The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-28
BEET SUGAR OFFICIALS
Character Study of John E. Tucker,
Secretary of American Company

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1New York Commercially
A Short. zthick7set man-fat, some PeS-
. sons might call him, perhaps always well
! groomed and conventionally attired, with
a gait somewhat faster than would not
urally be expected In a man OF mis- size
but with nothing in 1t to eetray hurry or
nerVousness. may be seen almost ID. daily
Nassau street. and thence taking one Ct
the numerous short cuts that viii carry a
! district and ont onto Briadway IN fhe
aeighbot hood OF the Standard Oil butld-
ing. he Is generally 5aleee. and steers
& straight for a cafe OF. foreign 1eStTactiOnf
I where every dish is prOReFly seasoned a8ld
cooked, and not a tew are sui generis as
! to reputation as Wei as to the actual
He IS John e Tucker, secretary Of the
J American Beet sugar comparsy.e Tucker
Z IS. somewhere from 40 to- 80 Years old. a
4 native OF New AamEs hire-born and
graduate Of Dartmouth. man altogether
comp anaoRabls and disposed. TO let tbs
enc ofstllati coterie OF New Workers who
put IN the best period or itlleiE lives G0Ayn
IN Florida, only TO quit it after freeze
been iesigfiste6 not wholly iraI~rOprf-
Iately. IS the g8oGlp fellowship of tne
I propletss- Hrredts.t't sg es.stss5
~ 90 .
Fox years .Mr-. Tucker was HAND COM
missioner cnsthe Esorida Central & PENN
slilsr railroad now part Of the sea-
( board Air Line .systenl, and She handling
Of these fand ptQpertles Gates. back to. the
I way tSsnSavigatioa company, which aboSIS
sixteen years ago vert into ne fssIsos { g
Z Colonel Fl! Ramon Pltvai s as receiver
Both DHyal and, Thicker went into the
I game, Tprisinaliy through eEsoqai aIc
business CONNEXIONS With the cuttings OF
Us to~I., ~ ,Ss,l sT
held "a mort ga gei on T,EactfcaiW me. whole
z Florida Railway g. \ Navigation PFoPeEty.
Up 10 1891 tho Florida Esptrail < Eeslt1l--
sulat stem. although rsIGalfylTls ~ good
part OF the pe5llnsula- reaSned no posilt
e-ss NJ tef.,5y-
s f,4IS on the 4aIantfe side. consequence
the Pistlts system confrt Z ed enlosf OF tIe
rail ira fic. into Florida but IA 1854 one
Of the southern trunk .llftess butt an sx-
tension leOut award from Columbia, S..
70 Sayanrah, and then the Florida Gene .rs
gap from Jstekseayflle 10 savannah. thus
praetseally ParaEtelizg eae Plant zinc and
ithroa CHI business. efrong the ilvorth ara
west. 1t was during the coastruc ZION Of
this section that a.ssi1d ssoillTaiss5 eIie1'
the gcSnlf,sfs. fsSr il fsfi TO him, to acquire
almost every jte q Of the es0 or so mikes OF
right Of s-,sthes Psrfecti3gs Of titles, ana
erdergo technical .skill, good Judgment,
tact and vast amount OF work
IF Secretary Tucker. usually threads his
way alcne through TIE hpaneiai district
to his cafe. it by no ipeans follows that
he lunches alone Z, It. IS generally 10 keep
an appointment With a. frfend4 or a bus-
mess ACQUAINTANCE that he goes there
and it is always somebody. too, worth
knowing and meeting. He is Thoroughly
informed on the beet sugar lldustrys has
a fund of interesting furtSe aud ifgureS
always at 4ais tongues end or handiiy on
tap, is as smooth, D business man as can
be found within rifle shot OF Trinity spfre
can tell them. too--aild BY no means the
most frlxsofrlss sof ilzs duties is when he
a quarterly dividend. on the a. B. s. G..
shares is dua ana PAYABLE on a rapid il
approach Hate.