The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-29
JAY GOULD.
Of the Great Modern OPP
erator..His Recent Speculations and
Present Schemes-The Capture Of
Pacific Mail.

crator.-His Recent Speculations and
Present schemes-The Capture Of
Pacific Mail.
Especial Correspondence ofthe Times.)
New YoRK. April laval street, so
much derided by commonplace cities as
the DEVILS Exchange, is at this moment
a mirror ofwhat is taking place every
where. Instead Of dozen heroes in its
Pantheon, there is but one--Jay Gould.
He has nearly broken Daniel Drew, the
head of the bears. Rufus Hatch, whose
operations with Michigan Southern
stock in 1857 Melted $2,185,0O0, has
been exploded by Could, and has sailed
for Europe. Henry Keep has been five
years asleep under $500 600 mausoleum,
and his wife has found husband for the
81, O0O, 900 he left her in Judge Schley, OF
Georgia. Vanderbilt no longer visits |
the street, and his stocks hold
their high figure from the integrity of the
man; that is, Vanderbilt, will not
permit his own stocks to fall on his
| friends, although the condition of the
Lake Shore Railroad seems to be any
thing but sound. Jim Fisk died the
brawler's death he coveted. Horace
Clark passed away with the serenity he
/ had lived. saw Leonard Jerome few
DAYS ago lunching in the park, Passe and
Indifferent. He was the Sardanapalus OF
the street, and under his domination Pa
cific Mail sold at 800. With more intel
licence than any other broker. educated
at Princeton, he lost millions by foolishly
remaining p-town at pleasure on the day
his company held its annual meeting. He
is now worth three quarters of million,
which he husbands as close as ne can ana
avoids the street. Tom Durant dropped
out of prominence very much tor the rea
sons which exhausted Jerome-pleasure
and extravaganza.
There are no such times at present for
, rapid speculation as in the period Of the
war and succeeding it. DR.. Shelton, the
, HERMIT operator, who used to appear late
J in the autumn from his country estate
| and carry $4,000 shares at time, bearing
5 gold meanwhile, is only tradition now
, Amasa Stone and Alexander Mitchell, who
: are great railway officials, send in thell
+. orders at times, but have grown conserva
e tive.
}, Jaw Gould, despite his great unpopu
i larity, has shown more tenacity, appll
t cation aud clearness of head than AM
2 modern operator. He is not rs tricky a
Il Daniel Drew, with whose circumstantla
}. aid he and Fisk contrived the celebrates
panic and riot of Black Friday, supposln
a the President of the United States ha'
e been pained to their interest, through hi
n sisters husband, Corbin. Corbin, an ur
d scrupulous paruenu, had play false WI.
v Fisk and Gould, and also with the Pres
a dent. but it took the resources of tn
Secretary of the Treasury and cnormou
al houses like Barring Brothers to detea
1T Gould's speculation. He merely locke
ic up all the gold he could get, o.
pressed railroad stocks. while pushln
x. gold up to $50. After Fisk was murdere
IS, BY Philadelphia boy Gould held tt
r. Erie railroad until the mysterious coz
n, 'etat of Dan Sickles was made, and tt
r. Erie Presidents Office was carried
in storm. Gould then abdicated, but he
" thought to have come out with vel
ed full hands. There is no other way OF
counting for his subsequent capital.
q The tradition as to Gould is that
20. was originally tanner in the Lehie
ne Valley, but of New York stock. with
,st little Hebrew in it. He failed in busine
". and came to New York to make wa
ng which he did by chance trading, unit
Jus with the rise OF the Tweed power a
n.y. Fisk's fertile invention, he captured t
~. Erie Railroad from Drew. and consent
to the series of frightful corruPtlons Z
vised by Fisk, who was the daring spir
The fall of Tweed, the impeachment .
ruin Of Judge Barnard, and the death
He Fisk bv q bullet, were consequences OF tt
Ana coalition. After Fisk's death Gould Y
Let off.color, but, like Josie Mansfield, he
Ne since reappeared. His alleged domes
purity, temperance and frugality g
ses- him some foundation to rebuild up
'ers. Anticipating the present conflict betw'
art the Baltimore and Ohio and the tn
an. Northern roads, Gould spent his exile
Ting extending his short and profitable pi
lano of rail from Sandy Hook to Long Bran
hem on the Delaware river. throt
sub vineland. This brought him within
IAN. miles of Baltimore BY AIRLINE. He
no ceived help from the people on the
oeen and showed such economy that it was
con- general belief that he made money on
res mileage. No piece of road so cheap
,n was been laid in the East. John w. Car
;relv WAS not very solicitous of = BUSH
onff- partnership with Jay Gould. and the :
ONT sey Southern has had its reverses,
de- negotiations are presumed to be still pt
ing between Gould and Garrett, tho
it IS my belief that IS long as Garrett
carry his New York freight BY Thu
hour outside steamers, he win not Y
con. to maintain three bay ferries and
ched miles Of rail at jay Gould's expectati
over Gould fixed his eye on the Onion Pa
east railroad many years ago, and the pr
pal article Of impeachment against il
mer. Barnard Was granting the order to
king Gould blow open the Union Pacific
he Ian act which led t. the establishr
e out Of the Pacific Offices in Boston 81
quently it was proved that Cakes a
& Co. were no more honest
up In Gould 4 Co. After brief pc
aro' of obscurity Gould again Ape
man by proxy, and selected the Y
long Pacific railroad IS the NEST avaalabl
20 Al curity in which to producs rapid n