The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-26

The win Of Richard Macintosh, by
which the disposition of property 10 the
amount Of about 500. 900 will be made,
has net yet been opened. When it is
to be opened and read has not yet been
determined. The executors. who are
understood to be Miss Blanche Mack
intosh, the niece of the deceased, and
Charles Read. have had no occasion to
hurry tho matter.
It is doubtful if any one outside of
these two persons can give an idea Of
the contents of the viii, and as they
have refused 10 say anything about the
viii till it is officially read, there is no
way of learning of the disposition Of
tho property. But the relatives of Mr..
Macintosh, who. presumably, are his
heirs. are known Unless he has be
queathed some of his property to other
persons or institutions, there viii be
about ten persons among whom his
wealth is to be divided.
These relatives are his sister. Mrs.
John Holl Of London, and her five or
six children, Miss Gibson, a niece who
lives in Montreal: Angus Gibson, q
nephew of Nevada. and Miss Blanche
Macintosh, a niece. Mrs. Hollis hus-
band was an East Indian tea planter,
U
is supposed to be in quite comfortable
/ circumstances Miss Gibson is the
daughter of Mr.. Siackintosh's sister,
who died many years ago. Miss Blanche
! Macintosh, who has been constant in
: her attendance upon her sick uncle, is
l the daughter of his brother, who died
| in the United States many years ago.
Value of Estate.
1t is difficult to detail the exact val
ues of Mr. Mackintosh's numerous real
| estate and mining interests, for these
are variable.
/ The Macintosh or Masonic building,
/ on the northwest corner of Second
South and West Temple streets, in
which he had his office, is conservative
7 ly valued at 10000 Then there are
/ several lots on the east side of West
/ Temple, between Third and Fourth
/ South. on one of which is his old resi-
! denCe. The new home on Brigham and
/ Fifth East streets has been put at d
I value of $4,000
/ But Mr. Macintosh was known par
/ ticularly as a mining man. and il is in
! mining properties that the bulk Of his
wealth lies. The value Of these is diff
flCUlJ to learn.
He owns fourth interest in the Hill
SIDE property at Mercur, which is not
now being operated He owns, too. one
third interests in each the Diamond and
Excelsior silver and lead mines at Eu-
reka. Nev. THESE are working at a
profit. Tn addition, he had a block Of
stock in the Ontario. the DAILY and a
good many other Utah mining COM
panjes, the exact amounts of which are
not known at this time.
Estimated at 100000.
The estimate of S200. GOO as his fortune
is probably conservative. 1t would not
be surprising to some Of those persons
/ who are acquainted with his affairs to
find the total considerably above that
figure. II is not believed that Mr.
/ Macintosh has left any large sums 70
charitable. religious or educational in
, | situations He was raised in the Scotch
= Presbyterian church. and he had dur
ing his life leaned in that direction. but
d those who were acquainted with hin
: are inclined TO think that he has di
. vided his wealth among relatives Tathe
than among institutions for which h
, ! felt sympathy during his early life.
o. There is very good reason TO believ,
e that Mr.. Read. who has been a stauncl
L friend of Mr.. Macintosh and Mis-
r I Blanche Macintosh his niece ar
Z named as executors Of the will and j.
u is also thought that at least Mis-
20 Macintosh and probably MI Read
- are named to serve without bonds