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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-06
AMERICAS GREAT STREET RAIL WAY KINGS
Widener American
Public Tribute ThemThey Employ q, 600 Wokmen

work, but they will not be deceived in
light of the prosperity which these very
combinations are causing. You can fool
men with empty stomachs, but you
can't fool them when their stomachs
are filled.
Combinations guarantee steady and
permanent employment TO laborers at
good wages. They prevent the panics
and industrial disturbances that result
from overproduction. They give the
public the benefit of large sums which
business men wasted under the old sys-
tenn in fighting each other.
Injuries Only One Glass.
only one class has been injured by
the movement toward the consolidation
of interests that were formerly Compel
ing. These are the commercial travel
ers, who were employed to race about
the country and push the sale of COM
peting goods. Some of them have lost
their work because there is no longer
the same necessity for their services.
They will have to accustom themselves
TO the new order of things. If they are
men of ability and enterprise they can
do so without serious inconvenience.
of course, combination is not an
advantageous thing for the interests of
workmgmen merely from the fact of
being combination. But it has greater
opportunities to insure steady work and
fair pay than the competing employer
had. The most successful combinations
are the ones that show the greatest re-
gard for the welfare and advancement
OF their employees, because this method
insureS the interest and cooperation of
the employees themselves.
On the street railway lines with
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cessfully with the men from whom they
have stolen their stock. for these fish
run from three to five pounds apiece
Other boys, l am informed, have reg
ular customers in restaurants and
small hotels. boarding houses, etc.
1t would be tedious to enumerate the
various commonplace means of draw
ing legitimate livings from the river.
such as ordinary fishing, wOod-gather-
ing, etc. though the days work of
many Of these water folk would be
excellent material for the novelist. But
there are plenty of interesting sights
to see by day and by night along this
great waterway.
You would be the richest man in the
world if you had everything that has
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the morning with their wages in their
pockets have been captured by the
''crimps" and their "touts," piloted
about the dives during the day and
the night. and landed-generally so
drunk that they have TO be lifted
aboard on an outbound ship the fol-
lowing morning. Not only had the
''crimps" stolen half their money. but
they had received liberal commissions
on the other half. which had been spent
in saloons and dives.
Little River Thieves.
A queer system of petty dishonesty
is practiced every Thursday, when the
fishing smacks come into the piers
about Fulton market. \ hundred boys
will be swimming there. a score of
them scampering naked over the many
smacks which come in to supply fish
for the Friday demand. Every now
and then boy, watching his chance
when nobody on the boat is looking,
will slip his thumb through the gills of
a fine fish and dive with it into the
water. After a while the lad will
emerge from behind a boat, swimming
on his side. with one hand low in the
water. and disappear round the end
OF pier. There stands a young spec
ulatOr." who pays cents for the fish.
The boy always carries his money
away in his cheek. generally along with
a bullying quid of tobacco.
Il gifts 20 cents or quarter for every
fish 1 steals" said he. They never
mince the matter of stealing.
Where do you sell them?" asked.
ANY old place. Anybody'l pay a
quarter for fish when de price in
de market is is cents a pound"
So these boys stand sometimes just
outside the market and compete sue
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which / am connected the men all re-
ceive 81 a day or over. If positions in
the higher service of the companies
are to be filled they are filled from men
who have shown themselves bright and
trustworthy as employees of these COM
panies. Service and ability alone count
in securing promotion.
There have been attempts by pro-
fessional agitators and by men inter-
ested in bearing the price of traction
stocks to incite strikes among our men.
Recently there was such an attempt
among the men employed in the New
York system, in which l am interested
The president of the New York COM
pany told me the other day that a dele
CATION of the men had come to him
with paper containing the names of
over 5000 employees who voluntarily
testified that they were satisfied and
pleased with their treatment by the
company.
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THE GREAT RAILWAY KINGS AND WHAT THEY CONTROL

