The San Francisco call., 1899-03-26

lesrs. He vas an agent q the Central
Pacific RaircaL Company for twenty
years ard o- tH0 different occasions
saved stanford aIo rs associates from
great loss 5Er for MN theE would have
been defeated II re election for 4 sub
s.dy Il Sa1 FTa1cisCc. and but for him
rEe uaE-=u- U1cer that subsidy would
have been CelzEed until they would have
been compelled 10 sell z majority Of Ioe!T
stock . Saa Francisco capitalists for
8 -f-s]. tECs losing the control OF fran
ch-ss that af-erEa-d directly and indirect
-E E1slcec tEeU a profit ot a. least 80
ha e53. he planned the California street
street cable system which have paid
millions e dollars 70 their stockholders
and have done much - give Ihe beSt
street. cars q the word 10 ms city Ee
Cll many other notable things and was
typical American speCulaTor, organizer
ara manager Of men
= EariTe of ScaTbor0. Ne. and grandson
Of Z Scotchua0 who came . America Il
l15s. Haley received z COMMON school ed
1carioE and a. poor BOY became
bakers apprentice When he had learned
NeT YORK C5Ty and there found work
His employer trusted him and sent him
round 70 collect bills. and then sent hin
inIo the country 70 collect, paying him
Eot salary. but z percentage In the
second year Haley had enough money 70
start bakery o. his own
After Haley mad been z baker IN New
IOrk IOr seven years, with 10 thought
q being anything but q baker. ar unex-
pecteG incident turned MS energies in an
other direction and led him . become z
builder and manager % al electric tele-
graph The line from Washington 70 Bal
IEnore. thirty miles long. constructed By
pose q testing the practical value OF s
:. b Morse : invention. succeeded IN The
transmission q messages, but failed IN
the payment OF expenses.
With this idea n the autumn Of IL.
Morse went % New York 70 organize a
company that should build the proposed
extension he was accompanied b. TWO Of
MS paTtneTs-Amos Kendall Of Ken
tucky, who had been Postmaster General
ana r o J. Smith OF Maine. an ex-uer1-
Der OF Congress and g distinguished man
n MS own State. These three no1ables
were received with much courtesy bv the
leading capitalists and merchants OF the
metropolis. but there their success ended
Artsr the partners had spent several
weeks n The city and had soDasi.i - -
vain 10 all the leading business men us0
whom they supposed were leaders, thev
solic1ta tons there or 70 undertake orHa-s
elsewhere. The time. they saw had NOT
come Tor the organization OF a telegraph
company Kendall announced his fnten-
ton Of going back 70 Kentucky and Smith
prsPaa sd 10 return 70 Maine. The latter
went 70 say g0od-by 10 his cousin. Ms
well call told her Of his plan and disap-
pointment- Mr. Haley happened 10 Be-
= pnIese1!t, Lstelled with mucn interest and
then asked questions 10 learn precisely
what the electric telegraph was and how
Morse and his partners had tried 10 get
subscriptions, 20 whom they had applied
and what were the reasons for the refus-
ais Having satisfied his curiosity. he
said: Mr. Smith, l can get that sub
Through a certain political knovIetse
HALEY succeeded. Haley also closed sew
eral gaps in the telegraph circuit and also
worked through a line 10 New Orleans
After completing the line 70 New Or
leans Haley returned TO New York. where
he was managing director OF the Morse
lines until 1859.
Having no desire 10 return to the baking
business IN New York, and seeing no en-
ticing opportunity there 10 invest his
money, he determined TO try his luck in
California. He sold out his stocks in the
Brooklyn ferry and his real estate-in-
cluding forty acres in Brooklyn, said 70
be now worth so 900 0c0-bought nachin-
cry and supplies for 2 quartz mill and
rly in 1852 started for California bring
ing with him sso.Co0 in cash. He found a
quartz mine near jamestown. in Tuolumne
County. bought 1t and started TO erect
mill. and got rid Of nearly all his money
before the mill was finished and then h..
vas sa+isfied that his mine was wo--bIass
He knew nothing OF mining or mill man
agement. and the venture did no credit 10
IL was necessary for him TO make 7
new start. and he decided to return 10 his
trade. He hunted a place for q shop in
street. then the chief thoroughfare of the
city because II had the long wharf :
where most Of the bay and river steamers
and sioops had their landing places East
Of Battery on the north side OF CONNER
cial was restaurant in a one-story
wooden building. shabby inside and ont
The proprietor. discouraged and glad 10
find q purchaser. sold out house. fixtures
and 60 deep. for $4,000, and Haley took
Immediate possession. tore down the
house, built new one with brick with
an excellent oven. and soon opened a res
taurant that was the most stylish in the
city The oven was large and was man
aged by Swain. who excelled in bread.
cakes and pies. and afterward made a for
tune in a similar establishment OF MS
own.
Haley opened his Boulevard Restaurant
on the Let OF February 1883 and soon
found that he had struck a good lead
Within a week his receipts ran up TO $500
Sl6 600 IN one month