Deseret Evening News | 1906-12-15 | Page 3 | Brief Life Sketch of George Jay Gould

BRIEF LIFE SKETCH OF GEORGE JAY GOULD George Jay Gould was figuratively speaking born with a locomotive ill in hs II hanZs s bt tl F UNLIKE with years ago ngo this embryo o capitalist first saw sate the light of day in New cw York fork t l Ity dy he h oat th the brat to the railroad kingdom his father Jay Gould had won in man a 1 hard fought battle rn o street George Gould It is one of the exceptions when it comes to the sons of multimillionaires millionaires That there is rant t theta tal talor l lof or of the spendthrift in his demonstrated in that from Crom the holdings l left t the Gould Goult family hy by the thc first or of the great kings of America and ami the thc world he hc has built up a 1 system of railroads ls that ex extends ends from the Atlantic to the I u It uthe the c of DC the Western Pacific now nosy 80 miles westward from ironi Salt Lake Today the total gross earnings of the Gould system of railroads is claimed to he be more than l a l year seat and still its irrepressible i ble head is constantly seeking new nett railroad worlds to conquer flare thou than that he is gating them The lines by the thc Goulds arc The Missouri Pacific Denver I Rio io Grande Rio Grande IC stern Ile t 11 Pacific St Louis tt lake f E Southwestern Texas R Pacific International Great Grent Northern Wabash Wabash Pittsburg Terminal West Side Belt and half of Colorado The combined mileage of these lines is a 1 little in excess i of miles 1 f placed in one ar lire rr tr tf r t would extend half way wa around the world at the equator and then or of railroad to be taken laken lr 11 t I r Gould is sometimes compared to for he is fond of violent ph al extra aril out door sports and accordingly ly is in the pink of condition lIe is a polo player of pluck and of II tt a Most of his bis spare tints time is spent in the open air He works five firc darK in the eek r at loot Il OC I Ithe the morning and continuing unbrokenly from Crom six to ten hours frequently lunches off a t glass of lk and a 1 sat al 0 rat nt his desk In brief Its hc works while Its he works and plays while he plays doel both strenuously 1111 i r ht he IS an disciple of the strenuous life At Lakewood N Ar J he has taR an all estate which he Wanted the Georgian court It is all a Ir ul I dence and the estate is 15 valued at millions One of the rite features is a 1 s school hool harass honse where none but bUl the t Auld u c educated George Jay Gould is a model father as his wife felts ill is n a tj typical cal merican mother The latter a is l 11 I asp I ear ra Edith Kingdon an actress anti and once member of oC Augustin Dalys companies The Choy arc blessed With sir SI from Edith Catherine four years ean old to Kingdon aged 18 Like all bi big men AIr Gould is approachable and on an of his visits to Salt Lake I t trips over ocr the RIo Grande he be receives nil ell visitors and ancl talks affably to the rho press Mr kl a I g t I Iman tf f man ratan for no nn reporter ever galls Calls upon him ill fu his private car hilt but sacs oes away with the rite e IlIk hr I f v 15 I J interview lr Gould in reality the railroad king has haM hint him and hard hardly I made an eqUItable 1 h hoC hof of oC the railroad kings of America would tt a local prefer to meet over George Ja a Gould r