The evening world., 1913-05-28
lin" EvERARD
NEAR DEATHS DOOR
ATcoUNTRY HOME
Little Hope for Bowery Boy
Who Became Many Times
a Millionaire.
WAS POLICEMAN ONCE.
Real Estate Magnate and
Owner Of Brewery Very
80 III at Greenwich.
WAS POLICEMAN ONCE.


James I:verard. the brewer. whose
rise from boyhood In tenement on the
Bowsry to the possession of many mill.
ions Of dollars forms one Of tho busi.
ness romances Of New York. II at the
point Of death In his magnificent coun-
try homo at Greenwich. Conn. The
doctors In attendance DO not expect
him TO survive the day.
Mr.. Everard IL ciehty.four years old.
He was atricken with paralysis some |
fifteen years ago and has been COM |
paratively helpless ever slnc@ For |
months past he has been slowly aink- |
Ing. only tho indomitabie will and the |
remnants Of 4 once powerful physique
keeping him alive
Born In ireland in ls3, Mr.. Everard
was brought TO this city In 1S1 by his
father. who was q day lab0rer. The
family settled IN the Chatham Square
district. right OFT the Bowery. YOUNG
James, to help out the family needs.
went to work when ten yAars Of ago
~ boy In stereotype foundry at Full
ton and Nassau streets Two years
later he apprenticed himself TO n mason
and Mt the ago OF seventeen was consSh.
cred one Of the best journeyrDen In his
craft. The sole support Of his family
dsvoived upon him through his fathers
death. and to add to his income he
worked nighta a. a scene shlfter In
the old Park Theatre on top OF his daily
toll Of ten hours with hammer. chisel
and trowel.
"PULL" GOT HIM A JOB ON
POLICE FORCE.
In 1917 young Everard enlisted and
went 10 the front In the war with Mex
leo. returning after fourteen months.
Business was slack In the building line
and q political friend got the young
man an appointment TO the police force.
For three years young Everard pa
trolied Q heat In the toughest part Of
tho city. earning splendid reputation
Cor hdeiity and courage. But he could
SEQ nothing.
He went back to his trade in 1852 In
q short time he ceExn TO take small
contracts. His buslness grew and IN
1871 through mis- genius for making
friends he had NO interested politicians
that he was handling some Sizeable jots
for the city. When tile civil war broke
out he was comparatively rich with his
interests spreading rapidly. He did not
enlist but spent many thousands OF dol
lars In aiding enlistment and caring FOR
the families of men who went to the
front.
The early '70s found Everad In tho
inner councils OF influential politics. but
: on tho outs with Tweed and the Tweed
ring. Nevertheless Everard executed
, many tremendous contracting jobs ~
such Jobs were measured In those days.
lie was the leading man In his line In
the city and he put much Of his prohts
4 into real estate.
PAVED t2SrH eTREgT AND
i SOUGHT REAL ESTATE.
In 1874 he paved One Hundred and
7 Twenty.afth street from river TO river
(. and that contract got him interested In
. Harlem. where he fought large tracts
. | Of land for song. These are I'm
= fnenseiy valuable to-day. In 1876 one OF
Y his agents looking for good Investment
J. bought cheap. at = mortgage sale.
. Thomas Whitneys ale brewery Mr.
. Eversrd had not contemplated goins
? into tho brewery business. He con.
J. suited his friend Sheridan Shook. ths
y | theatrical man. and the outcome wal
I that Everard and Shook formed part
nership that lasted until 1891. Their
= Everard took tho brewery and undeI
. his guidance II grew to DO the grea'
Z institution 1t II to-day.
o Mr.. Nerard was MOTEL for his goo,