New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-06
FLEdZAR LORD, LII. ID.

The old NEWCOMERS are fast disappearing.
Those who stood at the laying OF many
will soon have gone with their quaint Stories their rau'
tons and their well earned honors. The busiest OF us
need grudge quick glance after their rereatns
forms Who will not stop long enough by the funeral
train to say God the soul OF him that has done
anything worth lasting" The brothers of Mr. Eleazar
Lord have long been well known among us as citizens OF
wealth and undsputed position. He himself withdrew,
many years SINCE from public affairs to his quiet home
at Permont Here he passed serene old age IN pur-
suits congenia to his literary and religious tastes he
died June 3, at the age of 81.
Mr. Lord was born in Franklin Conn, sept9 1888, and
began business in this city in 1916 He bad received
thorough education. with the purpose Of becoming
clergyman, which thwarted by the failure Of his
sight He entered business life with trained mind.
enriched by foreign travel and intimate association with
some of the noblcst and most distinguished men III En-
Gland and ON fhe Continent He was active in tine fOrna
ton of benevolent societies. and was leader In great
undertakings. The Educational and Foreign Evangelical
Societies owed much. at the beginning TO ms elcieht
co6peration aud he the first suggest the Sunday
school Union and the Home Missionary society. Inc
Societies for the Promotion Of Industry, for the PreVen-
ton of Paupes Others shared his counsel ana ald
Banking currency and trade subjects of close study
in his early manhood and afterward often occupied
his thoughts and pen For years succeeding 1872
he himself into the cause of Protection By per
sOnal influence he induced Henry Clay then speaker OF
the House of Representatives to investigate the subject
more fully than he had done and to ayow himself IN OPP
the merchants of NewYOrk ard Philadelphia recognized
his services dinners, testimonials &c. While Pres
dent of the Manhattan Fire Insurance Company from
1871 to 1884, he introduced important changes in the
whole system OF insurance-the division Of risks, re-
insurance, and uniformity OF premiums, which were
widely adopted With Gov. Clinton and Others Mr Lord
was active in helping forward the internal improvements
from which New-YOrk has already gathered a rich
harvest In preparing the public mind Tor the Erie RAN
road enterprise, In procuring charter and the hrSt
subscriptions in land and stock his agency through the
press and other legitimate channels, cOnessedly in
dispensabe. During the few while lie was Presl
dent, the affairs of the Erie Road managed with
scrupulous fidelity The change OF policy which ensued
marked by great confusion and losses lnNON
wreck of his and many other private fortunes
Rarely has noble undertaking, commenced by Thought
full men elevated views and strict integrity, been
doomed to grosser perversiOn and abuse.
Mr. Lords essays had much influence in eiiectng those
changes in the banking system OF this state which pro-
tected IT, in large degree from the disastrous 1uctua
lions of previous years. During the late his letters
on the same subject attracted the attention OF the oecre
tary Of the Treasury Washington with whom he held
full private correspondence and by whom several OF
his hints adopted the measures suited to the eX
gencies of the time.
The activity and sweep OF his mind were quite I'M
usual In the press of business life he kept with sell
and philosophical research contributing valuable
articles those subjects To various quarterlies His
books though not OF popular kind, embody the results
of profound and discriminating thought on the gravest
III his prime he at the elegant gentle
the accomplished scholar, the upright business
the liberal giyer the successful protector OF com
prehensive for the public good and to the las
ne was exemplary Christian.