The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-27
NOTED F|NANC|ER
ARRIVES IN ZION
Jacob II. Schilf and Party So
journing Here on Way
to Japan.
CROSSING THE COUNTRY
ON A SPECIAL TRAIN
Trip Has No Business Signili-
canoe; 1t Is Merely for
Pleasure.

Jacob II SchiG. the wcll-known hnan-
cier and associate of John d. Rockefeller,
and Il party of relatives and close friends
in the money world, bourd from New
York 10 Japan, arrived in Salt Lake City
Mt noon Sunday. The party is travelling
on a special train, accompanied by q rcti-
nue. of servants, and will remain in the
city until noon today, when 1t Will so TO
Los Angeles. by way OF the Salt Lake
Route
Personnel Of Party.
The Scnln party ia made up OF Mr.. and
nest II. Schn OF Frankfort -Cr-thc Main,
Germany, nephew and private secretary OF
Hamburg, Germany; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
5. Heidelbo IA OF Paris. France, and Mr..
and Mrs. Neustldt OF New York. Mr..
badgc Is a pEc;ninept figure In the ilnan-
cial circles OF Hamburg, rs is Mr.. Neu-
stadt In New YORK, being closely identl
fed with Mr. Sclin Mr.. Heidclbech Is
cles OF Paris. ard is heavily interested In
one of the big banking institutions of
New York City. He is n New Yorker by
birth but has resided IN Paris for sCv-
eTal years.
Special Recital in Their Honor.
Upon arrival n Salt Lake tho party
WAS met at the oregon Short Line depot
president and general manager OF the
Oregon Short Line. The members OF tho
party were escorted to the knutsford
hotel. where suites of rooms had been
engaged. Following luncheon they at
tended services at the Tabernacle, at the
conclusion OF which the men Of the party
Bancroft. For the benefit of the vls-
itors Prof. Mcclellan will give n special
musical recital at the Tabernacle at $50
o'clock this morning. The members OF
gers in Salt Lake. each OF them having
visited here once or twice before.
Has Many Interests
Mr.. Schin has recently come into rrcat-
er prominence through his work IN aid
Of the Jews In Russia. and is widely
known in the financial world. He is tho
senior member OF the banking firm OF
Kuhn. Loeb Co. of New York one OF
the largest private financial institutions
In the United States. Until recently he
surance society. Al present he is a Gi-
rector OF the Union Pacific railway, the
Western Union Telegraph company, The
Morton Trust company and the Northern
Securities company, as well as a host OF
other big financial organizations Mr.,
Schln Is less than sixty years Of aye.
He is short and corpulent. with gray hair
and gray chin whlskers.
Rockefeller Not Along.
When seen by representative OF 7he
seems to have gotten out that Mr..
William G, Rockefeller and Mr.
James Sttlman are members OF cur
party. II Is entirely wrong and j cannot
understand how such a report became
circulated. The party Is merely made
up OF a few personal friends. my wife
and my nephew.
Going to Japan.
I'VE are on our way TO Japan, for n
short visit OF about six or eignt weeks.
We will remain in Salt Lake until noon
Monday, when will go to Los ADge-
les. thence to Santa Barbara, and thence
TO San Francisco, from which city we
will take n steamer for Japan. We in
route"
For Pleasure Only.
When asked II the present trip through
the West and to Japan had any business
Significance, Mr.. Schin replied
"No-business VIII not enter into our
trip in the east 1t Is merely for pleas
urc purposes. | have arranged my af-
fairs In New York In such a manner as
to permit of vacation and l mean TO
use the time in pleasure and recreation"
Familiar With Salt Lake
Mr.. SchiT explained that he cid not
care TO give any thought TO business, and
declined to talk along that line. He also
refused to talk OF the relief work among
the Jews OF Russia. When asked what |
he thought OF the changes in Salt Lake
throughout the Western country, he said |
II have visited Salt Lake several times |
/ am familiar with the railroad improve
ments that have been made here and |
those that nrc contemplated I should |
say that II is apparent that the city IS |
sharing In the great wave OF prosperity |
that the country Is experiencing: this |
seems apparent.
so far as | can observe the same may |
be said OF the entire Western country. |
The great amount of railroad building |
that Is being done makes this clear All |
reports that have reached me from the |
Western country have been OF the most |
ginS character which OF comrsn