New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-23
SOME MEN ABOUT TOWN.

! The late George IT. Andrews was ono OF the city's
beneractors who never got the full credit of his services
either IN fair remuneration living full praise after
death. Taxpayers like republics ungrateful and I'M
demonstratlye. Mr. Andrews did more than any other
individual ctzcn Of New-York to bring about partial
equalization of State taxes In this county, and unquos
onaby saved manyimliions notice that that
other high authority taxation, Commissioner Michael
$40 900 900 more than it should / forget what the
gross fraud when Mr. Andrews began the REFORM
nue In It's service and lie entered that or the Mutual
Life Insurance Company.
wonder If such great institutions ever miss any OF
their servants I Mr. Andrews one OF the most I'M
portant of the Mutual Lies ycepresldents, having
charge OF It's investments in real estate to tho amount OF
many Millions OF what under the mutual system OF In
virtually funds but have no doubt
that his department the best and largest as the
Mutual IL called, will on as u3ua IniSls saying
great deal for and of institution with the immense
assets OF SlO5O0OOOO, and doing more business tnan
any other similar institution in the world
But ls.lt should 1t be matter of pride with
such officials OF corporations that they have organized
great and boncGcont Institutions such as tho Mutual
Life, In such way that they 90 on forever. as by por
petual motion and with increased momentum. regard
less of the occasional dropping away OF directors Who
noticed any change in tho Mutual Life when Frederick
s. Winston died and Richard A. McCury succeeded him
presidents There young figure In place OF an
old one; little more Of life and activity and beraty In
tho policies adOpted stirring mp or agents geler
ally, ana consequent Increase In the business; but
the same safe conservative policy of investment on the
old principle of mutual benefit to tho insured as vol as
the company.
Tho ambition to build mp great business companies
and institutions which will survive them is much more
common desire among metropolitan merchants than is
supposed IL is matter OF great pride with many that
when they die their houses will go undcr the same
names they gave to them. It frequent boast OF
the lato James Gordon Bennett that when he died it
ha oh fha mama M
prietOr at tho head Of the editorial page or the Hdo,
is MS son ana successor 9oIo tho same name; &
Ing he had given orders that the doors OF tno once
should be closed the publication OF the paper
suspended for any cause
The original Harper Brothers had this desire IN
the later years of their lives. have heard Fletcher
Harper say with evident qualification that the business
Of the house such that 1t would not DO possible to
suspend work entirely the death of either member
and that there enough Of the original four
perpetuatc the firm tito Of Harper Brothers almost
indefinitely.
am told that Robert Bonner is engaged in making a
curious provision for continuing The NcW-York Ledger
after his death In the style In which he has been
conducting it for about thirty He holds, 50 I'M
derstand, that it will ako his fully three
years learn his methods to select the class of lit
erary material when has given me Ledge Its peculiar
lie has, therefore, begun 10 collect extra ma
years after his death Already about enough copy for
one year, hftytwo numbers has been accumulated
OF course you will never induce Mr. Toucey or any
other OF the officers at the Grand Central Depot to admit
rs much but It s nevertheless true that the vigorous
distribution or blue envelopes among certain class OF
the companys employees Is In pursuance Ofpans to break
up regular conspiracy to dcraud IN which some OF the
dismissed conductors and numerous highly respect
able citizens resident 10 points all along the line have
engaged the damage of the company many thousands
OF dollars. asked one OF the officials at tho Grand
Central Depot what the aggregate OF these robberes
RObDcrics T. no exclaimed Why the perpetrators
do not regard beating corporation In the ght Of rob
berry. and would not think II being ncon sderaie
/ OF their feelings to unpleasant term And
th, was President Depew who said It, So you sec
thCy other wits than he at the Grand Central who
know how to he and savage and still cvadc suit
/ for llbCL
There grave suspicion abroad that Cyrus W. Field
aui others OF the Manhattan Company nave been salts
ted with the success OF the Da Electric Motor for
some months past and that II really the inventor
who was In ANYTHING ike doubt. And his dssatis
faction with what he hid accomplished only because OF
his rm faith IN the idea that he could attain hi cher
results by repeated experiments | have heard It Sug-
gcste that there probability OF an carly test OF
this motor on the &ewiOrk Central and Hudson River