New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-16
THEIR CORNERSTONE LAID.
EXERCISES AT THE EYE AND EAR IN
URINARY
PRAISE FOR THE EXCELLENT INSTITUTION

York Eve and Ear Iniirmary, at Thirtcenth-st. and
.ondave was laid yesterday afternoon. in the
resence of large number of the directors and faculty
and Of many friends of this old and most excellent
charitable institution The exercises took place in the
present building, the structure being accessible
brouch door The lecture hall of the infrmarv was
we'll filed among those present being ex- Mayor Hewitt
Mrs Grover Cleveland Archdcacon Mackay Smith Dr.
l. A. wendt. Professor f. :. Dennis. bishop Potter
,bram Dubois, Cornelius Vanderbilt. Lispenard
stewart J. H. Rhoadcs. benjamin ii. Field. Arson
Phelps stokes John a. stewart. DR.. Albert H. Eu'N
Dr. Henry ID. Noyes, DR.. Gorham Bacon, Di. klcii'iu
H. Derby and Henry j. Barley.
The new building will be INTELLECTUALLY superior
10 the present one and il is hoped that at some to
the whole nhrmary will be made harmonious rom
structural point of view. The new wing VIII DE nVr
stories in height. built of brownstone and breA anu
has been carefully designed to afford The accomih"u"
tons necessary for its purpose. \ large ached
entrance will be built on the ThirteentiSt' sue i"'
co.., of the building is about 100000 but an aod'oha
expense OF go 900 Will be required for itS furnishings
OF this e,senta! fund $4,000 has already been raised.
the contributions of the directors amounting 10 sooaB
sum by themselves. Among the prlnclpai SUBSCRIBERS
we're: Abram Dubois. $1,000; ADRIAN lscih @o'ooV'
w. c. schermerhom. $1,000; CnrIeIus \"hder"io'
81 900: Robert Winthrop. $500: John L. kiler,
:. ,oo. Iispenarl stewart $500. The following
subscribed from $500 TO - 600 each Arson Phelps
stokes H. c. Barley. J. ii. Rhoades, Robert schel,
r. H. Field II. d. Noyes. Alfred Roosevelt, John A.
stewart Richard II. Derby and William II. Appleton
There is good promise that the other $4,000 Will be
subscribed before the building is completed.
The exercises Yesterday were TO he presided over
ny Chauncey NJ Depew. but the wcllknown speakers
illness prevented his attendance and cxNayor Hewitt
presided. Promptly at 3 O'Clock Mr. Hewitt arose
and called the assembly TO order with short address
lie explained that he had been called TO preside be-
oause with the exception of President Field he was
the Oldest living honorary governor of the institution
The chairman spoke pathetically of the ravages Of
death among his colleagues. "All ewYork citizens
conspicuous for their intelligence have been honorary
governors of this nfirmary,' he said and When we
leave You shall join better crowd ana shall pass
into better company than those we leave behind
Mr. Hewitt added. that his govcrnorshp of the IN
frmary was the only honor he had ever purchased,
and that he said he had purchased outright. When
he was a student his eyes had given way. ana ne
was almost blind lie went 10 Europe for treat
ment and was told that he was afflicted with
ameurosis and was incurable He returned to this
country and was treated and cured AT this infrmary
In his gratitude he scraped up enough money to buy
himself the honorary governorship which he still
holds The speaker closed with the sentiment that
Helenholz the inventor of the orhthalmoScopc should
he ranked in science above Morse, Bcsscmcr and
Edison.
The prescribed programme then taken up as
follows: Prayer by Bishop Potter Historical sketch
and our Needs DR.. IL. ID. Noyos; address by George
William Curtis: Laying II Cornerstone" by the
president benjamin H. Field preceded by a statement
of the contents of the box. 10y DR.. Richard H. Derby
Iencdction. by Bishop Potter.
