New-York tribune., 1900-03-26

about it that Mr whitneys interest in the
broad shouldered young was aroused. Four
months afterward Mr.. Whitney summoned him
to the office of the Houston Street, West Street
and Pavonia Ferry Railroad Company. When
he got there letter was handed him. 1t read
as follows:
Dear Sir: At meeting of the stockholders OF
% rnI ou'n Snnnsny heI5 tbie da% woi, were mani
mously elected director of the company. At a
UNANIMOUSLY elected president and general
ager your duties to commence immediately Yours
truly, {. E. WARREN, Secretary.
Then was a street railroad man" said Mr..
vreeland Mr.. Whitney and the other direc-
tors soon came around and, after shaking hands
with me- said: Well Vreeland you presi-
dent. Now run the road -. p T.. .. =
That was the beginning. of Mr.. Vreeand's
friendship with Mr.. Whitney and his friends.
The rapid consolidation of various Independent
lines Of the city into one big company by the
Whitney interests are matters Of recent railroad
history. Mr.. Vreeand has grown with the
growth of the system of which he is the man
aging head. It is estimated that the roads now
under his direction carry one-half as many pas
sengers each year as are being carried by all
the steam railroads in the United States to-
gether In February he said that he did not
think the Third Avenue Railroad was a desir-
able property, but when the stock fell 10 fifty
he saw the opportunity Of decade, and urged
Mr.. Whitney to get control of it, Last week
st. Valentines Day Mr. Vreeland received
present of 100000 from those who had bene-
fitted by his sklful management of the Metro
politan Company's interests.
MR. BRADYS START
Anthony Nicholas Brady is compared with
men like Russell Sage. James r. Keene and
others a stranger in Wall Street. but he oc-
cupies a large and growing place there at pres
ent. Ten years ego his name was not heard in
the financial circles OF the metropolis He is
to-day recognized as one of the leaders, re-
sourceful quick to take advantage of oppor-
tUnities, and possessed Of millions With a
modest office at No. "a Wall-st., he is a man
without buster nonsense, but when he starts
to do thing the big bankers at begin to
talk about it. Mr.. Brady is quiet. low voiced
man of less than medium height. and we'll built
His hair is getting gray, but his face and figure
indicate the possession of more than ordinary
vitality
Mr. Brady was born in Lille. France on Au-
gust % 1913, where three years before his
parents had gone as refugees from Ireland. His
folks moved to this country, and finally took up
their residence in Troy. His father and mother
were in humble circumstances, and soon as
Anthony was big enough he set to work
at whatever would bring in money. He did not
attend school after he was thirteen. At fifteen
he found himself in the Delavan House barber
shop, in Albany Here he saved enough, so
that when he was twentyone he was able to
engage in the tea business In Albany He made
a success of it, and in a short time opened an
other tea store. He kept opening up ones
till he practically monopozed the tea trade in
Albany and Troy. He noticed the steady in
crease in the use Of granite for paving and
building purposes and began TO buy up all the
granite he could get hold OF. He made much
money on granite contracts, and finally bought
large quarres.
TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO GAS
From granite he turned his attention to gas
He formed a plan for the purchase of the AL
bany and Troy gas plants, and a reorganization
and consolidation of the companies in those
cities. He got Ex-Governor Roswell P Flower
and E. c. Benedict to help him and put the
plan through. Then the manufacture of water
gas introduced and Mr.. Brady be-
came a millionaire His success with gas in AL
bany and Troy embodened him to try the same
methods of purchase and consolidation in Chi
cago, where he similarly successful From
gas he went into electricity. and In a short time
bought up all the horsecar lines Of Albany and
Troy and equipped them with the trolley He
did the same thing with the surface car system
in Providence Later he became acquainted with
William c. Whitney, and ii was about this time
that Mr.. Brady, MI Whitney. Mr.. Ryan and
others conceived the idea Of consolidating the
surface lines in New-York.
In Washington. Philadelphia and other cities
he was largely the promoter of similar combina-
uons When Mr.. Flower conceived the Idea OF
securing control of the surface lines of Brook
lyns the plan met with the approval of Mr.
Brady and he went into the project with quiet
enthusiasm. Mr. Brady got the contract to re-
build the Huckleberry system of this city with
a new style of track After he had completed
his contract he could not get his pay, and kept
the road.
Mr.. Brady married Miss Marcia A. Myers
daughter OF a Probate Judge of the State OF
Vermont. He is a Catholic and his wife Is an
Episcopalan In politics Mr. Brady is a Demo-
crat OF the Dan Manning school