Gilpin observer., 1915-01-28
ognition ct his services he would get
a pensien of $500. 900

ognition ct his services he would get
a pension of $500,OOO
Half million dollars for grave
digger!
Half 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. He 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 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 1
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. 81 hear
them talking about stone being an
chored. Now what is anchored and
what is back anchored? What's the
difference? 1 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 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
lon in this work. Mr.. Phipps. was
not at all pleased with the way things
were going in country house that
he was building and he had an idea
that the architect was at fault. He
remarked to Dillon that it might be
well to dispense with the architects
services. This was something that
Dillon didn't know just how to do. He
sent for Mr. Starrett.
How can l fire an architect" he
asked. I've never fired one yet and
1 don't know how This one was to
have built house for 100000. It's
cost 100000 already. It's not finished
yet. The way it's going, it won't be
finished in lifetime. OF course the
fellow has a contract, but how do !
go about firing him? l want to do 1t
in the right way, without making trou-
BILE or more expense for Mr.. Phipps.'
Look here" said Mr.. Starrett, you
don't want to fire this architect at all.
/ happen to know something about this
Phipps have had a great deal of inter
est in this house. They have talked
over the plans innumerable times with
the architect They've made first one
change and then another. They've
made more changes than they have
any idea of. If you dismiss this man
and put in another architect, there'll
be an awful jumble. A new one can
not come in and meet the varying no.
tions of Mr. and Mrs. Phipps without
turning out monstrosity instead of
a human habitation."
Dillon thought over this for min
ute or two and then started up town.
Mr.. Phipps,' he said, when he met
that gentleman. you can't fire that
architect. It's dangerous. You're
likely to get one whose house will be
monstrosity instead of human habi-
tation.' Mr.. Phipps laughed and re-
tanned the architect.
The half a million dollars that Dillon
got from the Carnegie company had
been well invested under the direction
of Mr.. Phipps. AS personal represen-
tative of Mr.. Phipps in that gentle
mans real estate matters, the old
gravedigger gets salary that is tat
The half million long ago became a
million. Dillon is just as much Of
character today as he was the day
Mrs. Phipps saw MIN in the graveyard
in Pittsburgh. That's no reason why
he shouldn't be listed among the odd
lot of millionaires Pittsburgh has CIV