The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-27

s bought as millionaires' resort. The
membership fee at the start was $500,
but l am told that admission to the club
lis now worth thousands. The island cost
1.-THE club $125,000 when it was only a
stretch of sand, marsh and forests.
Since then hundreds of thousands of
dollars have been expended upon it,
3 and when l visited it 1 found an army
of workmen putting up new buildings,
transplanting palm trees and making
other expensive improvements for the
winter season.
GUARD THEIR PRIVACY.
No one can land on Jekyl island un-
@less he has an invitation. Steamboats,
cannot stop there, and the millionaires
are as safe from intrusion as they are
behind their English buffers in their
homes in the great cities The privacy
E.of the rich surrounds them, and the
golden key of blue blood allied to
wealth is required before membership
TO the club can be obtained So far
Ehttle has been said about the club in
Sthe newspapers. Some of its members,
Il venture, look down on newspaper
Emen, and one especially, who belongs
to the Vanderbilt family, and who
usually sails down here from New York
In his yacht during the winter, always
has private secretary with him to
keep off the press. Still, there are
newspaper men among the members.
land a notable figure is the Hon. Josenb
Pulitzer, who comes here after New
Year for his winter rest. He has for
&the past two seasons rented a cottage
vi T
six weeks rent, an average of $3.50 a
week to merely have roof over his
head
Think of paying more than $50
day for the privilege of living in q
ftwo-story house. Add to this perhaps
S75 additional, and you have about the
Noaliy expenses of one man at Jekyl.
he brings his horses with him. He
mas SIX, Which come in their special
car some weeks in advance In order
that they may be acclimated before his
arrival. He has his private secretary
ana his own servnts, and his family
chef keeps his table supplied to such
an extent that he hardly knows the
sdlHerence between this desert island
and his own house at home. Though
shut off from the world, however. the
world is not shut off from him. There
is a telephone and telegraph line run
ming from Jekyl to the mainland. and
he is in as close communication almost
with his office in New York as though
he We're in the editorial room at the
top Of the great building on CITY Hall
square. J. Pierpont Morgan gets away
IRON his business cares by coming to
kJekyl Guarded by the sea he rides and
drives about the island, and with the
SAladdin's lamp of his fortune clothes
ms solitude with luxurious ease.
WHERE MILLIONAIRES COME
FROM.
Before I take you with me on a visit
TO the island let me say little more
about the members of the club. A list
Fo1 them lies before me, and 1 see that
they come from all parts of the Union.
5ihere is Marshall Field, the big mer-
chant prince of Chicago, who began
life as farmers boy, but who now
does business of something like s25.
c00,00O year. He has made a for
tune in dry goods, real estate and
mines. and his income is enormous He
travels to Brunswick in a special Gar
ana crosses In the club launch to the
Island. Then there is James ]. Hill Of
BIT Poul, who back in the COS was a
Clerk, and who now has more railroads
dhan any other man in the country He
owns the Great Northern, has a large
share Of the Northern Pacific. and such
other property. that his pile is meas
hred BY tens of millions. I am told