The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-27
A BIC KAILaOAD BARGAIN.
How Com. Garrison Sod His Missouri
Pacific Stock.

Now York Correspond New Ynrk Graphie.
When Gould pad $50 1000 fotorn. Gam
slu for hlS lut,fNat III ;ha Mts3ouif FLeille
X liironi, II was spread broadcast thr ,WEil-
out tn. ngth ard hrn0}th of the world 'hat
he gave To- tho @linmaioIo his indlvtdlnl
| check for thn money. III r. an error, as the
sequel will show. Guuit hnd Lever uu-
preached Cor. Garrison nn the suhj 1T Ut
purchasing hH (ftnlri-"1t ~ Interest 10 the
rond neither had III" c1mmodt.r" ANY idra ot
dislnsi sing Of IL lie atRu"d AZ i was III
rlnht AMI he XHvn il oriy hta natural huSi-
ness attention. I;ut nur evening, severu!
weeks siHre Jay q uld. with eotna
friends, wAB IN fhn Windsor I,otel, On
upper Fifth Avenue, n York, mud oaf ot
Cotn. tiartiroES Sous Chanced to hO the
alsn Gould saw tie young man. and IN
Iocitlar way said t. him: "t,orh hcr". Har-
r4on would ynur it,her tnE" s 500 ho0 cash
for bus entire Missouri PWtiii' tartY5 h@
Inquiry, Naturally enough. fnah Young 6 "
ri-,tn hS aurpftst', but thHstEx parIlIps q 4Glfi
might ia I.,- ting - 4qirRly replied: "Nsii,
MIR G~nii, iather naEht take ~ 500 0o0 n
Here the conversation OH NPA natttr sr"trp,d
Young NJ Gntrl+,lu Wlrtn tl@ got huul@, lGl
hi father whaf q'lery s MD rad put - hin
at the Windsor Hotel, rs also L Hing htHl hl9
reply lha commodore paii I'D further Hf-
trntoa to II. Next day about noou fouii
made hi4 u. lleaiHrtmn ,tt the cauuol ut Is IL
flee. IS n hrrr" -ait! e ,utd, "tittfIson, will
you faka s,ls00n0j cash ior your Missouri
Par1li& sntiFD4ut STOCK
"WeA. replied the COMMODORE. II might
hove done ye,teltipv, bWt to-day | AK
S5na,0oo more tran that for II. You DO. da
yau2 Well. good ,3.tY, hlr. Garrison Gtald
turned 20 walk ont, when the commodore
eHid. Look here, Gould 1t IN " 3M DOD n@k
for thai stock to-day, tomorrow H. will he
81 500 O00 the next dav il will be s. 10000,
andev"rv day IL will increase in price just
$500 600"
'All right, Garrison; good day" replied
Gould, and out OF the oiiiee he went.
sue enough the n'Xf dHN Gnusd came
again to the cnnTno!otos Office and asked
the commodore what hn would take for the
stock. "Fwo million eight hundred thousand
dollars, cash. Mr.. u luid IT hHs gone up $780,
600 since yesterday" repIipd Garrison
Gould went out. The next dat Gould came
agatn he price WAS then S33J00a6 Tue
L, II DAY IL came Gould again. From hts
manner tile commodore thought tie meant
business. However, the roninoiole kept
quiet. Gould asked: How much for that
stock to-day = g rrison renied: Three
millions eight hundred thousand dollars
il Is - sale. lIer"is my check for the money.
Give me d mll and rtcainl, pass over the
whole business. It's lniup," r"Ii5cd Gould.
The commodore looked at Gould. Aud the
two mitlioniiras stared ut each other f0f 3
moment, whtn Garrison saii: Il don't wLnt
your check, Mr. Could; want gold, cash =
a right; pCfun ayrr tD the sub treasury"
So Could ard Garrison started. At tho sub
treasury Could p;.il Garrison S3 500 600 cash
in gold certificates and the sale WAS eon-
plated. Ihts is tn frua history ot this great
sale, which Is considered the lafs-'st cash
sale to an J one man ever con5ua!mated