New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . s in their contemplation. But that is notall, for in other departments the printing and binding ofledgers and mercantile books of every description for various of energy, ])erseverance and native ability he arrived at thestage where we find him at jiresent in the midst of a bril-liantly successful career. In the intervals of his business Mr. Brown has takentime to attend to public affairs in which he has alwaysmanifested a keen interest, but though a very popular manin the city he has with a single exception never acceptedof
New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . s in their contemplation. But that is notall, for in other departments the printing and binding ofledgers and mercantile books of every description for various of energy, ])erseverance and native ability he arrived at thestage where we find him at jiresent in the midst of a bril-liantly successful career. In the intervals of his business Mr. Brown has takentime to attend to public affairs in which he has alwaysmanifested a keen interest, but though a very popular manin the city he has with a single exception never acceptedoffice. When it was found necessary in Governor Fentonstime to organize t!ie fire de])artment in a manner commen-surate with the growth of the <:ity, tliat statesman appre-ciating his organizing powers a|)pointed him fire commis-sioner. How well he did his w ork the annals of the city goto show. For many years he has done the greater jjartof the citysprinting as well as the manufacturing of the ledgers andother account books for the public offices and M\KTIN corporations are going on and hundreds of hands are keptbusy. The mere sujierintending of such an establishmentrequires a high order of executive ability. It is true thatMr. Browns printing house is one of the largest and bestecpiipijed in the world and is therefore hardly a fair test ofeven the average metropolitan establishment, but, jjerhajjs,for that very reason it goes to show what an enormousadvance has been made in the art since Benjamin Franklinturned a hand i)ress to bring out his small newspaper. Martin 15. Brown was born in Ireland, but having beenl)rought to this country at the age of seven his earliest recol-lections are of the United States, its free institutions andthe broad, field it presents for the ambitious and enter-prising. Leaving school at the age of thirteen he aj)pliedhimself to the printing trade and step by step by sheer force 1!. liK( >\\ N. He has printed the City Rccoi il sinc
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