. Leslie's history of the greater New York . t of each twenty-four, jiros-trated him with tyi)lioid feverand ]>neuinonia. With thecapital of |r),0(l(l thus ac-<|uired he launched a success-ful tanning enteri)rise at(iouldsboro. Pa. He foundedthis community, built millsand stores in addition to tlielarge tannery, constructeda plank road, established astage route, erected a school-house, and secured postal facilities, receiving the appointment as postmaster. Ue formeda partnership with the New York City h-ather tirni of Leiipp &Lee, which became heavily indebted to him through loans madeby
. Leslie's history of the greater New York . t of each twenty-four, jiros-trated him with tyi)lioid feverand ]>neuinonia. With thecapital of |r),0(l(l thus ac-<|uired he launched a success-ful tanning enteri)rise at(iouldsboro. Pa. He foundedthis community, built millsand stores in addition to tlielarge tannery, constructeda plank road, established astage route, erected a school-house, and secured postal facilities, receiving the appointment as postmaster. Ue formeda partnership with the New York City h-ather tirni of Leiipp &Lee, which became heavily indebted to him through loans madeby him and the signing of the tirms paper. Some months sub-sequent to the (h-ath of Mr. Leupp. unable to secure an account-ing, he held some of the hides of Leupp & Lee as security. Dur-ing his absem-e in New York, Lee appeared at (iouhlsboro andseized the tanneiy, discharging (Joulds men. Upon his return,these and the m-ighboring farmers init rnemselves at Coulds serv-ice, and, at the liead of a stornnng party, he retook the tannery,. .7AY 84 HISTORY OF THE GREATER NEW YORK. and subsequeutly defeated bis opponent at every point iu the Gould was slandered through the public prints on account of thisaffair, but the complete documentary evidence which has come tolight demonstrates that the attempt at wrong—at robbery, in fact—was entirely on the side of his slanderers, while Gould honestlymet all his obligations on this as on all other occasions. Whenhe disposed of this business he had amassed a considerable 1860 he acquired a controlling interest in the Rutland and Wash-ington llailroad, its tirst mortgage bonds having fallen to ten centson the dollar as a result of the financial panic of 1857. Gould be-came President, Treasurer, and General Superintendent of this road,developed the local traffic all along the line, and finally consoli-dated it with several small roads, creating the Eensselaer and Sara-toga Railroad, the stock of which he disposed
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