The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-03-22

r., Unfortunately tet ns, the pond leaket
is, iesrlnllf eyaporstiob also c4usei mntl
~, loss, bat We cotiiuatd 10 Iaa ctl 10 "a
~ nsie the lotses eooi dsy after day, nnil
he several tuntrrd thuussnd barrels hsd
20 sone 10 this fashion. Oar experience vith
81 ihe farm may be worth reoilius lls
O. vslpe rosc 10 5000 600, that ia, the
shares o. the company scli 10 The msrke,
~ uroa tots bssls, and one year II paid. 10
10 cast, disiiends OF 81 0Od, 900 rather =
10 good reinrn upon an investment Of sac.
nt 600.
ie Were you sslishsd to rts, With ,hete
le enterprises 10 yoat hauds7 | asted,
N No Railway bridges uere then bnili
u slmos, exclusively OF wood, bu, the Penn
= Jisstia R.ilrosd bad tespn to eiperl
o neni With cssi iron Tor bridge buidins.
D Il struck me that the railway bridge Of
q The in'ure must be OF iron, aud organ
D ned, 10 Plttsburs, a company ior The con
e snnctioa OF iron tridges Ths, was The
$ Keystone Bridge Works. We built the
! fret iron bridge across the Ohio.
His entrance 10 the realm OF steel vas
much too long for Mr, Csit eaie 10 dIscuss
slthonsh be VAS noi unwilling TO give iu !
, lotmp i'm relating 70 The great sutj cot
II appears thst he realzid tho immepsity |
OF The steel manufacturing hnsine at |
once, The Union Iron Mills soon follow
ed as one OF bis enterprises, and, lster,
the famous igsr rhomptoa Steel Rail
Mil The lstt was the outcome Of visit
10 L gland, In 1868, when Carnegie no
,ioed that Eoglish rsilstys we're discard
log irou for steel rails. The Bafsemer
process bad been then perfected sod was
msking its way 10 oil the iion-rtoducins
countries, Carnegie, recognizing that II
was deslued TO revolntionizs the iron
business, Introduced II into bis mills aud
made steel rails with which be was eu
sbled to compete With EuglIsh makers.
His next enterprise was the pnrchsse
OF the Home stead Steel Works -. bis
great ryel OF Pttsbnrg. BY 1883 be had
bnilt or scqulred seveu distinct iron and
steel works, oil OF which are now nolud '
ed 10 the Cirnegie Steel Company, Limit !
ed. All The plants Il tbis great firm are
within radius Of five lies Of Pittsburg
Probably 10 DO other part OF the world y
can be iouod tnob an SECRETION OF eplen o
didly equipped steel works as those con
ttoll5d By this association. II nos com o
prises the Homestead Steel Works, the
Edgar Thompson Steel Worke aud Fur o
nsces, the Duquesne Steel Works and 81
Fntnaces. oil within two miles OF oue an oi
other; the Lucy Furnaces. the Keystone u
Bridge Works, tho Upper Union Rolling %
Mills Oud the Lower Uacn R9lling
Mile. u
In al branches. including the great h'
coke works, nines, etc there sre employ ac
ed tweLtJ five thousend men, The VI
monthly pay roll exceeds one million one
b uudred and twenty-five thousand dol al
lars for each working day. Including the
Frick Coke Company The united cspits
oi the Carnegie Steel Company exceeds co
,ixty million dollars. as
Yen believe in taking active measures slt
said. 10 make men successful.
Yes, believe In snything which will
lelp men to help themselves. TO induce NJ
hem to save, every workman in orr 40
,ompsoy is allowed to deposit part OF bis ee'
.arningf; not exceeding two thousand ree
ollsrs. With the firm, on which the high
interest rate Of six per cent is allowed,
he firm also lends to spy Of its v sork les
1en to buy lot or TO build house, tax COZ
lg its pay by instslments, MI
Has this contributed anything to the 5tl
uccess q the company
think go, The policy OF giving per er,
oDal interest 10 The nen WHO render ex ora
ep,ioDsl service l. streoe oetbeDing, With /
8 there are many such; and every year at
,yers more sie added ss partners. 1t is log
be policy OF The concern TO interest every The
,pefintsDdept in the works. every bead lior
q department. every e1ceptionsl young pa'
Isp. Promotion follows exceptional ser ]
c', and there is no isvoriusm. seei
All yon have said 30 far merely gives 10
Ie idea OF getting money, With ont The Sta
Iggestion as to the proper use OF greet A
esltb. VIII ycu sSy something on that will
oref nu
My views are rather we'll known, ! A
ink. What . man owns 10 slresdy eub ligh
iinste, 10 Americs, TO what be knows say,
/, in the final srIstocrBcy The question CON
Ill not be either Of these, bat what has pro-
done for bis iellows? Where has be :,
own generosity and self-sbnegstioni
here has be been o fs'her TO the father
~ Aod the cause OF toe poor, where O
8 be searched that oui7 How be has .ua
)rshipped God will not be asked Oh 80,
at day, but how be has served man, n
That Mr.. Carnegie has lived up, ID tht so,,
~ sn' 'i'' "''ns W, ~ 'n'' ''''o'' and
clarstion oi Independence from thf u
sctice OF men who hsve smsssed foi ,...
nes sround him, will be best shown By
1riei enumeration OF some oil bis OIL yo
'st unexsmpled philtn,hropies. Hs s,sii
gest gift has been to the city OF pius hss
rg. the scene Of bis early trisls aud ship
er triumphs. There be bas built, ., . vhil
J, OF more then million dollars, q msp 1914
lceot library. museum, coreert ball spd sere
'ture gallery. oil under one roof. and total
loved 1t uith fnod of srotber mil 'ion,
D. the interest oi which tfity Thousand By
lars per s1nun), is being devoted 10 ,hor
purchase Of tbs test works OF Amer oi ~