, 1881-01-22
IAY GOULD.
,,ciacut. III this J.lsH Of tho Great
T'4EInttckers

Incidents III this TAs" OF tho Great
E'ffImNcEer.
y,r f,rk lnrrtsju,,srHrr fis"nh hdrftis TInss.
1Iuyc written tu tho TiMcs niun several
,rryh,,ls Gyt,,Siu,,s hts Ut news concerning
loy Could, the most famous liiall III his way
IN tbc wprld. l;uL isH Is never iess tllnn MI
interesting study to me. ant / would liEe to
wutsh tl,u man fur weeks i,lS!ea,l uf minutes.
Itr Is ut o,ce tile most n,mi least known INN
IN America to-day. 1 know two or three
nj men who nre with Jay Gould almost daily,
mn. ,hry tell me he Is u.0ru of III plliGtEn to
flnsuI inun 10 st1i,nycYs. Many sl,cculnlUrY
shae II, cprtuln Uf TIL, secrets UPON which
t;vnlh builds tho Colossal oper,.tnns TINT
i,yc ,lp,tr lis mime al p,wt.r but liz never
Its anybody Ilio my scslemr IN Its entirety.
R,icvirc IS Ills rllicf safcgunrl: without 1t
liz ruling power IN Wal! street alNl laiiload
circles wMlIti lung ngn lInse brcil III otlltr
as man lard It's ro, anu ns coltt. Il, re-
alty, there Is no 1sl,ln in the country WIG Is
5oe;stIy prnrtfcrsi ut!oil Or who Is so robbed
lV rertlIn cilsscy. 1sorll uttl reared I'll r0v-
efy, l, has raised himself 10 tfn.ticlAl ctln-
tItnn s'eul.l 10 tlnt Of ~ tls'tM IN tlle world.
Thinking tint rea.lers Of The 1intcS, who lay
eiter day sec illusions tn this nun md his
tyhpttcs, who for years llre re;tl As,tI heard
ai;y. i havt brccI'le Indebted tu . brotIler
journas, for mitch Of tn, following paper:
Tlr father Of .Jay Gn,lht was u fnrli.rr, who
olw5atru /, s,lsait plnce tn 1suxbury, 4. i.
Tile section II! Wllrl, Ibis farn! was, located
The rijrr t;nulu WIS poor. His snn's CnrIy
tdueatt,, was neglected. The facilities for
iearuing wLlc!. Surrounded lIlln were Of ti,,
most primitive tyr, a,la !,s work nn tho
tagt even uf these, Al IL hoy liz jungrl for
pruirssiounl work. I.raviltE tic firm hu
!uunti employment III tho County Surveyors
ulcr. JAY Gould was sent out 10 survey
RENSSELAER, md Saratoga Cu,tuties, and
iii hiq work We'll. Ills nlap Of Albnny lnny
b. still lc sectl In several 1T tile older offices
Of that cl,y. lIo ,Mu1e sl,U00 clear III thEs
featnlc, ninl with it bought a tuii,tery in
np!l.Iy nit! Yas soon cllabled to b,.y llp 1.
rajurfIy ii tic stuck If the lienssg,aer il
Saratoga Itallyoa!l, which was ,u1i the market
ii ow figure licrr it was that lie showed
many nlnll,ils elnusrtl before hU Drought hIs
topIpauy Into iIn,ris,lliw cU,Hl[tion.
ii tllu outbrcak Of tiio ,ynr lie Went luto
Wal! street, where, BY skilled manipulation
lnstins "lml.tions, hg saoH Won Il foremost
f II, @ ls ss ney T'f nnRa liz IL ptsns: }s oss e s IT,
rrru'ls Of antngonEs!s, ior Gould never
ealrrsl his l,nlnts u.!l Won the gll,,,u. Early
ii lyil r,tr,.cr hr fixed hiY nya m Erir. il,
iIS FIX u,n! n llt,,it,er Of friend controlled
ulIst Ut tlle roall; q few Thousand shares Wcre
outstanding. III Jus t;0llia they lad never
heard. TrNtluy III; tic stock which wns
needed to g,ye them uhsoIitu power. they
tuuul It iu t;uu!i's l,a1ltis. Frun si1u,lI to
immense offers were made lin for The shares,
hut In would unt sell, Tho t,niy way to ret
liz sork, l,g said. was ia Irt him Into ihu
,l,nljnation. 'rhis they wcrc oIltseI to d. do.
un! III tNr folt0Sfir ,Ju1y iln was ulntin Presi.
trat Of liz. Erie Eailrrtl. Ii would iii tUu
Times Il, tell of ,]Ny tsun!t!'s nianaEcnlent of
, ssssly is krn%n .1!"'Se' 'l''' u l's A's'ofs N
S,.nr twenty years ago S1r, Gou!d marrtrd
Miss Miller. wI,osu f,lliler was al tho tIr,u Df
haer 4 Co, wll0les,iit, rrocurs. I'hrv hnye
fix children. In ti,r wi,etSr fhey .liyr II, fi,o
.p,tlt iIo,lsp q" the ,,,,rihw"st c"rner m ny NJ
Fiji ayet,!,o and F,yrty-st,Yerth streot. md
III The summer Tic Gould fumily 70 10 the
coantry lrsiIruco nj Turrvtowt,.e ." wlu,sc
snl, l,tuJ ru,,crynfnrv furn"it 1nSt wsac,' Inv
GuaHt il rmin.mtivy 4 ,nni, ~ hi hm,it St fi;,