Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1889, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON WASHINGTON’S FINANCIERS. BANKS AND BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS. THE MEN WHO DIRECT THEM. Well-Managed Institutions That Have Aided the City’s Development. INSTRUCTIVE AND INTERESTING STORY OF SEVERAL LEADING INSTITUTIONS—LESSONS FROM LIVES OF MEN AT THEIR HEAD—WELL-KNOWN CITIZENS WHO HAVE THE CONFIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE. —_—.+_—_ Washington is fortunate in having many sub- stantia! and well-managed financial institutions, which help to oil the machinery of commerce and aid business enterprises and projects of improvements. Good banks, conducted on sound principles, afford facilities for business as ample as those enjoyed in any community, Such concerns have, indirectly at least, con- tributed much to make the rapid development of the capital possible. Besides its banks Washington has some remarkably-helpful insti- tutions in its building associations, which have aided materially in advancing the interests and promoting the growth of the city, besides sup- plying a means of securely investing savings that has done much to encourage thrift among the people of the city. The responsibilities devolved apon the leading bake end building associations have been discharged in a manner to justify the confidence reposed in them by the citizens of Washington. Thi of the institutions which have been bi Frmgast habe able management and the record of the lives of the men who direct them constitute an important chapter in the history of the city, besides bav- ing the interest that always attaches to the story of the achievements of men of strongly marked individuality. The sketches given be- low of some of the banks and building associa tions of the city, and the men at their head, will be found to repay careful reading. The National Metropolitan Bank. ‘The National Metropolitan bank is one of the old and reliable institutions of Washington. It is nearly as old as the city itself. Its first presi- dent was Gen. Van Ness, who conducted its af- fairs for about thirty years. As an institution it aided in the development and building = of the city. When, during the war of 1812, Gen. Jackson made an ap} for funds for the re- lief of the suffering American soldiers, this bank furnished half a million dollars. Jackson often spoke of the debt of gratitude the coun- try owed the bank. He always kept his private accounts with it, and when the deposits of the United States bank were removed this was made a public depository. Through those panicky and exciting time: the face of va- Tious menaces, the Metropolitan bank held its own without a suspension. When called on by the government to its debt of deposits, ite r was: “Mr. Secretary, draw for your ce and it will be paid on demand.” ” It passed into the present efficient Management soon after the panic of 1873. During that panic there was a sort of depres- sion gro out of the too liberal, if not in- judicious, policy of the previous management. ‘he bank felt the depression in common with the banks in general throughout the country. The new management came into power just after this panicky time. Mr. John W. Thomp- Gat was Castedl doe-punbieah i 2000 (after the panic), and was electei pr:sident the fol- lowing January. From the time the new man- agement came into power the business of the bank has greatly increased. Its deposits, from a few hundred thousand dollars at that time, have grown toa million andahalf. Itssurplus fund, which at that time was but 90 per cent of its capital stock, is now over 83 per cent, or 250.000 surplus on a capital of ,000, and it is expected that it will soon equal the amount of the capital. Mr. John W. Thompson, the president, is closely identified with the material devel ment of the district. Coming nere in 1850, he =~ at once entered into an active business life, find- ing time, however, in the midst of his press- ing interests to public offices under the old municipal govern- ment which he was he was placed at the head of the Metropoli- tan bank it was a recog- ff nition of his superior fj ju tand ‘ity. ] otha been connected 4" with a large number of JOHN W. THOMPSON. enterprises in this city, and such confidence is felt in his ability as a manager that to have him at the head of any movement or en is generally regarde 1 as an assurance of success. Under his abio management the Garfield inaugural committee, of which he was chairman, for the first time on Buch at occasion, was able to retura all the ) money subscribed as a guarantee fund. The responsibility for the details of work of the bank devolves upon Mr. George H. B. White, the cashier, who has been longer con- necte¢ with the institution than any of the directors or other officers. He entered the bank as discount clerk in 1858. In 1863 he was appointed teller in the place of — M. Davis, who resigned. In 1870 he was elected assistant cashier, which place he retained until 1875, when he was elected cashier, He has outlived all the old directors of the bank who Were in office when he entered the service of the institution, and all the officers except one, Who resigned. ‘The only one now associated with the bank who hasbeen there as long