The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-04-22

came available, until at THIS time thelf
value is almost fabulous.
The responsibilities of this great busi-
ness required the attention of more than
one mind and Mr.. Collins associated
with himself in various enterprises a
number of men who have assisted him
in carrying his great plans to success,
among whom are G.. +. Watson, Tionesta,
Pa; Hon f. X. Kreitler, Nebraska, Pa. I;
r. l.. Buzzard, now in California;; VIII
liam Dickey, of Broolville, Pa; Frank
X. Brown, of Mayburg, Pa, and others
probably equally as well known.
Among the business interests of Mr..
Collins may be mentioned the following
Collins, Darrah & Co., Nebraska, Pa. ;
Watson Lands Lumoer Co., Mayburg,
Pa; Salmon Creek Lumber Co., Kellett-
Vile, Pa. president Citizens National
bank, Tionesta; majority owner and
president Sheffield & Tionesta railway;
the Cook oil lease, Mayburg, Pa, besides
several concerns engaged in manufac-
turing lumber in the Pacific States, in
cluding Curtis, Collins & Holbrook Co.,
san Francisco, Cal; Penn Lumber Co., of
California; President Ostrander Railway
Co., Ostrander, Wash. stockholder Cas-
tie Rock railway, Castle Rock, Wash
The deceased was married April 26,
1864 to Miss Mary Stanton, of Rock
land, Venango county, Pa, who died Oc-
tober is, 1908. One son was born, Ever
ell Stanton Collins, aged about so years,
now in charge of all his fathers west
ern interests.
The deceased was a lifelong member
of the Methodist Episcopal church and
Il liberal supporter of all religious move
ments, giving both time and money to
the propagation of the principles of
Christianity. He has been. prominent
for years as a churchman, repeatedly
serving the Erie conference of the NJ. L.
church at general conferences of that
church. He, with two business part
ners, few years ago erected a fine,
modern, brownstone edifice for the Tio-
nesta congregation of his favorite de-
nomination and he has contributed most
literally to the building of churches at
very many places throughout this sec
tion, in cases where the congregation
was unable to build.
Some Benevolences.
His leading benevolences to religious,
educational and missionary causes are
as follows: Erected missionary schools
in Korea, at Pekin and Nankin, China,
and at Barilla, India equipped and MAIN
tanned at his own individual expense;
the Mary Stanton orphanage in the
island of Porto Rico, erected and equip
ped at his own private EXPENSE; a mis-
sionary school at Montevideo, South
America donation of S150,000 to Tenn
pie university, Boston, and of $4,000 to
Allegheny college, Meadville, and a sub
stantial donation to the American uni
versity, Washington, D. c.; smaller do
nations to a large number of other edu-
cational institutions. These gifts have
been always kept secret and at this time
it is impossible, on this account, to name
even a small part of the whole.
Probably the secrel of his liberalty to
worthy causes is explained by the fact
that early in life he became imbued with
a belief that he had been endowed by his
Creator with special genius for busi-
ness and the accumulation of money,
which he was directed in a vision to de-
vote to philanthropic purposes, and
throughout his long life he has adhered
consistently to his convictions in this
respect. He has often declared to his
friends that the more generously he
gave to worthy causes the more sue
cessful he became and the more rapidly
he accumulated. The secret of his power
in the financial world was due to a most
extraordinary business foresight which
enabled him to anticipate, many years
i'm advance, the present scarcity of tim
ber supply and the wonderfully cour-
ageous energy with which he benefited
by this vision, in acquiring at low prices
all the available stumpage he could
carry.
Mr.. Collins in many respects was a
very remarkable man, whose life history
reads like a romance. Personally, he
was common, unassuming, and, above
a N relation
life. Financially, he was Napoleonic in
his combinations, with almost unlimited
confidence in his own judgment, max
ing every environment bend to his iron
will and contribute to his success. He
was patient and persistent in his pur-
poses and unfalteriI.g in the executio I
of his designs. He was uncompromisins
in his convictions, frugal in his personal
expenditures, but liberal and largely
generous in every good cause. In the
true sense of the term he was a self
made man and one who will be most
| appreciated in the years to come. His
life is co-eXistent with the history of
Forest county.
THE FUNERAL SERVICES
Services in memory of Truman ID. Collins,
! the multi millionaire lumherman, were held
IN the Nebraska NJ e. church Monday
morning commencing at l0:3O o'clock and
! attended by large congregation in which
his vast army of employees, together with
repI esentatives of the religious organiza-
tOns TO which he has been a liberal contri-
buior were largely represented
The services were in the following order:
"Prayer"-Rev W. H. Crawford, presi-
dent Of Allegheny college, Meadyille.