Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-04-11

Method Of Makino Business.

Method Of Making Business.
AS Indicating the Hill method in
making business for his road. may be
cited the purchase OF the Mahoning
iron mine in the Mesaba range. The
mine had been opend near H!bbing.
to the Great Northern line. Hill
bought the road and several thous-
ands acres OF land surrounding it. not
so much for the vaiue Of the proper
ties as for the purpose of reaching the
Mesaba haul Of ore. Within a week of
the purchase. however, he was offered
$4,000. 600 for the property. and since
that time the offer has been doubled.
But far more than this. the Great
Northern road controls $4,000 900 ore
tonnage of the Mesaba range with
other properties coming into the trans
portation belt of the line.
Considering the man who has accom-
plished the building Of an agricultural
and commercial empire ANA who oOks
to the fields and tn" mines as its basic
wealth to be envied Of Wall street
and the city which houses that street
Of billions. the stock markets of the
world have wondered ut this odd per
sonality in his almost sloven bluntness.
His Northern Securities company. was
"A fight in which at The hands of the
supreme court of the United States he
was loser. let as against his rival,
Hartman, he came out winner at the
last. Morgan. too, has met the master
builder and come to truce with him.
on top of which experiences the rail-
road king has paid doubtful compli-
ment to the street on more than one
public occasion.
Long Ago Had Romance.
Blunt and gruff as he is-bitter. even.
when he wiil-this striking figure in
world affairs has had his romance. 1t
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levee at ST. Paul and when Mary
Michigan vas Il dining room girl in a
st. Paul hotel. He is a Presbyterian
in the blood and she a Roman Catholic
through generations. no creed could
stand between them. Both We're ambi-
;ious and she left the hotel for II II
vent school When she left 1t the two
were married. She is mistress today of
q home described by AN authority as
the finest private residence in America.
Six daughters and three ons We're born
Ia the pair and two of the sons are
trained to succeed their father in the
railroad business, schooled from the
bottom of the service.
How little the differences of religion
have been regarded In the Hill house
hold was brought out when he erected
and endowed six buildings called the St.
Paul seminary. whose purpose is the
education of men for the Roman Cath
yin ms 6IiL w LII III III
vas in behalf of his wife. to whom he
has given the credit Of much Of his
success in life.
Scores of this mans old time friends
have benefited by his generosity in
numerous ways. ON the other hand.
many of his employees have been sacr.-
feed at a notice with some
question whether the unexplained cause
were more than a mere personal preju-
dice.
Contrasting Characteristics.
a characteristic story is that which
showed him stepping into the office OF
a newly acquired railroad property
with h blunt. loud query as to how
many persons We're employed there.
"Eighty-three." was the answer of
the manager.
cant you get along with fewer men
than that" he persisted.
No; we never have done So" re-
turned the manager.
Well. I'll get a man who cam was
the parting rejoinder. and the hange
were made soon afterward.
Yet this was the man who paid s.. 900
as the principal and interest to the
Canadian farmer who had loaned him
the $40 with which to leave home for
the United States; and It was the mar
who. on the death Of the old school
master who had whipped him unmerci
FULLY for cutting the name Jim Hill
In the top OF a desk. ordered a spectal
train In which he might go to attend
the schoOlmaster'S funeral.