The Portland daily press., 1892-07-06

there is no likelihood that Mr.. Gould
will exhaust his accommodations In this
industry. He is struggling now. how
ever, for what his money cannot buy, but
l observe that he spices his time and adds
to his own entertainment by occasional
ly absorbing a small western railway
and adding it to his already gigantic
system.
DR.. George f. Shrady, the father Of
the handsome young woman to whom
young Gould is engaged, is one of the
most eminent of the medical and surgi-
cal practitioners in this city. He
achieved distinction in connection with
the pathetic case of Gen. Grant. AS
the editor in charge of the Medical
Record, the recognized organ of the
regular medical fraternity of this city,
he has made himself a leader Of thought
and scientific investigation. Young Mr..
Gould seems to be celebrated for two
things. He is good horseback rider
and he has been known to swim the
Hudson river opposite his fathers coun-
try seat at Irvington.
NEW YORK AS A FINANCIAL CENTER.
ssNew York will some day become the
center of more wealth than any other
city In the world. So said a business
man to me who has means of acquiring
important information in financial af-
| fairs. ssEither London, Paris or Berlin
can at present buy us many times over"
said he. ssThe ease with which the Bank
of France dumped enough money into
the Bank of England to avert a panic,
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its effects, is splendid example of the
fraternity of capital. This fraternity
and good feeling is probably born of ne
cessity and expediency rather than gen.
uine affection; but in any event it ex-
lists. You may set it down as a fact that
capital on one side of the world will
stand for and sustain capital in distress
on the other side. When France needs
help England can be depended upon to
come to her rescue, even though she has
to pawn the crown jewels and cut the
prince of Wales portion. There is less
I asked my friend for some specific
reasons why he thought New York
would become the richest money center
in the world.
''It is the commercial and financial
center of the United States. The natu-
raj resources of this country are practi-
cally exhaustless. What our farms will
not grow we can dig from the bowels of
the earth-coal, iron, oil, marble, gold,
silver, pretty much everything of great
value except diamonds. The country
has only begun to produce. The old
| world is waning. Its mines are becom-
ing exhausted The tin mines of Wales
are even getting down to hard pan, and
it is thought not to be worth while to
prospect for any others like them. Our
American tin mines may be largely
mythical, but those of Cornwall cannot
always be depended upon. The capital
of the country is flowing into New
York in golden stream. The rich
men, and the money makers, who will
some day be the rich men, all gravitate
this way. There are over 1900 million
aires in the city of New York now, and
large percentage of these are
millionaires many times over. Think
of it! Fifteen hundred means the popr-
lation of good-sized village, and
everybody a multi-millionaire!'
A NEW "RIALTo."
Among the notable changes in New
York city is the removal of the "Rialto"
from Fourteenth street to the neighbor-
hood of Twenty-eighth street between
Broadway and Sixth avenue. For years
the Morton house and adjacent cafes
constituted the resort of all unemployed
actors end theatrical people around
town. It was here that they gathered
to gossip and guzzle, and one could find
at different stages of the season assem-
bled here every phase of Thespian, from
the track walker up to the heavy
''swell" who had played the whole sea-
son with Booth. But with tne actors,
as with all things else, the movement
in New York is northward, and the
new ssRialto'' is to be found on Twenty
eighth street now. Passing through
there, the other morning, ] saw upon the
lofty steps Of a new and pretentious dra-
matte agency at least twenty-five artists
Of various degrees and classes. Grouped
about were other professional gentle
men, while up and down the street and
in and out the agency passed all shades
and phases of the professional feminine;
most of them bleached as to hair,
tawdry and loud as to attire. was
particularly struck with the appearance
of these male actors as compared with
the school of a quarter of century ago.
These fellows of to-day have the appear
ance of gamblers and men of sporting
proclivities They run to checked
trousers, striped shirts, variegated belts
and stomach bands, russell shoes and
every conceivable shade of hat band.
The clerical-looking, high class actor of
a quarter of century ago, with his
turned down collar, dark garments and
long hair, is missing.
TEE WEALTH OF THE COUNTRY.
When Mr.. Porter of the eleventh CEN
sus gets around to it he may be able to
show that the capital invested in COM
mercial enterprises in this country is
not far from seo,o0o,0OO, 900. In 1880 it
was something over $40. 900, 0Oo, 900. 1t
has been estimated that Mr.. Porter's
figures would show the present amount
to be $50, 900, 600, 900; but have seen es-
Inmates which lead me to believe it