Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-11-12

DISMISSAL than in seeking new avenues
for Investing it. The stock market never
had ,nv charm for him, AID 1t Is not
probable that he WIN eE1t
cater TO that hcKle maIss
fondness for sensations In the
future. Jay Gould himself Is re-
sponsible for his sons aversion 10 spec
n@IatIon. In molding tho Iatter's char-
acter he impressed him the necessity
for caution in undertaking q onnlct
with the animals in Wall street. Inc
con executed the orders OF the elder
Gonld without question, for he had I'M
nlicit confidence IN his fathers AGILITY
70 carry out any scheme he turned MS
hand 70. But the very first thing ne
did after his fathers death, when the
OF the estate dsvolved on
him, was to cancel all the outstanding
stock deals. Since Their he mas KEPT
his checkbook from circulating In wall
street.
His freedom from the exciting pastime
OF shaking up things In the nnancial
district doesn't make time hang heaViIy
on his hands. The control OF such great
enterprises as the Western Union Iele-
oraph Company, the Missouri Paclnc
Railway and his interests In the Uulon
, Pacific, the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company, the Manhattan Elevated
Railway Company and half a dozsn
other great corporations, besides the
| countless duties Of just taking care
Of his individual income, which Is
approximately 81. ZOO, COO a year, re-
ouIre him to devote every min
nte Of his working hours to strlct-
" business duties. He DOWN
town on the elevated railway about 9:5O
avery morning just as his father ola
and he rides down on the same train
| five mornings In SIX. He usually has a
bundle OF newspapers or documents In
his hand. He dresses with quiet ele-
Qance-that IS, his clothes mt him ana
| be knows what to wear and now 70
wear il. The long frock coat and raKish
| black Derby hat which used TO cnarac-
terize Jay Gould are not affected oy MS
| eldest son and successor, although
George wears garments OF the same
stvle but OF more fashionable cut. dc
e best in a sack business SUIT OF
| dark material, with the brown Deroy
hat he wears these autumn mornings
He is quick 10 movement, but there lsan
absence of that ca.-like suayity win
which his father was always associa'eu;
George Gould is an athlete. he useu
to 90 one of the best boxers and iencers
in New York, but since his fathers
death he has not been a frequent VISITOR
to the gymnasium Of the Fencer's Cluo'
where be used to 60. He is stouter now
than then. He weighs about loo
mounds. but as he is nearly four inches
taller than his father he does not show
| cornulency. His bearing Is that OF an
athlete and the healthy glow OF DIS
cheeks gives evidence Of out-of-door ex-
ercIse. His favorlte diversions In THIS
line ara horseback and bicycle riding
and 90 occasional boxing Boa Wild ms
| brother Edwin, who IS a very skiliIui
student Of the manly art.
While on the way to business George
| differs in appearance from the one VINO
sits In the executive chair at the west
ern UnIca building al Dey street and
BROADWAY. Here he becomes the man
NJ business and bis athletic bearing
riyes place to an ungraeeful and
| crsmped desk attitude, his hEure oen'
over inst as much as his round-shonl-
dered fathers was when he sat In the
same chair. II is all business With
George when be gets down to work. ana
he roes about II systematically. taking
each detail of his interests up ir al
established order adopted years ago.
He seldom varies the routine, and al
though cordial and even-tempered 81
ALT times, does not Ike 70 Dc
interrupted while at work. Hundreds
Of men with all sorts OF missions make
An effort to reach him every day. About
ten OF them succeed. The others are
taken care Of by his brothers or the
clerks In his Office. Tie newspaper In
teryIewer is cordially welcomed when
be has anything important 70 comnn-
nIcate or request, put Mr.. Gould de-
mauds brevIty. and Ike his father,
wastes no words p replying. Thisis
illustrated In his answer 10 an Inquiry
ss 70 what be thought Of the nonetar'