Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-13
WILLY HETTY GREEN.
PEcuLIARITIEs OF A WOMAN WORTH
 S6o, 1000, 900.


 She Is old Fashioned In Appearance. Se- Verely Plain In Dress. bat the PersonIh- cation of shrewdness When Financial Transactions Are Involved
 Not a small part of the fame of Brook lyn can be laid to the credit of the re- markable women who have lived and live now within its borilers-women who have taken rank and honor in almost ev- ery walk of life. It is a we'll known fact that a very large proportion of the real estate of the city is held in the names of women. It is not widely known fact that the woman who is reputed to be the richest in the United States lives in the City of Churches and right in the clas- sic section known as the heights too Her wealth is variously estimated at from $40, ,OOO. 900 to $6O. .OOO. 900. and her name is Mrs. Hetty Green. Her name and personality are more familiar to Wall street than they are to Brooklyn society. That is because Mrs. Green has chosen to devote all her time to the man. ipulation of her fortune and has let SO ciety get along without her. Hetty Green at an lhpetnnga ball would ere ate a sensation indeed, but it is not like ly that such an occasion will ever be re- corded by society writers.
 Hosts of people have brushed elbows with shrewd and rather calm faced woman, apparently J0 years old, rather short. wearing a plain, old fashioned shawl and bonnet sO far beyond fash ions pale that no one would ever suspect it had been in ii, even years ago. No body ever saw her with a dress which was not severely plain, and seldom has she been noticed when she did not carry an old style and well worn black satchel | Her appearance would never cause the uninitiated to think that she was any thing more extraordinary than an old fashioned woman of moderate means and simple tastes. who was on her way to the corner grocery or the bakery on the block below. Yet. if money is pow CT, this same staid looking person is one of the most powerful human beings ;n the country.
 In an old fashioned house on d corner in PierrepOnt street Mrs. Green and her daughter Sylvia have lived for several years. The modest apartments they oc- Cupy are hired from pleasant faced woman. who keeps the house and who has an admiration for Mrs. Green, which she does not conceal. The rich est woman in the United States has a son, who has been spending some time in Florida seeking to improve his health. Mrs. Green has been a widow for many years, and her daughter is about 70 years old. Since the death of her hus- band Hettv Green has become a finan- Cier of unusual shrewdness. She has in dicated by her actions that sine has small faith in brokers. and that if she wants anything dou, the best way is to do 1t herself.
 The weather bvatvn satchel has earned securities representing millions of dol lars. II has knocked about New York and Brooklyn and other big financial centcrs with precious burdens. and Het- ty Green has always had a tight grip on ii. She does dot believe III spending her money on things she does not want, and as she wants very little she spends but little. Her children and her fortune arc the sole objects of her solicitude. Mrs. Green iS said to bC very anxious tn have her daughter become one of the leading actors in the famous Four Hundred ui Manhattan island. Something of an ob-
 
 herself, according 10 report Miss Green is credited with caring as little for the dazzle and newspaper notoriety of a so- Cial career as her mother. She is a girl whose tastes are quiet and to whom dress Is a matter of little consideration
 Mrs. Green, by way of foundation for her daughters social debut. some time ago settled large sum of money on that young woman in government bonds. The amount Is stated to bt 5000, ,OOo.
 Incidents in the career of this remark able woman have stamped her as bold yet cautious operator III stocks and SC curitics When the financial panic oi 1881 occurred. Mrs. Green had a large deposit in firm of Canadian banker: named Cisco & Co. of New York. In formation reached her that the banl was in an unsafe condition. and without waiting tu hear more she went to the in Stitutluu and withdrew her entire de pusit. The firm had no alternative, ant after paying her her money was com pcllcd tu suspend and finally failed com plCtcly. Uetty Green is the larges property owner in the city of Chicago She holds title tu block after block u land in the business section. and her soI assists in looking after her interest, there. For many wears she lived in tn, western metropolis, and she spends mucl of her time there when away from Brook lyn.
 Her characteristic bargain with sx Judge Henry Hilton ;s fresh in the mind of fnanciers. The money which th, judge wanted So badly is generally con ceded to have been used in buying ou the interest of his son. Henry G. Hilton in the dry goods firms of Hilton, Hugke u Co. ---1 Hilton Bros Eo wscu ', Mrs. Green, o- his lawyers did, and rad, a request for loan of $1 ,250, 900 in cash Mrs. Green was willing to lend. but in sisted on having q mortgage on the mar ble palace at the corner of Broadwa, and Chambers street, New York, tn, Stewart building. which, with the land is supposed to be worth 3,OOO, 900. Sh would take no other security, and afte a two months search of the title the lar gest mortgage ever given on single piec of property in New York was recorded But Judge Hilton needed the money be fore the search had been concluded, an, after he had placed i'll the hands of Hett, Green title deeds representing $l5, coo. % worth of property she advanced hin $500. 900. And in addition to this tn sSrewd speculator forced him to sign paper agreeing that she should hold tn deeds until the mortgage was executed Brooklyn Eagle.