The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-19
Whitnev.a First Pay $40

9aE twas his am bition@to become anewspaper$
man. but In esponse to the responsibility
which he from the first accepted, he began
his business life by going In to ban k,9where3
he worked early and late. 2 fie, earned 80 q
week, and wa proud Of It. When some Of
his friends urged him to take ayacationlhe he
grlnned and said that he couldn, t al ford IT.
The fact was that lie wanted to get through
with the druid gerry Of the bank as soon as
possible. He stuck to It. however, until his
father thought twas time to put him at
more intricate finance. Whenhe took to the
turf, although 1t pleased the 5elder " hltney
that his son shared his own taste for Horse
flesh. he persuaded him to lay even this aside
FOR a few years until he had earned more q
what was to be his life work. IS FIX
II BY his fathers will he W made heir 20
half the estate. The other hal was DIS
5tributed between the rest Of the children and
sstenchldren. The eldest son, however, was
responsible for and executor OF the whole
estate, SO that the fortune OF which ne ma
the care amounts to s25, DOC, 900, besides the
$40 OOD 600 which came into his care with his
wife. who was Gertrude " Vanderbilt.
n It Is tsald that the young mans sole am ol-
ton IS to be known as q worthy son Or w lis
lam c. Whitney. It is well known that ne i,
has an intense aversion to speculation, ana
Will mere
the great for tune than OF making COM
ma nding figure In the pit or on the floor OF the
excha nge. In the business ventures which he
has engaged In already he has strprise ed ana
delighted the elder men with whom he mas
been associated by his zeal and intense ab-4
sonrntion In the matter In hand to the excltl-
sion OF other interests known to have great
fascination for him.
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Hill Trans Sons Early.
II Is we'll known that Hill. the railway maj g.
nate, looks forward to the time when he SHAH
hand over the burden OF his work to his sons.
They are already tremendously active In his
AFFAIRS and show an ability for Knocking
down to work OF which their father Is justly
proud The early training which they had
was more rigorous than that generally given
BY oven the strictest school Of milllonaires,
..When I started them In, says this mag
nate, . I gave them the lowest places lcou.d
find, and warned them that they would get
fired just8R quickly ns any other renew on I
the road. They have had to work, and they
have proved thenlselves, but not through my
Efforts Their fathers influence did not heip
them.,,s x
IN the light OF their present achievement
ii does no harm to chronicle the fact that
while at college ut least one of the brothers
showed a disposition to sow wild oats. " A
warning or two was sent home to the press
den. OF the Great Northern system to me
effect that more studlous application on the
part Of young Jim =. was necessary, or his 4
college career might be frosted It was once
after message OF this kind that he made q
lucky hit with his father and at the same
time received a strong incentlyeltoward the
work for which he has OF late shown such
thesis Makes a Hit 3;
Summer vacation was near at hand and I,
j, lin, - did not look with en- huslasma upon
his propah bile rece option at home, His father +
had taken the question too seriously for com-
fort and had limited u decided curtailment
Inthe coming vacation expenses, His chance
for a master stroke Came In the dema nd for
. thesis, for which one Of thg topics offered
was, y The efactEof the trnlhHpor tlon sys-
temB on The grow tn of cities,N, sl