The evening times., 1900-02-06
Mr.. CROKER IN anew ROLE
The Tammany Leader Director in
Foreign Granite Company.
The Operations TO Be i'm the Donegal
Estate-Aid to he Afforded Many
VIII BE Used I'm the COnstruc-
tiOn of the Parnell Monument.

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-Richard Croker
has invested in new scheme which prom
| ises to yield him a handsome pyefit. TIE
| Tammany chieftain has become the Ameri.
| can director OF the Granite Industries o.
Donegal. Limited. and as a result tn,
monument to Parnell. to the fund Of which
| Tammany Hall subscribed $4,000, viii
| probably be constructed with stone taker
from the company's quarries in the exten-
| sive estate known as the "Rosses OF Done
| gal," near Dunloe. in the northwestern
| part of Ireland. The company has just
been Incorporated with capital sock CT
e1O0.000. which will be increased as soon
as occasion warrants 1t.
This move of Mr.. Croker's will doubt ess
increase to a considerable extent the popu-
larity he has gained among the residents of
Ireland. The quarries are situated in ole
of the poorest and most congested districts
of Ireland, and the working Of them on
large scale will give support to hundreds
of starving families who are now prae-
tically existing under conditions Of semi
starvation. With Mr.. Croker's name On the
board of directors, il is believed these
GRANTEES, which, il is said, have been pro-
beautiful at present known, will attain
great popularity in the United States.
The extent of the granite formations in
the "Rosses of Donegal formed the sub
ject of papers read before the British AS
socation SO long ago as 1868. but it was
not until recently that John p. Andrews.
an American capitalist, who has been liy-
ing in England for ten years, took hold Of
the property and started TO form a COM
pany properly TO work it. Mr.. Andrews
who is at present stopping at the Hoffman
House, arrived from abroad on the Luz
cania on Saturday, and has come to the
United States after a conference with Mr.
Croker at his country seat Moat House.
at Vantage. on business connected with
the company.
We have obtained grant TO the
Rosses of Donegal from the Marquis of
Conyngham" said Mr.. Andrews yesterday.
and, although much work has already
been done on the property, extensive inn
pTovements are now under way TO bring
the weekly output up to 20 000 tons. Il is
now about 1000 tons. with only two quar-
ries working. while the area of the estate
is equal to the demands of 200 working
quarrieS. with an average OF 200 acres to
each quarry
Asked about Mr. Croker's condition. Mr.
Andrews said his leg is mending slowly,
but that he expects il will not be long be-
fore he can walk without assistance. Mr..
Croker is anxious TO get back TO New York
TO look after his political interests, and l
believe he will return as soon as he can
make the voyage in comfort.
MIR. Croker has got splendid string Of |
horses at Vantage, and he is confident
they will show up well when the racing |
season opens. When | bade him goodby
l had Just twenty minutes in which 10
catch a train for London. The distance 10 |
The station was six miles and | despaired |
of making il in time.
Il got in light rig behind one Of Mr.. |
Crokers roadsters, however, and We ar
rived at the station just as the train was |
pulling in. ! was covered with mud and |
could hardly see out of my eyes, but en- |
joyed the drive immensely. II was one of /
the fastest drives ] have ever taken be- |
hind a horse.
The last thing Mr. Croker did before ] |
left was to write a letter TO John Red
mond. who came over 10 the United States
recently in the interest of the Parnell
fund. asking him to see to il that the
monument TO the Irish patriot be built of
granite from the Donegal quarries. When |
gave the letter to Mr.. Redmond he
thought there would be no trouble about
complying with the request"