Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-16
NEWSPAPER EARNINGS.
Estimates OF the Wealth of the Pub
fishers of New York
New York Cor. Philadelphia Record.

New York Cor Philadelphia Record.
The Philadelphia papers must GER
tainly pay better than New York pa
pers, for the Philadelphia proprietors
are much weather. set of men than
the New York proprietors James
Gordon Bennett is the only millionaire
among our newspaper men so far as I
can discover, and yet millionaire
newspaper proprietors in Philadelphia
are as thick huckleberries on a
bush. Mr.. BENEFITS income is said to
be S., 900, 900, aid [ should not be sur
prised if it is more. 1t fabulous, and
don't believe that even he knows
what it is. Of course, there have been
some inroads upon it since his fight
ing with the newsdealers, which has
cost him, in round figures, about
$500, 900. But if ne wins, as he seems
likely to, he will soon get his money
back. Mr.. Dana, of The Sun, is rich
man, but not millionaire His in
come. taking his salary and his divi-
dends from the paper, which is own
ed by a stock company, may reach a
larger figure than the interest on a
million or Two; but his fortune can
not be estimated at as much capital.
Still, he is rich enough, and it must
cost him a great deal to live in the
style that he does. Mr.. George Jones,
of The Times, is a wealthy man, and
his income is also probably larger
than that of some millionaires; but |
do not believe that when he dies he
will leave property running into
the millions. If WhiteIaw Reid in
herlt5 any money from his father-in
law he may be a millionaire in time,
but he is not now, though he has
plenty of money If [ am Eot mistak
en-, his wife is the only daughter Of
D. O. Mills, and Mr.. Mills fortune is
estimated at 100000 Mr.. Reid
lives in the same house that he occu-
pied as q bachelor, and it is quite
good enough for anyone, no matter
Portable, without any pretensions to
style, and is on the corner of Lexing-
ton avenue and Thirty fourth street.
Mr.. Pulitzer of The World, is not a
wealthy man at all, though he makes
a good deal of money by his papers,
both The World and The st. Louis
Post-Dispatch. He lives very nicely
in house Oh Gramercy park, but if
his income should stop to-day do not
believe that his capital would be
found to be very large. His brother,
Mr.. Albert, Pulitzer, the proprietor
Of The Morning Journal, has probab-
~ a few thousands invested in elevat
ed railroad stock, and draws a good
salary from The Morning Journal,
out he is far from being a rich man,
though the chances are that he will
be one at no distant day. The richest
newspaper proprietor in New York,
after Mr.. James Gordon Bennett, is
Mr.. Cyrus W. Field, proprietor Of
The Mail and Express, but he did lot
make his money out Of his paper. L
do not know what Mr.. Fields fortune
is, but it runs pretty high up into the
millions. He, however, can not be
called a newspaper proprietor IN the
ordinary sense. He owns The Mail
and Express, but he has no more to
do with the running of it than Jay
Gould had with the running of The
Tribune when he owned the control
ling stock IN that concern. John
Kelly, who is the proprietor Of The
Star, is rich man, but have never
heard that he was a millionaire. [
don't believe that he makes q great
deal of money directly out of The Star,
though indirectly it may be worth his
while. Maurice Flynn is said to be
the holder of the largest amount of
stock in Truth, and he is very well off
for q young man, though [ do not
suppose that he has very extensive
capital He makes a great deal of
money, however, and, if he keeps on
as ne has begun, will one day be
very rich man. He married the
daughter of Theodore Moss, 3 man
who began by selling tickets in the
box office at Wallack's old theater,
and who now owns the theater and
Mr.. Wallack, too, and is reputed to
be worth millions. The Evening
Post, as is we'll known, is owned by
syndicate, which was first composed
of three men-E. L. Godkin, Horace
White, and Carl Schurz; but Mr..
Schurz dropped out some time ago,
and now the paper is owned between
Mr.. White and Mr. Godkin neither of
whom are men of great wealth. Mr..
| Goodwin, by the way, has been
bachelor up to within a few weeks
ago. when he initiated the example of
another bachelor journalist, Mr.. w.
II. Hurlbert, and married a young
lady of means and accomplishments,
Mr.. Parke Goodwin, who owns tie
controlling interest in The CONNER
cial Advertiser, is wealthy man, but
do not believe that he is worth more
than $500, 600; $3.50, 600 of this he put
in large buildings on the corner of
Liberty and Nassau streets, which are
called the Bryant buildings, and
which brings him in about 10 per cent.
on his money, and the other $3.50, 900
ne put in The Commercial Advertiser.
His son, Harold Goodwin, who is with
him, and on whose account he pur-
chased The Commercial, is married
to a young lady who is worth $4,000, :
! 600 in her own right. The Evening