Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-05-21
Volume XIII. mo. 49.
Mr.. GOuld's Essd blishment.


Mr.. GouId's mansion, on the north.
east corner OF 5th avenue and 47th
street, New York, is plain looking,
double brown-stone house, the interior
of which is literally palatial. There
are half a million dollars worth of
paintings on the walls, and the furn-
isbing and decorations are of the cost
!iest description. The suite on the
second fl ,or, occupied by the heads of
the family consists Of bedroom, boudoir,
dressing room aud bathroom, decorat-
ed chiefly in pale blue and silver.
Across the hall Miss Nellie, the only
daughter, has similar suite in pink
and white. On the third floor there
is study and IA large nursery for the
three small boys, Edward, Frsnk and
Harold, whose tutors are paid $4,000,
$4,000 anG 81, $50 year respectively.
Geo. Gould's apartments are on the
same floor, while the servants occupy
the floor above. The butler receives
$1,000; buffers assistant, S4OO; NJ.
Gould's valet, 5000; head cook and
assistant 81, 800, and housekeeper, ST.
900 a year. Two laundresses, two
chambermaids, a parlor maid, two
waiting maids, two lady's maids and
two kitchen girls are paid from SIS to
$40 each per month. The food in the
servants hall is entirely different from
that Of the family table, Mrs Gould
spends two hours day with her
younger boys, and they read only what
has been inspected 10y her. Since she
joined the Forty second Street Pres
byterian Chalch, several years ago,
she has been liberal in religious bene-
factions. Miss Nellie, is rerfecting
herself in music at a cost of $40 per
lesson. She has an allowance of $5,-
600 Il year fer her wardrobe. The
Gould stable is handsome building
of brick, with brown stone trimmings
and plate glass windows. Six horses
are kept in it during the winter, and
a closed carriage, IA landau and two
coupes. The staff consists of Il coach
man, two tootmen, two grooms aud
two stabIemeu, aud their wages range
from $+5 month down. The expense
of keeping up the stable is 5000 a
year.
Mr.. G5uld's country seat Irving
ton is said to be considered the most
elegant, attractive and thoroughly
equipped summer residence in the
country. Mr.. Gould paid 100000
for the property in 1880. and it is now
worth $1,O00.00O The housvis Gethc
in stylr, and IS 5000 feet from the
aaa<ae river. c-mm.na;,n.g .a.!.s 3 mzsniG: mi
the basement On the second floor is
a fine art gallery extending the entire
depth of the house. The lawn about
the house is ninetv-fiye acres in ex-
tent, and the macadamized road lead
ing to the entrance is a quarter of d
mile long. There are in the estate
so acres, 800 of which are woodland.
The live stOcl; consists Of twenty
horses, as many COWS, a drove of
Southern sheep. and ii lot of booded
fowls. Eighteen men are on the place
constantly and in summer the num-
Der is nearly a hundred. The hot
houses and conservatory cover a space
900 feet long aud $50 feet wide, and
with their contents are valued al $780,
600 At fair estimate it costs Mr..
Gould $3.50 ! day to keep up his lrv-
ington estate The taxes on it amount
to $3.50 month.
Mr. Gould paid 100000 for his
steam yacht Atalanta, and to run the
same costs him $3.50 month for wa
ges, $500 month for coal, repairs,
&c, and $500 month for general ex-
penses when he is aboard with his
family. Besides the fifteen sailors and
Eve officers, forming the crew, there
are four cooks and baker at $40
month each, with two walters. lady's
maid, and parlor maid. There are
separate dining saloons in the yacht
for the family. the officers. and the
servants and the sailors. Breakfas is
served from 6 TO IL luncheon at 2;
tea aud ices at 4, and dinner at s.
George Gould's allowance before he
attained the dignity Of partnership
with his father was $4,000 year.
His young brothers have s. week
piece for pocket money.