. said: Send
him down to my Office and I will make a
messenger boy of him. The proposition was
quickly and gladly accepted. The next day
was fixed at 50 a week. / found that he was
intelligent and industrious, and, taking an
interest in him, 1 had an old telegraph in
strurent fitted up in the office without any
connection, and when the boy was not en-
gagged and i was not too busy taught him
upon this how to tick out the Morse alpha,
became a skillful operator
PROTEGE OF SCOTT.
"At that time Thomas A. Scott was SUI
perintendent of the Western division of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. A telegraph instru-
ment had been rugged up in his Office and he
wanted some one to manipulate the key.
1 recommended young Carnegie for the posi-
tion and he was employed. He showed such
aptitude in managing the movement of
trains by telegraph that he was soon raised
to higher position, where he continued to
attract the attention of Mr.. Scott and was
rapidly pushed higher. His employer and
patron gave him opportunities to engage in
some coal and oil speculations that were
successful and afterward gave him a great
OPPORTUNITY TO make money from the first
sylvania Railroad. These chances for for
tune which were actually thrust upon him
by his friends enabled him to engage in
hn haQa q
rich man. What was Thomas A. Scott S
reward for these kindnesses? In 1873. when
confidence in the future of the Texas Pa
c,dc Railroad, found himself in financial
difficulties, meeting Of his largest cred
itors and his warmest friends was held in
the city of Philadelphia. His liabilities We're
found TO be about s., 000, 900, to offset which
were his holdings in Texas Pacific, which
There was unanimous confidence in Colonel
Scott's ability TO retrieve victory from dis
aster TO aid him In his b s difficulty smo2
James Duffy. of Marietta, Pa, contributed
a like amount. Other well-known men who
had been aided by Colonel Scott in various
ways were appealed to for assistance. and
among them Andrew Carnegie, and every
man thus addressed. with the exception Of
Andrew Carnegie. made an affirmative re-
Spouse. Carnegie. who was then a very
wealthy man, refused to advance one penny
to aid his benefactor. That Tom Scott did
not ask his friends to , throw their money
he died. eight years later-and for this
had the word of his bosom friend and adj
wiser, Col. Duffy-he was worth S26 900 000
nearly all of which immense fortune was the
result of the natural advance in the value
of his Texas Pacific securities. But Car
negie was canny Scot. and he did not pro-
pose risking any money the expenditure of
which did not promise to bring him public
credit. / have heard IL said that Carnegie
was the only one OF Tom SCOTS hundreds
OF proteges In whom he was disappointed
and who proved ungrateful-"
Contained in David Brookss reference
to Andrew Carnegie having been permit
ted 10 make money out Of the first Sleep
ing cars built on the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Is singular story. 1t is a further
striking illustration of the methods where
by Mr.. Carnegie has achieved fame and
fortune. In his well-known book 'sTri-
umphant Democracy" Is a chapter given
up largely TO the subject OF sleeping cars
which Will furnish for to-morrow's talk an
odd chapter In the literature Of this subject