The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-03-20
YOUNG GOULD.
He Is Said to Possess Much of His Fathers
Financial Ability.


/ anxiety for the first appearance of M
;, George Gould among them, writes
i correspondent of The Boston Heralt
G Mr.. Gould, who is the eldest son OF tt
}, king of Wall street, within the pa,
e week purchased a seat in the exchange
: paying for it $22, 900, and on Thur:
day afternoon he was put through tn
examination which everybody has t
pass before he can be admitted as
member OF that lively mob of old an
young boys. Young Mr.. Gould an
, swered all the questions satisfactorily
and he may be expected to enter tn
board-room about Monday. The brok
ers have fixed up an exceedingly livel,
: reception for him. 1t is known tina
there is no place in New York wher,
vigorous goings-on are carried to sucl
an extent as they are in the stock ex
change here. The pulling and hauling
to which the members are subjected al
certain periods and under certain cir
cumstances fully equal anything of the
kind seen in the desperate football
matches of Harvard and Yale. The
other day when c. P. Huntington be-
came member, he walked down to
the door of the board-room and started
to 90 in, but one of the brokers in the
center of tho floor yelled, "There he
isl" and the others set up instantly
such terrific shout that Mr.. Hun ting
ton stopped in dismay and went over
to his office. He has not yet appeared
personally upon the floor, because he
is afraid of his initiation. 1t is, how
ever, unlikely that he would be much
hurt, as the brokers, with all their
roughness and tomfoolery, are not like
ly to do any serious damage to an old
gentleman like him. He has always
prided himself upon being an athlete,
and he is likely to make very inter-
esting tussle with the first one or two
of the brokers who jump upon him
with view of giving him his initiation
to the board. The end of it will be, of
course, that, after some considerable
wrestling and knocking about, young
Mr.. Gould and his associates will cure
their bruises with internal applications
of an exhilerating, if not exactly sooth-
ing, nature. Mr.. George Gould is re-
garded as man of great promise by
people who have watched him during
the past two or three years. 1t is said,
indeed, that he inherits much of the
great financial ability of his father, and
that he is fully fit to step into the old
gentleman shoes whenever that per-
sonage may arrive at the conclusion
that the time for his retirement
has come. There is wide diff
ference between the younger genera
ton of Gould's and the present set
of Vanderbilts. The sons of the New
York Central millionaire are given to
slashing about and cutting IL great
dash in all directions. They drink in
ordinately of champagne, they carry
heir heads very high, and their gen
eral attitude is that of persons who
,hink they are very far above the
'ange of ordinary msrtals. Mr..
Iould's children are, however, all of
hem exceedingly quiet and refined.
They all have the deep olive complex
on and flashing black eyes of their
ather, whose transformations methods
If life are adopted also by them. Mr..
George Gould is somewhat taller than
lis celebrated parent, and the two are
constant companions. If the old gen
leman is over the ticker in his office,
ieorge is always at his side watching
he figures as they are reeled off, and
Gathering from Mr.. Jay Gould's con-
ersation the significance of the dips
nd plunges of the market. Two or
hree times week / run across father
nd son in the theaters. Both of them
re much attached to operate enter
and almost every night of
he regular season they can be found
t the Metropolitan. On the off nights
ne is apt to catch them at some fare
,al entertainment. Mr.. Jay Gould is
enerally looked upon as some saturn
lie parsonage who finds no joy in any
hing that strikes other people as be- !
~ highly humorous. This wholly {
listaken view of his character. He !
lughed almost necessarily at Mestay- /
RS ridiculous piece called ave, Us & I
o." and 1 have seen him vcciferous- f
= applaud the comicalities of Harry {
ixey in "Adonis." Mr.. Washington i
onnor, who is Mr. Jay Gould's part i
er, told me not long ago that he be- G
eyed George Gould would develop $
to financier at least as brilliant and n
airing as the present swartby genius v
Wall street. The first formal APP a
sarance in the stock market be O
ade in connection with the post he "
Is just purchased in the exchange n
hen asked concerning his private n
rtune by the committee charged with s
vestigating his application, he set d
e sum down at $50, 900. Young {,
ould has speculated good deal on d
S own hook in the street, and has h
ade enough money in the past few il
ars to take care of himself in good {,
yle and to lay away quite solid
IN for future use. He has not drawn
ION his fathers capital, excepting for
e modest amount with which he q
arted, and the progress he has made q,
s been due entirely to his watchful- h,
IS of the market and his own judici- ~
S investments. 1t is matter of ~,
ide on the part of both the Goulds d. d.
at no tip has ever passed from father y,
son, and that the young man has ~.
lde his way without taking advant- g.
. of the paternal knowledge of the W W
uation. ~ 80
A Neglected Industry. oi
The chief reason why grape-growing a,