The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-29
THE Ri HEST MAN.
An Estimate Of William IL. vanderbllPs
Fortune.
Over 200 Acd'd TO His Wealth
Every Hour.
Other Item. About The monoy King.

AT the beginning OF every year, says inc
Nov Y TX Morning Journal, Mr.. W, u
Vanderbilt makes 90 an inysriablr custom
10 take a caftiul Inventory vi bis Immense
propsTy. HIS strong boros art thea open
ed, tntii contents counted, Auu rom TIE
% al ihs pr tts VI the year 10 re0k ned 10
January 1858 Ae tuld an Intimate ifiend
who hsd dlned with him that lao was worth
sl0i OOO,t0J
II brli,ye am" said Mr.. Vanderbilt,
"thc ucneit mau IA the void, Ia EIgla
the Dgke OF Victim niHIrr ~ sad 10 be-
worth $4,000, 900. nut u 10 mostly IN ltuds
aud houses. L. DOES not jed him per
cent, A year from nov vii be worm
more than 2J0,O5O,O0J and Will have at
income equal 10 b per cent On thnt
amount
When his talking II, had LEFT BIN tue
modern Midas repenttd his hasty spoeoh
aud asked that II De not reported, claiming
bis words sere but poaitiui aud hd wealth
exaggerated
A lev days ago Mr. VanaeyblIt sout
some paper b gsrtlsman with whom ne
nrg BUS uess relations. o. looking them
over the Recipient was aatJnisneu u huG
the rough GRAFT oi . memOraunnm Ia the
oIar'g peouiisf handwriting. H. Mss 0ticj
JaHuaiy 10 b, 1884, Hud was evidently ne
lEst balance thrci, when 10y oversight hil
! been ~ dec iugiGo AIUtAtr paper' y
course the Secret could not be Kept nnd
| me figures Tunche the JUufuai. a. 'ffuf
Tor tal may nave cr-pt ~ ga tnet travels
4 bu be substance tLry trl iho Ijiu"l"t'
Nh Vanderbilt has registered ora hit Name
aLd H. coupon b0ncs, tJiNJ 700 10 d prf
cents, maturing iu 1871 H. has lalrlJ
! odl,d to Ineso "a 700 Wv b. - pr oen,,
o. q ytt ftt.ihs o. tid- over 81 yJIrVO Iu q
| per cent. Iht peg GEMS. Gie WORM az,
uud tae wHtE. tSA.ge If has BJycsnmpuu
! to-ony .s $40 $4,000.
( BlLl.e Uu.l oI the Weal,h OF Tao Sing a
mil.lJnaitiss is invested iu rdlsoud stcu l.
ucs Hs uulus "a WU shares ~, mithlS1u
! CtutIal stuCK, $4,000 srHres vi Nuf.uNtat-
crn, iuc.uliu. 50 w oi us preferred AiocE,
auc block o., Omaha, @JiipvJ sIa't' ui
/ Lake Enc aud i2J,u1O shatus ui New lih
Central Besides tlls aie SMALLER uWUuua
~ score Of other ttncks, HmoYB Which uTt
/ Rock Island, OF Which DO d al ~ Cel a-Hlt-'
nud La.kaWHuna, where ,he tOtnl SAD .
co.. o. tho Others lac had iu all II SlO, Is
sfaud total oil 9jJ $40 -nAtes OF stucAe.
o.. various Tnnro4d bonds there was au
Aggregate Of SO ODlO, aud OF s.uts asa
/ Ciiy bUnd 80 DJ,UyJ i miscellaneous go
curluss, manufacturing Dlocks "ua mott
cages the tum OF ABOUT $2.OO,VOO Wac
suCWn 10 be inve t.d
Rpckp inxut vest l.a. 'a price iIe value
oi Mr. NAuderhiit's = lfuau secs 10 teo-
| 75J 900. VI his cavern neu,s $40 ts5 90, oi
hi4 "a road Douus $2J, So 40, OF bis other
| securiiics a ,nAs over 80 UN,0JO The OK
greg6.e is sol 332, il5
Tna czsr puis uuNu an item Of "reol es.
tate, &c 5000 co., II this Is iycludeu
his spleuoid Fith Avenue mansion, which,
! @itn It's iuruiturs HuG contents, cost neatly
or quits IS O0J,0uO. Ills magnificent art
gallery, win It's gems rom tins b-si mod
eru masters, repre- sent alLaaht sLOUOUup,
| ghe estimate being tna. Of q lOral cJnuult-
ssur who ~ familiar with the gallery. HIS
htaulos on FIuy irsl 6.rtai occupying one
Of the most dtsr,ule building sites ~ the
city, represent 100000 while inc equine
beauti4s there lu1uflnutly LOGGED would
hot be disposed OF Tor as much more.
Maud would b Ing $4,000 at forced
sale and ngr owner wou.d not dispose OF
her for nay price. Eariy kJso AID Alline
are also htlu a0oye price.
! The tgti con izke iif comparatively eaay
o. an income OF $l2 otOUJO q year, sud
watch hi- weslth pie up without any I'll 1t
Of hir. From hia gorernmgnts he draws
| s., 1872 go syesr; from bis RAILROAD SOCKS
| aud bonds, 81 s6i 800: from his mcclellan.
eoua securities, S573 Cos or $40 542 0l5 ff0m
| hiR inyessmon,g sIons. Thus every day
.hey ssru Tor him 3?s.33i.2j. Every hour
ssOs BIN 81 l5o 80 richer, aud every minute
meaus Sl96 eddsd 20 his hoard. Besides
| tits be calculates % msks 100000 every
year by fortunate Balss. His tsinyes!mentA
lAst year he calculated did This.
This rich man lives well bns not l,vishly.
L-st Taar his ordinary expenses, he stated
recently, v.rs bug a,iids over $4,000. Ia
PENIS 70 not included such luxurirs Al his
grsn ,,al ~Ni0h ne expended $40 00c.
dis s,yirs iS".c' '. and doea not Indicate
Ctce..s - -, ~, vas. Mira. Vanderbilt
too, sitnnlsc Z. - ls richly, 10 by no
means .x.rsvapsnt. although her diamonds
cos; her lord $3.50 600.
| Since Mr.. Vanderbilt made ont his ball
ance sheet some unimportant changes
nave been made In his investments He
has disposed OF some OF his Lake Shore
stock. last week firm OF his brokers
| M.ssrs. Barton, Davis IL Miner, were large
IN ers of Rock Is and, taxing ia one day
o $50 shares. Sisce ,hen It has NOT been
= ssi6e ~ dispose " any quality Of this
kept At considerable cIuot ssion. In bis
| Michigan Ger tral corner he altered also the
| figures q his stock. rh- change is merely
IN increase ol his holdings OF railroad eecu-
| ri les at Tho expense n his loans and sur
pin. inc me, for the CA does not keep
large bar k account Everything must beer
interest, he believes.
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Ladies approve Of your smoKing Little
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