Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-11-29

WI u bLfttJ-cOrutF hNhuu unb NN'a - -,
years ago. In that time thousands OF men
have begun all sorts of business with large
capital in this city and have failed, ulel
poor, gone TO the dogs" while koJA
many gray-headed men are to-day elel d,
ing" for more successful younger "eH
to whom they used % sell goods.
ANOTHER Aston.
The news has gone all over the, county
that young John Jacob Aston, endearln,,sn
known TO bis intimates as Jackastor' -
the father OF a still younger John jacob
born November 18th. 10 happy. parents,
who were welded February 18th IN tnIS
same year of grace. All over the country,
too, las gone the astounding stateI ~ !,
that this babe is heir 70 Sl50,OOo,VVV.
This is wild arithmetic. The entire hstoi
in this city and elsewhere pr
baby does not amount TO nearly that SUM- sum
and the great bulk Of il is held by WI,
liam Waldorf AstOr, the present neaa
of tie house. who vigorously nsis's
upon being known as Mr.. Astor "-tnat
is. tho Aston. He has son. very Young
one, who also is a John Jacob, the httn IN
the line, making the latest arrival the
sixth John Jacob. From his father, Johh
Jacob. Waldorf inherited the larger sllce
of the Astor real estate. probably, as Wa
estimated, about $50 100000. wherever
his Uncle Williams "Sl5O,00OOOo caLle
from, il did not come from the Astor es-
tate. He is a very rich man, OF course
but he is not worth nearly one half, pro
baby not one quarter. or the Immense
sum which the newspapers nav
so generously given to his granu-
child. But possibly the Dl2
estimate is based upon What
the property NAV be worth forty or more
years from now, when the grandchild
NAV in the course of natural or propaoIe
events inherit it. This much IS certain
The estate will not be lessened by ms
father, Jackastor," who will never III
mlnish il by 81 if an extra dish al dinner Is.
threatens TO increase the davis expenses
by that amount. The club stories OF TINS
young gentleman's economics" WOulu
be considered sarcasms on the mean,
nesses" Of Young men with incomes o.
81 900 or 81 500 a year. When the young
heir to the MunchauSen multiplied mn
lions arrived the father was recovering
from a serious. If not dangerous, illness.
but now, fortunately. Is well on tue
way 20 recovery and will soon be stroug
enough to renew his strenuous RESISTANCE
against all unnecessary or eXtraVagHnlt
expenditures of money. The Importance
that attaches TO mere money is once more
instanced in the spread made over the
birth of this heir in the third generation
10 millions still in the hands OF by no
means aged. though somewhat shaKy'
grandfather. There couldn't DO more
noise about il if the baby had been born
TO the biggest throne in Europe, thouEn
as an American sovereign born OF GerilaL I
descent he really is OF more Importance
than most Of the princes, and WITH con,
sidprably less than the much-muluplled
millions be ~ presumptYe helr 10 Ho'o
money than most o. them.
SOME BIO NEW YORK SALARIES.
In recent letter | made mention OF q
few of the high salaries that were paid IN
New York. and since then friends have
kindly SUPPLIED me with q great deal ot
information on this subject, which strikes
me as being interesting 70 the general
reader. We all know that politics is fat
IL il is cut right. but il will be news 70
many. even in these immediate parts. 20
learn that John Courtney. of BROOKLYN,
sheriff of Kings county. earns 100000 a
wear. AT least his Office is worth that 70
him. and that John COttier, the county
clerk Of Kings. is $4,000 richer every wear
from his Office. In suit against baking
powder company the information was
brought out, somewhat reluctantly, that
fbe president of the concern draws a salary
of $4,000 year. and the vice-president
$40. 900 In the same trial the president OF
a paint and varnish company was placed
on the stand as an expert on corporation
salaries. He testified that the super
intendent of his company was paid $50 900
n year. The president was not asked
TO testify az TO what his own salary
was. The Imagination OF the lury was
left TO soar and satisfy itself on that point
if il could. John Hoey was paid c5J,goO
a wear as president of the Adams EX-
oh m
anxiety of the other gentlemen to get his
place after he had spent forty years IN
building up that great and powerful cor
noration. In the $4,000 class NAV be
DIR. NorVin Green, president OF
The Western Union Telegraph Company;
Cheuncey NJ. Depew, president Of the
New YORK Central Henry Is. Hyde and
Richard NJ. McCurdy, the two latter
presidents of insurance companies.
Another high-salaried insurance pre-
sident is John r. Hegeman, who
lately succeeded the late Joseph Knapp,
of the Metropolitan. His salary Is per-
hans around the $4,000 mark. 1t IS not
40 many wears since Mr.. Hegeman was
clerk AT about $50 a week in another in
surance company, but he Is man who has
advanced because of his own merit. The
bankers in New York are not so well paid
as the insurance-men, although none or
them are suffering personally from am
financial stress. George 9. Williams,
president of the Chemical Bank. IL paid
SIS. 600: President Potts, of the Park Bank,
and President Tappan, OF the Gallatln Ma
tional, like sum.
IMPROPER IMMIGRATION.
Iii not probable there ever will be an
other Native American party" in this
country. No one nowadays opposes the
desirable immigration which IS positive
benefit TO the country. But this city was
nj least Temporarily startled by the New
York HprqhPs exposure of the prepaid pau
per material which Europe gladly gets rid
of and dumps on our shores. The imme-
diate agent in making the disclosure OF
this dumping was an Immigration com
missioner. Mr.. Herman j. Schulteis, who
was assigned by the Treasury Depart
mpnt in Washington TO this very duty. He
came over in the Storage Of the Cunard
steamer Seryia with load Of these pau
pers. and when be protested against their
beipg permitted TO land and showed sub
stantial reasons why they should be shipped
hack a superintendent and an inspector OF
immigration on duty at the dock declined
TO believe Schulteis and let in and let
loose the paupers. II only IS hui
man, or newspaper, nature-tnat IS,
the nature of some newspapers-that
because the Herald, which had re-
porter on board the Seryia. made the
exposure, some of the city journals sus-
tanned the action of these local officials in
admitting immigrants shown by Schultels
10 be glaring specimens OF the much.
talked-of "scum of Europe" But if
Schulteis should succeed in establishing
his case" as the lawyers say, in Washing
ton these local officials may hear some
thing drop. possibly their own official
heads. and even the great and powerful
Cunard Company may be called to account
for bringing such rubbish to our shores.
NANNY JUDY eAGBY'S SON.