Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-22
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RICH MEN WHO REM

Some OF the richest statesmen here at
Washington pay rent Tor their homes.
and Il Is wonderful how much money
they put on In Improvements on rented
property. Secretary Whitney spent
more than $4,000 on the old FREEING
huysen mansion when he went into it,
and John Wanamaker tore down a
number Of Whitney's improvements
and made others. Col Bncc has, dur.
ing the past years, spent half Of the
salary Of his six years senatorial term
on the Improvements OF the Millionaire
Corcoran's mansion and il Is not un.
common for a rich man to spend more
IN making improvements on his house
here than the rent he pays for II. Chief
Justice Fuller lives In a rented house on
the corner OF 18th street and Mass.
achusctts avenue II Is Senator Van
Wyck's mansion, which the Nebraska
man built when he was here la Congress
at cost Of something like 100000 aud
which ! understand he would be glad TO
sell for less than that amount today.
Senator Palmer OF Michigan still owns
his big brown stone front on Mcpherson
Square, which cost him In the ueighbor.
hood Of $4,000. IL was for some years
ON the market, and ! suppose, now that
Secretary Elkins IS going TO leave il.
that 1t will be lor sale again this summer.
Senator Mcmillan of Detroit paid some
thing like $1,000 for the house which
hc lives 10 ON Vermont Avenue, aud lust
above him /, Senator Alisons home
which Is worth about $4,000. One OF
tie finest houses at the capital is that of
Senator Hale, which was built with the
mungyirOm the estate of Zach Chandler,
aud which cost considerable more than
$4,000. Both Senator Teller aud
Senator Wolcoit rent their houses, and
so does Senator henderson, who has 70
hne residence next 10 the house OF Gen
Sheridan. Senator Voorhees, owns %
house here which cost him something
like stI.o1o, and Senator Wishburn
lives IN tie prison ike mansion ul
Senator Edmunds at the corner Of %
street and Massachusetts, avenue.
tx Senator Bayard owns a house here
which Is worth perhaps $1,000. and for
which Senator Cuilom pays a good
round rent Cush Davis OF Minnesota
has g house on Massachusetts, avenue
lust across the street from Culloms and
little above this is the bug house In
which Secretary Window was living at
the time OF his death. IL cost some
thing like $4,000 TO build and 10 has
had For sale" sign In front Of Il for
the past year
The late George peudletons house Is
also Tor sale. ID is on 10Th street above
Scott Circle, and Is worth $4,000. Next
to II is a mansion which hns Just been
bought by the Episcopal preacher at St.
Johns Church Tor $1,000, and little
further up Is Bourke Cockran's WASH
ington's home, which was built by
Sccor Robson. and Tor which he paid
somewhere between $500 and
500. 900.
Aud so might 20 on for another
column with the names Of noted men
who own property here. The list is not
confined TO statesmen, but It contains
litterateufcs. retired capitalists and rich
women. There are number OF news,
paper men who own good homes at the
capital, and Washington has within III &
past eight years grown q crop Of mush.
room millionaires OF is own. OF these
other classes ! may treat In future
letter FRANK G.. CARPEsrER.
Daniel Z1chrison, OF Gubbensgader,
Stockholm, committed suicide by hang.
ing himself