| Show A YANKEE rg CarrOl of leggs It a III Chilli leiti No tile tale of the fortunes which hA have been Cn built up by North Americans In Inthe i th the republics ot of Latin would hi complete without reference 1 Ut the career faur of henry IIII HIS In Chile bile antI I leru ru form orm tile the tacit spec pec spectacular story ot of which South America h has ever furnished and be beyond beyond yond a doubt had he been but buta a f more yea years olm of life I he would have died one ot of th the richest If not the est elt men In tile the world To hIm the amount ot of money Involved In a 11 trans tran transaction action cut rio and he dealt dall In million with I lesi worry than ordinary operators handle thousand e the lesion ot of finance In a school Chool where large figures were common A As a young man he passed through the y nJ i when Call fornia wu was the worlds world anI and I was mON plentiful In some sec eec sections than was AI the water with which to wash alb It Ut II rose roM to the crest ot of the gold golden tn en wave and his hll fortune wu estimated then at several veral millions The h time of reaction caught loaded with prop upon which ht he could not realize ready coin and with many oth pr Cr hI he sank before the flood not lIot only losIng hll property but burled under an avalanche of debt A I DEBTOR In October 1314 Meigs el left San Francisco not only n a ruIned man but a debtor Fur For several years erl his hili were fre unknown and then word came UP UI from rom the South ot of the gigantic operations then lien engineered b by 1 a darin daring speculator r named In this tu to he be none other than Henry II ItI th the man who hAil tied lied from debt In California Then creditors bt began gan to hear from rom him and erie olle bY one the California debt were wiped out Even a to whom ht he owed a tel few dollare WIS aa sought out b by his hll agents who were In Instructed not only to pay the lug lor Iun laundry r bill but to add enough gold to Illace the poor woman forever be yontl want One lot ot of debts declined to pay until by Ii a readjustment the full amount of the claims might be bep p passed to the o creditors These were claims claIm which liat hati wn been purchased for tor a lon song b by speculators when tb the first rumor o of South American eu IIi r cess reached the California coat coast To th the clamorous brokers h ht turned h deaf Iut ear hut but declared himself ready at any timi to meet the full rull obligations with Ith interest it If be could pay the sUm urn claimed into th the hands baad ot of his hll original creditors For a time tI the broker held out but at as attu tu wu tate sate from attack they final Iy Iv vere Ire to yield and the mane money for fw thousands of oC debts was thus thu forced b by him Into the possession ot of it rIghtful owners Meanwhile the South American for tor fortune tune tied hid grown rown cleared a full tull million from a contract for tb the building ot of hile rall ay between the port of 01 nil Santiago di Chil ChilA A Next ext came the construction ot of Peru lerus orf railway line between anI and Arequipa whIch doubled doull lIel fortune Every EVerT contract was made di with lIh the Government ot of the lilt reo re republic public the roll road was wa to be built Scheme after scheme each tach more gigan gigantic tic than the other Was WAIl successfully car ar rt ned 1 out Jut lei At one time otc ot red to build 1 a breakwater at the mouth of harbor barber It If the Eov would at ghe him a ninetynine year YNH lease ot of It its II side Forty lorty millions million would this venture have bave cost but the harbor ot of Chill Chile would hi been rendered safe aate for IU all time The Chilean rapid to 10 wealth anti demanded 1 a large price for the rental ot of the sheltered side e of th the breakwater even should hould the work it b lIne without cost COlli to tn till the the project l faIled 11 1 and today the windswept ba bay III i protection lon lonIn In 1170 the fInancial world or was 11 b by the ot of a contract entered into lato between MI the Peruvian government This calif for tor forthe th the constrUction or of a complete railway system Iem nn even to a line crossing the summit ot of th the Andes was wasI al alt t I the lines ready JadY for tor rP receive the Ihl sum ot of one hundred nd millions million In gold In Inal al i the work At the cain am then Peru was to 10 borrow to meet the contract and finally when Fu European rolan loans not lie be Meigs accepted the ot of the Peruvian government until he It ally owned tim the republic Even ven the RI as ot of lt I friend Cot Col floRa then ot of Peru Peril rAiled failed to Inter Interfere fere fer with Ith the railwaY plans I lena do no more nod nud f I own was t tied tip lP tn In U 1 building of the So for tor lack 1 f money the wart wu stooped X tO tot fat a t farther loan tro from with MaIa It were COT In deith cut cutoff off the hf molt meet remarkable N career or of an ani Tanke to 11 South America hIli hi nth th the loan ioan tsU tl and tim th n folloWed 1 war wa waIt It Ith h Chile hi Until lit lt It the hI till ran way operations slumbered lit Ift that Kr r 11 peace came mf to the tWO rl FC the th 0 of tV It Grace e lok bk up the tW a isid the ork rk h has since been pushed In apitI ot of his hiM II Hi lI tIll the Slate pf of alifornia trials there seemed to ave created III Ii J 11 ble an n aversion Ion for the vett a passed by the California 19 leg asking him to return tailed to Influence him to In visit the State One of the which char characterised this brilliant operator wu that he always worked alone alon There never was wa a partner In his hll dealings In Inbe and he be never ht advice lie HI looked Into the future through no mInd save live his hll own and when Ihn nn once hi his cou course was ht he nt neer r hand changed It W His personality was wa most attractive his hll manner never changing no matter what hat th 1111 lightest speech and nd to this fact is III hll In n measure the sue cess hI he In the cc hili hi gigantic Neither ot of the American continents will ever show bow an another other carPer career exactly that ot of this daring operator |
