PARK FOR NEW YORK.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 711, 10 January 1910, Page 5

PARK FOR NEW YORK.

;S yl; FROMJMRS./HARRIMAN.; "■ ■>.'..' ; , EMBRACING FIFTY MILES'OF, THE. .■,:;;;^V. ; otds6n's ; banks. '-- : 'f '■■. " i . ByTelbirraph-Press Asaodatlon-CobrriKlit; *:>■ ,>,.V(Rec. January 9, 5 'p.m'i; .'■'■ . :- ;..■■.'.'■■ ■■: '■"'"; Now s York,-, January b.'-v-,, ■Mrs,; Harrinian (widow' of the 'late Mr. E... H. (Har'r'i^^^ has given 10,000 acres for a .public park for .New. York,;witb >£200,000 for;its: up-kMpV;-;'.-':':">f ■.-.•'!::-'. : .'.'■'''.'■'!:\—-'.""''V" ■-../'•'";':, ; 'Other .millioriairos in/the State ..of'New york';have ''raised; a .'further;: sum':.'of. >G6bbjOOO .to make-.thfpaik tho,finest .in 'the" world;-v.:-..'-''..; v' •'.;■'- '■'.''■'.'■-. : 'i';'y .y'-' :'■'■■■: >l It ; :will.; extend; for. 'fifty miles along tb6;banka;.oi .the. Hudson .River.- '■ -,'.' ;.''' :■' -Mrs.:E.-HO-Harriman,'who by-her husband's'.: will:onters upon;a heritage, of train :1 jei5,000,000- to'' .£20,000,000,; and: becomes>thd''richest/widow: inVthe worldi joins,:?,; rapidly-growing; group, of '. women ,wh6:.con.trols enormous wealth. -.':' :. .. have, left' .only.daughters to.inhfrit,,.with.the result that-the proportion of v/om'eii who' can write a'/cheque; representing; the salary of ; :n.;wholo : Cabinet,without feeling appreciably the ..poorer, ;has : greatly increased.'-.'.'■ ; :flie.-fortune-inherited ■-' by the > Into' Barorioss: Burdett-Coiitts, who-.was hailed as a/ffem'alo;Croesus'- by-tho eirlyi.Viotorians, 1 and ; 'for';long: : 're'maihcd ; 'th"e wealth■iest .among..wbinen,v '.-was ■,modest.'..when compared..with' some' of'the vast acoumulatiohs'held!:by!'the following ladies of to'day:—: ,:'i v ."-.;'-. yv- :;-:"..".'■.' .<■■■■■.:■■,■'.'■: ■■: :Mrs.:Jßussell-: Saae^.;;.;;:...;■:.-;iei6,000,006. -Mrs.; Annie-VVejghtman.Wal-.:': ~•■■-, ■^■•Jwr. H .jei6,ooo,ooo: : irau . Ki'iippj'von- Bohlen-' ; ,-' ,ir H -^ : ' ; '■: '.£18,000,000 .'Mrs.-;. Hetty.; Green;;.;:...;;_....,;-.. ,£8,000,000 Murchiphess; of -...Graham..^....:. 4 5,000,000; Duohes3.,of ..Roxburghe ........ ; .£4,000,000 ; .Mra:;;Hernian Oelrichs ....;...;.':'::-dB4 ( 00ff,O0O. i Senora''Cousino. (Chile): ;Miss-;Hb\en'.ibii1a..:.;;;..;......;-','it3,600,000 XountosS; -'.Szcchenyi.;, (Miss ;.':;.', --■ I '^lndysjVanderbilt);; ; :Mme.v Creel,,; ;.;....:....■...:„■,..-....,