Ogden Daily Standard | 1913-08-06 | Page 2 | Brady's Wealth Equals Morgan's

BRADY'S WEALTH EQUALS MORGAN'S New York. Aug. 6. Although the provisions of the will of the late Anthony An-thony N Brady have given no Indira Hon of the size of his estate, unoffl- ial estimates are published here today to-day placing Mr Brady's wealth practically prac-tically on a par with that of the late J. P Morgan A former financial ad-v ad-v Iser tr Mr Brady is quoted as placing plac-ing his estate at $75.000. ooo, as a minimum estimate, and as adding that It might prove to be in excess of $100,000,000. A recent report by a Btate transter tax attorney made a semi-official estimate of Mr Morgan's estate at the same aggregate figure. $100,000 1 Mr Morgan filled a so much greater place In the public eye, however, than Mr Brady or many nth ers of great wealth that the reports of the Banly fortune being on a par with that of Mr Morgan have occaJ sinned surprise even In Wall street, where hc was best known Mr Brady's investments lacked the transient factor whhh made Mr Mor-l San s wealth so well known It ia j H;.irl that he had over j: oo,iino in tobacco alone. His holdings of BrookJ lyn Rapid Transit stock amounted to about $S, Ooo Ooo In mund figures In ; Tennessee and Georgia power prop-, ertles he Is said to have had InveatJ mi nl i on h J 1 o.i 1 1 o n n,j durlnj the last few y ears he had put h(B t ween 16,000,000 and 7 "on, into' Japanese lighting plants, especially u Toklo