Stewart.-Discovers the Eureka Placer Diggings.-His Success as a Lawyer and in Mining Enterprises.-James Lick.-One of the Most Eccentric of the California Magnates.-Real Estate Speculations.-His Bequest to the Author of the “Star Spangled Banner.”-John W. Jones.-His Eventful Career and Political Progress.-“Lucky” Baldwin.-His Business Ability and Advancement.-Lucky Speculations.-Amasses Ten or fifteen Millions.-William A. Ralston and His Daring Speculations.-Begins a Poor New York Boy, and Makes a Fortune in California.-John P.
Mills.-An Astute and Bold Financier.-Courage and Caution Combined.-His Rapid Rise in California.-He Makes a Fortune by Investing in Lake Shore Stock.-Princes of the Pacific Slope.-Mackay, Flood and Fair.-Their Rise and Progress.-William Sharon.-A Brief Account of His Great Success.-Wm. Huntington.-His Career from Penury to the Possessor of Thirty Millions.-Leland Stanford.-first a Lawyer in Albany, and afterward a Speculator on the Pacific Coast.-Has Rolled Up nearly Forty Millions.-D. Eastward the Star of Wealth and the Tide of Beauty Take their Course.-Influence of the Fair Sex on this Tendency, and Why.-New York the Great Magnet of the Country.-Swinging into the Tide of Fashion.-Collis P. Vanderbilt Visits some of the Famous Artists.-His Love of Fast Horses.-A Patron of Public Institutions.-His Gift to the Waiter Students.-While Sensitive to Public Opinion, has no fear of Threats or Blackmailers.-The Public be Damned.-Explanation of the rash Expression.-The Purchase of “Nickel Plate.”-His Declining Health and Last Days.-His Will, and Wise Method of Distributing 200 Millions.-Effects of this Colossal Fortune on Public Sentiment on the subject.-The great Vanderbilt Mansion and the Celebrated Ball.-The Immense Picture Gallery.-Mr. A Builder instead of a Destroyer of Public Values.-His Respect for Public Opinion on the Subject of Monopolies.-His first Experience in Railroad Management.-How he Improved the Harlem Railroad Property.-His great Executive Power manifested in every stage of advance until he became President of the Vanderbilt Consolidated System.-An Indefatigable Worker.-His habit of Scrutinizing Every Detail.-His Prudent Action in the Great Strike of 1877, and its Good Results.-Settled all misunderstandings by Peace and Arbitration.-Makes Princely Presents to his Sisters.-The Singular Gratitude of a Brother-In-Law.-How he Compromises by a Gift of a Million with Young Corneel.-Gladstone’s idea of the Vanderbilt Fortune.-Interview of Chauncey M. Tale, drawing my material from experience and the records I have simply attempted to unfold a plain, unvarnished In sketching the men and events of Wall Street, I haveįreely employed the vernacular of the speculative fraternityĪs being best adapted to a true picture of their characteristics,Īlthough probably not most consonant with literary Origin of the Stock Exchange in New York City. Street, and financial affairs connected therewith since the I have also made a brief retrospect of the history of Wall
I venture the plain narrative of an active participator in theįinancial events of the time in which I have lived. Of other contributors to this branch of our National history, The theme is worthy of an abler pen, but in the absence
The fifty years which I have experienced in the great money Progress of the country from a financial standpoint, during Imperfectly known events connected with Wall Street speculationsĪnd investments, and also upon the condition and The following pages are intended to throw some light on
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