New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-29
PROPERTY SOLD BIZ JAY GOULD.
A COMPLICATED CASE IN THE COURT OF WAYNE
COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
HoNEsDALE, Penn, Sept. 2S.-Thrty years
ago Mrs. Eliza ]. Haley kept hotel at Tobyhanna,
Monroe County. She widow. The Delaware ana
Iackawanna Railroad was then building over the
Poerna Mountains and Mrs Haleys house was the head
quarters for contractors lumbermen and others whom
the railroad had drawn into the region which was then
An almost unbroken wilderness Colonel Zadock Pratt
the great tanner of Greene County NewYork had about
that time discovered Jay Gould in the Delaware County
back woods and had made him partner In large tan
merry he built In the hemlock forest in Luzerne County,
eleven miles from what is Goudsboro Station on
the Lackawanna Railroad. Pratt and Gould we're ire
ouenty at Mrs Haleys house. and she was so attentive
to their want. that she became great favorite with
them. The railroad was then completed as FAR as IoDy
hanna and that place the shipping point Tor Pratt
Goulds tannery. The tannery firm had In their mind
however the establishing Of more convenient station
few miles further north, In Wayne County, and had
purchased large tract of land there. The station
was laid out before the railroad built to it, and
named Gouldsboro Station after Jay Could the tannery
settlement being also called Gouldsboro. Among the
contractors who boarded at Mrs Haloys wero Jacob d.
Coon aud John L. Sitnons. Pratt & Could contracted
with Good for the building OF plank road from the sta
ton tannery, and agreed to transfer to him an
acre OF land out of their tract anywhere on the
property that Coon might choose. Coon as
signed tho contract fer the acre Oh land 10
soloman Edwards, a lumberman in payment for plank
believing Goudsboro Station would be place Of no
nto Importance when the railroad was completed, had
In view the building Of hotel on the land and called on
Pratt Gould to locate the Jay Gould, Colonel
Pratt Commissioner Snous and others met Edwards IN
the woods Goldsboro Station and he chose spot on
the north side of the plank road adjoining land through
which the railroad was to run. Jay Gould
himself carried the tape line and measured on
the Before Edwards perfected his plans for build
sida oft hat urun ikn md
therefore made no improvements on his location 1910
she being then only sixteen years age gave birth
child and charged Contractor Jacob D. Coon with being
nent to pay the girl $500 through j. L smons acting as
her agent and attorney sSns had IN tine of the
$500 assigned to smons for the benefit OF Miss Haley
an acre OF land Goudsboro station Miss Haley after
ward married a iumberman stephen Garrsgan., Her
child, which was daughter. grew to womanhood arg
grew M about GoudsbOro station Mr. and Mrs. smOns
have continued to live In the hoteli but re-
Gently sn %fs vain aeuit aes'' Stephen
and his wife %.g The that G 5GG ecn Sa
simons the benefit Of Mary Jane Haley, and that
Sroagst suit against Mr. and Mrs simons recover
st. together with the improvements the old couple have
Ga a. H Opposes that on the day when Jay
Gould ran out the acre 81 land Tor Solo bio
measurement was made. Gould. in recognition Of the
attention that Mrs haley had shown him on the DIFF;
to simons and said "Now Edwards has got his land
the Ia clear and he can lind no fault want you
to build hotel right the other side OF the plank road
for Mrs Haley"
smons replied that neither he nor Mrs Haley had any
money to build hotel with"
"That is all right" sad Gould; Colonel
Pratt and 1 have had talk about this
matter We want hotel here, and want Mrs. Haley
TO run 1t. You superntend the building OF It, We
will furnish the land to put 1t When you run out
of funds said Could saPpng his hand on his trousers
pocket call on US for all you want"
Mrs. Haley subsequently, paid Pratt Gould for the
lumber and shingles and for the keeping st the men em
ployed the work slmons deposes that the land con-
Coon contract
trey As the litigation the will necesstate the
bringing forward OF the long forgotten incident in the
matter Garrasans undue intimacy, as girl with
Jacob d. Coon and drag into prominence the egtmacy
of her daughter herself wife and mother, strong
efforts have made by friends and relatives TO keep
the out of the courts but without success An in-
teresng IN the trial Of the which Ia on the
calendar OF Wayne County Court, will be tho reading OF
the affidavit of jay Gould, substantiatng simonss
answer in tie case