Twenty-eight Years in Wall Street

Download or read book Twenty-eight Years in Wall Street written by Henry Clews and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.