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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-04
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-08-04
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
Rise, Decline and Rebirth of Manhattan

zines and many of the leading news
papers. card tables, buffet and. to put
IL briefly, all the comforts of home for
men who are i'm need of home.
There. too, the men OF Manhattan
gather in the late afternoon and the
early evening, TO while away few
hours with stories, with music and
cards. There is practically no gam
bling in the club, for the members, by
common consent. make it resemble
home as nearly as may be. There are
enough places in Manhattan they say
where those with a passion for gam
bling may indulge themselves. without
bringing it into the TOquimah club.
And, speaking of gambling, reminds me
of something l saw in one of the Man
haitian resorts. Listen, you people who
have been laboring under the impress
sion that there is no money in Manhat-
tan.
Checkers With $50 Gold Pieces.
l saw two men playing checkers and
having a passing interest in that recre-
alton, I stopped to observe them. AT
first glance the men being used seemed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30

very odd. They were broad pieces of a
yellow color. Have you guessed the
truth. or must ] tell you that they were
playing with $40 gold pieces as men.
One of the players had his coins with
the diverse side up. the other used the
reverse side. When man was taken
1t was taken: that's all there was to it.
There was no such thing, at the end
of the game, as dividing up the pieces
evenly and starting over again. The
man who lost. lost anywhere from $40
to 500. and the game was played right
through TO the last piece. AT the start
ing of a new game the loser simply dug
into his pocket for more $40 gold pieces
The game did not attract great deal
of attention. To the jewellers in Man
haitian it was apparently a very ordi-
nay sight. For myself, I must confess
that the thing impressed me. And also
for myself. ] must confess that I don't
care about checkers under such condi-
tons.
Manhattan has recovered from the
San Francisco disaster and is putting
its best foot foremost in long stride
OF progress. Automobiles go whizzing
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Continued from Page s

Manhattan is a most hospitable camp.
The residents seem to race with one
another to see who can be kindest to
the stranger. The automobile in which
came to Manhattan had hardly come
TO a stop before James H. Sullivan.
who is in no way related to L. NJ. Sui
Ivan of the L. NJ Sullivan Trust COM
pany, but who handles much of the
companys Manhattan business, met
me. Mr.. Sullivan is the soul of hos
pitality. / had but to suggest want
in order to have it gratified. and often
Mr.. Sullivan f0restalled me.
AS soon as / had deposited my small
baggage in his offices, Mr.. Sullivan
took me to the Toquimah club, an in
Stitution of which Manhattan is proud,
and with good reason. Although Man.
haitian has only 1000 people, the To-
quimah club-accent on the first sylla-
ble-is as perfectly appointed as any
club, though it is, of course, small.
There may be found soft leather
lounging chairs, all the leading maya
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30

of the mercantile business those who
are in it have all the work they can
possibly attend to. The lawyers and
the doctors. professional men Of all
kinds, are as busy as they can be.
The bank clearings and the post
office receipts, infallible induces of the
business condition of a community, are
larger than those of any city in Ne
vada. So are the bank deposits. And
everybody that makes money spends
it freely. This may be accounted for on
the theory that Goldfield was orig
inally what is known as "a poor mans
camp" That is. men have come in
here with no capital but their hands
and their heads and have quickly ac-
cumulated fortunes. Having accumu-
lated them they are proceeding to enjoy
them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30

1t cannot be said truthfully. however,
that Goldfield is still typically q poor
mans camp. Practically all of the
ground capable of being worked with
out much expense has been taken up
and corporations formed with 1t as a
basis. Wealthy investors are coming
into Goldfield, attracted by its wonder
full richness. They are buying heavy
interests in various old properties and
are interesting themselves In undevel-
oped ground. One sees them every
day. in the offices of the L. NJ. Sullivan
Trust company, at the Montezuma club
and in the hotels and other places
where men CT their type foregather.
That these men are coming in, that
they are investing their money, is an
other solid indication of The permanent
cy of the camp. The day is not far
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30

