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worth sacrificing time and attention to, and 

 his name is only on the list for a short period. 



In the north, he connected himself with 

 projects for the supply of water to Newcastle 

 and Gateshead. He promoted the Whittle 

 Dean Water Co., and became a Director of 

 the company into which this developed, the 

 Newcastle and Gateshead Water Co.; but in 

 London he became a director of the "Brazil 

 Great Southern Railway Co.," "The British 

 Land Mortgage Co. of America," "The 

 International Bank of London," "The New 

 Oriental Bank Corporation," and of the 

 "Grand Hotel," the "Hotel Metropole," and 

 others. 



The ability that fitted him to attain to the 

 position of director of these various companies 

 enabled him also to utilise the opportunities 

 that were thus afforded him ; he was able to 

 get on the course that led him to the golden 

 goal which he finally attained. It was 

 mainly his financial ability, not his success as 

 a chemical manufacturer, that enabled him to 

 amass the fortune which he left behind him. 

 He appears to have had the genius to discern 

 the right moment and the proper sphere in 

 which to act, and his calmness of judgment 

 and promptness of action earned for him the 



