Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-06
JAY GOULD,s YACHT.


From the Philsdelphia Press.
Jay Gould and his son, George Gould, got ont
OF bed at the Hotel Lafayette shortly after sum
rise on Saturday morning ordered breakfast sent
TO their rooms, dispatched it hurriedly, walked
Gown to the clerks desk. father and son, paid
thef bills separately, ordered coupe and drove
away TO Cramps upper shipyard at Port Rich
mona; where they thoroughly inspected Jay
Gould's new and beautiful steam yacht Alta
lanta. The new engines, built by the Messrs
Cramp, were, at the request Of Mr.. Gould the
elder, put In operation. They are of pattern
specially designed for the yacht. powerful and
Almost n0lseless. AS the pOnderous walking
Deam traversed up and down, Mr.. Gould stood
by and expressed the liveliest satisfaction with
Its workings and with that of the engine He
became deeply interested in its movements, and
unconsciously drew too near the moving mon
ster. "Iake care" cried one of the workmen
.'Or You will get splattered by the oil" Mr.
Gould did not heed the instructions. but kept
edg1nR closer. AS q reward for his interest he
was splattered with the dirty, rank smelling OIL
He pulled out dark red silk handkerchief,
laughed and brushed the oil from his coat and
breaches, and stepped aside. "Oh, it won't
hurt anything" he added, pleasantly. as he saw
laborer cycling the despatched suit with an
unspeakable look OF commiseration.
The millionaire inspected every portion of the
yacht. He examined the expensive richly
carved woodwork, rubbed his fingers over the
polished surface, blew. the dust out of the
hooks in the beautiful frieze-work and looked
at the sideboards, cupboards and closets with
paternal interest. George Gould could not re-
Train from constantly giving expression to ex-
travagant demonstrations of approval. The
trio reached the miniature social saloon, per
1ect marvel OF the wood decorators art. The
panels in the sides OF the saloon attracted Jay
Gould's attention at once. He examined them
him, and stepping up to where he stood, balanc-
ing himself on his left leg upon a loose pile Of
timber, said: Now, Mr.. Gould. if you desire
IT, ! can ornament these panels with the
family coat-of-arms" The elder financial
sphinx turned to his son and laughing, said:
II don't know whether we have got coat-of-
arms, eh, Georgei" "Oh," said the latter,
with shrug of the shoulders, 81 guess. NAV
be, we might find one laying somewhere around
the house. If you want something neat and
pertinent: though, would suggest bear and
bull" The decorator fastened to expostuate,
declaring that such a device amid such sur
roundings would appear hdeous So the
emblem OF bull and bear will not be carved on
those panels.
THE PRESENCE OF THE TWO GoULDs
excited the liveliest interest among the work.
men ON the yacht. A tawny Irishman of forty,
plying pOnderous hammer near one of the
gangways, saw them approaching. ''Is that i'm,
Blly9" ne asked, with open mouth and eyes, OF
fellow-workman. Mr.. Gould heard the ques-
tlon and gave the anxious questioner silver
Of the Atalanta Mr.. Gould and his son re-en-
tered their coupe and were driven to the Penn
sylvanta railroad depot. whence they departed
Tor New York on the fast express.
Mr. Gould says he finds that owning an ex-
pensive private yacht Is not such nice thing
after all. 1t involves number of unexpected
| sources OF annoyances. He has received hum
dreds OF letters from lawyers, doctors, profess
sors c!ergymen, actresses and Others praying
to be included among that select coterie whom
la fa oorr xr-itl
world. Some ofthe letters are maryels of plain
tive supplicatiOn, others display unearthly i'm
pudence and eftrontery. But more astounding
than these are the photographs forwarded, with
what are Intended to be enchanting notes, by
female adventuresses. These photographs Mr..
Gould keeps in locked drawer of his office on
Wall street. Some of them he does not venture
to look at. He feels somewhat in the position
OF Snowman advertising for queen of
beauty-a position which is not, however.
and proper. Some Of these adven-
turesses depict In glowing colors their varied
Charms, and plead for bunk, If only In the
hold. Mr.. Gould thinks of turning the collection
over to Anthony Comstock. The party which
he will carry with him on the yacht win include
his entire family, six in number, including him.
SELF The yacht has accommodations for twenty
TWO persons, so that there arein ALL probably six
teen OF the milionaire's friends who will be
honored with an invitation to ego along" The
HA'es.euVes VII 10 Icduy W ucpdrt III ADOuC t1fe0
weeks. One day next week she will make trial
trip down the river. She will have on board
Mr.. Gould and small party of friends. Every
thing on board is now completed except the
finishing OF portions Of the interior and exterior
woodwork and the upholstering. Lavish sums
are being expended in this direction. The Yacht
fs without doubt the finest Of its kind In the
world. The crew is composed of ffty-two men.
Inc consumption OF coal will be fifteen tons per
day. The entire cost will not fall below $3.50 600
The trip has not yet been fully outlined.