New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-01
Office Boys lmpish.

Bankers hours are supposed to he from
10 to 8 O'Clock. but the men OF the House
! OF Morgan do not work according TO any
| schedule. The clerks have regular hours.
| but the partners. or most of them, are
there sometimes until : or s or even 3
O'Clock. 1t would be a very quiet place
| except for the Office boys and the tele-
graph operator. Mr. Morgan had as imp
| ish a lot of lads serving as office boys
as could he found in the Wall Street dis
trict. They behaved themselves while the
| master was around. but skylarkod out
! ragcously as soon as ne departed.
| lie travelled a great deal Usually when
! he went to his Office il was only for few
| hours While he was at his desk his
partners did not bother him unless the
matter was urgent. But when ne got up
, TO depart his troubles began. 1T generally
| took him fifteen 10 twenty minues 10 get
from his desk TO the door. TWO or three
of his partners would block his passage
| before he had gone twenty feet. begin
questioning him and artfully back him
over toward a window seat. When they
had all the information from him that
they desired they released him. But be-
fore he had proceeded twenty feet moro
some of the other partners tackled him
much as football players tackle the man
with the ball They Backed him over
into some corner TO get his decision or
| opinion on some matter about which they
were in doubt. Then they let him go and
| he managed 10 get little closer to the
| door. only to be stopped again.
Meanwhile the Irish giant had been on
the alert The moment Mr. Morgan got
! clear Of the last group Of partners the
Hercules hurried to the door. opened it
and as Mr. Morgan passed out the big
lrshman numbered past him down 20
the sidewalk to open the door Of his au-
tomobile or carriage
Each of his partners rs a specialist
Mr.. Lawson has an analytical mind. lie
! is a graduate of that First National Bank
school that has given so many brilliant
men to the banking coterie OF New York.
He is very sure as 10 values. He un-
derstands corporation accounting thor
oughly. To a large degree he has taken
over the work Of that remarkable man.
! Costcr who looked after most OF the de-
tail connected with the merger OF the
steel companies in the United States
! Steel Corporation. and the other great
amalgamations that were engineered by
Mr.. Morgan in that period when consoii-
dalton was the order of the day.
Wall street has an idea that Mr. DaV-
isOn is the most active man IN the House
Of Morgan. His mind acts so quickly and
nc has such a capacity for hard work
that many things are passed over TO him
tina. might be taken care Of by the others
He has vast responsibilities. but he
never seems hurried and never shows
| excitement. His career has been the
, most romantic OF any member OF ;he
House Of Morgan. II was he who walked
the streets Of New York twenty years
ago looking for employment. lie came
from Troy. Penn. and left there when
he was twenty-one. When he could not
ret work in New York he went 10 Bridge
port. Conn, and got Job as bank
messenger. Three years later nc came
hack 10 New York and was made re-
ceiving teller OF the Aston Place Bank
one of the subsidiaries OF the First Ma
tional Bank After 4 while he was mace
having teller. Then he had an experience
that illustrates his quickness OF mind.