Lately the health of a member of his family has made it desirable for him to live in Colorado, and he is now the vigorous and efficient vice-president of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
The great ships and the railroad put us in possession of the most favourable facilities.

From the first the organization was successful.
We built up a huge trade, mining and carrying ore to Cleveland and other lake ports.

We kept on building and developing until finally the fleet grew until it included fifty-six large steel vessels, This enterprise, in common with many other important business undertakings in which I was interested, required very little of my personal attention, owing to my good fortune in having active, competent, and thoroughly reliable representatives who assumed so largely the responsibilities of administration.

It gives me pleasure to state that the confidence which I have freely given to business men with whom I have been associated has been so fully justified.
SELLING TO THE STEEL COMPANY The work went on uninterruptedly and prosperously until the formation of the United States Steel Corporation.

A representative of this corporation came to see us about selling the land, the ore, and the fleet of ships.