The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-02
ATtIK WITH DANIEL DREW
.ur rrrERAN CONvERsEs ON OUR
oRFtT MEN AND Events.
al. Earlv rnrtner-sip with Henry s A ,,
~ ejaculation Ills Own Finances.

Theatre now staIus- IL WIS oWncu, uut nut |
-, hy Henry Astor, the man that set John |
IN no I'm business. John Jacob was In the |
,,,,nsnes4 and travelled about the frontiers. |
s., dollar John got he put into real estate up
-. rbere the Metropolitan Ia now. Them
49,, ,ou couid buy property up there for almost |
,n,,y and IL was In real estate that the Astor
,,ooerty was made"
rncle DAHL vas seated In bis spacious and
comfortable sitting room In a colt arm chair up
s~Is,e,.d in red velvet His right hand held an
...,,,e newspaper. wuose perusal he had aban-
.o,.d ON the entrance OF the reporter, and hts
lsu WAS tapping gently on a marble-top table.
A. n TO keep time with the rythm OF his voice.
NJ. soect.cles rested upon the tip OF his nose,
and his ewes, which age has not dimmed, peered
ov,r them, gazing intently at his auditor. Uncle
n,,rs face has not changed much for years.
.,,,,, pcrhaps that II is little more wrinkled
.,d careWorn since his recent troubles. 1t Ia
,ia,s,ny face fla spite Of the air Of shrewdness
which overspreads u. His manner Ia some what
,brupt but stl prepossessing; with young men
II becomes almost fatnery'
"witb us Americans, the father makes the
money and the son spends 1t; but the Germans
are different They ALWAYS hang on to what
they get and Try to make 1t more but an Amer
lean heir begins at once to squander, and the
savings u his father are soon used up. But, ez
was SAbln henry Assoi ho h'oN ~ DS"Ni'
aud Hester street
That must have been some time In TWEEN
tesf Mr.. Drew
"Yes. WAS about nve-and.twent cars old
then. and was In the cattle trade. Arted In
business mighty youug. Henry Ast' vas the
richest man In lat pr, % the city, al he died
about that time. lie left only a m ton, or
mcnue little over. But then YOU KIN y, a MI
lion them DAYS WAS moren ten. yes { cntv NIL
lions now. I'm gettln' ON 10 years nov seventy
nine yctrs Ola ! an -ont " the ungest OF
for Young fcllerS tn started In III toge. her
The last nut me, EUeneZer Fray, died in West
chester last week.
ABOUT VANDERBILT AND RAILROADS.
"Y must be older than Commodore Van
"No. he's three years older than am. and l
can tell you he's takin' mighty good care OF MIN
sell. lie used to 20 To the club nights. and he
leit that III after his marriage aud II done nun
Al This point Mr. Drew placed his finger on
paragraph in the paper on bis 40 and SAID
SEQ a report here that the Commodore is
ron, to retire from the take shore road and
make Eugene Robinson President Of II. can't
hardy believe mat; still II may be true. Eugene
Is mighty bright young,man. They say mes out
The same paper suggested the theme OF rail
roading In general, and Mr. Drew discussed the
SUBJECT In all Its bearings showing wonderful
knowledge Of the topography of the different
warts Of the countr,, the lengths Of roads, their
cost. their value and their man cement
good times for railroads. You could sell most
ANkfIln- over there iMNNlnR MS ldil vaguely IN
the direction OF the BAY. ana money was easy
10 raise There was II one, to make. aud WAYS
10 make It; but remember, young man. that
wirrc You make, SOMEBODY else loses; 60 guess
II ekalizes in the long run. mem was good
tues. cut We r. de EN- to death. We was only
paving the way to the panic OF 1873. We built
iAou-' nd Of miles of roads IN countries where
there wasn't 20 people, aud they didn't pay We
tr,d to uuild up the country Tor our roads, in
stead Of building the ROADS for tue country.
Why. there was branch roads built out Vest
them times that won't pay In this generation.
ue Still. them done
country good, and some OIL em II turn out all
night after while.
out my troubles, Ell? Well. the newspa-
lers have said enough about them, thought.
I've weeks ago hadn't Thought OF bank.
ruutcv-not a thought. Hut for the last three
years things have gone mighty rough with me.
