Rich Men of Ne w York.
SrEA.KI.NG oE incomes, cx-Gov. Mergan's is estimated at $500,003 a year, Kussel Sage's rated at a million to a million and a half, while Jay Gould's in coma can not be less than a half dozen millions. To come down to smaller men, li, L, Stuatt lmi nearly a million a ye*r, while liobevt aud Ogdcn Gos-lct ate each rated at 5250,000. JRenuet is reckoned at^GOO.OOO, D. O. Mills Dqures at §250,000 tuultho Vandcrbilts (William K. and Cornelius) arc not much below him. 'Ihc estate of A. T. Stewart, iv Co. Las an .income of a million, which renders Cornelia S-cwart the richest widow in America. The Astora (John, Jacob, and William) aie (stinmted each st s. million s-lialf, while Win. H. Vanderbilt piobnbly haa live times ibat sum, ana yet nithin li\e minutes' walk from tbu place where iln.sje men live one cau iiud multitudes whose whole life la but a prolonged buttle with famine,
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Auckland Star, Volume XVI, Issue 3807, 21 October 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)
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162Rich Men of New York. Auckland Star, Volume XVI, Issue 3807, 21 October 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)
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