Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1883-01-08

who is about lS years old and unmar
ried. / think they are going to som,
! springs i'll the interior of Cuba which
are said to have good effect on tn,
stomach and intestines. About
week after Mr. Vanderbilt goes away
ID q Mills, who has been conuectoc
with him in numerous operations, alsC
goes to Cuba. That will take away
considerable element from the bul
side, and strengthens my noticn tha
we are going to have
VERY LAx MARKET HERE AFTER NEW
YEARS"
| While we we're speaking we passeC
Mr.. Vanderbilt's stables, in the reaI
of the orphan asylum mentioned a,
the site of his suggested art gallery.
GLOW many horses has Mr.. Van
derbtlt I" said l.
"Ten. He has model stable there
but no very extray agant number o.
animals. You will see a dozsn t.
twenty better stables In Now York
not better in their internal arrange
ments, but more stylish"
My informant then surprised mt
by the following statement:
"You are aware that William Van
derbilt has very little interest now IL
the New York Central railroad 2'
l said that it was the general opinion
that he owned very near the ma jority
of the stock, he and his connection.
MY information is pretty straight
l think, said my friend. wander.
bilt has sold large blocks OF the New
York Central stock to Englishmen. In
his recent frequent visits to the other
side he has made strong class of ac.
queintances, and has frankly said that
he did not care to carry 30 much
stock, even ir the railroad his father
acquired, as it embroiled him with the
lobby at Albany, and made him the
pers nal target for the inevitable quar-
rela that spring up between such a
railroad and the numbe,less large cit
les through whose centre 1t passes
His frankness was more potential
than artitice, and the English leaders
glaoly made purchases of large blocks
of Central. Considerable interests in
the same railroad have been sold to
the Americana. Mr.. Vanderbilt, of
courso, will retain the presidency of
the road, and 1T can be In hia family
as long as he likes, since all these new
interests desire him to stay where he
ia.
"What other things does Mr.. Van
derbit possess
"Weli, he is putting $4,000, 900 at
this moment into the state of Penn
sylvania, building the railroad himself
by advancing the money and taking
the bonds. You know what this
system of Pennsylvania road is
Primarily it is to get at both the coal
and coke fields and share in that great
feature of The business which the
Pennsylvania railroad is 80 strong in.
Mr.. Vanderbilt has also
INVESTED $4,000 600 IN THE NORTH.
WESTERN RAILROAD
1t is very judiclous investment. He
stretches his arms wider, and grasps
the grain fields which the Northern
Pacific railroad expected to control to
large extent, aud deliver it's freights
to some other system of railroad than
the Lake Shore and the Michigan
Central. Mr.. Vanderbilt realized
nearly 100 per cent on the purchase
oftho Michigan Central railroad. He
got the stock at from 40 to SO, and it
is now at above par. While he is not,
In my Judgment, large holder of
New York Central store now, his posi-.
ton as president of the railroad is iust
as secure as if he owned it all. "
"Who is the nearest individual to
Vanderbilt in friendship and conf
dencl y
"Foster Dawey. He is compare.
lively young man of rather Juvenile
appearance. He came from the in
terror of New York state, somewhere
about Lockport, l think. He Is a
man of somewhat sporting propensi.
ties, willing to bet his money on elec.
tlons, on game of cards, or any other
general contingency. But he is both
acute and gentle No circumstance
ever happened to make him lose his
temper. He is, therefore, winning
man with Mr.. Vanderbilt, who likes
his friends to be strong, sweet and
sharp, and to keep faith. Dewey goes
with Mr.. Vanderbilt on ali his excur
sions, drives with him on the road,
and he is also rich man, though l
think he gets no other benefit from
Mr.. Vsnderbilts company than to
take chances with him, Vanderbilt
often loses money Like other pefsons
Dewey has 90 risk his along with his
friend. Mr.. Dewey not lorg ago
made 81 200, 900 In o Western rail
road operation.
els Vanderbilt an educated mani"
"Not much. he can talk very we'll,
however. Hls father WAS guilty of a
gross injury to him by meanly keeping
him on the little old farm within
sight of New York, and making him
stay there
TILL HE WAS A MAN OF NoRE THAN &C
YEARS OLD,
under tho old fashioned delusIon that
if you keep child hungry he will de.
serve. fortune better. Conse quently
the time William Vanderbilt should
have spent at college he had to spend
throwing up hay and shovelirg dung,
He regrets the loss of bet
ter educational advantages, but
no has picked up a good deal
from intercourse aud from the re.
filming instincts Of his wife, who is the
best person that ever entered into
that family. She was, / believe, q
olergyman's daughter, or something
of that kind Vanderbilt takes great
pleasure in his family at home. They
are as happy family as their old
Dutch ancestors in the valley of the
Hudson river, where divorces wer,
never known. Vanderbilt loses hi