The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-01-29

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Half a million dollars for grave.
digger!
Half a million dollars for being faith.
full to a great corporation in great
emergency!
Money isn't enough for some men.
His money was something of bur-
den to Dillon. II, needed work He
never had been idle, so idleness was
hard for him to bear. Mr. Phipps
came to his relief. He has extensive
real estate interests in New York city.
He does a lot of building He told
Dillon he wanted him to be his per-
sonal representative in all his build
ing affairs,
But, Mr.. Phipps, man alive. | don't
know anything about building said
Dillon.
Then learn" said Mr.. Phipps. You
learned to read and write when it was
necessary. You learned the steel
business when it was necessary. |
don't see why you can't learn the
building business if it's necessary"
Dillon hadn't been handling men for
years without knowing something He
had the good sense never to disclose
his ignorance to them. He went to
one of the great contractors of New
York-one of the Starretts-and ex-
planned the situation to him.
Help me out" he said. Il hear
them talking about stone being an.
chored'' Now what is anchored and
what is back anchored? What's the
difference? want to do me job
right"
Mr.. Starrett took him around to va
rious Jobs, explained the details OF
this work and that work, and within
a week or two Dillon was watching
everything around the Phipps struc-
\ lures with the utmost care.
Il got me eyes on ye," he would
say to a foreman or a sub-contractor
, after he would point out some piece
of work that wasn't done properly
or according to his ideas. Nineteen
, times out of twenty he was right in
his criticism, and it wasn't long be
fore he was a good supervisor and an
excellent man for Mr. Phipps to have
| looking after his building affairs.
: Dillon and His Architect.
Some queer things developed for Dill
T.. lon in this work. Mr.. Phipps was
G not at all pleased with the way things
q were going in country house that
J. he was building and he had an idea
that the architect was at fault. HI
remarked to Dillon that it might bt
we'll to dispense with the architect:
services This was something tina
Dillon didn't know just how to do. HI
sent for Mr.! Starrett.
How can | fire an architect" n
asked. I've never fired one yet ant
| don't know how. This one was t
have built a house for 100000. IT
cost 100000 already. It's not finished
yet. The way it's going, 1t won't b
finished in a lifetime. OF course tn
fellow has a contract, but how do
| go about firing him? I want to dol
| in the right way, without making trou
\ BILE or more expense for Mr. Phipps.
| Look here" said Mr.. Starrett, "yo'
| don't want to fire this architect at all
| / happen to know something about thi
| particular case Mr. Phipps and Mrs
| Phipps have had great deal of intel
| est in this house. They have talke
| over the plans innumerable times wit
u the architect. They've made first on
l change and then another They'v
| made more changes than they hav
| any idea Of If you dismiss this ma
! and put in another architect, there
| be an awful tumble. A new one cal
| not come in and meet the varying NJ
! tons of Mr.. and Mrs. Phipps withou
turning out monstrosity instead &
human habitation."
Dillon thought over this for mil
ute or two and then started up tow
"Mr. Phipps," he said, when he me
that gentleman, you can't fire tina
architect. It's dangerous. Your
likely to get one whose house will b
monstrosity instead of human hab
tation' Mr.. Phipps laughed and IT
tainad tho archjtort
The half million dollars that Dillo
he got from the Carnegie company ha
en- been we'll invested under the directio
nd Of Mr. Phipps. AS personal represel
ey tative of Mr.. Phipps in that gentl
Oh mans real estate matters, the oil
ife gravedigger gets a salary that is ia
m. The half million long ago became
nd million. Dillon is just as much of
Dill character today as he was the da
err Mrs. Phipps saw him in the graveyar
ch in Pittsburgh. That's no reason VIII
A he shouldn't be listed among the cd
ed lot Of millionaires Pittsburgh has ri
ley en- to the nation.