, 1884-05-01
"a HUNDRED MILLIONS.
Jay Gould the Second Riches: RIan
of tho United statos,
shares. Bonds and sIorIragcs--FarioT,
Conservatory and once--Gnad
Taste. simple Habits, and
tentiou ness

the United States, Is credited with being the
possessor of wealth estimated all the way from
$50, 900, 900 to s75, 0o0.Oo The former sum
is very nearly correct. Were his railroad
stocks worth their par valne he would be a
Observation-Disclosures. just before starting on
his yachting trip to the Spanish main he
carefully inventoried his property, placed his
affairs in good shape. and aided a codicii to
his will.
In round numbers the permanent invest
ment stocks appearing on Mr.. Gould's
schedule We're $50, 600 shares of Western
Union telegraph, ITO, 600 shares of Missouri
Pacific. 10000 shares of Wabash common
and 60, 900 shares of preferred, $4,000 shares
OF Kansas IL Texas, 10000 shares
OF Texas Pacific, and 10000 shares of
Erie. There was u large number of
small lots OF various stocks apparently only
incidentally held. No mention of Union Pa
cifc is made. and a friend of Mr.. Gould
states thnt instead or holding any he is short
some 5000 shares on which he expects to
make "A profit. Fifteen thousand shares are
registered on the company's books in his
name. On the Vanderbilt stocks, New York
Central, Lake Shore g. Northwest, he is
said to be short in all 20, 90 shares.
AND SOMETHING BESIDES. Nn
Besides his railroad shares Mr.. Gould holds
five and a half millions of Wabash general
bonds. At yesterdays prices the value of
these securities is Sf9, 495. O1. Western Union
and Missouri Pacific pay dividends, the other
stocks do not The bonds all bear interest.
Between them they yield him 4 .14o,oOo a
year. His interest in the Union Trust com
pavy and his loans are profitable to him.
The World building, noniinally owned by
the Western Union company, was built with
his money. In real estate. loans and mort
gages he mas $500, 900, anil s., 200, 900 more
III floating Investments. Ills two residences
| represent another 81 coo, o0O, and his yacht
$780, COO. His wealth. as nearly as he can
figure it, is S5s, ~, AIS, and his income ST.
640,0ll. Thus his fortune earns him ST.
SIS. IS every day, and 1896 each minute. To
this he expects to add a great many millions
a year by speculation.
1T MI
The king OF Wall street resides when in the
city at 579 Fifth avenue, a plain brown-stone
mansion on the opposite side of Forty-seventh
street from Windsor hotel. He paid $780,
900 for the property, and spent as much
more in furnishing and ornameuting its in
terrier. Tn visitor on entering finds himself
in a large hall adorned with valnabls paint
ings and a few articles of bric-a-brac. To
the left are spacious parlors richly furnished,
the prevailing color being n warm brown
Throughout the house modest good taste pre-
vain. y ~ III cAb VI u vi
display of great wealth. Here Mr. Gould re-
sides curing tine winter.
On the approach of summer he flies 10 his
country seat near Irvington. This is his
favorite home. An old Knickerbocker man
sion, surmounted by a tower, he has taxed
his ingenuity to make it beautiful. Improv-
ing and draining the grounds have been his
hobby. The whole eighty acres bloom like a
garden. A wide drive leads through them to
Il l- ri
ception room with mosaic floor. This is hung
with rare paintings and fragrant with
flowers. The parlors ara models of graceful
elegance, having cost over Sl0o,0OO to fur
nish.
FRUITS n FLOWERS.
But the owners chief pride are the con-
servatories. When they We're burned some
years ago they were rebuilt in grander style.
and are now the largest in the country and
among the largest private couservatories in
the world. Tropical flowers and fruits bloom
and bear throughout the year. PeachesJ
oranges, pears, grapes and Strawberries can
be plucked while all without is snow-clad.
There are l2,OOO varieties of plants and more
varieties Of orchids than at any other place
in the world. The superintendent of the
conservatory is an Italian enthusiast. Mr..
Gould spends hours walking among this
luxuriant vegetation and knows the names
and peculiarities of nearly all of his treas
ures. Here he receives many visitors. Elk
Governor Tilden is h frequent caller at the
summer residence.
The great financier is domestic in his habits
and simple in lbs tastes. He neither drinks
nor smokes, although his cellars contain u
good store of choice wines. He does not care
for horses. His box at the opera sees him
occasionally, but generally he spends his
| ax-aniuup af hprna with HE family
BUSINESS HOURS.
Every day at about 10 o'clock n carriage
drives up to the Western Union building, at
1876 Broadway. From it alights the little
black bearded man. There he leaves his ne
gro valet and enters his Office. The heads
OF his principal enterprises, the Western
Union, Wabash and Missouri Pacific com
panies, report to him. He examines care
fully every new detail of Importance. When
this is done he caves the building and walks
quickly down the right hand of the street to
his Wall street office. where at IL Broadway
the plain sign "W. L. Connor a. Co." APP
pears 1t is noon when he reaches it. His
private office, behind the formidable bar
riers of walnut and ground glass, is within,
on the Broadway side 1t is a small COM
partment, and on the door in small letters is
the name ~. Could Two desks, n few
plain chairs and a blackboard on which Mr..
Morosini has previously chalked the dates
of the important meetings which he must
watch or attend complete the furnishing of
the room. Conner, Morosini and his son
George consult with him. AT 3 O'Clock his
carriage is at the door.
DREss AMI JEwELRY.
In dress the hfty-millionaire is unpreten-
tious. Winter and summer he wears a black
or blue-black diagonal business suit with a
cutaway coat. His collar is of the turn-down
variety and his tie Of plain black. His silk
hat is often almost shabby. Once in a while
he appears IN a felt hat Then the street
looks out for a tempest. Always well made
and correctly fitting, Mr.. Gould may be said
to be well dressed. Cooper was formerly his
tailor, but lately he has favored several
artists. He usually has live or six suits Of
clothes on band, all very similar and hardly
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