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1674-50 Carl Fisher ' LONG ISLAND SKETCH' i Subject---CARL G. 'tSH R (,) ocf Front Stove :�:n agars • • /004 lecksetaor 4 7507 Fifth. Ave. u{ r ` Phone Circle 744C Carl G. .Fisher vas sitting in the forward cockpit of his cruiser. the Shadow Jwhich was plowing up, the waters of Long Island Sound at a rate miles an hour. Fluttering i n'the breeze created by his speeding boat were the long collas points of his white flannel shirt. his tie.---Land a sizeable map. '`, The map described the 10000 acre plat he had justpurchased at the easternmost tip of Long Island--.Montauk Point. purchased to be developed into a high gr:dc sumer resort and and of the outstanding out:.of-doors sport centers of America.. 1 lie has,just finished a minute oi._-'riinati.cn of the entire property. I161d- img cow eud of the map, as it flicked about in the rixid was Th Iter A. Koh1hepp. ' , who is Carl fisher's chief executive-- comparatively young mon from Louisville. Xv+,t who got his f iw s L i i s icht into big business affairs s us a certified public accountant, "Walter", Said Mr. Fisher, tndicatIng his desires with pencil markings on the ;p, /I ,want the firsthotel to be built here,. on this bight point over- looking oceans sound and lakes. The second hotel should be located here on the lake front and the third on this point on the opposite shore, wRename this lake„ the largest on the property, Lake Montauk tO replace that unpronouncable Xndis.n .name and cut a channel through from Block ls7 nd Sound to Montauk Like. build je:ties,, and eke Lake Wl tauk a modern land locked yacht • harbor, This island in Lake .Montauk is about t .» ' r hi.rty f ivcs serest*s ;mea« fat the Pahlclub and pier on it. , • /This area is best adapted to the construction of tbe'-f'irit ;off club—. but put the club boilse and the first tee 'here for it is a high point affording au excellent view in every direction. ' `; . A ' f: d ,. , 'la •ou' f �' sI o s district here, loc:ate,o viUsge. of 100 comfortable hcme$ over here, Savo the s area. for r ssidenti�,:l estates and build at least twenty highgrade houses here. 11.Daild a bigbathing pavilion here, so that it.wig?' be assessible for bathing in the surf and in the moresheltered u Iters of the hake, part a� series or to iscfout here and the polo fields will fitinto this flat valley already ' levelled off by ate.vure. , L' 'iffy miles of roads should go in at once, with a boulevard skirting the lakes hula the golf course,, ve;.ving arownd the hills aid through the trolleys. L twenty milestf bridle paths end lay out a half mile. entlewz+s driving track." of r_tauk s^.each s planned iT a single huo theco iing communityd afternoon by a , .vbeso vl .on h beco-n for its precision throughout the world. This episode in the interesting history of Carl G. Fisher occurred last - .' . Fall. Thi susmcr less gifted visiow,Ties cay eec each and every one of his plans under way, a Montauk,: "Ch yea,'" said . .Fisher.es though an afterthought, where used to be • , • bftfried it. That dust 'beau a Colorful sheep on this 1. Then the,I,dia> sight. Put:a.thoukand ,fid of s h ep out ,to graze in the sprbg.0 . ! ` Thei sheep, noir grazintg at Uontauk attract almost as much attention as the construction Work which is making the, primitive bontduk of Indian .days into the i:.ited111y' of 'modern resorts. • *r. Fisher has a discerning eye for the f .Fh en V--',..:- -`4.- picturOaque 4A, beauty as well as:utility. , Zd } created'more The Carl Graham Fi Sher whose activityF n -,Y " ' $,faterest � the island then fir, :single event in redeat f; s is a retiring man f. t `'©f a mon at least 4 s his junior and a str� i ! yearswith 'a'ial�ysi.cs3 Vigil y ,,+ : .perion:rl ity that reaches Dart, grasps and holdsthe great Mijority of persons with: iticat.lie 0000,a Contact. * , M a .. Y r a -- , H,c yy s ti^y en a y :lthy, probably not knowing the a.ctu€l number of 1.14. .i.y,7 .4 �' �..{.dw4i+. stir esta nothing more this: i,zsy one of thousand millions haste ¢ yet h ,.. bearing , of :in satisfying fixa ucial groups. his mode of living i.s only c.omfortable in comper son .th his met ns, his c3utx g is os plain es it is comfortable end his social a*bittons are confined to • the enfortainzont;of a few friends with mom he has been intimate with for many ' years. �f� b selling chocolate, & < i� life as & "train butcher � earning his living fruit a magazines azines oa the slow.trains of a narrow gasp railroad, Ittr. Fisher early` in, life beaLn, ;,1.0_contacts with the general public, 3.eainiii their likes and dislikes � and their desixes in the spirit of gaiety. ' Ho attended school -anti) he was only twelve Years of ;age but he =question-- , I ably attained,his educativzal foundation R. few years. later when he worked in a book store with access to .all the !:asters. His libraries in his severLl hoses today are replete with e type of books 1 that would most nau&,L.ly thrill an adveaturcus soul end his type — pirate storie ; histories relating the, sore daZ'in episodes of lif® -- are to his liking and he ,is I a perint reader. Sabatioi.ie ,probably,his favorite suthcr i . lithout a doubt Ills finenoasi foresight which is eacepti(mally' keen was sharpened during'en energetic period in, which he was a member of a thriving banking institution.' F 'probably has no o:u� . amOtor or' oucce�csful is s Uri ' 'p . I6,;most Maths prosotors, the background of his ideas rather than in . ' .