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Show Tim Winder!) lit lmte. Tlto Now York anu's llnauchl writer calls attention to tho fact that tho Van-dorbllts Van-dorbllts aro forced by tho natural of thoir weal tit to Imj preseners und In crcascrs rather than deslrojcrs of proi ert) , Tholr great poasesalon aro chU lly lu railroads and railroad stock and JjoiuIi, and It li to tholr Interest to keep all those properties pajln,; and prosper- j Tlto old commoiloro was tho only one who ran down railway values when he wanted to get possession of them. Ti. founder of thu fumily left V. H. so much weilth tint he tio eruetxleil to w- I petit this operation, and W. H. loft een moru to his children. Hnch of tbwo and theiu vrora eight of them Inherit. 1 I $10,003,000 ni Icco out and out. HiftUh -t I tlat thtro was nn undivided jiropr I of $100,000,000 Uft to tUomtnag mint I or his two sons, William K. and Cur I ullji, Thla yields uu lugomo not lu:a than ?10,t0,00') a ycir. This Income has to lai luvoaied anew, for Iho Vaudcr-bllts Vaudcr-bllts haoalreadyall they want for their peironal cxtviw. So tlto tat estate grows, gathering tip moru rnilwnja at d railway jiruptrtlos. It will bo Interesting Interest-ing to watch which of the two or three great milwoy syntems of this country will in tlmo gobblo up tho moat of tl;j roads In this country. |