The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-12-07


Mr.. Gould died, surrounded by the
members of his family and faithful
physicians.
All day Thursday contradictory re-
ports regarding Mr.. Gould's condition
were circulated, but in the evening,
however. 1t was acknowledged that he
was failing fast and that In all proba'
bility he would not recover. In fact at
II o'clock 1t was said he could not live
the night out However, at l o'clock
he seemed to rally somewhat and
lights were turned down and the fami-
ly retired. DR.. Mum and the nurses
remained with the patient
At daylight Mr.. Gould's condition be-
came more alarming and gradually the
members Of his family again assembled
at his bedside. II was apparent to all
that the end was fast approaching. Mr..
Gould seemed to realize the truth him
self No pain attended the last mo-
ments of the dying man. The end came
peacefully and quietly. Just before he
died, Mr. Gould, realizing that he had
but q little while longer to live, ex.
pressed desire that all the members OF
his family be called that he might look
upon them for the last time He was
perfectly conscious and entirely COM
posed, meeting the end with calmness.
His mind was clear TO the last as was
demonstrated by the fact that he missed
the face Of member of the family who
had left the room for moment
The members Of the family assembled
at the bedside of Mr.. Gould when death
laid its hand upon him, including Mr..
and Mrs. George Gould, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwin Gould, Miss Helen Gould, How
ard Gould and Miss Annie Gould.
The physicians have not yet stated
definitely what was the nature Of MIR.
Gould's recent illness, but II Is gener-
ally believed II was pulmonary con-
sumption. ~N .
II is said that Mr.. Gould had several
hemorrhages Of the lungs recently. the
first having been the day before
Thanksgiving, and another few days
later and still another few days ago.
Whether or not the pulmonary disease
made It's appearance recently is not
known positively, but 1t is said that his
family have long been aware OF the fact
that Mr.. Gould was victim 10 the dis
ease.
jay Gould was born in Roxbury, Delaware
county, New York, May "a. 1884 His early
years were spent on his fathers farm and ~
| the age OF Il he entered Hobart academy and
kept tho books OF tho village blacksmith He
acquired taste for surveying and mathematics
and on leaving school found employment In
making survey for q map OF Ulster county.
| During tho summer OF 1883 young Gould com.
pleted survey OF Albany county and surveyed
and mapped the village OF Cohoes, and in the
following year made the survey and map OF Dol
aware county. He organized and dispatched
| parties 10 survey Lake and Geauga counties,
| Ohio. and Oakland, Mich. He accumulated ,OOO
from these surveys
Shortly after tho financial crash OF 1851, Mr
| Gould bought the bonds Of the Rutland s. Wash
| ington railroad a: ten cents on the dollar,
| abandoning every other interest and putting all
| his money into railroad securities For o long
time no was president, treasurer and general
| superintendent OF this company He also IN.
vested deeply in the stock Of the Atlantic & Pa.
cihc Telegraph Company and on its consollda.
tion with the Western Union In 1879 he organ.
ized the American Union which two years
| later merged into the Western Union
In December, 1870, ofiicial records showed that
Mr. Gould WAS In control OF " 700 miles Of rail-.
road, or more than oneninth OF the entire mile
age OF the country. Early in 1881 no became In.
terested in the Elevated railroad systom OF this
| city. A doubt having been east upon his Imam
eial standing ho summoned several gentlemen
to mis- private once on March is 1892, and spread
| before them for examination certificates OF
stock having fice value OF ,5J 10000 all In his
avn name and offered TO produce t2JOOO,OOC
| more II desired
| OF Mr.. Gould.s career since he began 10 oper-
ate in Wall street, columns might DO written,
we're the story not pretty well known TO the
| public The speculAtions In Erie. the 'black
Friday" and other episodes are familiar TO most
people and have been often retold. Suffice It 70
say that from the time he went into Wall street
/ Gould forged straight ahead: there was no go
Ing back and but little standing stll.
lie, turned his attention 10 the telegraphlc
system OF the country and did not rest until he
had n monopoly OF that and controlled the Az
lantlc cable as well Was this enoughi Not ai
OIL There were elevated railroads in New York
City representing millions in money. Here was
more work TO the hand Of this remarkable mar
and in the end this system, TOO, passed under
his direction.
Talk OF Alladns lamp II was . dull, rusty
affair placed alongside the brilliant light Of this
mans genius There Is nothing in fact or 40
ton since Adam delvod for . living that car
rival the plain, straightforward story OF this
mans life. II is simply unparalleled There
has mover been anything like II, and good ng'
urers say that there Is never likely 70 be again
No two estimates ngree as 70 tho amount oi
Mr.. Goulds fortune. The most conservative
figures place Il at about iej, 900 900. while soms
people In Wall street who think they know
something about his accumlations, fgure thai
he must have gotten together fully ti00, ,O0o, 900
Disastrous Fire.