The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-21
MIIionaires' Sons Who Work
Harder Than Any of Their Clerks


/ lack of business application on the part
OF his son, Peter Cooper Hewitt. me
latter was too much of dreamer TO
suit his practical and energetic father
One day Mayor Hewitt discovered tnst
his son had 3 den" up in the tai
tower Of the Madison Square garden.
in which the young man spent many
sec. udad hours.
Peter. what are you doing up in
that tower2" asked the old gentleman
abruptly at the dinner table one eve
"@aking a lamp" was the lacon.c
reply
What kind of a lamp"
'1ncandescent."
'"Humph. Hope that you are not
wasting your time"
L think not. sir
The young man pursued his solitary
task without hfndrance. Mr.. Hewitt,
however. kept an eye on him and little
by little gave the boy encourag cement
IN tie form of valuable hints and SYM
pathetic interest. The Cooper Hewitt
mercury vap0r lamp is now an accom-
piished fact. It produces light by the
candescence of vaporized mercury in
a vacuum. The strength of this light
is claimed to be eight times that pro-
duced By the same current with the
incandescent electric lamp. In other
ways Peter Cooper Hewitt Is contrib
uting to the cause OF science and 10
the welfare of his fellow creatures
Experts say that his labOrs promise TO
open up an entirely new field 10 the
electric arts. not only in lighting, but
in power transmissiOn. wireless teleS-
raphy and in other directions MT
Hewitt is DOW perfscting his own sys-
TEN Of wireless biography which has
already been tested with practical re-
suits.
At the wedding of Harry Payne
Whitney and Gertrude Vanderbilt a
few years ago. William G Whitney
took Cornelius Vanderbilt by the hand
and said: II want to congratulate
you. sir. upon having secured such d
fine son-in-law." The ex-secretary Of
the navy and traction magnate was not
only proud of his eldest son, but he
was almost femininely fond of him.
These two had similar tastes in many
directions. and they were inspeara bic
companions. Al the Shepherds Bay
races one day young Whitney's vic
tOrious horse came in ahead Of the ia
vOrite, which was the best in his ia
Tiers stable In the presence of 100
cheering friends the elder Whitney put
his right arm around his sons shout
ders, and, with an sffectionate embrace,
said: Bless the boy. He beat his old
father. But it was a fair race"
Mr.. Whitney took great pains to ed
ucate his son along the lines Of sound
business principles, and he frequently
tested the young mans abilities by sud
denly thrusting responsibilities upon
him and leaving him to straighten mat
Jers out as best he could. In making
Harry Payne his sole executor. without
bonds, William G. Whitney demon
strated his confidence in the young
mans sagacity and judgment as well
as in his probity. According to the
testimony Of some of the strongest
financiers in Wall street, young Whit
ney is fully justifying the confidence
placed IN him by his father.
The fame of John D. Rockefeller. il. s,
Sunday school class has spread broad
cast, but not 80 much is known pub
llcly about the business proclivities Of
this heir to the 500. O0D, 600, more or less.
of Standard Oil wealth. Young John
D. is veritably a chip Of the old
block 1t is really uncommon TO find
IN the hurly-buriy of strenuous business
father and son 50 much alike in per-
sOnal traits and business methods. The
Junior Rockefeller may never develop
the wonderful foresight and power of
organization that distinguishes the
head Of the oil trust. but he is a bust
ness man through and through In
many matters he is the personal rep
resentative of his father. who now sell
dom visits the Standard Oil building.
The young man takes an earnest inter-
est IN railroads and in mining. and is
rapidly familiarizing himself with those
industries.
Other rich mems sons who have seri-
ously and successfully taken up the
burden Of heavy financial responsible
ties bequeathed To them are Clarence
Maekey, George Croker, Henry Wal
ters, John r Drexel and James II.
Hyde. The latter has indeed been a
revelation to some Of the older heads
who scarcely deigned to look at him
when his father, Henry B. Hyde, was
alive.