Show MEN WHO OWN CITIES where ground landlords lot is a happy one just about twelve months ago there was a very distinguished party assembled at one of the principal hobteld in I 1 dublin to celebrate the coming of age of lord herbert alie eldest son of the earl of pembroke who is the ground landlord of the greater portion of tha south of dublin the pembroke estate lies in the wealthiest portion of dublin and many of the thoroughfares are called after their popular owner such aa herbert street herbert place pembroke boad place or wilton place it ia in the last named locality the pembroke estate office a large imposing red brick building is situated though lord pembroke derives a very substantial income from his dublin estate it is not as largo aa many people imagine for dublin rents do pot run into very big figures compared at all events with renta in mothr big towns no house in dublin even in the wealthiest and most fashionable quarter bould fetch at lh more than 1250 per annum ari plenty of houses in good such As herbert street wound easily b secured for COO per annum the marquis of bute is probably the most absolute owner of tower property in england for tha chols of cardiff practically belongs to him the bute family made cardiff and whatever income the present marquis may derive from the flourishing town ia but inter sac on the million expended by his on ita development alic grandfather of the present young mar quis expended ahree millions on building the bute docks which arc baid to be the alnett in the world few men give away their property especially when it is of such a valuable nature as lie land about cardiff but the bute family presented cardiff with acres of land now known as roath park which ia magnificent public recreation ground alie extent of land covered by the town f 5 jut acres that 5 including the of aaton harborne Edg basto and bakall heath many years ago A family named hanon possessed a great portion of these now valuable lands nad onnel bit fit the maat i occupied ht hv the wealthy resident of the land however ha lon snap Tia sd out of the cifton famila and tord dudley ia probably prA bably tho wealthiest landowner in at the hon henry hilr is iora of th emnor of a anre part of and whan tte itin lae fallin fd llin he or hi will come in for a fione idea of thi kilup bif land in bradford mav be capt fraim th fact elal when tir vas by the frodi r K C lia Li 1 ha api livid il for arp fe vendol oniris fiam bondon in owned by tyvr people af N ird f f t salisbury the duke of westminster alie duke of bedford lord cadogan and lady bolsover between them own corp morp than half the ground rents of london lord Salis burys estate lies chiefly in the strand east end and city whilst the others mentioned own nearly all the west end A great deal of property by the way in london that be longs to lady bolsover is often arrone bously supposed to be in the possession of her nephew the duke of portland to individual enterprise many towns 1 I course owe their existence reading was created by huntly ancl halmers palmers the london railway company are responsible for crewe and hull owes its modern de f to the shipbuilding industry of the wiliona wilsona Wil sona norwich would feel perhaps insulted to have its origin attributed to mustard for it is one of the oldest towns in existence but the fact fifty years ago the population of norwich was ies than and since sir colman started the mustard industry it has reached over |