Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-07-22
WEALTH OF NEW WORKERS.
One Hundred and Twenty-Four Per-
sons Own Nearly Half the Realty.
The fifty-six great volumes contain
ing the tax records Of New York city
have been open to public inspection the

Inc HIly six great NoluueS COuCalQ-
ing the tax records of New York city
have been open to public inspection the
last week-according 10 law.
The TAX deparl ment records bear the
titles OF over 10000 pieces OF real es
tate, held by about 10000 owners.
Twenty persons own 100000, 900
worth of real estate on Manhattan ISL
and; ninety-seven other persons own
nearly S200,000,0 900 more property. The
tax department books show that 124
persons own over one-third of the en-
tire real estate in New York. While
the real estate of New York city is as
sessed this year at $1,7S7, 1856 791, the
personal property taXed-that is, the
great fortunes owned in New York in
stocks, bonds, mortgages, ETC.
amounts to only 1891 ,449,0 65.
The most valuable single lot in New
York city owned by an individual is
the new Astoria hotel property at
| Thirty-fourth street and Fifth avenue,
which is not yet completed. 1t is val
ued by experts at $1,000 600. The most
valuable single residence in New York
is Cornelius Vanderbilt's, at Fifty
seventh street and Fifth avenue as
sessed at $4,000
The smallest lot in the city is owned
by j. Connell 1t is situated between
Giles place and Fort independence
road near Boston road, in the annexed
district. 1t is valued at 81 by the tax
commissioner and is assessed for 2
cents taxes. His lot is about one foot
square-big enough for fagpole and
nothing else.
The estates of William II. Vanderbilt
heads the list of personal assessments
at $4,000, 600 Formerly this distinc-
ton was held by the Gould family.
whose estate has been recently ap-
praised by David Mcclure at $73,615,-
ALB. The appellate division of the SUI
preme court has affirmed the report OF
Appraiser Mcclure, but when the tax
commissioners decided that Mr.. George
Gould ought to pay tax on only &c.,
100000 that gentleman found refuge in
Lakewood, n. ].
The four richest women in New York
are Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard. Mrs. w. d.
Sloane, Mrs. w. Shepard Webb. Mrs.
Hamilton Mex. Twombly. AS benefi-
Charles OF the estate of Commodore
Vanderbilt these women are rated as
being worth $1,000 900 each in their
own right. Mrs. Croker, Mrs. Brad
ley Martin, Mrs. Arson Phelps Stokes
and Mrs. Sophia Furniss each have
personal fortunes estimated at 10000
600. Mrs. Henry o. Havemeyer, Mrs.
Elbridge T. Gerry, Mrs Orme Wilson,
Mrs. Robert Winthrop, Mrs. Herman
Oelrchs and Mrs. w. Aston are ac-
counted worth from $1,000 900 to S.
900. 900.
So large is the number OF rich men
who do business in New York and live
at convenient towns near here that one
train on the New York Central. which
usually bring these men into business,
is beginning to be known as the billion
dollar express. II leaves Croton Land
ing every morning at 7:44 and arrives
at the Grand Central station in New
York at S:35. At Scarborough the
Rockefellers get on, at Tarrytown the
Goulds, and so on at Irvington and
Dobbs Ferry, the last stop, until a bill
lion dollars in money is represented by
it's passengers.