The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-09

~. apreckles ana sNJtlleIs.
BY Earl D. Berry.
and New York Times.)
GrGN AN attic room e his cost, costly
b@A. SCR OF between s75,ooo0lo and
(GgN@1 s1o0,0000o. spends much of MS
tGsYeae) time studying and experiment
Ing in electrical science, "a practical and
watchful man OF business, he neglects
no part Of his duty In the management
Of his vast bit his MIND nd h sas
him to solve complex rolblems, After
spending severa hours. ,perhaps viii ms
agents and managers, dscussing real I. 81 e,
construction he will retire to his work
shop and revcl in the ideas with which
his brain teens.
Colonel Astor.,is one OF the progressive
helping to correct q too common, impress
sion that rich mems sons. are all useless
oilers, AS an active director n rai,iro,ad1s;
banks, Insurance companies and Industrial "a
enterprises he has Won he i este ny q ~
confidence OF the most experienced and
shard-headed business m en-. YOUNG Gun as
was the FREQUENT utterance Of the late
Henry b, Hyde. founder and president
Of the Equitable Life. Assurance society.
e nHs.Sef bus gvs nteras, With Which he
connected. Colonel Aston has found time
to develop a. system OF marine turp ,iIs
whch o aares weh M
Aston has secured in this field entitle
him to seventeen years mo on 'e a Of
Rs s pS 4ay d fsT 9ntRs All
the benefits Of his discoveries were TO be
freely given to the world. In the means
time he Is taking steps to demons arn1,
and usefulness of his turbines.
sef-reliant young Cornelius Yanderbilt
is carving out "a career for himself IN
which the family.millions play only an
was stricken with typhoid fever a. little
more than a year ago he had s "
qualities thai GaHaf S gray oy bGnrds
the original Vanderbilt grit in him II Is,
commodore, There is5no more unassums
T eTsGaa II tie RE- a Garps
knows ts"s no Dimitg After lis fathers death
he found himself practically ID family,
outcast. He was snuboed right and le I
IN a' mvechanic s garb, learned tho trade
OF locomotive building. His course OF
engineering and msehanles N u, f and fnr
innss Ills fathers lifetime this ambitious
young man estabsssed aI desIsnea
that the eldest son of the head q the
house Of Vanderbilt had been cut OF
yth pplrY miqn %he hs SnR
the fortune OF this branch OF the family,
w Shsss " Ne '"u Would do do.
terms ms Of pt lie vii, said Cornelius calmly
i day or two after his fathers funeral.
.of course knqw that nat my NJ m na ace
no wrong. and ny dlty5to my wife ana an
'child colnpels me to Insist uponm right
to share IN my fathsTss. s.. est s1eG Ar De-
rev kindly, for he had alWass 8i'Nea
Alfred is Welcome te the largefIE share tr
a ANA e d the headshBB u 6 least
as ns'e much S as tie portions allotted to the
younger children. feel that ! am on
Titled to such recognition.
It Is matter Of public Information
saat c @g pspewv sf,asHb
finished trip around the worll ", ,,l,,re,
ayynJ2a ne S @sass Wsr g s ss4' %
and Ia received from Alfred anoEgl e
make his share OF his fathers estate
a bout $SbW, 0OO l'Nen, tNo Hp,uN't { X X. Il,
chanic and designer went PACK ,pS NJ NJ
l;draugh,lng board, only to- be tod thal tha
office space occupied BY his tnnle anu
chair was needed for tller pl,rposus,
lilo moved from ono office 10 anotlGp w y,
der constant prodding, and iinai y, =,
sheer disgust retired from the 't ,.ia
Central station and astablishea an in w.
pendent office in lower broadway, ms nv.
patents for fire box, which pIae.,,e,alls
ievolutionlzed The freIsht loipmoll r,es
were commented ON favorably ny ekper.s,
hui the Mov York Central directors l gh VS.
the cold shoulder to the Sollns lnYe,, IN,
for nearly year, u was ny WIN, VIM
| young Cornelius announced I'VE 'n.uu'iuu
Of building a locomotive at ms oWi' On
pense thar the hoard ordered ne ron-
stwetion of a trial machine u ne CON- INA
pany's shops Now seven or elg e,V. " , ~
principa, railroad systems IN ms i sU ,.nt
| Try are using the Vanderbilt loco'Noi'seS,
| AS "a national glardsmah,a slYl' t snnN,sS"
Commissioner and delegate 70 y Mep w
! llcnn convention Cornelius Nanusrp'it nv, ,,,a
| vitaI affairs or citizenship liz pns,,,,sna
I Interests are steadily :, In, ~
stu maintaining his eAtens,va t, Wa,,aer,ilt
| has Ia /. ~ IN M. iIroad. hAnktE, llSlllhH's