New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-02

bilt. wishing TO relieve himself OF ne Duruen VI
terest offered TO pay the The offer was accep,ee
and Commodore Vanderbilts messenger carried cHe
to Commodore Garrison for the face OF the notes b
rison took the check and put II in his pocket the
sfraightway went vanderbts office Tn Bowling .een
and demanded the Interest also Nanderoa % et his
money The latter replied that ne would nave IT, ,be
got up locked the door OF Vanderbits Office ana pun s
key In his pocket What happened aiterwanu, oi w
had been the method Of GaIrisOns persuIsion was ne 90
the occurrence, but minutes later Garrison oa
his rivals office with check Tor the ln,sIes.' ,t
who knew Garrison best Thought they coulu lAhoS "
weapon nad convinced Vanderbilt. . 49,, 1,.L
II was long after this occurrence that inc H.
sons father and son. whose interests were already w
ginning to merge into each other begah 70 ooA ~ hns
investments and 20 withdraw from inc steausi Tel
mesa Their last enterprise Of the kind was the U,e
states and Mexico Mail Line, which suspended OPERA
tOns about ten ago ut me expiration VI .nu
tract with the Government and the refusal OF Congre
10 extend the subsidy -Four or I'VE years % con
william r.. who had been made receiver OF '"o ssd
hSa d sSa t a,r snP Without lawsuit In the
pursuit OF their new aim father ana so ihava a
ralwa" IN this city. They gained cohIp o. hrt aud
York Loan and Improvement Company Whicn p ,,Ir,
owned the lines Of the METROPOLITAN Elevated kaIMS
W. r. Garrison became the president OF Ino ta
When the Manhattan Company leased inc WV nat
compmy was composed OF , tnIteen bo 'n' Metro
OF whom six were chosen RON t Jns While
poltan and six from tho New YORK. VIII Ii'.
comprouise met the usual fate OF railway comproms
rHosed IN sra 900 600 was divided equally between
the leased lines The New-fOrk Company
merely tnrneI ms potoh oyer 20 sT This action
resulted in serious dispute between the two companies
which ended finally ~ the success OF the barrlSos' ~
The relationship between the C0mmolore anu nl' RAJ
was now OF the nearest kind. The old man, who I'a
long held out AGAINST the idea that William X was
thing moro than child, now had learned nls r
and seemed disposed to permit his son To manage nehy
all his affairs. He consulted with MN W.
fore embarking in an enterprise and " cleor
with cOuhdeaCe and success upon MS CIe,,I
%SsmemI MAN. IR' RE c"m@odore suffered
1vftp Kcli deur we'd
right side The attack came Upon him WINE he W."
work IN his office In Bowling Green ~ II ~ III 10
while his life was despaircd OF aud II was four moh,hs
before he was able to return to his desk mhen 81 n,
49, ISL the son was k9a ~ haTi seemed broken
He spent all tn time betwC en- the ace deh anh me
OF william X ~ MS Dedsioe anu Wi I 81 ,he h,Sv when
it WAS brought to New York for burial R'Pe"teuy ~
said n onght II have been me-" After the death Of
the son George j. Forrest held the C0mmodores power
Bnt The restless nature Of the old remained and
ne continued add his fortune by great Investment
aud extensive undertakings usually buying ,
the Wheeling aud Lake Erie Railroad aud the Drd-e on
which ths line crosses the Miumee River at IOedn' nc
also built work. OF the Equitable Gas Compay'cos.
Ing about 81 900. and was Of tue promoters OF
the Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company OF ClchH'
He wac stockholder. likewise. IN the hetropoh'""
hftef remaining widowcr for many years Commodore
Garrison on October TO- 1873. oDisncd his friends ny
taknga Young wo nan 10 wife, She Miss Letliih
Nlei Randeii hardly more than twenty years 9l ~
aud the daughter Of an Old freud Of the CoumodO r =
John ~ Randcll. retired merchant Of st. lon' Inc
commodore had seen her grow mp from childhood aud
had met her at Saratoga, where sac ,, I"'
They were married at the windsor Hotel;
rs the mistress OF the Conn oiore's house
No. 10 Park-aye. II was said at inc uns
5000 on her Naturally the marriage caused
deal OF comment, and among the stories tod ~ M
time the effect that shortly atrrW4r an OIL
friend the agtd husband un the porch of thc bhe'
states Hotel at saalogs lie bantered MN Iof 5%.p.
