The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-12-30
Successful
But Sinister


eminent in modern street railway construction and management
the head of his class He equally eminent his ability
finance his enterprises to create systems and to administer them His
operations high plane of intellectually AS processes
mentality they marves and models 1t be feared how
the moral involved his operations little
considerations On the whole his influence in public affairs
lister.
Chicago early eighties He found there horse
everywhere of the South Division of the city
divisions OF the city reoganzed cable car
system He developed the lines he controlled until they
pay dividends and interest capitalization including bonds nearly
hundred times than that Of the roads he bought
But his methods of securing franchises
lines created drus They aroused the civic virtue of the
y and there began that fight for civic honesty and against civic
ruptoh which has made Chicago preemnen The fight long
one for Yeres OF wonderful resources But it became
harder and harder for him to get franchise extension OF
franchise because the belief that his methods corrupt
stronger than ever Public sentiment reached point where suspicion
that public closely remotely connected with Yerke
damage to him public Finding the press arayed against
him. he bought the Inter Ocean, until then very influential paper
AS soon as became known that he was behind the its nfu
There franchises principle sy
tens of street railway about expire Public sentiment would
demanded He Immediately transferred his efforts the egis
ure and by that doubts corrupt brought about
He secured the enactment OF law through which he hoped to
reach the people the City of Chicago But the of public in
dgnaon strong He temporarily checked defeat
ed and selling all his interests Chicago he New York
by consolidating and eecing the London Underground system
Viewed by his accomplishments Yeres type of what might
be called the completely successful by nu
he exd he be held the emulation of youth
AS universally musted he he not nfequenty did things
which challenged public admiration Soon after he Chicago
he called witness suit which of his
party The attorney the other SIDE order affect
his credbty asked him if he been convicted This
time when his record Philadelphia much known in Chi
cago Without the slightest hesitation he told the whole that
episode his life told it fully and in his way made public
could be made through the of great city From
that time the incident his when he
Pennsylvania prison to interfere with his Chicago
He had BIZ his bodness, laid that ghost
Later when Dunlop running the Dispatch matchmaking
sheet he had written article setting this other dark
spots, alleged dark spots Yerkes He proof Of
the article by messenger Yees with the that the latter
read and make statement he desired connection with it, This
of hint that suitable consideration the article would
he land
handed back with the remark that he had nothing
ton with it. the messenger about leave Yes said
him: "You might Mr. Dunlop that he prints that article
will shoot him, and this community will justify me- The article
appeared though the story got out and almost made Yere hero
fer a time