The builders of a great city : San Francisco's representative men, the city, its history and commerce : pregnant facts regarding the growth of the leading branches of trade, industries and products of the state and coast . ptain has always refused Masonicoffice, for his spare time is all givento his family and his books, whennot devoted to public interests, with-out other compensation than an ap-proving conscience. His age sitslightly on him, for his habits of lifehave been excellent, and although ahard worker, he is so methodicalthat mental labor is not as severe atax as usual to the average
The builders of a great city : San Francisco's representative men, the city, its history and commerce : pregnant facts regarding the growth of the leading branches of trade, industries and products of the state and coast . ptain has always refused Masonicoffice, for his spare time is all givento his family and his books, whennot devoted to public interests, with-out other compensation than an ap-proving conscience. His age sitslightly on him, for his habits of lifehave been excellent, and although ahard worker, he is so methodicalthat mental labor is not as severe atax as usual to the average businessman. He represents the Republicof Nicaragua as Consul-General forthe Pacific Coast Territories of theUnited States and is the PacificCoast Agent of the Nicaragua Canal BUILDERS OF A GREAT CITY 253 Construction Co., of which Miller, of New York, isPresident. Captain W. L. Merry is a thor-ough Am; rican, with patriotic be-lief in his country and in repub-lican institutions, and an ardent supporter of our public family and social connectionsare of the most agreeable char-acter, and his life has been a longrecord of honorable usefulness, whichit is hoped may be prolonged foryears to D. 0. Mills. Darius Ogden Mills. ^4»HE name of Darius Ogden Mills,if l ? for more than forty years, lias?T been familiar to peopie on bothsides of the Bocky Mountains as thatof a great banker. Not only in this re-spect but also in that of an indus-trial pioneer it will long occupy adistinguished place in the roll ofCalifornia worthies. His family were of mingled Scotchand English descent and were amongthe early settlers of New York andNew England. That branch fromwhich he comes was, near the begin-ning of the century, settled in West-chester County in the State of NewYork, a location which though thena successful grazing and agriculturaldistrict, now forms one of the sub-urbs of New York city. His father was a successful busi-ness man, took an active part insocial
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