up and down the streets, the stores
are ding business and the receipts Of
the telephone and telegraph companies
are showing constant gains. The min
ing stock exchange is a center of at
traction for many Manhattanites, and it
transacts a large volume Of business
during the course of a week.
1t is probably the only stock ex-
change in the world that has its call
at night, and only at night. In Gold
field there is an afternoon and an even
ing call. In Manhattan the call does
not begin until 1880 in the evening It
continues as long as may seem neces-
sary, and sometimes this means until
we'll into the early hours of the morn
ing. The reason for the late call is
that San Francisco. to a large extent,
fixes the prices of stocks on the Man
haitian exchange. The brokers feel that
they would be doing business figura-
lively in the dark if they did not wait
for the returns from San Francisco.
Woman Stock Broker.
The Manhattan Mining Stock ex-
change is unique in another respect. 1t
contains in it's membership the only
active woman stock broker in the world,
Miss Bird NJ. Wilson. There are other
women who are partners in stock bro
kerage houses, but Miss Wilson is the
only woman who goes on the floor and
completes with male brokers in the
purchase and sale of stocks. She asks
no favors from her associates. and she
grants none. All that she wants is the
same treatment that is accorded to
any other member.
81 don't see anything so very unusual
about my work." said Miss Wilson,
when asked to tell how she got into the
brokerage business. 1T is probably true
that I am the only woman broker who
goes on an exchange floor and completes
for stock. but it came about quite nat
urally here. L came to Manhattan last
May. The time to come into a place
that you believe has a future is at the
time Of temporary depression. Man
haitian did not, to tell the truth, look
very prosperous when 1 came in here
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30

distant when the population will have
doubled and trebled. Then the frontier
air will fade out of Goldfleld, the pic
turesque atmosphere will become a
memory, and the men who feel crowd
ed, as some of these old-timers do,
when there is another man within ten
miles, will pack their little kits on their
burros again and hike for new deserts
to conquer.
Before the day comes Il Is greatly
to be hoped, on your own account, that
you who read these lines will be tempt
ed, as the writer was tempted, to visit
Goldfeld. If you 90 you will have ex-
periences you will never regret. recol-
lections that will remain always in your
minds and hearts. and very probably
some dollars to add to your bank ac-
counts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30

where. It is not an unusual sight to see
man sinking shaft IN his back yard.
and getting high-grade ore out Of Il,
too
HOSTS there are of every description,
from the big 100 horsepower electric,
capable of raising 1900 pounds Of ore
$50 feet a minute on the Lou Dillon
mine of the L. NJ. Sullivan Trust COM
pany, to whims and wines and whips.
Two men who have lease on a piece
of rich ground are windlassing their
ore at depth of l65 feet. 1t is back
breaking work, but it pays, and pays
well.
The gasoline is the most popular be-
cause it is not very expensive to oper-
ate. The power Of the engines range
all the way from one to fifty Recent
iy fifty horsepower gasoline engine
was rushed in here from Denver on a
special train that ran on a schedule
much faster than that of the average
pa ssengcr train. It cost money to bring
the engine in in that manner. but the
outlay will be more than repaid by the
additional ore that will be taken out
before the expiration of the lease.
Now. to return again for a moment to
the city of Goldfield. the city that has
grown W in a night on the desert.
Three years ago-nothing. Today
well, the Sullivan Trust company is
doing now a business in excess of s15,-
900, 900 a year and it is working out. as
rapidly as possible. from the business
of buying and selling stocks to the
business of opening and developing
mines. The local manager of the Wells
Fargo Express company said the other
day that his business was avera ging
now $4,000 a month in cash receipts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
Business Rushing Everywhere.

At the Western Union telegraph Of
flee. where a dozen haggard operators
are pounding their keys as rapidly as
they can work their fingers, the re-
ceipts are well above $4,000 a month
on an average. In every department
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
Continued from Page 8.

