The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-12-03
SOMETHING ABOUT JAY
GOULD.
The Personal Appearances of
the Wizard of the street.

Gould by writing him letters threat
ening his assassination if he did not
furnish him points" regarding the
fluctuations of certain stocks in Wall
street, and the adroit manner in
which he had the rascal trapped into
the meshes of the law, are the seasa-
tons of the day in general as well as
financial circles, and as consequence
the papers are discussing Mr.. Gould
and his modes and methods of doing
business, with q freedom that must
convince him that he is regarded as
a public character as much as though
he were president of the United
States.
The "Wizard of the Street" is GER
tainly q remarkable man. liz person
he is about five feet four inches and
half high, thin and spare, though
we'll knit in build, and he will weigh
in the near neighborhood of one hun
dred and twenty pounds. His com
plexion is dark, and so is his hair,
beard and eyes, the latter being so
bright and keen that they seem to
look into your very soul rs he con
verses with you. In speech he is
wonderfully precise, but, though de
liberatc, he never hesitates or fishes
in his mind for words to express his
ideas concisely, clearly and distinct
ly. Those who profess to be best
acquainted with his affairs fix his
wealth at $l00,000,00 of which ST.,
100000 are invested west Of the
Mississippi river And yet, with all
his riches, he is q harder and more
persistent worker now than at the
outset of his marvellous career. His
principal business office is in the sec
ond story Of the building No. so
Broadway, and, though admirably
adapted for its purpose, it is fitted up
with plainness and freedom from
ostentatious show verglng on severi-
". Its general appearance is that
of modest banking establishment
in comfortable country town. Mr..
Gould's sanctum sanctorum, or spe-
cial apartment, is in the very front
of the room, and he is screened from
the view ofthe general visitor by n
partition extending up about seven
feet from the floor. Here, attended
by his secretaries, his telegraper,
stenographer and his clerks, he at
tends daily to business transactions
involving hundreds of thousands
and millions Of dollars with far less
hustle or noise than many merchants
would make in trade amounting to
800. Here, too, Mr.. Gould receives
his callers on business, and what a
multitude they are! " wish to
speak 10 Mr.. Could" says caller to
the clerk who appears at a window
like the paying-teller's in a bank.
write your name and address on
this card" replies the clerk, passing
a card for the purpose. The caste
board is handed back to the clerk,
who disappears with it into Mr..
Gould's room. In a moment he re-
turns and holds whispered confer
ence with the applicant Again he
disappears, and in about second
the public door leading into the
great iinancicr's den is unbolted and
the caller is ushered into the pres
once of the American Crasus. So it
goes all during business hours-no
one is denied access to Mr.. Gould,
who has any reasonable claim to see
him, and with all he transacts bust
ness SO quietly, so affably and so
pleasantly as to surprise those who
approach him often in fear and trem-
bling. And well may many tremblc,
for though, small in size, he is a gil
ant in intellect, and towers over or
binary men of financial talent as the
lordiy oak Of the forest towers over
the underbrush at it's trunk. As
may we'll be inferred, man with
the tremendous financial RESPONSE
bilities of Mr.. Gould has had but lit
tie time, even if he had the taste for
the frivolties of ordinary social life,
but when not actively engaged in
business pursuits Mr.. Gould is one
of the most genial and companiona-
BILE of men. He possesses a wonder
full fund of general information, is
entirely free from pedantry, and is a
marvelously good listner when it is
worth his while to exercise the fac
ulty His success is due to his sim
gularly well balanced mind, his acute
Judgment and his exquisite financial
nerve. To-day he is hardly in the
zenith of his powers. Judging by
his past what they will be when full
ly matured is a problem SO vast that
the mind shrinks from its contem-
plation. Mr.. Gould has recently
moved to his new residence, on the
east side of Fifth avenue. Strange
to say, Mr.. Vanderbilt will shortly
move to his new palatial residence,
on the side of Fifth avenue vacated
by Mr.. Gould, and his intended SON
| in law, DIR. Webb, will occupy the
house Mr.. Vanderbilt now lives in.
1t is on the same side of the street
that Mr.. Gould's is. This removal
of the great millionaires Of America
to opposite sides of our most eieganl
avenue is the subject Of much com
ment, and some 60 so far as to in
innate that it shows that Gould and
Vanderbilt, in private life, as in theil
J past business careers, will be found