Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-01

a Trio Of Magnates Who Are lay
ing the Foundation For Amsrl.
cas- Future Mobility.
intermarriaue Among the Wander
bilt, 6ould and Astor Fami-
les Which viii Open
A New Vein in the Strata of Amer
lean Lifs---History Of
the Families.
AstOr's naughty Aristocracy, Van
dsrbilt's Love for Horse Flesh,
Gould's Devotion to Study.
A Shrswd Plan For Final Victory.
Special Correspondence.

trlp 10 Europe, the mysterious presence
of Maud s., his famous trotter, in this
city for few hours only, and the ex-
traOrdinary transfer by Jay Gould oil
2O,Oe0 shares OF Western Union stock
st 80, the market price being 81, 70 the
Old-time conservative John Jacob AstOr,
have attracted very general attention to
the peculiar relations sustained by these
eminent capitalists one TO the others.
John Jacob Aston Inherited
every dollar he owns. His grandfather,
u shrewd money grubber, invested his
surplus earnings in New York real es-
ebb rice. Prior to his death values ap-
came the richest man in the city. His
son, William b. Aston, several years
dead, followed in the real estate foot
steps Of his father. His entire income
was from rentals, part of which he in
vested in governments, while the larger
part Was kept IN the real estate channel.
He was ditferent style of man from his
father He had no special culture, but
he was man born 10 wealth Is his
father was born To penury, and there
fore was afforded such normal adyan-
tageS in the way of education as are of
great assistance TO man who, as he
was, Is of quick mind and enteTprising
tendencies. William had a number of
children, but John Jacob inherited the
bulk of his property. Following the
Astor principle Of investing in real es-
tate and rarely, il ever, selling, John
Jacob has become, chiefly by the appre-
cation OF values of the property purehas-
ed by his father anu grandfather, one
of the three phenomenally rich men Of
Gotham.
The Astors OF the Third Gene ration
are great improvement on the two
preceding generations. They have
what would be called in Boston first
class education. Some of them have
added TO their collegiate teaching the
advantages To be derived by continental
- travel. where their vast wealth and the
glamour that attaches to the Aston
name afforded them access to social cir
Giles Of which the original Astor proba-
bly, never even heard. The AstOrs are
nevertheless priggiSh, and extremely
well satisfied with themselves and the
programme laid out for them by their
grandfather, which was, ''tiet all you
can SQd keep all you get" An illustra-
ton Oi the plgheadednesS of the AstOr
mind can De found perhaps nowhere
better than in their management of the
famOUS hotel which bears their name.
For many years, tifty believe, the As
tor house has enjoyed u worldwide rep
utatiOl. The first thirty years Of its eX-
perieuce was passed in positive financial
triumph. The elder StetsOn, now a res
ident OF your state, was the enterpriS-
lug ami hOSpitable host Of Webster,
Gay, Calhoun, Benton, Harrison, Win
field Scott and all the great political,
sociai and literary lights of his day.
His s"us, clever fellows all, didn't in
herit
Their Fathers Ability
TO ri. 4 hotel, and under their man
agemrut evil days came upon the old
time hosiery. At that time the AS
tors. concluding that the City Hall park
was too faf down town for u tirst-class
hotel, made a change. Half of the
mammoth building they allowed to re-
main as il was. The other half they
fitted up for offices. About that time
Allen / Dam, the present lessees, Mr..
Dam being the proprietor of the Union
e Square hotel and Hotel Dam as well,
took possession of the house, thor
oughly furnished it from top to bottom,
and fitted up in the rotunda one Of the
maryelS of the earth. The bar alone
pays $50, 900 year profit. They have
been offered $4,000 for the bare privi-
lege Of running the bar, which, of
course, they declined. The place is a
mint, and the hotel is packed every
night in every year. The office part
of the building is lot q success, but, al
though the AstorS have been time and
again begged, beseeched and implored
10 return 10 its original design and al
low Allen and Dam to control the en-
tire property as the Stetsons did, rather
than change their matured opinion, in
spite OF their conviction that that Opin-
ion i wrong, they prefer to stick to
their programme and lose 3 handsome
rental. The AstOrs have prided them
Selves-the Lord only knows why-on
being little bit
Better Than Every body Else.
And such an idea as recognizing Cor
uelius Vanderbilt, the elder, would
never have entered their partrieian
miads. 1t is perhaps unfortunate for
them that there are people living who
remember not only their father but
their grandfather, but in time they will
all be dead, and the AstOr plant will
continue 10 flourish.
The second generation of the Van
derbilts-William III. and his brothers
and sisters-have not until very recently
had the proud privilege OF shaking the
As:orian hand or pressing the carpets
of their stately halls. William H.,
like William B., inheTits the greater
norton of his wealth. Judicious water.
ING and occasional pegging have added
very largely undoubtedly to the pater'
nsl"ifts. Unlike the Astors, the see
ond generation of the NanderbltS
il not content, as was the see
ond generation of the AStOrs, to live IL
ouiet style. The moment the money
came into their hand, the finest horses
thst money could procure were theirs
fine most conversational jockeys tha
corId be found upon any race course
were imported. Some of the latte
were kept for their masters pleasure IL
fbe stables. One was elevated To al
innportant railroad position, aud Others
are daily companions
The Vanderbilt Round of Pleasure.
Snluiye upon splurge became the orde
OF the day, resulting In the erection o
those square looking houses occupied
nv Vanderbilt pere and his daughter:
o1rosite the Cathedral. In every dash
ing, snowy anu PeteLIiC"S hSnIe
known to men OF gross desire and vas
neeuniary status, the second generation
6f the house Of Vanderbilt have i'll
dulged. ~, .....
analogous to the John Jacob Astor Pc
sition. John Jacob Astor lives yer!
handsomely, but in no ostentstiou
manner. He follows the quiet habit
of his father, which was an improve
ment upon the misery existence of hi
fafher. The third generation of tn
Vanderbilts-young Cornelius, William
X. etc.-are men of methodical habit
and of business enterprise. They ar
given a little to imitation of thei
fstber,s coarseness in display, as is ev
dent by the ball, the vulgarity ofwhic
If would be embarrassing to exploi
but which may be illustrated by tn
Quotation of the Vanderbilt sentence
IN nOn hall ~ Rut for all tha