the three largest cities in the country
New York, Chicago and Philadelphia
besides Pittsburg. Baltimore. a. half
dozen smaller municipalities and hun
dreds of square miles OF suburban ter
ritory.
They are William c. Whitney of New
York, Peter A. b. Widener of Philadel-
phia and William L. Elkins of Phila-
delphia.
The mileage of the systems under
their direction would make a trunk line
from Boston to Denver, but it is many
times as valuable as any trunk line in
the country.
The three men mentioned do not own
these lines. Their ownership is divided
among thousands of stockholders in all
parts of the country But Whitney.
Widener and Elkins Direct them as alb
solutely as though they were the sole
owners.
Nor does this represent the extent of
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beginning of Mr. Whitney's leadership
and the infusion of Philadelphia and
Standard Oil capital. Under the i'm
petus thus given to it, it has bought up
and leased competing and tributary
lines. until it now controls all the i'm
portant street railways on Manhattan
island, except the Third avenue sys-
TEN. The Metropolitan's capitalization
of So, 000,0 900 by no means represents the
traction interests controlled by these
men in New York City, which are much
nearer the S100,000O00 mark
AS in Philadelphia, the absorption of
gas interests has gone on along with
the accumulation of street railway
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Three men in this country control
over 1,5OO miles of street railways, on
which $4,000 men are employed and To-
600 cars operated.
They may justly be called the street
railway kings of America. for they
control the transportation facilities of
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LIES UNDERCURRENT IN NEW YORK HARB0R
Thirty
Them-Many Byways That Are Dark

There is no hamlet in the United
States so remote that it ought not to be
interested in New York harbor, for
through that great water gate, and
under the towering torch of the statue
of Liberty. come the great ships from
all parts of the world. And there is
no person from the bootblack in Seattle
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thieves. Constantly they steal wines
and liquors from the docks in a way
which almost defies detection.
\ row boat puts under a pier in the
dark. Its occupants are provided with
barrel and a long auger. The rest
is simplicity itself \ hole bored
through the floor of the pier and into
a barrel of anything which will run
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These are intelligent men. They are
capable of deciding for themselves
whether they are well off or not.
Where such men have a chance to see
for themselves whether combinations
are to the advantage of laboring men,
as well as of the general community,
they are apt to decide that the advan-
tages are quite evident"
Are They Public Benefactorsp
The opinions so forcibly expressed
by Mr.. Widener are shared by Mr..
Whitney and Mr.. Elkins. Doubtless
they are sincere in believing that,
while doing so nobly for themselves,
they have conferred decided benefits
upon the 10000, 600 Americans who con-
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beneficial to the
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notpu prices.
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responsible for the business prosperity OF
become permanent
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the men behind them from the control
of municipal franchises. They have de-
Veloped a new occupation. one that
provides another avenue Of multi-mil-
lionairedom-that of the municipal cor
porationist.
A Trust of Millionaires.
More than this, the union of brains
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their financial power and their indus
trial enterprises. They control, TO a
large extent. the gas supply of Phila-
delphia, Chicago. New York and Pitts
burg They are the masters of the
electric light power and transportation
facilities in these and other cities
They represent roughly speaking
half a billion of invested capital, pos
sibly the greatest aggregation of COR
porate wealth this country has ever
seen 50 centralized. They have made
vast fortunes for themselves and for
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been dropped into East river. even in
the mile or so between its mouth and
Brooklyn bridge. You would have a
stock of goods which in extent and va
riety would make the vastest modern
department store seem like village
knick-knackery by comparison. 1t
would include all sorts of things, from
a brass pin 10 a full-rigged ship,
armed. provisiOned and manned. In
deed. it was only half a dozen years
ago that some workmen, excavating
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It profits them to do two things. First
to get the sailors to spend the pay
from their last voyage as quickly as
possible, because if it be spent quickly
ii will be spent for rum. If it be spent
for rum then the sailors may be easily
swindled. Second TO ship the men
again on some other ship as quickly
as they can. so as 10 gather in their
big commissions on their wages. There
have been cases where men landing
from u three months voyage early in
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CONTINUED on page 49,
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THE cutlery that is being raised by
demagogues, penny politicians and SEN
sational newspapers against combina-
lions of capital will not mislead the
thinking people of this country, whether
they are workmen or the employers of
workmen.- 1t might have misled them
in time of financial panic and lack of
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30
Notice to the Public.

