The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-19
GAEKWAR SEES WALL STREET.
STOCK EXCHANGE STIRS ITSELF
TO PLEASE HIM.
Crowds to Take q o at Ills Highness Of
Baroda-He Inspects theHanoyer Bank
Building and Gets q Skyseraper' View
-Reyretfuliy Passes Up BID to Lunch.

His Highness the Ga,liwar, Maharaja of
Baro1a, finding yesterday fine and warm,
suchas he is accustomedt TO at home, planned
q morning of sightseeing. He put on his
frock coat and high hat, and, accompanied
by HID dusky private secretary and two
white men. got into a closed carriage at
tbs Waliorf-Astoria and drove down 10
Wall Street.
The party reached the Stock Exchange
shortly after II o'clock. They were re-
ceived by-Secretary Burnham Of the Ex'
change and conducted over the building
The Maharaja expressed his admiration
continually. He said that he did not know
OF. anything abroad which could be com
pared with the Exchange.
When he was ushered into the visitors
gallery trading was quiet. The room, how
ever, intended to live up to its reputation
The brokers jumped UP from the benches
threw down their magazines and crowded
madly around the Copper, Pennsylvania
Reading and Union Pacific posts. They
shouted hoarsely and waved their arms in
the air, making bids and offers at a safe dis
lance from the market. The Maharaja
looked disquieted and feared that there must
be q panic in progress.
When he went down again to his carriage
tbs Maharaja had an even more strenuous
time. His arrival had been duly heralded.
and the street was packed with messenger
boys, runners, clerks and idlers. Neither
carriages nor pedestrians could get through
until the mounted policemen cleared a lane.
Up this lane the Maharaja was driven as
far as the Hanover National Bank lat Nassau
and Pine streets. Here he went in. The
crowd said that he was placing his collection
of diamonds in the safe deposit vaults.
President James T. Woodward received
the p~oteatate, who wished to be shown over
the building, He had been told it was the
most modern of the large bank buildings
and wanted TO make a study OF the arrange
with the safe deposit vaults, though it was
not acknowledged that the visitor passed
In any gems, The huge engines and power
plant we're viewed, and thea the main floor.
Here the guest began to ask questions. He
was evidently well posted on banking and
finance, judging from the nature Of his ques-
tions.
The party took the elevator up TO the top
Of the building. On the twenty-first floor
they went over the bookkeeping and cor
respondence departments. On the twenty
second floor they looked over the dining
room and kitchen Of the bank, These are q
point Of particular pride to the Hanover
people, who boast that they get the best
fare Of any bank in New York. The Ma
haraja, however, sadly explained that he
had an engagement to lunch elsewhere,
Before departing he was taken up on the
roof Of the building, which is more than
500 feet high. He h. 4 not yet growa &c
oustome to s~kyscrapers, and stood for q
long wh'le admir- G the view. II was the
most exte Isive, he sid, that he had yet
seen In those parts.
and the proud elevator mt let her drop
full spee1 to show the visitors how New
Workers. save time. Tho dlsky secretary
made a clutch for his waistcoat, to make
sure that his i1sides were moi falling apart,
and had o worried Look. The Maharaja
smiled and seemei to enjoy the sensation.
He took leave Of the bank officers and was
driven away through. an undiminished
thropg. with the help of'the police.