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PALI SAD IAN
^
“ Find tongues in trees, books in the running brooks.
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.**
—As You Like It.
PALISADE, N. J., JUNE 1907. PRICE 5 CENTS
fB Who's Who in Palisade*
In Wallace Porter, one oi Fai-<
de’s Pioneers and His inter
ing Personalty—Man of Many
ie Attainments.
all of the citizens of Palisade,
ids higher in public esteem than
ict of this month's sketch, Wil
tllace Porter, of Oumbermede
e is a man universally popular,
ti.at rare, unobtrusive type of
which commends itself with
mphasis.
irter was one of the earliest
of Palisade, corning here July
when only one or two families
?d in. He is a native of Newr
ite, and was born at Crown
ike Champlain, in 1804. He is
self-made man, having received
minion school education in his
ilage. He early developed a
for literature, however, and be
st udiousi trend of mind, soon
a foundation for a cultured
education. The Palisadian
published one of his poems,
id Home,” which shows him to
of the highest inspiration. In
s this very tendency toward
hat contributes so much to his
It is evidenced in everything
and is ever shown in his busi
wliere his pride leads him to
■ elevation of purpose.
unpretentious, he loves the
e and leads it. In 1871) at the
teen he entered a twine mill in
w York where the hardest man
r of his life was done, but
looks upon as one of the ex
of greatest value in his al
ful life. From 1880 to 1882
1 at the maehinests* trade, and
2 to 1884 studied and taught
ing and stenography with suc
tliose days a competent stenog
as rare, and an expert was
1 as accomplished in a very
1884, he journeyed to the
and obtained an engage
the Santa Fe Railroad, as
to the Superintenednt of Fuel
with headquarters at Tope
Taking kindly to the min
as evidenced with his
connection, young Porter re
the service of the railroad
when he became associated
Pueblo Smelting and Refining
of Pueblo, Colorado, as assist
►--—■
ant to the General Manager. He rose
rapidly at this work, and in 1895 was
promoted to the position of Supply Ag
ent, which he held till 1899, when he
entered the employ of the Guggenheim
Exploration Company, of New York
City, as assistant to the General Mana
ger. Later in the same company, where
he enjoyed the fullest confidence of all,
he occupied consecutively the positions
>f Acting Secretary, Assistant Secretary,
Conditions of Work in Palisade.
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for the exploration ot mining properties,
and which has been singularly success
ful. In January, 1907, he organized the
Central Mines Development Company,
Limited, an English corporation of
which he is the Managing Director.
This latter company is unique in its or
ganization in that one-half of its capital
stock is held in Europe, and half in the
United States. Its business is the dev
elopment of mining properties, and it
WILLIAM WALLACE PORTER, Palisade.
_ Photo bj Hollinger.
Secretary, Second Vice-President and
Director. He. served in the latter ca
pacity as well as Director of many of
the Guggenheim Companies until July,
100G, at which time he resigned entirely
from the Guggenheim interests and ac
cepted the Presidency of The Mines Syn
dicate, a corporation organized by him
operates in close alliance with The Mines
Syndicate.
Mr. Porter enjoys the highest esteem
of his business associates, and carries
his high ideals into his commercial life
as he does in all social matters. He is
not a believer in clubs, though he is a
(Continued on Page 3.)
Exactly What Work Is Doing—Over
175 Men At Work, and the Pay
roll Over $2,500 Per Week—In
terviews with Supt. Qarfield May.
The progress of work in Palisade this
spring has been all that was or should
be expected. In a running talk ■with
Superintendent Garfield May, a state
ment of existing operations was given
which is both, satisfactory and interest
ing. Mr. May was asked:
*‘\\ hat is the general condition of the
work being done by the company at
present in Palisade?”
“As good as could be asked, I should
say," he replied. “I am under orders to
push matters as fast as I possibly can,
without neglecting any one piece of
work.”
"How many men are you working at
present ?”
"I have under me one hundred Ital
.ans on the roadways alone. Besides
chese, there is a good sized squad em
ployed at blasting and digging for water
and gas mains, which labor, according
.o a recent ruling, will be paid for by the
Hudson River Realty Company. Be
sides these, there are fifty carpenters
under Supt. Frank, and our weekly pay
roll is over $2,000 or nearly $11,000 per
month. -This at at the rate of $125,000
a year, and it may be larger—perhaps
will be, if improvements contemplated
are carried out.”
“How long have you been working
100 men?”
“Since March 1. And in that time
we have made considerable progress.”
"Will you state what has been done?”
"Well, we ran forty men all winter
at the stone crushers and sewer blast
ing, and got out over 3000 tons of stone
"or the roadways. We have used con
siderable of this stone already, and are
still getting it out. though we have
ibout 2500 tons on hand, and have used
as much as this already since March
a iic « iuici wuik lmiuuni lue i.iy
ing of the sewer along Washington ave
nue from Bluff road to Bridle way, be
sides the sewer in Bridle way to Dear
born road. Then the sewer in Cumber
mede road from the Dwiggins house has
been laid to Dorincourt road, one block
north of Bridle way.”
Continuing Mr. May said: “Since
March we have graded and seeded many
lots around houses already completed
and occupied, including the new Freder
(Continued on Page 5.)