New-York tribune., 1910-01-05

iehed energies TO the ueVelopment OF us
almost unlimited water power The Mia
CARA Falls Power Company. of which
Mr. Mills was president. not only sup
plies power to its tenants in the city of
Niagara Falls TO the extent of about
40, 600 electric horsepower and 5000 hy-
draulic horsepower but provides sub
stantially all of the power used for light
ing and street railway service in Ma
CARA Falls, Buffalo. Lockport and the
Tonawandas besides considerable
amount for manufacturing purposes in
those cities The company owns about
two miles Of continuous river frontage
and IL. 900 acres OF land In Niagara Falls
and In the town of Niagara. Mr.. Mills
was president and director OF the Ma
CARA Junction Railway Company, vice
president and a director OF the Nortn
American Commercial Company and
director or trustee in the following otner
corporations:
The Atlantic Coast Steamship Company,
the Bank OF New York. the Beinnshdm
Bay & British Columbia Railroad tne
Cataract Construction Company, the Chanl-
plain Realty Company, the City ana SUP
urban Homes Company, the Erie railroad,
the Erie Elevator Company, the Farmers
tional PAPER Par Company. the Inyo Develop,
ment Company. the I.ackawanna steer
Company, the Lake Shore & Miehisaa,n a,a
Southern Railway. the Long Dock Mills
and Elevator Company. the Madison square
Garden Company, the Mergenthaier LIMO,
type Company, the metropolitan opera and -
Trust Company. the Morton Trust Com
pany, the National Bank Of d. Q. Mills &
& Hudson River Railroad, tho North At
lantic Steamship Company, the PTovident
Loan Society, the st. Maurice LUMBER
Company, the Southern Pacific company,
the United states Trust Company and tho
West Shore Railroad
Mr.. Mills was director In the Equita-
BILE Life Assurance Society fo- some
years, but he resigned. In company with
several other directors. about the time
that James Hazen Hyde sold his stock TO
Thomas F. Ryan. In April. 1907, he also
withdrew from the directorates or tho
Southern Pacific Company and the Erie
Railroad. giving az reason his desire
to retire from active business on account
Of hts advanced age. He was then In MS
eighty-second year.
An Eastern man by birth and upbring-
Ing, Mr.. Mills experienced no difncuity IN
adapting himself to his new environment
In the world Of finance. where, as has been
seen, he was soon filling an ample niche.
So il was in the other relations Of social
activity and good citizenship. As he had
In the West ever shown himself mindful
of the charities of human life, yet nad
always avoided the appearance of 1T,
giving wisely but silently, So when ne
came to New York, he cast about him
for ways in which here, too, he could
best benefit his fellow men without pau
perizing them o. 1mpa1rlng their SELF
respect How great his benefactlons
were may never be known from the very
manner of their bestOwal, but some or
his philanthropies were on so large
scale that despite his efforts they re-
fused to be hid.
TRAINING SCHOOL AT BELLEVUE.
Such a one was mis- gift to the city OF
New York of the building for training
school for male nurses on the grounds
of Bellevue Hospital. in 1888. Mayor
Hewitt. in his speech accepting the
building on behalf of the corporation,
emphasized the nature of the gift as IL
lustrating the strong common sense that
had characterized the whole career OF
the donor-"When he thought of doing
something for the city, he found precise
ly what the city needed most, and gave
that" Erected at cost of 100000. the
building, rising five stories In height. has
frontage OF seventy-fiv feet on East
26th street and an L of the same depth
running back along the East River. The
architects, Messrs. ID. & ]. Jardine,
adopted a style that is q simple treat
ment Of the Romanesque, well adapted
to the character Of the building and TO
terra Gotta trimmings. The school con-
toins, besides the necessary offices for
administrative purposes. a meeting room
for the commissioners of Charities and
Correction-the two departments were
at that time Joined under q single board
and fifty bedrooms for student nurses.
One OF the most interesting. as II is one
OF the most important, features of the
institution, Is the museum, Occupying a
space Of 30 by so feet in the upper story,
and accessible to visitors by a separate
stairway from the street
The presentation ceremonies took place
on June %. 1883. Mr.. Mills, although
present with his son, his daughter and
son-in-law, modestly took no active part
In the exercises, being represented on
the platform by Chauncey NJ. Depew,
who made the address and formal pres
entation, after the Rev. DR.. John Wesley
Brown. of st. Thomas's Church, had read
the dedicatory prayer. Mayor Hewitt
responding to Mr.. Depew. said in part:
There is another thing that charms me
ABOUT ah ; TINS GIT; Il mas been done so quietly
that scarcely anybody knew anything
about IL. No noise in the newspapers, no
elaborate details In advance-evidently a
to keep himself as much as possible In
the background. Why, ! myself-as Mayor
OF the city. required tc know more or less
about the condition of its hospitals and
other charities actually did not know any
thing of this until. passing Bellevue one
udy, saw tne WaiiS rising, and mad 10
inquire to find out what the building was
and who was giving 1t. =. / am glad
to accept this generous gift-giad for the
city, glad for the donor, and personally
glad. Mr.. Mills, the city of New York
thanks you; and /, as its Mayor, am proud
that there is such citizen and that 1 have
long been able to call him my personal
friend.
The Mayor, the commissioners and the
many notable persons who were present
in spite of the inclement weather were
treated to a pleasant surprise On in
specting the school to find that Mr.. Mills
had furnished the building completely, TO
every least requirement of it's prospective
inmates. Owing to the high standard OF
admission to the school, IL was nearly six
months before the institution was put
into active operation, on December IS,
1888, but since that time ii has been car
ried on uninterruptedly and successfully,
ministering to the comfort and wellbeing
jured.
THE MILLS HOTELS.
The essentially practical nature of Mr.
Mills's philanthropic impulses was most
clearly demonstrated. however. in the
construction and administration of the
three great Mills hotels for homeless
men. Two OF these buildings have been
In successful operation In New York for
twelve years. Justifying the erection OF
the third at Seventh avenue and 36th
street, at a cost of more than 1880, 600.
which was opened two years ago
Mills Hotel No. /, which is situated in
Bleecker street, few blocks west of
Broadway, was dedicated on October 81.