Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-11

If they ever talk shop in the Have
meyer household, and it is to be pre-
sumed they do, they must occasionally
~paraphrase a good old English express
sion and say. there's nothing like
sugar. Dur humorists have long since
exhausted the field wherein grew the
jokes wherein sugar being made out OF
sand or otherwise it would be pertinent
to remark that the Havemeyer house was
built upon one of the products of sand,
and which, in contradiction to the Blbli-
cal adage, has shown no signs of moving
from its foundations.
In the financial world of late years
there has been no period when the name
of Henry @. Havemeyer has not been an
important factor in the money market.
But even these men who are accustomed
to talk of and deal in big sums were
startled a short time since when. after
the annual meeting of the American Sugar
Refining company-the corporate title of
what is popularity known as the sugar
Trust''-it became known that the COM
pany had empowered H. O. Havemeyer
to take for his use, as working capital
SIS. 900. 00O. BY working capital' was
meant a fund to fight the capitalists who
were opposing the trust in its particular
line of business. With twenty-five mill
lions to work with, H. O.. Haven1eyer is
likely to do some very effective fighting
before the next meeting Of the company
comes around.
but there are llllt NHSl III SuSd
magnate stops thinking of sugar. And
then he goes in. with all the vim he puts
into business during business hours, for
his two hobbies. These hobbies are golf
and his new country house, or colony. on
the south side of Long Island. which is
usually alluded TO in that section as
"Havemeyer's Venice" For he is plans
ming and working to turn a low, marshy
point of land on the Great South bay on
Long Island into a little colony that will
be a veritable Venice. His golting fad
can hardly be called an expensive one to
a man of his wealth. But as to the ulti-
mate cost of the Long Island "Ncnice"
only time and his architects can tell.
Havemeyer's devotio1 to the ancient
Scottish game is very we'll known. He
was one of the earliest advocates of the
sport in this country, was one of the
founders of the United States Golf assoc
citation. and was the president of that
body for several years. The annua
meetings of the L. S. G. A. are always
held in his New York residence, at Fifth
avenue and SiXty-siXth street. ana he
has been extremely liberal in giving val
liable trophies for tournament play and
in advancing the cause of the fair game
by every means in his power. To golfers
generally, the I. S. CT. \ and the name
Of H. O. H~aVeroeyer are linked together
in affection and respect.
For a number Of years Mir. Haveneye1
was one Of that colony of wealthy New
Workers who have summer homes al
Stamford, Conn. Two years ago. how
ever, on one Of MS visits to the south
side of Long Island he became interested
in property in that section, and through
the mildness of the climate was born tht
novel idea of his new "Venice." At tina
tim@ Bayberry Point, the place he had Sc
lected for the site of his new summer
home and accompanying colony, was {
sandy strip Of beach on the Great SUuti
bay. near West Islip.
L was. at that time, about as barrei
and uninvitinS q place as one could fine
and a good part of it was submerged a
high tide. When the work that is con
~templatel is completed, however. it viii
be, without doubt. the handsomest colcn,
along the Atlantic seaboard.
The DIN is more properly a corne
and covers an area about a mile lon
n half that distance in width. TIL
main feature OF the new Venice is tW
canals, one on the eastern border of tn
tract and one running directly throug
the center of it. To dig one of these ha
cost $3.50 600 and a like sum has alnnoS
been expended in ~eXcayatinG the Other
The central canal is 1900 feet in lengt
and has n uniform depth OF 100 feet. TIL
material dredged out has been depOsite'
on the lowlands, which, together with
substantial sea wall, will prevent an
damage from the tides.
With the completion Of the second cana
will begin the work of improving tn
landscape. A broad boulevard will lea
to the grounds from the north. At III
entrance the road Will divide and aftc