The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-02
GOULDS SURE TO GET
OUT, SAYS WALL ST.
Blair 4 Co. Named as Head Of
Syndicate to Buy Mis-
souri, Pacific.
PAPERS MAY BE SIGNED
Only Hitch Seen Is Sentiment
for Memory Of Roads
Founder.

All Indications in Wall Street pointed
yesterday to the fact that the Arm OF
Blair & Co. In actively engaged In FORM
ing a syndicate to take over the holdings
Of the Gould family In the Missouri Pa
cinc and to eliminate the Goulds from
that system.
Wall Street was firmly convinced that
negotiations are actively on between the
Goulds and the Blairs and In fact that
these negotiations have progressed to the
point Of getting the signatures of George
J. Gould and. the other members OF the
family to the documents. 1t is believed
by some of the best Informed men In Wall
Street that MIR. Gould has agreed orally
to sell out.
In the three conditions. however, that
according to Wall Streets conviction re-
main open. there is the possibility of the
Janus plan Of 1910 for a similar purpose
was turned topsy-turvy by Mr.. Gould at
the eleventh minute
These three conditions are:
That a price for the sale OF the stock
be reached agreeable to the Goulds and
the Blair interests.
That this price be agreeable to the rest
Of the syndicate members.
That Mr.. Goulds signature be affixed to
the papers.
John H. Dennis. one OF the most active
members of the Blair Arm, was exceed
ingly busy yesterday in the offices of
other big banking houses. At night at
the Hotel Plaza three members of the
Blair firm. John Il. Dennis Edgar l..
Marston and James A. Blair. were in con-
ference. Mr.. Blair returned yesterday
from a Ave weeks trip
Gould Won't Admit Sale.
George J. Gould said during the after
noon that he knew nothing about the re-
art hnt hA o..ilt
not be reached last night
The developments Of yesterday had all
the uncertainty and excitement that has
attended every phase OF Gould railroad
financing. There was no one definite
statement by any member said to be
party Of the proposed syndicate that 1t is
in actual process of forming. No one
interest will take the initiative step to-
ward publicity where Gould deal is on.
The keenest Judges in Wall Street, bond
men In close touch with Affairs. asserted
without reservation that the deal was in
progress
The vital interest OF the Blair firm in
the matter was pointed to as significant
Speyer a Co. and Il air & Co. are the
principal bankers for the road and the
firms most intimately connected with its
affairs. il Is obviously not the part of
Speyer Co. to be concerned in any
movement for the busting of the Goulds,
and the Arm has remained neutral.
See Crisis In Financing.
The best bond men in Wall Street as
serted yesterday that the Missouri Pa
cine has come to the point where large
number OF leading bond houses will re-
main aloof from its financing unless the
Gould influence is eliminated.
1t Is believed that Blair & Co. Is fully
alive to this situation and has determined
to initiate action in order to conserve the
property.
The stock was very strong yesterday,
advancing Ia. TO 27L. The per cent.
bonds opened at 81 and advanced IA on
forty-one sales. Missouri Pacific securI-
ties have persistently strengthened when
ever there was ground for believing the
Goulds were TO retire.
The united holdings OF the Goulds
amount to between s20.000.0O0 and $685.
5000 par value OF the stock
The chief factor IL the possibility OF
the Goulds refusing to sell Is that George
Gould and Mrs. Finley ]. Shepard.
formerly Helen Gould, regard the road as
a monument to their father ana are ioath
10 allow II TO go out OF the family.
John u. Rockefeller and the Rockefeller
Foundation sod out their holdings of Mis-
souri, Pacific some years ago. Il was
learned yesterday.