Omaha daily bee., 1885-05-20
BALTIMOPE'S MluuONAIRES.
The Enormous Wealth Of The Will
KnGWn Garrett Family.
Singular Fuss Over a Million aires
Portico-E ccentricities OF Ross
winans and Young Latrobe.

Baltimore Cor. st. Louis Globe.D Democrat.
Although ~millionAires are not 80 nu-
merous In Baltimore as they are in sew.
eral other cities Of the union, the list Is
quite imposing. Probably everybody
knows that Mr.. Robert Garrett Ia the
man In Maryland. The I'm.
mense fortune Of his father, the late
John w. Garrett, descended to Robert,
his brother, T. Harrison Garrett, and
his sister, Miss Mary Garrett. As his
successor In the presidency of
the Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad Com
pany, the former receives $4,000 per
The brothers each had a COM
fortune before their fathers
and 1t Is therefore difficult to
accurately approximate the wealth of
the family. Their interest In the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad alone Is sufi-
Client, with the aid of the city Of Bslti-
more, TO control the Baltimore 81 Ohio
Railroad Company. Roberts pos
sessions are estimated at 5000, 600,
his brothers at $40, 600, 600, while Miss
placed at 10000 per n The latter
Is said to be the wealthleat unmarried
lady In America. In addition to her In
vested fortune she has the city residence
Of her father on Mount Vernon place,
M~ontebello, his country seat, and ten or
fifteen minor country placea In Baltimore
county. Robert Is just now building a
mammoth mansion on Mount Vernon
place having purchased two lots for the
purpose, each costing SOC, 000. The
whole front of the house Ia taken up
with an immense two story portico, which
has involved Robert In a bitter suit with
his next door nelghbor, Mr.. Henry
James. The portlco extends eight feet
beyond the building line, and Mr.. James
claims that 1t cuts off his light and air.
MIR. Garrett offered to build Nh. James
one just like 1t, to pay him $15, 900 dam.
ages, and finally to buy his neighbours
house and lot outright. All of these
propositions were sc~ornfully refused,
Mr.. James saying that he would not dis
figure his dwelling by what he termed an
''atrocious architectural absurdity;' that
he did not want Mr.. Garrett's money,
and that he did want to live just where
be was aud would not sell his house to
Mr.. Garrett or any one else. Mrs. Rob
ert Garrett, whose pet idea was the por-
tico, is then reported to have said that
she would have it built if she had to buy
all the property on the square. Der hus-
band agreed with her, the poriico was
pushed to completion and MI. James un-
successfully endeavored to stop 1t by in.
junction. A suit at law is now pendiag,
Mr.. James sc eking to have the portico
taken down. Able lawyers and plenty
of money on both sides will keep the
case In court for the next five years at
least.
There Is one page In the history of the
Garrett family which has seldom been
read by the public. 1t Is not generally
known that Mr.. T. Harrison Garrett Is
not the Oldest son Of the late John w.
Garrett,s s generally supposed. The first
born of the great railroad magnate was
mentally weak, and has for years been
an inmate of an insane asylum, his exis-
ence being almost unkno wn, save to a
few intimate friends of the family.
MEssRs. WALTER & M'CoY.
MI. William T. Walters, of Baltimore,
is another millionaire who lives only a
few doors from the Garrett residence.
He has about So, 900, 600, made out of
whisky, besides about $1,000, 900 worth
of art objects, paintlngr, etc. He can
look out Of his window on the famous
Bayrs bronzes, lately erected by him at
an expense of 800. 600 In Mount
Vernon place. His son Harry
is very wealthy and Is q director
in the Northern Central railroad, His
daughter married a Mr.. Delano of New
York several years ago contrary to Mr..
Walters wishes and 1t is said has been cut
off with the shilling. Mr.. Walters art
gallery Is the finest In the country. He
Is noted for his generosity to art students
and his liberality aided many promising
pupils. He was one of the frat to appre,
ciate and patronizs Rhinehsrt the
sculptor.
The wealthiest bachelor iu Baltimore II
Mr.. John Mccoy, aged GO. He has {
fortune of 81, O00, 900 and lives alone II
a magnificent house on Eutaw place, sur
rounded by a few trusty retainerr. HI
Is also an enthusiastic art collector and
famous club man. He retired from tn,
firm of William T. Walters & 90. som,
J ears sgo.
A NEWSPAPER MILLIONAIRE.
AS proprietor of the "San paper" al
1t is universally termed, and the "Sur
iron building" Mr.. A. 8. Abel is wei
known in Baltimore. His paper Is q
phenomenon. 1t is one degree more dull
and uninteresting thsn the Philadelphia
Ledger, and yet realizes something like
$150,000 per annum for Its owner. Hi
fortune Is variously estimated at from
$15, 0OO, 900 to $40, COO, 900. He own
about two tquare miles CT property Oh
the northern suburbs, which, seyera
years ago, was made immensely valuable
by the city building costly bridges ovel
Jones' falls, and thus bringing 1t int
direct communication with the city. Mr.
+. G. Tatrobe was mayor then as now
The Sun, since the bridges were built
has varied its custom OF never saying
word, good or bad, about any one by en-
Enthusiastically supporting everything
Latrobe ever did.
The millions of Mr.. Enoch Pratt ar,
estimated at from 30, 600, 0C0 to So, 600,
0(0. Two years ago he gave the city
public library building and an endow
ment fund aggregsting, SIS he puts |
with characteristic accuracy, Sl,333,
1888 33B. he is a prominent bank presi-
dent, \ member of the firm of T. Pratt
& Bro, and is physically the prototypl
OF the late Alexander I'll, Stephens. Hi
whole soul is wrapped up In the library
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