The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-13

Z also greatly facilitate the settlement O
his estate. Bis real property is large il
amount he owned the store at Clam
bers and Broadway, the rental stor,
! at Tenth street and Broadway, numer
] Gus warehouses in Chambers and
Reade streets, the Metropolitan Hote,
and Niblo's Theatre, q great many
houses and lots in Blocker and Amity
streets, west OF Broadway; the Globe
Theatre. his marble mansion in Fifth
avenue, the Workingwomen's Home at
Fourth avenue and Thirty.second
street, the Grand Union Hotel in Sara
toga, the vast Hampstead Plains estate,
and many wooden mills, and much other
manufacturing property. He was not
much given to investing in stocks or
bonds, except those Of the United States.
For many years Mr.. Stewart did not in
sure any of his real estate against fire;
but out OF bis yearly profits he set aside
q sum 10 be used as private insurance
fund.
Mr.. Stewart had nearly completed q
vest hotel for workingwomen, wherein,
at an expense Of not over two dollars and
two and quarter week, 1900 might
have most OF the substantial comforts OF
a home, together with well cooked food,
everything being furnished at cost. He
had also commenced similar hotel for
working young men. The cost of these
two edifces and of the land is estimated
to be $5,OO0,OOO.
Mr.. Stewart spent it is said, 81, $780,
600 in property in Saratoga. John Nor
rIssay sold him $4,000 worth, and was
negotiating to sell him $4,000 more. 1t
was believed that he intended building
reading room and library for the visitors.
Mr.. STEWARDS PAINTINGS.
@The principal pictures In Mr.
Stewards gallery" SAID Cashier Chap
man of the Oriental Bank yester-
day, "are Rosa Bonheur's Horse
Fair David Huntington's Washing
toms Reception Meissonier's Charge of
the Cuirassiers, Mr.. Stewards latest
purchase-and Gan Officer Giving Aims
several great works OF Jerome, The
Disputed Boundry,' of Ersklne Nicoll,
the eminent deliniator of Irish persons
and scenes, The Village Festival,
very forcible sample of the works Of
Kraus. the greatest of German figure
painters; Alfred Stevens After the Ball.
and perhaps the most honorable achieve
ments of Bugouresu, the preeminent
French figure painter; b. &. Koekoo, the
celebrated landscape painter, and For
tuny, one of Frances most appreciated
painters. In fact the gallery is full of
The best paintings of modern artists. Its
most striking feature is the lack OF
pictures by the old masters. Mr.. Stew
art did not care for them. He knew
that none of the works Of the old mas
tiers are obtainable in this country, al,
though many copies are sold for large
prices. Mr.. Stewards collection of mod
ern paintings is the finest in America.
1t is worth more than $1,000, 00O, al
though Mr.. Stewart made it as he stock
cd his stores, shrewdly. Rosa Bonheur's
Horse Fair cost $4,000, currency;
Charge of Cuirassiers,' 5000 gold;
AN Officer Giving A ms $40, OOO gold;
and The Disputed Boundary $4,000,
currency. His statuary was also well
chosen. 1t includes Powers Greek
Slave Eve and Paul and Virginia.
and other triumphs of the chisel."
EVERYDAY LIFE.
Mr.. Stewart usually breakfasted at 8
o'clock, his meal ordinarily consisting of
plain bread, bit of fish, an egg, and
some oatmeal porridge. Then he was
driven down to his reatail establishment,
where he spent two or three hours, walk
Ing through every part of it, asking the
statesmen the price of goods in order to
ascertain whether they were up to their
duties, and observing how affairs were
carried on. Then he went down in his
carriage to the wholesale store. There he
read his letters and transacted businsNo
until o'clock. For many years he was
accustomed to dine at Delmonicos, on the
opposite side of Broadway, but latterly
he dined at home Getting an interview
with him was very much like getting ac-
cess to the Prime Minister of England.
He was to be seen only at the downtown
store, and OH the visitors entering, the
floor walker near the door would first In
ouire that visitors business. Ii ne SAID
that he wanted to see Mr.. Stewart, he
was asked what he wanted OF him, and
if it was anything that subordinate
could attend to, he was turned over 10
him. If he still insisted upon seeing the
great Juan himself, he was allowed
to 90 as tar as the foot of the stairs,
where another Csberus was IN waiting,
and unless he could be satisfied
that it was worth while disturbing Mr..
Stewart the visitor turned back. Often
a message came down which would en-
able the business to be settled by SIM
nile yes or no. If not, the visitor was
allowed to go up the stairs and wait
again within sight of the glazed en-
closure where Mr.. Stewart sat, and IN
duo time was summoned into his pres
ence. Though courteous in manner. Mr..
stewart wasted no words, and anything
Ike n bore was summarily dismissed.
And in no other way could he have got
through with the immense number OF
calls that were daily made upon him.
Previous to the death of the late VIM.
r. Astor, in 1876 Mr.. Stewart was the
second largest holder of real estate in this
city.
Mr. sTEwARTs GREAT GIFTS.
Mr.. Stewart was in the true sense
philanthropist. At the time of the great
famine in ireland he sent TO his suffering
countrymen ship load of provisions.
In this he took course uniqe and per-
feet in itself, notwithstanding one OF the
neculiar characteristics ofthe man. First,
he sought for ship TO charter. A Brit
isb vessel was offered and refused. He
wanted a ship of his own country,
an American ship. Such ship
was found, new, in fine order.
with An American captain and an
American crew, and was at once
chartered He then ascertained the
amount of the fortune that he brought
from Ireland, and added the interest
thereto, and there was very considera-
bile sum, which, in his view, he owed TO
Ireland, and he resolved TO pay the debt.
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