New York by sunlight and gaslight : a work descriptive of the great American metropolis ; its high and low life; its splendors and miseries; its virtu . SEVENTH REGIMENT ARMORY. The parades of the division are among the sightsof the city, and draw great crowds to witness martial bearing of the troops, their splendid uni-forms and equipments, and the perfect discipline whichmarks every movement, elicit hearty applause from thecitizens who line the entire route of the march. THE RICHEST UXS IN NEW YORK. 503 CHAPTER XXXIII. WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT. im« RICHEST MAN IN NEW YORK—EARLY LIFE—BE
New York by sunlight and gaslight : a work descriptive of the great American metropolis ; its high and low life; its splendors and miseries; its virtu . SEVENTH REGIMENT ARMORY. The parades of the division are among the sightsof the city, and draw great crowds to witness martial bearing of the troops, their splendid uni-forms and equipments, and the perfect discipline whichmarks every movement, elicit hearty applause from thecitizens who line the entire route of the march. THE RICHEST UXS IN NEW YORK. 503 CHAPTER XXXIII. WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT. im« RICHEST MAN IN NEW YORK—EARLY LIFE—BECOMES A FARMER—ENTERS THE RAILROABWORLD—BECOMES VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE NEW YORK CENTRAL SYSTEM—SUCCEEDS TH«OLD COMMODORE—THE VANDERBILT PALACES—LOVE OF FAST HORSES. The richest man in New York is William H. Van-derbilt, Esq. He is the oldest son of the late Com-modore Vanderbilt, and was born at New Brunswick,. New Jersey, on the 8th of May, 1821. He obtainedhis early education at the Columbia College GrammarSchool, and at the age of eighteen began his businesscareer as a clerk in the banking house of Drew, Rob- 504 NEW YORK. inson & Co., of Wall street. Here he remained twoyears, and gave such marked evidences of businesscapacity, that his employers began to contemplatetaking him into partnership when he should havereached his majority. His health gave way, however,before this plan could be carried out, and he left Wallstreet, and took a farm on Stateh Island. Devotinghimself to his new pursuit with characteristic vigor, hebrought the farm up in the course of a few years, andmade it pay handsomely. He then undertook thereceivership of the badly crippled Staten Island Rail-road, and soon brought that out of its difficulties, andbecame its president. In 1864 he became vice-pres-ident of the Harlem Railroad, and soon after of theHudson River Railroad. Upon the consolidation ofthe Hudson Ri
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