The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-06-07
OBITUARY.
Eleazar Lord, LII. ID.

The old New Workers are disappearing.
Those who stood at the laying of so many
corner stones will soon have gone with their
quaint stories, their traditions, and their
well-earned honors. The busiest
of us need not grudge one
quick glance after their retreating
forms. Who will not stop long enough by
the funeral train to say:-"God rest the soul
of him that has done anything worth lasting?"
The brothers of MIR. Eleazer Lord have long
been we'll known among us as citizens of
wealth and undisputed position. He himself
withdrew, many years since, from public af-
fairs to his quiet home at Piermont. Here
he passed serene old age in pursuits con-
genial to his literary and religious tastes. He
died June B, at the age of 81
Mr.. Lord was born in Franklin, Conn.,,
September 8, 1888, and began business in
this city in 1916. He had received thorough
education, with the purpose of becoming
clergyman, which was thwarted by the failure
of his sight. He entered business life with a
trained mind, enriched by foreign travel and
intimate association with some of the noblest
and most distinguished men in England and
on the Continent. He was active in the
formation of benevolent societies, and
was leader in great undertakings
The Educational and Foreign Evangelical
Societies owed much, at the beginning, to
his efficient cooperation, and he was the first
to suggest the Sunday school Union and the
Home Missionary Society. The Societies for
the Promotion of Industry, for the Prevention
of Pauperism, and others, shared his counsel
and aid. Banking, currency, and trade were
subjects of close study in his early manhood,
and afterwards often occupied his thoughts
and pen. For some years succeeding 1919,
he threw himself into the cause of protection.
By personal influence he induced Henry Clay,
then Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, to investigate the subject more fully
than he had done, and to avoW
himself in opposition to free trade
On his return from Washington
the merchants of New York and Philadelphia
recognized his services by dinners, testimo-
malls, etc. While President of the Manhat
tan Fire Insurance Company, from 1921 tC
1884, he introduced important changes in the
whole system OF insurance-the division o.
risks, reinsurance, and uniformity of pre-
miums, which were widely adopted. Wit
Governor Clinton and others, Mr.. Lord wa
active in helping forward the internal i'm
provements from which New York has alread,
gathered a rich harvest. In preparing tn
public mind for the Erie Railroad enter
prise, in procuring a charter and the frs
subscriptions in land and stock, his agency
through the press and other legitimate chan
nels, was confessedlyi indispensable. Durin
the few wears while he was President, tn
affairs of the Erie Road were managed wit
scrupulous fidelity. The change of polio
which ensued was soon marked by great con
fusion and losses, involving the wreck Of hi
own and many other private fortunes
Rarely has noble undertaking, commence
by thoughtful men Of elevated views an
strict integrity, been doomed to grosser pc
version and abuse.
Mr.. Lords essays had much influence
effecting those changes in the banking sy
tenn Of this State which protected it, in
large degree, from the disastrous fuctuatioI