Bishop Potter appeared in his Episcopal robes Of
state and offered an mprc i've PRAYER. in which re
invoked blessings upon this and other charities Vice
President J. Iarscn Rhoadcs followed with an his
torical sketch of the infrnarv.
lie said in part This institution was first organized
in 1920 and then occupied two stories Of small
building on Cha,lam>t. In the first seven months
Of its existence 600 people presented themselves for
treatment and many Of them rest red 10 sight
from total blindness. ON March o. 1-.1. a meeting
was held at the City Hotel Broadway and Ccdar-si..
t. establish permanent organization. At that meet
ing il was decided that the president Of Roosevelt
Hospital should lie also NOiicio president If The
inarmaiy in 1922. the inhrmaiy was ID
co-porated BY the legislature. In 1724 it
was removed to the old Marine Hospital in Duane ST..
where II remained until 1-4j. Then the association
paid - 900 for a house i'm Nercerst. In 1-54 the Leg
i,ature Appropriation Of $4,000, on the I'M
Outstanding that $4,000 should lie raised by SUD
scription. The money was raised and with the fund
the present building erected at Thirteenth St. and
Second-ave. in 1-56 the edifcc dedicated
and occupied and 5000 applicants for treatment were
received that year
The speaker closed with the statement that Dr..
Abram Du Hois present at the meeting. had been
remark provoking enthusiastic applause. Mr. RhoadeS
added that in the seventy years Of the nfrnay' eX
i,cnce 455ss9 persons had been treated By its doc
tors
Dr. Henry D. Moves spoke Of the advancement Of
science and referred incidentally To Mr.. Hewts case
At that time, remarked DR.. Noyes. the oculsts would
call everything abont which thew could not ui
Ter tand "ameurosis' term which today means noih
Ing The purpose VI the intrmary, said the Doctor
was not only aid the helpless. but 10 disseminate
the knowledge gained by the treatment. Dr. Hofe'
also pointed The fact that on the staff OF inc III
frmary is the man who when a student at Berlin as
covered the use OF the local anaesthec. cocaine TINS
henefacOr of mankind is Dr. Roller The speaker de-
carcc that tie general diseases Of the eye auch d7
crsnulaiion Of the lid, were gradually decreasing.
George william Curtis followed, and plunged at once
into the Worlds Fair problem. he said IN part;
Il am sorry Mr. Depcw is not here for Nr. Dcpe"
Is fuder Of the Worlds Fair than Of the state Con
stltutiou Uaughter) lie is 50 fond Of ii that he
has even agreed 10 Il cOmprOmi,e. fLaHsliierJ le'
he is not t. blame, Jr Columbus himself com
promised on his discoveries by discovering continent
hc never saw. He only found some isiahus' N'i'
much As if a man were TO discover New YORK by Only
getting a. far o, PccksldH. naushter) shouih no"
suggest hat Chicago compromise with Paris Let ili
porA-oy aim to equal ne trcnr ed helpfa 1or
1imncr while Ills wife wanted turkey The t"" agree
to COMPROMISE and by The srSS"-liVh 81 u', ma" .
t1e,. arnlc,bly c9npr0m sed icrfcdk tIauIhtcs'l
inf Chicago corpr.u.c by aiming 10 cqnal f%rl' JOY
snc can never ,urpa-, tie French metropolis, 'i''rD
elements OF grcdinc-s All CDIli'i'ldl. ~ go.
direrruf i'm New \ ork for offer 10 the Inspection
Of me world principally schools, lbTaiic5, Ihh'inal
aud hospitals. The test Is not IN HIvhrt nun
fjplving Itself but in money transmitting ltsen ln.
form, Of humane beneiccncc. Athens, Rome an"
lc,1i.alem had no such characteristic We ialr ere,
sted the god Of compa and We are apostles ~
him They lad no counterpart Tor our
r'-,-ifah. institutions snail We b" -ail~hr1 II oar
dcec-ndagts find that We had the most lofty Du!dinS,
and The ailtic-t streets the richest men and the wort
Governor the best shops and the foulcs sluins! No
ILis piide If city, where no man feels al
90 while another suffers Where the prosperous,
,he f,rtuBate and the beautiful Do not ask. Am
nv brothers kecper? but do ask, What j.
~ next d thing that can doP The greatest
srCwn of Our city's glory VIII be woven by strength
ening Just sGch institutions as ms .,-, l.,
Dr Derby read a list Of the articles contained IN
tho ~ ,talbix which was 70 lr placed within The cor
nersone Among them we're DE- Deahelds dedcat on
ninth animal report, the cards Of registration,
bronze medallion OF Jacob Parson piais OF lhe new