Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-16


1t is quite possible for James r. Keene or
George Gould or E. II. Hartman, the
soul and brains of Union Pacific system;
or James J. Hill. the wizard of the north
west, who built the Great Northern rail-
road over a route which he located after
travelling personally over every mile OF It..
to walk along Wall street from Broadway
to Broad street without attracting more
than the slightest passing notice.
In fact well known to the public.
through the newspapers. as these men are.
there are many habitues Of Wall street
who would not recognize any of them.
But let J. p. Morgan make his appear
anoe on the street and everyone notices
him.
"Hi, cullyr says one awed newsboy to
the next one, there goes j. p"
WAS that Morgan who just passed."
asks the visiting stranger, who, through
newspaper portraits, recognizes Morgan's
face.
1.-THE old man has just gone into his Of
f1ce," says one broker on hts way to the
Stock Exchange to another, also hurry1ng
to the national shearing pen, as the bulky
the door in the corner of the compare
lively small. old fashioned marble building
at the corner of Wall and Broad.
Beside Morgan. Russell Sage and prob
ably Russell Sage only, of all the powers
Of the street is as we'll known as he. But
Uncle Russell Is not nearly so often
seen upon the street as Morgan. for Nor
gan's office is directly up Wall street and
On the ground floor, and when he Is in
New York Morgan passes through the
| street every day. Sage's office Is on Broad
way, many stories above the ground and
| there are days and days that he isn't seen
on Wall street at all.
J. P. Morgan in His Office.
When Morgan enters the banking house
Of j. P. Morgan G. Co, the air within, al
| ways tense. seems fairly surcharged with
some electric influence.
So far as any one has ever heard he is
anything but unpopular with his people
he pays them well enough to be decidedly
popular-hut they all stand in awe Of him
for all that. The service they render Is
the service that IS always rendered to the
employer who Is exacting to a degree, who
knows Just what has to be done. and just
how to do 1t and won't be satisfied with
work that Is sighted in the least particu-
lar.
The service of Morgan's people Is by no
means an eye service, though: they are
just as careful to do things right when he
| is in London as when he Is in New York:
they know that slfpshod work Is bound to
be its own detector sooner or later, and
that it carries its own penalty with 1t.
All the same, there are plenty of indtca-
lions lnaC some OF the lnStQOQS StlIl EN-
ployed in Morgans Office are as old-fash-
toned as the by no means tireproof building
which holds 1t.
Only the other day man who wanted to
buy draft on London went into the Nor
gan office to make the purchase. 1t took
only a moment to explain his WISH to pay
| his money over and to have the draft filled
out. Then there was a little delay.
You'll have to wait q few moments sir"
said the clerk who had filled out the draft;
there is no one in the Office just now to
sign the draft: one of the partners will be
| in soon. though; 1t won't be long" he added,
as the customer explained that he was Ut
| tie short of time that morning.
Presently Morgan himself entered strobe
across the door to his own private den and
| sat down
The customer sat quietly for some little
| time. From where he was he could see Nor
gan plainly. It interested him that there
| was little ceremony shown when callers that
desired to see and speak personally with the
hnancier came In: that without exception.
SO far as he could perceive. no one was in
tercepted or asked to state his business: ell
entering unannouneed, saying their little
say, saying 1t short and getting out, with
no fuss or feathers whatever.
The seconds slid away till quarter Of an
hour had passed: then twenty minutes. and