The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-24

eeived much attention as an uptown
Headquarters for the heavy men of
finance. Half a dozen other big hotels
can as truthfully be classed as Well
street auxiliaries. however. AS one trader
observed last night. the Spectators day
no longer ends with the closing of the
stock exchange at 3 o'clock. The aver.
! his days routine finished until he has
Hoffman house. Delmonico's, the Hol-
land. Netherland or the Plaza. Each
more! mas ITS own contingent, and each
contingent it's leader: At the Fifth Ave
nue. may De found the Republican politi-
doors farther up are the Democratic
piungers and their advisers. Henry
CleWs can usually be found at the
Netherlands with a circle of nersonal
friends. Years ago the old Windsor no.
tei. where Jay Gould made his headauar-
ters, was the uptown financial headouar-
ters' out Jay Gould in his busiest hours
was never the center of such excitement
as has been witnessed during the mast
week at the Waldorf and Holland house
From the boot black in the Astor housc
CORRIDOR to the jewelers. in Maiden lane.
an classes OF business men are grumblir q
at at the personal affront of Wall street $
r.
tered with a prodigal hand by fortunate
speculators among the butcher, the bak-
or. the candlestick maker and = few
other tradesmen has a doleful SEQUEL
Enough orders for diamond bracelets and
automobiles auto, and yacht fittings were coun-
to prolonged fits Of melancholy. The
come easy. go easy" rule by which Sc
many Of fortunes fayorites had planned
tnelr future existence was reflected for
chilly in their lavish distribution Of or
ders for + , all sorts Of luxuries. The man
S20,UO on Monday and is back at the
$50 limit again has been doing some tall
hustlinS. No man can. OF course. buy
$1,000 trotting horses on a $15 salary
and that is why one clerk in Broad street
INDUCED in hurried telephone conyersa-
ton with a stock buyer this morning.
He was but one Of many. however. An
other salaried employe successful in the
rise had already ordered a sailing yacht
from Nixon & Co., but regretfuIly de-
clared that he must save his money for
lunch.
. Around the table at the Waldorf-As-
toria Thursday evening were gathered
John W. Gates, A. A. Housman. John
III. Davis and some other heavy operators
in the market. The, violent break in
prices was the subject under discussion;
and Russell Sage came in for some criti-
cism. Mr.. Sage has recently given, out
several interviews, saying the market
was too high. and some think that to q
certain extent he was to blame for the
break. Il tell you what let US do" said
one of. the. party. .::tLet us make old
Sage sporty offer for thirty shares of
Missouri Pacific, to be called in FIVE
months at 105. Let's offer 2 per cent.
for the CALI The others thought q min
that's all right. I viii 60 in for ten
shares" Another spoke up and said: II
will take ten" The man who made the
me in for The other ten A bystander
who heard this conversation said in dis
gusted way: II thought those fellows
We're big operators, but here they are
haggling over ten-share lots.'' One Of
the initiated said contemptuously:: ssYou
don't know their game. When they say
thirty shares they mean 10000. That Is
a call on 10000 shares. and / guess that
is sporty enough, The one who had
commented said OH and walked of. b
The spring peddler is one Of Broad.
ways institutions. He stands in his
shirt sleeves and talks very fast. There
are three OF them in Herald SQUARE every
sunny afternoon and at least dozen
along the .Rialto, from the GreelY statue
TO; Tom o. Ronrke's gaudy tavern. Tkev
are OF a hardy breed. with loud voices
and an aptitude for replying to the ssit,I-S
LES hurled at them from the crowd.
Some days You can buy any thing in the
line Of mechanical toys or patent emf
fasteners or shoe polish. Just now stias