The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-12-20
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Especial Correspondence
Washington b. Thomas Of Boston
was recently elected acting president
of the American sugar refining COM
pany, TO fiji the vacancy caused by
the death Of II. o. Hayemeyer.
The vacancy in the board Of directors
caused by Mr.. Havemeyer's death was
filled by the election OF his son, ior-
ace Hayemeyer Mr. Thomas, as a
yice-president Of the company, has
been in charge Of the company's re-
fneries at Boston.
Harry X. Thaw. awaiting trial for
the second time for the killing OF Stan
ford White, Is a stickler for punct-
'ualily. A few days ago he asked his
lawyer, Martin w. LittletOn, TO come
and see him at II a. m. the next day
II was 1870 when IittletOn arrived.
Mr.. LittletOn," said Thaw appar-
emily greatly excited II requested that
you call 10 see me at II O'Clock II is
now 1870. Why are you half an hour
late?"
Mr. LittletOn eyed his client for a
moment or two and then calmly an
swered:
II knew / could always find you in"
Thaw made no reply
The rapid and extraordinary advance
in Fifth avenue property has aston
ished even the most enthusiastic eX-
pedatiOn and il now seems as if il
were impossible TO fix price high
enough 10 blum purchases When $lJ,.
900 a foot 0ront mcasurc) is offered
there must be q reality i'm the value,
especially when the best Wall street
securities go bo""ng Up 10 Murray
Hill can street. The avenue is all
business Then the gentry hold pos
session, with values increasing until
You reach LcuGX hill (7Olh street,,
where Milliouaircs' row begins and
there property cannot be bought for
love or money.
And yet all this gilt edged land was
within memory mere pasture land and
market gardens Washington square,
where the avenue begins was former
~ the Potter's field, where the pauper
dead found burial and then the ascend
ing avenue penetrated the Spingler
farm. next the Goclet farm, then the
Astor farm, the LenoX, the IIarsen
farm and 50 on all The way 10 Har-
lem.
Keep your mouth shut and go home
TO your wife on time"
That's the motto handed out by
Jesse l.. livermore. a Boston dream
er, who came out OF Wall street with
$4,000, OO0 recently
lie has followed his motto Now he
stands to win another million This
time it's cotton; the last time it was
industrials and other stocks.
In his home on Riverside Drive.
when the big financieTs awoke to the
fact that they had been "stung" to the
extent of $3,0O0000 young Livermore
gave 1t out that he had retired.
"Oh. no, he won't" said the old stag.
ers. Hell come back"
Then they waited for the fly to walk
into the web of the spider
Just few days ago the fly came
out of retirement. There was no beat
ing of tom toms or blaring of trumpets.
There was no need the fly had played
the game before, and he knew that his
approach to the web" should be made
without too loud buzzing
lie acquired a line OF 300 200 bales
OF cotton. and began boosting the price
To $50 per bale. Then he began TO
cash in on his cotton. and now he
stands to win 1000 GOO more From all
signs at this time there is no doubt
that he will be successful
The great feature in real estate is
the still continued tendency TO sky
sCrapers. IL was at one time supposed
that New York would reach a full sup
ply, but this has not yet proved true
and the demand, though abated, still
continues. The number of such build