New-York tribune., 1891-02-06
RAILROAD INTERESTS.
TALES ABOUT RICHMOND TERMINAL
JAY GOULD's VICTIMS As HIS GUEsTS-III
TALK WITH Mr. WANAMAKER.

| JAY GOULD'S VICTIMS As his GCESTS-llIS
TALK WITH MR.. wANAMAKER
Jay Gould and Postmaster General Wanamaker talked
for half an hour on Tuesday evening about 10 O'Clock,
! while promenading arm IN up and down the plat
form OF the Bait more and Potomac station IN Washing
ton Mr. Could, private ear >derackcd In the St~
ton a. The time and calmly sleeping IN 1t, as hi, guests,
| were John II, lnman, president Of tho Richmond
Terminal; General samuel Thomas and Senator elect
Clyi1 - Brcc, Of New Yorl, and Ohio. on the basis
of these unique stoned facts NcwiOrk newspaper on
Wciuc~lay published halt6olumn OF conecnrcs aS 10
the subject Of conversation between Mr.. Gould and tho
Postmaster General: and IT alluded 10 Mr. Wanamaier
a, Ole of Mr. G0ulds Victims whom he had badly
twisted deal In Reading stock. The coniecturcS a.
the subject OF conycr, iion and the statements as TO
Nr. Gould aud Mr. Wanamakcr'5 stock 'pcculltions
were bo.h wide IF the truth Mr.. Wanaraier wa, not
| one - m- ctim- Mr. GouldS most recent "victms'
In stock, were At the time his guests. calmly Sleeping
IN Mr. GOuld's cir while Mr. Gould and Mr. Wanamaker
tailed of Government postal tecgraphy.
\ short time before starting on his southern tnp Mr
Could r,,re yed a long ktcr from Mr. Wanamakcr on tho
subject u the postal telegraph scheme which he al
vocat, and which Mr Gould 80 strcnuon,y opposes a'
the principal ,tockhodcr cf the Western Union Tcc-
graph Company. This communication closed with
r,ou,.t from Mr. Nanamakcr To- Mr.. Could 10 call on
him on the way to the -outh for friendly talk on
the subject treated ~ in the leiier Mr Gould sad
befor, leaving Ncw-lork that he should accept this
Invitation iu the spirit In which II was rendered ana
,honld ~ glad Of au opportunity to discuss the question
Informally lie obtained from the Western Union Iee-
graph Of cals for , purpose. specific Information on
particular point, Involved in the controversy. ON
reaching Washington on Tuesday afternoon lie side
tracked ~ car intending to remain over hh'll Ncu
uc,dty morning. ly the VA, tt Is an mt'fe>u'S A''
that Mr. Gould for som" r'l-cn uhiNo"h 10 o''o'''
never travel, at urht. N'"r dinner on lue'dN ai'e'
noon Mr. Could took = clrra-' and drove 10 Mr. Naha
Ia and the Two l1lhfu lpE
am hour Ard a hAlf IN the meantime Mr.. WanamakeF
had the carriage dsuls-ed and Wien Mt '''''l H''
finished hi visit Mr. Wan0maker's own carriage car
RED both guest and host 70 the station, Where u'y M
ished the conycration in the presence oi t'e It"
l,nngers abort the place The only subject discussed
was Government tclcgraphy. and no CONCLUSION WIS
reached.
The victims Of Mr.. Gould in the meantime re-
mained a, hi, guest, In his private ear great many
-,,de, have been told a, % how Mr. G0nd sIu''"H
d., friends In the Richmond Terminal dcaI' ana nero
is how the gossip runs. Mr.. Gould, Mr. Ihnan' VII.
Hrcc and General 1homa- "crr II l. sAlu' III Il p"D'
which purchascd Richmond Terminal at pretty mgh
f-,,ro and +, the amount Of 10000 shares. In the
general slump of the market in November last Rlch
moud Terminal fell OIL sharply. When II was d""h 10
l. The po0 began feel the pressure pretty severely
t least all m, member, did except Mr. Gould. who lad
prertrcd himself to stand drain for funds II is "Nd
that the poo member, forced to face the question
Of selling their share. 70 sell 80 large an aH'unt %
20 900 shares va, 10 thr stock SIN further dp"h
IN fact practically to nothing. and at the same nH'
affect other stocks uufavoribly. Mr. Gould, "l# had
abont finished his arrangements Tor oe'ihhS "r-'''"
railway traffic troubles through the new a''"''aoh
VIII rh /. now I'm practical Operations ~ cohthp itiS
the securing Of control Of trunk line from the Ms1
sippl 10 the -cbuard ana IN tii, emergency u Mn,"
hi fellow. I'm the Richmond Terminal pool tJlnd thti
sclvc, he came to their re-cne WIN Propo,'''n /"
assume the total burden ~ the whole 1000 emi,',
which The other, could unload on hlm without puttns
the stock on the market At IL II Ni. selma AT -
I'm The omen market the time. but Mes-rs. lHOma'
Irrc and Iunan had alternative but 10 transfer IN"
pool stock 10 Nr. Gould IT fell subsequently, 10
il,iut n hut II never touched The Hgurc al winch
Mr. Gould bought ont tn" others His evident purpose
10 make of the Richmond Terminal TRUNK me outlt,
for hl. Western ruad- the >eacOaSt has put te storh
M again t. 80 but Mr.iG0ud and his vlcnhiS are All
believed to be heavy losers on the 0ilgIhal pooling
opcr,tinn II /, suspected however. that Mr. Could
at least will recoup himself in the end Meantime
hi, guest, and victims viii not StarYH on thrr Soul