The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-06
Mn coULpS N1L~oo0 REs,0ENeE

On his shoulders. al "A. rests a heavier
burden az financial and commercial, re-
sponsibIlitiez than WAS ever before borne
BY OF more years Just now his
burden II heavier than usual by reason OF
the fight he is making with New Yorks
rapid transit commissioners for permission
to extend the Manhattan Elevated rail-
road lines. Should he win. his prestige In
the world Of affairs will be signaiiy en-
HANGED. should he lose. his defeat win be-
no greater than otherg before him have
suffered. Undoubtedly he appreciates tho
gravity Of the situation 10 the full. but
there Is nothing in his looks as he enters
the elevator TO indicate that he Il worried
In the least.
AT the nth floor he leaves the vertical
railway enters a door on which Is In
seribed Missouri Pacific Railway Com
rany,' and. passing through series OF
apartments that serve practically as ante
rooms enters the modest sized Inner Of
fee In which he earns his daily bread
There he throws OF hts coat. removes his
g IFS. sits down a, his desk in his shirt
sssses and plunges AZ once into Business.
for he knows fuil well that he has a stin
days work ahead OF him and none 100
mary hours TO do 1t In.
The morning batch OF letters and tele-
grams Is Formidable. even after the iese
important ones, inclnding most of those
begging for money and other fayors have
sefn sifted cat by a discerning private
ecretary bur the chief spirit I'm The man
sEement Of some 1909 or iGsss1 mites Of
Southwestern railroads and the greatest
network OF telegraph lines in existence
makes short work of his missvcs by wire
ard his nissives by post. BY The time
thirty minutes have rolled arohnd. or a.
most. At the end Of an hour. they are ail
got oat of the way.
Rut tt should rot be understood that this
IS ever accomplished without interruption.
Ear from it Nine mornings in ten he Is
broken ia upon tx the telephone before he
has been AZ work FIVE minutes. This does
not ruffe him. however for neither letters
nor kilograms bring more important mes
xaFes than thoee sometimes received over
the speaking wirv he ear manage q
telephone conversation better than ninety
ulre ren In a hundred. The attachments
to his desk-which were designed and pre-
ssn.ed q him. - the way. IS Gen. ESkert
now and far many years president Of the
Western Tuian~inciude elaborate tele-
phenc apparatus ny which direct com
nNp,icatton with any long distance tele-
nhcnS station Ia tho country may oc made
without DELAY or fuss
When tiuarxe s;ould's telephone hell
rings. Re SLIPS a metal band receiver. ex~
actlv like these used by exchange opera
tors. on hls head thus excluding every
outside ,ouiss and talks as quietly and
naturally So u the person addressed were
directly ia trent 90 him laztsad % per
HAIRS a tbouaaua uiies away lie never
wastes words tn the co1trse ~ a recent
half hanr talk IN Ms office hstwsen Mr.
Gould sud ,he writer the telephone DELL
siuzlet F~fca'ssfty. IN every vase save enc
the answer Vas made IN ssuHte brief SEN
svaoa - quickly uttered as hardly 10
49,
yef a least two % tae replies Involved
srsnsa tiers amounting - thousands Of
dollars.
Wha4 remains OF Nlr. Go,tid's mornings
after fhe mail y disposed II * given 70
callers ghouxh naturally enly the most
f'7norsauy 81 tsse~e are a3faffed fo his
.syiee The pal5cy. O. cxc3ussofa "a prampsel
sotely ey necessity however. and no cue
Whose wants cannot % pyepsrsy attcascd
70 hy Subordinate is kept oet.
Though he sometimes gees 20 3Ae Law
s~Ys' ciah. sast asFuSs RFo@ sswas. 3e gen~
crafty iunesssz SO thc restaurant IN the
Western t-uf0n bgilalne provided Tor tho
er,csFs and sife>-tcrz ~ sac ,scUla Ger
pasNtions, AIs uisidsy meal Is slw8ss
aasps, sua slesest always aats ~. Disposed
e. for the afteF4wsaa has its nAecsovs'
N5trftnx.. sometimes ie}sowfnE uzle snetn
~ rapid stfccess3s.n 1851 tte rse~e of shs
h4slurSs day. A.. GouiS Agngselt takrs
$3.50 csfaiy a. ntsny cg tkese oss1tngs and
sss feeeSj1lns offer S. = genuine hustler.
ais tscaltg ~ ~traosavtio-- s. spsSfn 90
Pm sa-se ~ hsS Fellow &lFvrtaFs }9tnx de-
essesssv unusSsL Au3 Whether wrestling
az not k.s presume snNsres sAut3 accom-
pifShNsRat IS whatever n@slFsasS e IRA haa1
e waciA saka AaF g rasns2m ia fhls
rev sTssper - enuEu~r8sc ffs sarkcsas rosr-
fsanieS ia whseh tsserge tsss8Ea r. Interested
- EAt'sss1ag trsastso - the fssuily estate