Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-05-12

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900 for his interest in that road. 1t
has been his pet property. Nobody can
form any idea us to how much money |
he has made out of that purchase He
still holds the ownership of it. The
Central branch of the Union Pacific was
a.plan of no mean dimension or i'm
palatable flavor for the great speclla-
tor. One of Gould's intimates said not
long ago, thathe raked i'll 100000 by a
single turn of that property. Who but
himself can estimate the profits of his
numerous speculatlOns in stOcks-trans-
actions which did not exactly involve the
control of any particular property. AS
one of the syndicate that took several
hundred thousand shares Of the New
York Central, Il year ago, he added
100000 to his wealth. GOuld is the
central figure in syndicate of capital
lists who are at his side in nearly all his
transactions. They are, however, OBJ
scurc by his individuality, but they
contribute to his mighty prestige. He
alone is visible in the transactions. If
he makes in single "deal" a round
million, this galaxy of trusted and con-
ndential lieutenants each make sOGe-
thing, in proportion to their invest
ment, and their nearness TO the throne.
Gould has the two.fold advantages of
his individual wealth, simply fabulous,
and the combined wealth of all these
associates, and for all practical purpos-
es, he is the'posscssor of the whole. 1t
is probably within the bounds of rea-
son to estimate Gould's individual
wealth at $60,O00,OOO. OF this total at
least $4,000, 900 have been picked up by
him in one way and in another during
the past four years.
Combination is Gould's mode of has
tening results. He buys trunk line,
the natural nucleus of Il system, and,
taking advantage Of the fear excited
among the dependent tributaries to his
overshadowing and Oyerpowcring pres
tigc, makes Il ground up" as they say
in the cattle growing districts, of all
the smaller lines. lie makes money
from thousands tOmilliOns, out Of each
ACQUISITION, and then doubles the total
out of the final combination. With
the combinations complete and his Oh
iects all secured he turns up i'll new
section, and calling the ground up" re,
peats the process with like results
Mr.. Gould has large holdings in roads
which he has never apparently sought
to control. 1t is known that lie holds
81 100000 of the stock of the North
western. Two years ago his holding
was thrice that amount. Though il
was believed very generally at that
time that he was striving for the mas
terry of that road, he declared in pri
, vatc that he didn't desire the contro
5 and wouldn't accept it if prolIered him
| lie also held a considerable interest II
G the Rock Island road, but he WASH
' after the control in that direction. llis
: Investments in these properties wcr,
l made because he desired, for the tint
c being, an alliance of commercial
4 nature with those lines
/, Gould's last is his greatest combina
a ton. 1t is his designs on Mexico. TIL
:, central or trunk line of this system i
a the Missouri Pacific, i2l miles; thcl
/. the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, so
a miles; the ST. Louis, Iron Mountain
p and Southern, 6Sl miles; the Interna
~ tional and Great Northern, 520 miles
f the Texas Pacific, iI3 milcS-a total o
a 2,S55 miles of completed road, with 30
IS miles projected branches in process o
n construction. Beyond the certai
10 profits of this colossal combination lool
d the tempting millions now ready to b
~ harvested in Old Mexico. The reckles
~ government of that country has u
II ready handed over to foreign capitalist
p, $SO,000,000 in subsidies. There is a
"a indecent scramble among America
d capitalists to get possession of that IN
r. other amounts. No one need have
. particle Of doubt but the promoters {
ii the half-do2cn or more projects hea,
!, ing for Mexico will ultimately comprC
# mise and combine for grand diyisiC
r. Of the spols to be wrestcd from th'
nj unhappy and unfortunate country.