The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

pea1 ~, dilu ILLS Is Inc way he QlQ II.
A great Congregational preacher
Once said to, a beautiful creature: ,. D.
>%% You're an old hem" ~ :.-s., - =.
- And, on% that, ,. *, -.
It lay on his hat. = - .s;i"%,'' H..
And thus it got even with Beecher.
= But if he did get his verge twisted,
he has a. most excellent memory for
railroad matters, He has just fin
4 ished a tour of inspection Of his roads
and l warrant. you he can tell you the
/ grade and all the details Of every mile
of them. = &. Why, he knows the roads
| better than the section bosses. He
| knows the exact tonnage of every road
in his Whole system. -. -: "'-'.
:, Another thing that illustrates his
| grasp Of detail so far as his roads are
concerned is q little incident that oc-
| cured in the office Of the Missouri
be: passing thru the outer office when
one Of the clerks was asking another
the name of a certain employee in a
minor station along the line. Gould
! stopped for minute to hear the other
mans reply. But the other man did
not know the employees name. Gould
gave the information quietly and went
into his private office. =
I Gould Never .Speculates.. s-'....
George Gould never speculates per-
sonally on Wall street, as 1t was neces-
sary for Jay Gould to do in order to
protect his property by some greatcoup
! on the stock exchange. The sons in
terests rest on a much f1rmer founda-.
ton than the elders and he has a
much larger circle of rich associates
to rally to his aid, In times of furries
on: the street. Whatever business is
necessary to be done on the stock mar
ket Is performed by brokers. Altho
surrounded by many old and trusted
employees, George Gould works harder
than any Of them, and the long hours
or his youthful clerical days are still
continued. He reaches the office
promptly at 10 each morning. About
= O'CLOCK his luncheon is brought to
him and is eaten in his office. The
luncheon is always modest. Ere
quently 1t is ordered from the unpre-
tent1ous restaurant: in the Western
p1oyes. 80: -
While Jay Gould was fitting his son
TO M his place IN the business world
he took care to educate him in all the
branches that would be useful to him
IN after years While he did not want
him to be a sDeculator, 1t was neces-
sary for him to OBTAIN thoro knoWl-
edge Of the ways Of the street. For
many years jay Gould had been a
partner in the. brokerage business with
Washington E. sConnor. In1S85 Jay
Gould withdrew from this partnership
and George Gould took his place,
There he remained until he became:
conversant with the ms and outs Of
the street, and the exchange under the
.tutelage Of the. master broker ofIthe1I
metropolis. ISL. .<ss5i. 7,59
And all this training in youth pre-
pared him to fill the place that his
father had filled. When the full re-
sponsibtlity came to him he showed
himself not only. able TODD what his
father had done before him, but to, 20
still further and weave together the !
odds and ends Of an indefinite tumble
Of railroads into a, definite and cons
plete whole in competition with, the
greatest systems in the world
But, apart from his business side, |
every man has a social, a home side
George Gould is like his father in. his
love for his home. It Is there that
he seeks his rest and his recreation.