New-York tribune., 1876-08-08

sustain MN. lrl'nuS are constantly Gaining anu III
quring for him, and there is an almost incessant
ringing of The door bell
VANDERBILT. TOBlN, AND THE HARLEM
CORNER.
Mr.. TOBIN'S rgIESDs ATTRIBUTE HIS LOSSES TO
MIR vANDEEBLT-MOEE "REMINISCENCES or THE
STREET.
The "reminiscences of Mr.. Vanderbilt by a
Wall-s; broker which were published in fnE TRIBtGE
on saturday lat generally read and commented on
IN WalSt, aud. a natural consequence. drew ont
other rccocctons and caused differences Of opin-
ion a. 10 the corrcc!ncss OF the statements Among
others Mr. Oakley of the National Board of Fire Under
writer's formerly IN the Hudson River Railroad direct
ory and q warm pc sonal friend OF John Nj Tobin in
sisted that the true story Of the Harlem corner had not
been told. lie said 10 "a TRIBUNE reporter:
IL happen % be perfectly cOhycrSant with the nature
Of the operation. OF Mr. Tobn in 1861. having rd up
al hs checks during those years and received all MS
moneys also all the money paid IN by Nanderbitaad
Tobn during the Harlem corner, and ! know that MI
Totu bought 90 900 shares Of Harlem stock without c-
cciyin one dollar of margin from Mr. Vanderbilt or the
other member Of the pool Mr. Charlick II was those
three gentlemen that formed the Harlem Pool also
know that ~. TObn advanced SI.3CpGCo To d!hricL'
housc5'bciorc he received dollar Of margin from the
other member, oi the pool, aud he very much an
moved lie u that time SPOKE To me ahouti IT, saying thcI
agreement was not IN vruus-only vrlbal-aud as
money was getting very stinscnt IN the street end toe
pool had gwen him any funds hc was determined
that tloy should give Inn some. A. they might say ihcy
d.I not have anything 10 do with him IN the transaclion
a,d u vas only few days before tie great Horsr
Panic that Tobn received = check from Nh Vanderbilt
Tor @7D1D)O the city Bank It Lcms the first amount
urt he hai rccciycd margin tho stock from that
sa,cr The total amount h received during ali the pool
operations was only SlOOOODO, iucluiius 1he a1ov"
smouu, 81, margin, while am positively sue that NJ.
T,n hal more %: his money than that m th" diner
,rt tr. cpmPIuics time contracts for account OF the
I,rlrIl p,,i IL !. true that on the squeeze Of the
.ro,L that vanderbilt borrowed the money on other
st,ci- and tool, The Harlem -joy, from t' pool q make
tho .,,azc successful but ll ths time vou VIII observe
Nh T,ru hll more than MS share paid IN the tr'nic-
ton.
.A A. 10 Mr. vanderbilt making Mr Tohn President Of
tn. inI ol River Railroad Company the lu' aa these
ana ta,y,4n easily Dc verified ,lr I'b lId Leonard
W j. ONO wcru directors ~ the Hudson River Railroad
c,,,..,fy for , yclr on tvo before Nr Tobu became
p-,..1t and I.rou. and IoJin hiI corncrcd ih" luI
.u stool, l-6J, and plt up Il" $50 per cent ih' 'h
ft,t yc., the virtual owners OF thc property, as they
were 300 l-gg-i. Juth May. l-oi. NJ NIHdcfbH never
own a au, Hudson River Railroad stock. and would NOT
;aaI oven dollar t bat IN MAY 1864, ot the urgent
,rrue., OF Hr Toaiu Commodore NauicrhA, bought
500 .u.r.- II Hudson River Ra!'roal stock, because
Wr Tolin lai tod him that BE- lobini and Jerome bal
g. 200 share, ou; ~ JU,uOo which was ihe majority oi
tr stock aud going to put 10 tholf own o''Iu"
directors the following month wa, one oi tho persons
b.Horrl y 'ir Tobu with seat IN the Hudson RIVER
Railroad COMPANY, board 81 direction ~ the election IN
Hume 1861 aud wrote tho ticket :or that election. a Mr.
IDa- residence on staten Island. two day' before the
election on that occasion 10 being sunday lT 1ohh
al IL. family weep a.pIi,h.i 10 End that Nj Wander.
