The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-10

Estnte of q 1EfufoR ISfs 20 His Widow and
Daughtor-0nO BeQueSt to Charity.
The will Of James g. II stranahan was filed
for probate In the S~urrogato's oflce In Brook
lyn yesterday There were three codicils.
Tho amount OF tho estate 10 not mentioned.
but 1t IL said to DO o little moro than $1.000.-
600. Mr.. stranahan was the possessor Of 3.27o
shares Of stock In the Atlantic Dock Company.
valued OF 800 o share The Atlantic Dock
Company has paid 8 per cent. dividends In the
past. and 10 II expected that In the future. ow-
ing to 10 having been leased BY tho Brooklyn
Wharf and Warehouse Company. the dividends
will DO increased. Mr. stranRhan made one
charitable beQueSt. giving fifty shares Of the
Atlantic Dock Company stock to the Brooklyn
Sociesy for the Relief Of Respectable Aged In
digent Females. asa memorial Of his former
wife. Marianne Fitch stranahan. once first
directress Of that society.
Mr.. stranahan leaves to his widow. Clara
N. Stranahan. an income not to exceed 6 per
cent. on 1000 shares of the stock. All over
that amount was to 60 to his SOL. Fitch J. Stran-
ahan. and Mrs. Mary 8. ,Croxson. his daugh-
Mrs MIR d GFS1S S}Pbi0%T ho issue y e T sba %aio Il n MTs' q Sr9 fSa
Mary HHeivestie B. Dato6eT. The house on
ffife; MI, Strsnq6an sets aside the Income q
tSs eSdisll se &rs, s SR fni R1GiR e also % Sy rs Sss %
So Ali the s9 ot iSsn real 1a TEST estate fe a and ot3Ss e re also Of the
personal estate and 9 life interest In 1000
after the death OF Mrs. stranahan., Mrs. Crox-
son is also to have the Union street house. the
tsS frDBSSsD s aIso l sSTsss tb an9 1ict eSFTia g Sims MTi
and his former wife to Mrs. Croxson. II she
dies without issue her income Is to 60 to Mrs;
drSxsSn and $,66S9S more shares u { ME-; Srox;
sister Mrs. Mary s. Burehard. who has died.
receive 200 shares of the stock. but as she Is
dead 1t goes to her son. J. Strnnahan Burke.
William Z. Dana Of Avon; \; y. son q Mr.;
the estate, with Mrs. Croxson, is:t9 receive
$1,000 for his services as executor and also the
these bequests to the servants Of his household:
Philip Kelly s y Th Soi was 81 ht 60 sSafRe nTtSoI for thirty
saBHPF9G?h GE ed 1R5 Baafsel Eosss9se 3 k%RI aEfRs o E'ssiI[s =
gift, as she left Mr.. Stranahan's employ two
years age, to get married - =,
whhic as Mr. HrnE stra 8Sbasy was ifS yiSce-IPreEPIqaeSStt, Is Is
appointed. trustee Of the funds created by hin.
5 TSf t Rsif IIPss ogSd will Xas bes dated aa 5sl Of "a ct 1872 q:
1SD1, and the third April III. 1891. =
The Atlantic Dock Company was organized
by MIR. Stranahan in 1853. and he maintained u
large interest In this property until his late
Illness; The property Is located south Of the
vessel. no matter how large. can enter the
basin at all times. The property covers an
area Of about forty acres, and + lined on three
IL contains four large piers, besides the two
bulkheads which form the basin. Three OF the
Inside piers are covered and are 700, 800,
and U00feet IN length respectively. and p and
most extensive in this port The Atlantic
Dock has the reputation OF being the largest
seven elevators. Its frontage line Of piers
and bulkheads measures three miles. The en-
trance 20 the basin is 200 feet; Wide; The At
lantic Dock Company. was leased TO the
Brooklyn Wharf and Warehouse Company In
1896. Mr., .Stranahan held out against the lease
Tor several years, but as the Wharf and Ware
house. Company had secured nearly all the val
liable warehouses along the brooklyn water
front from Main street TO the Erie Basin, Mr..
Stranahan at last gave in and allowed the
Wharf and Warehouse Company to take in the
Atlantic Dock Company's property. The
Brooklyn Wharf and Warehouse Company ia
s0aDitalized at $~3O,UUO,OOO.