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Show UK MIS I iVOIIKIIU A FP.W days ago we made aim comments upon Ihe death of Kidney Dillon, but wi ro unable.ln the aUonco of data, to present any details connected con-nected Willi his cancr. The following brief sketch from Ihe Uhlcsgo MMU quite Interesting: "Itecognlzlng Ihe almost dotllnte condition con-dition of his fsther'a finance young Dillon at Ihe Immature ago of seven determined de-termined that ho would bo a bunion to his progenitors no longer) as ho since expressed ex-pressed It, 't wauled lo strike out for m self,' "Icctvlng the paternal roof ho sought soil obtained work on an eastern brtneli, then bvlng built, of the Mohawk .. Hud-aon Hud-aon rosd, between Albany aud Hchneeis dy. The rood Is nuw known as tho Xow rke'ontral. 'Ills first duty was lo carry water lo the latiortrs building the roi.1 and for bis service he received the sum of I jier week and his meals. "Frugality being his chlel Inheritance he uianagi-d In Isy asldu the greater rl of his earnings In ordor to evrryouta oouip ict nu to with himself that 'one day I will start for myself an t I will become richer than any 'squlrol know." 'Torty-elgM ycara ago ho determined tj marry, and on v'sltio Amherst, Mass, bo met a young and brilliant women, a member of one of tlio vlllsgo's most reepoctcd families. Tu his wifo Mr, Dillon owed a great pert of bis success, suc-cess, Hhe did not iviiis to him with any largo dowry, but brought him awlfo'a love and encouragement. "When quite a yuuug man Mr. Dillon camo tn Now York clly. Ho still ils.n-led ils.n-led his attention lo carrying out rallroa I conlrao a, II ean safely be said that few men In this country bate undertaken larger contracts. It was ho who built the rottrlh atcuuo linprotomcnl liinuel from the flrand Central depot lo Harlem, New York city. This enterprise was completed at a cost of e7,u00,U)o. At the smell slllsge of Promontory, spviuty-uvo miles west of Ogdsn, Mr. Dillon In Isftl osslslol Inlaying the last rail ou tlio Unloti Parlllo railroad. I 'rom Itsluelplvnoy ho has been (onnecled with tho road, When Horace P. Clark dled.lu 171, Mr. Dillon wasunauluioualyclnUHl Iho executive chief of tho road, ho was Instrumental In bulld'ng, and hold this position for tho ensuing ten) ears. Ills fsinlty consists of two msrrled dsugbters and a mimbtr id grand. children. Hx-Judgo John P. Dillon, nl-lornoy nl-lornoy for Jay tlould, Is his nephow." |