Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-18
TRIBUTE TO M. G. SHAW,
Famous Maine Lumbermen Honored
by His Associates,

Inc following testimonial to the late
NJ. q. Shaw, of Bath was offered by
! Hon. William L. Haines, at the annual
meeting OF the Kennebec Log-Driying
| company, held in Augusta, Tuesday
| and was adopted by the association.
"Since our last annual meeting. this
company has lost by death one Of its
| most valued members, Mr. NJ. G. Shaw.
! OF Bath. Mr.. Shaw was the oldest man
| IN this company and had been engaged
the longest of anyone in the comnanv's
BUSINESS. In fact, 1 may say that he
| was older than the Company in it's
business, having been interested in
driving the Kennebec River before the
kennebec LOg-Driving Company was
organized; and, during the entire ex-
lstence of the Company, having been
intimately connected with it's business.
MI. Shaw was among the last of
Names pioneer lumbermen to pass
away. When almost a boy, he COM
menced cutting, hauling, and driving
logs from forest to mill, and this he
followed continuously to the end of his
very long business life-more than
sixty years. Later in life, he entered
upon the business of manufacturing
lumber. In all that pertained to
tie lumber business he had most
thorough and complete knowledge and
enjoyed most successful and prosper
Gus business experience.
HIS contemporaries We're such men
as the Coburns and Getchells, the elder
T0tmans, Rradstreet and Gray, Conner,
SturSis and Millikens, all of whom are
gone before him. He lived and did the
hI;Cinncy ,r.:xI,
generations of men. He cut the virgin
pine when spruce was considered only
fit for skids; and he lived to cut and
deal with spruce as King in the Pine
Tree State.
In all his undertakings he was
earnest and thoughtful, possessed of an
untiring energy and perseverance. In
his dealings he was truthful and
square, honest and fair, seeking only
that profit that comes to the business
man who relies on his own Judgment,
and knows that money must be earned
before it is made. He never tried Il
get rich quick scheme, but relied
fully on the great law of supply and
demand backed up by enterprise and
Intelligence, eXemplified by fair dealing.
He carefully estimated values in all
things and no judgment was sounder
than his in that line of business which
he pursued SO long. In later life. his
success brought him into wider fields
of investment than the lumber bust
ness, but into all his enterprises he
carried the same cOmmOn-SenSe
principles that had made him, for Il
long lifetime. Il successful lumberman;
and in all he was successful and his
field of operations became large and
extensive. | have often heard him
spoken of as NJ. G. Shaw of Bath and
Greenvilie which we'll characterized
the extent of his influence on the
business of the Kennebec River, from
its Soul &C to it's mouth.
1T will take many men to occupy the
places he filled so well in the business
life of this state. No business man
ever possessed more manly dignity
than he. His honor was never qucs-
toned. and he was always shown the
greatest respect by his associates. He
was the master mind in whatever he
undertook, Names best type of an
honest business man.
His loss is keenly felt by the COM
mnnity at large. We, his associates in
this company, esteem 1t Il privilege, at
this time, to do honor to his memory.
We all feel proud to have had his ac
uuantance and to have been counted
among his business associates. He was
Il kind and true friend to us all. To his
family we extend our deepest sympathy
ard shall provide that our records may
contain this brief testimony to his life
and memory, and that copy hereof be
furnished the daily press to show to
his family, and friends and the public
in general, the high esteem in which he
was held by his associates in this
company.