The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05

vHNUEHbICvS INTENTIONS.
what the Great Rallrsad King Intendsd q
Have Done--A Monument n Contenpsa'
ston ~ the Time NJ n5ls Death THAI
would Have 0booenulM n~19hlng Fame
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ncance 81 tie Eree& gift 81 $50. 900 70 thc
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Mr.. and Ms. Sloan u just revealed.
when William II. Vanderbilt signed and
executed his mntA wiN-thc one admit
ted to proha.c-the fact was meullored
BY ~ avsers haiti contained no srcat
| tcstaalentory character.
~ssNo.~s said the tc<tafer. ssI have not
much respect for The spirit which gives
money 10 the pnbiic n Wills. For a man
to give away money after he has got
through with Il Is no credit. and TO give
II 70 a library instead OF his children Il
only to change its direction. All that .
ma means TO do IN public charities. he
ought to do when he Is alive and has
something 70 part with. mean 70 es-
tablish \ big art museum and put ave or
ten millions 81 dollars In Il. Then Y
mean to leave my children enough so
that they can be wisely philanthropic
after I am gone"
lie Immediately put into operation q
plan for a colossal art muscum. but his
wish 70 Get the lots where the Catholic
Orphan Asylum and Cathedral are To-
Gated was resisted by that institution,
and negotiations were pending when he
so ~suddenly died.
Mrs. Sloan and the other children have
now taken upon themselves the harden
II bcuevoicnce, and while they do not
feel that the public can rightfully make
any demand upon them. more than upon
any other citizens. they recognize the fact
that their father did not huild for himself
the sort Of a monument he might have
done. and they are consulting on what 20
do and how to do 1t.
Cornelius and VIM. X. Vanderbilt are
now respectively first and second vice
presidents ~ the Hudson River and New
YORK Central railroads, Tie former is
chief Of finance and the latter head Of
transportation, hut II is understood At
the next election their rank and RESPONSE.
bility will be Increased. Their characters
are quite different, though side
uhiskcrs, sQuarc face and grey
eyes give them . sharp re
semblance IN personal appearances.
Cornelius is ~foriy-one years old. a deeply
and actively religious man, quiet IN his
habits, superintendent Of a Sunday
school, worth ninety million dollars. and
liable TO be worth three or four times
that amount before he ,iics. lie has been
at the desk ever since Inc was sixteen
years cid, and is a hard and constant
worAer. Twelve years ago he made q
vile Of Alice G.. Wynn. Of Cincinnati.
and they have four or five children.
VIM. X. Vanderbilt Is a different sort OF
a man. His mother brought up all Of her
nine children to be religious, but W. X.
got over going TO Suniay-school a good
while ago. He finds sclacc at the club.
likes 10 drive upon the avenue as his
grandfather did, and has just ordered de-
signs for a new yacht that will be larger
than the old Commodore's North Star
larger and finer than ever G0uld's and
Benefits cruisers, the Atalanta and
Namouna. He hates the desk a.
mach As his brother likes IL.
IL very active In his temperament. eth-
lctic anil with superintendent vitality. lie
likes to take risks as the old Commodore
did. and like him is irasciblc and some
what brusquc in his manner. Like him
he dislikes vanity. that il, he Is rnf
amiable or conciliatory. and Toes net
care much what folks either think or ssy
Of him. Tel years ago lac married a
Southern lady, who Is much devoted b
the gay world. They reside In the great
white marble house In the style of an old
French chateau at Fifth avenue and
Fifty-second street. and they ummcr on
Long Island. They have four young
children.
II IL believed by those best acquainted
with him that Cornelius Vanderbilt WI
easily become a good deal richer mat
than his father was, and that In his own
time he will be the founder and patron
Of some noble secular establishment that
will serve as . memorial Of his name.