as he is Mr. Sioussa, the old runner. Mr. White is @ man of the highest business standing and enjoys the utmost confidence of the directors of the bank and of all the business men with whom he isassociated. He is connected with a number of our successful corporations in Wash- ington. Heis director and secretary of the Great Falls Ice company; director and treas- urer of the Washington Brick Machine com- pany; director of the Columbia Fire Insurance company; director and treasurer of the Inland Beaboard Coasting company, and is actively identified with other organizations. The Columbia National Bank. The Columbia National bank, the youngest of the national banks in this city, has a short but eventful history. Organized alittle over two ears ago by a number of prominent citizens, response tos demand Yor a bank in the neighborhood of 9h and F streets, its success has been almost phenomenal. The bank was ° February 1, pt ima room in the Le Droit building. In the course of a few ‘weeks the property 911 *F street was purchased, the building occupying the tite remo and the erection of the presegt handsome and Far? may banking begun. The work of building was ree forward as rap- 'y ss the substantial ehartcter of the struct ure permitted and inthe following December the was removed to the pew buil 3 Grodan with sropidiey tent not only. Gavase™ with arapidity that not only demon~ = the necesstt for a bank in bee me gave gratifying evidence of con- fidence of the public in the character and ity of the managers. The new building th its substantial marbie front, has become @ | re center of great importance, Owin; great measure to the energetic and libe Fert depo in carrying on business,the num~ til sow The ay wi depositors has increased constantly un- the = amount “4 — $1,100,000. important relation whic! institution hotds to the business life of the city is further shows by the fact that its loans eins representative men whose Britton has spent a large portion of his life in this city. je was born in New York city in the year 1835, and prior to the war practiced law in Rhode Isiand and Florida. After the he removed to this city, where he has resi ever since, with the ex- ception of one year spent in California. He has a national reputa- tion ae a land and rail- road mission that a few years ago revised and codified the land laws. Mr. Britton is identified with the business interests of this city as an owner of real estate and a member of several important corporations, He was chairman of | tion obtaining amp) the last inaugural committee, and in that posi- tion displayed the executive ability and energy which have contributed so greatly to the suc- cess of his professional and business career, The cashier of the institutions in this a is in city an @ prominent The secretary, John Joy Ed: has been “identified "with finan- cial and charitable in- stitutions, yas fae oy ‘ough the war, al- thoug! While studying law he — ® position in ee ant, sox ey ee ‘Teasur) department ie resigne follow m. He has fora number of d himself to building association wen known =; over the — =~ a succe! manager of enterprises of thai character. In the management of the affairs of the Equitable Mr. Edson has appreciated the Columbia bank, Mr. E. Southard Parker, has been in the ban business all his life He was born in Miffli town, Pa., and was ed- ucated at the Tusca- rora academy, one of the best-known educa- tional institutions in that part of the state of Pensylvapia, A early age he entered he Mifflin County Na- of years. Hi tired from the bank for the purpose of es- tablishing the banking house of Parker & Co. at Mifllintown, Pa. Under his wise manage ment the house became one of the leading financial institutions in that section of the state. In__ 1887 he received a call to become the cashier of the Columbia National bank, which was then just organized in this city. The ability which he has manifested in this important and responsihle position has contributed much to the success which the bank has enjoyed. The following constitute the board of directors of the bank: B. H. War- ner, A. T. Britton, W. E. Barker, C. B. Bailey, ¢. 6. Duneanson, John Joy Edson, Albert ¥. Fox, J, E. Herreil, B. F. Leighton, Hugh Mc- Culloch, O. G. Staples, Crosby 8. Noyes. M. M. Parker, George Truesdell, H. K. Willard. Corson & Macartney. Alert and active, thoroughly equipped as business men, the firm of Corson & Macartney, bankers, occupy an enviable position in this city. The firm was organized January 1, 1885, and were the original lessees of the Glover building, 1419 F street, then just completed, and which they have occupied eversince. The firm almost immediately came into prominence in commercial circles, and at the present time they transact an extensive investment and speculative business in government. state, and railway securities. They are the Washington correspondents of Moore & Schley, Irving A. Evans & Co., and Jobn A, Hamilton & Co., among the wealthiest and most influential brokerage firms of New York, Boston, and Bal- timore, respectively. Mr. Macartney is a mem- ber of the New York stock exchange, having — in April, 1886, the seat of R. J. Kane ‘or $25,000. He and Mr. Geo. E. Lemon are the only members of that body south of Phila- delphia. Both Mr. Carson