Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-08

riman in many Of the lattel's railroad
enterprises.
substantial part of the legacy which
the late jay Gould left his children was
in the form of a long list of railroad
properties with which his name was
prominently identified. and which consti-
tuted the Gould system of railroads of
that day. MIR. Gould's property com
prised also a large interest in several
New York banks. George Gould has as
sumed direction of the railroads and his
brother Edwin Of the banks
George Gould's name appears in the of
fetal rosters as president of more than
half the roads in the present Gould sys-
TEN. He is the virtual president of them
all, fer nothing of Importance is done by
the other officials without first consult
ing Mr.. Gould. His word is absolute law
in every one of the Gould roads.
Like Mr.. Hartman, Mr. Gould has his
office in New York, and directs all his
properties from that point This base of
operation is in the southwest corner on
the fifth floor of the Western Union
Building, 1875 Broadway. Mr.. Gould is
not only surrounded by secretaries, assO-
ciate officers, clerks and messengers, but
every official and employe of the Gould
companies in the building land there are
no other companies in the building) are
subject to his call at moments notice
to share in the work which he outlines.
As "A matter Of fact, much that might be
termed his personal work is parceled out
among the men already referred TO. By
this system it can be readily seen how he
can accomplish vast amount of work.
Growth of Gould System.
The present Gould system Of railroads
is considerably longer than that left by
Jay Gould, George having added to it ma
terially. 1t now comprises approximate
ly $1,000 miles Of lines. Among the most
important roads are the Missouri Pacific.
the Wabash, the St. Louis, Iron Noun
tain and Southern. the Texas and Pa
citic. the St louis Southwestern, and the
Denver and Rio Granie Mr.. Gould has
private telegraph wires between his New
York Office and the principal centers
- Jiro. 'o;'',' io,.''s' ''''" - 'no7
properties. He not only directs the
finances Of these properties in Il mastery
fashion, but he has much to say and do
in the actual ou,ratioD of th..,
4, c. Bird to whose otIico roforo,,o Inn.
Iccu made ALREADY, lne. fbo ,,,,o for tt,,
Gould roads in thc gottir,, and di.t,;I.,t
inc of traffic that ! G. StuIb. docs for
the Hartman lines. In Russol U,rdipo
vice president and oanor,I ,,,r,,,o, IS
tba NIis.nu,i p,aiG. M. Could I.,I
valuable e,e.uti,., In tI,o ,,,,,,.., ,;,,,, l.,
Dort1uent NIr U.rlir,~ ro.a,,tI,. ro..i,r,,
ed to accent a similar no.itioo with Tho
new Cincinnati Hamilton and D,y+op
svstpnl J,senb p,,,.a,. !. o,.,s;la,,t
Of the Wabash and several otbo,. ro,Gs
in the Gould orouD +. 81 man in whose
ability Mr. GouId has tho ,,.o,tos+ ,.,,,
fdauce and ,yh, i. rn,l.in.r o., o,,,iatIo
record Tor himself. Both MIR, Ramsey
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Mf. "ould Is tremendous worker.
MS iohdheas Tor polo and other active
'"'u0oi sP"i - however keeps ms Phy-
Hiut III Ii4Ilc condition. ne coolest