Twenty-eight Years in Wall StreetIrving Publishing Company, 1887 - 716 pages Added t.p., illustrated. PARTIAL CONTENTS: XV. [Daniel] Drew and [Cornelius] Vanderbilt.--XVI. Drew and the Erie "corners."--XXII. [Henry] Villard and his speculations.--XXVI. Our railroad methods.--XXXIV. Commodore Vanderbilt.-how his mammoth fortune was accumulated.--XXXV. Wm. H. Vanderbilt.--XXXVII. The young Vanderbilts and their fortunes.--Their railroad system ... --XLII. Railroad investments.--XLV. The labor question.--Gould and the strikes on the Missouri Pacific.--L. Western and southern financial leaders.--General Thomas M. Logan, a successful man in railroading ... --[The Garretts'] great success as railroad managers.--LVII. Jay Gould.--LIX. Men of mark.--Hon. Stephen V. White [Lackawanna Railroad].--Austin Corbin [Reading Railroad].--Russell Sage [Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul].--Chauncey M. Depew [New York Central]. -- J. Pierpont Morgan. |
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... Turn " the Stock , and then caught them . - His able Device of Unloading while Forcing the Bears to Cover at High Figures . - The Harlem " Corner . " - The Common Council Betrayed the Commodore , but were Caught in their own Trap , and ...
... Turn " the Stock , and then caught them . - His able Device of Unloading while Forcing the Bears to Cover at High Figures . - The Harlem " Corner . " - The Common Council Betrayed the Commodore , but were Caught in their own Trap , and ...
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... turns to Washington Disgraced . - The Massacre of New Orleans . - The Impeachment of the President ..... CHAPTER XXIX . THE DIX CONVENTION . How the War Democrat , General Dix , was Elected Governor by the Republican Party . - The ...
... turns to Washington Disgraced . - The Massacre of New Orleans . - The Impeachment of the President ..... CHAPTER XXIX . THE DIX CONVENTION . How the War Democrat , General Dix , was Elected Governor by the Republican Party . - The ...
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... turns in their fortunes that appear like having been gov- erned by a special Providence , and this sometimes occurs when men appear to be utter wrecks . One of the strangest examples of this kind , in my per- sonal experience , occurred ...
... turns in their fortunes that appear like having been gov- erned by a special Providence , and this sometimes occurs when men appear to be utter wrecks . One of the strangest examples of this kind , in my per- sonal experience , occurred ...
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... turn their backs on " bucket shops , " and when they want " points " to purchase , let them go to those who have established a reputation for giving sound advice in such matters , and who have ample resources for furnishing correct ...
... turn their backs on " bucket shops , " and when they want " points " to purchase , let them go to those who have established a reputation for giving sound advice in such matters , and who have ample resources for furnishing correct ...
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... turn , had prudently resolved to suppress the advice from Napoleon , in order that his master might not commit himself while England was not heart and soul with him in the enterprise . In fact , England had begun to see that she had ...
... turn , had prudently resolved to suppress the advice from Napoleon , in order that his master might not commit himself while England was not heart and soul with him in the enterprise . In fact , England had begun to see that she had ...
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