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Show I) . Pleased With Business Outlook; i Condemns Political Agitation Against Railroads. Bf j Ijfj 1 4 Ji'AS COST SOUTHWEST l'- LINES ABOUT $5,000,000 ' ! George Left for Europe Tuesday R I ' -aiidWiU Attend Wedding II -j' of Anna. J ; , 1 NEW YOKK. .lime O. Before sailing 'ior Europe on tlio steamer Prinr.es-E Prinr.es-E sin Cecilie today, George J. Gould snid lie felt that in going away lie is leaving K 1 ' his properties in a comfortable position. I He expressed himself as ' modoratcb' r I optimistic" on the general business outlook. In ill is connection he referred to tho earnings of the Western Union - Telegraph company, which, ho snid, ho looked upon as tho best criterion of I general, business, and said they are K showing a smaller ratio of decrease by comparison with last. year. JIe said pp-K- litical agitation against the railroads in II tho Southwest had made a difl'crcnee of I between $1,000,000 and 5.000,000 in t the net. earnings of tho Missouri Pa-B Pa-B cine, and added: "Tho stockholders 1 may figure out for themselves what this k ' means." ft- Protected tho Wabash. I ' Referring to the troubles of tho E Wheeling & Lake Erie and the Wabash-1 Wabash-1 Pittsburg Tenninal. Mr. Gould said: ft "The receivership for the Wheeling & I Lake Erie was inevitable after the Watt Wa-tt bash-Pittsburg Terminal had defaulted, ft; The Wabash-Pittsburg Terminal com-K com-K p:iny was, unfortunately, overcapital-ij overcapital-ij ized. We probably could have carried 1 it through, but T thought it was time f. to stop on behalf of the Wabash. The I Wabash is a fine property with great earning powers, and it will not be per-f per-f i ( mitted to become further involved." '.)(, Will Attend Anna's Wedding, li; ' Asked if ho had abandoned any part r of his transcontinental railroad idea, f ,ii ilr. Gould said: "Every 3-oungster has t t "- to have the measles and the whooping I f cough, and I don't know that they are f any the worse afterward." h. I ilr. Gould said the Wheeling & Lako J Erie receivership marked the end of the I j readjustments that -were necessary to j, bo made to his properties. , II t Mr. Gould is quoted as having said: 1 ji f "I expect to attend the wedding of my sister, Auna Gould, to the Prince I Helie de Sagan. The marriage is to r take place with my consent and bless-f bless-f ing and with the full consent of all I j the Gould family." |