The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1911-03-24

With Mr.. Moffat at the time of his
death was William G. Evans of this
city, who has been the mainstay of
Mr.. Moffat in his railroad building
and other enterprises for number of
years. They went to New York last
December to close up certain deals
connected with the Moffat road
The many enterprises with which
the name of Mr.. Moffat has been as
ISOLATED will go forward as If nothing
had happened. He left his affairs in
excellent shape. For several years
Mr.. Moffat has not taken an active
part in business; he left that to 9TH
ers. Thus, in the Moffat railroad
matters Mr.. Evans has had charge; in
the banking business, Fred G.. Mofsat
and Thomas Keely have relieved Mr..
Moffat of most of the cares: and his
other interests were in equally capa-
BILE hands. Mr.. Moffat left large
fortune variously estimated at from
$10.000.000 to $12.000.000 but this at
best is an estimate as Mr.. Moffat had
SO many enterprises so widely scat
tered. that even his closest friends
and business associates and lawyers
cannot make an exact statement of his
wealth.
The Moffat road, which was the
browning achievement of most &C.
tive life, at the time of its builders
death is in such condition financially
and otherwise as to ensure its COM
pletion. AS 1t stands it is more than
paying its way. Some years back Mr..
Moffat was relieved to very large
degree from financial responsibility
for the road. The banking house of
Hallgarten & Co., New York. that be-
came interested in the road as piece
of property of great prospective value,
took over the responsibility and fur
nished the funds, although at the
time of his death Mr.. Moffat con-
trolled the stock of the road. Railroad
interests which the banking firm rep
resented, believed to be the Hill-Mor-
gan combination. have been arrang-
ing with the Moffat representatives
to continue construction of the. road
and to build tunnel. These negotia-
lions will be continued as IL Mr.. Moi
fat had lived, as Mr.. Evans has rep
resented him fully for more than u
year in railroad business.
AS with the Moffat road. so with
the great banking Institution of which
Mr. Moffat was the head. Mr.. Moffat
has not been able to give his atten.
ton to the bank details for years and
he has been absent from Denver a
great deal of the time. His other in.
terests in Denver and elsewhere en-
trusted to chosen lieutenants. 1t
may be some time before the vacan
cies are filled in the number of com
panies which he headed. Generally
speaking for the last half dozen years
Mr.. Moffat has leaned largely upon
Mr.. Evans and has been guided by his
advice. From the time that Mr.. Moi
fat became interested in the Tramway
Company at a critical period in Its
history and in the history of Denver
With the years Mr.. Moffat came tt
look upon Mr.. Evans as the man &c
handle big affairs connected with his
interests and Mr.. Evans has worked
in the Moffat cause with rare ability
and tenacity of purpose. 1t has beck
labor of gratitude for one who hat
stood by him at time when hi
needed the Moffat strength behint
him.
Body Brought to Denver.
The body of the dead banker wal
returned to Denver on the Centur,
limited. and William G. Evans accom-