. Wall Street guide /. JACOB LITTLE. Beaver and Exchange Place, Jacob Little was one ofits leading members, and made and lost in that his-toric place nine fortunes. He was one of the mostprominent speculators in Erie in the early days ofDaniel Drews manipulation of that property and itsstocks. This was early in the history of corners,and as Mr. Little was almost invariably a bear, theloading members of the Erie board formed a pool to corner the stock and ran Erie shares up to a con- GEORGE J. GOULD. Like WTm. H. Vanderbilt, George J. Gould was edu-cated by his father to manage and care for the
. Wall Street guide /. JACOB LITTLE. Beaver and Exchange Place, Jacob Little was one ofits leading members, and made and lost in that his-toric place nine fortunes. He was one of the mostprominent speculators in Erie in the early days ofDaniel Drews manipulation of that property and itsstocks. This was early in the history of corners,and as Mr. Little was almost invariably a bear, theloading members of the Erie board formed a pool to corner the stock and ran Erie shares up to a con- GEORGE J. GOULD. Like WTm. H. Vanderbilt, George J. Gould was edu-cated by his father to manage and care for the im-mense Gould properties which had been organized byGould the elder, and like Wm. H. Vanderbilt, his suc-cess has been remarkable. Of course ho has had thebenefit of a period of unusual prosperity, duringwhich stocks of his various companies have greatly. GEORGE J. GOULD. enhanced in value. Take Missouri Pacific, for ex-ample, which only a few years ago sold at $;0 pershare, and as the Gould fortune numbers among its n WALL STREET GUIDE. assets a controlling interest in the Missouri PacificRailroad, the reader can readily see how the Gouldfortune has increased in late years. It is probablyworth two or three times as much now as it was atthe death of Jay Gould. Among the other Gould holdings are ManhattanElevated, Western Union Telegraph, the Wabash Rail-road, Missouri, Kansas and Texas, and large interestsin many others. JAMES R. KEENE. One of the most remarkable careers known to WallStreet is that of James R. Keene. Born in London,
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