The Washington herald., 1910-06-19

teamster that the contractor got him a
place as brakeman. He was soon a con-
ductor, with opinions on how TO get bus
mess, and a terse and telling way OF
phrasing them to his suDeriors. II NJ
Hoxie, his superintendent. sent him TO
an exhibition in st. Louis with a car
load OF Texas grains and fruits "I had
never been out OF the State before" he
said 10 me- IN speaking OF the incident
Then HoNie ordered him TO San An
tonic ito hustle for freight"
willing TO Learn.
II hesitated." Yoakum went on TO say.
because I didn't know anything about
the business.
Learn It. Hoxie loudly answered. Il
have been hustling for freight ever
since" Also spending money, he might
have added. In eleven years Yoakum
has built 1900 miles OF track, which IS
equivalent to a trunk line from New
York to San Francisco, including yards
and sidings, and has expended $l75. 00O, 900
for labor, material, and equipment.
Neighbors and boys together, though
strangers. LOvett and Yoakum, going
onward in parallel lines to great en-
deavors and tremendous results, suggest
each other.
For several years before he died with
tuberculosis. Jay Gould stayed for a
month or two Of every winter in Texas.
The doctors said he had bronchitis. Low
EFT, as one OF his local attorneys, be-
came well acquainted with him, officially
and personally. Doubtless. Lovett has
studied the dissimilar characters and
abilities OF Gould, Huntington, and Har-
rfman, with all Of whom he had intimate
relations. Gould was a Wall street
broker, to describe him broadly. Hunt
ington was builder without the talent
for raising money. Hartman, too impa-
tient TO build having been a stock
broker, combined roads that were already
down and then improved them, knowing
how and where to procure the funds that
were necessary. Gould, a Spectator;
Huntington, a constructor, and Hartman,
a developer. must have had some influ-
ence upon Lovett as he went forward in
his career and given him many and va
rious principles from which to choose a
workable system of his own. As a law
yer. he was always competent TO direct
his employers. He learned business from
Huntington and Hartman.
Gould Suave and ArtfuI.
When Judge Lovett knew him, Jay
Gould. concealing his passions and emo
tons. was suave and artful II he had
resentments, he masked them from the
victims who were later to feel the point
OF his lance, but were not always sure of
the man who had delivered the blows. Like
Lovett and Yoakum, he was the son of a
farmer. At the age when Lovett was a
railroad laborer, Gould was keeping the
books Of village blacksmith. Having a
talent FOR surveying and being capable
Of making maps. 1t is singular that he did
not turn to engineering and the work OF
construction. On the heels Of the panic
Of 1881 he bought the bonds OF a New
England railroad for 10 cents on the dol
lar. He had learned the run OF the
barn and thereafter he was a specu-
lator. AS young broker OF twenty-three
he surprised New York by his daring
operations in stocks Of the Erie issue,
and two decades later he was In control
OF 10000 miles OF railway. which was one
ninth OF the total mileage Of the whole
country.
Judge Lovett has never given his views
concerning Gould to the public. but Gould
was the first national and commanding
character with whom he associated. Al
though armored behind his policy of
silence being IN truth the mere executive
OF some Of the most powerful men in
the country who are mute themselves
and require dumbness in others he can
not conceal his expert knowledge and
keen enjoyment OF human nature His
fun-loving eyes, the slight drawl In his
speech, and his shrewd but amiable smile
are proof enough In themselves that he Is
g philosopher. and that he knows 8
genestsE er . EeniuG whsn he meets q