The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-28
JAY GOULD STORIES.
New Anecdotes Illustrating His
Quiet Charity.
Cy warman Tells of His Quickness to
Help the Suffering Farmers.

There's the sunny side of tree where
the bark is bright and the dark, damp
side where the moss grows. There's the
sunny sido Of peach where the blush is
born and the shady side where the fuzz Is
found. In San Francisco "A woman walks
on the sunny side of the street in shirt
waist and sailor hat and another walks
on the shady side in sealskin.
Every man has his sunny side and his
shady side. The shady side unfortunately
is usually the best known.
"Now, SIR said l, Il am looking for
the sunny side of Jay Gould"
''It's all sunny" said the general man
ager enthusiastically as he arose and began
to pace the floor. "Therc never was but
one Jay Gould, and there will never be
another If he were alive today, you would
not see all the splendid railway systems OF
America going To pieces. out OF all this
wreck and ruin he would build
calm yourself, my friend said. 1.-THE
world knows all about Jay Could the rail
way king, but tell me something bsttor if
you can of Jay Gould, the man"
"Wcll, then, the railroad man began,
she was a kind and loving husband and
father, was extremely gentle with all his
employees, save perhaps those Immediately
under him, and the most charitable man
ever knew
''If it is hard to work for man who
knows more about railways than any other
man can ever hope to know, then Mr..
Gould was IA hard man 60 work for.
"There was nothing dreaded so much
as to have him begin asking questions
about the road. L met him at Pueblo once
by appointment, and we were joined there
by his son and Mr.. Clarke.
"'You arc not feeling well this evening,
father, said George Gould. Suppose we
let business go for tonight. Tell me, Mr..
Blank, the young man went on, are the
trout rising IL the Guunison yctY
al notice, said the elder Gould, 'that
Bills Is not SHIPPING as much hay from
Billsyillc as lie did last year Surely tho
crop was good. Scs what's the matter, and
If the rate is not right, make II right
Last year wc were getting ten cars farm
slack siding Now we set but eight, and
the output has nearly dodhl,d. 1t must DO
going by the other line. They were short
Of cars at pushvillo yesterday See that
that does not occur too often, Mr.. Blank. ,
Leaning back in his chair tho great
railroader opened his shirt collar, and after
resting for awhile asked:
whats tho daily average tonnage into
Denver, Mr.. Blank
81 explained that I could not answer,
but / could ask my chief clerk and find out.
"'Oh, never mind lac said. Il could
find out, only it's well enough TO know
these thinga | suppose IL Is about 30 cars
a day, he added, and closed hiseycs again
81 looked tho matter up upon my return
and found that no had guessed 1t exactly.
! was afraid lac knew, and that's why i
did not venture n guess myself
"Once / asked Mr.. Gould why he sold
the Rio Grande, it having been at that
time seemingly "a profitable piece OF prop
erty.
Well, bought It at % and pretty soon
10 went up 90 el.22. But ] couldn't get
along with General Palmer, So | sold it,
and, he added after brief pause, pretty
soon it was at % again.
Few men knew Jay Gould better than
Sylvester a. Smith who was with the
Gould system for many years, but after
resigning tho general manaRcrship Of the
Denver and Rio Grande, having made
money out OF the mines of Crccdc, he quit
railroading entirely II should be under
stood that every word uttered by MIR.
Smith ON this subject can be accepted
without shade of doubt.
"lt's no use" F" he said when / began 20
ask him about his deceased friend. THE
public IL 80 prcjudiccd against Jay Gould
that whit you say will not oven be taken
seriously"
insisted that n new story about any