Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-13
v.xpEppIl.Ts TO DE SUED.
"a. r.. A. brown wants S2,ooo'"o
from, the Old Commodorc's Estate

suit for about N,eo,Vp hSdihSe wv
estate of Commodore Vanderbilt VIII DC
begun shortly by William ii. a. bro"h'
son Of A business associate OF the
founder of the Vanderbilt fortune.
The transaction upon which the su,t
is based is more than forty yea'S ~,
and the delay In bringing uhe
brings out skeletons In the Brown ram
ily. -, ,,o.oea,,gs
will he taken tomorrow, when Lawyer
William II. Randel. OF No. III Nassna
street will apply TO the Surrogate LOT
letters OF administration IN behah %
Mir Brown. IN order that II may De ue-
termined what interest his father the
iate William A. Brown, had In the estate
of Commodore Vanderbilt.
William ~ Brown was n ship-puilue',
who made a fortune ana name io'
himself In the first half OF thlS efh-
tury. Along In 1850 he retired. worth
80, 3, no go which was an immense
fortune for those days. lie was men
N wears old. and the enforced idieness
following a career OF unusual ACTIVITY
didn't agree with him. lie Determines
TO enter business again.
IT WAS \ FRIENDSHIP DEAL
we're neighbors, In the vicinity OF wash
ington Square They attended DIR. Housh-
TOMS church together. Mrs. Vanderbilt
and Mrs. Brown were fast friends. Inc
social intimacy led 10 business relations
They entered into an agreement lot a
steamship line between New YORK anu
San Francisco by way of Nicaragua.
The suit about to be brought is based
principally upon memoranda OF this agree
ment, as follows:
Said william A. Brown Is 90 run OF
cause 10 be run the ocean steamers IN
dependence and Pacific as follows be
tween the ports of san Juan del sun, IN
the Pacific Ocean, and the port or san
Erancisco seml-monthly: the said steam
ers shall commence TO run on or aDou,
ulv I. 1851, and continue TO run for hVe
years. 81,
The said Brown is now building at MS
wards. in New York. an ocean steamer Us
he named the Daniel Webster. TO take the
place OF the Independence.
Said Vanderbilt Is TO run good ana sum
Client ocean steamers between New iorH
and San Juan de Nicaragua, TO commence
July /. 1851, and TO continue to run pc
tween said points at least twice in each
month for five years.
The line TO be established as aforesaid
nv said Brown shall not be taken on MOI
in any way disposed OF without the con-
sent OF said Vanderbilt within the h'e
wears. Nor will said Vanderbilt discoh
tinue or dispose OF his line WITHOUT the
consent Of said Brown.
No partnership is designed by this agree
ment. but each party is to be Responsible
for the expenses Of his steamers.
THE ELDER BROWN HAD TO BoR'
ROW.
The agreement "a dated harch H. hei
A. that time Brown owned three fourths
of the steamship Pacific ana the whois
~ the steamers Independence ana sen
Bird, which were NJ that ume on the''
way 10 san Francisco.
Now according 10 the son who IL apou'
10 hiring suit against the Vanderbilt mil
I,ons the heavy expenses incurred In
h,,iIdiro these steamers and the Daniel
Webster embarrassed Mr.. Brown. ne
sought aid from Commodore Vanderbilt
vho indorsed notes from MIN 10 tns
amount of $4,000 and loaned him Jersey
Central stock 10 the amount or No,"o
taxing as security a bill Of sale OF 'h'
steamers. with the understanding tha'
when the money was repaid the st'aine''
were 20 be transferred back To Browh.
The steamers arrived IN san rranc'so'
IN August. 1851, and began running OF
-
erst trin from San Francisco 10 NsN
YORK was made In twenty-eight DAYS; NV
% seven DAVIS quicker than trips had peer
made up 10 that time. ..,.,ros,
The vessels did an enormous business
because OF this saving In time. me SOL
alleges that the earnings Tor the MS
80 were $4,000 and that this money
,vas sent by DIR. Isaac c. Smith. who was
the San Francisco agent OF the me. y
Daniel y. Allen. who was 'ahus'pIN
agent In Kew York. lie says .urth',
that the earnings OF the line olscnarssl
his fathers indebtedness 10 Nanoetph'
within three months. but tnat MS ia,he'
r.var had an accounting from Wander
hS,, II ia charged that Vanderbilt hel'
,ha steamers and the money, too.
VANDERBILT GOT THEM ALL
After the Nicarauga Transit COMPANY
was formed. Commodore Nanderoi''
transferred title TO the steamers u
Robert Schuyler. who sold the faein'
and Independence to the Niearasus
Transit Company, which was praencan'
owned by the Commodore. The state
rsnt declares that Brown never received
ANYTHING from the earnings OF tn'
s,eamers or the sale OF the vessels, ant
T,,rther that Vanderbilt took posses
s,or OF the steamer Daniel Web
ster through a collateral bill or saie- ans
unon payment OF claims against ne
amounting to 10000. He ran her. 1t u
said, and finally sold her.
The plaintiff In the coming SUIT TX
plains that shortly after his father Dor
rowed the money from Commodore Van
derbilt ne failed. and his assets wen
into the hands OF Zachary Peck az as
signee. The son says that when Com
modore Vanderbilt took possession o.
80 .kaa,,srs his father couldn't say