and Mr. Macartney are old members of the Washington stock ex- change, the former being one of the incorpora- tors and now holding the position of vice- president. Mr. John W. Corson came to this city from Towa in the year 1863, when he was but four- teen years of age. He entered the banking house of Jay Cooke & Co, as a clerk in the P ne 1866, the position ving been offered him by the resident member of that firm, Hon. Henry D. Cooke. Corson remained with the firm until Sep- tember, 1573, and with the trustee of that firm’s estate until 1875, when he was employed by the banking of rman & Co., after- ward known as H. D. Cooke & Co. He then made his present busi- sony w. consox. ness connections. For the past twenty-three years Mr. Corson has been closely identified with the banking interests of this city. His partner, Mr. John W. Macarti came to this city from Pennsylvania in 1876, and from that time until 1854 he was connected with the Washington gas lightcompany, Upon the organization of the banking firm of which he isat presenta member he severed his connec. tion with the gas company. Mr. Mccartney not only a successful financier but is dis! guished among his associates in the stock e change by his good looks. His modesty, how- ever, is 80 great that he declined to permit the Stax to adorn its columns with his portrait. Equitable Co-Operative Building Asso- elation. The Equitable was organized and commenced business in November. 1879. It was started by officers and members of the old co-operative associations known as the Franklin, Jefferson and Arlington. All were very successful and closed by giving general satisfaction, ‘The Equitable, which has been running now nearly ten years, is the largest building association proper in this country. The first president was Jas. H. Saville and Jno. Joy Edson was the first secretary. The main principle upon which the Equitable is organized is to enable and encourage its members to make regular monthly savings of fixed amounts on the shares held, and to purchase, pay for and acquire property b Geom - advances on long time, repaying the same in small monthly install- ments, with the [em oe of settling all or any rtion of the advance at the pleasure of the jorrower. The association may, therefore, be = to consist of two classes of shareholders, First. Those who make systematic payments on stock as savings, who may or may not take advances; and, second, those who obtain ad- vances to secure homes or acquire other prop~ erty, &c. The totalissue of stock cannot at any one time exceed 25.000 shares, which are payable monthly, at the rate of $2.50 each. The nominal value of a share is $1,000, the amount which may be advanced. The with- drawing and maturing values consist of the payments made, with accrued profits, Shares may be withdrawn before or after 120 months by Siving thirty days’ notice. and at the expir- ation of that time are entitled to the repayments of all sums paid on stock, with accrued interest or full earnings thereon, as the case may be, up to date of wit wal, The office of the Equitable is located in the Equitable building, 1003 F street northwest, It is the only association in the United States that owns its own building. The investment has proved a wise and Erediteble one—the ascocia- le and suitable quarters in which to transact its business and also sec the safety of its records, &c., while a fair ne interest is realized on the amount invested in the building. The association has steadily grown since it commenced business. The re- ceipts the first year were €77,685.29; socond, 136,118.70; third, $200,800.01; fourth, ¢ Tai fitth, $351,057.68; sixth, ¢544,495.99, seventh, $634,008.63; eighth, £709,277.29; ninth, $914,989. The total receipts including the year have been €4,536,302.70. Tho assets are @1,044,781.87. The officers and directors for the current year are: Thomas Somerville, presi- dent; Dr. A. J. Schafhirt, first vice-president; Geo. W. , Becond vice-president; Jno.. Joy Edson, secretary; directors, Ben. F. Fuller, H. H. Twombly, d. W. Pratt, Hon. Ellis Spear, Lawrence Gardner, Thomas B. Cross. Geo, W. Fisher, Job. Barnard, Marcus er. Tho president, Mr Thomas Somerville, is a native of Scotland and before coming to this country he learned the trade of brass finisher. He arrived in New York in 1853,when he worked at his trade,and then he mored oa se Daler. At e out of the wat he came to this city importaace of printers’ ink and has made lib- eral use of the columns of Taz Stan. Perpetual Building Association. The Perpetual had its inception in 1881 in the St. George's society of this city, of which society Mr. Cook, the secretary, is the presi- dent. The officers and directors of the ‘Per- etual” are as follows: resident, C. C. Dun- canson; vice-president, Lewis Abraham; trea- surer, Francis G. Sax- ton; secretary, John Cook; directors, A. N. Meeker, Andrew Giass, Wm. ds, Wm. P. Seville, F. W. Branden- ‘Charles Baum, R. Hillyer and C. Bankes Brooks. The assets of the association are ~ $287,346.52, of which amount $234,413.00 are pf dues paid by the mem- bers on their shares, ©. © DUNCAXSON. the balance, $52,993.52, is the accumulated interest fund, for distribu- tion to the members holding sbares, The “Perpetual” renders a good service in assist- ing