The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-16

/ few persons have been able to gain admis-
/ 60 his presence. Let stranger step into the
! little anteroom which forms the entrances to
/ the Missouri Pacific railroad offices and ask
to see Jay Gould, he win be requested to
| give his name and a liberal amount
/ OF information about his mission. That
/ information will be carried into one of sew
1 eral inner rooms, and pretty soon a clerk
| wearing an expression Of authority on his
| face will come to the narrow opening in the
desk and look the caller over carefully. BE
will ask few more questions, and IL he
| cannot shake the intruder off he will shake
| his head and disappear. After q while
George Gould will apr ear and endeavor TO
impress upon tue caller the fact that "Mr.
| Gould is very busy to-day II the callers
business Is OF nature that really demands
| Jay Gould's attention that shy little man
may himself appear at the desk after
Wills and coucescend to transact the bush
ness.
To newspaper men Mr.. Gould is always
very polite. He sees them occasionally,
and invariably tells them in a half whisper
that Really, | don't know anything about
| it," Once or twice each year, prior to his
latest illness, Mr.. Gould made it practice
70 give one or perhaps two New York
| papers elaborate interviews containing his
| opinions about crops, the state OF trade, and
the prospects in the stock market
The person who goes to see Coils 7.
Huntington on business usually sees Mr..
| Huntington, but the length Of his stay in
| the private Office Of the Southern Pacific
railroad president is measured by the i'm
portance of his business. Mr.. Huntington's
| private Office is a small square room on tie
seventh floor of the Mills building. Sliding
doors separate that room from a narrow
outer apartment, In which there are two
desks, one occupied by Mr.. Huntipgton's
nephew. Mr.. Pardee, and the other by Will
lam, an unusually Intelligent colored mes
senger. The callers card is taken into Mr.
Huntingtou's room by william. In most
| cases there will be an immediate summons
to enter, but occasionally Mr.. Miles,
private secretary to Mr.. Huntington, will
come out and endeavor to dispose OF the
business 10 hand on the plea that "Mr
Huntington has so many things to attend TO
that he cannot spare a minute" Mr.
Huntington is certainly very busy man
and a systematic man. He requires that
matters shall be presented to his attention
in as simple and Ineligible form as posi-
BILE.
Perhaps the most accessible OF the noted
financiers in this town is j. Pierpont Nor
gan, the successful ''reorganizer" of railroad
properties. But the trouble is that when a
person unacqusinted with Mr.. Morgan at
tempts to talk with that gruR fnancier he
encounters an icy stare and an overw helm
ing degree taciturnity. 1t is OF little adj
vantage to man that be can easily get
| at" Mr.. Morgan when that gentleman per-
| sists In being oblivious OF the presence of his
| caller, Any person entering the banking
| house OF Drexel, Morgan & Co. will prob
ably see J. Pierpont Morgan If he is in
town. walking about the place with his
| hands in his pockets, talking with
one Of mis- partners or with customer
of the firm. His desk is in
| the center OF long room overlooking
Broad street. The doors of this room are
| always wide open, and there are no senti-
| inels or private secretaries to intercept any
caller who may desire to enter. II visitor
| inquiries at the first counter he reaches for
J. Pierpont Morgan he is not asked to
give his name or tell the nature of his
| business. The person Of whom the inquiry
| ia made will glance up carelessly and reply:
"Mr. Morgan is around here somewhere.
Just walk down that corridor and you will
probably find him." So far very well, but
when Mr.. Morgan is found his "Well, sir, )"
puts electricity into the visitors hair and
makes him feel as though his business was
not of sufficient Importance 60 justify him
in addressing such great fnancier.
| One of the most democratic Of railroad
presidents is Samuel Sloan, the venerable
| president of the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railroad. 1t requires no red
| tape to see him. When he is at work, un-
less he is in conference with some officer OF
| the road the door OF his office is open and
anybody can enter and speak with him.
| Mr.. Sloan sits at a desk in the corner and
| his brusqueness is not encouraging to frivo-
| lous or stammering visitors. Every per-
| son. however, who has a pertinent ques-
| tion to ask Of Mr.. Sloan gets civil answer.
| II. Walter Webb, the third vice pest
dent Of the New York Central railroad. is
another busy man who is always ready to
! receive business callers and reply TO ques-
| lions relating to the operating department
of the road. Mr.. Wabb's promptness. cour-
age, and success in dealing with strikes has
given him a unique position among rail-
road men. The stirring events Of two years
ago and of last month have thrust upon
| him the reputation of being the most ag-
| gressive fighter of strikes in the railroad
| business. His influence certainly dominated
in Buffalo. Since that strike WIS declared
off Mr.. Webb has received many apphca-
tions in person for employment on the New
| York Central road. Some of the members
| of the state militia who claim to have lost
their places in consequence of their compul-
| sorry service at Buffalo have also called upon
Mr.. " ebb for employment.
In speaking OF distinguished men whom
the ordinary, everyday class Of people are
continually striving to get at" il would
| be unjust not to mention the facility with
| which any we'll behaved person may gain
an entrance to the mayors office. The po-
lite officer in the outer room needs only to
be told that a visitor desires to see the
mayor, and he will show the way into the
mayors spacious Office at once. Within
the wells OF that interesting apartment the
visitor will find two young gentlemen with
luxurious and well-trimmed boards. One
of them is Mayor Grant and the other is
bis private secretary, Willis Holly. An
atmosphere of affability and good cheer
pervade the place.