, 1877-01-13
TIE VANDERBILT ESTATE.
No ContrRt Of tho Will Expccted---Tho Com.
.1latiore'a ChnrItlsn.-.stntpincl,ts Of W. IL
Vanderbilt.

n0hhseh Cahf!HFn'"-stAtRiilchts0 OF W. II.
Vanderbilt.
The intcrcst ot lie p,,l. Ia ti,u disposition o.
the colossal fortune left BY Conl1nodorc Eai,-
lcrb!lt has been heightened By the ru-
mlors Of u possible eontcHt of the will. and also
by tile statements that u l,art ii tic property
Tie Tie viii. willInm il. Vanderbilt sai,i to
Tribune reporter YESTERDAY that, 80 fur If he
hIs fathers children alnl other relatives, ,llc
Will had given great satisfa.tiun. In answcr to
thu inquiry wlIctlrr ur nut n ,nflllnn Of dollars
l,ll been placed In bis hands fur the old friends
of 'lis fathcr, as rcm,rtc.l, Alr. Vanderbilt
ea!d that he was not al'lr to state, what was
thu amount Ut 1lotcy to be depotcl Ut In this
way, bcca,lse liz lad not figured M the
lst IL admitted thMt sucl' llSt had been In
to sunkc It public. The list, hc Fast,, embraced
the old and faithful servants Ut thr late Cuus-
i,oanrc, many Of those VINO a+.i.trd tn nursing
lin during Ill, last sickness, many obi frlcnds
alii ilsaeeatce, and clerks nnh employees wEO
had been In ills service fur YEARS. Ills fnttur,
llc continued, NILS very strict IN requiring,
each one Ut liz cmp1uycs 10
perform Ills whole duty; but he, was
wllule duty to tllusc who lal'ored IN hs bcl.al!.
lie was tilan vi wonderful magnetic pores.
md oil who came III contuct wsth hin. bccanr
very liberal man hut lia charities were never o.
tcntat!ous. lie never plarcd lIs namc upon
subscription papers, where what l1c gave r0ul1
bc compared With The s''sss sst tl"wn op..
!oslac anu InSs ~ i. ~ o.T.s' ~ 5'e,Sa ~
to a!strfnutG .is b1''ihsy, - ~ prS,srrGu 10 10
could make the sun MS great Or ns small as he
plenked without exciting my unpleasant feel
i.g um'n tho subject, or giving rise to public
comment
Mr. Vanderbilt statrtl that few days brforc
Ills fIlIcr died he callc HIN to hia bedside, ald
told lin TINT llc Ind prayi!r! for innily Of hts
rcaaIsss a'u 'rSna % ny sIS o...''Gn' o. sess@
,ne @ boh1 Is +. ha n '! rvcn s'i slo9 10 to ou
s-nVU q hsether' nnu s's!" u stl. ,1 a1at"rs;
ana ]hu!sns ito!sa 'ae 'ts.usfs ~ "asn lily
Ieell|eits NM nat "!tA hNSnlhtLi heis hlo".!,
'Et nc H. W. LUZ. ,!s. s1am ~ H.,
tnonths ni tlle loo'nMofsa llst tSknsss. tlI1
aiat,} stL"'.i it4ueMs "e'e '".'ie ~ ins eo'h
lllosinse III feEasn :" tile fupp4sa u fo'l'e ul
penso1'er III aIi IeHhscts h1S ptans w.ula s.i oe
eatt!e'; W. W ~ aniSt russmse M
AZ: , annern ;!. nu .'ne t, H. 'iuu M ., '"E uet ~
hi* fathers 'tenti3ii To- io'1'd a ahYit', IL
which t'losc ~o iati neefhllc u'hanltsi uf h1ohch
down III hla srrvlse, anI were utlatc ~ sup.
hrst y H. lTnloseu 20 nt1tt ane eases 10 M r.
cciyed 70 Those employed UPON tlic ,u',ugfoitt
railro:ils,, bat ~ Hoped Ut !chEih ~
eStena inc pfiS'lsget M 'nn ,, "'ss,,'t'om , u,
crippled Ill the performance o. uaty'
INC s!te los t.!s ,sttt,,toh ,,.l. ~ ~ ~ m
w ee'cetcu ne hu W, ~ tnrH". - sans w.. ~ ~
rrcpared e1rrdi!!, NM Iliss "ork OF cEefln2
si1ta'le sli!tsihE" 10 ~ ue bcsu as soeh 4s tlic
weather VIII Fcrl'At.
In Regard 10 any movement or drslrc ~ the
TaTt nt at,tne III TUG II'rs 10 hreak t!ie Will Af'
Vanderbilt futCt tlat l!e tati Heard III TO IT.
tln1utton Of AuY such tllros from uNy I'LL! i1ettlc
source. At tho rtaling ri the will, f,e heirs III
pressed perfect int lstac!en !ttIt!e
provisions VI t!u ,iurll.llcnt. They have always
known that tho alcsirr Ut the trstatur was to
Ccrpctllttc the wnrk that lic had built up. lfr
ale lhfs will w!tll tAt view, a,,d rfriatHly had
tile F1vht to DISPOSE Of the suu,,ey that M made
hitnkeIf ns hest r1easrlf himself, N'Fhc Ntftrt
iurx iuy,. fr.ntci mr.. with f1r kin1.sf cntx,I-
r"ti,'' !. vnL, IL puu,J.rIiit In 1n,,fu.i,,,,
.!ns''.' T .GI. Ia ; @ ,,sss't -, ', -" ,'., T,;
a"u t"t.1uS 'ao u. u.eu!t." =" tIn" " .s @'.""
W+ *AA"et' .....,.,
HcHry !: Glla'io, counsel !or t:1c EXECUTORS,
mule the iollo"lhg ftatctheht ~ if'"nhr r.
porter YESTERDAY: ~ nf,t lh'mk lhrt" wy ne
my contest oii bSna!l VI the sAlt'fen " Gut1'
motnIc NardeFbit H. rcspr.i 70 'tlS WI. !
eaI'tiGt ct'sltrFe ~ a''y En!nha ior e'hlrs!ia'
u. IAe estate WHICH MF. tanutfplIt lls Aelt'
IaFge ~ It H. was n'a1c ~ hl'''ss.t' is Mas
Literally the urthtctt III hss own ioitn'le.
Aslde from himself, no ono blt LUG rontlcha.n
w!Io ttrcw Tie wi!l kl!c" It's contents nntll
aitcf +At an'ie!olt" y. neath' ~ os,c e'.tvt
HHl tF ttHlN liltltHtE Ill MY |ffpttk tttl-