The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-13

provided that no should have tho portrait and
marble bust Of his grandfather. the Commo-
dore. while all the rest Of the household fur
niture and ornaments went to the widow for
life, to go attsrward to George W. Wander
derbilt. and after him 20 such son OF his as he
might appoint
Under tho seventh clause OF the will was
created Il trust fund OF SiO.O0O.OOO par
vatne In securities TO be equally divided for
: the benefit OF each OF tho testator's eight
children. The $50O0OOO in par value Of
manned securities thus set apart for Cor
neIlus was estimated to be worth at that time
So.15ooOO. The principal Of this fund goes
to the children OF the Iegstees In such pro-
portions as the lsRatees may devise. or in de-
!. fault OF a will. In the manner provided by law
Under the ninth clause OF the will. Cornelius
Vanderbilt and each OF his brothers and sis
ters received another $j0OO.ODO. par value. OF
specified securities. then worth S5.05OOOO. In
addition to this. william II. Vanderbilt left to
Cornelius $2.OO0O00 outright. and divided
equally between him and his brother William
r. the residuury estate. estimated at SiOOOO.-
900 William H. = total estate was estimated
at 1882 100000 The sums which fell to
Cornelius under the will were as follows:
Par.
specinsd legacy f.ooo,OoO b'65o.o0o
Share OF residuary estate 45.oOu.OOO
Total ....,,, Observation-Disclosures. s5s. 800 900
This wns 81 900, 900 more than went to Will
liam K Vanderbilt under the will. In add-
ton to this was Cornelius's contingent share
in trust fund which was created under the
will to provide an annuity Of 100000 for tho
widow. Mrs. william II. Vanderbilt was em-
powered to devise 100000 OF this principal to
whom she liked at her death. but the remain
der went back to the residuary estate. This
fund at its distribution probably added
81. 5O0o 600 to the fortune OF Mr. Vanderbilt.
He had received from his grandfather Com
modore Vanderbilt. S5.0O00Oo. and he had be-
fore that been considered n millionaire. as his
father had made him presents OF large sums
OF money. The alrrctions OF his unexpended
income since his fathers death in 1885 have
been enormous. aud though IL Is impracticablo
to estimate closely. there is little doubt that he
leaves much more than $1OO,O0O,0OO
Some idea OF tho interests he represented at
the time OF his death may be gathered from the
list OF com panies with which he was associated
He was president OF the Canada Southern Rail-
way vice president and director OF the
Beach Crock Railroad. president OF the De-
troit and Bay City Railroad. director OF the
Cleveland. Cincinnati. Chicago and st. Louis
Railroad director OF the Detroit and Chicago
Railroad. director OF the Dunkirk. Allegheny
Valley and Pittsburgh Rail road. director OF
the Hudson River Bridge Company. Presl-
dent OF the Joliet and Northern Indiana Rail
road. President OF the bennington and st.
Clair Railroad. President of the New York and
Harlem Railroad. President OF the Niagara
River Bridge Company. President OF the
spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad
director OF the Wagner Palace Car Com
pany. tho West Shore Railroad. the
West Shore and Ontario Terminal Com
pany the Toledo Canada Southern and De-
troit Railway Company the New York Central
the Battle Creek and Sturgs Railroad. the Bay
City and Battle Creek Railroad the Buffalo
Erie Basin Railroad. the Canada Southern
Bridge Company. the Carthage and Adiron-
dack Railway, the Carthage. Watertown and
Sackstt's Har Dor railroad. the Chicago. St.Paul.
Minneapolis and Omaha Railway. the City and
Suburban Homes Company. the Gouverneur
and Oswegatehie Railroad. the Jackson. Ian
sing and Saginaw Railway. the Jersey City and
Bayonne Raiiroed. the Kalamazoo and South
Haven Railroad. the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern. tho Lansing Transit Company. the
Michigan Air lime, the Michigan Central the
Michigan. Midland and Canada Railroad. the
Nohewk snd Malone Railroad. the Morris Run
Goal MiuinG Company. the New Jersey Juno
ton Railroad. the New Jersey Shore Line. the
New York-and Putnam. the New York Chicago
and st. Louis. ths New York Mutual
Gas ightCompany. the Niagara Falls Branch
Railroad, tho Niagara Grand Island Bridge
Company. theNiagara River Railroad. the Pine
Creek Railway. tho Pittsburg and Lake Erie.
the Pittsburg. McKsesport and Youghiogheny,
tho Provident Loan Society. the St. Paul and
Sioux City Railroad. tho Sarnia. Chatham and
Erie Railway. the Terminal Railway OF Buffalo,
the ToIedoand Ohio Northern Railway. and the
Western Transit Company.