Bile stage. AS usual, Satan found some
mischief for those idle hands. The
newspaper man went into 4 gambling
house. hoping TO add TO his stake When
he walked out he didn't have a dollar
TO his name.
Beginning of Fortune.
A less resourceful man would have
been heartsick over this catastrophe.
This man didn't belong to that type.
Using his highly developed instinct for
news he learned that a private automo-
bile was about to start for Goldfield
He visited the owner of that car and
persuaded him to let him ride IN it 20
Goldfield. II am afraid he said, when
he told the story, that I gave the man
the impression that / was an expert
coming in to look over a few proper
ties with a view of buying them.
really couldn't have bought a loaf of
bread" and his eyes shone just a trif1e
mistily at the recollection.
In any event, he came to Goldfield In
that automobile and secured employ
ment on one of the newspapers. Within
a short time he became interested IN a
mining property, hung on through the
lean months and today he could easily
dispose of all of his holdings for up
wards of a million dollars. Could you
drive him away from Goldfield with a
club? Not much. He likes The pace
because it has cone lot for him, and
softly in your ear, he has done a whole
lot for it. He won because he deserved
to win. Today he could play $3.50 on the
roulette wheel as often as he liked but
he isn't playing the wheel anV longer.
One lesson was enough for him.
Take the case of Truitt, another news
paper man. He was working on one Of
the Goldfield papers as a reporter wnen
he was offered a lease on the Mohawk.
He organized a company and began
going after the gold. His treasury
lacked only a few dollars of being en-
tirely empty when he struck II. TRUTHS
lease expires in January but by that
time he viii have cleaned up approx
imately a million dollars.
And so the story goes. OF course
there have been failures. Always, as
long as the world is peopled by mere
human beings, there will be a percent
age of failures: always some will fall
by the wayside I'm the race for wealth
or the achievement of ambition. If all
could win great deal of the incen-
i've would be lost. But there really
hasn't been much reason for anybody
, to lose money in Goldfeld, and especial
<ly IN Goldield stocks.
How Stocks Have Jumped.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
How Stocks Have Jumped.

A comparison OF the prices at the
time this story is written. early in
December, with the prices of May 10,
1895, viii give the public some under
standing of what has been going on in
this lively little city out here in the
heart of the desert. Let us take a few
examines.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30

The stocks named were selected en-
tirely at random. and if the whole list
were printed 1t would show similar
gains in every instance. The fact is,
that last May one could have shut his
eyes. stuck a pin in the name of any
stock. bought that stock and sold it
today for a profit of from few cents
TO many dollars per share. The insid
ers say tine boom has not fairly begun.
II kept right up through the Thanks
giving holidays. and there does not
seem any indication of let up for the
end of the old year and the beginning
of the new.
But however interesting the stock
market NAV he. both to the people of
Coldfield and to outsiders. the mines
themselves are more interesting II is
possible TO thimblerig a stock market.
as those who were The victims of Or"
]. Grant Lyman of the Union Securities
company will more or less cheerfully
testify 1t is not possible. i'm these
days Of keen experts. to thimblerig
mine If the values are there the mines
show them, and not otherwise.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
Like Oil Belt Scene.

All the country u the west of Gold
field and between this sity and its sis
ter town, Columbia. about mile away.
looks like a part of a Texas oil belt.
GaIlows frames, bearing a most strik-
ing resemblance to oil derricks, rear
themselves at close intervals every
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-24
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

The following marriage licenses were issued
yesterday:
Margaret G. Finn. Is, 2lo4 Post st St - anu
Hermann Tobelmann, % 454 scarborough ST.,
and Carmen Woodwork, 20, 800 Naples st.
Clifford NJ. Blabon %, 3545 Twentieth St,
and Zada L; Totman' % 500 oapP ,,t st.
and Olga H. Olschefski, 90, 154 Fifteenth ave.
Edward Peterson, 3s, 1920 Twenty first St,
and Mary E. Polio, 10. 1920 Twenty-frst st
Sigmund Levy 40, 1881 Geary st. and Minnie
John 4 Robinson, 81. 222s Pine ST., and
Edith F. Hufr, IS, 22os Webster St
NJ Mansfield. 81 24ss Suffer st
D. bernstein, a. s45 Deyisadero st.
OAKLAND. July 23.--The following marriage
licenses were issued today:
Carl Sanders, So, San Francisco, and Elizabeth
Zimmern. 80, San Francisco.
Leland ]. Wood. %, Palo Alto, and Mamie
Geary. 49, San Jose 90 o.p,.na and n.rv
Andrew Thomsen. 83, San Francisco, and
Anna Christensen, sc. San Francisco.
Sidney Ii. Covington, 40 Oakland, and Louisa
Harmon, 80. San Francisco.
Charles T. Peccoroni, 20, San Francisco, and
Elmer Scott. Is. San Francisco.
Joseph Terry, &c. Fairfield, and Lena silvera,
20, Fairfield.
Donald G. McIvor. 81. Berkeley. and Mary H.
Abernethy, 90, Berkeley.
Severino Balabbio, 81. Oakland, and Felicia
Fred H. Zumwalt, &c. San Francisco, and
Amy S. Haenhlen, %, Fruitvale.
John Coady, 3s. San Leandro and Rosaline
Perry, 10, San Leandro.
Fred G. Ingersoll, 90 Oakland, and Barbara
Peller. 80, Oakland
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-24
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

