The sun., 1910-08-04
COL. Z. A. STEVENS RETIRES
OWNER OF & iSTLE POINT HOHE-
STEtD GIIFS TRTST DEED
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% New sssylas IN Carlsbad. Ger.
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4 dssl was rsooris Yesterday At the
Otfi0e of the Hudson county Register ot
oes h in Jersey Clty in which Col Edwin
4. Stevens of Castle Point. Hoboksn.
transferred all his real and personal prop
srty to Robert D.. L. lewis. Prank y.
Tainter. Edwin 4 stevens. Jr.. and
Lewis Ss-vsn- a. trustees. Col Stevens
V now a. Carlsbad. Germany.
The trust dee provides that the trus
tees are To- NEE, all interest. debts and
obligations Of the gran tor and shall pay
Col Stevens At least o.. eOo and not more
than ss.Ooo per annum In equal monthly
payments during his life and shall paw all
his III. insurance premiums.
After all debts ara dischargeI by the
trustees col. Stevens IL 10 receive s.u1O
a year and oue-half the net income OF tho
estate. and $1,000 is to be paid TO his son
BAyard Stevens with interest at per cent
from July /. 800, His other children,
Basil, Lawrence and Emily L.. will each
receive siO,OOo ~ they become % age
According to the provisions Of the deed
the principal OF the estate at ths death of
equal shares ~ there are children aud
children of deceased children. and the
shares will then he paid. except that the
apportionment Of the daughter Emily
will be- held in trust She will receive the
income during her life and upon her death
her share will be divided among her chill
dren
4 long ist of securities enumerated
in IN. deed a. being transferred 20 the
trustees includes ! ?3o shares OF the Ho-
boken Land and Improvement Company.
les shares OF the Hoboken Shore Road.
i.ess shares Of the HackensAck Water |
COMPANY. 20 preferred and 10 common
shares 10 the Stevens Hewitt Engineer
ing Company " New Work. VI shares % |
the First National Bank Of Hoboken. Is 4
shsres OF the Hudson Trust Company.
~ shares of the Commercial Trust Com
pany. 10 shares % the Trust Company of
New Jersey. shares os the Hoboken
Tr,Isi Company. I. .OOO shares Of the AIneri- |
can Investment and Security Company.
~ NlAIfH fI the NoFNOeAateEu Agency
Company II shAres of Canpbsll a 10. and
2j0 shares of the Ibsrville Lumber Com |
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Claims held by the Colonel include |
$3.50 Ono against tHs Stevens Hewitt En- |
sineering Company. tIs. O0O against Will |
lam l.. Stow Of New York city for monsy |
loaned. all claims against ths brokerage |
nrn OF Lewis \ vrsdsnburg of New
ork city and all claims against the Hotel |
Manhattan -, ~ West Forty fifth street.
Man haitian
Rufus &. B.ason of the law firm Of \
Besson. Alexander A Stevens OF HoLoksn
said q, his home in Hoboksn last evening
that the instrument was filed for record
by him for Rob-rt T. l.. evils Mr..
BessOn said lie did not know Col S'sv.nss
reasons for executing 'he deed.
4 friend Of Col stevens said in Hobo
ken last might that the Colonel was enjoy
ing good health, according TO the last
received from hun
!, was announced last June by DR.
Alexander & Humphrsys. president of
Stevens Institute of Technology. ia
Hnboken. founded 10y Col stevens
father that the institute had sscur-Sl sn
option on stevens Castle the Stevens
homestead az Castle Point. owned by
col Stevens He said that the institute
expected 20 convert IA. old mansion int
a -tIdsuts hall
col Edwin Augustus Stevens was born
ia Philadelphia ~ 1855 the second son 81
Edwin Augustus Stevens and grandS IN
ut John Stevens the steamboat builder
and Treasurer II N.w Jersey during the
Revolutionary war who bought Hobok-u
from the state ~ I7St Col Stevsns was
graduated from Princeton In 1879. and
although much % his time since then has
been taken up with managing the Stevens
estate and IT. various business enter
prse- h" has done much experimenting
and has perfected many mechanical
Inventions Hls chief work was the
designing ~ screw ferryboats. but he
has also worked on designs of high speed
steam engines and new mechanical tools
Col Stevens was consulting engineer
for the city " New York in connection
with ferryboat construction for the new
ferry and has acte1 IN the
Aame capacity for the I.nckaWanna Rail
road He has written frequently for
engineering papers and magazines and
he has the honorary degree of doctor 81
from Stevens Institute. He
has been vice president of the Society Of
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
He got his military title a. commander
u the second Regiment, New Jersey
Guard. which disbanded some
years ago
As DemOcra, 81 the Old school Col
Stevens has taken a keen interest in
New Jersey politics. He has been Park
and Gas Commissioner of Hoboksn He
was Presidential electOr in Isss and 1892.
md In isea be was o candidate for Repre-
sentative in Congress. but was defeated
In 1919 he announced himself as the
candidate for the United
States senate 90 succeed John y Dryden ,
md made an active canvass of the state. .
m which he condemned the use Of money
Tor such a purpose and announced that
ais campaign had cost him only o. SO
After the campaign he became III at
Berryville. Va. and for some time was
,t the point Of death.
Col Stevens was president of the