You remember when Canton tumbled from oar
T. ~. couple of years ago, don you? Well,
Wa IN ihal. thought II MAS good stock. 50
win q ncksilver. | thought that would be a
good Investment, too. But II b oke. Loser \ es,
lost large amount an lnmense amount III
Quicksilver. lhen,when kenyon,Cox Co. failed,
neither Of them. and pad TO pledge collatel al
10 meet their inde btedness. l believe 20 per
cent has been paid, aud hear that the as,ig-
nee u going to sell some real estate In Apfil 10
make ~ the balance. Bad time TO sell real es-
tate, ANTI ~ l never ssw real estate SO low
except In the panic OF oI, linen II went down
like a shot. Then there's them colleges. gave
tie Wesleyan 100000 and always paid the III
terest, and gays the Drew lheolOsc- i Semi-
nary S2jOOJ0. The money ought to have been
pad ri-ut down, out as they didn't need It bad
.,i IL run on from day to day. Yes, that money
ol-ht to nave been paid right down. Why, the
Seminary is the best Institution OF the kind IN
The country and mas the most students. still
tire ,hufch viii take care of II. ney hrld a
a. eiui the other day aud decided that 1t must
MS owN FINANCES.
"rverytnng | have is signed over to my
creditors. I his house belongs to the i've heirs
a. ny son-iu-law, Mr. Kelly. 1 am their guar
cliu, ana secured them 1--WE years $40. always
in.u-ut,' after a meditatye pause, That
cnli s.op Nhen W med to. but somehow, OF
other, didn't do It. IL had DIR wn out lys
years AGO would have mad all man could pos
n 'y ne. d. or even "A year "a a half ago would
have done. lben oid.'t owe nothing but tue
college eudJwments, and them vast much.
la )tu see must 10 ~ aud dom something
a tue tilne can't he iule.'
lne i"wspapers feDorted YOU SICK st week,
Mr. brew ?"
s., ID .taey2 1heL they were wrong, never
s wv -lrh. All uIy troubles are mental
50 h'N ou think your assets Will cover your liza
thl.l'-, slri'
~ ell They may or they may not. l
.Au .eA until after the meeting OF my credl-
May ask whether you intend entering Wall
ram. low YOU ask me question can't an
ever tu gei'ins old, but who know, ~
'.rn TIER was long pause, wulch was even
4..if hi Ken bt tht eX-iuliiondre.
W @"e" FIX, diln't you, he asked sud
ire reporter replied that he had had that
Veil, Fisk WAS mighty smart man, but d
1'-u5 queer nan, You remember the time
800 ana me moved the l. 10 treasury over To
J'i'e>' dpn. your Wen, Just ABOUT tuat time the
i' NN W AZ hsAlhllls us bthA W tolhtl
II'' ana was ouying right and left. He must
N"fe h'I-Nt as much IS $lOOJOOJJ worth, ana
,'"' ll" mdlke' wasn't dreened. FISK was selhn'
't -.".h fi-ht along, and when II W He'd
ID H Nd- always ready Tor delivery. Then the
'WWNaulr hegAn to suspect something, aud
nNrh l"e deliveries was made the next day lac
va t' ram tuere vas a screw loose"
., 4H' F'r'ltcr yentured to suggest that the
ir" iouae could not have Ueen in the Erie
tl'u'ht ~ -, but Uncle Dhnl smiling placid
-. a. Hlihurl without reply.
d. "e'I' wien the Comm Odure seen how things
w. no went 70 law, aud poured In in1unctiOus
S,'H 'N'Nss was then Treasurer II the road
w v-N our lawyer, he come TO me ana says
'l ilIt"' tntt money ain't safe Ia New YORK
sun li'"' he lays Toe same thing. AT urst
FRISCO 10 move, bat after while | seen we nae
~, nan 10 hold our money-nye millions.
Ni'"" IL was mostly IN Governments aud first
100 ae' .ls' and give IN. Well, We wen
, r. N',V Jer-cy aud stayed at hotel for lon,
,''ne, mere FISK qieerness cane in. lie hdC
NV H"uhe watched by hall the police force u
la'9 'lll. lie was Restless anu uneasy, HnC
seemed u dread a seizure. Tue money was II
,.l tndIge' but had no fear that anybod
nu Eel IL. The Commodore came out al
49, alter tue cOmprouIise Fisk ana Goult
''A "aH MS STOCK, anu d cali for the balance. >
AN OPINION OF GOULD.
H. AAi 90 You tank Of MIR. Gould, Mr.. Drew
,,"i 'h'hh he Is gong " last long on til,
cont know. Gould's mighty smart man
+, 't' us hoidin' out can't say. Look at Dim
."'N hhQ stpckweli aud " oudwafd, ana TN
~ en- Siill think (touId'a a rch man