The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01
UNIQUE HOME.
Giant Sequoias from Calaveras
 Grove to Be Utilized.

Giant Sequoias from Calaveras Grove to Be Utilized.
 Duluth Correspondence of The New York Times.
 Robert B. whiteside, a millionaire iron mining man of Duluth, owner Of the Ia
 nous Calaveras (Cal.) grove of big trees, and whose interests otherwise are not only extensive but interesting, is plan ming what will probably be unique pri-
 vate mansion. He owns site on the Duluth hillside at the Second Street Ter race. corner of Fourth Avenue, East, af- | fortting one of the finest views of Lake Superior and the Duluth-Superior har- | bor to be found anywhere except on the Boulevard. MT. whiteside proposes to erect upon the site dwelling which will cost at least $150.000 and may cost twice | that much. Two things only have been decided One is that the building shall | be constructed wholly of giant sequoias l from the Calaveras grove. or of a com bination of the seauoias and immense blocks of natural cement from Manitoba. Practically all of the material will come from points ranging from 1000 to more than 1000 miles distant from Duluth It | Is said that the big trees are practically | freproof.
 l R. B. Whiteside,- familiarly known to
 his friends as "BS D" whiteside. is one
 of the most interesting of a large and
 conspicuous group of Northwestern men of affairs He was dead broke in Du- luth in 1881. Today he could produce sew eral million dollars on short notice if he wished Necessity caused him to get out | early in life to cope with the world. He | made some money in logging contracts | before coming to Duluth. but later met with reverses. He had several teams and
 8, 800 in cash when he struck Duluth | coming here from Canada, but ne iost l $1. 800 on q contract to build dam' ana | the following winter ssutained losses oi | a logging contract. In the spring of lSSl he had to sell his teams to settle up his losses, and that left him broke. This was | just before the late George c. Stone got Charlemagne Tower, Jr., interested in the | Vermilion iron range of Minnesota. MT. Whiteside was on the ground early wnen | the iron excitement set In here In lSSo | and acquired some valuable Interests l from which he now derives a prlncely | income in royalties. MT. Whites'de IS . l very modest and unassuming man. ano ! shrinks from publicity, but fate mas ue-
 creed that he cannot escape it altogether | He has succeeded pretty we'll in keeping out of the newspapers until he stoie ou' | to California one day two winters age | and got an option on the Calaveras grove | of big trees to purchase at $loo.VoV' m,
 stsntly he sprang into prominence al over the United States. The good peo'
 pie of California were indignant that | practical lumberman from Minnesota
 should have the presumption even t' think of buying their big trees. They declared he had no conception of thu
 wonders of nature, and was going to sac rifce the big trees to the sordid demands of business and commerce.
 Mir. Whiteside was lectured by the Cal
 ifornia press, scolded by the women I clubs of that State. and even the pulpl
 took few scattering shots at him. III
 vas described as a man whose iotties