New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-07
MR.. STRANAHAN HONORED
THE STATUE OF HIM UNVEILED.
MANY CITIZENS PRESENT AT THE cDREMoN'

three has filled many lInpOrlduV PuDAiN PiN~''
received Yesterday the highest honor that his nno"
,.tns oor,d hestow upon him, in the unwilling In
his nresence of bronze statue Of him. the tribute Oh
| ,ove and honor to the founder Of Prospect Park
The bronze OF heroic SIZE and stands JUST "li o
Park from the Plaza entrance, and IS nino ieet III
height upon a pedestal about the same helghI' thc
taue &c erected between the drive and the walk on the
Flatbush-ave. side of the gate. 1t faces the ne"
soldiers and Sailors Arch in the Plaza large num-
hor ~ norsons assembled about the statue before the
bopr for the exercises at 80 p. m, and music was
furnished by the 23d Regiment band platform was
erected in front Of the statue and Mr. stranahSu oo0
MED the place Of honor in an easy chair upon ~
COMMANDED by his wife. Among the others Oh inc Pv
torn were President Low, of Columbia Mural hai
etead Mayor Chaplin, Augustus ST. uauuehs, f"V"
stranahan St. Clair McKelway, General IL. W.
conor,I John B. woodward, Frederick MacMohhicS
~ woror schroeder ex-May0r Whitney, j. Z. HehuliA'
D n sfiman William Berri, f. X Kennedy "in. s
Marshall besides the speakers Aihons "io'o n
coats reserved for subscribers TO the iuuu "'
Durvea. l. Wormser, Thomas T. SULLIVAN, OU O
1obn v Culver, Alexander f Orr. Dr. o. ~ houS-
80, - u rbrrbor Henry w. Maxwell Darwin H.
Tames william b. Kendall, W. G. Sanger, DaVd ~
Peodv A. L. Dow, Charles A. schierer W. A. ny NC
man F. r. r. Lyman, John T. Marun, lnOiiaS
Moore General c. T. Christensen Johh oian.n' I
pratt G. H. De Silver H. X. sheldon A. H. o'l."'
Henry Hentz T. F. Jackson, John D. James 'oiiii Vs.
Jenkins, W. II. Wallace and George NJ. oico." l"a'
nsons were in their carriages outside OF inc Sea.''
- a orest number stood The statue was yelled LII
-" American flag. When Mr.. stranahan appeared nc
was greeted with applause .,.o.
General John b. Woodward opened the eAeroiSo''
He said that model of the statue p'Soeu W '.is
sculptor. Mr. MacMonnies in the Paris salon. NO
received a gold medal, and thus the seal anu sano'o
Of artistic merit had been SCI uPon ~ ~
iudges in the world
Iob, Cibb one of Mr. Stranahans successors as farh
PRESIDENT made the speech presenting the statue 10
the Park Commissioners. .
Mr. NacMonnies then handed the cord to Mr.. strana-
han to unveil the statue, but he declined inc nonol
and the sculptor gave it to Susie Kennedy inc i'0
daughter OF E. r. Kennedy, who pulled away the nag,
disclosing the statue TO view. 1t was greeteu WI"
nrIorse and tbe work was greatly admired.
park President Brewer accepted the statue for the
city. ,,-.e. -, +ba
nr Richard salter Storrs made the address OF The
occasion. He said in part
We set the statue here 70 welcome al VINO, tPV me
chief snail enter the ff THOSE especy Who are
henceiorth have authority within tnese s IL with
trust that the bs sRt tS S6 h S % hg wesens sun VIII
stu greet and gid It, while the city h S smrf
the Park extends IN beauty before It, w ba tfS hat ii Il
will stand till summer blooms ana autumn If
these Charming hills and of the seasons which con-
tinue to dress them. year by year. In living green .
