The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-05-29

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At about that time St raul was
having it, nrst experiment iu RAILROAD
building Eighty miles had been iaiu
to st cloud. $40 miles to Brcckcn-
ridge both of which terminals wcr"
at the southern enc of the Red RIVER
valley. and there were about 100 miles
of track which began nowhere ana
| ended IN trit same indefinite spot
/ This venture ran up "A debt uf S3J.-
| uu0 600 and collapsed, with it, only
assets bc.ng few streaks of rust
ana right of way
| nm had sufficient success iu the
region tu he seized with 90 cousuming
desire to purchase the dciuurt prop
,rtN. After nv" year ui financial
dlckcring. including jhc sale Of all his
other Interests. which Melted a for
tune Of $500. 900, he ana syndicate
OF three others SIR Donald \.
/ smith george stephen. aud norman
" Ktson-- obtained the object Of
/ this desire.
The 81 Pam Minnesota ana Man-
! ltuba railway Wus formed To upcrat"
the property with FIN as genera,
manager. Whcu IN 1888 MI iiill was
elected president he undertook the
extension of the road from IT, baNota
aud Minnesota homestead to ia, Pa
cine ocean. lie was confronted by
three great competitors to the south,
each ut which had received hig
bonuses as government aid. whereas
the Manitoba or the Great North
,rn. ~ 1t came to Doe known. jld not
lave a dollar OF governments subsidy
O, an acre OF grant To- forward it,
progress from the Minnesota "uuud.
AIRY to the sea.
IN this hight Hiil's plan was wide
!y deemed putc folly. bat h" pressed
"a to conclusion by buildiug and pop
mating as he built For several years
ne e1aid rail. westward at the rate of
a mn. "A day. and AZ cost ut S3u,uun
"A mile. and as hc went n" left % trall
OF embryonic farms by the rdilsid'.
With the In" to- puget sound once
laid. he turned rmpir" builder He n
iiruduoc, the live stock industry INTO
vast areas ui bunch grass plains, and
d"y ci,pcd them DS importing bioodvd
stock. hc vent demonstration iruin'
through ~" country with men Wh'
.nur,d ne People how tu raise more
wheat tr n, acre. hc made at "ui
let irr the Strain by establishing "
chvap rate by rail and steamship e
puTdlo where h.. built great eleNR
tors. in iart for upwards 80 twenty
years hc left nothing IN hl- power an
inua O. ,cV,lop the country where h'
hpi stakod ott his claim ~ the great
common Garner.
lut a. the Paciuc tdc-watcr h'
vas not satisfied Tor IA" saw IN th'
orient still further opp"rtunlttcs. h'
organized t fleet of Pacific steam
ships tor the comuercial INVASION o
p Japan aud CHINA Japan az the tint
! wanted steel rails. but proposed get
ting them ;tum England as the rate
: were less II il related mat Nhci
John ". Gates, the steel magnatc Z"
, chicago cam, "a I'm with th" prop
. o~itiou ut getting American rails Il
s Japan, the latter replied
o. II VIII MAKE Nou a rat" o' 8. TO
4 from chicago ar pittsoutrh Gee Yoke
. namu g. that Is too much. vii
,varry II tor the axle grease used OF
the locomotives and freight cars, aus
4 yuu cant stand that, I VIII carr
your freight tor uuthlcg
~ tn, s. rat, named, the Amer
, can manufacture wa~ enabled tu 81"
d, cure the Japanese contract,
The same tactics were adopted II
. getting American Nheat and hour IN
/ tn Japan and china. where rice wa
the staple food,
uis faIth ia the iar east was re-
warded a. literally as mat IN tn
northwest T. is estimated that tn
4 -
roO. 600 worth uf products to tn
orient every year
Whii. MI nin built up Tor hims"l
aud his associates an immense TOT
, over $1,000. .uuu. 600 IN real pruprrty
which Is represented by the value "
the l0o. Ooo farms ana thrir $4,000,
u0o acres ot improved land
Upon his retirement AT 80 th
'strcuN ul rust hv had bought thiri
years before. had expanded Go mor
than 5000 miles aud It WAS "arulu
. gross profits OF muic than 500 600 90
, a year. and carrying li,Uuu.uuo ton
' of freight annually. lie still retain"
a hand IN IN. Great Nurthcrn's pole
as chairman of the board of Director
% while his son Louis, who had worke
u up from the humblcst position OF hI
fathers railroad Dccnm" president.
= Tn, secret of the nm success wa
no secret al all. according To Nj
HII and he had tu urW recipes
=. unor The man Vita IN" big oppoi
u tur today" he said, rs thc man D
% th. ranks Iiut the secret of ial
y me he frequently declared to b" cA
u traVasapcr he regarded this a.
- national tendency AGAINST which Il
.trungiy set himself, particularly q
concerned the natural resources,
' During his active superN lsiun OF m
Great Northern system, Mr.. iiill uNcl
saw almos, every detail To the Wo'
der of an cmploycs with whom h
" came IN contact \ fugitive nstnn'
of his recognition IN his own coui
try ~ the story of tourist who III
clutcs that there are aiiuat in II
swedish section of the northwest ul
w. wards oi iu.Ouu different stories
p" Swedish dialect with 'Ncm Hell
tho centrrpi"vo Patrons If his lin
" have liked and dislikcd him IN rap
Attenuation, Tor II was his point
" have his way, not only where his rn,
should run. hut where his patrol
should settle This was part uf Il