The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-07
MULTI
THE GREAT CONCENTRATION
OF WEALTH NOW GOING ON.
Oyer 1000 American Millionaires
Now On Earth.

The New York Tribune in 1892 pub
lished sixty-page pamphlet contain
ing the names and addresses of 4,O47
American MilliOnaires, and giving in
brief the source Of their wealth. The
extent of the concentration of wealth
and of financial and political power in
| the hands of the railroad kings of the
country is forcbly told by disclosing
the official railway connections held
by the so-called kings" We make
the following quotations from the
Tribune pamphlet:
Jay Gould. -Posscssor of one of the
leading fortunes of the United State
Made his start in Delaware county.
New York, in merchandising, maps
and local history written by himself
Then in larger operations, including
and gold, and in railroad and tele-
graph combinations and development.
| President Of the Missouri Pacific Rail-
way, Manhattan Elevated Railway
and the Texas and Pacific Railway.
Director and large owner in the West
ern Union Telegraph company, Gold
and Stock Telegraph company, Ore
gon Shore Line and Utah Railroad,
Peoria and Pekin Union Railway com
pany, st. Louis. Iron Mountain and
Southern Railroad, Union Pacific
Railway, American Telegraph and
Cable company, Pacific Mail Steam
ship company, etc. etc.
George }. Gould.-He is vicc-rrcsi-
dent of the Mania ttan Elevated Rail
way and director in the East Tcnncs-
see, Virginia and George Railway.
Missouri Pacific Railway, Texas and
Pacific Railway, Gold and Stock Telc-
graph company, international Ocean
Telegraph company, New York Bank
Note company, New York Mutual
Telegraph company, Pacific Mail
Steamship company, st. Louis. Iron
Mountain and Southern Railway, Wa
bash Railroad, Western Union Tele-
graph company, American District
Telegraph company, American Speak
ing Telephone company and other con-
Germs.
Edwin Gould.-Director in the In
ternational Ocean Telegraph COM
pany, Manhattan Elevated Railway,
St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Rail
way, Western Union TELEGRAPH com
pany, American District Telegraph
company, American Speaking Tele-
| phone company, etc.
Cornelius Vanderbilt of the
richest men in America. Inherited
from William H. Vanderbilt, his faith
err, and made in the development of
the New York Central and Hudson
River, the Harlem, the Lake Erie and
Michigan Southern and other rail
roads of the Vanderbilt system.
President of the Canada Southern and
Michigan Central Railroad. Director
and large owner in the New York Cen
trail and Hudson River Railroad New
York ard Harlem Railroad, West
Shore Railroad, Dunkirk. Allegheny
Valley and Pttsburg Railroad, Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern, Chica-
60 and St. Louis Railroad. Union
Trust company, Pine Creek Railroad,
New York Mutual Gas Light company,
etc. etc.
William X. erbilt.-Inherited
an enormous fortune from William ii
Vanderbilt, his father. Made in the
railroads Of the Vanderbilt sys tenn.
Director in nearly all the railroads as
Cornelius Vanderbilt, but also in the
the Metropolitan Opera House com
pany. Merchants Dispatch Transport
Uation company, etc, etc.
Russell Sage.-This able and daring
operator has made fortune of many
millions in railroad and telegraph,
combinations and development, and
in stock speculation in Wall street.
Largely interested in many of the
great corporations of the day. Presi-
dent OF the Iowa Central Railroad.
Director and large owner in the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western Rail
road, Gold and Stock Telegrap phi COM
pany, Importers and Trades Nation
al Bank, international Ocean Tele-
graph company, Missouri Pacific Rail
way, Manhattan Elevated Railway,
New York Bank Note company. New
York, Lackawanna and Western Rail
road. Pacific Mail Steamship company
Standard Gas Light company, st.
Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern
Railroad. Texas and Pacific Railroad,
Union Pacific Railway. Wabash Rail,
road, Western Union Telegraph com
pany, American Telegra phi Cable com
pany, Mercantile Trust company, New
York Mutual Telegraph company,
American Speaking Telephone com
pany, etc.
| Chauncey M. Depew-Made in rail-
roads, of large number of which he
either president or director. Presi-
dent of the New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad, the New \ Ork
and Harlem Railroad, West Shore
Railroad and Dunkirk, Allegheny
Valley and Pittsburg Railroad. Di.
rector in the Chicago Junction Rail
ways and Stockyards company, Chica
60 and Northwestern Railway. Chica
go, st. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha
Railway. Equitable Life Assurance
Society, Delaware and Hudson Canal
company, Merchants Dispa tch Trans.
portation company, Michigan Central
Railroad, New York, Chicago and ST.
Louis Railroad, New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad, Pine
Creek Railway, Syracuse, Geneva and
Corning Railroad, Union Trust com.
pany. Western National Bank, West.
ern Union Telegraph company and
Kensico Cemetery company. ETC., etc
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