ONCE of the Board of State Harbor Commits
sioners Union depot and ferry-house San Fran
cisco, Cal, July IA, 1906-Sealed proposals or
bids will be received at this Office at or prior
TO 215 o'clock p. m. on Thursday, July 26
1906 for furnishing materials and erecting a
freight she'd on seawall lot No. II of the City
and county of San Francisco, In accordance with
the plan and specifications prepared therefor by
the chief engineer of the board and adopted NV
the board July II, 1906 and file In this
Office 10 which special reference IL hereby made
The materials TO be used In the work will consist
OF yellow hr and redwood lumber, wrought and
cast iron, galvanized iron. sewer pipe, roofing
and painters materials, ETC., all of the best
quality specified.
No bid will be received unless 1t Is made ON
blank form furnished from this Office ana 10
accompanied by certified check for five f51
per cent OF the amount Of the bid, PAYABLE 10
the order Of the secretary of the board ns y
that he will within six 90 days after the ac
ceptance of the bid enter into written contract
to do said work according to the plan and sne
ciications prepared therefor, and will also eve
cute and file with this board bond In such SIM,
as the board may deem adequate with suretv
company, to be approved by the Board of STA
Harbor Commissioners and conditioned for fha
said bid tie considered by this board unless de-
liYered TO the secretary or to the assistant sec
rotary at the Office OF the secretary al or nrior
to 2:i5 o'clock p. m. Thursday, July 90 ioo6
at which time and place the bids win be opened
The board reserves the right to reject any or All
State Bidders invited to be present at the
opening of the bids. CHAS. H. SPEAR J. d.
MACKENZIE, HENRY J. CROKER, Board of
State sHarbor Commissioners; LOTT d. NOR
TON, Chief Engineer; JOHN NJ. FAY. Secrs-
tary.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-24

