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ford. His daily habit was to rise early, and he was generally 

 in the warehouse before the engine was started. The people 

 of Bradford had a saying to the effect that ' Titus Salt makes 

 a thousand pounds before other people are out of bed.' His 

 punctuality, too, was proverbial, and all his movements were 

 regulated with the greatest accuracy. He also possessed in 

 an eminent degree another admirable quality, which his 

 biographer has called wholelieartedness. The work upon 

 which he had now entered was carried forward with his whole 

 heart. 



The following sketch of the character of Titus Salt is by 

 one of his workmen : — ' He was a man of few words, but when 

 he did speak, it was to the point, and pointed ; he meant what 

 he said, and said what he meant. If I asked him for an 

 advance of wages, he always said "I'll see," and it was done. 

 He was a fair-dealing master between man and man. When 

 he heard tell of a man trying to injure another man, that man 

 had to go through the small sieve. If a man did his duty, 

 he was always ready to give him a lift over the right. This I 

 have myself proved. One day, Mr. Salt was coming down 

 Manchester Road, Bradford, in his carriage. When he saw 

 one of his workpeople, who had been ill for some time, he 

 stopped his carriage and gave him a five-pound note. When- 

 ever he saw true distress, he was always ready with his heart 

 and hands to help them. He was a persevering, plodding 

 man. He had a very strong struggle with the alpaca wool. 

 It was, in some instances, thirty-six inches long ; but he was 

 determined to master it, which he did.' It must be admitted, 

 too, that he showed a considerable amount of public spirit 

 beyond the sphere of his daily work. In the year 1832, he 

 interested himself in railway communication with Leeds, in 



