Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-10
NOTABLE CAREER.
Continued from Page One.

to me that II | would 60 with him n"
" Ou'd ntIt small stern wheel steamer
on the Chasres river to carry passen-
GERS going TO California, up the river
about 40 miles, and he thought we could
make good deal Of money b. It.
| agreed to 70. ana we shipped the
machinery ana materials for a boat to
ASiinWail, or Colon. as now called til"
point where the Panama Railroad WAS
started to DE built, and also shipped
men to put up the boat and rum il, cut
wood for it, etc.
We went from New York to Cha@r,.s
in Il steamer that carried passengers on
th'lr way 70 ta!ifrrnit, hN WaG Of I'll"
th.l5rt& riser ANA tn. !nnd pa#S;tg..
across thc iSthlnl.s. By TIL. Time we got
oul boat i'nlt ANA uiI TIL. river most If
our men had D. - Sick ana .,rt fright
en"d ut t'Ir climate. AMI i; ram away.
either home or tr California. II" had
Just enough left 10 Inanng" the boat.
and We hired natives to cut wood AMI
some 10 work "n the boat.
My hrutil.r wa; taken six in three or
four months, anI hat Ia send him
HON" Il very sick man, Tut he. .SpI well
and lived until hr Mas about - yeas
ulI. | stayed there OYER two years
coming lrlu,. nnr,. III TIL. in..;imtutc. l;y
thrt Tim. tl.- railroad h.iI 2sut - t.tr
~ tll- river tirti our hu'tt Wae .r't
| rr"fit;tii... ;,md took ".t m. mnchln-
| ely ana Sold the mIll for a lunchtIouSr
| on the river.
| We S.N. 4 ourselves ANA mI,l,. SOM
| thing. but moi half enough to pay ."'
| the risk If lie ANA property. | tll"n
| Though would take Il lrnl, 1T thlifur-
niI. and crossed the i:;thmji:l aud tool.
4 steamer at Panama Tor S3n Fr:tnri;-
90. That Wa+ in tIn- :'lrinG "f -.
| | remained in san Fr:uri-'O f"r %"vr-
raj months examining the MrNi,;,n
land l;v. AS land titles. At that tiil'
| were Very much IiiNri.
1 In tLr fill 4 friend "f mine tiirr~
| OM nt-d Il large Interest in a ditrh canal
that BRINGS water firpm Il river T." tfr'
| "gulch-~" where is found small lumf;
| ana PARTICLES of gold. and he wanted
mt. to buy an interest in it. ana go .
the upper pant nf california, where 1t
| wHs and take charge of it.
did 50. and went there and remain
cd thrr,. ;,hoUt two years, until iii" i"ll
of 1NI1. | then tnou,,ht the "&uicil'
Was about worked out, ana as my Wife
land children Wyrn in Maine. ana tin'r''
was no railroad .cruSS tn" continent, !
Icaiu~ iuIur to Bangor.
| IN coming home | took TIL" Nnnd"r-
;l, Ii,,.. ,,, ,,...,I t,,. t4tI,I.tt4; ;it .I,..
~i'.,,,,,,,,., r,ut.. ,yh..r,. ~. took rnrfl,.,
RI, .,I,,,,t j. miles ;,t,I tlr.n !, steamer.
.,,... Ink. \in;,racIia. ana then ,inWa
lthr river. ur outlet of the lake. to TN.
'arihhcan sea; Theme" ~ steamer /"
New York.
| This is the only place. IN my "hllii"H'
where. u canal can be built to come,
| th,. two rrtanS. y large lake on hi%.l
ground W"ulI furnish water each VA.
'rh" lake is - miles Wi!" ana ~" MUS
hong, ana is IN ih" highest ground.
| AS my lhN BUSINESS III hanger N''.
hrnkcu ~ cnnclrd.l to come Wrst
.rI ~ 1>-S Travelled ny,ra cnrsi,l..r-
,1.,. ,,,,rtj.,u nr ~, W,-t. :nd ,.unylll.!-
III 4, NAV. ~ Il Iouis
In th. ypling of ~ I came tn st.
I.ouis ana bought a lot in Stcdiar
tIdilion and built 4 house on Morgan
street on the block between Ewing ami
Harrison avenues and iunVtd into it i'm
the fail of Isl. wh,r.. have lived eye:
since.
In $50 ! formed a Law partnership VIII
tile late Isritton \. IAN. winch l"St'd
|
| hay" been ;dnn" IN my III" h'SIi''S- n
In the fail If 1856 WA "I'Cr'h = m""''"''
&C III" ii'ns,' "t Representa- /" !"
s'a." ,,;,,,
WIN t. r Ia, ~.
H"""3 ''!,'' c..,,.
'i''"" ''''''' -
, senator
While | was in til" legislature "" SOLE
; all the railroads Of tn" St1t" except tia
| Hannibal \ st Joseph it@iIi"'ih h' aus :
they Wei" ia very uhf1niFl"" '"h"itl"h
aHd hnt not Tor six years or m"r" lai'
any interest Oh about $:",""'"o "f bonds
which tIl.. stat. h.td i'll ~ l>.a: ISSUED t"!
" their bcnert
TIL" f;'-iH!li"an marty "f ~i''-h "''
th'n i fnrinh"r' ~ IT." ffli II ''' N'
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had hc"n "rtiV" i'll or hid '"'h III '"N"
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