its members in acquiring property or in saving money. It pays out thousands monthly of accumulations made by thrifty clerks and mechanics, and hundreds of dollars monthly as interest, besides furnishing advances to those desirous of possessing real estate in this city and District. Mr. Cook attributes the steady and continual growth of the “Perpetual” to judicious advertising in Tar Evenine Stak, on the principle of when you have a good thing let the people know of it. A sketch of the career of Mr. Duncanson ap- ared recently in Tue Star. Mr. Duncanson is the head of the establishment of Duncanson Bros., the well-known auction house. He is one of the representa- tive business men of Washington, and his ood judgment has lone much to advance the interests of the Per- ‘tual. The secretary, Mr. John Cook, was born in England, but came to this country when he was twenty- three years of age. He took up his residence in Pennsylvania. and entered the army at the breaking out of the 47) late war, and served 52 through the conflict as captain. Upon being mustered out of the army he accepted a clerical position in the Treasury department. Finding that outside interests demanded his attention he-resigned his position. Mr. Cook has been identified with building associations both in England and in this country. His long experience has made him an expert, and he has had the good fortune to disentangle the affairs of more than one as- sociation and close them up successfully. As secretary of the Perpetual building associa- tion, in conjunction with experienced officers and directors, he has brought that association to a high state of usefulness and prosperity. The First Co-Operative. One of the many successful building associa- tions which are so popular and so useful is the First Co-operative building association of Georgetown. From its beginning, in 1882, it has moved steadily onward, providing a means of investing savings, besides doing much good in the way of assisting its stockholders in building homes. Its receipts have amounted to over $700,000, and it has always been a pay- ing institution. During its seven years of ex- istence it has done much to improve George- town. Many old homes have been modernized and much new property erected through the work of this association, Those interested in its management have been pushing, vigorous financiers, and that they haye been successful in making the association what it ought to be is self-evident. Mr. H, P. Gilbert, president of the First Co-operative building association, was born in Columbia county, New York, but came to Georgetown when quite young. Harry Gilbert, as he is familiarly called, has been for many’ years closely identified with the bus- iness interests of Georgetown,and to-day stands among the fore- most of Georgetown’s rominent merchants, He is extensively en- H. P. oreneRr. — gaged in the hardware business and also conducts several large quar- ries along the Potomac. The secretary of the association, George W. King, is as well known as any one in George- town. Mr. King isemphatically a Georgetown man, having been born in the old city. So strong was his affection 2 for his native place that he abandoned mechani- cal engineering because it would take him away from home. He was one of the original incor- porators of the North- ern Liberty market and was the secretary of the company for years, and at the same time, as secretary, made a aying success of the Ent chariot company! 4 ever organized in this “ city. The next cor- oration in which Mr. King was active was the x GEORGE Ww. First Co-operative building association of KING. Georgetown and in this he is still active. Mr. King’s father, John H. King (who while alive was one of Georgetown's prominent mei chants), was president of the first buil sociation the District of Golumbia ever 5 organized in February, 1851. a WHAT WILL DUNRAVEN DO? His Confidence in the Valkyrie Not Shared by the Squadron. A London cable to the New York World says: There is not the slightest intimation from any authorized source that the royal yacht Squad- ron will not accept the terms of the new deed of gift, but from the very fact that there is no one with the authority to do so who will con- tradict the ramor has given credence to it. Lord Dunraven is out of town and will not be back for two weeks. His private secretary and confidential man, in telling the World corres- pondent to-day the reason why he could not say anything, left the distinct inference that he had received a notification of the re- The special committee Jacht squadron to deal with ‘oversy refused to give any information. The matter was the subject of a long and animated discussion at a special meeting at Cowes on Monday. The members who from the outset have urged objections to the new deed of gift were REAL ESTATE GOSSIP. The Grounds of the Corcoran Mansion Laid off in Building Lots. INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF SUBURBAN. PROP ERTX INDICATED BY GALES—SOME RECENT MOVEMENTS IN PROPERTY OX THE TENLEY- TOWN ROAD—OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST. There has been a good deal of speculation since the death of Mr. W. W. Corcoran as to what would be done with the ground surround~ ing his late residence, which is known as “Mr. Corcoran’s