BIN hal .oIno al 'hc Ua' fiom Hcw-Gork 10 Nj I"hh's
hru,e 20 the oas, houro $50 80 tie morning Noi hnl-
iu III, Tpbn at hOuc, Lc drove down 10 the beach ahi
g..I I.
-,..t tie day with Tuliu y. To coax h.m to pu' some
o- t,r Harlem people in tLc Iiui-on River Railroad
Eolif hr To5lU was very much pnrpcN'd at Nj. Van
da.bH', request aui communicated II T." me- adding
tlgt L.rausr De- had got Vanderbilt To purchase loo
.hirrs ot the Hudson STOCK (which was the hT, 'hdt
Vanderbilt ever boulhu, II wa, evidently Nj Van
d.ibrr, intention to dictate OF Interfere. 1t was
tgru- iii, interview that Vanderbilt proposed
~ gohu 10 throw samuel sloan overheard ami 10 take
the rrc.!I,u.y uf tae road Having myself made the
ti.ac' ont bs.Orc Wrat To the br'th IN thr morn
u. am FREQ 10 a,scr, that tr Sloan wis Mr sobins
lsc fpr that oi'c before >r Vanderbilt appeared tHat
n.,uinc. Tobu dtcucl putting - many Harlem men
If, until he consulted l.. Jerome. who, with Tob:u,
owned 1900 share, of The Hudson stock, ana meeting
G he three wa held at Yaudyir' house thc next oven
m hen Jerome told T0bm he conu do me pleased ana
li ..a, tc.g iLIt NlHd.lb, oopNcd Io"n To PAT tnh'
iirscr srl,l aud SeWt trJ ou his ticket 1h, WIS the
mistake Of Iobn's lie. The following day was the clcc-
u Toiu voted on 80 100 shares Of On" stock ont OF
.,ntal OF $1,000 shares aud h. Was elected President
month or tYo litcr THIS every taiug went along
v,,. well! bat was sub,clU 'atiy found thit tac OLD
a,o,,or, who wrro IN the former board wh ioba de
.,ai to lkc their seats with the Harlem people, ari
one ayt,r another sent lis resignation bit Wander
bl v1, then elected ia place OF lrluy5 0ldi}, 10 MI
,o,,ucy li.u sir Trlycrs uud L. " Jerome and
others ict,ucl aud Harlem mon were rnt IN their
,,,,s soon Nh Tul saw III, mistake, but II was too
iat. vanderbilt bad the b01ri over Iobln NJ lohms
,ncusr IL va, soon after this tn Mi Clark proposed
to fax ia, Hudson River Railroad Company for TIE
l.icHt o' The Harlem and actually voted to give The
Harlem Company $4,000 per month, WIhch was OF
mos rd ,y Ir ru,ig aud the writer and was MI Iohno
rh,lir Ia this measure that gained Tor INN
tie III viii o vanderbilt The following june lNb' MI
Iohin resigned the presidency and hir vanderbilt was
elected IA ms successor. IL 10 plain that MI loDh
meyer pnd any Of M Ymderbls money. aud never had
any on,ro,lon with him In any STOCK but the Harlem
corner. ~,
I rougaqurncc of tht false statements concerning van
drrb!t and Toun's hd,'a',s CONNECTIONS wien hln LEV,
appeared of late ~ Nti} many hNai' ',i'I -, I
t6r country Mr robin LiN been repeatedly calico on ny
urf.p.li fiiru,l, to rrply them aai set he mater
i,ut belnr, Tho world Hc has ihyarably dttlh'd
been robbed aud greatly wron'' he ga nor see ua
rcoi tlat would com, uy publicly noticing these
hlschOOI,"
NETWORK CENTRAL MORTGAGE FOR S32'Oooooo
ALBANY, Aug. IA mortgage for S32,-
600 UJO-fU UOD 900 10 hcarscycu per cent interest ana
- 100000 1t sN per ccrt-l'cn by the central ana
u lson RIVER Railroad Company to Cofncuu' an"gl
bit, r ana Wliiiam H. H.hi iol ~" lI'' u''n ic
corded IN the County rrl's Once III thi' cl')
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