The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-04
WILLIAM II. IRA VERS.
The Wall Street Representative Of American
HumOr.

haii OF the Rood th'ngs a''r'ou'eu W n''n' "o
cn'itieu 10 hlau ranh an'o"s h,ne,'o"" ""'''V,-
ists but W.T. iraVers' WIN a'i "is u'S "u'i'o'' 70
em'nenuy pIactici business 'na'' anu '"e
great success no mas achieved IN stook opera
tione, during career extending uhrouen many
years, has YIELDED more SOLO returns thah tue
most brilliant euorts OF httemus waro' MILK
Twain, or any otner great humonst' MT iI~
vers vs. now ntty-seVen or eieht years o'o' ne
was porn In bit'more' ana married oauRo'ei
OF HeVerdy Johnson IN 1870 OF there""out-, ana
soon AFTER Formed copartnership WIN "hhot
johnson In the West India coffee and sugar I'M
porting business and at length ia''ed ana came
TO New York.
Mr.. Travors made his appearance IN wall
street about isSS-a AZ that time Leonard w.
Jerome was secretary OF telegraph company
AZ wal street. both these gentlemen were
then comp iratively unknown. In lSoi We ma
Mr. triVers engaged IN business as FLOCK
broker Mt 90 Wall street, wbiio Mt. Jerome's siGn
hung ont ~ ~ ''liam street. Stock operations
In thosc days wore conducted on very different
sole irom what we have since seen neither
Jerome nor TTavers made At hrst anv marked
pfoRreb' toward ior ube. me Crisis OF 1871 put
danp per 81 speculation OF oil kinds Many
wall et'oet men were ruined ana those VINO
weathcred tho storn kept under easy siii Tor
some coosiherdeie time stterward. fhe pohti-
cal agitation wh'sn proceeded the breaking out
OF the clul war added greatly to The prev Hing
depretslo"' MI. Iravsrs maze out htt'o mead
way th tho bennn'ns OF the was gave an I'M
petus To 81 e'Wailon' About icos ne FORMED a
copafthe ship WIN Jerome
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manper ON one occas,on NJ n dinnar uhsra
many clover talker. vere nresent thu vounges,
and least interesting of the nartv took nm tho
thread 81 the discourse. and aImost monopo-