garden.” The trustecs of the es- tate, Messrs, Anthony Hyde and ©. M. Mat- thews, have recently decided to subdivide the ground and place it on the market. About 26,000 feet of the ground in the immediate vi- cinity of the house will be reserved, Until within a few years of his death Mr. Corcoran owned this entire square. He then sold off the entire 16th-street front and a portion of the H and I streets fronts whero the fine residences of Col, John Hay, Mr, Henry Adams, and Mr. Lucius Tuckerman now stand. Mr. Coreoran’s residence and garden occupied the rest of the square, with the exception of a lot on H street where the old-fashioned yellow house stands, which was once the residence of Thos. Ritchie, famous as an editor in Richmond and in this —_ This house belongs to the Corcoran estate. © portion of the property now offered for are lote mting 25 feet each on Connecticut avenue and on I street. The trustees have already sold one of the I street lots to Lieut. Col. Winthrop, U. 8. A., who expects in the fall to erect a fine résidence there, The price paid for this lot was #6 per square foot. ‘The lot at the cor- ner of Connecticut avenue and I street is held at $10 per foot, and the adjoining one on Con- necticutavenueatthesame price. All the other lots fronting on the avenue are held at $3 per foot. The price of the I street lote is $6 per foot, It has not been decided what osition will be made of the Corcoran house. In the event that none of the heirs care to occupy it asa residence it will be either leased or sold. The house, with its furniture, remains as it was when when Mr. Corcoran was alive. ALONG THE TENLEYTOWN ROAD, When the census takers go out along the Tenleytown road next year they are going to find, it is thought, more people to count than are living there at present. ‘Considerable more” is the way Mr. Richard H. Goldsborough expresses it. He is» large property owner in that locality and also owns a farm out beyond the District line. When not planting or har- vesting or doing some other Kara manual Ja- bor, which gentlemen farmers have to do he is in the city oo his real estate in- terests, Just now he is giving considerable time to the new Tenleytown electric railroad, and it was in speaking of the speedy comple- tion of that enterprise that he made the pre- diction in regard to the increase in the popu- lation, He says that the establishment of eas) and rapid communication with the city wil give a great impetus to building and a great many will avail themselves of the opportunity to secure homes in that locality. ‘The owners of property out there,” he said, “and most of the property is held in large blocks, are not selling now. They are not anxious to sell, They think that the proper time has not ar- rived.” rty was In the meantime he said that advancing in value, as would be shown by a comparison of present values with the prices paid four or five years ago. He cited the recent trunsfer of a twelfth interest in the property owned by the Thompson syndicate. He said that the price paid was $50,000, which was at the rate of $2,500 per acre for the prop- erty asa whole. When it was purchased, four or five years ago, he said that the average price paid was $250 per acre. THE PURCHASE OF THE BELT PLACE. Another large sale of property was effected during the past week, Beall, Brown & Co. purchased for a client the place of 8, 8. Belt, which is on the Brookville road, just south ‘of Chevy Chase. It adjoins the land owned by ©. C. Glover and others. The 93 acres comprised in this place lies adjoining several fine old country places which have in the last few years passed into the hands of wealthy syndicates, Chevy Chase, which was the home for so many years of Joseph H. Bradley, the nestor of the District bar, is owned by Mr. J. C. Bullitt, of Philadelphia, and Lieut. by Ve Here, in the leasant old country house, Mr. Jos. Chamber- iain, after his marriege with Miss Endicott, [aera his honeymoon in accordance with the nglish custom, THE KALORAMA PROPERTY, Mr. Bullitt, who is half-owner of Chevy Chase, was one of the chief owners of the Kal- orama property, and also has other property interests in this city. His ventures in Wash- — real estate have fully justified the con- fidence which induced him to place his money here. The Kalorama enterprise not only re- quired a large outlay of money but it brought in golden returns. Inthe course of four or five days after the lots in Kalorama were placed on the market for sale enough had been re- alized from the sales to repay the half-million of dollars which were expended in the pur- chase, for grading and for other expenses. The entire transaction has been carried on so quietiy that it has scarcely caused acomment. There are not many cities in the country where # half-million of dollars could be invested in building lots in the course of a few days without creating a great sensa- tion. This incident shows the substantial char- acter of the movement. which, by legitimate methods and in response to the needs of a growing population, is steadily improving and beautifying the national capital. The entire management of the Kalorama property, inclnd- ing the negotiations for the purchase, has been in the hands of Thomas J. Fisher & Co, SURVEYS FOR STREET EXTENSIONS, One