Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-07-31
weather thoy might as we'll know tho


possibility OF safe inse1tment on 81
ner cent. basis. hut raised the interest TO
4 per cent, and required that the profit
be guaranteed IN order TO be entirely on
the safe side should any one suddenly
make demand upon me for the amount
on sure thiag lin other words. re-
ouiqe me 20 put up or shut up" The
paragraph has brought me some letters.
not al from gentlemen who want the mo-
pcV RIGHT away, but some from men who
Arc apparently skeptical ON the subject
A correspondent in West Summit, N. j.,
COMES 10 the front with an enterprise
which. he says. will require at least
$40 900, 600 20 start on really first-class
hasts--that il to saw. TO install and set
agoing m manner that would not make
its friends ashamed TO acknowledge IL In
public. He promises: over per cent.
profit the FIRST year. apd rather pins me
down 20 the point Of producing the cash
in the specified twenty-four hours. This is
a busy season with me, and | have not vet
rushed around TO see what | can do for
the New Jersey gentleman. But | wish
10 repeat that ms proposition Is not based
on wildcat information: am assured
that New York. il rapidly becoming.the
richest city III the world. and ony one who
Keeps his ewes open can see evidence OF
this every day
The assessment.rolls of the city were re-
Gently completed for the year and sent to
the Board Of Aldermen to see what we're
the wishes OF that august body with refer
euce thereto. These rolls tell story of
wealth which reads like an eastern fable.
The volume of the property in New York,
including church property (Which Is ex-
empt from taxatiOn), may be placed at
sc. zoe. COZ 900. II this money were pied up
IN one mountain 1t would cure all the sore
eyes IN this country and even relieve in
great measure tho optical defects OF Asia.
And all this has accumulated III less than
ninety years. There are half dozen es-
tates in New York, either one OF which
pays more taxes than did the entire popu-
letion ninety years ago. This IL not mere
guess. but IS shown by the records 10 DO
fact. Another noteworthy fact Is that
about 100 individuals and estates own one
eighth OF the entire property yalue on Man
haitian Island. The figures upon which
this statement Is made can be found on tho
assessment-rolls by any one who takes the
trouble 10 look them up. The names of
tho persons who own this vast aggregate
are duly set forth ia good legible band,
with amount of taxes paid by each, where
the doubling may be convinced.
IN THE AMERIcUs CLUB PARLoRs.
Sailing up the sound some days ago with
party Of frends-and, by the way. If
there IL prettier body OF water IN the
world than Long Island sound 1 should
like TO know where it is locate I've
rounded in at Indian Harbor, which is the
port OF entry. SD to speak, of Greenwich,
Conn. The handsome summer hotel which
stands on a beautiful and commanding po-
sition on the harbor was at one time the
clubhouse of the famous Americas Club.
OF which Tweed in the days of his glory was
the prime factor On the floor of the main
4 . -. M ah M
for the Americas Ciub more than twenty
years ago. and which Is to-day almost as
bright in its colors as II was the day it was
put down. la the centre OF this carpet
there IS a flowery ring IN garlsh red aud
beautiful copy OF the Americas badge,
which consisted of the tigers head. The
name of the club is woven IN and the head
of tho tiger has the terOclous smart which
DISTINGUISHES the symbol of Tammany to-
day IN the cartoons. One of the corner
rooms now used by the hotel people was
especially fitted up for Boss Tweed, and
here we find the tiger mead of the Americus
Climb carvedin wood on the window Mt
tings and mantel-pieces. In the office of the
hotel there IS q large photograph OF agroup
Of the Americas gentlemen taken on the
front piazza OF the clubhouse. l studied
il carefully 20 see whether could find any
of the potential men OF the Tammany Hall
of to-day in the group. There was not one
that / could recognize. The picture OF
Tweed in this group IS very good one In
deed. At the time 1t was taken-some
twenty years ago or mOre-Mr. Tweed mad
not grown stout, and his beard and hair
were still dark. He had very benign
appearance, and he Is really the only man
of character or consequence IN the
group. In thor boating costumes and
General negligee the sons of Amerl-
Gus resembled in the picture very
much "A gang of western cowboys and
plainsmen. II had had with me on this
occasion some Of the local politicians
whose memories 60 back thirty years, they
could doubtless have pointed out the va
rlous mem bers OF this group who, after
footing the city for years, died IN exile. in
prison, or in distress. one has but 10
stand nero upon this spot, contemplating
Fir. Tweed and his band of freebooters, to
understand something Of the mutation OF
politics. and the natural inquiry arises IN
the mind: " Is history to repeat itself III
New York?n To saunter through this
great hotel parlor, resting the eye occa-
sionally on the tigers head OF the
Americas Club. is 20 be reminded OF
Thomas Mast, the artist, who very
Justly claims to have fastened upon lam
many aud its cohorts the symbol of the
fierce tiger. Mast and his pencil were great
factors IN the overthrow OF the Tweed
Ring. back in the seventies, and she whole
country became pretty well famillariZed
with the beast of the jungles which he IN
troduced into our politics. IL IS there to-
day. Speaking of Mast. | saw him stand
ING abetractedly on the corner OF twenty
seventh street and Broadway the other
morning. as though waiting for an inspna-
tion or a street-car. lie is beginning 10
show his age very much. His halr and
his Vandyke beard are tinged with
that shade of gray which indicates an
early poisoning INTO the snowy white
az old age. Aside from some sporadic car
toon work which he does, he IS concen-
trating avs energies upon weekly. news
paper here which his son IL publishing. IL
Is a rampant trse-trade organ, and OF
course, highly Mugwumpian IN its attrl-
butes Mast has revived an interest IN
himself through the cartoon contest when
he Is carrying on with the well-known art
ist. Baron Dc Grimm. in the HeTdta DE
Grimm is q charming German, who was
sent over from Paris by Mr.. Bennett some
seven or eight years ago 10 make draw
incs for his evening paper. lie came on
"A contract of $4,000 per year. lie
did some excellent work on the zee
qram for year. and then began general
WORK as an illustrator of magazines and
periodicals. lie picks up very comfort
able income also from the theatres here
ballet costumes. He is about As years OF
age, and he has all the ebullient spirits
and mannerisms of boy of 20. lie is
most companonable fellow, aud his Efforts
AT after dinner speaking are delightfully."-
Although he has been here
some seven years he Is not yet aDie 10
- wrestle with the vernacular,"' as the boys
put it.. He is a splendid artist, and am
inclined to back him in his contest with
Mast.