New-York tribune., 1885-10-23
IN MEMORY OF VIM. E. DODGE.
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MONUMENT.
rNyeIIING STATUE OF THE GREAT MERCHANT
TRIRuTEs TO HIS CHARACTER

CNyEIILNG A STATUE OF THE GREAT MEkCHAAI-
TRIBUTES TO HIS CHARACTER.
The arrnory of the 71st Regiment at Broadway
and Thirty filled yesterday afternoon
with an attentive audience who listened to the exc
ercises attending the unyeiling of the statue OF
William +. Dodge, which stands IN the little trl-
angle between Broadway, Sixth-avc. and Thirty
fifth-st., and was draped with an American ~ nag.
Ter Of Commercs and many other business and pro-
fessional men well known to all New lOrkerS.e Az
o'clock Samuel II tSe funds to erect the
monument. opened the exercises. After prayer by
the Rev. Dr. Theodore L. Cuyier, MI. Ba9coeS oeS
monument to the city, through it's representative,
President Sanger of the Board Of Aldermen ln
He was neither soldier. statesman, poet nor scientist
but better than many SUCH he the living embod-
naates m9I enabled him t" discharge with rare dey
duty to his Maker and to mankind To this end ne Freely
estate II were asked select his epitaph. would
adopt most appropriate the words % oi aI. ne SSs Sye
70 hospitality; not sothful in business fervent In sp
And now. MT. Mayor have the honor, in behalf of
the Committee Arrangements, to present to the CITY
S T1 sse of the late William Dodge confident
hope the Mayor aud those who may succeed @ II nm 10
perpetual reminder of an upright merchant, use ann
pIlanthropsi and illustriOus type OF true ana OI9
manhood
In the course of his reply President Sanger con-
Graduated "tEe people of this city upon this work
OF art and as il IS the beginning OF the monuments
winch We hope TO have erected to the memory OF
It's great merchants let trust that an active ana
generous pn bile spirit may lead TO the early com
petion Of similar honorable ncmehtoos, WhGu
shall indicate how sincerely we appreciate the
eminent services they have rendered, and winch
shall encourage the young III honest enterprise uiiu
upright business methods. ,o.ao
Abram S. Hewitt then introduced; large
portiOn of his address sketch or Mr Dodges
life part of what he said was this:
William f. Dodge began his career OF usefulness as
the boy" in store, whose lot was by no means , so
easy 1t now Is with the apPnsmGes Oh oot9 ~ is %
The heavy work of the Office. BY his diligence fidelity
and prOby he made his way %s SLOW 10 s anq of
business in the world He m weaa He
% tnS on AMY earncst Of 6ene
cent public enterprise He tried to prevent the horrors
of civil war and in consequence Of his high character
and patriotic Impulses he was selected by the Lesisiat
ure Of the State of Newiork as mem0er od the t
Peace Commission, which IN vain aVdinreu d veut NJ
bring about an accommodation ana preVenII I
the South. When hually the death struggle came. he
entered heart and soul into every movement ior the SUD
Union Defence Committee aud chairman of the Commit.
tee of Conference with other cities to aid IN ORGANIZING
e MAS chaman Of the Now-YoTk branch Of the chris
tan which M f1ared dG pnrS in Te the Of
the Loyal National League organized to strenseh tne
darkest He denounced the steps OF the subIreas-
nry the drift riots in at tue rsS o. 40 ms nn s
Union saved and his country restored 10 hono
Subsequently his grateful fellow citizens honored him
with seat ia Congress, where he advocated SOUND na
felt an honest pride his character career and success
in life; and by them he was held In such repute ana
bonor that for light successive years he was elected
president OF the Chamber of Commerce OF the stare OF
SewYOrk Surely it is s9od g thing for tne 0s t had NY
for enduring honor the noble record Of such ie pure
unselfsh and benehcent.
Dr Roswell d. Hitchcock, president of the Union
Theological Seminary, spoke III euiOgy OF his li"hJ
charities lie sald:
Ne poor mans pursued this wealthy merchant
No one ever que STONED his entire unselhShhess Ills
charities long: of great variety anu ~e geo geo
graphical distribution Institutions o. learning IN oot9 %
henispheres count him among ther @ , % "
800 ministers to him wholly or III part the means
for obtaining their educatlOD'
Tho tall figure Of Senator ColGuitt of Georgia,
arose from his scat the front row as the chalrna9
introduced him He was frequently interrupted
by applause: -He-sss2:::da ii TarI
.H9W precious is the memory OF 1ust man How
cften is il fame is achieved by sntrascs that VII
not the light of truth ana examination! & dow
many towering regulations rest upon te narrow 3asIs
Of schshness! Bit 1t not thus with the man whose
mart of this groat country bear humble tribute to
this life of rhantlropIc work In common mon WIN I'm, you lou
canse he was not Of Charity is not SectiOna lie
tinn % of tie country Here a note that want to reai
Won from representative from tsdt race; IL was SNon
e g e coSre Teopie of the country the memory
OF William E. Dodge lie was iIy pest TREND Ixsoxn
Before and during the Mr. Dodge always extend
ea to the sonth T2ri OF & gooa o Gfer r @ r9ursmcnts
of loyalty From the lnOmcnt wl"n the strife ended ne
stood forth for Georgia recognizes these
things and while you to-day unveiling m9nument
TO his memory Georgia ten years ago linked MIS- name
eternay with hers by naming a county after IlIn
After President McCcsh. of Princeton, had PRO
nouncod the beucdictiOn the audience poured ont
into the street where the unveiled statue stood III
The ocnrre OF circle of park policemen and Gpccta-
tors Ii is of bronze and stands upon pedestal OF
granite Tho head Is uncovered The Ovcrcoat IS
thrown back and the right arm rests upon pie on
books which supported by short pillar; On
fhc southern face If the pedestal Is the simple III
scription D
On the opposite side arc few lines stating that
the statue was purchased by a subscription raised
uuder the auspices of the ChambeT OF Commerce.
M the base Is drinking fountain, and to the
north a senlcircular stone seat facing the statue.
Among those present were Mrs. William +.
ID ,dge and her sOns. William r.. Dodge, L. Z.
dodge the Rev. d. Stuart Dodge, Arthur NJ.
d. dge AnsOn Dodge and Norman W. Dodge, the
Rev. Dr. Edward ID. G. Prime, A; A: Low. Joshua
a. Van Colt of brooklyn, w. Ii. II. Moore, Roswell
Smith the Rev. DR.. Charles H. ParkLurst, William
Walter Phelps, tic Rev. James ". King, p O.
Mills John Crosby Brown, TIE Rev. DT. William
Ormist0n, William Wood Cyrus W. Flel1, Lewis
T. jackson. DIR. Alfred {. Post. Thomas C. Acton,
4. p. Man, Arson Phelps Stokes, William II. Gail
lard, James Fraser, Percy H. Pvne, the Rev. Dr.
Philip Schah, the Rey. DR.. john X PaxtcA'
and Samuel ID. Sciciicn.