Having purchased the interest of
my partner, Mr.. f. 7. Aspinwall, in the
Kingman drug store, and having en-
gagged the services of competent and
experienced assistant, take pleasure
in announcing that am prepared to
dispense everything in the drug line,
and shall carry full stock of drugs,
patent medicines, chemicals. toilet ar
ticles, druggists sundries, school
books, stationery and cigars, and re-
spectfully solicit share of your pat
ronage.
A new departure, which will be
made special feature, is the establish
ment of a circulating library, where
you can exchange reading matter and
obtain new and popular books. Yours
respectfully, J. L. PENDEGAsT,
Sole proprietor Kingman Drugstore
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30
How Mines are Discovered.

Some months ago ii. j. West, F. l..
Smith and George w. Roster went into
the Boundary Cone country on pros
pecting trip. They located several
claims ard, having to pack water
several miles, concluded to prospect
for water near their locations. They
found indications of water i'm vein
near camp and proceeded to sink out
side the ledge. Soon water was en-
countered and the discovery was also
made that the ground was held by
other parties. Arrangements were soon
made and the ground purchased for a
nominal sum. The shaft was then
driven down forty feet, where supply
of water, ample for camp uses, was OBJ
tanned. H. was thought advisable to
cut into the ledge to increase the water
supply when the joyful discovery of
eighteen inches of eleven ounce gold
ore was made. The former owners had
been working on a small stringer of
rich ore on the surface, but it had
pinched out on them and they became
disgusted and quit. Mr.. Roster now
writes that the ore extends to the sur
face. The ledge is four feet wide and
everything between walls will pay to
mill The owners contemplate putting
in a cyanide plant and are now engaged
in developing water on the mines. The
camp of Boundary Cone gives promise
of rivaling the big gold camps of the
Pacific coast There are ledges there
the width Of which are unknown, but
which have been exploited for a
breadth OF forty feet, that will run
from eight to ten dollars to the ton in
gold. The Colorado river is only five
miles away and the road is over hard
mesa. Judge j. II. West and Steve
Bedell, of Needles, also have rich
property in the district.
The ore is the best in the world,
from the cyanide standpoint, having
no nutralising agent in its makeup.
Mr. Smith had a test made at the Ell
Dorado Canyon cyanide plant last
week and the result exceeded his most
sanguine expectat
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

We understand the Truckee Lumber
company will soon put in yard in
Kingman and will handle the best
grades OF California lumber. We hope
the runaor is true and that the new
concern will give the people the benefit
OF lower prices on lumber. At present
the lumber business is in the hands of
monopoly.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

John Hemple, formerly of White
Hills, arrived in Kingman Wednesday
direct from Cape Nome. He is en-
thusiastic over the future prospects of
the Cape and predicts that next years
output will equal If not exceed that of
the Klondike. There are twenty miles
of ricn beach diggings, the gold in pay
ing quantities being found far out
under the waters of the cape. Mr..
Hemple, after a few months visit with
his family, will return north.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

DIR. Amos NJ. Dypes, who at one time
neld position in the White Hills mill,
arrived in Kingman Wednesday last.
Mr.. Dypes served in a aCalifornia volun-
teer regiment in the Philippine cam
paign and was mustered out of the SER
vice in San Francisco few weeks ago.
He believes that the mountains of
I.uzon are full of gold and is anxious
for hostilities to cease when he will re-
turn to Manila and prospect the coun-
try adjacent iu search of the yellow
metal. Mr.. Dypes has gone to White
Hills To visit friends.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

Frank Dewey returned yesterday
morning from tour of the country.
He went to Arkansas Hot Springs, st.
Louis, Kansas City, Salt Lake, Sacra-
mento, San Francisco, Los Angeles and
San Diego. He is much improved in
health by the trip.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30
Gocal ond Personal