of the items of expense under the new law relative to the subdivision of land is the cost of surveys to determine the lines of the city streets. Only a few of the city streets are extended beyond the pater In order that a new subdivision of land shall conform to the plan of the city it is necessary to have the lines of at least one of the city streets defined. Such work has been done heretofore at the personal expense of the owners of the property. On the 1st of July, howe’ an appropriation of 5,000 became available to py the cost of these surveys. This sum is entirely in- adequate to do all the — work for* which application has already been made to the Commissioners, The services of Mr, D. J. Howell, a civil and topo- raphical engineer, have been engaged and it is the desire to do as much of the work as the money appropriated will allow. It is the in- tention simply to mark the lines of the street extensions and the work of opening and grad- ing will be done when appropriations are made for this purpose by Congress. The present work will be done to suit the needs of those proposing to make subdivisions, and it is not expected that the surveys will be carried all the way out to the District bounds, Mr, Howell was formerly in the service of the geological survey, and since then has had considerable experience in making subdivisions of land in the vicimity of this city, IMPROVING AN OLD HOUSE. The residence of Dr. C. F. Rande, at the southwest corner of 15th and N strects, is to be remodeled in accordance with plans prepared by W. Bruce Gray, architect. The entire front will be taken out and a new front of brick and stone of tasteful design builtin its place. At the corner will be a pretty tower. ‘lor and library will be enlarged and a new stair- case, with an effective screen in the hall, will be the features of the interior cl This residence is on the opposite side of the street from the home of Vice-President Morton. >. Bag lag ke ve? JoLy Mtetg-anggend ar jay Ripgz.—The ment al Ridge has arranged fashioned celebration for on old-f ight. i meals it Ridge at fairs pa Sigg on rate, only $1 for the round trip.—Adot, ——=— we hens saw SLUGGFR SULLIVAN. How he is Training for his Fight with Jake Kilrain. 4 DESCRIPTION OF HIS DAILY ROUTINE—HOW ALL John L, Sullivan is at Belfast, N. Y., under the particular care of Wm. Muldoon, the wrestler, who is assisted in handling the big fellow by Cleary, also a well-known athlete. The New York Sun gives the following account of the method of training pursued: Rising in the morning at whatever hour he seems perfectly rested, usually about 7 or 8 o'clock, Sullivan plays with the nickel-plated dumb-bells for a while, and then dresses him- self in heavy underclothes anda pair of trousers and goes down to breakfast, There is plenty of good, plain food, and he eats now pretty nearly what he wants and all he wants of it Breakfast over, there is a rest of an hour or 80 while the meal is digesting, and at 10 o'clock the work page, The barn is a large building, and almost all of it is given up to traini juar- ters, In the upper story the front is divided into two large rooms, The walls are —= thiekly bape allsorts of mies — for @ pugil wear. Range ine alot one ‘alte of the floor are the shoes Sullivan he been wearing during the past seven weeks. At the end of the row are the big new shoes, with two half-inch pes ineach sole and one in each heel, whic to be used in the fight. The spikes are not “Pointed, but are ugly look- ea just the same. of the dressing rooms is the wrestlin; room, with a big padded square in the center o! the floor. He was utter!: orant of wrestling when he began to train, but was as confident of his power in that line as in his ability to spar. It took weeks of weary hammering upon that | geminal square at the hands of the agile and rawny Muldoon to convince Sullivan that he couldn't wrestle, The wrestling part of the training has now been dropped as unn A Sullivan is still far from a skilful wrestler, but he knows about all of the science that can be learned in a few weeks, and all that is required in fighting under the London prize ring rules. SULLIVAN SMASHES A BAG. Down stairs is a large open place where most of the active training is now done. From a hook in the center of the ceiling hangs the bag that Sullivan daily punishes for an hour, or rather, have hung the bags, for it has taken a lot of them to last through the weeks of heavy hitting they have had to stand. The ordinary ig bag is of rubber, about the size of a t |, but of thinner material; and inflated in the same way. This is put inside of a loose bag of ordinary leather, somewhat larger than the rubber one. The bag is filled only with air, and is not blown out full, but is soft and wrinkled. It is hardly possible to conceive that such a bag, swinging freely from a string four or five feet long, could be injured by a blow from any man’s fist, no matter how hard, Sulliven has used them up rapidly, however. But a few days ago, when Sullivan let out a articularly vicious blow which took the bag fairly in what would have been the forehead had it been @ man’s head, there came a report like a pistol shot, The bag collapsed, and upon examination it was found thata ragged hole nearly three inches long had been