The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-12-29
PACIFIC COAST WEALTH.
The Gr""s Fortunes OF California r,,,
Their Luei1y Holders.

H"shy heoiucrS.
\ writer IN the 81. Jouis cl,lo- no,,..
crGf says: The biggest fortunes on w.'
Pacific coast are those of tho Contra, y.
citc railroad magnateS, and cx.t;oyerno,
Stanford Is the richest OF the proun III
wealth Is estimated at $4,000. 0o0-fh., i.
hi yearly Income is equal TO the interest,"
os such a oapstal-and his property + con.
siantly increasing IN value. lie owns more
than SS,ooo.oop alone in san Francisco in
n9i eStSsc. 10 say nothing OF his farms.
vineyards. hrcedings ranches, etc. Tho
eN-soNorncr has bat one child. Leland
,lr.. q lad q about fifteen. '''"'
Tue richest widow on the Pacific cont
81 IN The country for that matter. w;;h the
possible exception Of Mrs. Ccrrelia Stcv.
ari, i Mr.. Mark Hopkins. widow of one
oi The Central Pacific syndicate. Her bus-
hands estate proved UP to So. GOO. 900 /:
and The only two men in California
VINO could justify on The vidow's
bcnd az 'NccutiiN were Leland stan
fora anu tnaflcS Croker. two Of her
husbands business associates. Vhrv
were compelled to justify Ia twice me
amount 81 the estate. and each sworc that
he Was worth SiG.0O0,O0O. Mrs. Uonlins
i on elderly woman. They had no chill.
dren. but lad adopted u son. whom Mrs.
Hopkins has lust married Il a Miss Crit.
iendcn. prottgf OF hers. providing her
WIN me dot 81 princess. There ere
other heirs to the estate, hit the adouicd
scp " lim Will get The bulk OF il.
an" riches young and unmarried woman
on tie Pacific coast il
Mss TENNIr Flcop.
only daughter q the lonarza-kine. When
her fathers income from the uig silver 10
nanza was e; Us highest hc bought s., 300.
GO OF nitcd states ! per cents and gave
them 70 bis daughter outright. having them
registered ia her name. lie also raye his
son ~i,o0N.ico in the slme securities: but
the latter docs not promise well. ana the
bonds have gone back 10 he fathers bank
yaul; fox sale keeping. Miss Tcnnic Is Il
charming young womap-rather plain, il
/. true. and away out OF her teens. but She
i q good, sensible girl. wholly free from
display or aGcc.aiion. she is dceplv pious.
and there is s0lnc talk OF her taking the
veil. There Vas also some talk nj one time
al Ecr marrying Buck" Grant. Miss
Flood only laughed at the - %. - indeed.
did Young Grant himself. The only one
anxious T. bring about that match was
Papa FLOOD, tat the young folks couldn't
sec il.
The riches; prospective heircss in Cali
i0ruia is Ms Hattie Croker. The only
daughter a Charles Croker. another Of
ihc railroad syndicate. She also /. q charm
inc girl. and, Ike Miss Flood. Is rather
plain in appearance. She is noted for her
charities and domestic virtues. She was
sought In marriage by Lord Beaumont, an
Eneii-h nohlcman, lut She gave him no
ENCOURAGEMENT. and, it i, believed. pre-
- l,.
TWO other children. sons; but his immense
we.iih viii gave all = princely fortune.
THE iUCEIEsI YoUNo NAN
in California. in point OF wealth. is Mr..
James !. Coleman, OF Menlo Park. \ few
years ago he was clerk in mine in Ne
Nada 81 Sle0 q month. But be didn't ex-
pect I'D H. always. for William L. O'Bricn.
one OF the bonanza kings. WAS his uncle,
and Nr. O'Rrieu was a bachelor. one day
Mr. O'iirien 20; sick and sent for ",linl-
mic" - he was always called. 10 be with
him and care for him. In the last days OF
MS lime, tie nurses said Uncle 4" Billy :"
and " Jimmie" were closcted together a
great deal: and one evening Jimmie 9"
came ont oi Uncle Billy's room with = big
tin box which his Uncle Billy Ind given
him. II contained 500, eco in 1 Per cents
\ week later Uncle Billy died, ana by
hi- viii ~ the nephcWs and pieces
were left sG00.01 each, including Jim
ME" who got lha. in addition 10 the ante
morton 2iit 81 ejo0,000 But, not content
with tiat. Uncle Billy made " Jimmie an
executor without bonds, ana his fees as
,iich amounted 10 ~iGl.o00. The whole
value oI Uncle Billy's estate Wa, 3 iittc
over -g.00O00D. After the lcgacic> were
paid the residue was turned over 10 Nr.
O'Bricn', twQ sisters. Mr.. Coleman
("Jimmic's" m0theD and Mrs. Joseph
NcDonough. The two ladies inherited
~3.50n.Oo0 each. The lucky Young Ia&n re-
ieyred - Is about tliity-ihrcC. graduate
OF Georgetown College, y. g.. and ia-
lust been elected to tie Assembly Of tll-
fosni1. "Ji,4iEic" has gone into training
for Con3re-s, and will gct there IN 1881.
TIE vNLUcKLsT MAN
on tle Pacific slope in point Of wealth. IS
senator Jones. al Nevada. There las per-
hap never been so vast fortune 80
quickly scattered as That o, jOncs's. In
spite o. popular belief Senator jores to-
day is poor 1mp1rtHeiy spcahing. zen
he was elected % tLe Senate in 1913 he va
worth ~ least SiO.0l0.00U. To-day BE- i>
nof worth $1,000 above bis GcDt, and hi,
confessional salary is 40 iOn-Cr despiseQ
az a source OF income. 10 pUiu Toe nara
10 trll whore Jones' fortune .'aS conc. "r
more correctly speaking. hard to Tell where
10 La-n'i gone. No man ever sunk "a wuch
money in cL.mtrical schemes. invested
20 much in bogus friendships, or b.
came go casy prey Il financial
sharks rs Jones. lie sunk S2.o0D,OUO !laFd
money in mines at Pauamint, Cat, " hlch
never Welded q dollar. lie SiMh another
million ia The summer mine. IN southern
California. He buiita railroad in southern
California twelve mics long. and 1t cost
enough % have had every tie Of mahogany
ami every r.ii % silver. The Central "a
ellie afterwards bought II for ahont %l.OOO
q mile. lie bou.ht every ranch ever offered
him. Indeed hc bought one IN Nevada
wLira ha, never been located 10 this day.
Jones' agents could never find II. lie
started an icC-iac.OIy IN New Orleans. lie
never saw Tie factory, and never bilt once
or twice The man Who got him into II: ne
ouened iie - James Hotel IN New horA;
aud Of course Il never paid. The last crtei
wipe tbat fate had IN store for Jones was
the "sier1a Nevada deal rs CIiiiornlahS
III call il, Of four years ago. On q meIc
prospect DE stock was jumped IRON %
share n $40. Jones got in ct abohi ~
or the drop. The stock Is selling now loi
les ,hau g q share.
FIT rogTiNEs MADE ~ MINING