Steel Corporation, besides receiving a large block of stock. 
Mr. Carnegie was not only an indefatigable worker himself, 
but he was quick to discern ability in others, and possessed 
a peculiar facility for attracting to himself promising 
voung men of ability. He was always ready to give full 
credit to the work of his assistants. Not long before his 
death he remarked: “I have always been able to find men 
who could do some things better than I could do them.” 
It is not known exactly the amount of Mr. Carnegie's 
fortune, at the time of his death, but his benefactions during 
his lifetime were more than $300,000,000. His will disposed of 
between $25,000,000 and $30,000,000, but provision had 
previously been made for his wife and daughter. The first of 
the long list of Carnegie Libraries was the one given to 
Allegheny. These institutions are now dotted all over this 
country and there are many in Great Britain, there being 
more than 8000 municipal buildings in use as Carnegie 
libraries. He gave $24,000,000 to the Carnegie Institute 
of Pittsburgh and $22,000,000 to the Carnegie Institute 
of Washington. The Carnegie Corporation of New York 
with a foundation of $125,000,000, was formed to carry on 
various works in which he had been engaged. He gave 
$5,000,000 to a fund for the benefit of employes of the 
Carnegie Steel Company; $5,200,000 to establish branch 
libraries in the city of New York, $1,000,000 to the St. 
Louis Public Library, and $10,000,000 to Scotch univers- 
ities. The various Hero funds, set apart for the reward of 
those who act on the impulse to help others at their own 
risk, is headed by $5,000,000 to the Carnegie Hero Fund 
Commission of Pittsburgh, and there are funds of this 
character for numerous European countries, ranging from 
$125,000 for Norway to $1,150,000 for Great Britain. 
Then there is the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust, with 
$3,500,000; the Hague Peace Temple, with $1,500,000, 
and $16,250,000 for the Foundation for the Advancement 
of Teaching in the United States, Canada and Newfound- 
land. 
The Carnegie Institute of Technology, in Pittsburgh, 
was founded by Mr. Carnegie in 1900 and incorporated 
in 1912. The site for the buildings, in Schenley Park, was