Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-31
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glance Of the Wall strset panorama a
BE- leaned over the ticker m a well known
brokers ofScs On Broadway. Around
II. day by day. are clustered the possrs
whose irHuencs il fei: throughout the
world OF fnzros. Here congre1ate the
big men Of the street, at whose bidding
The pulse Of q nation beats in prosperity
or s1t.es IN ruin
Thst little rnan With q pale. thin face,
dark eyes and large bad Who looks
sbo1t him a. he walks with nervous
step, Who resflenly twists . piece Of
paper IN hts small, vornanisn hand,
and who IL always silent. ID MI DAY
Could His fortune 10 estimated II
fI5mOO, bat, 20 look at him, ne
might readily b taken for put and
call broker.
There is the Hon. Rossen Sage tip
ping back IN bis easy chair At Q square
table covered with letters and papers
he much resembles John O. Whittier,
and has Q domestic, homsspun look
He has mild bine eye. q high fore
bead and frmset mouth his ruilng
passion IL money and horSes- his
manner 10 most engaging. and nls
kindly face lights up from busy care
a. be discusses the inertia OF his re,
spectiye horses. His wealth IL estimated
at $50 900 90, greater portion OF II II
ready cash.
Tha. gentleman with LINED over
coat and long hair, sharp features and
sqoiline nose. and an eye like hawk,
10 Cyrus Field. He talks quickly and
nervously, and has an irnpolsive manner.
He opens the door leading 70 the ONCE
With a rush. as though be wanted TO jerk
the knob Of. He 10 very loquscious,
and ia credited with talking too much.
wi.hai, It il said, his hsart Is In the
righ. place. His wealth IL placed at
Sl0.O0.OU.
That gentleman there, an American
Dofnbey. is Mr.. Sidney Dillon be has
an iron face, mouth OF resolution and
a terrible will power shown in the lines
Of lis eountenance. His figure Is a
Goliath of physical strength. His hair
il as white a. snow, and he wears little
side whisker. His large head Ii always
protected by black silk hat. be Is
sedate and active, and talks with some
reserve. His wealth is also placed at
100000.
Jose Novarro inspects the ticker and
laughs with his friends over il while the
current gossip Of the day is going the
rounds. He il jolly, gray and fat, and
prefers TO talk of real estate and the
effect Of the uptown movement onfrench
fats. His property and bank account
are set down at 100000.
That gentleman with small mouth,
blue eyes, chin whiskers and no mus
tache, who walks slowly and content
edly by, Ia Mr.. George Pullman. De
Is never in a hurry. His pleasant face
shows that be is at peace with the
| world, and his stately figure sustains
with comfort the multiplied duties OF
his vast railroad car interests. be is
good family man, devoted to his
wife and children, and is always con-
sidsra.e of even the smallest office
boy. He is reputed 70 be worth tl5,-
coo 900.
j.. Houston. sauntering along there,
| il a youne-iooking man for the position
he holds in the financial world. His
dress il perfection, and his blonde i'm
| perial and mustache give him a military
air. He il good natured and il always
on the sunny side of the market with
| Pacific Mail-frst, last and at all times
His personal pile is set down at 3d.
10000.
The gentleman there with the refined
appearance Of a stately Indian chief ID
| Vice President Galloway, of the ele.
waited roads. He Is handsome man
in every sense of the word. His hail
ia coal black, his eye dark and his fig.
ure towering. His face beams with
good nature and bis universal popularity
| is well deserved. His nest-egR is est.
mated at $5,000,0 900, and his good luck
is proverbial.
That Faistaffian form coming in there
slowly ia Isadore Wormser, the genial
good -natured and solid. He 10 always
smoking, and his keen eyes look search.
ingly out from beneath a pair Of gold
spectacies. His wealth is down at $l5,
10000.
There comes President Hart, Of the
Third Avenue Surface Railroad. He /;
a little, thick man with an active man
ner, who hides himself away beneath a
cape overcoat and white sugarloaf hat
His money, stocks, bonds, DC, foot az
100000.
That gentleman. there with dark hair
mustache and imperial, with a self
possessed manner, keen eye and slight
stoop in his shoulders, is Horace Porter
the best after dinner speaker in Wal
street-witty, brilliant and popular. His
bank account and property are entered
at $5,000,00o.
Here We have in all an aggregated
wealth of eleven men footing up 800
0O0,Oo0. Does the reader know what thin
wealth will buy?
II would build twenty Brooklyn bridges
az a cost of ten million dollars each. II
would build q New York postofices. II
would pay the Presidents salary for foul
thousand years II would pay for five
million suits of clothes az $40 suit. II
would build four hundred ocean steam
ships at haif million dollars each. l,
would pay for four hundred million
meals at 80 cents each. 1t would give
every man, woman and child in the
United States eight meals each. II
would buy every ship in the United
States navy.
II would locate four hundred thousand
families on Western farming lands and
give them q start. II would boy forty
million votes at $5 each. II would build
three Erie canals. II would buy every
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