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at Craven, and breathe the wholesome air of the country. 

 At the close of his yeai-'s mayoralty, the Bradford, Observer 

 wrote : * Our worthy Mayor, Titus Salt, Esq., has long enjoyed 

 wide-spread and well -merited popularity throughout this 

 district. His kindness and consideration as an extensive 

 employer, and his munificence and public spirit as an in- 

 fluential citizen, had long ago won for him *' golden opinions 

 from all sorts of men." He has lost none of his fame by the 

 manner in which he has discharged the onerous duties of 

 first magistrate of this borough, but has rather gained additional 

 lustre to a good name.' 



A mansion called Crow Nest, about seven miles west from 

 Bradford, became the residence of Mr. Salt in 1844. He was 

 obliged to drive to and from business, so that the time spent 

 at home was very limited. His biographer takes great delight 

 in recording that many a poor woman with a child in her arms, 

 or many a dusty pedestrian, lias had a lift from him by the 

 way when driving. Two of his children, Whitlam and Mary, 

 died here ; their bodies were afterwards placed in the family 

 mausoleum at Saltaire. 



It had for a long time been a settled desire with him, 

 that when he reached the age of fifty, he would dispose of 

 his various mills, and spend the remainder of his life as 

 a country gentleman. When the time came for an ultimate 

 decision, it is said to have cost him many anxious days 

 and sleepless hours by night His habit of mind, which 

 is certainly worthy of imitation, was to weigh a question 

 calmly in his own mind, viewing it from all its different 

 sides, and then to communicate his thoughts to others. 

 The gigantic plan of bringing all his factories together on 

 the banks of the Aire, it is said, was a gradual growth in 



