Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 416 pages of information about Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie.

Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 416 pages of information about Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie.

Morrison, Thomas, maternal grandfather of Mr. Carnegie, 4-6, 287.

Morrison, Thomas, second cousin of Mr. Carnegie, 145.

Morton, Levi P., 165.

Mount Wilson Observatory, 261, 262.

Municipal government, British and American, 314-16.

“Naig,” Mr. Carnegie’s nickname, 17.

National Civic Federation, 234.

National Trust Company, Pittsburgh, 224.

Naugle, J.A., 237.

New York, first impressions of, 28;
  business headquarters of America, 149.

Nineteenth Century Club, New York, 150.

Ocean surveys, 261.

Ogden, Robert C., 277.

Oil wells, 136-39.

Oliver, Hon. H.W., 42, 49.

Omaha Bridge, 164, 165.

Optimism, 3, 162;
  optimist and pessimist, 323.

Organs, in churches, 278, 279.

Our Coaching Trip, quoted, 48, 110;
  privately published, 212.

Palmer, Courtlandt, 150.

Panama Canal, 359, 360, 372.

Pan-American Congress, 345, 346.

Panic of 1873, the, 171, 172, 189-93.

Park, James, pioneer steel-maker of Pittsburgh, 199, 200.

Parliament, membership and meetings, 315.

Partnership better than corporation, 221.

Patiemuir College, 2.

Pauncefote, Sir Julian, and Mr. Blaine, 355;
  the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, 359, 360.

Peabody, George, his body brought home on the warship Monarch, 282.

Peabody, George Foster, 277.

Peace, Mr. Carnegie’s work for, 282-86;
  Palace, at The Hague, 284, 285.

Peace Society of New York, 285, 286.

Peacock, Alexander R., partner of Mr. Carnegie, 203.

Pennsylvania Railroad Company, builds first iron bridge, 115-17;
  aids Union Pacific Railway, 163, 164;
  aids Allegheny Valley Railway, 167-71;
  aids Pennsylvania Steel Works, 185.
  See also Carnegie, Andrew, Railroad experience.

Pennsylvania Steel Works, the, 185.

Pessimist and optimist, story of, 323.

Philadelphia and Erie Railroad, 167-70.

Philippines, the, annexation of, 358, 362-65.

Phillips, Col.  William, 167, 168, 169.

Phipps, Henry, 31, 130;
  advertises for work, 131, 132;
  crony and partner of Thomas Carnegie, 132;
  controversy over opening conservatories on Sunday, 132, 133;
  European tour, 142;
  in charge of the Lucy Furnace, 181, 182;
  statement about Mr. Carnegie and his partners, 196, 197;
  goes into the steel business, 201.

Phipps, John, 46;
  killed, 76.

Pig iron, manufacture of, 178, 179;
  importance of chemistry in, 181-84.

Pilot Knob mine, 183.

Piper, Col.  John L., partner of Mr. Carnegie, 116, 117;
  had a craze for horses, 118, 121;
  attachment to Thomas Carnegie, 118, 119;
  relations with James B. Eads, 120.

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