, 1884-08-23
ENJOYING WEALTH.
The sort of Satisfaction Wall Street
Men Get Out of Life.
The LRngufd Pullman Passenger At
tended by II ObsequIous Por-
tsr-The Energetic, Wfdo-
Awake, shrewd Broker.
[New York Cor. UtIca observer.l

Wall street men know how to enjoy their
money when they get Il. They have mors
fun TO the square inch than any other set OK
well.to-do citizers in town. There Is a spir.
Of iollity among the member OF the stock
exchange which finds expression In a thou
sand ways. The Wall street nan f~rolics,
CANDLES, plays practical Jokes. runs with the
popular actress Of tho moment and drives n
fast horse up the road. Whatever Is 'ex-
pensive becomes desirable at once. Society
millionaires and retired merchants live in
state on the avenue or at magnificent country
Seaus. They seem bored and Oppressed, they
are hampered by the cares Of society and an
noyed by a thousand social jealousies and
quarrnls.
Give q Wall street man a million and til
fur begins to fy at once. | was struck par
t~icularly by this the other morning when re-
turning 70 New York, after spending n night
at Seabright, near Ling Branch came 10
town Oh the regular business train. On tho
platform Of the station, waiting for the train,
were a dozen Of the wealthy cottagers Of Sea
bright-Inen prominent in trade and finance
In New York. Most OF them walked to the
station and climbed with the other passcngers
into the ordinary cars Some were obliged
TO stand on account Of the crowd Just be
fore the train started an elegant victoria,
drawn by ii team Of dashing bays, rolled up
to the station and a slight, elegantly dressed
aud languid man ruse from the cushions, and,
attended by a footmau, boarded a Pullman
car. Here he found a whole section 70
served for him, with Il special porter stand
ing guard. The passenger did not trouble
himself with tickets, but gazod idly out of
The window.
The train sped on 10 Sandy Hook. Just as
II came in sight a 100000 steam yacht
which lay IA short distance off shore
fired a salute, and dropped a boat with four
uniformed sailors TO the water. The sailors
rowed 10 tho dock, arriving just In time TO
meet the train The languid passenger, ae-
companied by the ~obsequious porter, stepped
into the boat, the man in the stem-sheets
touched his cap, and the sailors pulled away
with the regulation man-o-war stroke. The
steam yacht picked up the boat without
stopping, and sped like an arrow up the bay.
In a beautiful salon on board the owner ate
his breakfast. while the yacht ran up the
bay. He stepped into a cab at the New York
pier and was In his ofiico FIVE minutes later.
Then the languid air disappeared and tho
brisk, energetic and pushing manner OF tho
shrewdest broker In New York took its place.
1t was Mr.. Washington E. Connor, the pet
broker of jay Gould He Is as sharp as a
needle, and worth anywhere from one to five
millions. While he was at work In his Of
fee the clumsy steamer which his fellow
passengers had boarded was crealdng her
way up the bay. There we're on board a
dozen men worth as much money as MIR.
Connor, but they Travelled with the crowd.
Wash. Connor's money came through a posi-
tive stroke OF genius on his part He was a
curbstone broker, with no position, influence
or money when Jay Gould got caught in the
memorable @Black Friday slump. Gould
had bought orally about sx times as much
gold as he could ray for. He re
undated the purchases when the brokers
went 10 him after the panic, and refused to
settle the claims. His action nearly ruined
five OF the larger brokerage firms Of the city.
The brokers threatened suits, stormed, raved
and prayed to no avail. Mr.. Gould would
not see them.
Then the unknown Wash. Conner went
around to the different firms, and by various
means got them to assign their claims to
him. They did 50, and with ell the claims
In his possession Mr.. Connor went to Jay
Gould and told the Wall street king that he
was ready to bring suit or compromising
would leave the choice TO Mr.. Gould. The
great financier looked at Mr.. Conner, talked
to him for awhile, and then made up his
mind that he needed the services of the un-
known but shrewd young broker. A liberal
compromise Of the claims was made, Mr..
Counor became an associate OF Mr.. Gouldis,
and was a millionaire within five months.
Now he Is head Of the firm OF W. E. Conner
& Co. One of his partners Is Jay Gouldis
son George, who went into the firm with
5000 900. and the other two partners are Mr..
Jay Gould and his stalwart secretary and
b~ody-guard, Morosini.