proved Order of Red Men Interment prf-
vate. Odd Fellows Cemetery
ROSS-In this city, July D. 1906. Henry Y be-
loved husband Of Louisa Ross. and father OF
Ella Ross. and brother OF B. G. Ross. native
OF Canada.
y Remains at his late residence. 1852 HAYES
street. Please omit flowers. Interment pri-
vate.
SCHNEIDER-In Paris. May s. 1906. Fiorentins
schneider, beloved mother Of Ge0rgette Bre-
tonnel and Anna Labadle, a native OF France,
aged So years.
WHEELER-July %. 1906. Mary J.. beloved
wife OF the late Simeon Wheeler. mother OF
William Duval of Wells Station. Nevada sis
Ter or Mrs. h. Badger and Miss Fanny Brown,
ana aunt OF Miss Pearl Morton and Mrs. J..
copeland native Of Canada. aged "A years.
n Inc fansrsl win take place tomorrow WED
nesdayl, July 25. at 1880 O'Clock p. m.
from the residence OF her niece, Miss F. Nor
ton. 4421 II street. Sunset Interment Cy-
press Lawn Cemetery.
WHlFE-In Oakland. July 21 1906 Leslie. be-
loved husband OF Susan White anl loving
father of Alva. Willie and Ruti White and
brother Of A. II. White. a native OF Tonnes
see, aged So years.
Friends and acquaintances and members OF
the Grand Army Of the. Republic and Painters
and Decorators Union No Of are resDectF,1lv
invited TO attend the funeral today Tues
Qay], az O'Clock p m, from the parlOrs OF
Thorn wohrden & Cunha corner Seventeenth
and Clay streets and San Pablo avenue. In
terment Mountain View Cemetery
WINDELER-In this city, July o. 1905. George
Wtndeler Jr., eldest and dearly beloved son Of
George and Anna windeler, and -brother OF
Oleta, Mildred and Freddie Windeier. a native
% days.
Friends and acquaintances are respectfully
invited 70 attend the funeral today Tues
day; July - at 2;so p m. from the parlors
Of FL. F. Suhr & Co. 2919 Mission street. be-
ment Greenlawn Cemetery. By electric funeral
car from Thirrieth and Mission streets.
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Michael Herman to Thomas Tiernan ct al lot
on line Of Day street, so E Of Sanchez. f IS
G. G. Strong and wife to Sarah We'll. lot on q
line OF Seventh avenue, $50 OF street. 5 25
by 40, quitclsim deed; ST.
Henry A Howes and wife 70 Julia Glynn. lot
on NE line Of Thirteenth avenue, 100 Sc OF NJ
street. Sc 25 by NE 100: $500
Clarence westapher and wife TO Harry R. Aver
and wife, lot W line Of Tenth avenue, % 3
Of street 25 by w leo; $40.
William L. Cox ct al. to John Andrews ct al.
lot on NV line Of Lisbon street, 225 NE OF Italy,
William Erickson and wife to B. E. Hoffman.
lot 165. Heymans subdivision OF Cobb Tract. SO
Duncan wifkie TO Jeanette WIIkie lot on w
line OF Connecticut street. 100 s Of Napa. %
Bernhard fGetz and wife to Dietrich Cordes and
wife, lot on W line OF Capitol street, so s OF
Minerva 80 by w 100; $40.
Annie H. Theller ct al TO Alyce G. Aiken lot
on SW corner Of Green and Laguna streets, s %
cs Aiken snH to o'a Annie sSf' rSeler lot on
line Of Suffer street. $50 Z Of Stockton, 90
10 Gos T. chase Sc " a. r. 10 5S sm slO Ware lot
on SW line Of Twenty second avenue, 70 Sc Of
street, Sc 20 BY sw 100; $40,
Richard H. War1sld and wife TO George II.
ESQ \ Of Eighteenth. \ csc BY E 1s5; gift.
Document Restoration Company. lot line OF
Taylor street, 1875 Of Broadway, so by q
Thomas w Rivers ct al to Helen NJ. John
son. lot 40. block 8, subdivision 1. CastrO-strsst
Feiieiani l. Romeo to francesca Dapello, lot
175, block 1, Paramount Land Association; $40.
Thomas TwOhig to Alice Twohig ct al, lot on
SW line of Washington avenue, 200 Sc OF Mis-
sion, Sc 25 by SW 56.S; gift.
i. B. Potter Realty Company 70 John H. 500
man, lot 43, block 7, Refs Tract; grant
Same to John Kaufman, lots q and y, block
81 Refs Tract grant
Eliphas Maginnis to william II. Kerrigan and
wife, lot S line of Bush street. 1918 e OF
Buchanan, z 80 by 1919; $40.
George +. CayalN and wife to Louis P. Mo-
naco and wife. lot on Sc corner OF Union and
Polk streets, so by 70; $40.
Building Contracts.
Charles A. and Margaret Stewart with R. w.
Dewar and NJ. +. Gale & Son to erect q
story brick building an S line Of Geary street,
1926 w OF Powell, W IS by 1875; S64. 800.
Salvatore and Anna Pagano with Charles j.
Hickman and A. G. Hinckley to erect thIee-
story frame Pollard place. 6T:6 OF Vallejo
street, n 1913 by e $50; $500.
Byron Mauzy with George Moore, excavating.
concrete and cement work for ourstory frame
building; $2990
John F. Boyd with A. jackson to erect two
story brick building W line OF Howard court,
1875 OF Howard street. 80, W 70. "a, W
90, so. 125; $1094S.
Santa Marina Company with G.. 81. Moore to
erect warehouse line OF Front street. be-
tween Clay and Washington SIS, 600.
William Schneider ct al. with Oscar Brand To
erect one-story building W line OF Ninth
street, 200 OF Market. Is By W so; $16s5.
Leopold Marks with George H. Taylor, all
work for one-story cottage. TSs to 757 MeAIiistea
street; $3.50.