Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-23
ANTHONY POLLOk'S ESTATE
Inventory of Personal Property in District
Aggregates Sl,748,83022.
Holdings Are Principally of Bonds
and Stocks-List of His Rail-
road Securities.

An inventory Of the personal property
Included in the estate of the late Anthony
Pollok. the well-khown attorney of this
city, who met his death, with so many
other unfortunates. by the sinking of tie
French line steamer La Bourgogne some
time ago. off the Banks of Newfoundland
was filed today in the office of the register
OF wills by his executors, the American Sc
curity and Trust Company
Exclusive of his real estate holdings in
this city and elsew here, the value of the
estate is given at s1.74s. 5000 OF this
amount sl,266.5 05 is in shares of stock in
railroads and other corporations and $685.
$50 is in railroad and other bonds
The remainder of the total amount is
made up of household furniture, silver
ware and other belongings.
The estate is the largest, doubtless, that
has ever been handled in the office of the
register of wills in the District of Column
bia. The amount of personal property Is
greater than that disposed of or mentioned
In the wills of the late W. w. Corcoran or
b. II. Warder. who were recognized as
Washington's wealthiest citizens.
City Property.
In addition to the personal property men
TONED in the inventory, Mr.. Pollok owned
the Hotel Richmond. a fine brownstone
structure at the corner of 18th and II
streets northwest, and his own magnificent
residence at 1701 / street northwest, be-
sides much other valuable real estate. 1t
Is expected that a complete Inventory of
his entire estate will bring the total far
above any on record in the District.
The inventory filed today Is a bulky
document, and embodes complete list OF
all the personal holdings of the deceased
in this city. 1t is said, however, that he
has much valuable PR perty in Paris and
al Of E,IrOrn n 10 bonds
held by Mr.. Pollok the names of nearly all
the prominent railroads of the country are
mentioned. and the holdings are nearly all
above par. The total amount of bonds IS
$i5S, 40, held in the following corpora
lions: New York Central and Hudson River
railroad, Texas and Pacific railroad, Min
nesota and st. Louis first consol mort
gage. Lehigh and Wilkesharre Coal Com
pany, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy;
Union Pacific. Northern Pacific, Denver
and Rio GrInde, West Shore, Southern rail-
way. Missouri Pacific: Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe; Reading railroad. Metro
politan Elevated; Burlington, Cedar Rapids
and Northern: Fort Worth and Denver
City, Panama Sinking fund.- Erie Telegraph
and Telephone Company, United States,
registered; Metropolitan and Columbia rail-
ways Of this city, Equitable Gas company
Philadelphia; Richmond Hotel Company
Texas and Pacific second scrip
OF his 81 .266. 5O5 worth of shares of stock
vi
lows: 1900 shares Delaware, Lackawana
and Western railroad, par value sl3o,ooo'
market value s196,30O; 1,022 shares st. Paul
preferred, par value S1o2 200, market value
S16O 454; T69 shares American Bell Tele-
phone Co. par value SIC 800, market value
$216S5S; 1,075 shares preferred and 1000
shares common stock Northern Pacific,
market value S124, 1926; 765 shares Chicago
and Alton, par value $4,000, market value
SIPS %. Mr. Pollok's other holdings are
in the Western Union Telegraph Company,
Chicago and Rock Island railway, Omaha,
American Telegraph and Cable Company,
New York. Ontario and Western; Texas
and Pacific land trust, AS shares Capital
Traction Company, market value SD $50;
Washington Brick Machine Company, and
the other railroads mentioned in the list OF
bonds.
The inventory also includes the following
property: Real estate notes, appraised at
$1,000; household furniture, So 800. 20; wines,
SLAB; linen, 81 D.. So; pictures and paint
ings, s., SOC. 10; china and glass, S4S4; brio
a-brac, $1,572.50; silverware, SLICES; fur
niture in Hotel Richmond, $4,2lI.SI.