The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-21

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they attend must begin and end early
| in the evening.
On one occasion Mr.. and Mrs. Flint
were dining with Mrs. John J. Knox.
| the brilliant widow of the famous con-
troller of of the currency. Among the
guests at the dinner was one man
| whose knowledge of a certain interna-
tional matter in which Mr. Flint was
deeply interested, was greater than
that OF any other person. This man
was to sail for Europe on the follow
ing morning; this dinner, therefore,
was the only opportunity offered for
talking the matter over. The two men
became so engrossed in the discussion
or the affair that time flew rapidly to
them and the dinner was somewhat
prolonged in consequence. The ladies
did not leave the table, and it was
about 9:15 when the hostess finally
gave the signal for going to the draw
ing room. Mr.. Flint Immediately join
ed the man whose conversation had so
interested him. In a moment more
they would have been again deep in
their talk had not Mrs. Flint touched
her husband on the arm
What is it, dear?" asked Mr.. Flint
1T will be half after nine by the
time we get started home' his wife
replied.
"Oh-ah-will it?" said Mr.. Flint,
looking around in surprise.
Then he shook hands with his
friends, said good-by to his hostess and
vanished with his wife, having stopped
the important conversation in the mid
die of a sentence.
TT would take nothing less than an
earthquake to keep Charles R. Flint
out of bed later than 10 O'clock" said
one of the guests who knew him we'll
He is as regular as clockwork in his
meals; he smokes very moderately,
drinks not at all, and eats only the
plainest and most wholesome food
These things may explain why, in
spite of the terrific business strain to
which he has subjected himself for
years, he has never had a serious ILL
ness. His step has the spring of ear
~ manhood, his eyes are bright, his
skin Is smooth and tinted with health
pink, and his flowing -whiskers,
moustache and hair are as black as
they ever were. They show not one
whitening hair.
He has never gone in extensively for
sport, his one desire along that line
being to possess the fastest steam
yacht in the world. This desire has
been gratifed, apparently, by the
builders of the Arrow" for it is reas-
onably certain that had it not been
for misunderstanding of signals
which delayed her somewhat, she
would have made a mile at the rate of
1925 miles an hour, the contract re-
quirement. Her builders confidently
expect that she will reach this speed
during future trials. AS it is she is
a world beaten, the best previous rec
| ord having been made by the English
| torpedo boat Viper. a mile at the rate
of 42.4S miles an hour.
All commercial New York, as we'll as
| the entire railway world has been
following with constantly increasing
interest the fast fight that George j.
| Gould is making to bring the Wabash
| line to tidewater. By reason of this inn
| pending invasion the name of the Wa
bashs president is getting to be ia
| miliar here outside railroad circles, but
| not many persons know how Joseph
Ramsey came to be the head of one of
| the most important Gould roads.
The story goes back to the early
nineties, when Mr.. Ramsay was a
| Woodworking railroad man in Pitts
burg. He had to work hard, for he was
president superintendent. auditor en-
gineer, machinist and little of every
thing else of a rickety few miles Of
railroad running out of Pittsourg and
called the Woods Run Railroad. Thus
by being practically the entire intel
lectual and physical equipment of the
line, Mr.. Ramsey absorbed about
everything that is useful in the rail-
road business, and one day he got an
opportunity to put the sum total of his
varied experiences to good use.
A record breaking flood was Mr..
Pamsey's incentive to act. While all
the other railroads officials were be-
wailing the fact that no freight could
be moved until the water had subsidized
and their tracks were clear once more,
Mr.. Ramsey hired several hundred
men and above the submerged tracks
of his own road he built another rail-
reach. 1t took him just two
DAYS to rush through the her
culean undertaking. On the third
he moved freight into and out of Pitts
burg. while the rival railroaders, with
their tracks still out of sight, looked
on In dumb amazement.
This deed of Mr.. Ramsey was noised
abroad through the land, and the
could people heard of him. We've
been wanting a good general supern-
tendent for some time" they said. and
n,a,Il % after this man Ramsey who
doas such wonderful things"
committee of prominent wabash
oe,ciais were sent to Pittsburg to see
Mr. Ramsey They went TO the Smoky
S,ty terminus Of the pig and whis-
tiaS une ''Wherell we find Mr.. Ram
sey?" they asked. -.,..-,,
Sout there, under that locomotive"
was the reply. 1890. -,
The eminent gentlemen picked their
uyav over ties 20 a locomotive standing
on a siding II was one OF we oHuep
,G,s ,yss IA man pounding away az q
renatr Pretty soon the man erhWled
~ and stood before the eminent gen
tie,nep He had on Oyeralls sha
iumper that were grimy' ana me- AAAas