Nose Levy, merchant aud cattleman
Sig 1al, was in King nan this week.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

Charles Metcalfe has had men at
work on his Stanley mining claim,
in Wallapai mountains for some weeks
past. At depth Of fifteen feet eight
inches of ore was cut that samples 442
ounces silver, two dollars gold and
eight per cent lead. The vein runs
parallel with the old Wheeler ledge
and on the surface the ore was heavy
block galena, carrying small values in
silver. Mr.. Metcalfe will continue
work on the claim to ascertain the ex-
tent of his find.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

James Twiggs and wife returned
from trip to the coast last Wednes-
DAY morning. Miss Ellen Robertson,
a niece of Mrs. Twiggs, accompanied
them to Kingman. They will occupy
the Perry house on Spring street.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

The Los Angeles Mining Exchange
ought to have a membership of several
thousand. Every Arizonan that visits
the Angel City parts with big iron
dollar for the privilege of getting his
name on the roster and getting in
evidence perfumed highly ornament
ed card. The affair reminds us some
what of visit of Tom Hesser and
Dick Bauerbach, of Winslow to Pres
colt, few years ago. Tom was of the
opinion that Bauerbach could easily
get along without the prefix or sutiix
of his name aud therefore decided to
rattle it off. He, therefore. started out
with a list and each man with whom
he met was importuned to take a long
shot at Bauerbachs name at two bits
a shot. In this way he secured in the
neighborhood of IOOS, which was duly
blown in for booze for his admiring
constituents. At dollar a shot the
Los Angeles mining exchange should
soon be able to purchase large hunk
of Meyer & Zobelin's brewery.
Tomorrow evening Rev. w. q. Blake
ly will fill the NJ. Il. pulpit in the alb
sence of Rev. |. g. Sigler The choir
is now one of the most important feat
ures of the Sunday evening service.
Don't neglect TO hear it and the elo-
quent pastor.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30
KINGMAN MERCANTILE COMPANY.

O.B. Wilcox, the new president of
the White Hills Mining Company, and
j. ID. Murphy, managing engineer, de.
parted for Denver Monday night. The
gentlemen have been looking over the
mines and the affairs of the company
in general and it is believed that when
they make their report arrangements
will be made for the big shaft on the
Norma, which is to prove the mines at
depth of 1000 feet. The White Hills
Company has recently been reorgan-
lied and the main offices moved to
Colorado Springs. William Weston,
the well known mining engineer, and
who was formerly assistant engineer
for the company, is now chief consult
ing engineer and he has advised the
expediency and Importance of deep
working shaft on the company's prop
erty. The money is ready and the
work will be done.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

F. r. Nellis, the Chloride mining
perator, returned from Williams last
unday evening.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

Drifting on the 90-foot level of the
American Flag mine is now being car
ried westward toward the main ore
body. The winze was sunk on the
small ledge and it is believed that
good shipping ore can be found in the
main vein.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

Leng & Bowman this week sold to
the Arizona sampling works two car
loads of ore from the 4th of March and
Samoan mines. The ore was brought
in over the A. & U. railroad.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

Millinery Opening.
Mrs. M. B. Eggers will display a
beautiful line of stylish hats on
Wednesday, October 4th. Don't
fail to see them.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

Miss Bessie Van Allen left on this
mornings Utah flyer for White Hills
where she has been engaged to teach
school the ensuing term.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

Ben Hastings, superintendent of the
amrod mine, Weaver district, was in
ingman Tuesday last
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

The board of supervisors will meet
Ionday to settle up the business for
be quarter.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

Joe Marines last week discovered
ledge in the Cedar country, that car
ries % per cent copper. The vein is
ten feet wide and shows a thor ough
naturalization between walls.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

Sugar, salt, soap, -four, grain, coal,
coaloil and canned goods, always by
the car, (for they will keep and we
will sell these articles to you very
cheap for cash. GADDIs d PERRY Co.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

