The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-25
NEW YORK, SUNDAY. MARCH 25. 190O.-

Wii he wa discouraged for seemed to ,Mr.
,vGEeIsni a pretty ct yy" 5%nT ! Lex s,at S,I ., a ana r,s, anH ne
ic jill 8 am the state OF AFFAIRS that he
found not only, surprised him but made nm
mighty mad Re found that the reports on a.!
tho lines showed that there were discharged
on an average ten men q 'ly. He couldn't un-
dprstand such a procedure. II didnt seem 70
road were sugn a poor lot that II was niece. aly
10 LiSchar Ee ten o. them ev"ry day. ana hH
conc!u ted 10 ma out how they were appolnteh
Inquiries brought out the fact that nearly
eN ry man IN the employ u' the ROAD s,trurei
this employment through political lnnl nee;
Asaemhiyman ms or Alderman Ihat hni
! H. found tho jobs NEEDED on the Metropolitan
lines, Mr Vrec,ant also ,Q4nd out VA "hoa
acme mora constituents who required ioDs, Il
WA, immtd iteiy conc aided hat the nr7t 10y
hal worked long enough. and orders went out
10 re undar.bO-so, gu the'road to discharge
so many men and TO nut 80 many new ones In
Mr Vr"S'and saw at on,r that II he was 60.
, his properties. this sort " business would nave
J - stop. Va then and there ISSUED an, order
that no man sLoulL .eeurg emEioymSnt by me
I hie'ropoiltsn company through polltical ibnu-
enco, and 'hat ~ man ch.ui be l!sGAnrg.i -
long "a h. ~ his work satisfactorily. II this
rn!' was violated hy any OF the, un'er-oosses.
| Mr.. vr.e,and reg .o-'ed I at It be reported to
whe'hor he waIn n -hrv ller Or q division sup
' tr nt1niput SLOW - Iu' surrey IL USE ~ W
, dawu upon the heads u the different divisions
that the new .,uad q thu system meant 20 be
'0ss AMI tiut the main on''e was DOWN 1T
Houston street AMI B~roa'way. ana not in the
The men began 70 understand that the NV
head Of the system was their iriond and a
good man % tic 10. They have nnyor had rea-
, son to change their %op,nion, OF III. Nreelahd.
! He has always hneu a friend Of hts. employee
| md has aiwe ) been ready t. help them, That
! they dpIr,ciae this Is shown b. tho Loyalty
with which they sup OFT hiL. Ihsl simmer
VII n sore IT the new mon on the Soc nj
avenue line undertoo@ 10 get m STRIKE On ths
whole System. tie at'onInt failr | utterly. and.
as will be remembered, not IA line OF ne entir.
sy~ EN- WAS tied ~. Ihts wte hr"aus" there
w"re enough men among me ~ employees
Of the system who knAw that II they had any
real Y lryancea against re road tn coull
settle mem With the ilv;!a"ui without resort
ing - i or k. Ior this reason tue striSa
There il p"rhars no Other one man, IN this
! corutgg upon whose sug ~.estion. ana MS sng'
| ges ION alone. so mucn money has pyen IN
y'stet as has been infested ~ ne .Whithey
-yndiro's at ne suggestion OF Mr. Ereelnad.
Nj, Whitney and his associates, when 1t comes
~ buying new proIerty " making changes ~
mutIy' DOW yrOr u, any 9th Z matters conLectei
with the management u. the road DO exacfly
as Mr.. Nrs'ani says; Io neg now been ad',s-
ing these gentlemen for o'ght years and PER
haps no better trlhu'a to the value OF n, ad-
wee could ne given Than that which Mr.. Whit
ney gave the CHER Ia, when be selt;
I'VE always 10 exactly "a Mr.. NreslHnd says,
because he has never Giyen US rad ADVICE
IA Inv courae NJ these eight years o. service
win tho METROPOLITAN Com pany. 4lr. Nre land
has become n fairly WplI-tO-do man. He hat
lI'tie or uU'hlng when n Went 10 the company
an while nobody now knows exactly what he IA
worth. II IL known that he has very sl STAN
TIE, fortune. SON g folks say heisa milllonelre.
hut thew probably have no definite knGwiedge
upon which TO case their stat mont, he owns
, a comfortable but not prelentlOus residence IN
West E..Lty.sixth street ami n country place
Mt Brewsters, It's al his .Iomr N the tonnl.ry
tgat Mr.. Yreeioud gets u" most fun out OF ne
lie Is rather proud to assert that he - essen
tilIya coun,rypan, AZ soon a. ne warm
four children pack UP and get to Brewster. a.
soon IA they can. There all the summer
through, Mr.. vreniani spends As much line a.
Ia. INssibly can, md The romrs which he a.
over the farm with his rhi,i,Gn are aui'e rs
About 1880 M NreelaUd barred Miss
Crosby. the dlugni'r ~ u schooI'eacher IN
Brew sters ami the granddaughter 81 a school
in Putnam county, and Mrs, yreelaud wa.
reP,iiA' rs ons o. the mrst ACCOMPLISHED
Young women in the county. on the four clll-
dren the eldest f. sirl o. 3. AMI tie o,ner
Treel1nd's health the tamIy are h'ing at
Mr Vrea'aud. in spite o. the fact that his
nent Of .ur'u;s rai.r ads, is ,r':ar'ed as one
OF the oe-,. experts in the uitei S,at"s on
ateam raj road property. HIS opinion as 70
eariad so highly thpt MS services are con-
stautly In dem md by the men who make IT
heir business 70 rsOrganizs roads. TO examine
pypTert'es tha are 70 TO rr.rInn'1'd am gsS
earning capacity nf the ROAD. II 4. said that
fpr such suIY 20 lr. V -eanl 10 paid a. high
az s. 900 a DAY, an ! II ia known that one "a {;
road man sa.d the other day tuat he considered
Ii. aiyice that Sir Sreeiani hId given 10 him
all 1t u certain raarOri property TO lie cheap
at ,w'cA that amount.