. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. goodsking, began his business. One of the wooden houseson the block was divided into two stores, each abouttwelve feet wide, and Mr. Stewart occupied one ofthose stores. It was his splendid marble buildingwhich succeeded Washington Hall, The life and the achievements of A. T. Stewart,the horrors and the tragedies that followed his death,and the failure of his projects when they passedinto other hands, would furnish material for themost realistic novelist. When he reached Americahe was without means, and earned his first m
. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. goodsking, began his business. One of the wooden houseson the block was divided into two stores, each abouttwelve feet wide, and Mr. Stewart occupied one ofthose stores. It was his splendid marble buildingwhich succeeded Washington Hall, The life and the achievements of A. T. Stewart,the horrors and the tragedies that followed his death,and the failure of his projects when they passedinto other hands, would furnish material for themost realistic novelist. When he reached Americahe was without means, and earned his first moneyby teaching in a private school on Roosevelt Street,then the center of fashion. While there he inheritedfrom his grandfather ten thousand dollars, and thenhe married Cornelia Clinch. From that momentStewart expanded. A friend called his attention tothe opportunities in linens and laces, showing him 218 c •y. ??- c ft ft; o. iiiJIIilillmllllllmii. ?;i:;.f-:!L!!i- :!iliMi|lMlllllllllllllllilllllllllllljllllll|lll illu]Nilnilllll[illl|llll) I NEW YORK CITY LIFE how cheaply they could be bought in Ireland andwhat prices they would bring in New York. Heput his money into those fabrics, opened a littleshop, and went to work. When he died, his shophad grown so that it filled a whole block, he ownedmills in various parts of the country, which wereall working for him, and he had agencies in allparts of the world; he owned lots and plots, houses,hotels, churches, theaters, and a city; there seemedto be no limit to his possessions. In the fullness ofhis greatness and wealth he died. He had notlived like Astor or Vanderbilt; there was no sonto take up the work of ihe father; when his handfell lifeless, there was none who comprehended theconstructions which he had made nor the planswhich were under them. Friends there were, butapparently they had been more friendly to Stewartthe millionaire than to Stewart the man,
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