Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-14
SUMMER IN THE SUBURBS.
NEW YORKS ENVIRONS DOTTED
WITH PRETTY PALACES.

] NEW 1ORhs Sept l%.-Ildul Vi new
York's wealthiest business men confine
their summer outings to pretty nearby
places, which residents of the metropolis
are pleased to look upon as suburbs.
| Everything within a radius OF fifty or
seYenty-fiye miles is already looked upon
as a suburb by these ambitious denizens
OF the city, and it will not be long before
they patronizingly come to look upon the
| whole State and the neighboring corners
of surrounding ones as a legitimate
part of ''the suburbs" Our country
cousins look upon the pretensions of their
city kinsfelk with cOmplacent amusement
and only show active interest or alarm
| when the great mOguls of the CITY wig
vans try to rush through some dangerous
measure at Albany. New Workers, as a
| rule, however, know pretty well how to
! enjoy wealth, and it is probable that they
| hnd as many attractions near home as
! they could afar off. Certain it is that
they are always near the so-called city
| comforts. Of these near-at-home fellows
I no class has more fun than the Wall
/ street crowd. They have more fun to the
! square inch than any other set of well-to-
/ do citizens in town. There is a spirit of
| jOllity among the members of the Stock
! Exchange which finds expression in a
thousand ways. The Wall street man
frolics, CANDLES, plays practical jokes,
runs with the popular actress of the
moment, and drives a fast horse
| pensive becomes desirable at once.
| Society milliOnaires and retired
merchants live in State on the avenue, or
at magnificent country seats. They
seem bored and oppressed; they are ham
pered by the cares of society and annoyed
by thousand social jealousies and quar-
rels. Give Wall street man a million
and the fun begins at once. He likes his
comfort at any cost. a striking illustra-
! ton Of the fact was seen at Long Branch
a few days ago. On the platform of the
station waiting for the train were a
dozen OF the wealthy cottagers
men prominent in trade and
finance in New York. Most of them
walked to the station and climbed with
the other passengers into the ordinary
cars. Some were obliged to stand on ac-
count of the crowd. Just before the train
started an elegant victoria, drawn bv a
team of dashing bays, rolled UP to the
station, and a slight, acknowledgement
and languid man rose from the cushions,
and attended by a footman boarded a
Pullman car. Here he found a whole
section reserved for him, with speciaI
porter standing guard. The passenger
did not trouble himself with tickets, but !
gazed idly out of the window.
THE TRAIN SPED ON TO SANDY HOOK. !
Just as it came in sight a magnificent
steam yacht which lay a short distance |
OH shore fired salute and dropped boat |
with four uniformed sailors to the water. |
They roWed to the dock, arriving Just in |
time to meet the train. The languid pas |
senger, accompanied by the obsequious |
porter, stepped into the boat and the |
sailors pulled away. The steam Yacht I
picked up the boat without stopping and |
sped like an arrow up the BAY. In a |
handsome saloon on board the owner ate |
his breakfast. At the New York pier he /
stepped into a cab and was in his office |
five minutes later. Then the languid air
disappeared, and the brisk, energetic and
pushing manner of the sbreWdest broker
in New York took its place. He was
Washington E. Conner, the pet broker of
Jay Gould. He is as sharp as a needle |
and worth anywhere from 81 600 600 TO
$5,000,000. While he was at work
in his office the clumsy steamer
which his fellow passengers had boarded
was creaking her way up the bay. There
were on hoard fully a dozen men worth
as much money as Mr.. COnnOr but they
Travelled with the crowd. Mr.. COnn0r's
money came through a positive strike Of
genius on his part. He was a cHrbstOne
broker with no position, influence or
money when jay Gould got caught IN the
memorable ''Black friday slump. Gould
had bought really about six times as
much gold as he could pay for. He re-
pudiated the purchases when the
brokers went to him after the panic
and refused to settle the claims. His ac-
tions nearly ruined five of the larger bro
kerage firms of the city. The brokers
threatened suits, stormed, raved and
prayed to DO avail. Mr.. Gould would not
see them. Then the unknown Washing
ton Conner went around to the different
firms, and by various means got them to
assign their claims to him. They did so, |
and with all the claims in his possession
Mr.. Common went to Jay Gould and told
the Wall street king that he was ready
to bring suit or cOmpromise-he would
leave the choice to Mr.. Gould. The great
fnancier looked at Mr.. ConnOr, talked to
him for awhile, and then made up his
mind that he needed the services of the
unknown but shrewd young broker. A
liberal compromise of the claims was
made, Mr.. Common became an associate of
Mr.. Gould, and was millionaire within
five months. Now he is head of the firm
of W, E, Conner & Co. One of his part
ners is Jay G0uld's son George, who went
into the firm with 5000 600, and the other
two partners are Mr.. Jay Gould and his
Secretary, Morosini. While men who live
as luXuriOusly as Mr.. Conner are the eX-
ceptiOn and not the rule, they are never
theless sufficiently numerous to lend New |
York tinge of elegant incidence which |
is not found elsewhere this side of Europe |
and the Orient.
DOTTED WITH PALACES.
1t will not be long before the suburbs !
will be dotted with pretty little palaces, |
which will outshine any of those Of which |
fancy is wont to picture as scattered |
along the shores of Naples famous bay. |
The Hudson furnishes favorite hooks for |
summer dwellings of this class. A good |
ly number of such places are already |
nesting on the river bank at the foot of |
the famous old mountains, which go tow
ering up into the clouds. Every year sees
an addition to the number, and it will not
be long before they will be packed as close
ly together as are the Turkish palaces on
the Bosphorus. Irvington. on the Hud-
son, IS one of the most populous
of the suburbs and one OF the prettiest as
well. Here it is that Cyrus W. Field in
dulges his arglophobia tendencies to their
fullest extent. He recently came all the
way from Saratoga to wine and dine
in honor of Sir William Thompson. 1t
| is hardly probable that he viii rebuild the
| Andre monument, but he loses no oppor-
| tunitY of showing how much more he
! thinks of an Englishman than of an
! American. Jay Gould's palace is at
Irvington, and there are scores of
smaller palaces, each surrounded by its
! grounds and having all the dignity of
| wealth and fashion. William B. Astor
| owns farm at Barrytown. Beecher has
| chosen Peekskill, Robert Bonner is at
| Montrose, while John 7. Terry is one of
! Cyrus Fields neighbors. Terry is one of
the firm of Z. D. Morgon & Co., and has
become millionaire in the course of
forty years by plodding business. Near
by is old Sleepy Hollow Church, where
Irving is buried, and this is enough to
give distinction to the spot, which is in
itself beautiful. Twenty-Five years have
elapsed since the author was laid in his
| grave, but the spot is still visited by those
| who honor departed genius. Before
Irving chose this place for residence it
was merely small old-fashioned farm
house. The latter was almost demolished
to make room for ''SUnny SIde," which
was intended TO be merely bachelor re-
treat, and hence afterwards had to be en-
larged to accommodate the family of the
authors brother. "Sunny Slde' is
more in reputation than it is
in reality, and as residence
it is now hardly desirable. This is due
to the stoppage of natural drainage and