The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-18
MILLIONAIRE CORNER
One Street Crossing in New York
Thanked with 31,0OO,OOO.
Priacely Residences of Cornelius van
derbilt and Coils Z. huntington
Now Being Finished.

New York Press.
More money has been lavished on private
residences at the corners or fl1ty-seVehth
street and Fifth avenue. this city, than on
any other like area in the world.
The spot may be spoken of as Million
aires Four Corners.
Within a radius of $50 feet square on
those corners thirty-one millions OF dollars
has been invested in houses wherein dwell
four of the richest families in New YORK.
On the northwest corner stands the mag
nifcent new palace of Cornelius Wander
bilt; diagonally opposite. on the southeast
corner, is the mansion, not yet completed
of Coils p. Huntington; across F1fty-sev-
enth street from it is the white marble
glare Of Mrs. Paran Stevens's handsome
residence. while on the southeast or the
corners stands the red brick. brown stone
trimmed palace of the man who made
Grover Cleveland President, ex-Secretary of
the Navy William c. Whitney.
TIL Vanderbilt colossus stands 125 feet
square. 1t displaced five brown stone
houses, for which. with the land they
stood upon. Mr.. Vanderbilt paid S,O0O.OOO.
COMPLETED ON this expensive land has cost,
all told. 100000 That makes Sl3,OV,UW
total. 1t should be told incidentally that
spend much less on his residence, but That
when the hard times began and he found
branches of building and decoration were
among the first TO suffer he told his archi-
tect to plan new CELEBRATIONS. sparing no
a force as possible ar work Tor a long time,
This was done. and more than six hundred
men have been emploXed on the splendld
nile in one way or another all winter.
II HUNTINGTON HOUSE.
Mr. Coils p. Huntington's new palace
stands on less high-priced ground, but the
payment of 50. loco. 900 for the one hundred
feet square plot shows that the site is still
beyond the reach Of persons of moderate
means. His house is much further from
completion than is that of Mr.. Vanderbilt.
The ~latter's Is already occupied by its
owner. MIR. Huntington will not be able 10
move into his new residence until early
fall. He evidently intends TO surprise his
friends with its interior. for it is as closely
guarded from intrusion as might be the
holy of HOLES In an eastern temple. Mr..
Vanderbilt was also very careful about the
admission OF STRANGERS TO hls mouse curing
allowed his architects to make the details
of it's arrangement and finish public. One
day not long before the house was ready
for occupancy Mr.. Vanderbilt himself went
uD to the door intending to examine some
decorative work done the day before. A
servant barred the way as he was about TO
mir. Vanderbilt has given orders that
no strangers shall be admitted" said the
man.
but I am Mr.. Vanderbilt protested the
millionaire.
We'll" returned the faithful s~ervitor. In
credulously. "maybe you are and maybe
you amt / don't know. You can't come
in. How should ] know2"
That's So" murmured Mr.. Vanderbilt.
How should you known He buttoned his
coat and walked away, wondering If he
couldn't find som one 10 identify him as
the owner. of his own house. That night
he raised that servants wages.
The Huntington house is much more i'm
posinE In its exterior than Is tina Wander