WESTERN MILLIONAIRES IN NEW YORK.
Eastward the Star of Wealth and the Tide of Beauty Take 447
their Course.—Influence of the Fair Sex on this
Tendency, and Why.—New York the Great Magnet of the
Country.—Swinging into the Tide of Fashion.—Collis P.
Huntington.—His Career from Penury to the Possessor
of Thirty Millions.—Leland Stanford.—first a Lawyer
in Albany, and afterward a Speculator on the Pacific
Coast.—Has Rolled Up nearly Forty Millions.—D. O.
Mills.—An Astute and Bold Financier.—Courage and
Caution Combined.—His Rapid Rise in California.—He
Makes a Fortune by Investing in Lake Shore
Stock.—Princes of the Pacific Slope.—Mackay, Flood
and Fair.—Their Rise and Progress.—William Sharon.—A
Brief Account of His Great Success.—Wm. C. Ralston
and His Daring Speculations.—Begins a Poor New York
Boy, and Makes a Fortune in California.—John P.
Jones.—His Eventful Career and Political
Progress.-“Lucky” Baldwin.—His Business Ability and
Advancement.—Lucky Speculations.—Amasses Ten or
fifteen Millions.—William A. Stewart.—Discovers the
Eureka Placer Diggings.—His Success as a Lawyer and
in Mining Enterprises.—James Lick.—One of the Most
Eccentric of the California Magnates.—Real Estate
Speculations.—His Bequest to the Author of the “Star
Spangled Banner.”—John W. Shaw, Speculator and Lawyer