| Show THE WORLDS RICHEST MAH MAM II 11 Vander blim Flor timo worth 0 nw new X enang at the beginning of every year mr h 1 r aff y 11 II van makes it an invariable i n y a bable custom to take ta kd a careful inventory of his ilia immense property his strong boxes arc are then opened their contents counted counte dand and from the total thu tile for the year is reckoned ju in january 1 1 he lie told an intimate friend who had dined with him that day that ho be was worth 1 I believe I 1 am said sald mr fr vanderbilt der dor bilt the richest man nian in the world in lit england the duke of westminster is said to be worth but it ia mostly in lands and antl houses it does not yield him two per cent A year 1 from rom bowl now shall rhall be worth more than and will have an income i in equal to six per cent on that amount when n hia his talking fit had left him the modern midas adz repented hia his hasty speech and asked that it be not reported claiming his words were but boastful and his wealth exaggerated afew A few days lays ago aga sir vanderbilt sent some papers to a gentleman with whom lie he had business relation on looking them over dver the recipient was astonished to find the rough az i draft of u memorandum iu in tho the C azars czars r s peculiar handwriting it was dated january ir 10 1884 aud and was evidently his last balance sheet which ch by overs oversight tight had been folded inside another her capr poll r of course the secret could not be kept and the figures readied reached that journal an error or two may have crept in on their travels but in substance they tell the following fal lowing mr vanderbilt has registered in his name and in coupon bonds in four per cents maturing in 1907 lie ile has lately added to these sa in three and lf per ceno and yet retains a trifle over in six per cents tho the four per cents are worth and the market balue of hia ilia governments today to day is but the bulk of the wealth of tho the king ling of millionaires ii invested in railroad L securities lie ile holds 2 10 shares of michigan central stock of ern including I 1 nc luding of the preferred stock and mud a blockoff omaha shares of lake shore and shares of new york central besides this are smaller smaller 11 amounts in a score more of other stock stocks among which are island of I 1 which he had shares and lackawanna where the gotai total was of the oth others em ho had in all a grand total of 9 shares of stocks of Or various railroad bonds there was an aggregate of and of state anil and city bonds in ill miscellaneous securities manufacturing ring stacle and mortgagee the sum of was to be invested reckoning koning at yesterdays bricea the value of 11 mr r Vander bilts railroad stocks ii is of his govern his rail rails road bonds of hia his other securities a tr trifle eifle over the aggregate is the czar puts deava an item of real estate etc SS in this 13 is included hu his fifth avenue man mansion vion w which aich with its furniture and contents cost coet nearly dearly or quite ilia ilis magnificent art gallery with ito it gems from tho the best modern master represents rc almost the estimate being behig that ofil local ur who is faluin aar with the gallery his tables on street mccu occupying ying one odthe of tho most desirable brilling bu building illing sites in th tho city ci LY represent while the oli moquino tino there luxuriantly lodged thero there would not be disposed of for aa as much more maud laud S would bring at a forced sale and her owner would not dispose of her for any price J early jarly hose rose and Al aldina dint are alao 1100 held above price the czar can take life comparatively easy MY on all an aneo income me of a year and watch his ills wealth pileup pile up without any elbrt of liis his prom front ilia his governments he be draws a year from his railroad stocks aud and bonds from his bis miscellaneous securities or 6 from ili ills investments alone thus every alay day tal they aey cam for him 28 every hour sees him 1180 59 richer licher and every tuil minute lUter means added to his hard heard batides betides thia this ho he calculates calou lates to make malte a year by fortunate baled ilis tv reinvest m vestments menta lat last year he be calculated did this thia this rich man livos well but not lay ihly last lat year his ordinary expenses expense s he ile stated recently were it nr aver in it thu this is not included tuch luxuries as hia his greal great ball OB oil which he expended 8 his attire is modest and anti does not indicate indica te a cromus by any means mr too altous although richly is by no means ex traV her diamond cost her lord since mr ir vanderbui made ou out hii his balance sheet itolle changes have been made in his investments veat ments he ile has dis disposed pel p el orsome of his lake shore stock last week a firm of his brokers alesius Ale sirs barton davis 31 miller iller were large buyers of rock island taking in in one day 30 egares since then it hag has not been beert possible to dispose of f any quantity of this except a nt t considerable concessions in his michigan lic higan central corner he altered also the figures of this stock the change is mere merely y an hi creace of hii bil hi i holdings holding 3 of mil railroad road sec securities U cities altho expense of hia his loans and surplus income for the he t czar doce does not keep keet a large bank account everything must boar interest lie believes beli evee |