expressed surprise that he shoud nave m'Ted ~ n'
aae when hf1iad bu little time NJ best 10 hve ana con-
cudcd by representing marriage rs csty lhNury'
Gentcncn" the old Commodore n reported a. ra lhI
have Won ever heard VI the yhOOi red eloOOol
far a glass Of water just before lie was gong 70 We
hangcdl think that m1n was an extremely Se"a'p'o
For a short time Commodore Garrison was president
Of the wabash Railway. lie Wa Induced 10 go INTO TIE
enierprc several years ago purchasing 10000 shares
OF stock M IL soon after he became worried lest his
colleague should fuh their part OF the agreement
bv Which Ic made his investment He fixed u date on
With he should decide whether "a hold ON or not ahh
instructed his broker that da o. sell his stock Ia case
he received no orders" on that day he had 'ne'-
with his colleagues. which was so un'aiFiictuty
thar BE- his broker The latter came INTO tbe
Office AZ or ers" said the CommOdn re- and while me
tastswerc In session the broker sold All the 'ono
doTos stock about % being taken ON stop orders
left by one Of tho tea enterprise Tho CommO
dore $4,000 out Of wabash. aud arerwari when
friend chidet him on the amount of "fatietrhPN ne
had IN his assets the old replied: Yes that Is So
but You don'i mud any wabash among them ,.
Wall Street surprised June 90 1884, by the au-
uouncemont that Commodore 5arToh hia nai1 an
ASSIGNMENT prcierrlng M VIE, nSs nd slso SUMNER
business manager ana othrr hs,ht,, az. ~
Of banks companies aud stock EXCHANGE nrhs 20
which
feeling which then prevailed I'm financial circles Hts
friends said that the a-g mt was due tO the hcrhs
OF nj, retirement from business on account oI Eeaiih
and the worry caused 10y the perturbation VI We H
Garrison suit ~ was precipiHtod Iy an ht,e,nt 10
hold him responsible for notes Of the wheeling and Lake
Erie and the Pttsbnrg Cleveland ana lo's,
which he had indoors Jointly Win OlhrlA lu ulul
carry along these enirrpIires no haa d o,r
Interest In the St. Louis Gas WORKS hnd pleuaei o ,
stocks on loans, but the general depression ~ pus
mess sTamped The railroad sensneS ~ onct he own
engaged and compelled an a'sgnnent 70 ptoeet s i
iutercSts The failure involved latliles OF seNeta
millions hut the assets n forced TO imme llate sar
would probably have realized litte, willis, ~ huTsen,
they likely 10 more than cover the hDliir- J"h
T. Terry ~ r d. Morgan q 70; WI In maj me ~ the
believed 10y some persons ~ me te tat u ~, w."
motives for the assignment was tue protection OF MIS-
Garrison In OF the decision OF the Marie Hub''V"
against the Commodore. a.. -
nounced on April 81 ana wiil PROBABLY LT .o The
lease of the Commodore estte from bahKthPtcy. lno
suits grew the foreclosure Of the thrd MORTGAGE
on tho Pacific Railroad OF Missouri ana we're brgn III
New-York IN 1873 by Peter Marie FRANK -, OS,s'
George Fearing ". A. C0wdrey. Robert L. Cutting ~,
and Jacob Cromwell, ana ~ ~ Lou. Two yess.s
the same persons Since tnat time tue tahE OF &
the motions and cOnuter-motions ahh other osaI ~
cedurcs were 50 proracten ana compIoa.ttu NJ
litigation began n he looked on ~ lnterhhsoe' |ahhS
prominent lawyers were engaged on h"th sdes anu te
number Of separate actions begun AFTER tue
OF the railroad In 1875 rose tO twrnty-nEe Ine pa,
tifs claimed that the REORGANIZATION "f the c1mpay
could not have been effected II the Conn1uore hI p p
entered into contract with them 10 incule INC on
cinc Railroad ~ the reOrsanhhtOn when agreemeut,
they alleged, bad been violated The ntIsotoh wa, wa
settled BY the payment 10 tne pIhnun,s y, ng
81 900 OO0 one-haf to he contributed by the Garrison
and the rest by the Missouri Pacific ana ihe ~
antlc and Pacific conpares Each party 10 inc SUITS
Commodore Garrson leaves one child Mrs. Barrett H.
married sister IYins in Pittsburg Penn. and -four
brothers. Abrsm b. Oliver. Daniel and sane who hVo III
The Commodores wealth. after the payment Of all his
debts, is estimated at from S25OOOeO ~ So'OOo'oVo'
OBITUARY NOTES.
Mrs James II. Bresln, wife OF the proprietor OF ths
Gilsey House. died last evening at the family home In