▁the ▁ 1 8 9 0 s , ▁Meyer ▁followed ▁Alexandre ▁We ill ’ s ▁career ▁track ▁to ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁office ▁as ▁the ▁Wall ▁Street ▁operation ▁e cli ps ed ▁those ▁in ▁San ▁Francisco . ▁In ▁coord ination ▁with ▁the ▁Paris ▁and ▁London ▁offices ▁and ▁assist ed ▁by ▁George ▁Bl ument hal ▁( bank er ), ▁he ▁sh aped ▁Laz ard ▁Fr ères ▁New ▁York ▁as ▁a ▁major ▁spec ulator ▁in ▁rail road ▁and ▁util ities ▁stock s ▁and ▁b onds ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁master ed ▁the ▁se cur ities ▁and ▁pre cious - met als ▁mark ets ▁including ▁sens ational ▁gold ▁ship ments ▁to ▁France . ▁One ▁newspaper ▁comment ator ▁noted , ▁Laz ard ▁Fr ères ▁“ used ▁to ▁buy ▁lots ▁of ▁silver ▁b ull ion ▁in ▁San ▁Francisco . ▁They ▁deal ▁in ▁the ▁yellow ▁metal ▁in ▁New ▁York .” ▁ ▁He ▁added : ▁“ The ▁sens ations ▁in ▁Wall ▁Street ▁by ▁these ▁old ▁Pacific ▁co aster s ▁is ▁in ▁the ▁matter ▁of ▁gold ▁ship ments ▁— ▁the ▁b ane ▁of ▁the ▁stock ▁b ull s .” ▁ ▁Import antly , ▁Laz ard ▁Fr ères ▁& ▁Co . ▁were ▁to ▁orch est rate ▁a ▁financial ▁emp ire ▁that ▁special ized ▁in ▁sending ▁millions ▁of ▁dollars ▁worth ▁of ▁gold ▁and ▁silver ▁b ull ion ▁from ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁to ▁bol ster ▁France ’ s ▁currency ▁during ▁the ▁economic ▁fl uct u ations ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 8 9 0 s , ▁while ▁also ▁prof