New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-02
J. D. Rockefeller, With
S5,OOO,OOO, Heads Per-
sonal List
No War Profits Figure
Schwab Assessed at $4,000
and T. Coleman du Pont
at $4,000

books Yesterday and made public the
tentative personal and real estate as
sessments for 1918. The figures show
n net increase in real estate assess
ments In the city Of $3.50, lS4.s23, with
a grand total of assessed real estate
valuation Of s7,7OO,552,l73. The final
1917 assessment roll was s7,570,367 $50.
The increase is distributed among the
FIVE boroughs as follows:
s4,719 ,6s2,756; an in
crease Of $50 1890, 100.
Brooklyn 81, 7O9, 49,, 35l; an increase
OF si3,61i, 500.
The Bronx 1924 1881; an increase
Of Sl7,359 450.
Queens s53O,4O4,21O; an increase Of
s2O,371.2 Ell.
Richmond ss2, 3OO,925; an increase
Cf $3.50 AGO.
The aggregate of tentative personal
assessments for 1918 was estimated by
the board 70 be s795,541, 500, an in
crease OF s376,3s5,380 over the final
figures for 1917. The largest personal
property valuation is that set on the
holdings Of John ID. Rockefeller IN THIS
city, which are valued at 100000.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, sr., is as
sessed on 100000 personally and
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr, lot
like amount. George Ehret, the
brewer. Is down az having personal
property worth 100000 while Ebert
II. Gary, chairman of the board OF di-
rectors of the United States Steel Cor
poration, is listed as possessing s2Oo,-
900 worth.
War Profits Not Shown
War profits 90 not show on the tax
books. Charles N. Schwab, munitions
magnate, is assessed at slls,OOO, while
all the personal property in this city
of T. Coleman du Pont, gunpoWder
manufacturer, could be bought for S2o,-
900 in the belief Of the tax commits
sioners. Daniel, Isaac and solomon
Guggenheim, all copper kings are
assessed at $4,000 each. j. 7. Morgan
and Henry P. Dawson, one of his part
ners, paid taxes here last year, but
swore off this yeG-, claiming residence
in Nassau County.
Chauncey VI. Depew is assessed at
slOO 900; William X. Dick, at 500 600 !.
Lindley VI. Garrison, ex-Secretary Oh
War. at $4,000; James W. Gerard, for
mer Ambassador to Berlin, at 30OVOO;
Adolph S. Ochs, proprietor OF me
New York Times" at S25,OOO; william
Randolph Hearst, at $4,000; Bayard
WELLER, the playwright, at $4,000; Mrs.
Lucy c. Whltridge, wife Of the late
president Of the Third Avenue Railroad
Company, at $4,000, and Jacob h.
Schiff at 81 100000.
Others assessed are Miss Anne Nor
gan. $4,000; Mrs. Frances L. I.
Morgan. widow of J. P. Morgan,
100000; George F. Morgan, 500 1000;
Ogden Mills, 100000; Alexis &. Oster-
moor. 1920 900; Herbert l.. Pratt. $780,
900; Henry W. Putnam, jr, 100000;
Sophie G. B. Untermyer, sl50,OOO; Sam
mel Tntermyer. $4,000; Cathleen g..
Vanderbilt 100000; Frederick W.
Vanderbilt. S320,0O0; Louisa A. Van
derbilt. 100000; Margaret Z. Wander
bilt. sfOO 900; Reginald c. Vanderbilt,
500 900: Paul NJ. Warburg, 100000;
Harry Payne Whitney, 100000; Ger
trude Y. Whitney. 100000; Helen Hay
Whitney. Sl25,000; Frank ". Wool
worth. 100000; John ID. Rockefeller,
ir. $500 900; Clarence Rockefeller,
500 600; William Rockefeller. $780,
900; Mrs. John d. Rockefeller, jr,
S1O0 600: Frank Munsey, $4,000;
Thomas F. Ryan. 100000; Mrs. Rus
sell Sage, $4,000; Nathan Straus,
S3O800.
The late Isaac y. Seligman. who was
killed by a fall from his horse Sunday.
X on the tax books for an assessment
on personal property worth $4,000.
De Witt J. Seligman is assessed at
$4,000 jefferson Seligman at $780,
600. and Julie Seligman at sl50,Oo0.
Great Payne Estate
The largest single assessment IS
that levied on the estate of Oliver Il.
Payne, which is valued at SlO,OOOOOO.
Valuations set on the larger estates
we're as follows: Estate of Francis l..
Leland. $4,000, 900; Richard 7. Wilson,
$4,000 900: William Barbour. $1,000
GOO: Joseph II. Choate, S2,25O,OOO;
LLOYD s. Bryce, s2.000,000; Mary ,.
Bierstadt, s2,OOo,OOO; Henry Bendheir1'
s.. 600 ,0000; James Buchanan BRADY
100000; Jeremiah ". Curtis, sl,OOo,-
900; Sarah J. Keene, sl,0OO,OOO; Seth
Low, 100000; Amy Gallatin, sl,ooo'-
600: Edward Milius, $1,000, 900; Frances
T. Lord. 100000; Nathaniel Hath
away, 81 100000 John A. Weser. 81
OOO. 1000; James b. Haggin, S424,lOO,
and Mrs. Frank Leslie, siS5,O0O.
The tax books show that Queens
leads the other boroughs in the num-
Der of new buildings taxed, the num-
Der erected there dur ng the year be-
ing 1866. Brooklyn is next, with
3.277; Richmond third, with 9O3; Inc
Bronx fourth. with sic, and Manhattan
last, with $50.
The real estate tax books VIII De