Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-16
THE GOLDEN PIRATE.
Gould the Second Richest Man OF
the United States.
Fifty MILLIONS In the Wizards Little Box
The Jay Bird ia His Gilded Palace
A Schudule Of His
Wealth.
Ne,r York Journal,


worth their par value he would be an
Observation-Disclosures. Just before start
ing on his yachting trip to the Spanish
Main he carefully inventoried his prop
erty, placed his affairs in good shape
and added codicil to his will.
In round numbers the permanent in
vestment stocks appearing on
MI. Gould's Schedule
were three hundred and eighty thous-
and shares of Western Union Tele-
graph, one hundred and ten thousand
shares Of Missouri Pacific, one hundred
and forty thousand shares Of Wabash
common and sixty thousand shares Of
the preferred, fifty thousand shares Of
Kansas ard Texas, forty thousand
shares of Texas Pacific and seventy
thousand shares of Erie. There was a
large number of small lots OF various
stocks apparently only incidentally held.
No mention of Union Pacific is made,
and friend of Mr.. Gould states that in
stead Of holding any he is short some
nine thousand shares, on which he ex-
poets to make profit. Fifteen thous.
and shares are registered on the COM
pany's books In his name. On the Van
derbilt stocks, New York Central, Lake
Shore and Northwest, he is said to be
short in all twenty thousand shares.
Besides
Ills Railroad shares
Mr.. Gould holds five and half millions
Of Wabash general bonds. At yester.
days prices the value of these securities
is S49. 1876, COO. Western Union and
Missouri Pacific pay dividends; the
other stocks do not. The bonds also
bear interest. Between them they yield
him four million one hundred and forty
thousand dollars year. His interest
in the Union Trust Company and his
loans are profitable to him. The World
building, nomipally owned by the
Western Union Company, was built
with his money. In real estate, loans
and mortgages he has five million dol
lars, and three million more in floating
investments. His two residences repre-
lent another Million. and his yacht
three hundred thousand dollars. His
wealth as nearly as he can figure it Is
S5S, 795, 4l3, and his income S4,640.0ll.
Thus his fortune earns him Sl2,SSS.SS
every day and So 05 each minute. To
this he expects to add a great many
millions year by speculation.
The King of Wall street
resides when in the city at No. SO Fifth
avenue, plain brown stone mansion
on the opposite side Of Forty. seventh
street from the Windsor Hotel. He
paid three hundred thousand dollars for
the property, and spent as much more
in furnishing and ornamenting its in
terror. The visitor on entering finds
himself in large hall adorned with
valuable paintings and few articles of
-brac. To the left are spacious
| parlors, richly furnished, the prevailing
color being warm brown. Throughout
the house modest good taste prevails.
| There is no sign Of extravaganza or dis
play ofgreat wealth. Here Mr.. Gould
resides during the winter.
On the approach on summer he flies
| to his country seat near IrvingtOn.
This is his favorite home. An old
| KnickerbOcker mansion, surmounted
| by tower, he has taXGi his ingenuity
| to make it beautiful. Improving and
draining the grounds have been his
hobby. The whole eighty acres bloom
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| through them to the house. The doors
open into large reception room with
| mosaic floor. This Is hung with rare
paintings and fragrant with flowers.
| The psrlors are models Of graceful ele-
gance, having cost over one hundred
| thousand dollars to furnish.
But the owners chief pride are
The COnseryatories.
When they were burned some years
ago they were rebuilt in grander style,
and are now the largest in the country
and among the largest private conserva-
tories in the world. Tropical flowers
and fruits bear throughout the year
Peaches, oranges, pears, grapes and
| strawberries can be plucked while all
without is snow. clad. There are 1900
varities of plants and more varieties of
orchids than at any other place in the
world. The superintendent of the con-
servstOry is an Italian enthusiast. Mr..
| Gould spends hours walking along this
IuXuriant vegetation and knows the
names and peculiarities of nearly all his
treasures. Here he receives many
visitors. FIX Governor Tiden il q fire.
queDt caller at the summer residence OF
the Wizard.
The Atalsnta, the yacht In which he
il now travelling Southern seas, is too
| well known for description. 1t Is the
| fastest and most elegant steam yacht
owned in America and represents an
outlay Of nearly 100000.
The great fiIancier is domestic in his
habits and simple in his taste. He neth-
er drinks nor smokes, although his eel
lars contain good store Of choice wines.
He does not care for horses. His box
at the opera sees him occasionally, hut
generally be spends
His Evenings at Home
with his family. Every day at about
10 O'Clock a carriage drives up TO the
Western Union building at No. 1876
Broadway. From ii alights the little
black bearded man. There he leaves
his negro valet and enters his offire. The
head of his principal enterprises, the
Western Union, Wabash and Missouri
Pacific companies, report TO him. He
examines carefully every new detail oil
importance. When this is done he
leaves the building aud walks quickly
down the right hand of the street to nis
Wall street office, where at No. II
Broadway the plain sign NV. T.. Con-
nor * Co." appears. 1t is noon when he
reaches it. His private Office, behind
the formidable barriers of walnut and
ground glass, is within, on the Broad
way side. Ii is small compartment, and
on the door in small letters is the name
-. Gould" Two desks, a few plain
chairs and blackboard on which Mr..
Morosini has previously chalked the
dates Of important meetings which he
must watch or attend complete the fur
nishing OF she room. Conner, Morosini
and his son George consult with him.
At 3 o'clock his carriage awaits him at
the door,
In no way is Mr.. Gould's mode Of life
expensive. 1t cost him, until he puf-
chased bis yacht, under one HUNDRED
thousand dollars TO live. This year he
calculates that it will cost him half as
much more. He seldom enteFtains a
guest in the city and gives no receptions.
While be does not stin. his household,
his butler Is held accountable for every
outlay and must keep the cost OF bis de-
partment within limit.
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