The weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1883, 1883-02-07
The vanderblts.


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william H. Vanderbilt, the richest
man in the world, may be seen driving
hia mare, Maud g., which rumor Gays he
il spelling by injudicious handling, al
most any fine afternoon ON Fifth avenue.
Look for . large, heavy man, with dark
ewes. swarthy skin and black side
Ehiskers, an intently earnest but not
Oyer-intelligent face. If the weather is
cold. the owner of untold millions will
be wrapped up in q close-fitting coat of
sealskin. and have over his knee another
robe of the same fur. The superb horse
or horses that he happens to be driving
do not seem to be going very fast as they
dance along, bat it will be noticed that
he foes faster than other people, and the
group Of sightseeIs who stop for q
moment to case at the well-known
figure, wrapped up in sealskins, as he fits
by. ect but brief glimpse of him. Per-
hsps Jay Gould, looking out Of his library
ia the second-story of his big house at
Forty-seyenth street and Fifth avenue,
wonders that man with such magnifi-
. cent opportunities for making more
money does not devote his days and
70 Il iustend of triaing away his time
driyiue 1T h0rDes. LAY Gould never
drives fast horses or indnlges in any kind
Of sport except money making From
$50 TO 40 every afternoon Vanderbilt
drives his horses. Then his horses got to
their stalls Of mahogany, trimmed with
silver, and Vanderbilt goes to his palace.
He always passes his evenings at home,
not having been to the theatre or opera
this year since Wallack's was opened Last
January.
When the Baron James de Rothchild
died In 1868 near Paris, his wealth was
estimated at 7OO,OOO,OO0 francs, and he
vas accounted the richest man in the
world 1t that time. At the present the
distinction of being the richest man in
the world certainly belongs to William
III. Vanderbilt. With the $7O,OOO,OO
which his father left him he made twice
that sum, and. moreover, put his railroad
property in . shape that it produces an
income Of ct least per cent. At present
he has an income Of $40, 100000 a year,
or so second. Thirty years ago he did
not know where to turn for s., OO. Van
derbilt hes eight children and eleven
grandchildren. His four daughters are
married to New Workers, and two have
been presented with SMALL palaces cost
ing v0UU,UUU pl6CS, WINE uc l6UuAluAAk
houses for the other two at the corner of
Filth avenue and Fifty fourth street, adj
Joining st. Thomas Church. The ground
Tor the two buildings cost $40O, 900 last
Spring. and ! suppose the houses will cost
double that.
His two eldest sons, Cornelius Wander
bilt. IT., who seems destined to occupy
toward his father the same relation that
william H. held to the Commodore, and
william K. Vanderbilt, the second son,
are already millionaires in their own
right. and are now finishing palaces
which even eclipse the new house which
Vanderbilt, moved into last year. Corne-
lius Vanderbilt is the financier among
the sons, while William K: is the aesthetic
member Of the family, having employed
Richard d. Hunt to build his whitestone
ehateau ct the corner Of Fifty second
street and Fifty avenue, and having paid
926S 600 for the carving alone on the in
eide u his house. Some Of the tapestries
lor III house are uom on exhibition at
the lets0politan Museum.