A Successful Man

Conspicuous among the many men who have moved from the south and west to New York and have made fortunes, is John H. Inman, now the moving spirit ia half a dozen railroads and mining and manufaeturing enterprises in the south and southwest, and who is ranked as one of New York's millionaires. When John H. Inman carne from the south to New York less than a score of years ago he was by no means a capitalist. But he had what New York capitalists wanted and were willing to invest in, and that was thorough and expert knowledge of the tremendous natural mineral and other resources of the southern and southwestern states, more especially Georgia, Alabama, West Virginia and Tennessee, says an exchange. Mr. Inman was one of the first to see the financial mine that lay ready for men with sufficient brains and some capital to open up. He made a strong impression on northern capitalists and easily secured what was need to start the enterprises he had in mind. All this was not so many years ago, but Inman's success was immediate and rapid, so that he is now rated among New York's solid men. Like most of the southern men who have come to New York he has bothered Iittle with politics, but has bent all his energies to building up a fortune. In this he has succeeded more than he expected or hoped. True, he was named one of the commission that is trying to give New York a practical and effeetive system of rapid transit. But this is not considered a political position. It is rather an onerous public duty. It would be hard to say how many enterprises Mr. Inman is identifted with. .He is a tremendous worker, as most successful men are. In appearance he is tall, broad-shouldered, with a strong face and iron-gray hair and beard. He is a strong believer in the future of the south and the southwest, and he has sound reasons for his belief, in the shape of a fortune madt out of that territory.