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but due to his memory to state that, 

 to his indefatigable perseverance, his ap- 

 plication to business, his forethought and 

 general capacity, is to be attributed the 

 success of that company of which he 

 was so long and so deservedly the head; 

 which, for its efficiency and its remune- 

 ration to the shareholders, ranks among 

 the first railroad companies in the king- 

 dom. At his death he had accumulated 

 near half a million of money, it is said 

 an immense sum for a coachman to 

 realize more, perhaps, than the industry 

 and talents of any one man ought to 

 realize ; and to his lasting praise it must 

 be recorded, that he did not forget, but 

 took pains to provide for, many of his 

 dependants, whose means of subsistence 

 were destroyed by the introduction of 

 the new method of travelling. Had 

 others upon whom the author had far 

 greater claims done the like, he would 



