The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-15

Tho statue stands In the centre OF Washing
ton Park. facing the north. In front OF tho
yelled statue a strong platform was built yes
terday. and at noon the park began to f1ll up
with men. women. and children. Flags were
flying In all parts Of the city. and the streets
put on a holiday appearance. At az o'clock
Col James Fleming marshalled his aides in
Lincoln Park. and q procession OF about 800
persons started to traverse Broad street and
unvel the statue. Nearly all Of the Aldermen
the Mayor: sixty policemen. led BY Chief Hop
per- in full.uniform, the Board Of Trade. and
several hundred citizens took part In the
pageant; but there was II conspicuous
absence OF labor organizations because. 1t Is
sculptured By chsels welded BY non-union
worSmen, and the fact that Seth Boyden was
the chief among all yorRmen to build up the
labor, With Two fuIl bands The PROCESSION
With Ghsuneoy Parker, +. f. unlnn. Col, Fem:
ing. and Henry Young on horseback leading
THO ceremony Of dedication was opened with nt
y sy Which,
contributed largely toward the statue br a
TRss and Inc 3 eFowa SpFy sef S
vas very loud. Alter the singing. Richard v.
short address eulogistlc Of Seth Boyden and OF
the Board q Trade; Of which M. Parker Is
SsS. but The panic 81 ISIS the
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ton and the Board Of ,Trade. and Mayor
Haynes accepted 1T on behalf Of tho city in a
in point OF tereeness and directness He said
that he hoped the statue was the forerunner OF
IN Newark BY voluntary contrIbStions and
probably the first ever erected In the world to
sa tRs ia the ahd Web s
Newark would erect statues to Edison and to
Then ex- Chancellor Theodore Runyon de-
livered the GRAFTON OF the day. reviewing Boy
dens lite and works and giving him full credit
ton Of ensmelled leather in this country. the
Introduction OF straight aIles and connecting
rods on locomotives the cultivation Of the per
Sa& to TS the as 81.
reseS! ches IN The sciences lie spoke Of ~ his
unselilsh devotion to his works for the benefit
He referred to Seth Boyden as the inventor OF
reversing gear or link notion" as used to-
day on engines and credited him also with
tho invention OF the duplex valve gear for
pumps
Chancellor RunYon has been very active in
getting M the monument and was q friend OF
Boyden at the time OF his death In 1870.
The statue was designed by Karl Gerhardt OF
New Haven. and cast In this city by Henry
bernard. 1t cost $500. and the raising OF the
money can be Justly attributed to tho personal
eXertons Of ex-Chancellor Runyon. who In
1886 started o new movement, when all others
had failed. and enlisted the aid Of prominent
and wealthy men, The Seth Boyden Associa-
Of Trade. and that body carried the project on.
d In the course OF his speech ex-Chancsllor
:" Seth Boyden was born in Foxborough.
Mass: on Nov, IT, l7ss. and came TO this place |
Revolutionary stock 1t Is to be remembered |
he bad no trade. but was brought up on farm
and did agricultural WORK only, except "a he |
practice or instruction at all to do fine or |
minute mechanical work: yet without any In |
structon he repaired watches. and that. too. |
when he was but - years Of age. He made |
work Sio npon i with his own hands He made
MS own electrical apparatus. He made for his |
own use rifle wi b lock of peculiar and In
Rehlous CONSTRUCTION and he made also an air
He painted miniature Of himself clio on ivory
when ne was but II years OF age. II Ii q very
credltnhle production. He engraved a label
lyF u nis BOOKS, and 30 engraved also portrait
81 ashington. both on steel The label shows
me the bent Of his mind. It's ornarnentatlon con-
sists OF tho Representation OF shelf OF hooks.
retort a collection OF Jars OF chemicals. a
par meter and Thermometer, and an electric
ca ,haGnine he made watch case OF erode
tools. aud this he did when he was over 80
years OF age. When one Of his Dyes was Affect
cd by some mala " and physicians were In
vain, he undertook to treat the disease himself,
and TO that end constructed an instrument OF
great maRnifying power, by which. with the aid
OF mirror; be could with the eye which was
unaHecteu lo0K into and examine the condition