Remember the Albuquerque laundry
does most satisfactory work at reason
able prices and pays the expressage
one way on all orders sent Agency
at Pende,sast's drug store. Call and
get price list.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

q. w. Beecher aud son, Summer, ar
rived from Los Angeles Wednesday
morning. Sumner has almost entirely
recovered from the terrible accident OF
the Sd of July.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

Mrs. n. w. Tarr returned from Wat
onville last night. Mr.. aud Mrs. Tarr
re now domiciled in their new cottage
M eek street.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

Lew Roche. with characteristic en-
terprise, now supplies his customers
from the only horseless delivery wag-
on in ingman. Mr.. Roche is bound
to lead the van.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

By. Collins and Z. +. Thompson at,
tended the Elk's jubilee in Los An
geles last week. They say that they
enjoyed the affair hugely.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

Erol Bellanfante is at Temple Bar in
the employ Of the Temple Bar Consol-
idated Mining Company.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

Harvey Hubs returned from Los
angeles this morning, having perfected
arrangements for the opening of his
lew hotel.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

J. f. Withers came In on this morn
ng's train, having visited San Fran
isco, Los Angeles and other places of
interest during his absence.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

j. M. Russell, the popular young
secretary of the Merrimac Mining COM
pany, was in Kingman yesterday.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

II. II Watkins returned this morning
from two weeks visit to San Fran
cisco aud San Jose, very much i'm
prove in health and appearance.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

1T. Pendegast will probably go to
the Union Pass country tomorrow with
a party of capitalists.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

A Kingman gentleman has offered
to donate l00s toward the purchase of
instruments for the band. Several
other gentlemen in the same frame of
mind are waited to be heard from.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

F. NJ Barnes a mining man of wide
experience, arrived from Colorado
Tuesday last. Mr.. Barnes is interested
IN the placer country along the river
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

f. Hilty has struck fine body of
gold ore in ledge recently discovered
at Virginia Camp. The ledge in the
b)ttom of the shaft shows an ore body
four feet wide of pay grade.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

Consider quality, low prices, prompt
attention, and place your cash orders
with GADDIs PERRY Co.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

In doing work on the south exten-
sion of the Cupel, W. H. Gushing this
week encountered body of fine look
ing ore. Considerable work will be
done on the property right away.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

William Heimrod returned from FL
Dorado Canyon the first of the week.
While there he had several tests made
on ores from this section aud the re-
suits proved their adaptability to the
treatment. He says that Messrs. Eckis
and Vandercook have made complete
success of the cyanide plant now work
ing the tailings from the old South
western mill. The ores of Ell Dorado
Canyon are the best adapted to cya-
nide treatment of any in the country
and it is predicted that many plants
will be put in to work the great bodies
of low grade ores in which the district
abounds.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

DIR. w. A Hendryx and Col. Nc
Pherson, Of Los Angeles, arrived in
Kingman this morning and left for
Cerbat, where they are engaged in un-
watering the Golden Gem mine, upon
which they have bond. The judg-
ment of the gentlemen is to be com
mended in taking hold Of the Golden
Gem. 1t is one of the very best gold
mines in Arizona.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

Wood 4 Lefever has finished the
courthouse well. Over forty feet OF
water is in the well.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

J. p. Finegan, mining man and mer-
chant of Chloride, was in kingman
Tuesday last on important business.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

W. H. Eicbelberger is engaged in
plating the, mines of Wallapai
district. When completed the map
will be used in the forthcoming mining
edition of this paper.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

We will sell you shoes cheap this
week--milking room for fall stock
Come and see GADDIs d PERRY Co.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

IL pounds sugar for l.00S cash, at
GADDIs q PERRY Co.'S.
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

II. II. Childs, of Chloride, was called
to Salt Lake City Monday last by the
death of his father. He left on the
night train
Mohave County miner., 1899-09-30

One hundred pounds of our ice will
last you longer than lbs lbs shipped
in here. Try it aud be convinced.
KINGMAN |. l. Il w. Co.