The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-01-19
THE yASDERBlI.Trs. j 8 IT'S
New qNsrtA TIVE Hundred ana seventy.
! sa] ,.sGiESur Mitlisas. ban sfsdsflG

New Nsrth TIVE Hundred ana Sevsnty.
sal ,.'GHFSur Mttlisas. bar Atsossu0
They Receive 4iA,OOO, 900 Annually IN,
iaterest Aione-Twenty-Ftvo Years
From Now TAetr Fortuse' WIN
Amount to About $1,000, ,ooo, ,OOO.
~, 30 New York Wosld.l ,
II the combined Vanderbilt wealth
were ali IN ne-doiiar, bills the afSA of
would bs jass leqUal toths suocust popsY
of white paper required TO psiat 4, lS2, So
copies of the eight. page World. II The
bills were Joined end to end they would
stretch out 81 ,s2f miles, Or 81, ii Other
words 'wo0id4 u ttf1le more, thau
once 'And',siqqsstersaroand the slslohS
atls .grea'ss,l lcircnuiarencs.. 81 ,ilGW
q, carafut CALCULATION of the wealth Of
individual members OF the Vandssbilt
family MAKES the Following exhibit :
Ccrnelids vandefblit .a.. -. ..... 90 100000
Eredsret ~ " v.nassSii; soaS 81
NSos4O w. vao0osb9les lG0oo0Qo
Mrs. Elliot Shepard. lHOe0No0
Mrss Hamilton MeK. Twembly... l1e0SS60
Mrs. ". Seward Wsbb...,-........ ,lHS00,0oQ
- 40iAl..,". toSl0Ooy yOo0
& tMrs.s William n. Nsndsshilt bas 40
annuity Of 1900 900. ,1,,,, ~, -
wheh' SWii,ism H. vandsrbiit di.d
he left = fottuue, Ia 'fountf numbers, u
$2O0, 900, 600. Ol1 CoD0oaoro GVsndss.
hiit left his grandson, Corueitos,s, 45.-
900 900. and his other ,lhree YFaudeons
$4,000, 900 each. William X. operated
extensively In sthe stock market I've
years ago, and II was generally under.
stood stthe ti.ns, lost his entire foreuse,
WHICH he had increased to 1000, ,OOO.,
About the time or shortly 6siore the
Termination OF William KS disas(rous
experience in Wall street RCorne1lus
began speculattog aud wasu rsported 70
have lost about %, ,000, 900 OF his sor.
tune, which had, however, gr0wn to
$S,OO0,000. The fortune Of Frederick
and George Vanderbilt had also appro.
ciated In value, though mot 10 the 0smS
extent as the Others. Frederick hsd
been very successful In sstock spocuIa.
tions aud George had made highly r.
numerative Investments uuder the
direction of his father. Altogether.
there was in the family, ouleids Of
William III. Vanderbfit's personal tor
tune, $4,000, 900. Dsductiug that
amount, the wealth OF William HI.
Vanderbilt has increased S6s 900 900
since hls, death. ~! ,hi alo sIiF9g& ng
THEavAYTHEG MILLIONS HAVE GROWN.
The manner Of the increass 10 both
plain and natural In the 6rai place.
the Vanderbilt estate was the best Ia.
vested In tho world. Many of the
securities owned by the VanderbiItO,
tor instance the government bonds,
pay only per cent, but many othsTu,
like railroad stocks and bonds, nay
from 8, to per cent, 50 that ~ aver.
age OF per cent is under rather than
over the correct rate Of income from
the entire alneunt. Reckoning the In.
terest at g. per cent and conopouodiu4
it semi annually, the natural Improve
ment in the total weaItl. in the past
three years has been $33, ,835, 200, or. Ia
round nun bers, e34 ,OOO, 900. In aidi-
tiOn, profitable Investments have beep
made with the income. Taken all To-
gether, the increase In the combined
Vanderbilt wealth outside OF the inter-
est easily reaches sac, 900 600. which,
added to interest computed at $34, 900. +.
600, makes up the estimated gain Of
&C., ,O00, 600 and $4,000, 900 more. The
last-named sum 10 allowed for the per-
sonal expenses Of the Vanderbllts.
MONK 50 RICH AS TIE vANDERBrLTs.
The wealth Of the Vanderbilt fam. i.
lily comprising only eight persons, 10
greater than that of any other fndivii- :
uaf family in the world. Tue Rolhs.
childs are worth altogether about
81 ,OOO, ,00O, 600, but their weslth is scat
tered among a great many separate
families and distant relatives. Corno.
Illus Vanderbilt is the wealthiest indi.
viduai in the world. The fortune of
the richest individual Rothsciild 10 not
estimated at above $75. .OO0, 900. ....
PASSING YEARS WILL PILE Up Bill
LIONS.
Following shows how the Wander
biIt wealth, il kept intact, will increase
In the lapse OF years at the regular rate
Of ) per cent, compounding the interest
seIni-annusliy: ........... ..,
as.=ssz Principal. Intsrsat.
One year ,Sa. 100 $3.50, 800
Ten years s.....--.... .44S949, 600 f74,0l8,OOO
Twenty-Five years 9il $4,000 667, $4,000
Fifty years. 2i3 f72, 500 2,9,9, ,172, 500
A QUARTER OF A CENTURY HENCE.
All the Vauderbits are likely to live
twenty-five years longer, and their In.
dividual fortunes, computing the inter.
est at per cent and compromising i,
substantially, win at the end OF tina,
time be az follows: -.au.a g..