The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-08-09
JOHN ". GATES DEAD IN PARIS
ship and set up barbed wire mill of his
own in st. Louis.

snip anu eel up o"' o"o WIZ '''' VI 'i'e
own in st. Louis
| Gates's machinery was SO like EIlw ootls
;-,,...i.
M,iia' M 'he i'c' ~. 81. III, ;,,s.!
in,, nm. ueua' ,.a. u ,s ai,;n
,..n ,.;rp h.inss .nd ,r.u..,,siv E1i,rosd
wlIe ne. ei thIice9. anu - Ii'Woou
"a" ma. .he pes. 'Iiiiis TOT MN W uo was
70 taKe ms ioLner sa.esIhan ilitP Pa,tner P
snip. yates nc'Peu W '''ahe Noi' EH"ooo
wsanhy man ., ,
Other men pesan 70 sec ,nat parped
wire had fortune III IL. otner com
panies were FORMED. nates. seeing that
traue war was Iniin,nent, ProGeedeu 10
| nuy ou' tic o'mci @ PiouuceIS. IL ~ ioliheu
| .ne oou'ne'h VIZ No!npah!. Ina, "as
~ ~ loo"; LateI nc went into the bra'uiock
M re MC. ,ooh III ,wo GtmeI ooIiPaues, W!, loiiliins
,ue oneonid.eu oteei anu wire Company
| WhIch went ia'er INTO 'he Feoerai steer
COMPANY.
en-, ms .a was y, .hs l'rs, Srea, company Which
Hates nau 20 uo WIN. ~ was ehglneered
III tne s'ee. IeSNal, Winch Caint lnlmeui-
asoy ssely "'.er .ne opanisii war. III Sep'eiiiier'
| E ~ rA' va,'.an1.u a. sl".vv'"N'
u rou. .non.hs m ia'ei .'c hilie,'can oteei ana
WI Wiz eoo Sonnba.iiy was 'o''heu with us w.
o1uo caIltaI.
.neIe az S,,Iy ,Ilaiy s.oIies toiu OF ,hs way
na.ee anu -r riwoou = ~sn. @oou. .his ia',rr
S ny. S.i ..I, vH n,It py Hie
RnoIie 'roIn T",spure 'nat WIRE mn az
s Smaloa p,, oou.u ne oousnt. Iney raced
N ven oi aeisy a,,ia t,, anu oougn' ", inen
my wor,, on , Sii W .ieEe'a,tu anu Innsht
49,. iao GI''sts ~, nv, me .ieA. gay lhcy
d,ai 60 nno,hS W. LII ,"i P'.paie, 10 t,oso
sw.,,, ,,.,.t ,o 'ai,, ,,,,, % n,',i wa. ny .iey
~, Ii, a',.n SoiHS oA ~ .inSaso,
onsn.d his camnaier he and r,,,ra .iu SI,eS h.S
tb.,r cnmnanw prasn;,.d Thn, ,,."., ,h' ,d,o
wav Gates loved to do things and he
talked of il afterward ms ,hn,,sh th., hnw
inc Of a ss noO on ,aai mill vs.. an ;n,,;
lam ~ everw dew c",n,nsrn., arr, "'e Ill 'iie'-
Two years later wben tn. Ini,,d
States Steel Cornorat,nn was n crsat.J
Gates had desirn 10 o' gn ,n a.. ,u' J;r.o,'' ~
rate Gates comnanios ware tatan i,,,,
the continuation bu, Gates was mn, mad. .,j
a director, His sketchy wav Of doinv
business did nor arnaaI 70 ny ,n.r ". uO,,s h
had in hand the formation of the Steel
corporation. and he was left out, so il
was explained because he was NOT .safs =
| The r.sult Of bis disa,nnintm.n, ~ ~
the formation of the Rapi,biic lion and
Steel Comnanv which no mnJs n,,t ~
n number of COMPANIES that tho steal
Cornoration had nor wanted ~ aco,,i,s
The Rsnuhiic wa. ,b.n nnd IL nou, -,
uncertain factor in The steel trade R,,, @
il made money for Gates
AT about the tim. of his dis,npointmep,
with regard ,n ,h, IIn;,sd S,a,as G,na,
lCornorniion Gates mnda n deai ;n Woii
Street of the sort thar cot him his pamn
as a bold and silen, trader IL was r. no.
ticed tina. the stock Of the Louisyille
and Nashville Railroad was no;ns ','u mu
point by point every day The tims
was NOT long aftar tbs ot,sy,, ~ rnr LII,
Northern Pacific and the marLst 90,
nervous. Presently IL devaIonsd ,Sa,
Gates had work ed n neat co,,n tbat Hrc,,st
Belmont. then Chairman OF the l. ~ =
hoard had sold 50 tha r.nor, a., 20 oos
shares Of treas,,rw stool for fntr-o un go, AZ.
livery and thai The whoIs was IN H.
hands Of Harris Ga+ss & CO Gatas.s
brokerape firm I,ater I p' N"roan
A Co took the road over naaca was NJ da
and Gates retired with fortune
His attemnts n. cornsrina tho ,,,r,,.,
were NOT airays co s,,noasns, 'e un I.'ar NJ
into the ch;cSeo so phas, saetess,u' ~, % he wen, %
price OF the cerea, to tho hreaLine roin,
and had 70 get ont wb;,e rr;nass PUan. ,ans
SalIing II uss ranor,oda az ~.
he and his nartv IaSt q, noo non ''''' 'aa'
At about he same t;me that he vas hrs,
with the American Steal amd We Gus %usy
Many h;s nonnaot;nn ,,,;,h u a,h ~ "nc ~ III :..,
and the 81 stocLholders WI od m'dn Az. SaNe mn nm
cern sbortlv hafore tbe oo,rnr,, a, -. ,on. Oh
ra,;nn ''it2 CANE tne Inea n 'tates otee' Torpo-
whara ne Asu aSait az ls1as
harhed w%. suunS MIN ma, ~ ne MO- peao,so I,u
saw that there was great chance in ,be
Tsxan ali GA k,ear ,ooa o,'a,toe .n III me
ron,nan,, W. ~ .s'us 90 ~ IL IT, ,ne ltNas
~. hpny, "as y, sar,Hen, ne ueter'nlheo
ia o.t !htrul ehouIa become great
,rnI oU,sneIS,ai pnt ctn,re' rn Ia.es Juet ahout
~.h; ~, Hrthur' hetn seemed TO he
tbe bUs"tnS tnEp oha' ne ne & WASH WI w,LAhs 70 40 fGr
III .own ne cahe nack 10 Ne" YORK
.ein.e apout rs Iuture. ana reports We're
| piM,.eu Iroih 'rlle 70 tlIne that ,'ates was
sN'hE money LOT us nnnhlcipal upbuild-
ing ne gave Tor instance soo"'~o FOR
hoEn,.ai' Er, +, ,h ., mn, co.