The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-11
THE GRANT FAMILY.
Colonel Grant to Take Railroad Position
Probable Income of Mrs. Grant

NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-The World prints the
following special from Saratoga: II was shown
dispatch yesterday which says that Col Fred
Grant has accepted the position of engineer of a
railroad company, which is backed by the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad and the Wisconsin Central,
for the purpose of making new entrance into
Chicago. Colopel Grant will go to Chicago to
take charge of this new work as soon as he has
had time to gather together his fathers papers
and the loose shreds of his affairs. Colonel
Grant has had very thorough education as An
engineer at West Point, and should do very
we'll in the railroad business. There is no doubt
that President Cleveland would give him COM
mission in the army but Colonel Grant, it is
said, has finally resolved to take his chances in
civil life"
In an interview yesterday Colonel Grant said
II think that fathers book will appear before
long. We do not yet know exactly what or how
much manuscript there is. The last pages my
father wrote have not been looked over and
there is a large amount of matter not in form for
publication. On my return to Mt McGregor l
shall devote the next four weeks to looking over
the manuscript. l shall make copies of all his
papers, and preserve the originals. l am not
yet sure whether or not there will be enough
matter for two volumes not. but what there
is will be published with as little revising as
possible. The story will be brought down to my
fathers death, and when this has been done
whatever there is will be printed
In regard to his mothers health, he said:
"My mother is physically very strong, and
have no doubt that in time she will regain her
usual health. She has been confined unre-
mittingly for long time to my fathers sick
room. If she had not been very strong sho
would have broken down long ago. l think that
with a change of surroundings she will recover
rapidly. AS to the future plans of the family /
cannot speak very definitely. We shall all go
back to Mt. McGregor aud remain until fall,
when the family must separate. Mrs Grant
will doubtless occupy the house on Sixty sixth
street."
The members of the Grant family left the
Fifth Avenue Hotel this morning They went
to the Grand Central depot and took the train
for Nit McGregor
Several covered wagons to day took away
from the City Hall the bier upon which rested
the remains of General Grant, while lying in
state. The floral offerings were also removed,
and will be placed at the tomb. Curious people
through the day loitered through the black cor
ridors stared at the spot where the body lay,
and eagerly seized tufts of moss and leaves that
had fallen upon the floors.
The Commercial Advertiser this afternoon
says: 'The financial resources available to Mrs.
Grant are at present not exactly ascertainable,
since they depend somewhat upon the action of
Congress as to the balance of the Generals
retired pay for the current year. The receipts
from the Geher rals book Will be hers. EStlmat
ing these receipts at rs cents per volume for an
edition of 300 600 copies she will receive $25 600
an annual income of So 900 at 4 per cent To
this will probably be added So 600 year as the
widow of an exPresident, and the net rental Of
the Sixty sixth street house, which, outside of
interest and taxes, may amount to g, GOO, so
that in all probability if, reported, Mrs. Grant
has full life interest in her husbands property,
she VIZ in the course of twelve months or So
enjoy an income of $l5,O GOO or 6,0Oc. This is
all independant of the income arising from the
trust fund of $250,0O0 In that sum of money
the General possessed the right of disposition,
and until his will is made public it will be impos
sihle to say whether he has given his wife life
interest whether he has distributed this
among his heirs