reason the lines OF Thought open us on this occasion
are sharply limited. We cannot properly SPEAK VI
him as we would nor OF ms ms 1a many ny the Community
To which his presence has brought large DehehCs I'
must be deferred unto the day. stu da2 VIE When Se
NAV dwell on the personal traits when we have seen
in him. and may indicate more particularly than nov
the various, yet harmonious labors for the PUBIC
vancement in which it has been his privilege 70 tahe
part To-day at liberty to take only yo te
Of noble citizenship such as has been exempted by
him, and such as we recognize In placing nerT e eis
stately bronze 1t is theme deserving Oh c9ursT ye
far more ample and liberal treat ment th can De ~ I
in the rapid paragraphs to which an ACRES cannot Te t be
untimey, and will not, hope, be without useiui
Kew York is much the same, in iqnda als,Gi
cbarscteristcs as when the Battery and the Bowling
Green divided with ST. Johns square the Tio
of Offering fashionable homes, or when above Os ana,
st. was to most of Its citizens; resort L9r SUD-
dogs-n that sense at least noTRs Gia1peaT,d
while Others have come by scores OF thousands sve 10
take their place. The names most Prnmu and a. tbe
gro1dfsthers Of the present generation could come
bsck to the town in whose sg ggeeegnss II a as
that with which they had been before familiar b ae
North south and Middle id Dutch Where Suf tST soo
while elevators telephones railways laying Their tracks
in the air have Rs sa c6 5E a sudce6n of earth
ouakes Yet the general spirit Of the earlier CITY
remains in stu o End l. so rcm iaf a n e While n he stars
look down on its widening circuit and the meeung
but 1t will never be tlmd, and never VIII hesitate 10 70
meet great emergencies with the fuh swing OF It's
strength. Beyond all other American American cities IL Will
OF this our city think similar pe5 s eSo OF
character NAV be safely PredSe led SaH cons
Spicuous il and while In the brief term OF lts organ
lied civic history OF fifty year, II mas sWeP, out
laon from "a 900 TO $4,000 its earlier character has
been maintained, and, think, has a long future
Oel Whoever then puts determining influence into the
moral and social Development 81 an ~ Sbich
and It's far-reachrg influence can hardly DC sur
passed one T %aT do IL L S and opportunity per-
nit, by founding expanding great Institutions 81
learning Of charity or o and by wy admin d
STEERING public trusts. He may do II through teach
ing in Journalism on the platform OF u tne pGp
the authority Of duty and which ge1erntes or rene~s
pubic spirit that accepts great Tor 6 anS T So f ST
the simple radiation Of character; making mel ana ana
households near him nObler, contributing through ths
reach Of his influence 10 give right bent TO general
private or public aspiration. -, -.
wears old called as with suddenness of lightning stroke
from earthly and human society, VINO DIV ms
% o: N aa has made this city his debtor
and others as well, for all time to come: ny his
patience wisdom persstency OF PurPGse pg ms sT Ta
patty for those needing and seeking the pest Isruc
o he mes put 4 vast so ae IN when @ S@d
aids 10 knowledge. TO character finer and more robust
to more rewarding and skllful INDUSTRY, 70 MOT
happy and hopeful household life Will not be recognized
a. proceeding nom endowments enlarged or established
BY Charles Pratt. He was reputed before his
death believe the weathlest man In our city circles
How that may have been do not know: but he has
certainly been thus the richest In the Influence left
behind him and in the great impulses given by him.
His example l. be actively emuhted, well as
10 verbally honored by those who would place their
names beside his as benefactOrs of tile city, and
through IT, OF all 10 whom II shall be known.
II Is under the incentive Of thoughts like these that
we erect here this statue Of friend. He is
friend and II for that reason only we are glad 10 pay
him public honor. But this Is by no means the pnnci
nal reason why we desire that his statue shall stand
here overlooking the city which his labor have blessed
in front of the Park which he has founded We are glad
that the coming generations shall this strong.
kindly and earnest face this attitude familiar In It's
dignity and grace this erect hgure' which eighty odd
Of the spirit persuasive far-sshted and gently com
n is for what ne has done for the city and done on
this ground, that we raise this memorial Of HIM
What he has done on other lines by other enterprises
be left as have intmated. % be presented al other