The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-08
JEHU TO .FINANCIER
Two Extremes Combined in the Ca
reer Of Eddy" Caine, Formerly
of Minneapolis. r..
Though Known as a "caddy" Here,
He Is Now West Coast
" Capitalist. i,

From hack driver to steamboat owner
and the intimate associate of men Of mill
lions is the story Of e. E. Game, who
was one Of the best known figures about
Minneapolis streets decade or more ago.
Circulars just received in Minneapolis
show him as director of the projected
Alaska Central railroad, with some prom
inent associates.
known Familiarity about town in those
days as plain Ed Game, he grasped OPP
portunity, took the tide IN his affairs at
full flood, and is now Captain Edward
E, Came" If you please, president and
general manager and heavy stockholder
in the Pacific Clipper Steamship compa-
ny of Seattle, Wash. -~,' =
Game is we'll remembered by all the
old Minneapolis hack-drivers. One OF his
closest friends in his hack-driving days
was Jumbo" the big "cabby," who is
still doing business by night at his old
stand on Fourth street
.'Friend of mine who returned recent
ly from Seattle told me that Ed had made
good out there" said Jumbo. I knew he
was in the steamboat business, but never
imagined he was one of the main pipes
Well, I don't wonder at it, Ed Calne
was one of the smartest men who ever
drove hack around this town. He once
worked for m. D. Wilson at the West
| hotel livery He knew the ways Of the
world, its ms and outs, about as Well as
the rest OF. us. but his knowledge didn't
stop there. EIe was stud1ous fellow,
and when he wasn't plotting some one
around town he was giving himself a
home made education.
| .:"He used to say to me that there
wasn't anything in this hack business but
a. living, and that he had it framed up
to- save little money, sell his rig, strike
oufsfor the coast and get into some bust
ness for himself. He advised me to do
likewise, and I guess I made big mis-
take by not going with him. q
ats nv opinion, though, that the pass
| ing of the hanson cab was what forced
Ed into another line of business sooner
than he had expected. Considering that
he never had any time for sea-6o1ng
hack, it's rather strange that he should
have gone into the ocean navigation pusl-
ness He did business with hanson CAB,
and, when it was all off with that kind
Of carriage Game refused to buy hack.
He sold the cab and his horse for all ne
could get for them at that time and
.drove out of town. None OF the boys
ever heard of him until lately, but he's
evidently taken good care of himself
i Among the big western financiers in
|terested with Mr.. Game in the Alaska
Central railway are G. w. DICKINSON
president and general manager, formerly
SUPERINTENDENT and general manager OF
the Northern Pacific; John H. McGraw,
1V1CS president, -1O11Lc1Ay eosSAAAoA
Washington; j. w. Goodwin, treasurer,
president of the Alaska Fisheries union;
George Turner, general counsel, United
States senator from Washington and min
ing capitalist: John E. Ballaine, secreta-
ry and auditor, who is also with the Moore
Investment company; F. Augustus Heinze,
director, Montana'ss copper king" and
Charles E. Peck, director for twelve years
chief locating engineer of the Burlington
west of the Missouri 90 sLa-....- =