The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-01-29
JAY GOULD.
Something About the Railway
Magnate as He Appeared
in Boston.

Imagine mite of a man, list less
and shaken in appearance, weig hing
but little over 100 pounds. with no
particularly intelligent expression,
and. in fact, with hardly msniies.
tation of any kind OF power or force
in bis whole showing. Physically,
indeed, he is weak. and it ia said OF
himseltIand another distinguished New
York capitalist that they have but
one lung between them. Mr.. Gould
came into the New York and New
England meeting and took his seat
upon front settee, near the plat
form. He slouched down upon the
bench SO that his head rested upon the
rail OF the settee back. and he ente ed
into the proceedings very much as a
stunted farmers boy is wont to do in
country church go far az position
and apparent interest in the exer.
cises are concerned. During the
routine ne was thus partially hidden
from many would be spectators who
were peering anxiously in his direc-
ton, his neighbors on either hand
overlapping and ou!bulAing him.
When the formal business was over
and speeches were in order, cries OF
"Gould! GouldI" filled the hall, and
the little great man worked himself
into standing position. II he had
been a country pumpkin esssying a
first speech in village lyoeum, be
must have been laughed ct az he
stood there. His face was wreathed
in shippers, and bis whole manner
was an exaggerated shipper. When
at last he did speak, his Itterance
was labored and hesitsting and sim
pering. and his voice light and with
no taking quality, and there was not
a sympathetic or winning feature
about him. Involuntary his critics
viewing him now for the first time
said to themselves: This ia not
the mighty Gould OF the stock ex-
change, the dictator. almost absolute
of railroads worth $4,000. 000."
Yet this was, indeed, the very man,
this slight built, apparently body of
weakness of forty.fve years. centinu-
ance. His reply to the callers OF the
assemblage was, so far as his words
were concerned: 81 will make
you a speech, gentlemen, after our
first div dend is declared. He viii
never keep his word, whatever Turns
out, for he can no more make a
speech than he can weigh O ton. The
meeting ever. the company sauntered
and loi1ered about, exchanging words
before getting upon the street again.
This was the golden opportunity i'm
proved by many to get good look at
Gould. He appeared nervous and
watohful regarding the close sp
proAch to himself OF any stranger, az
though not entirely free from appre-
hension that. even in such a place
and surrounded by friends, some
enemy might be seeking him. It is
said that, since the attack made up
on him some time ago, he has never
abroad without the company
Of Striker" who would protect
him ifdsnger threatened land hewould |
certainly need some such helper if
attacked, even though, as is prob
ably the case, he is no degree of a
coward physically. So much for the
personal appearance of q man who
made his first entry into New York
,ity during the Crystal Palace exhi-
,ition, and who. until the year 1869,
lad never been reckoned other than
! poor man. True. he was q mere
10Y at the time OF his FIRST visit, and
II his hopes and expectations for the
uture were centred in q continuance
which he carried in a mahogany box
Inder his arm, and priced inordin-
tely-a wonderful mOuse-trsp, that
7as all. His mouse.trsp brought him
Iothing but trouble. and it turned
ut as it has turned out one thousand
ines even in New York, that a
even though it be a WON
erful affair, is of no account unless
be found in the right bands. Thery
le not the traps which Gould WAS
est fitted to manipulate. Mr.. Gould
, now forty-fve years old. and his
riends apparently admire the state.
1snt when they say he has made for
imself 81, 900. 900 for every year he
as lived in the world. They prob
bly, underrsie him in this direction,
nd his solid Individual wealth is
Without doubt, greater than these
cures would represent. But on
arth there is probably no harder
yorker. no greater slave to fortune,
10 more persistent follower OF destiny
nan this same Jay Gould. In busi
ess afairsihe is an abnormal develop
aent Of humanity, and all his man
Dalations are strokes of genius {
However, it does not now appear that
mis- sort OF thing is to die with him,
1r he has a son reported to be :
rester genius than his father, in toe
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