Daily inter mountain., 1899-09-02
M|Ll|0NA|RES Of THE
'''''-' 1NENTIE7H n F CENTURY
THESE

GENERATION.

1t difficult to say who will be the rich
est man in the next generation, but it is
interesting to note where the vast for
tunes of this generation will go when
their possessors have paid their last debt
to the world In some cases this is very
easy, for several of the big millionaires
have already disposed of their property
and their wills lie safely in steel vaults
waiting for the day when they shall be
taken out and placed on file in the office
of the clerk of probate. In other in
stances it is not as simple matter to de-
eide who is to be the fortunate recipient
Of the millions that cannot be carried
across the Styx, but taking it all in all
1t is not very difficult to determine what
names will be synonymous for wealth
quarter of a century from now.
The young man who is heir to more
millions than any other person in the
country is John d. Rockefeller, jr. He
is still less than twenty-five years of age
and yat his entire life almost from the
day of his birth, has been a prepara ton
for the great responsibilities that VIII
devolve upon him at the death of his
father. Mr.. Rockefeller himself is a
unique figure in the financial world, for
tlere are few who find their pleasures
SO soberly. He is member of none of
the fashionable clubs and never goes to
the theater but on the other hand, he is
constant in his attendance at church and
spends his evenings quietly with his fam
lily.
Like his father, the young man would
have made an ideal Puritan. He takes
no interest in club or social life, but de-
votes his time to the cares of business,
to which he was introduced last winter,
keeping hours that are as regular as
those of any young clerk. On Sunday he
accompa anies his father to the Fifth Ave-
nue. Baptist church and in the afternoon
teaches a class in the Sunday school. "A
glance at the clear cut features, unac-
uuanted with dissipation, and at the
quick eye behind the gold-rimmed glasses
is sufficient to assure the observer that
the Rockefeller millions will not be vast
ed by the Rockefeller heir.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., would be the
logical heir of the millions of this branch
of the Vanderbilt family, but he is to be
cut off with meagre million or SO be-
cause he married against his rather
wishes: and today he is studying the
mysteries of locomotive construction and
is perfectly happy in his love for his mt
tla wife in spite of the fact that he has
lost more millions than thousand men
could earn in a lifetime. j.,
Today the younger son, Alfred is me
heir to the fortune Of his father, but ms
preparation for the cares of the vast
amount of money that will come to him
has been different from that OF young
Rockefeller. He has seen the gayeues OF
social life. He has known the pleasures
pany with three more prospective mil-
ionairea he is enjoying trip around the
world 1t is their intention to see every
thing and go everywhere and when ne re-
turns he will be married to MISS Elsif
French, who has few millions IN nsi
own right Young Vanderbilt is twenty.
three years old and was very popular al
Yale, graduating in the class of 80. ~
present he has no communication VIII
his brother, through no fault OF his own
but because the elder, son preferred t'
have nothing to do with him.
Another favorte of fortune who ha:
no reason to fear the future is William
X. Vanderbilt, jr., who is the prospective
heir to his fathers $l0o 1000, 600. Unllk'
Alfred Vanderbilt willie k as he il
than a student. He went to college bu
left it before graduation to marry MIS-
Virginia Fair, who was also million
airess. During his stay at college he dlt
not distinguish himself particularly II
his studies, but he took the college paper
which was on the point of bankruptcy
and by good management made 1t a pay
ing plant. That he has the head TO
business no onecan deny, and there i
no doubt that his fortune will be wlsel.
managed.
Although William Waldorf Astor ha
ceased to be an American, the assertion
of his son that he has not followed hi
father in giving up the country OF III
birth entities him to be regarded as on
of the American millionares of the mex
generation. He is still very youn
man, being only nineteen years of age
but the mind reels at the thought of tn
vast amount of money to which he vii
be heir when his father dies. That tn
bulk of this property will come to hir
there can be little doubt when one re
members his fathers affection for tn
life and customs of the old world. A
the present time it is estimated that MI
Astor is worth not less than 5000. .O0o, ,O0(
but what it will be when he lays it dow
it is impossible to estimate.
The Astor millions are not entirel
conferred around this newly acquired sub