The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-28
W W Slows BIG ESTATE.
Appraisement of Over Half a
Million Dollars Worth
of Property.
PRIVATE PRoMIssORY NOTES.
Particulars OF Realty and Personal
Effects in Several
Counties.

The appraisers of the estate of W. w.
Stow, the well-known politician and Park
Commissioner, filed their report yesterday,
throwing some interesting light on the
private financial transactions of the
deceased.
The estate has been valued at $576, 402 "a,
distributed as follows: $412, 153 %, property
in San Francisco; $146,S50, in Butte
County; $15,899 in San Luis Obispo and
$500 in Nevada County.
The San Francisco property is repre-
sented as follows: Money, $17,573 43; S25
shares of the stock of the Market-street
Railway Company, $30,525; 200 shares OF
the Edison Light and Power Company,
$500; 334 shares of the Spring Valley
Water Works, $32, S99; 100 shares OF the
Nevada Bank, $4,000; 175 shares of the
Bank of California, $3S,50O; 1921 shares OF
the San Bernardino National Bank, $751;
6S7 so; 100 shares of the Fireman's Fund
Insurance Company, $4,000 An item OF
5000 shares of the stock of the West
Harmony Gravel Mining Company is re-
turned as of no value.
Among the promissory notes are the
| following: Sherman P. Stow, $l9,S 500; +.
II. Wheian, $4,000; Marcus and l.. T. Katz,
$4,000; R. NJ. Shackelford, $2779 55; Dan
Rath burn, $4,000; L. D. McKissick, $50; }.
| A. Waymire, as indorser for J. M. Merrill ,
$500; Thomas Day 81 Co., $500; G. r.
| Buckley, $735; Byron Waters, $500; John
and Alex McCord, $3.50. There were
other small notes, including: D. NJ.
Frazer, $10O; Charles P. Whitcomb, $3.50;
r. II. Sinton, $3.50; W. E. Dargie, $1,000
James E. Murphy, $500; J. A. Mccall,
$500; Hugh NJ. Burke, $10Q; CD. Beer
stecher, $500; John H. HOLSTER, $500 +;
George c. Gorham, $500; William NJ.
| Stewart, $1,000, on note to S. L. Gage, IN
dosed by Page to Stow Paul Neumann,
$1,000, in two notes; John r. Harmon,
$500; w. w. Bunker, 500; David B. Hunt,
$3.50; Adolph Berg, $500; NJ. d: Boruck,
note of $500, OH which $500 has been paid ;
L. G. Cox, $500. OF these the appraisers
say they have not ascertained the value.
Two notes of r. e. Culbreth for $3.50 are
appraised as of absolutely no value.
Among the most valuable realty OF the
estate are: North Beach water-block 6,
bounded by Jefferson, Powell, Beach and
Mason streets, $50, 600; lot and improve
ments 1913 Pine street, $50 900; lot and I'M
provements 1410 Larkin, $11, 600.
The country property includes: Gold
Bank mine in Butte County, appraised at
100000, and machinery, etc., SAC, 600; realty
at San Luis Obispo, houses, ETC., valued al
ST., 1893 05; Tiptop and Yerba Buena placer
mines in Nevada, valued at $1,000 and $500
respectively. The appraisers OF the s SAL
| Francisco property were: Edward w
Gunther, John Patteson and G: W. Lane
OF the Butte County property: Matt Waite
i. b. Johnson and E. W. Herrin; OF the
San Luis Obispo County property: n. "
Palmer, w. A. Harlan and Henry Benotti
of the Nevada County property: Z. c
| Walrath, ]. T. Morgan and f. E. Brown.
The will of the late w. W. Stow be
queathed to the widow the residence OF
Pine street, property to the value Q
100000 and the policy of insurance on hi
life; to his son, Sherman F., several piece
of jewelry and presentation cane by wa.
of remem brance; to trustees the residu
of the estate to establish trusts for thu
other children, viz: for a daughter, Lena
or her children, $50 900; for a son, Wander
lynn, SIS, 900; for daughter, Nellie, $4,000
for a son, Henry p, $4,000; for a son
Obispo ranch. Several of the children, i
was stated, had received portions of thei
interest in the estate, and for that reason
the amounts apportioned IN the trus
varied.