The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-13
HIS PLANS VANISHED
Three Years After the Death
of Henry Plant
HIS NAME Is GOING
Although He Tried in Every
Way to Perpetrate It

One OF the most pathetic Incidents q
human disappointment that ever came
under ny observation Is now transplring.
II IS true the mar who Is disappointed
and ba Cd and thwarted is dead ana
buried and gone. he VII never know Il
or be panied by il. but / suffer vlcari-
ously Tor him, as must great many
others who knew his ufe. his hopes liz
aims. his ambitions. There is nothing
more moving thaa thc spectacle os a dis
sster which soes swiftly 70 is CONSUME
nation without a victim. a crush Il
COON that mangies no humaa heart TIA
god Of destiny with his crue { spear
I launched into absolutely empty space
Three years ago died Henry b. Plant.
lie Was eighty three years cld. AID every
year had been one Of work and accom-
piishment. He GIed possessed az ssvua-
/ teen millions he Worshipped his Ercst
I fortune and himself. and il was his Ia
vorItc dream 70 keep bis wealth intact
and fasten his name imperishahlv ppca
tho section with which he was ldeu-iac4
and Il which his enterprises ocrs4pied %
much space and cut 50 much ice. lie
fastened his name upon the 1es miles q
railroad which be built or acquired and
I g was CONSOLIDATED into the Plant sya-
TEN. being 50 Known on aH ifs divisions.
Yellow was ais favorlte color. and he BE-
slowed il upon cars. coaches and sta
tons. he owned a steamship sine. ard
T the company was the Plant steamship
/ company.
+ The southern Express company. named
I before he acquired IL among the wreck
axe drifted ashore By the Civi war be-
/ INK >ire1dy AIMED % me best sdVantaEe
was left undisturbed tn it's n1mencla-
7 ture The magnificent hotel az Tampa,
the finest, and when erected the largest
IN the world. escaped the name. When
this rich cid man came 60 die he made
a viii intended % carry out his purposes.
His vast estate was bcqueathed Oh trust
20 a board Of HIS personal friends. o. 10
held - them and ,heir SUCCESSORS intact
for the benefit ef a possible 80 ~ rs
siN-year-oid grandson Il wo6Id seem
as Z the Plant name and properties BAD
been 50 firmly inirenched that they
would remain
And yet. within three years the fab
nc Is dissolved. and the most permanent
things that now stand 70 keep his mern-
CRY green are Tea piaster-of-paris
monuments scattered here and there
amid the scenes ~ his lifetime activity.
The VIII vas assaaed hy his widow tsr-
itiy aided by his son. The provisions
Intended % ho executed Under fhe lava
oi Counccticut--hase beeu set aside ~
the couTts - New Yorz and the estate
wilt De- distributed hg amieabie aEree-
faent between the heiFs
Already the Plant system ef railroads
has been swallowed $50 by the Atlantic
Coast linz. and che name disappears from
the railroad record. TIE steamship com.
pany vanished iato consolidation a
year ago losing THE name Wifh b. Ths
Tampa bay hotel has inst beer cold Tor
probably million dollars less than K
cost. ard y Ell D. turned O. fhr base
uses n conercial fraTsi. gwen tha trf1i-
iant yelioe caior which the old man loved
IS disappearing and the cara anI huiid-
inEs are ROBBED in hues which ~ rot bring
him o. mind. Now go fhsa b. 10 dnait
aA right bat 90 me 81 81 su inenrressfhfy
sad lesson ~ tho vanity ~ rarthly
things a man can possess stase er
two. but he can NOT own az h11r - lime
after he Is gone
TIE old follows who banf ere pyra rnias
~ Esgpt we're aise 81 fhelr Gav ard rea-
eratt1n. we krea To-Day who mosf =
them usre. and 9e eye fiEE'ng un fhesf
remains ard aeecm'nF acquainted vita
them aad writing thrir hioErarfiar anf
ha1eing f1wn INC memory ~ thfir rie-
ries e. fgtare zcneratiens. Hst thaf
dodge ca1t . played fuicr in ore nors1.
~ q rich feaaa aefe 81 6aHd Is syrar.s
now e E0atd ncf - hffg Fesrs before
wicked ard prrFcrse rrr~rafian vesi8
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