Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity; . r a business life wasstronger in Mr. Gates than the love of a professionalcareer as a lawyer, so he abandoned law to takeup his fathers business as a lumber merchant. Un-fortunately his brother died at the very outset ofthe new firms career, in 1880, and Charles B. Gateshas carried the business on alone, really buildingit up to its present proportions. The name of his jfirm stands well among business men. The centrallocation has perhaps g
Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity; . r a business life wasstronger in Mr. Gates than the love of a professionalcareer as a lawyer, so he abandoned law to takeup his fathers business as a lumber merchant. Un-fortunately his brother died at the very outset ofthe new firms career, in 1880, and Charles B. Gateshas carried the business on alone, really buildingit up to its present proportions. The name of his jfirm stands well among business men. The centrallocation has perhaps given the business some ad-vantages for retail trade. Mr. Gates simply buysand sells every kind of lumber according to the de-mand. He has no mill and manufactures none ofhis stock. As a business man he ranks high. Hehas tended pretty closely all his life to his busi-ness interests, and has not entered politics or otherbusiness. He is well known in Masonic circles. Heis a member of Athelstan Lodge, of Eureka Chap-ter, of Hiram Council. Lawrence Chapter of RoseCroix. Worcester County Commandery. and hastaken the thirtv-second degree in the Scottish Rite. i
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