Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-03-28
VOBUSY MEN OF GOTHAM
nemand on the Time of Gould and
Sage.
,.r are Beset From Morn Until
y,abt BIS CrankS of Every Descrip
,iou-Their Working Hours.

f enid. as he advanced to great
NJ .b became the bulls eye in target
E hor-s and teggars and cranks of all
and conditions and of every com
Ma ,,or in America, says the New York
He also had an army OF them at
- from the United Ktnsdo aud the
ta-t,nent of Europe and Asia and of the
F,.t. In Mr. GDuld's case, as with
a,, others renowned for their great
IA "I'b. yel-meaning clergy men have
III .n q choice source of annoyeLo e. Mr..
- has been asked to start missions,
ks "a provide blankets end socks for the
Nh. bsbi, ants OF the most out-of- the way
f-ots on earth. WomeR Sho lost their
or who wanted to start
F2osrtiug houses; students who wanted to
f.p to college; ambitious young women
M h, wanted 10 become great singers and
MI r;iciaus; embryonic statesmen who
t% .sded only few hundred 10 advance
49, to high political places; unfortun-
XII "a ANAL tradesmen and even merchants
81, ain sound business training; bootbiacks
hi r,ious for stands in hotels and barber
,bops; young men who owned up to
o.ing their last dollar in Wall street or
R.t large, and only Divine Providence
a novs the inuumerable number of Others
MI ali have called on Mr. Gould in persoA
H. flooded his mail with appears for aid
H absrity organizations have cent him
EaDshels OF tickets for fairs, or, as the
pood old DR.. Haskins of Brooklyn calls
Efteo, "sells,n accom- panied by requests
EAor creeks. There IS scarcely any limit
the character of the appeals Mr.. Gould
- received. DiscOurag in the
Sshape of tlgt retusals or unanswered let.
Me- does not stop the hjw. But for a
Ehumber of years Mr.. Gould has refused
Eslto see auy but those who have business or
|@ocial engagements with him. He began
49, practice when he made mis- head
u usrters st II Broadway, aud it has been
sAuli more rIgidly enforced since be es-
tablished his main Offices il the Western
E@Umou building.
To enter Mr.. Goulds presence Que
Tylaust pass through three outside Offices
Md fle among half a score of confden-
L ts. clerks, and then in nine out OF ten
E8lnsiaIcs he will be greeted by Mr..
%#Gsorge Gould, who acts as a loyal and
.z-alous buffer between the bores and his
sEiarher Young Mr.. Gould disposes of
Nthe visitors who have no business there
\ guite as rapidly as could be- desired. But
I8t1ere have been any lumber of the bores
ffaDd cranks and beggars who have way
*tlald MI. Gould in the corridors of the
u western Union, or on the street, or on
"a the elevated road 70 and from his home.
#Tbeir reward is cold stare and quick
B eEed pace by the railroad maguete, or
@a soft end Unconditional "Please excuse
Nine Mr. Gould once said that if he
@o0mplied with all the requests made on
n him in day he would have TO walk home
%st night aud start life anew the next
Am0rnlng.
81 Mr.. Gould quickly learned that 1t
#would be- necessary TO employ clerk
q especially for the purpose of receiving
N the begging letters. Two capaoious
" waste paper baskets were bought at the
n same time. Mr. Gould says the combipa
~ tOn, the clerk aud the basket work with
#eIpedltion. In fact, Mr.. Gould never
IS sees or reads one of the thousands of
iwriieu appeals sent to him every week
NJ or month of his existence. The clerk at
&Hhtst had some amusement glancing at
81 the variety of appeals, but mis- entries
SN have lolg since become wearisome and
81 inghtiuily monOtonous, He can tell a
"a begging letter before he rips il open, and
N after a perfunctory glance it is fang
n aside to join the myriads gone before.
~ For several months Mr.. Gould's Fifth
8 avenue home has been his office, and a
81 telegraph wire connects it. with his West
q efn Union Office, where George Gould ia
s st iue Instrument A couple of years ago
Nsi street men talked about the "uew
Il hobby Of George Gould" They learned
X that the dark eyed young man was learn
ng biography, and were highly amused
a al the stories of young George pounding
avn. On practice eyboard. To these
"aA street men young Gould's conduct
Ras nothing hut joke or an amusement
necessary 10 ueaden the hours ct bust
lt'' Tor this son of q millionaire. Young
you'd mlled and let EN- talk. he is now
Pfonclent operator, and he learned tel
ssTaphy for the value it now is TO him in
q ceunuaicatiDR quickly and directly with
al' ialher. His father in his library,
4 surrounded by the choice flowers he
so fo1d of, is az close TO his Office
N Una ms son as an electric fash can make
A-.sfH Sage has had like experience
vim oeggars and bores, and nuisances
s'larsIy. The fact that Mr.. Sage can
ace fa3 OOO0C0 in cash In an hour, all
l'' Owl, TO throw Into the streets if he
1Noy-t-, has been made known over the
,alu. J, is known as well that Mr.. Sage
.a' 20 children. Mr.. Sage enjoys the
equation Of philanthropist with some,
sIu ldls has enhanced the interest of
outsiders IN his cash box. Mr.. Sage
...LAs most Of his "bore time" as he
.a'.' ~ has been taken up by colored
.t5's men and school trustees, and fscul- |
..S' mar Itch for rich endowments for
.A9f college. Mr.. Sage IL a brisk, spry
an his stew is as quick and his ways
M e alert as they were forty years ago.
~ 1oesn relish the request OF faculties
shao"ments. They SAVIOR too much
me tomb TO Trinity church yard over
way from his office to recall things
5g,.un' and ne Is apt to be i'm patient
'.a endowment hunters.
Af. Sage Is especially a magnate for
e.A market bores. Not a day passes
AZ. as l. not the recipient of tips ON
-. ,l market, They are pumped into him
= van street men who want to do bust.
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