Wealthy Men Of New York
Probably no city in the_ vrorld ontlide of London aid lJans (sap the Wall Street Datiy JTews) can bliow as much private wealtU as tfaa city of New York. ïlw riohest man m England at tiio present Uaw is the Duke of Wostininiter, whosa iucoms irom Loiúlou property alone is estimated at L100,uo0. Hia vural land estáte yields sjnie L100,000 more. llis total income from real and personal estáte aniégate about $8,5OO,UU0 Greatas Uthia income it does uot come u to the inoome enjoyed by John Jacob A.v and William 11. Vaudcrbi.lt, New York's chief iniüiüiian-cs. The Ast or tortune, at present real estáte valu, is estiinated at not leas t han sioo,uoo,ooo, whilu Mr. Vanderbilt repi-#enta tlie largeat accumulatioa of private wealth in America, ano. W ve.u-ly income oxcoedá 4j,OJO,OJO. JiiyGüuldnow ranke higti amoQr Now York niillionaires. lic is estiaiated at 25,000,000, :uid feida t:ur, if he lives leu or fit'toea years lougW", W doublé Lia preseut, fortune. Edward 11. Gk-een ropveaeats anotiwr ereat railroad fiwtuuo, estunated at Sver $0,000,000. Ea is the chief o.vner in the great Louisville and Nashville coiiibin.itiou, ;uid is saia to praciically control tliac raad. Henry i;i,„„ ,-.,,. Imsaiolv nut down 000,uoO. In April, 1ö76, Cornelia, H. Stewart, widow of the late A. 1ötcwart, ttansftrtod to Mr. Hiltgn aLL her interest in the firaa ot A. l.btevfaia & Co. Wise iuvestmeiiLs made áuring the poriwl of deprewion hare, it is s'aid, re-aly swoüon:.lr. ihlton's wcalih. liösidasthevrQll-knovramen ol" wealth at the haai of ouv Knickerbocker fumilios, uuch as the Bhinslindurs, llaniersleys, Sohorine-rUoms, Sicvenses, Louoxos, etc, all represent. inz vast landed esta tos ia tUis city, wehaveftgreat uumbor of minor uulUoniM-e, woi-th lrom Sl.OJO.UJO, to $,',000,000. That numcrous bat decrcasiiiií class of mtmbiniuúiujs wm Üieir Ieamed leisure to the collecfing ol posLii" Btamps niay bo iMteroated i" fcuowuig that tliere are aboiH six. thousauü dillenuit descriytioiM ot such tilinga iu exiatouco. ,. LUe Í4seuin of tiie Berlín l'ost CJmce aloiw ooiitaiaa ween tour au 1 uve thousaml spuciiHOiJS, of wliieh half are trom Éüurojjo, aud tho reiuüu Lordivi iua betweon Asia, Airiea, Aineriea,aud Au-iti-üia. Öoino of the stamps, itappears ooata uL'anui and tiuiüi' eiuolems, iinuai'ti illy borro woi l'rom Lhe heav6U8 aUovo, tlie cirlU bene itll, and the waters uudw the e.u-th- stars, eagles, lions, tiorse3, serpeuts, riüw.iy trams, dolphill8,aud Wild fowl. Thcre are the efflgies of live einperors, eigntoon Kiuga, ün-eo queons, ouo gnin-l dulce, sevvrul Lufeiiur titiod rulors, aud many I pi'osidcuts.
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