torn by the force of the blow in the heavy leather of the outer bag, and that, instead of its merely being split, two pieces had been burst entirely out of e inner rubber bag. A blow that could so injure a bag like that, with nothing but air in- side of it, and without any solid backing, would crush @ man’s skull like an eggshell if it struck fairly, or if landed on the jaw would break a man’sneck. After that Muldoon got a new bag, made especially for Sullivan, Standing before this rawhide bag Sullivan does daily a solid hour of harder work than he ever did in his life before. The power of his blows is something not tobe comprehended until seen. If his hands were hard enough he could batter ina brick wall with no weapon but his fists. But to a scientific eye the power of the blows administered in this battle of the bag is less interesting and significant than the skill and precision with which they are deliv- ered, The man’s judgment is marvelous in its quickness and its ‘accuracy. He knows in an instant just how and where he wants to strike, and the blow follows the thought so quickly that the eye can scarcely follow the molida of the arm. Straight blows, swinging blows, bi cao cuts, and down cuts follow each other like clockwork, the tortured bag after each one flying off toward the ceiling to be caught on the rebound with a new sort of « blow ina new place and sent up again. The heavy grunts of the pugilist and the crack and thud of the blows On tue bag puuctuate the performance. After the ordinary bag has been sufficiently punished there comes a bout with another one, much larger, and stuffed with hair. Exercise with Indian clubs and dumb-bells follows, and then, to wind up the morning’s work, @ seance with the little skipping-rope. After the skipping-rope there isa little rest, and then dinner. More rest follows dinner, an hour anda half for a beef dinner, two hours for a mutton dinner. That brings it to the middie of the afternoon—time to start on the walk. Three hours of hard tramping over the mountains is followed by another hour of rub- bing down and bathing. The baths are in a shower of water coming from a tank overhead through a large box filled with rock salt. The brine is stronger than sea water, Sullivan's face receives a special bath of some substance intended to toughen the skin, and his hands are also treated with a pickling mixture. Supper, an evening of rest, and an early going to bed finish the day of the pails. ‘The daily walk is an event in the neighborhood, and all the rustics turn out to see the proces- sion start. Beside the men there are the dogs, which consist of “Crixous” a huge English mastiff; ‘“Slobs,” a mastiff pup; “Bendi savage bulldog, and “Dandy,”a pretty little fox terrier. Sullivan lumbors along like a humaa elephant, and as they are all rough! dressed they look like a party of amps... Bul- livan likes to loaf when he gets a little tired, and Muldoon exercises his ingenuity to keep him up to rapid work, Whenever there is any- body to look on Muldoon will propose a race, and the whole combination will go teari: away over the rough roads, Muldoon keeping just in front and spurring Sullivan's ambition to make him try to pass him, while the dogs, barking and growling, string along in the dust behind. When all else fails to keep the cham- pion running, Muldoon will drop a little behind and will sing out breathlessly, ‘Hold up a little John, I'm getting played.” . That always sends Sullivan off like a shock of electricity, for if there is one thing that he delights to do it is to beat Muldoon in any athletic contest. He'd run his legs off if he thought he was leaving Muldoon behind. MODERN GIANTS AT THE BATH. ‘The walk is always for three hours and gen- erally covers, nowadays, from 12 to 15 miles. The return is far less impressive than the set- ting out. Perspiration has saked the clothing of all the men and is streaming from their face: the dogs, with protruding tongues and steaming flanks, seem even more exhausted than the men. Sullivan and his trainers go at once to the barn, where all strip and, after a little pre- liminary rubbing down, beneath the shower of briny water, playing in it like school boys in a swimming hole. The sight is one to please the old gods with their admiration of (Pheer beauty and strength. If Hercul ‘imself were no bigger and brawnier than the old sculptors made him, the Sullivan of to-day could pick him up and break him in two across the knee like stick. Stripped for the bath, he stands erect and stal- wart as an oak tree. His feet, long, but not ing out, not bunched together. In long walk and run there are no feet beyond a little redness at one or two places, where the shoes have chafed the skin. The ankles are gracefully built and solid } ——_ any sign of clumsiness; the feet w them, the tendons at the back D.C. SATURDAY, JUNE29, 1889 TWELVE PAGES. & BFE; B i f Ete c & i. i g & 3 onto the upper arm. In front the stands out until the man seeins almost as under the arms as be is across the bac! deed, when he purposely throws his there is little difference, by actual in the thickness of his body andas solidly and ited into such wonde: it supports a head well carried and handsome in spite of the tough-looking face. The arms are well proportioned as to let