The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-12-06

every CITY IN TINS country but IA 1ondon,
Paris and Vienna as well.
He turned his attention to the tels-
Graphic system Of the country. and did not
lest until he had monopoly OF that and
controlled the Atlantic cable as we'll Was
he content with thatf Not at ALL There
were elevated railroads in New York city
representing millions in money. Here was
more work TO the hand OF this remarkable
man, and in the end this SYSTEM too,
passed under his direction
Talk OF AIaddin's Iampi It was but a
dull. rusty affair placed alongside the
brilliant light OF this mans genius There
Is nothing in fact or fiction since Adam
ueived Tor living that can rival the plain,
straightforward story of this mans life
1t Is simply unparalleled There has
never been anything like it. and good fig
urers say that there is never likely to be
Mr. Gould married when he was a young
man, and was always domestic In his
habits. He loved his family and home
more than most men do today Society
he cared nothing for. and paid little atten-
ton TO it. Though he paid for a box in
the Metropolitan opera house he was seen
there but rarely He attended the tkeaters
at times, but not with any regularity.
He never, so far as known, expressed any
high appreciation of high arts, of music,
the drama, or literature. although he did
write history Of Delaware county that is
regarded with favor by collectors OF rare
and curious books.
The financier had always had a liking
for fine flowers He spent a large amount
OF money ON beautiful flowers and rare
plants for his hot houses and gardens at
Tarrytown, and some very fine specimens
OF orchids have been developed there But
in the main Mr. Gould lived more plninly
$4,000 a year
He has had his hands fun of business at
all times But he has never been niggard-
ly. Like most other business men he could
not be his own ailnoner. As he said while
his wife was alive, she distributed his
money for him and did it with a free hand,
as many know. Then Mr.. Could gave in
addition to those societies that are organ
lzed Tor the purpose of relieving the needy
Nor was Mr.. Gould what some persons
call religious man. But he was as relig
lous as most of his. neighbors- For years
ne kept pew in a local Episcopal church.
such are the main points in character
the most remarkable, in some respects. of
MS time. He was born somewhat sickly
and was never robust, except as to will
and brains Alone and Cnaided he accu-l
mulated a vast fortune, which passed in
tact to his children No man was more
simple in life or habits. He often said
that he could never dissipate even If he
wanted to, for he was so constituted phys
1cally that he could not use tobacco or
take intoxicating liquors. He has been
moderate in all things that he ate or
drank; Even in his most active days,
when he was constantly at his office, he
would take but light breakfast consist
ing mainly ofeggs and rolls.
III. NfOAAa ttef CT IclllictiI 10 u newspaper
attack upon himself Yet he had no par
ticular prejudice against the press, nj
though he has sometimes said that he had
long been the most abused man in the
country. For that matter he has from
time to time had an interest in various
newspapers.
No two estimates agree as to the amount
of Mr.. Gould's fortune The most con-
sentative figures place it at about SEQ. O0O.-
600, while some people in Wall street, who
think they know something about his ac-
cumulations,. figure that he must have
gotten together fully 100000 coo. His
known holdings of securities are about as
follows: Twenty-Five millions par value
of Western Union telegraph, which at to-
$1,000, 900 par value of Missouri Pacific,
which Is now worth in the market $780,
600 He is supposed TO hold in the neigh
borhood of SS.0O0,09O, probably more of
Manhattan railway stock. worth $40. sO0,-
OO0 His holdings of all these stocks have
been larger than this, but he sold them to
either invest the money in new issues of
bonds of the Missouri Pacific and Manhat-
tan companies, or to finance these compa-
mics until bonds could be issued.
Excellent information is that he holds
about one-third of the bonds issued ON the
Missouri Pacific system, which would be
about S3,O00,000. As long ago rs 1884 Mr.
Gould was known to hold about So 600 COO
OF iirst-class mortgage bonds upon rail-
aged by him. Besides these items he had
large investments in great number OF
properties concerning which the general
public knows little or nothing. His hold
ings of Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific
bonds, which have never been stated, must
he large, but it is not believed that he
owned of late years much If any Union
Pacific stock.
From the foregoing figures, which are
approximately correct, it is easy to figure
up in the neighborhood of S15,000. 900 of
late years his fortune has increased rap
idly, owing to his enormous income from
his holdings of Western Union and Man
haitian stock, to say nothing of his invest
three sources alone can not have fallen
under $3,000,Gs0 year and has probably
exceeded that amount
Mr.. Gould leaves four sons, George Ed
win, Howard and Frank and one daugh-
ter, Helen. Mrs. Gould died some three
years ago.
MOL YET OVER.