Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-27

Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth streets, ID
one of the show places Of town, while
just across the street are the homes of
such we'll known persons as Mrs. Ros-
Wen p. Flower, Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Jr., Mrs. w. K. Astor and
Hon. James j. Coogan, the president of
the Borough of Manhattan.
Ihe democratic club and the aristO-
cratic Buckingham hotel occupy the next
block, while just above are the residences
of General Thomas A. Davis. the Van
Zandt Lanes, the Leonard Jacobs, the
Butterfields and the Zeiglers. On the
same side of the street. in the next
block. lives d. O. Mills. Whose hobby is
building magnificent looking houses to be
occupied b the people of the slums. while
across the street from Mr.. Mills are the
magnificent twin mansions of George
\anderbilt and William D.. Sloane, which
have just been rebuff and made more
palatial than ever. William X. Vander-
bllt lives on the northwest corner of
tAfty-second street and on the next
block are the homes of DR.. William Sew
ard Webb and Hamilton Mckay
Twombly.
Just across the avenue live ex-Govern-
on Levi p. Morton, H. V. Newcomb and
Henry M. Flagler. William Rockefeller
lives on the next block and, next door,
Isl home of the widow of Calvin S,
Brice. the great railroad promoter. Among
the other well known society people who
I'VE between this point and the park are
Edwin Gould, the Brewsters, the Calla-
was, the kenps, the Cuttings, the Iselins.
the Peckhams and Mrs. Kingsland.
"A mirage OF many millions CLEANS over
the spot where Fifth avenue is crossed by
flfty-seVenth street. b ysimply turning
completely round one can see on each cor
ner a house that stands for multi-mil-
lions. the homes Of four men whose
n3nlnS hnvn 1npr hAn,, r..
successful flnanciering. On the northeast
corner is the magnificent home Of Her
man Oelrichs, a house that cost Mrs. Par
an Stevens. who formerly occupied it
S1ao,00o without furniture. On the north
west corner rises the home of the late
Cornelius Vanderbilt and it is stated that
II cost the railroad king S1.500, COO Before 1t
was suited to his taste. Across the street
from this magnificent palace is the mas
siNe residence of Harry Payne Whitney,
Mr. Whitlcy's house was IL Weddilg
present. given aim BY his father, William
6. Whitney and ii cost every penny Of
Woo. coo. On the southeast corner il the
mansion that Coils r. Huntington erect
ed because he desired to live III New
York about three months each year. Be
lore ms magnificent home WAS completed
it cost the railroad king fully So, 900, 900.
Summing up the total fortunes Of the
four families that live on these four co.,
- - - sale " say Inat the wealth
would aggregate not less thar $3.50. 900, 900
which amount is annually increasing by
leaps and pounds.
At the corner Of Fifth avenue and
SiNtieth street is the four story white
marble house Of the Metropolitan club, or
'Millionaires' Club" as it is more gener-
ally known. and it is at this point that
the new M~iliionaires Row begins. 10
give the names Of all the possessors Of
wealth who reside between Sixtiath straat
and the northern end Of the park would
be simply to reproduce several pages Of
THE Social Register, the little black vol
ulne that tells the world who is who in
New York. for here one may see Il long
line Of private residences. the occupant Of
winch IS worth at least q million. Among
the millionaires whose homes are locat-
"a along this t~horOughfare. however, are
the l5rokaNs, the Gilbcrts, Isador Worm
ser, the SheTaans. John Jacob Astor, Mrs.
William Astor, Colonel Oliver H.. Payne,
the Standard Oil nlagnate. Perry Bel