and are models of perfect physical development, swelling from the shoulder to theelbow, solidly built there and with a well-shaped forearm down to the wrists. One wrist is still crooked from the break it got in the battle with Mitchell. Sullivan claims that it never troubles him, however. The hands are not large in pro- Veg el to the body, but are big enough and ave been hardened and developed by training until they seem nothing but thick layers of sinews over the bones. The knuckles are not prominent, and the ist doubled together makes solid lump, with no sharp projections to be damaged by a hard blow, It is hard to see how Sullivan could smash his hand badly ex- cept with a blow with the back of the fist, WELL DEVELOPED EVERYWHERE. Over the smooth, evenly developed masses of muscles that betoken the perfect strength of the man there is a skin as clear and rosy andas smooth as thatofa woman. From his knees to his neck there is not a blemish nora mark upon him,. The skin isa mask of velvet over the iron muscles beneath, Watching him at the bath, the wonder isat the evenness with which he is developed. Every part of tne body is in proportion except the two small calves, and, more than this, his whole being works together like a piece of machinery of which all = are interlinked. A motion of the arm sends the muscles playing beneath his smooth skin clear to his feet, There seems to be an instant and perp adjustment of the whole we _ each change in the ition ot any part of it In the hard and vattod training to which they have been subjected it is evident that each part has had its chance at development, and that all alike have been built up and trained to work together. Muldoon and Cleary are both weil- built men, and have been frained almost as thoroughly as Sullivan by the work they have had to do in getting him ready, but beside him they seem lop-sided and imperfect specimens of manhood. Each is his superior in one point or another, but neither has the general perfec- tion that marks the gigantic frame of Sullivan. Sullivan's training will last up to the very hour of the fight. Until he steps into the ring he is absolutely under Muldoon’s care. Then his seconds take him and Muldoon’s responsi- bility ends. There will be no slack up in the exercise until the day of the fight. The party will leave Belfast on July 2, and will be some two or three days on the way to New Orleans, but training will be continued in a baggage car fitted up asa gymnasium. After the start all the cooking for Sullivan will be done by Muldoon himself, and there will be every pos- sible precaution taken to prevent the change of climate or of dict from working any harm to the man, who, by that time, on account of the thoroughness of his training, will be ina condition to be easily affected by such a cause. No trouble in getting away is anticipated by Sullivan or his backers, but several of the news- papers in towns about Belfast are urging that the fighters ought to be arrested under the law forbidding persons to leave the state for the purpose of engaging in a prize fight. te At Ra iti sl MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD. Social and Personal Notes—Y. M. C. A,— Real Estate Matters—An Assault, Ete. Correspondence of THE EVENING STaR. Rockvitre, June 29, 1889, Ata meeting of the Young Men's Christian association, held at their rooms last night, the following officers were elected: W. A. Dobson, president; Chas, Abert, vice-president; James F. Allen, secretary; Chas. D. Morgan, treas- urer, The first fashionable hop of the season was given last night at the Town hall, and was largely attended, being participated in by the youth and beauty of the county and a large number of invited guests from Washington, Baltimore, and other places, Messrs, Lee FE Offutt, John B, Bailey, Wm. W. Whiting, and Jas. P. B. Veirs acted as floor mai Among the visitors here “emmy & were two former residents of the town, Mrs. K. G. Bouis, ofJiith street northwest, and Mr. A. Gaegler, of 7th street, Washington. Benjamin Murray, colored, who was lodged in jail here a few days ago, charged with as- saulting Dr. Kempster, superintendent of the Sawyer gold mines in Potomac district, had a hearing before Justice Morgan, Thursday. Dr. Kempster testified that the prisoner was em- ployed under him and refused to obey an order and then struck him with a large piece of timber and threw a chisel at him, from which he received a painful and dangerous wound, The justice held Murray in #250 bail for his appearance at court on the charge of assault with intent to kill. He is also charged with taking @ horse from the mines without permission. Mr. Wm. Grady is employed making an in- vestigation of the lines of all the farms in the county preparatory to making a large county map. yy son of Levi Jones, of Barnesville district, was fatally burned @ few days ago while attempting to kindle @ fire with the aid of kerosene oil. Many farmers along the Potomac whose wheat lands were flooded during the recent freshet will not take the trouble to cut the grain as the amount to be gathered will not pay for the work. . John A, Belt has purchased of J. Spri Poole, of Washington, a two-acre lot in Gaith- ersburg for $1,200. Messrs. 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