Show new a liew yorkers careless regarding wealth IN 0 0 4 10 HE recent panic served to bring to T TUB light in a striking manner too the carelessness of the average new yorker in regard to his money the largest institution in the city which was forced to close its doors after a run and Is now nt attempting tempting to reorganize Is seriously hampered in its efforts to get the sa sanction nelon of its depos igors for the plans mapped out because there are more than such depositors with deposits of more than half a in million ilion dollars who are lost strayed or stolen when the depositors committee began its work of securing consent for 1 the scheme of reorganization it discovered that half a thousand depositors seemed to have forgotten all about their money two whose deposits were over each wera war found after weeks of search and much expense and both were surprised to discover that they had this money on deposit since all record of it had escaped their minds that anyone should forget a matter of cash seems unbelievable yet the records show that more than GOO persons have done this in one case a now wealthy man had deposited in 1884 tind and bad forgotten nil all about it he was waa therefore surprised when informed that he be had nearly standing to his credit still further evidence of the new yorkers carelessness in regard to 10 money Is given by the fact that in the care of this ono one institution are more than accounts standing in tho the names of persons deceased who whose a families or executors have never evon ev a a obtained letters of administration in view of these figures it seems probable that many milion dollars are in new york banks whose owners havo I 1 forgotten about thera them |