A biographical history of eminent and self-made men of the state of Indiana : with many portrait-illustrations on steel, engraved expressly for this work . ac-customed to give uncommonly close attention, will suf-fice to indicate the amount of work required of his duties at the rolling mill, quite sufficientfully to occupy a man, he was a director of the RoaneIron Company, Tennessee (of which he had also beenthe first president); of the First National Bank andthe Bank of Commerce, Indianapolis; of the FranklinFire Insurance Company, and the Bedford RailroadCompany; president of the
A biographical history of eminent and self-made men of the state of Indiana : with many portrait-illustrations on steel, engraved expressly for this work . ac-customed to give uncommonly close attention, will suf-fice to indicate the amount of work required of his duties at the rolling mill, quite sufficientfully to occupy a man, he was a director of the RoaneIron Company, Tennessee (of which he had also beenthe first president); of the First National Bank andthe Bank of Commerce, Indianapolis; of the FranklinFire Insurance Company, and the Bedford RailroadCompany; president of the Industrial Life Association;and treasurer of the Indianapolis Telephone Company,and the Hecla Mining Company. He was also asso-ciated with several other complicated business concernsin different states, each of which required a consider-able correspondence. But this variety and pressure ofwork delighted him. It seldom fretted or worried could work on with composure until the last bellwas ringing, and then step quietly on the rear platformof the train. Notwithstanding the extent of his corre-spondence he seldom clipjied a letter or omitted a. ?-/ yth Disi.] REPKhSENTATlVE MEN OF INDIANA. i8l stroke. The penmanship was deliberate and the direction of his latest and largest employmentshis facility was vastly enhanced by his mechanical in-sight. Few men without a formal training in suchmatters looked farther or more quickly than he intocranks and wheels. He also had a useful faculty ofresting. This came partly from the composure of hisnerves and partly from his enjoyment of humor. Herarely failed to be diverted by a gleam of wit; a back-gammon board unfailingly untangled thought; he en-joyed good talkers, and his frequent journeys werealways occasions of amusement and rest. Doubtlessthe quality, and the quantity too, of his work wasfavorably affected by a certain calmness of judgment,a judicial temper of mind. He look time to hear fromboth parties, to look at t
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