New-York tribune., 1908-04-14
FORTUNE FOR ST. LUKES
GETS NEARLY S,3, 900 90
". ". Smith, 4rChitect, Bequeaths
Bulk of Estate to Hospital.

BY the will of William Wheeler smith, an ar
chitect of No 3 Wall street which filed on
Friday the endowment fund of ST. Lukes Hos
pitaI is increased yearly by the revenue on
nearly $4,000 900 worth of property i'm this city.
all of which will become the property Of the hos
pital on the death of Mrs. Smith. The large
gift seemed to have been overlooked at first, ow-
ing to the modest way in which the will was
filed.
The properties mentioned in the will are the
buildings at Nos. >. : and Wall street and NO.
Il Wall street both large office buildings in the
heart of the financial district. The former build
ing extends back to No 81 Broadway and is
valued at So. .JOO, 600, with mortgage Of lfoo-
600 The other building is valued at $550,OCo,
with \ mortgage of S30OOO0 In addition to
This Mr. Smith left three hundred shares of West
shore Railroad stock and his home at No. IL
West nth street which is subject to a mort
gage of $4,000
Bv the terms of the will $1,000 was left to
cousin Walter S Howell of Goshen, y. Y;
5000 to another cousin. John Miller Burt OF
Warwick y. V. and other bequests of SSVDo :"
family servants. The house at No. IL East ''th
street was left to Mrs. Smith. with all of the
contents TO do with as she wished, and yearly
allowance from the No. >. and { Wall street
property BY the provisions of the will the
revenue of the No. Il Wall street property was
to go for the benefit of the Association for the
Relief of Respectable, Aged and INDECENT Fe-
males at Amsterdam avenue and 1O4th street.
but this was revoked in codical TO the WILL in
which this property was to be added to the be-
quest to st. Luke's Hospital
In making the bequest to st. Luke's Hospital
Mr. Smith stipulates that the money be applied
Ito the care and relief OF needy convaescent
patients recovering from acute diseases and sur
gical operations and from these and other
causes requiring care and treatment not obtain
able in their homes and without regard to re-
lgious belief or sex" Mr.. Smiths attorney.
Judson B. Wilds. and the United States Trust
Company appointed trustees of the estate.
and they are given full right to administer it
to the best of their judgment.
At the death of Mrs Smith the property will
all go to St Luke's Hospital Corporation. if
it has been sold the money will revert to the
hospital In the will Mr.. Smith signifed desire
that if his wishes were followed out the plot
e tending from Nos 8. >. Wall street back
to No. 81 Broadway should only be used for
one building, and that it should never be sold
for less than $3.5O0.O00, and he was of the
opinion that the building should be sold to some
high class established corporation. bank or trust
company some interest facilitating such a
result as he desired. In regard TO his stocks
he expressed wish that they should never be
sold unless to buy equally high class stocks
yielding an income of $4,000
Mr. Wllds was not willing last night 10 place
a valuation on the property that will some day
become st Luke's Hospital. or say how much it
would receive yearly, but according TO the esti-
mates the whole estate minus mortgages is valued
at between S2,JOOOOO and $3.OOOOOO Mr. Wilds
gave no reason for his clients having by the
codcil cut off the bequest to the Home for
Respectable Aged and INDECENT Females. nor
did Mrs Smith.
Mr.. Smith was born in this city in 1888, and
entered the office of James RenwiCk a well
known architect, i'm 1857. where he remained
until 1861, when he went abroad To study at the
University of London. After remaining there
for eighteen months, he travelled the Con-
tinent, and returning to New York entered
business for himself He became well
known in the profession. His most notable
works the Collegiate Dutch Church at
Fifth avenue and 18th street which was dedi-
Gated in June. 1870, the college of Physicians
and Surgeons, the Sloane Maternity Hospital
the Syms Clinic and the Manhattan Building, in
Wall street.
Mr.. Smith married Catherine II. Brown and
save her. leaves no immediate family. He was
a member of the Union League and Crolier
clubs. the BibophiIe Society of Boston the
Museum of Natural History and the MetropoIi-
tan Museum