The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-04
SOME or OUR RICH MEN.

was the only millionaire IN tnls cry lnero
Were SOME lew men wor.' 'fV'VV vi $500
each' Coster Primc' Johh muson' "nu oVcp"on
Whitney' but no other man rose apoVe
million. since then we nave seen 'nc e,ea'
trlumVlrhte' hstor' STEWART nnu ""uo'pn''
ea'h counting thelr weauh aii .,.o way ~"
s'NV 70 one hundred ml'''ons' i"'.S a'o bo"',
but at iehst IN TWO cas's' ulos" vi hs'oi "n"
'anderpilt, their colossal iortuhos piu ''''r W
SVEN w sui more enormous prop"i''o"'' "n-
der the prudent management ana fostering euro
OF the present hcads OF thos' l"n,''es'
The late A. T. Stewards properly mas not ooeh
Kept together as whole IL ~ ~ pr's,m VI
vlueu between the Widow anu ouuse ii".on'
Mr. niIton ownership oil inc cnl'n nl,'rvS. IN
tio urn Oh A. L. SpW"r' " NV"ip"'P' i,'N
nun hll.h up among inc nn'i'ioh''ros y, N0"
iork' inlnediately hlter MOS" III -''''.r'"-
"hVs, hs'or "hu NhnneIp"'' V',o
lor roter uoelet' MS oro,ncr hop,r' 49,,
august belmont james h'noN' WI n"''io-
lahdcr' hopert u. stuart ms pro'nrr N,uN"n.
u'r S'uarl' hhrshnl W. ho''i.s' ,'',,'
Johnson hopert o. Livingston '"' E,,'' I'm
OF WHOSE fortune comes throuE' nus VIZ $50.
u" ""'o"s vi r''l sp'."'" ~ 'c' -
avenue ana itichard Mor'lil'r vi r's' iN.'.s-
t''ru h'rc'' WIN tn' S'hHe 'N''i,'o W ~
stevens tncse all DciohS 10 INC Viucr 'lASS Vi
As regards inc numprr Oh ,n.'lio.iS '"',' p''l
ucuiar lhdlNllual c"h Jay oi''n 70, op,,,'o"9
vary On" ming however II ''rt'"' "'HS
Iaylor ANA Petrr Hoelo' h'ou Tue hs' "h' O''S
can sa'y u" pun uu"h 1T iro'n s''V''''' "
s2o'"F'"" each' MT h,h'N mus EiN'n "Ny
very urge portioh ol his l'r'uno ior v"'' l""'','
religious, and literary purposes haVihS Iouh"-
ed ana endowed chnr'hcs' ho7pltls' anu hura-
rl"s. WIN INC single cN'ept'on OIL inc la''
george Peabody no American mas ever up
pr"'cheu Mr, L'hoN III i'N,s" ,""i''i''"'' I'r
| pious anu noble purposes. ho Nus gwen AWAY
| millions. We estimate MS present Ioituho az
about 100000 or %.oN,Woo.
| MIR. hhincanier. on tho northwest corner OF
| Fifth avenue and Washington squire. Inherited
| his fortune, which consists principally in real
estato. and Is estimated at si00p.0j).
| Robert fcnoN Stuart and his brother Alcxnn-
der arc the architects Of their own fortunes.
| Their father. n S'otchmGn originally cstab-
| lished a snallcandy business on the corner Of
| Chambers and Greenwich streets. At tho be-
| ginning Of the present century Stuarts mixed
candies were known throughout the United
| States From this modest business grew the
enormous sugar refinery which eventually
made the Stuart brothers millionaircs. They
are now retired from business. and worth to-
gether about 100000. Robert L. is married
AuA Hos h' NHllAA' N'tA'" -N''-N'''''' -
clor. One OF these days these s7'ooo'v'o VIII De
hohting around loose mere are no hopne"S Vi
niercs' as IN Mr. f't'r "ociel 'ase'
Robert LIVINGSTON comes ol inc olu .N.hgs-
ton family. lie Il son OF inc la'e Ma'ur'n
LIVINGSTON ana ms m'u,'r was a u"usivr OIL
Uov. LOWS lie ihh'rNen h1nOso"o ior'uno
IN ms own rnn'' "u' .'' "u,N " n'S
Weath came ,hrousn ,''S VIZ q y. Wv
l'.o H'rr " STORM "a '''i !" ,0' '"'
ou c7,"', ~ ',,7 wy - n,s WV ,,r't
'n"rile' -ri honrn"n W. VI
"N'nu, ", ~, -. ,'a s,,,,,
s'rce.S' oppoa's "',.'.o" ~ ~. G.,
ii"rrlcu %r' I"' .V,s ''y' :"
.'po 81. t,''i,,,s,,n a., uacnon h.r1
~, ,s1n, ns No,, Wi, ,,iminnair|s
~ ,,,,,,,e, p.in,on, Ia norhans moro NOM.
j., ,his ci,,. ,,,,, nrr ~ ,h, ,,a,,,l,.
,,,,., 49,, r.n,ionnI Tor c,.r t,vo,t,. vsn,,s no
h,s t,t.n n, a.,iv, interest In nnnne. md
,,li,i.. o,l since his mnrrin,e with a lou,b.
tor of the late Commodore Perry. his house
l,,,h bor, arlo, N.wn,rt bas hnnn the cen.r.
ofn,,rnotion for New York fashionable society
NJ n.l,,,n, - NOT ono of those mon who In *
IN ,heir nonov chest and sit sadly upou il. pro.
pared TO defend the treasure against imaginary
assaults from the outer world. H. delights in
oy.rythins which omhell-hes life and r.......os g,
pleasant. a priacelv establishment, thor.,,,.l,l,
mounted and o,uipnel nno ni.tur.s v,.il.,r
,..,.,,,5 .,.,,,,,,...s and n,lshrlso.i.ty. Noon,
-, ,,'t. ..,'..r,,i,s moro oi,-antlv ara NOR.
,r'n',i,,s, A.. u,l,nont II. .n,.i,liy und,r
~ ,.,tb.r,n,, aronnI hin, thn mar
anra. tive norton of the social element. He is.
rr.,t believer in youth and beauty. HI
dinners AMI his balls nrc features II
NV York society. A German by Dirt.
and an American by choice he has pass d.
tho gr,a,,at norton of his an, in this oountr,
aud eitv II ,re he achieved fortune: here h.
married: herc his children w,re born; all hi.
interest. nro identified with NV York. He il
estimated to be- worth from six to eight millions
: Of dollars. mostly IN personal property H. Il
. recognized ~ one of the abl'st nnan,crs Of th
times at all the great European money centres
and Inns during the whole course Of his cargo
J ho Il the lnan ial agent Of tho house OF lirths
child in this country Aside from his millions
Mr.. j lmont Is known 10 tho country at larg
' for his broad stat snanhke views. on the grca
; political issues OF the day. his answering dovo
ton TO Democratic principles, AMI his diplo
ia s.f.tf.. IFt.tf. s,f