\ the glaring they cresto. .1 al.e ys is found in the shadows of his achievements* 'I.eng before "fie► _vf gasoline motors, in whose develop , .` ' , .. , t lir« Fisher -were perfected, hs won professional faze took each active + ' ♦'� � `r hid�a`.�eirorunzaer iaZ bicycle racer. I g pursuits undoubtedy h . , +. � 'xsb�non p '' � ��,i +.-1 sleds on a �r Tong bill bu osploits. A raced snow 3 } !t W . . i 4Adi.WiLO t l 1 F . • Ohio, as a part o f the edvertising effort of the leading dry foods store in that town, After racing for several o .z s Er. z iSher became 'a manufacturer 'of bicycles is { India ap4lis. • Later he became an automobile racing drivers wheeling those bucket seat type of speedsters around treacherous race treks of pioneer speed days that were so ibpertent . d.eve1oping the passenger "cars of today. For many years, lir. Fisher was a real star of the speedways and he held for a logtinier the world's record for two mil.e:i,'h =.ving made the distance on the Harte track in Chicago in the remarkable time,, 2;02, in 1904. *It was Mr. Fisher who canseived the irdea of the j'ndianapelis Motor Speedway, the greatest race course in the World Each Phey 3Oth, the International fire hundred rile race is held for a purse of $60,000.,, awarded by thy management, and added pur e3 which brin: the total to nylroximately 4a.0o,OOQ„ The tracks pns t ed lit 1909 and re-surfaced into its present brick ;Int: concrete statfi ' . 1911. It is a tremendous endeavor at the tine" end to this day lamys to the 1 'k r le.rgests crowd collected in any given spot in Jlnerica in a single del. ` it has become knows the world's greatest one day a year business. 4 '' Although all Mr. F .sherr#s pursuits have been exceptionally successful, from a financial atandpointt his real climb to great wealth began in 1904 when he organised the Prest-0-Lite dompenii Which supplied the first tanks for automobile head and tail lights. . In 1904 it **Sem imaginary business venture with a • •e., • capttel of 00,000. 1 few years ago when the ba8D188s was sold by W. Fisher and his associates, it beou; ht ssv5.11..lons. ' ham.:NOilt wit.had:me4s as mulch money as Mr. Fisher were planning to retire end live comfortably over after on the dividends of their earlier. active.3 ore, hegwas forced into ii anti,'fl.a.,`,due`to a wreek of his yacht. i Daring the first fever days that he lingered about the fleri de city, he became lk : very much. ,uncles o.r in szrip of land three miles across Biscayne Bay, separating l-Ami from the Atlantic Ocean. • # .: .,..; Men ho became tremendously interested in this plat of,land, it vas 'little a more at the t ime'than a Mangrove sw i =inhabited and wild in its centuries of growth in a sem:-.tropical climate, ; He became heavily interested in the project financially end soon after devoted not only R17 his time,-Dat millions of dollars'in developing this huge resort. Today it is bloom as one of the.outstandingly stable;resorts in the southern, state; as a fashionable resort in the winter and has outgrown ; even the expectations of Kr. Fisher, its pioneer promctor. Ur* nailer-is an ardent sportsman, who owns the speediest yachts; i sponsors racing loats,r both here and abroad; essisting in the promotion of the Indianapolis attar Speedway Races and is generally interested in all branches of athletics, especially those in which rnaaturee compete. For years ha h4s been an ardent tennis player end until only a`year • I, ago, ago, played pony polo 'in an energetic fashion, again shoeing,a glimpes of`his • - . exceptional daring while play g this gage by wearing spectacles because of poor • eye eight, Long Island is not tailsaown to Carl Fisher, although he was 'bion in Indianapolis end,reared in the midile vest; for Yet.rs he has spent his` winters in { • Florida rind kis a1ters On long :/gland, 'owning a beautiful estate at Port tashinton. In the near future, h,3 will have his home at Montauk, :Unassuming and .in far qty times positively a `, . fibber seldont ventures far away from his intimate projects and his-recreational periods are spent on his tests and around his estates, where he plays golf wry day. to be happiest enterta;n ing a group .Af told fria�ldaa, . , "� s friends Who knew him in dais probably,less prosperous, bat certainly not less t 6 }e ( 0, - aavei turous; peel-pie t h ddid not laugh apt` hi* 'as markt did during'the days of 3 his earlier ar pIoi�s rhen ..: e u .a; ideas brought laughs or derisiah frogo Peop-e i -the co t in Bch ha res. ,. n. . • - s t[ • tm . 0 3, ,„-77.;47.---.7„,—.---:.----.,-i..... - - r s x: -• fi' •t^.i:!' . • a 5 , '' ';...'...'„:',,,,:;:t r 4 ) . t • . r C. i --i •