The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-12-03

FRIDAY Mot was descendant Of one OF the oldest
ker families Of the State and himself
one q the Oldest Of the old New York merohants He
born Albany when the State capital little
Dutch village, and to Now York when the Battery
was the pride OF the city and City Hall Park was away
up town. before State street residents dreamed Of
giving way before commerce resigning their dwellings
the United States quarermaste before washingtons
and Clinton's headquarters had become shops, and
before Broadway had ever experienced jam He
lived through three great spoohs Of vital importance 70
his country and yet after really eventful life Of
eighty four years, he has died with reputation
which did not extend beyond New York city
and State. Yet here his memory will be ever
green and his fame enduring He has linked his
individually with the history Of the CITY and has
left monuments 70 his memory the pyramda ressr
vos Of the Cr0ton Water Works-nobIer because more
useful than those Of tho Egyptian kings more fortu
nate too he than Choops for IL 10 by means Ger
tain that that worthy built the pyramids Of Egypt whe
can dispute tho claim Of Myndert Van Setback TO
have the builder Of the only pyrami1s that Man.
haitian can boast
kyndert Van Schaick was born in i7s2 Hs wns the
Of Goxen Van sohaick. who colonel ia tho CO.
onai sorvics during The Revolutionary war His rcgi
ment like hundreds Of the modern Veterans Of
hate war, proaounced IN he sthe best in the ser
vice The s'best regncai ard the 'bravess in
ngess considerable BY their too frequent use or
misuse Of late years Col Van Setback according TO
all accounts certainly had fine command and was I'm
doubleday brave man. We have accounts Of bis having
been In only action. II was when besieged with
Colonel Ganseyoort another ancient Knckerbocker OF
good renown, in For, Schuyler This fort situated
where Rome now stands II had been built and subse
quenty destroyed Fort Stanwix, but on being rebuilt
twas called after and in honor of General Philip schuy
L. n
The besieging fofcs duder General st. Leger,
divided iu order 10 enable him. while Keeping up show
of besie ng tho fort attack another American force
marching to The relief or the garrison This latter force
under militia general Herkiner-whose initials history
has not had tho Gocency preserve to defeated
and the General slain But while St Legor gaining
this victory the besicged force made sally which
entirely successful. The garrison was commanded by
Colonel Gausevoor and under his direction and Colonel
Van Schacks lead it succeeded in dislodg-
ing the enemy and forcing him to raise
the siege We arc told that Colonel Van schaick
also intimate friend of General Washington and that
he figured elsewhere prominently in the struggle for in
dependence but further recollection OF him fails
Myndert Van schaick grew up in dull Albany when it
dler than Albany Of to-day and was educated
for mercantile pursuits. He came to New York when
quite young, immediately engaged in business. being
encrprising aud safe; as young gentleman exceed
ingy socable, but digniied and very select asso.
sang only with the leading ssms and
tcuar interest in all pubic enterprises. especially Of
benevolent character In 1925 no married, into the
celebrated firm Of John Hone Sous Old merchants
will remember this ancient rn, and also how valuable
the nrm name and reputation oil John Hone u Sons
became The character of the house such that when
Old John Hone died the Surviving members Of the rn
set their Wits to work to devise m ans by which 70
avoid the law which then existed pcrtaps cxstsl
prohibiting use nercsnHe trims OF The names Of
persons setua;iy Interested. Al last they hit upon
the title ~ John Homes sons Trs the valuable Arm
NfnQ Ka =. in~d IA
called 'one Of John Homes sons We believe he sur
vied all the Hone fanily except hrs wife the boys Of
John Jr. was "a noble follow, rather fond Of travel
ing, and eventually died abroadnt Ror,e, We h'leve
haps (notthe least Of which, md perhaps the irs was
the drawing Of prize of $50 900 in lottery and hc was
last after many rcvcrss forced TO accept deputy
coectorship under Collector Hugh Maxwell Horny
Hone had the misfortune to be he hsndsoniest m IN IN
among the fastest Of the young Nov YolkeIs OF his day
and nobody such dinners or drove such horses rs
he After marrying the largest fortune ~ so9. ssro,n
he through his own purse and dipped deeply into
hers and alas ing discarded by his wife lshe gave
him pitiance of annuity on condition that ne kept
away from hcr he died q ramhoe in Chatham stree
Tho firm Of John Homes Sons did not or. .uryiys ts
sa.a q The eldsr nor. y asu s,,er Mr. Van schs
principally in real estate and which has snce increased
10 estate immense in value On retiring from bns
way, between Leonard and Anthony streets then known
No. 335, where he had such neghbors around him
John 9. Warren, James Heard, Philip Kearny1thc
b., the soap chandler, who unfortunately bcgot the
Mason whose identity Is only distinguisablc when h,s
Is linked with that of the other old traitor Sdel
About this time Mr. Van Schaick member Of the
State Assembly, then judicial legislative body II was
he took the first positive steps towards organizing
the Croon Water Company. with whose name and sue
cess his own uapo aud success Is forever The
supplying Of the city with water enterprise which
he had long been interested in and the hundred and
one schemes which had been previously protected and
had Pm lad mai rrt UpFnnn
whenever he saw anything practicable m them Tho
Croton project by the first scheme devised
to supply the city with water As early as IVA will
be remembered that Christopher tolles Projected and
actually built spacious reservoir on Broadway, between
Pearl and White Streets but the occupation OF the city
by the British 1875 ncccssited the abandonment OF
the work The city also Hooded by Colics--not with
water but water Morss money paper SCRIP
four and eight shnes In 1883 petition was gotten
asking the cry 60 yye this wor bs Ss! " Sss
swhen the pstons for Nc. Ramseys engine was per-
fected but the record forges TO any whether or not
Mr. Ramsey got his patent Nothing, at least ever
Of the proposal In 1895 Samuel Crane proposed
volt street This pian was revived 10 i7os BY r. j.
Roosevelt, bat fell through DIT Joseph Brown recon-
mended the Bronx river a. source Of suppiyhe frst
time the idea OF going 10 distance outside or the city
was proeched This plan reported upon with favor
by William Weston, n civil engineer, but u also
eventually fell through In 1899 the Manhattan Com
pany, chartered by the Legislature, sunk we'll ~
the Of Duane aud Gross streets and succeeded
no, drink d IL sO Robert x.comb a. hs o
waleF COMPANY agreed TO collect water from Rye Pond
into reservoir ID BE- located Harlem river, and
thence supply the city This va 10 bd dope without
aid compensation from the CITY, sskng only The rri
vIege OF lying down the pipes through the streets and
selling the water This scheme succeeded only
paper In ls plan was started for bringing the water
OF The Housatonc river 70 New York In an open Canal
but the sharon Canal Company never struck spade
In the earth In the following year Canvas White, an
engineer. reported in favor Of bringing water from
Bronx river, taking u from the streans AT the
westchestsr cotton factory pond The estimated
whi.h was chartered In the PRONUNCIATION Of this
report proved failure consequences Of defect Ia the
charter In 1917 and 1928 Levi Disbrow ana the New
York Well Company succeeded partially In sinking srts
wells various parts Of the city, but got water
In 1881 James Palmer Samuel Stevens and William Scote
reported 10 the Common Council Of which they
members and or which they the Committee Fire
and WATER favor OF project Of Mr. Cyrus Swan, then