Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-06-30
Flood, O'Brien, Macky and Fair, as soon

mines were, Immediately commenced TO
bear them. After bearing them awhile,
they bought out the whole of the Bo-
nanza mine, Consolidated Virginia and
California, at S15 per share. Then they
divided each mine into los, 900 shares,
and commenced selling the shares at
from $50 to s15 per share. The people
grew wild over these mines. Fair went
to Washington and offered to furnish
the Government Sl0,0O0,000 in silver
per month. Then came those wild Bo-
nanza times. Every body, from cham
bermaid to clergyman, bought these
mining stocks. San Francisco went
crazy For two years the Bonanza
firm are said to have unloaded their
mines on the people at from $3.50 to
$500 per share. Then they watered the
stock, and to-day, after a grand collapse,
which has brought misery and tears to
every household in California, the same
stocks are selling at about $50 per
share, and Flood and O'Brien are worth
$40, 0O0, 900, Mackey is travelling in
Europe, and Jim Fair is drinking cham
payne and driving a four-in-hand.
When / asked Mr.. Flood if he ever
specialized in stocks, he looked as innO-
cent as a clergyman, and replied:
:. Never, siri newer! never sold
mining stock short or bought it long.
never have traded on margin. When
had stocks and the people offered me
more for them than l thought they were
worth, let them have EN- lr-..
But they say you sold them to Cali
fornians, and sent the money East?"
Not dollar, sir! have never sent
one dollar East except to my poor old
mother. All / have is here, and will
remain here"
1.-The difference between Ralston and
Flood,r said Senator Sharon, 80 is this
Ralston robbed the rich and gave it to
the poor, and Flood robbed the poor
and kept it HIMSELF
Leland Stanford, the President of the
Central Pacific Railroad, is worth about
S25, 10000 His residence is. perhaps,
the most costly one inside in the United
States. do not except the Lawrence
House in Boston, LockwOod's house nj
Norwalk, or Probasco's house in Gin
cinnati. 1t is as large as an imperial
palace in Europe. Even the front yesti-
| buie is floOred with Roman mosaic. The
parlor was frescoed by master in Rome
and sent over, the carpets were made in
Turkey, and On the walls hang all the
modern masters, from GerOme and
Meissonier to Bierstadt and Achenbach
1t was Mr.. Stanford and Charles
Croker who built the Central Pacific
over the Sierras to meet the Union Pa
cific at Ogden, and these two indomi-
table men are now building the South
ern Pacific to meet Tom Scott, if he shall
ever continue the Texas Pacific through
Texas and into Arizona. The Contra
Pacific and Southern Pacific are now
united. They form one interest, and
Chas. Croker and Leland Stanford hole
! i'm their hands all eastern connection
with California.
SHOW far have you reached oul
toward Tom Scott on the south?"
asked Gov. Stanford.
1--WE have completed the Southern
Pacific to Fort Yuma, on the Colorado
River, and are now grading into Ari
IONA. About 800 miles are already built
which makes something like 1880 mile:
under one management"
"Do you mean to say that you arr
now building this end of the Texas Pa
cific?'' l asked.
Every day, sir. We've got to the
Colorado, and run trains there every
day, and we will soon continue on
toward the Rio Grande."
Sand all without any appropriations
"We've just gone on building this
Southern Pacific Road as if there vert
no Congress and no chance of an ap
preparation. No rallying around thu
nag with us here in California-no eagle,
no appropriations. We just go in and
build the railroads and look out for thu
flag and the appropriations afterward.'
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