, 1877-09-08
j. GOULD'S PRIVATE OFFICES,

and IN iuaity, Ii Is the way he uses II.
i-Harper's MaJa-ine
j. GOULD'S PRIVATE OFFICES.
| SECLUDED BEHIND LOCKED DOORS FROM IN
TRUSIoN EY OUTSIDERS.
Jay Gould is special partner in the firm
| OF William Belden K Co., the other members
OF the firm beng William Belden, Charles ID.
! Beideu, ". Z. ConnOr. who is member OF
| the Stock Exchange, and Henry Belden. Ia
| the struggle between the Atlantic and Pacific
ard Western Union stock in the market,
i last fall, William Belden made such bril-
liant run ON Western Union, that Gould,
whose interests In the rival company We're
great, at once formed = business connection
with him. The offices OF the firm, sc Broad
way, are characteristic In their arrangement.
They occupy the whole of one side of the
building fronting on Broadway, and over
looking in the rea- Exchange place, the scene
cf the recent assault on Mr. Gould. 4 stou.
coozrnaa stands Ealf hidden in the doorway,
50 that VIXEN a yisitc:, who does not lns.-cil
direct To The windows of some OF the clerks,
HuGt halt and give Lis name, and the lis,ne
OF the member of the firm he desires to see,
before he caa enter. Then, il lie Is to have
ainnttancc n aii, he Is pernl.ted to enter
Into The front reception room, where one of
the young members Of the firm, generally
Charles ID. Bc!den, is The room is richly
carpeied, and has for furniture large, con-
fortahle shaker chairs. a lounge and al Gtiicc
table, strewn with files o: financial Journals
In one corner Of the room is : gold and stock
tslp- n,..rt .p1 fher
news telegraph instrument, which runs out
printed sip containing q gist ol the current
news-the w.nnlEg horses Oh the race courses
ans! their time, the price CT consois IL Lon
don and rcEtcS IL Paris, the latest advlces
about tie Russian war, whatever Washing
Ton news there is Of impo, lance, failures,
sGSPensioIs, exc
IEe receDtion room a. the end Of The build
Ing Is cas-; enough Of access, but the Office
at the enter eEd OF the narrow ball INTO
which on ea.eGins the Citee Is closed TO the
oa.s:le world. That Is j. c. S private Of
fee e young Han III the cti!ce sad j. e.
Is ti:c only Ely III. Gould IS spoken of IL
his o?:n oiiice, except when he Is II hearing.
The private oiiice Is closed by intricate patent
ioca, arr! Jay Gould carries the key. lie
generally pGrsues 4 cireuituous route b. WY
of the front room: to get TO It, SO that en-
RACED ANTAGONISTS can gam nothing by follow
IN" hin. 1he CLERKS are al Ill stalls. Ihrec
apartments are fenced il, IN the centre Of
the room, with wire mesh, and the entrance
t. eaca IS IL the rea. by means Of /. door
With : patent t0ct.- Communication with
tie different apartments Is practically cut oil
The clerks work IL silence al day long The
customers arc received 1t the front opening
IN the wire fence, and hastily disposed OF.
Behind tie incloSurc where the clerical work
is done = :: iI;::ssase inree feet wide, leading
from the froils oi the cti:ce to tie rear. IL
Is closed at bOth ends with patent spring
lock doors. 4 half-iczcn neatly dressed boys
SIT on L bench close to the wall II the pass
ace. 10 run about the offices or to the Ex-
ca.ge when ti.e teleSrapi.ie alarm /; sound
ell IN another narrow box, which has glass
surroundings instead Of wire, = telegraph
operator Sis i'll front Of four Instruments.
ti'nen Mr. G0uii Is travelling tie messages
coa:e III ,hici, and last all day, and he Is H.
formed by telegraph OF all tina! Is going o..
Wncn Sir Gould Is III his Fifth avenue house
he sits with his operator there and con:ers
with some member of his firm who Is st the
office. j window opens INTO the private
Office, and when there Is secret conference
it is closed and fastened On the insI;e, so
that even the operator cannot hear what IS
said.
The oiiee has two beautiful French walnut
desks Ia 1t, each with 4 soft leather char
before IL Rich frrnilure fills the room There
are news ard stock telegraph Instruments In
each corner, which all day long unwi,:d their
printed type. The place Is filled with the
roar and believing CT the Stock Exchange,
, iuss acrnss the street Gould can stand 1t
| one of the windows and see the mass OF mad
! ly.acting men hustling each other about the
,sf:xchange floor, and shaking their hands like
+, bows with burnt fingers. His desk Is filled
with few papers, rs most OF iis work which
| brings his papers into use Is az his own house.
/; There was at noOl, when the writer was III
! the Office, table spread for lunch Its linen
was spo:iess and glossy, the glassware deli
cate and the silverware rieh- A black wal
nut sidebOard IN the room was open, and re-
vealed many Jars and bottles that are treas
T! ures of good things for lunch The fool
comes from q restaurant near by. Gould
saves time by having : meal thus served, ard
can eat without being in fear OF an assault
before he gets through A door next 10 Dir.
GouITs desk was observed to have key III
the lock. THAT opens into Jim keene's s
Office, said young gentleman. '.He can
come rsht IN here to see j. c., that's, when
]. G.. chooses to let him In \ stairway
abou: foot and half wide leads from the
narrow passageway which connects the froat
end re,r offices, down into the basement and
ont into Broadway. II Is the moS. secret OF
all the arrangements O. the ottiee, and would
Ike highly convenient In case iaaddeaed
mob q brokers' should, besiegge the Offices
In Ir. Gould's Filth avenue house he has
four cperators, shut Of from each other, 50
that wat messages he sends by one are not
~, 10 the others He has a private Office
tbere too. where he works early and late.
He ke.ps set OF books In which he records
information about the stocks In which he
1eals He is said 10 own Sl2.e0.VOo II
CnionPaeifie stock Every day he Jots down
the estimated earnings OF tine road as they
are reported to him By telegraph, and no eye
bat his sees that book
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, of nea:hes and sugar cook peaches until
, soft. tlen put IN one-half the sugar, and
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