New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-22
OBITUARY..
GEORGE GRAHAM LAKE.


cooroo Graham Lake. one OF the best Unknown
q, yo York merchants died ut hs homo, No s5l Fifth
ave- Yesterday morning In his sixty fourth year. MI
Lakes death was the result OF the accident ut west
Broadway and Thomasst., December IL, when ne waA
run over by a sixth Avenue surface car wblo he ""'
trying to get OF the way Of truck coming IN the OPP
posite direction He was knocked down and dragged
some distance by tho car receiving compound fracture
OF the left leg below the knee severe confusion oi 'o
head and internal injuries He was taken III an alhDu
lance TO the Chambers Street Hospital lie pegsed 10 oe
taken home as he fully conscious ana wrote mess
acc 10 his physician, DR. Mott to meet hin at MS mousse
ot once but the authorities in charge OF the Cham
bcrs street Hospital said that they could
not send their ambulance so far up
town as No e5l Ffhave. andMr Lake was transferred
TO the Now York Hospital, where tho broken leg was
set. He was then sent home in New-iorK Hospltai
ambulance The delay such that when Ito reachcd
home four hours after the accident his leg was greatly
swollen and his condition so unfayorabe that his
physicians from the first had little hope that his system
would recover from the shock.
Mr. Lake was born in Brookhcld Conn, on September
10 1901 He came to Ncw-YOrk when no was twelve
years Old and obtained situation MS GRAND boy IN
store I'm Cathernest year later the firm OF ubsden
& picrson then in Canast took him into their employ
His salary was so small that I'm place OF boarding
house he slept on the counter, and lived principally on
crackers and cheese 1t not long before the r os
covered his ability and at tho age OF nineteen he was
advanced to the position Of head salesman IN the SIX de-
nartmcut OF the house. which he largely built up some
limo alter he entered the service Of Ubsde erson he
made contract with them for four years at salary Of
81 week He had attracted the attention OF SPECS
Crst & Co. a largo importing house, and one day ne
was called into the coutingrOom by one OF the heads OF
Mt salary OF 900 the first year 50 600 the second
year $1,000 the thrd year and 1000 INC ioufn year
lad Just made verbal contract with Cbsdell Plorson
rr oI nine Win Tbsdeli 4 Fcrson, without ever
mentioning to either member Of ne firm INC
o. the foIr years be had made himself useful to the
finn that they offered him $4,000 year for ten years
MI d hS bsaa a @p r' Of tho Fm IN 1853
Ubsdcll and Plcrson retired, aud Mr. Lake became
a2d Te Jme Nf Nd 4G iaa % 5en Th tnRE
ths soro too FAR down town the nm bought the lot OF
RS92 { A9a ke So5a a c inS odg f cSR
GERM ior tOo0ooO n the same year lsgQ apl slf,
LSe felg iro Ggu' oofi,gt hraasi cnterpflIss
lie re ofga7ei tho ilarlen.Ga CONTRARY az time wien
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s.lg.imL ar,lst. There Nt4r MANI Instances ms fond
re-s lof music IN lm g. tAc si elN Interest l4
..aAdess found ~ him most Aeg..os patron AMI
fieAd 10 Subscribed literally 10 her mutichi ei4ta-
tou Ia Europe, aAd took an active interest Ia ler
success.
When, ia l91G, Governor Robinson vetoed an item In
the supply blA voting several huulIsl d9Hdls To-.
frame Tor whor-leugtn portrait Of Lincoln,
ordered by Republican Legislature, for tho
Siaio House. Mr Lake sent an indignant pro
test 10 Albany enclosing his check for the amount.
For this prompt ard patriotic action Mr. Lake was voted
the thanks both houses of the l. g-latre. He
Republican In politics, and was earnest hut broad and
liberal ia his religious Jews Nj Lake three times
married. y his first marriage had children.
whom. daughter Is ing. His second wife was the
widow al the late George steers the builder OF tho yacht
America She died in 1862 by her he had only one
child son. now In Europe. in l7oJ lie married th6
daughter OF James l.. Steers, Of this city by whom he
had four children The eldest died last year IN Colorado,
where hr had been taken bv his father last hope OF
recovery from consumption.
M Lake of the most married. Individuality.
lie never forgot his early Xpcricnccs aud proud OF
calling himself u country boy" His integrity
above Icpgoach, and his judo ment in financial matters
has seldom been surpassed