The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-09

terested in consolidating and extending street railway and lighting systems in New York, Chicago and other cities.
 Whitney's Lieutenant.
 "In the reorganization of various rail- ways in the south he also became inter- ested as well as In coal properties in Ohio and West Virginia and railways in Ohio. He is president of the Nor ton Trust company. director in the Pipe Marquette Railway company. the Hock- ing Valley Railway company, the Con- solidated Gas company, the Consolidated Tobacco company, the National Bank of Commerce, the Union Exchange bank, the Metropolitan Securities company, the Electric Storage Battery company and many other corporations.
 Tn 19O3-04 he acquired large interests in the Seabard Air Line. He was , delegate from Virginia to the Democratic notional convention in 1904, and did much to bring about the cordial acceptance of the Parker gold telegram. He is a mem- Der of the chamber of commerce, Metro politan, Manhattan, Union, Lawyers and Catholic clubs, the New York Ath- letic club and the Southern society"
 That's modest enough, but not enough for curious newspaper and magazine readers. Lots of folks like to read about men and care little for events. For many years Mir. Ryan was the late William Col lins Whitney's chief lieutenant. Few men in the last twenty-five years, republican or democrats, rich men or any other kind of men, were better beloved or more admired that MT. Whitney. The poor of many cities loved him and mourned his death.
 He was fond of his friends, had a mis- chievous twinkle of the eyes for his po- litical and business adversaries, played his lifes game squarely and over the table and never turned his kack on a friend or foe.
 Mir Whitney was real live human man. and Mir. Ryan was his constant com panion for nearly thirty years Outside of any qualities that an environment of this kind might bring to MT. Ryan, he could not have been the closest financial adviser of MT. Whitney for so many years had he not himself possessed the very qualities and characteristics which were Mr. whitneys to very marked degree
 MT. Whitney had positive genius for organization, concentration and silence. so has Mir Ryan. MT. Whitney was never a talker: he was a doer. So is Mir Ryan MT. Whitney upbuilded and did not de- stroy. MT Ryan ditto. For nearly ten years before his death MT. Whitney en- loved himself. He didn't work two months in year. The burden of the Whitney nronerties was thrown upon the shoul- ders of MT. Ryan, and in addition Mir. Ryan had many gigantic enterprises or his own to care for.
 This cool. dispassionate, silent Mir. Ryan even now does not mention MT. Whitney's s name without evidences of emotion. MT. Whitney was his earliest friend ana m later life his business partner, and the fondness and loyalty of one for the other form almost a sentimental chapter in the prosaic business life.
 Mir. Ryan, like many other einineht hs ures fin the financial world, hasn't reached his elevation without encountering pla- toons of citizens who want something for nothing. This is an experience through which all who attain wealth must pass. In this way personal animosities are ere ated and hostile criticisms evoked.
 Never Made Failure. Most men of the world can tell yards of warns on this feature of their careers. But up to the present day MT. Ryan has vet to record his first failure in business enterprise Concerning his purchase of the SOP shares of Equitable society stock, which gave him the control of its affairs,