The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . year realized a for-tune of over $2,000,000, and wona high reputation for enterpriseand ability. Nor did his activi-ties stop here, he originated theAmerican Fibre Co.,whichaimstop
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . year realized a for-tune of over $2,000,000, and wona high reputation for enterpriseand ability. Nor did his activi-ties stop here, he originated theAmerican Fibre Co.,whichaimstoproduce merchantable fibre fromevery form of vegetable which con-tains fibre. Looking abroad, hebecame the chief promoter of theAguan Navigation and Improve-ment Co., whose object is to con-nect the Aguan river with the Car-ibbean sea, thus opening up the navigation of theformer for 300 miles, which would give to the worlda new line of commerce, and develop in the interestsof the United States the mahogany trade of Hondu-ras, hitherto almost monopolized by England. Oflate Mr. Burtons time has been given chiefly to de-veloping the mining interests of Mexico; he is president and treasurer of the Hidalgo Smelting Co.,whose reduction and refining works are located atSultepec, in the state of Mexico, with a capacity of160 tons per daj. He is locally known as a promoter and political speaker, possesses what is said.
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