Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-24

original sum %bequeathed TO Judge Hill
ton, though to be sure he has been put
60 heavy expense in defending the will
of his friend aud benefactor.
A m whose wealth has long been
the subject of discussion is Hetty Green,
a famous character in her way. she
Inherited wealth and has steadily ad-
ded TO ii by shrewd investments. She
is not worth the SIS, 600. 600 or the 81 &c.,
900, COO with which she is credited, but
in Wall Street she is rated as being
worth S4O,O OO, 900. Her taxes indicate
that she has in Chicago alone Sl2, 000,-
600 worth of real estate, but the bulk
OF her wealth is invested in New York
and other Eastern cities.
One never hears of the sons Of August
Belmont in the list of very rich men,
and vet their wealth is much greater
than many of the men who are SO
named. They still represent the Rotbs-
childs in this country and their wealth
is not far below $50, 600, 600.
c. p. Huntington and d. O. Mills,
who are old 49erS, are overlooked by cal
culatOrs generally, and when they are
famed are held to be richer than they
really are. An estimate made by sever
al men who know the weight of a mil
lion dollars indicates that MIR. Mills is
worth near S40,0 COO, 600 and Mr.. Hun
tington not much less.
Levi p. Morton, ex-Vice President, is
another man about whose wealth many
contradictory stories are told. His
wealth has been exaggerated grossly.
Some persons have put it down at as
much as $50. GOO, 600 and SIS, 600, 600.
His friends say his wealth will not
reach $50, 0O0, goo ana be is probably
not worth more than SIS, 600, 900.
The men who married into the Van
derbilt family are all rich men in their
own right but their connection with
the Vanderbilt has led many persons TO
think them more wealthy than they are
probably because the fortunes left TO
the daughters are usually added to
those OF their husbands. OF these sons
in-law OF Vanderbilt William Sloane is
worth SEQ, OOO, 600, as estimated by good
authorities, independent of his wife.
d.. Seward Webb and II. Mex.
Twombley who also married Wander
bilts are worth 10 the neighborh0od of
$40, 600, 900, independent Of that Van
derbilt left to each Of his daughters.
Among the younger men who have
come 10 the front, some Of whom have
Won il, VIM. C. Whitney is the most
corspicious. Some Is years z he was
not considered at all wealthy. To-day
| be is at the head OF several powerful
syndicates controlling railroads and
other enterprises and he is rated as be-
ing worth in the neighborhood of S10,-
600, coo.
But there are a score or more Of men
in New York City who are worth S10,-
600, coo. To be sure they are credited
with more as q rule.
Among those are such well known
men is Robert Bonner, James NJ. Coz
stable, the great merchant; John
Clafin of TIE famous frm Of H. B.
| Clafin & Co; Theodore Havemeyer,
the millionaire sugar %reiner; Eugene
Kelly, the Irish banker and a number
OF others.
Many men are constantly passing the
million dollar mark, and so it has como
about that a man who can only boast
of one or two milliol is not looked up
10 any great extent. The result has
been a disposition TO exaggerate On the
part OF newspaper calculations and the
story OF q mans wealth increases che
total every time it is told.
AS q matter Of fact there ar ny