The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-01
HEIR TO MILLIONS.

Yet Works as Laborer IN Locomotive Shops Il Z
Philadelphia.
With q fortune in hand and million )
in sight, Charles Hubert Long, son ofthe
late coal king, Albert B. Long, is working
as laborer at the Baldwin locomotive
works in Philadelphia, says the New York
Herald.
Out of the shop Mr.. Long dresses, looks $
and is the cultured gentleman of fortune. e
In the foundry, where he does the heav-
lest manual labor, he works side by side
with giants who must work or starve, and /
what they do he does, man for man their
equal. None Of Nh. Long fellows in the
foundry know of his wealth, Of his social /!
position or of his future possibilities. His
wealth is bore to him; his social status
is taken as matter of course. gt s:
Nh. Long is only % years Of age, but Z
has mastered every detail of the steel in-
dustry even beyond the point that his
work has taken him, and Is also practi-
cal banker. he served full Apprentices
ship in the great steel mills at Lewiston,
Pa, where he was born, and when hiss
term Of service in the mill was over he
entered the Citizens National bank as s
clerk and made banking his specialktudy,
learning its details even to the mechan. Q
ism of the safes. In every branch Of the
work he proved himself peculiarly apt.s.
1t was in the face of the strongest oppo-
sition from the officers of the bank that
Mr. Long resigned and resumed his pas
time Of hard physical labor at the Bald %
win locomotive works. 9
While in the public schools at Lewis
town and later at Cheltenham academy
where he completed his education, he has
shown exceptional bodily strength, and
was always quick and clever student in
the classes. He studied as he worked
hard; he played as he worked, hard; and
in any game in which speed, agility and
strength were factors he led. For idlene es6
he had always held an inherent scorn. US e
With this disposition showing itself u I
early youth, Mr.. Long developed YetyS
positive habits as to the economy OF time
strength and capital. These ideas ~
economy are, however, foreign to parsis
mony.' he is as liberal as prince With G
his own money, but at work the greatest
possible results must come from the least 4,
possible effort and at the minimum outlay b
of money. sssS 81
Covered from head to heels with boot and d
grease, Mr.. Long quits his work with the
$4,000 other employees Of the BaldRins; &;
and, falling into step with the great black &
army of the ironworkers that poufs out of
the acres Of shops, walks to his apart 4
ments, where, showing consideration for;
the others in the house, he 'sheds" his
overalls and blouse and ''takes the worst s. S
of" in the laundry. Then in bathrpbs
and slippers he makes his way to his
handsome suite Of rooms, where he dresses S
for dinner.
At his home in Lewiston, when hesj
would return from the Standard Steel il
works, -sblack as the ace Of spades, his# 81
mother insisted upon him entering the s
mansion on Market street by the main
entrance and tramping the length Of the
house over costly carpets and rugs. He I
rebelled, but finally compromised upon |:
rubber covering which marked his path 3
from the street door to the bathroom.
Asked to explain why he does such
hard, dirty work, Mr. Long revealed him
self in two lines: ~ like it; may need is;
it is decent"
His ambition in life is to be master
mechanic of q great steel plant, and such
he will be if he has to build Elephant with I
his own money. he is paid $40 q day
for the work he does now. This is less
than he received at Lewiston, but he 8
claims that the difference in nay Is ball.,
anced by the fact that he Is now learning