The sun., 1918-11-05
MORTON F. PLANT
PNEUMONIA VICTIM
Wealthy Yachtsman and
Financier Succumbs at
the Age Of GO.
GAVE 100000 TO BRIDE
Director Of InterborOugh
Rapid Transit Co. and of
Many Big Corporations.

Morton Freeman Plant. millionaire
yachtsman and director in many i'm
portant institutions died OF pneumonia
last night in his home, 1 East Eighty :
sixth street.
Mr.. Plant was the son of the late
Henry Bradley Plant, who left at his
! death In 1899 an estate worth ST. ,000,-
600. which increased during the many
years OF litigation following the fling
OF the win until II was estimated re-
Gently to amount TO moro than $4,000
900.
The elder Plant had n notable part In
the building up OF the Atlantic Coast
Line Railway and the Southern Express
Company. His son succeeded eventually
to the control of the major portion OF
| the estate, although by the terms OF the
original will he was left only life
annuity OF $4,000.
Morton Freeman Plant was &C. lie
was married on June %. 1888. to Miss
| Nellie Capron of Baltimore. who had
| studied architecture and had marked
talent In that direction. She designed
the handsome country home. Branford
House. at Groton. Conn. where Mr..
Plant passed much OF his time and
| where he kept in four great cabinets
the 800 trophies h. won with his record
| breaking yachts. The first Mrs. Plant
| died August I, 1913.
! Wed Mrs. Sarah Manwarins.
! A little more than year later. on
| August IS. 1914, Mr. Plants slxty-secs
ond birthday, he married Mrs. Sarah
| May Caldwell Manwaring. who had been
| divorced only a short tirhe from Selden
! y. Manwaring. manager OF a restaurant
in the Grand Central Terminal and
, member OF the Democratic executive
I 4lA - trite
II was reported at the time that Mr..
/, Plants bridal gift to his second wife
consisted of Ss,000,0O0.
| The old Plant home in New York was
at Fifth avenue and Fifty-second street,
but when the procession OF trade began
marching up the avenue he disposed of
the old place, and 1t Is now a Jewell
ler's esta adjustment. Following the sale
be bought from Bernard NJ. Baruch for
100000 the plot at Fifth avenue and
Elghty-sixth street, where his new home
stands.
Mrs. Plant. a son by the first mar
riage; Ensign Henry L. Pant, who mar
ried Miss Amy Warren, and Philip NJ,
Manwaring. stepson. survive him. Mr..
Plant was "A member OF the New York
Athletic Seawanhaka-C orinthian Yacht
Sleepy Hollow country, Manhattan. Au-
tomobie of America, Ardsley, Larchmont
Yacht and other clubs.
He was chairman OF the board OF d.
recto-s of the Southern Express Com
rectors OF the Southern ExpressCompany;
vice-president and director of the Chicago,
indianapolis and Louisville Railway Com
Peninsular and Occidental Steamship
Company; director OF the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad Company. and of the In
terborough Rapid Transit Company. the
Lincoln Trust Company. the Windsor
Trust Company. the Bowling Green
T-ust Company, tho National Bank Of
Commerce of New London and the Cas-
uaity Company OF America.
Owned Boston "HeraId."
His interests were many and varied,
and yet he was one of the men mem
toned in a recent review of millionaires
as 'men of whom the world knew little"
He bought in 1915 the Boston Herald
and the Boston Traveller for $500, 900.
and also purchased the New London
Telegraph.
His passion was yachting and he
was better known to the public as the
Commodore OF the Lachmont Yacht
Club and owner OF prize winning craft
than as man OF great wealth. In the
yachting field his fame extended over
two continents. At the age OF ~ he
owned a Catboat, and It was not long
belOIe ne DtSaH DNllulis ana
yachts He strove constantly to i'm
prove his designs and called in the
greatest yacht building talent in tho
world to aid him.
lie owned the steel schooner Ingomar,
which in one season entered twenty-five
} races and came of with nineteen prizes
The Venetra and 1olanda. both steam
yachts, were models OF their kind. The
Thelma, a power craft OF much beauty,
was another OF his possessions. The
Elena, schooner brought him his
greatest triumph. She defeated Alex
ander 8, Cochran's Westward in 1911.
after the Westward had beaten the best
yachts in German and English waters.
He repeated in 1913 with the yacht by
winning the Aston cup. and In 1913 won
both tho Aston cup and the Clark cup.
The funeral arrangements had not
been completed last night. but II was
announced that the in,ernment would
take place at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
New London. Mr. Plants financial sec
rotary said Mr.. Plant had been III ten
days and that he contracted cold while
going TO his office which developed into
pneumonia.