The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-14
$12,667,206 LEFT
BY ISAAC Y. BROKAW
Entire Estate Goes to Widow,
Three Sons and q
Daughter.
LARGE STOCK HOLDINGS

0AAkU0 wv AOA>Oc
me estate q Isaac v. Brotaw. who
Ned 0spesmbsr -. 1913. has been ap-
psAissd at o~lo.eSf.ses sross and
0a1AIs,S So net. The estate wsn 70 his
ws1ov. MvarA Gould Bro,nw; he SOM.
osesys TuttSs Brokaw. Irving Brokaw
and Howard Crosby Brokaw. and his
aauShesr. Dlv4ra Brokaw MoNair. for
msgiy Nm. Carl Tsoher-Hanssn.
The deductions from the sross value
6 he estate made for the purpose Of
~ tyHnsfsr tax appraisal. consisted Of
~ following; DsotA siS,s7A; funeral
upsnsss. Sa.S+B; administration sx-
pe0ssA e11S. ooe. n oemmissions. s217.-
M Bresnws ssa,Gy holdins. which
semonseh . iArge part Of his estate. con.
ngesA Of the following: Sherry's. . to .
" West Ninety-seoond street, 3242.600 1
@AGe 0svsnty-ninth street, S%s5. 900 $50
1afah avenue. 100000: sS6 Fifth
uN $4,000, Bast seventy-ninth
UpcsA. oi76. 900 S7b Central Park West.
$4,000; 1880 Madison avenue. 362,600 A;
- Astor place. %6o.ooo. And fourteen
Usoals Of unimproved property in
W~e.schscter county ss an average Of
n. 1roSsw had cash amounting to
otee,iA7, and n Of his mortgages was
foe oeo.ooo on the property at SOC West
$NAsty-ssventh street. q by Carl
0ooh6e-Hansen and Nellie F1scher>Han-
80 A promissory note appraised ~
WosteA0s wa made by Tischer-Haneen.
- which 3S0.6Ss was due. Other
Dgo0issory notes were the following {:
Demand note by Rrokaw Bros. made on
yAnuary ~. 1919. for Sss.2so. on which
uAFy -, 1918. for Sss.2so; notes by
0visN Escher-HAnsen. between 1905
and 1914. asgrssasing 37s.ss6: two
noeso BY Howard Crosby Brokaw.
e3e,7ot: two BY Irving Brokaw, $S.732.
end notes by Lucille n. Brokaw. wife Of
tsvtng Brokaw. for e16,sSS.
Largest BsnA Holidays.
NJ 0rokaws largest bond holding was
~ $1,000 9 per cent. bonds Of Brokaw
1roa, appraised at par. $1,000 0.
Othsr large holdings were: Brooklyn
Unisa 0as 81. 800. 900: Jersey Central
u ut1.S1s: Chicago and Indiana Coal
Railroad %. &ll6.o00; Burlington a..
VtAsV00 ! AlDauy ouu CuoQuCituuhh rs,
ees.13o: Atchison -. $s+,75o; Central
tacino =. 3ss,S76: st. Paul 4s. S70,5oo
chicago and Eastern Illinois g.. $780,
81; Chicago, st. Paul. Minneapolis and
Omaha Go. $4,000 Erie 10. $l+0.s7o
ulinois Central a. $4,000; Long Dock
Company Ga. s122, 600 Milwaukee. Lake
Shore and Western Sc. $S1.1so: New
Haven q. Sl1s, $50: st. Louis. Iron
Mountain and Southern So. $lo2,oo
--Ay--A A--~ A. aoe Am
M. Brokaw held $500 shares Of
0rokaw Bros. appraised at 33s0.Ss5.
He also owned about $500, 900 In stand
erd OIL shares. Other stocks were the
following: 100 Brooklyn Rapid Tran
n. Se7, 800 500 Colorado Fuel n Iron.
eSS,7B0: 100 Consolidated Gas. S145.-
760; 1000 Delaware and Hudson.
o1BS 900 400 Lackawanna. $2ss.+0o
1876 New York and Harlem Railroad,
eSso.ieS 1875 New York Central. S7s.-
0e:; 1000 Peoples Gas Light and Coke.
S12i,36o; 1000 United Jersey Railroad
end Canal Company. $222.0o0; 1000
United States Rubber preferred. 1907
oSB 1000 United States Steel. $685.
oS0 Ol8 Fort Wayne Railroad. $13l.f4O.
Although the Brokaw estate commended
tAAe the value OF the Brokaw Bros. stock
was only Sl02 n share. the appraiser
found that the book value OF each share
Wa $3.50 n the good will Sass a
share. making the total $lls.fo' =.
Under the will Mrs. Elvira Gould
Brokaw. the widow. received a life in
forest In Fast ~Seventy-ninth street,
worth S4s5.000. and a lie interest in
1850 Madison avenue. valued at $62,5O0
She received also a life interest In the
personal effects in both houses, valued
at 32l,52s: life interest in $40s,+55
bonds and one-third income from the
1890. 900 Sherry property.
George futile Brokaw received one
third OF the Brokaw Bros. bonds. worth
Sl66,666: oDe-fourth OF the residuary
estate, Sl~,sl4,654; one-fourth of the
snare left to his mother upon her death
and an interest of $3s6. 7sS In Brokaw
Bros, the total being Sl.s+7.5o2.
Irving Brokaw got one-third or the
Brokaw Bros bonds, n life interest In
Ss5 Fifth avenue. $500 600 one-fourth
of the residue. the principal of the bonds
left to his mother after her death, $S7,-
1853, and three-tenths of the income from
Brokaw Bros. stock during the life OF
George T, and Howard c. Brokaw. sss.'
s2s, making a total Of $2.12l.0b1
Howard Brokaw received the same
share. Elvira Brokaw McNair go'
$3.50, 900 In cash. n life interest In bonds
amounting to $44,s2S. life interest In
East Seventy-ninth street and life in
terest in one-fourth of the residue.
stock Held for Life.
In addition s3,2s4.703 will be dis
tributed among Mr.. Brokaw's children
when the trust funds expire. The will
provided that the Brokaw Bros. stock /.
to be held during the life OF Howard ant
George Brokaw, when Towards family
10 to get two-ffths Of the stock outright
and Georges heirs n Irving each gel
three-tenths.
Other requests in the will were the
property at I East Seventy-ninth street
to a granddaughter. Elvira Julienns
Fiecher-Hanseu now Is years old, anc
$3.50, 900 to build "A residence there. Or
her mothers death she will get hel
one-fourth interest in the residue. She
also receives siO3.5 500. Josephine louie
Haight, sister OF Mrs. Brokaw. gets az
annuity OF $1,000, The New York ap
praisal does not include the value o.
Mr.. Brokaw's property at his country
place at Elberon, N. j.
The report of Appraiser Campbell
shows that Carl Fischer-Iiansen sueG
the Brolaw estate for damages on tn,
ground that Mr.. Brokaw failed TO keel
an agreement to make him an executor
under the will. The suit has been dis
missed and the estate got a judgment
against him for s32,307 or a counte
claim for money lent. Two OF his attor
news made affidavit that the judgmen
u worthless because he has no property.