Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-03-30
The Vanderbilt's S.
How They Live and Manage 10 spend
Their Money.

Their Money.
William II. Vanderbilt. the richest
man in the world, NAV be seen driving
his mare, Maud s.. which rnmors s,ys
he is spelling by iniudicious handling,
almost any fine afternoon on Fifth
avenue. Look for large heavy nan,
with black eyes, swarthy skin and
black side-whiskers, an intently
earnest but not over-intelligent face.
If the weather i cold. the owner Of
untold millions will he wrapped mp
in a close fitting coat of saalskin, and
the same fur. The superb horse or
horses that he happens to he driving
dn n,t seem to be g ing very fast Il;
they dance along. bnt it viii be notic-
ed that he goes fas'er than other peo-
pie. and the group of sightseers WHO
stop for moment to gaze at t we'll
known figure, wrapped up in his seal
skins, as he fits by get but brief
glimpse of him. Perhaps Jay Gould,
looking out of his library in the Sc
cond story of his big house at Forty
seventh street and Fifth avenue,
wonders that with such magnificent
opportunities for making more money
does not devote his days and nights to
it instead of trihing away his time
driving fast horses. jay Gould never
drives fast horses or indulges in any
kind OF sport except money-making.
From 2:30 to 4:30 every afternoon
Vanderbilt drives his horses. Then
his h, rses 90 to their stalls of mahog-
any, trimmed with silver, and Wander
bllt goes to his palace. lie always
passes his evenings at nome. not ut-sfhlaa-~-
ing been to the theatre or opera this
year since Wallack's was opened la, t
January.
When the Baron james de Roth
child died in 1868 near Paris, his
wealth was estimated at 700,000,000
francs, and he was accounted the
richest man in the world at that time.
At tie present the distinction Of being
the richest man in the world certainly
belong TO William FL. Vanderbilt
With the $70,060.000 which his father
left him he has made twice that sum,
and, moreover, put his railroad pro-
pertr IN such shape that it produces
an income Of ut least s per cart. At
present he has an income Sl0,000,000
II year, or $50 second. Thirty-years
ago he did not know where to turn for
$4,000. Vanderbilt has eight children
aud eleven grandchildren. His four
daughters are married to New Workers,
and two have been presented with
small palaces costing 100000 piece
while he is in building houses for the
other two at the corner of Fifth avea-
lie and Fifth fourth street, adjoining
st. Thomas Church. The ground
for the two buildings cost 100000
last spring. and suppose the houses
will cost double that.
His two eldest sons, Cornelius Van
derbilt, Jr., who seems destined to oc-
cupy toward his father the same rela-
ton that William Ii. held to the Com
modore, and William X. Vanderbilt,
the second son. are already million
aries in their own right, and are now
uulSulUS pdldCCo CNCu SCiiiSC
the new house which Vanderbilt
moved into last year, Cornelius is
the inancier among the sons, while
William X. is the aesthetic member of
the family, having employed Richard
NJ. Hunt to build his white stone
chateau at the corner of Fifty second
street and Fifth avenue, aud having
paid $2S5,000 for the carving alone on
the inside of the house. Some of the
tapestries for his house are now on ex-
hibition at the Metropolitan Museum,
while the painters and decorators are
giving the last touches. The house
has been three years in building and
has occupied the whole time of two
artichitects, working under Hunt, and
six draughtsmen. The design for one
of the mantes alone required three
months work by two men.