Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-01
MlLLlONAIRGs OF CLEVELAND.
Not Fewer than observation-disclosures and
Incomes of the Sthndard-Oil Men.
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II. VI. Flaeler said a short time ago that
John d. Rockefcller's income had reached
$4,000. 900 year. Tins startling state
meut. says the Cleveland correspondent
of the Cincinnati Commercial Gdzefte,
coming from a man as well informed rs
Mr.. Flagler regarding the affairs Of the
Standard-OIl Company, was the basis of "A
careful inquiry among brokers and other
well-intormed tinanciers as TO the wealth
of Clevclandcrs generally. and II can be
safely said that there are nOless than sixty
three millionaires within the limits of the
Forest CITY, 10 say nothing of the immense
estates owned Jointly by heirs.
Mr.. Flagler's statement regarding Mr..
Rockefcllcr's income would make the head
Of the great Standnrd-Oil trust worth $50 :
O1O.0 900 on per cent. basis. He SAID that
his own income was 5000 900 a year. and
estimated Colonel Oliver Payue's wealth AZ
about ~. 900 0l0 But the Standard-OIl
people are not the only wealthy residents
If Cleveland whose holdings are represent
ed in seven and eight figures Selah
Chamberlain is worth 5000, 600, most Of
which is invested IN the best Of railway
securities. and the :. Y. Hardness estate,
divided but a short time ago be
tween Ms. Anna VI. Hardness and
three sons. is said 10 have footed
up S2SOJO.Oo0. The combined wealth OF
Jcptha H. Wade and his grandson, Homer
Wade. who has already inherited an in
mense fortune, is certainly not less than
-. O0O. 900. il Is only a short time ago
since the East Cleyeland-Street Railway
COMPANY, in which Mr. wade Is the prime
mover. offered a clear million for the three
street railroad lines controlled by the
Hathaways and RObinsOns. The develop
ments in street railways have turned at
vi ~ mo 49,
in the East end OF Cleveland and IL is only
of late that II has become generally known
that he owns twelve miles of street fronts
i'm that nechborhOOd. The Wade Park
property alone viii eventually cover a
street frontage Of nine or ten miles.
Scores of other Cleyelanders who long
sgo passed the single million point, are put
down for amounts ranging from two 10 five
times that figure. Charles A. Otis, w. j..
Gordon, John Huntington. Charles Brush.
Samuel Andrews. Judge Stevenson Burke,
Senator II. i. Payne, John i. Woods, and
DR.. III. II. Little are Willionaires several
times over. Following Is the list Of sixty
three. and il Is possible still that a few have
been lett out: John d. Rockefeller, Colo
mel Oliver PAYNE. Selah Chamberlain, j.
II. Wade. Senator II. b. Payne, J. II.
Wade, Jr., Charles A. Otis John Hunting
ton. l.. T.. Holden, DR.. II. X. Little, John
L. Woods. Charles Brush, ". J. Gordon.
Samuel Andrews, J. b. Perkins, John +.
Rust. Judge Stevenson Burke, Mrs. Sena-
tor Payne, Mrs. Amasa Stone, Mrs. 5. v.
Hardness, G. w. Hardness and two
brothers, Mrs. James +. Clark, Mrs. S. ).
Stone, Mrs. William Bradford, Mrs. Alya
Bradley, Mrs. George Worthington,
Mrs. Sarah Beckwith. Samuel Mather,
James Pickands, Ralph Worthington,
W. c. Scofeld, NJ. A. Bradley, c..
G. King, W. j. Rainey, Frank De
II. Robinson, Charles Hickox, NJ. A..
Hanna, G. W. Pack, L. Botsford, W. p.
Southworth. I. ID. Croker, Colonel W. II.
Harris, Daniel P. Eels. +. b. Thomas, w. J..
Boardman. c. J. Sheffield, E. |. Baldwin,
G. S. Bissell. G. L. Herrick. Colonel John
Hay. Henry Wick. f. b. Hale, X. 4. Mix, j..
V. Painter, Charles Buckley, James Farmer,
W. ii. Corning, Leonard Schlather. G. Z.
Gehring, K. II. Harmon. No reference IS
made 10 the estates Of A. Montpelier. T..
Grasselli, ID. NJ March, and several others
which would certainly foot up in the mil
lions.