The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-10
THE VANDERBILT BRONZE.

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Imposing Coreunonics This Afterpeon-ExteR-
sivc Preparations far the OccasiOn-New
York ON the Qni vive--A Lcsssn Worth
LearuIng-A Letter from the President.
fhe unwilling OF this famous and colossal conccp-
ton In bronze win take place to-day, ct one O'Clock,
at the Hudson River Railroad depot st. Johns
Park. New York would have been better satisfied
had 1t been decided 10 grace the Park with this
MOST colossal work N bronze ever executed in this
country and, perhaps, Ia the werid but It has not
10 happened, ana st. Johns Park is ior the present
10 become IT'S receptacle The programme OF cere-
monies Is one OF fitting simplicity, exactly what 1t
should be under the circumstances and to-day
thc Hudson River Railroad depot win DO the scene
OF gathering the wealth. talent ana condition OF
tue metropolis ana Of the nation seldom, II ever,
assembled upon single occasion. Bishop James
Win open TIC proceedings with an appropriate
PRAYER. after which his Honor A. Oakley Hail, Mayor
OF the city, win denver the address which is to con
sis OF encomiIn and BIOGRAPHY OF the great CUB
sect OF the aegory III inetai. Tho biography
OF Commodore vanderbilt-a title earned by
Captain Vanderbilt during the famous steam
boat opposition on the HUDSON Riyer--woud
be, IN many respects, o biography or Ameri-
can steam navigation; Mr.. Vanderbilt having
been TO the American stea nboat interest what David
Danham, OF earlier New York celebrity would nave
been bat for accidental and untimeiy taking Oh.
The first American boat, the Savannah, that over
crossed the Atlantic by steam was owned by the
latter. and was propelled by the double force Of
steam and salls-was, In word, sort Of Creature
OF tho transition peg,od, neither uniquely the one
thing the other and it remained for Mr Wander
Bit 10 develop the idea TO its utmost capacity, win
ming &c himseT The appeatisn Of the steamboat
kng score Of years since, as later no has won the
sobf,aisst OF the railroad King.
THE REPRESENTATIVE AMERICAN.
The main and salient qualities which have marked
the career OF ar. Vanderbilt, critically speaking,
have been great foresight ana sagacty, singular
b0ldness and freedom in the execution OF his plans.
and ndoriitable energy and determination. II your
man Il too exclusively iar-aghted; II nc fIe5 his
vision upon the future without regard to the pro-
c.sses by which It's results are to be evolved and
the time needed Tor their natural evolution; II in
his enthusiasm for thar which IL 10 be he
loses sight OF the present aud the interval
between, then lie is far-sign!ed at the
expense Of practical sagacity 3 radical ana an
idealist IN business In politics. 1t has been said
BY witty critic or ex-president Johnson that he
had q bad habit OF doing the right thing at the
wrong time; and this. perhaps. wOuM be just
criticism upon large majority OF unsuccessful men,
Undertake to ride the horse Of progress fast and
It viii throw you; attempt to ride il too slow, to
curo It, ano yen are just as likely to enact Hulnpy
pgmp'y; 1 Tnare y Jast forecast. which con-
81 the right iins; and q this forecast the
career OF Mr. Vanderbilt is on eminent
illustration AS eminent for practical sagacity AZ
for far-sghtedDess he has, on the band, avoided
the fatuities of The visionary while avoiding, the
ness men are app to fan. Two qualities OF mind
rarely united have met III tho mental temperament
They are Tue ability 10 take in In detail the minute
FACTS Of subject ana tho comprehensVeness TO
y g of az oo Mo n Gs ss
thec faculty. VI Cclerdge been equal to his powers or
ANALYSIS he might nave been the founder CT philo
Eephca SYSTEM As tis, his writings are brilliant
DC apps single columns OF wonderful beauty, OF
whica neither the tabrcaior nor anybody else mas
ever been able 10 build philosophical palace They
Gre bits OF mosaic simply, and irregular bits at
thai, wonderinlis colored and naid but ftting To-
the ideal with the practical then, constl-
tutes the basis OF success wherever colossal!
success Is won good mind is both microscopic
ana teescopc at one and the time, Is at
cQmprenensye and minute III its scrntiny, and OF
this Class OF mind the American business world mas
commentaries. This Kind OF forecast is business
Undertakings when backed by tue needed executive
energy and tact ana generally amas5es results, the
IL Is principally however as a representative
American that MIR. Vanderbilt Is to be considered.
Tie creeks had genius; the Romans Judgment and
Industry. Germany discovers France frames into
system; England reduces to practice BY happy
combination the generic American IS the three IN
one 80 country has ever produced 30 many men
oil wnat may be termed practical genius. Dreamers
are plentiful everywhere, so are thinkers; but the
practical demonstration y raIher exclusively on
American faculty. Partially the result Of mixture
OF races and partially the result Of greater
freedom and OF profounder hold on the essential
than on the traditional form Of tAings-the Ameri
mind practically errattc or. rather erratically
ana darfngly practical; quick to apply and pursue
to their logical deduction newly discovered princi
WERE
only there would ensue brilliant conceptions without
aacquate execItion-a race Of plstos envcioped In
n IN NJ md n Va
cut0fs Of their dreams az well thoy conceive aud
execute and the world moves instead Of dreaming
rYrIPIEp IN REPRESENTATIVE WORK OF ART.
The bronze to be unveiled to-day Is pure piece
Of Amerlcanisln, commemorative OF representative
American. A biography IN bronze, on scale colos-
Bal In Its proportions, In oil Its details model OF
ever have Conceived Certainty nobody but an A%er
would have reduced 1t to practice. Hhe history
o. the WORK Is r9manS Ihs convention Is dne
the Prescott House and former commander oil the
Niagara, Reindeer and other Hudson river steamers.
miIted to q committee OF citizens and admirers OF
Tie distinguished subject, and the needed $500 900
was speedily placed at the captains disposal by sub
Having secured the services Of Ernest Piassmau
e % 1or rs aS OF
brothers to superiptend the casting, expendiRg q
large sum OF money In tho building Of foundry Tor
tile purpose. lhc design was at first only thirty
feet IN length, but addition after addition was null
tlpled until the conception had been extended to
OF the model occupied Plsssnan ten months,
and 1t was not until September, 1888. that the
work OF casting begun, under the plan OF square
sections Of manageable weight. Tue casting and
putting up OF the work has occupied the remaining
Interval, though II was the original intention to
unveiled it about the middle OF october, which nen-
tlon abandoned on account OF the popular fever
attendant upon an active political Canvass The
fever quelled, the event was fixed for to-day, and
list OF guests was drafted, ali Of whom, so lar
be ascertained, have accepted tue invitations ex-
tended His Excellency John T. HOFFMAN, Governor
oil the state OF New ork VIII preside the coca
sion; Homer A. Nelson, Secretary OF State, and
Mayor Hall assisting, and the latter, before stated.
been selected to read an original ode appropriate
Sae occasion, and the Rev. Dr. Quenneli Is to pro
Oounce Tie banedlction.
PREPARATIONS ron rnB OVATION
The Honorary Committee consists OF an imposing
stray OF names, including those OF tho officers
Gf the port, officers or the Department OF
Finance fglfyl n naval deout ation rona,atinsx nr