The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-05

Avn lNNb aOON0 lnb MhlaTs INlh was VI OuC VI
a series OF obstacles that deled the pioneer
railroad woman. of the country. She began TO
Buggy fromm SummersVille toward her intended
goal. She traversed nearly the entire route by
means OF this unhandy vehicle. aud forsook y
alone into the forests where the buggy could
not 90. Associated with her in the enterprise
are women Of corresponding viRor and In
You win see within a year" said President
operate railroads as we'll as men can. There Is
nothing In the way OF executive work that an
iptsei nnT Ps And and experienced woman Sann o do;
physical standpoint, | have been at work IN
twenty S Ssar m.Rqih SSt, I %S9 a m nSlas iGf srG ill., Iiis.
have ridden horseback as few men can ride,
can shoot as few men can shoot, and am strong
or than a good many men, This railroad build
ipg came naturally 70 my hand; The road is no
course Of Contradiction at this moment. and
there is no more play about II than there Is in
fhs p,s road % lib building td,o that isis is g1 fb1Go on Sou in g,,c Sth Ht
are doing what you Thought only men could do;
But you'll, have occasion to stick at q good
many such circumstances before you grow
A woman, not yet 80 years old, operates a
sawmiIl in the Kern county mountatns.. She is
9 Miss Marie RI 6 AkIs5s; RoT Tsss y ph1 Uti Ga Sso r.; a1 He q
years ago from Utica and put all his own and
part Of his, sisters money in a lumber and
Sierras Of Kern county. The young man. made
e specially Of timber for %y, grange and lemon
o S2 sss S Sna iSs i shdI u yo %I5e aEs Fsg'SS S SsiGSss
one day in ne autumn 81 :lsS3 and his spine
was so injured that he was paralyzed, In ten
% SSys az n,S Els f1s''f bed iFH% 'Af For G'a two HS%e years "a s''ihS +;
RAJ Tor thpasands Of dollars oil TspS worth Of fruit
boxes. and tho sister, undertook to sec, that
the business went on Just the same. A dozen
times every day abe would 20 out about the
sawmills on tours OF inspection, and, return
bin nS seem sspo ssd e bs shs ai sSs sab 6r0 to sev Sh a rs s6s
idea of the details Of the industry. She did
the Gorrespondence for the mills and super,
executive ability. for there was over $4,000
Inv ssIro II r ths n plant 1t s spd timber / Sast areasdi
the expense for the horses. fodder, Boarding
t aS.r lSG gsrs t aSsaiIo1s t and bs s soIya5 ea msnbi S &S;
concerning the, telling OF pine trees, the haul
ing of the lumber down the mountainside. the
breaking down Of wagons. accidents, to en-
ployees and horses and a great catalogue Of
OF lumbermen in the mountains. Occasionally
there we're sullen workmen to be molifed, and
force at the mills had to be paciied.. Miss
Marie Akers ably attended to all these for her
Since Edward Akers died his sister has had
the camp with her and TO attend to the book
kttpluk ALL COIISSpOLutuCt Vi Ilt puSlloSS.
She found the Industry so profitable that she
determined to keep It up, as her dead brother
tRan ~ eSer. The RsG mills isS have SaSt been ENLARGED n qSS d'f tWiee
in the past twenty months. Miss Akers recent
ly made a business tour among, the companies
and exchanges that handle the bulk Of the
oranges and lemons OF southern California, and
she surprised many n business man OF long
experience by her familiarity with her indus
try and her knowledge Of general business
methods. Last fall Miss Akers bought $4,000
more OF pine lands in the mountains.
L The Hplu Of gold mining hnS haan dpnDly in
vaded by women. The old-timers In the Terri
tories must admit that one or two young
camps and have had practical lessons in pros
pecting and knowing pay ore when they see it
which was formerly occupied by men exclu-
sively.. Miss Nellie Cushman, is possibly the
n PSsse IamSu WS Ti8 { of E2 Tacs @Ins Said II Of A 6eT Ps.
pert in gold and silver mining as we have in
ing a group OF mines at Congress fora com
pany Of st. Louis people. who have appar-
woman,s skill and honesty than they have
Put In the several men experts the have en-
giri. 1t is about nine years now since She first
came to Tucson. She was from Dodge City,
Kan, and could not have been more than IL
ssms out out Of S the T f1s 20 g mines, ana ' WAS o soon ss as Is
good a Judge of its value as her brother Jim,
them. The boys in the Tombstone locality
pretty soon began betting on her Judgment,
suesser and hit it close about every time, Her
fame spread. and miners. who. as you know,
are always superstitious got an idea that to
some way brought luck. She knew where to
dig for ore. too. and some, q the ore IN the
Contention was found by following her advice
Over in Graham county she made a hit one
eay afterward she passed her judgment on
some mines there. Bill Virgins sold the Ex-
selsi tSs and od, Gr Sivdd SIsY t Ripe ever on y fsF sfy Kss
the S15. 900 he got from them. Other mines
were bought after she had examined and re,
ported tavorably on them. They are good pay
I'm Tombstone. Bisbee. Tucson and Other
camps Miss Cushman has conducted genera
stores and big lodging houses for the miners
She was also In business at Castle Dome. She
is as adventurous In pqSShing forward yard to a new
OF a new camp than she starts for it. She has
had so. much experience that she almost in,
town lots. placer sites and lode claims for mex
to nothing anu unloading Ga at great ere profit; .o a.
enough, 'Consequently She has been many
t times t rich end sD PER- sbe f sas b aas i I" o5e 11aae
She soon makes a turn and gets up again. II
is phenomenal how nonchalantIy she takesa re,
verse. She Is, Just as leyel;headed. serene ant
elf-contained as IL she had made a fortune. II
makes no difference SO far as appearances go.
Miss Cushman Is q rather tall. dark-eyed
mines or climbing, the hills Tor outcropDings
she wears heaVy SnoeS anu SJTOnR boomers
usually covered with a cloak. She is a rapid
walker and a quick talker. She reads a grea,
deal. She was the first woman in the camp o.
Harqua Hala. where there were over ! 800 mel
and no other woman" =,
Mrs. Undine King, wife, Of Capt. James A
King Of the whaling vessel spree. which sails
out OF San Francisco TO the Alaskan and Beh.
ring seas every spring. returning in November
or December. believes that she is the pioneer
feminine whaler, She says that in a year Of
her W hook. and she has Q list OF names
Of reliable whalers who will ship with q
CAPTAIN in skirts for a season. Mrs. King wal
born in Connecticut and came to CaIIfornIa
I with her parents. In 1885 she married james
King. who was the mate on an Arctic whaler
Mrs. King got him the Captaipcy OF the Spree
have accompanied Capt. King in his voyages
among the icebergs. hundreds OF miles north
OF the Yukon River.
ranch Of Miss Elizabeth Eccles. For ten years
she has managed with remarkable success The
largest stock ranch In this region. and the Ec'
cles lows and bulls have, had medals and prlzt
ribbons at several cattle shows and county
fairs. Miss EccIes came from Bethlehem, Pa,
to southern California in 1888. for the be3efl
OF her health. She was once a student at, Cor
nell University. She was ordered by her physL