Show WHITNEYS Ettl mated to be at least forty million dollars new york marcu IS too astl mates 0 fortune are entirely low says ono who wa more or less intimate with the deceased traction magnate twenty millions wont begin lo 10 touch it in my honest opan fon whitney mada money aster for a few years than any other man in tho united states with tha exception ot abe standard oil beang when he went to as decre tary of the navy he was a comparatively poor man first ambition was but alter four years as of tha gayy ho switched oaf tempora rila at least and went afier money the death pi his an fn placed hani in 0 a capital ot and with tta t as a nucleus h started out as a promoter 0 great enterprises nia wag he touch of aldas everything turned to money lie haq astonished al bis own success one thing led tp another until he became conspicuous in scores of prosperous corporations hg controlled a great insurance compary and halt a dozen banks he dozens of ats friends into fortune and helped laor young men than any ten millionaires in the country I 1 believe whitney left at least his principal belr harry payne Is forbidden to publish an inventory of the estate so that we can do no better than guess at the size of the fortune money came in so rapidly that tac nearly swamped this modern croesus he spent it lavishly here and abroad just think of laying up a fortune of in twelve years |