Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-01-27
Gaia TALKS ABOUT Tag BAIL
ROAD KINGS.

New YoRK, Jan. 25.-In an interview
with a prominent member Of the New
York Stock Exchange Gath" asked:
"Whom do Won consider to bs the most
successful and substantial of the very
rloh men in railroads?'
"Wiliam H. Vandsrbilt is supremacy
safe. G. p. Huntington probably comes
next to him. 1t 10 said here that Stan
ford, President of the Central Pacific,
has gone to Paris to reside, in order
not to give his testimony in an investi-
CATION Of the Central Pacitic affairs"
What has become Of James Keene?''
"keens is one of the has boeDs;
another instance OF q distant specula-
tor who came to New York to increase
his fortune, and who, at considerable
expense, time and trouble, has dropped
nearly all no brought here and what be
mad made after be came. His influence
in speculation il hardly felt at all.''
Who has made money in New York
arising from the tumbls in stocks?'
"Cammack and WOerischoffsr. Cam
mack il worth from $3,O0O,OOo to g.
OO,OOO. WOerischOder has made more
than that. WOerisohOffer was also in
some of these new railroads, like the
West Shore and the Northern Pacific,
bus he Ii keen fellow. Observing that
prices were droppinR while appearances
were improving. he said one day: Il
don't believe these statistios; there are
lies In those beautiful fXures.' SO he
made up his mind that no would sell
about everything he had. From that
ii lie to this his fortune has been increas-
ing"
HAS Charley Osborne made money 2"
mo; Osborne was pretty rich before,
but he has been bull curing these bad
times aud has not improved his for
tune"
do you suppose that Horace Porter,
Pullman aud Mills lost considerable IN
West ShoreY'
'Yes, they must have lost; even il
General Porter Was ever % sharp hs
could hardly protect himself. The en-
tire performance il commentary on
our 30 called great 6nanciers. There
were such banking houses a. Belmont,
Drexel, Morgan 4 Co.. Winslow, Lanicr
4 Co., the SeligmAns, Morton, Rose d
Co., john Jacob Astor and the Lord
knews how many more. all satisfied that
West Shore was the finest investment in
the country, and next ~ that Northern
Paciics. In spite of their combined
Endorsement We see Q general collapse
three Ourths Ut the way aOr0os she con-
tinent."
"What do seats in the Stosk Exchange
sell for9"
"One sold the other day for $4,000.
We still have about 1l0O brokers. There
never were 80 many poor gentlemen in
the str ct. There are probably 600 OF
these VINO have next 20 NO business.
The sale Of stocks ia only about $50, Goo
shares day, aud whom you divide it
among HOO men you can see what Q
poor thing it H."
do yon consider that 1854 will b q
poor year for railroads 3"
~ do. think that during 1884 these
old cat and dog properties which have
been vitalizsd and figured mp to b
great matt m, will fall apart like other
oats and dogs after the Toe melts in the
spring, whom you ses drowned puppies
floating around everywhere in the pond.
Getting rich BY railroad scheminR ID
Q ming to ke lost art. Rich men can
no longer lake any money in IL. nor
can poor men by building railroads fol-
rich men to buy. Tue corn crop Ut last
autumn Was poor; that will not be
shown till the time comes for that oOru
| to go to market. Corn 10 geuerAlly
shelled cot aud forwarded in the spring
anticipate that o0rn-oarryiuR rail.
roads Will get black eye in the sprluG
that Wili help 70 liQuidSte them. We
have b lis altoQsther too much railroad
for it 10 earn money OF 10 ind par
chasers."