The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-23
SECOND RICHEST
MAN IN INERIGA


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aoMiMiLlsE soot sEEREf
no MILO MAIZE
NEW YORK. March q tlIlan
Rcckefelief psrsonallty his millions,
and de Interests with which be e
identiaed. have seen osetshad owed a
4 tnsssnre, y the great wealth Of his
bfother. STANDARD OIL and John p.
Rocket ller are popalariy regarded a y
nearly synonyms although William
Rock etellsr Is one d most ant
4aeofs 81 that incorporaa ton IN his his
a4eryiay lie he differs raaic alty from
the t3aFKlng In that he has possessed
greatef physical and moral courage. IS
less misaathroplc. mingles more freely
! with his fellows, and never has sought
l.fo conceal .himaelf or place his person
Under tAa protection q an armed
Enarsis except when heyas IN danger
81 assassination IN the Adirondacin.
following his requirement Of vast
tracts ofland, which drove scores Of
trappers and guides 70 desperate
he il thoroughly selfish. and generos.
IN. or sympathy have no place n. his
inentafs Equipment Hehas caused the
lewiston II the poor and HELPLESS. and.
has fought the payment Of taxes on
what he calls principle No man is
more heartily hated in the Adiron.
dacg region than he.
william Rockefeller is,inttmately as
ISOLATED both by marriage and bust,
ness relations with the most power.
fui nonied interests 10 the world. BE
married the sister Of James stillman.
president Of the National City Park
| BANK and this relationship brought
| him n sti1i closer contact with the
great tiduciary institution and Its head:
| he was born 81 years ago in Tioga
county. New York, and was educated
il the oEego Academy and the public
schools Of Cleveland. The faculties Of
perception and. acauisltlyeness were
the most conspicuous traits in his char
acter. when at the age Of II. negdrop-
ped his school books and became 9
bookkeeper for miller
IpTrusts Before Of Age.
Before he was 81 he had formed a
connection with a rival mill. and had
| lust turned 81 whenh he became a part;
nor ,t, in tho concern. In 1884 he went
Into the oil business IN q modest way
| with his brother, John D. in Cleveland
The brothers who lad associated with
them Samuel Andrews q veteran 10
the oil business, and the three built
a ~ ~
i a little refinery; which they called the
| STANDARD D I1{WorlSs. The name meant
nothing then.
Just after the close of'the Civil War
I the business OF, the stantas had te ..4:
jtendedito such an extent inst an |. 4
| ern manager Was needed 70 market & i y !
| protfucts william came 70 New York
and founded the firm II Rockefeller
Bros. TO handle the 6utbutof tie cleyss
land irsausrtes. for ~ that time these
we're Too, controlled BY tie men gho
starteisAe Standard on Company Of
OHIO. Win q apltal Of 100000
The Standard OIL Trust came into
fexistence Ia 1880, and the Standard on
Company Of New Yorkwas Organized,
WITH william Rockefeller IS president
| ii sthefsust, From that day to this
| he has Hsen!tntimatsl y associated with
an the ramiflcati ions Of the gigantic
Imonopoiy, and. while Bic name Is not
as conspicuous as that of Ills brother,
he posseses -aswider lnoYIedge in de.
Itsii Of thsE corporation whose power
spreads 10 an the Countries Of the,
world 1888
Alliance with vanderbllts.
Tlaalesth Of Cornelius Vanderbilt in
1889 made William Rockefeller the
central figure in the most powerful
amalgamation Of industrial and rail:
road interests the world has known up
to that time. Rockefeller took Mr..
vanderbllps place on the board Of
directurs Of the New York Central
Railroad and his election was the tie
that welded the RocEeioller:va Wander
bit alliance. The capital pooled in.
this combination was q billion dollars.
The Vanderbilt roads proper then had
26,OO0mlles Of track, but Including the
Southern Pacific system the total