The sun., 1901-03-01
FACTS ABOUT FOUR MEN.
Leaders Who Figure in rthe Nam.
moth Steel Company Combine.

four great figures in the mammoth steel
combine, has personal assets estimated
ut from $70000,000 to $100,000,000.
His potential money power represents
u 00,000,000.
/ II is generally understood that IL he
speculated in Wall street he would be
the richest man in the world
He il essentially II banker and has
made most OF his money by disposing ot
bond issues or rehabiitating railroads.
lie is known as the Great Reorgan
izer."
Mr.. Alorgan's favorite diversion al
cards is solitaire. He plays it in the
"Chamber OF Silence" at the Union
Club.
His largest charitable gift ut any one
time-$1, 900, ,0O0--was to the New York
Lying-in- Hospital for new building.
| lie is a warden in st. Georges Church
attends the morning services, and in
church he is never still moment. Dur
ing the service he takes off his eyeglasses
and puts them on SO times.
Ills summer home, Cragstoll, is mar
Highland Falls, on the west shore OF the
Hudson, Ills swift yacht, the Corsair,
takes him TO and from business.
His greenhouses and gardens are among
the finest in America. One lot Of two
acres is entirely filled with roses.
III the Wall street panic 'bf December
1883, when money had risen TO 1856 per
cent, he placed $1,OOO.OOO ut the disposal
Of brokers at per cent. and averted dis
astcr
His handling of the $62, 900, 900 bond is
.lle IN the Cleveland Administration H..
said to have netted his firm $2O,OOO 900.
He has spent $6O,090 Oh dogs, and his
kennels at Cragston, his summer home
Iare the finest in the country.
lie imported the greatest collie ev, ry
bred. Rufford Ormonde.
His yacht, the new Corsair, cost $780,.
0O0.
He conceived the idea of lighting st,
Pauls Cathedral, London. by electricity,
and to accomplish it gave $25 900.
lie has Mazarin Bible in two vol
umcs, published in 1850 and 1455, for
n which he paid $25,00o.
He smokes a brand Of cigars which
cost him SLIPS each.
He has an Adirondacks estate, Unoas
lodge. at Fourth Lake, 1900 acres IN
extent.
On board his yacht he whistles III
sings. lie is particularly fond OF college
Soigs
lie delights, after the strain of the
days work, to throw himself into q
chair in the music room of his house
and listen TO members Of his family
inging old-fashioned hymns. The hymns
he first heard in childhood will keep him
tentranced for an hour.
He reaches his Office Mt # O'Clock
promptly and leaves at 4.3O in the after.
uoon.
He is 6 feet in height. his chest meas.
ilres d6 inches, his face is ruddy, and hc
has the bearing OF grenadicr.
His moustacho is brown, shot with
gray, and his hair is almost white.
He reads all kinds of reports with
lightning rapidity
His hat is the most distingliishablt
feature OF his attire. 1t is n wide-brim
lmed, bell-crowned silk hat. made spec
ially for him in London. The size is 77s
1t would rest on the shoulders Of most
men.
He is n plain dresser and wears M
jew Welry. Tea is his favortc beverage
for which he pays 81 a pound
He has given over $5000,0O0 to charity
JOHN ID. ROCKEFELLER
lie is rigidly opposed to all forms OF
Intoxicating drinks.
His town house is West Fifty-fourtf
street.
lie arises at 6.45, breakfasts, takes /;
walk in Central Park, rides to his oiiic,
ut % broadway in the elevated, and is u
I his desk at 10. lie lunches frugally at
e and at closes his desk for the day.
! He is wholly unassuming and abhor
notoriety. Not ten men would Recognize
him in walk up Broadway from TIN
Guy Hall 70 Twcnty-third street.
He wears no jewelry ard usually dress
rs in black. Ii, Is cordial to his few init
mates. dominant ana sclf-reliant will
business acquaintance.
y lie is the richest man in the world an,
will be the worlds first billionairc.
Ills wealth is estimated at 100000 ,0OC
lie is fond Of music and plays the vic
!, In. There are four pianos in his house
u u Ills income is $30,O0O,0OO year. Thi
: Is almost as much as the combined in
. come OF all the crowned heads Of Ell
;. rope.
:, In 1896 h. was earning $50 a month
: In 10 years he had $4,000 in cash.
He is member of the Fifth .Avenu
Baptist Church and conducts lurg
bible class in ITS Sunday School.
lie has trained his son, John d., Jr
e take the burden Of business off hi
shoulders when necessary
Recently he read to his Bible elias
quotations from little book marke
s. Ledger \" for the year 1856 Accort
r. ing to il he spent 5000 for clothing fo
!" the year ending November, 1856 Th
IS one hiece of extravaganza in the book fu
G. that year was the purchase Of pair q
ss fur gloves at 81.
y ii. G. FRICK.
!, Mr.. Friclt's hobbies are music and pit
~ tnrcs. His private collection of picture
= is one of the best in the country.
nf When not at his office he is usual
N with his children Helen, II, and Cla,
Ia l6 years of age.
ii He is an enthusiastic cultiyator {
mushrooms.
le Two Of his"children are dead, and vii
az ter and summer in all kinds of weatht
ne llc carries the choicest flowers from h
ST. conservatory to their grave.
W. He is an inveterate smoker, exceJ
IT. when working
as lie is charitable, extending help eve
tle to tho men who fought him bitterly du
ut Ing the Homestead riots in 1892.
nd He Las one of the finest private gyr
er nasums in the world.
ne When Bcrkman, the Anarchist sh
y, him twice and stabbed him few yea
N ago he was the coolest man in the otlic