Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-31
A NEW YORK CRGSUS.
Cyrus w. Field and His Views Of the
Future.
CABLE ACROSS THE PACIFIC.
How Hr. Field Looks 1t ssvsnty-two-His
Advice to Young Men - b Fortune Making
He Discusses the Great Fortunes Of To-day,
and Says the Chances Are - Good - Ever.
Special oorrsspeudenos Of The Evening Star.

A MONG TIE MOST IMPORTANT BILLS
"A which will be presented to the next Con-
gress are those for the new ocean cables. The
old scheme for laying . cable from San
Francisco to the Sandwich Islands will be re-
vived, and . new one for putting down . cable
from San Francisco to China across the Pacific
will, it 10 said, be proposed. There are now
half dozen cables across the Atlantic, and the
whole world has been joined together by cable
connections. The man who laid the first cable
lives here in New York, and called upon him
yesterday 10 ask him as to the possibilities of
the line across the Pacific. His name, as every
one knows, is Cyrus W. Field. He organized
the company for the building Of the first
Atlantic cable in 1854. His line was 1850
miles long. 1t cost more than . million and
half OF dollars and was . failure. He tried it
again in 1858, and the cable spoke few words
and was silent. Then the war came and for
eight years nothing was done. As soon a. il
had closed, however, Mr.. Field again took up
his scheme, and in 1866 the first successful
cable was laid Now we have cables every
where, and there is in Mr.. Fields office great
case filled with sections o: wire rope cut from
the great cables Of the world. There are
score Of these behind the glass door of this
along the coast Of Africa. through the Mediter-
| ranean sea and along the waters Of China and
Japan.
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NJ r,.,s ia ~ A..
N WIN nAo .A"' 'neto was NJ "ouo'
but that successful line could be made across
the Pacific, and he showed me q map which he
had had made in support Of Q similar scheme
proposed by him to CONGRESS- more than eisvan
years ago. At this time Mr.. Field proposed
cables for Japan, Australia and the Sandwich
lsiahos anI 'no HaP SLOWS tnat I,oJO mues OF
ono % Iuu Se ~ wv LADIES W Japan ana
rnnni,o So, p,.o. anS noi xetn route,
aud ,haSnca d. t ~ S;,. ,auNosto cao
miIes and tb;s oJd;no On ~ oent %. . 800
wond make = cable ~ this I;nS arte Ua ' snc
n;les from one cont;n.n. 20 ths otho. 1ioG ~
I'M niles f-or, s.m Er.nn;so, ~. - ~" Sst ~
1sisuds 80 ,,ara En-. 400 ~; Iae Sanu" .S
sandwich Islands to Jansn. With the sIact 'i IN
t%a W. tnn .ts u, WIN Ine sack IN
the hin. and valleys. 20 sSs haG ~
a.. a. o.hIa 49,. .t;. 49,. " 80 GU CO.. or WIG
cisco to YoLobama would 49, 20 Sa 7no ,;in.
innS ga hranoh liz. 49,, 10 40 = S W. maIs
Islands MINING down from kns,rsi;. ,sn,,,I "a
8 0O0 milas more ma[ino n total If ~ non H.
oi, A''1'0' A'''0 'N"Ae 'o'' VI A''ooo ""es
CYRUS ". FIELD AT sEvENTY-Two.
found Mr.. Field in his Office in the big Field
building at the foot of Broadway, He in ssv-
antv-tvo voor. ala o,a ~. ho;. 3. -.
ha Z I'll - 49, 80 -. =; 10. 80. ssyn ou'
nsliv No. a. sban ba ,,iannad a. aSne.!c
cahis noe-, baH $500, nv" IL H'.Hn.
s;x yoot elf 81 ..Lnr -. % .t Hu'
He has the same ,na s;kv ha;r snd sorna wi'e
the ssme featnras ~ bis hrothe- IpJna ETA
If tba Snnraroa ben"h tbanoh To- u1eo .oio
vons and pass ;nS;n;si ~ h;s ne. o. ne eiI,
one of The rich man Of Nav WI ord :. -o..h
b;s ,,;,l;ons N-'A '- -''" A0AA ""~ "oi'u
TIE FUTURE OF NEW YORK.
l asked MIR. Field what no thought Of New
York's future. He replied:
Il came to New York when was fifteen and
nv first work here was in A IT Stewart,a am
ploy. At this time New York had only ESQ. 600
people It was not much bigger than WASH
ington Is now. have seen it grow right along
from year to year unit, now, with its suburbs
and BROOKLYN, it contains more than 8. 600 600
people, London has only 5000. 600 and be-
fieve that this will be tho greatest seaport of
the world
''How about the growth of fortunes2, said
'Our great fortunes" said Mr.. Field ssare
among the wonders of modern times. Idon't
believe there was millionaire in the conntrv
at the time of the revolution and now Won NAV
and one in almos. every county and in every
ago that the richest man in the state Of New
York had only an income Of 81, 500 year in
money. This was Van Rensselaer, of Albany,
", a tn aoS o0o my years ago ana VINO had
cultivation. He rented these out At ! per cent
on their v.lr.t;on anJ ha "a ,oad al ~ ~
an income that came in Kind in tbe sbane ~ 81
farm nroducts Ac His monav incono NOS
however onIv n I'm and be was cons;Ga-sd 30
richest man of his Sav Now we bava ON W. sne
derbilts- our Astors and Numerous otber mar
of many mill;ons William p Vandarb;It wher
he d;aj was tho rchast AL, Ill j., ~ ,,I
He left 5000. 600 600 I sunnose William Wal.
dorf Aston ia now one ~ tba r;cbest ,nan IN tha
World and the Astnr Sam;iv ia or"w;na r;nh tae
tom vaar 20 go" I" eo"s AA'"eA
.sDo Won inn. -, ..,. h., u.;.,
sortnna NAV he norna.yo.aS 10 ~. ra;taS
StatesS" Nv PS-P'0N AA WIG o"''o"
mo f" ran,;ad NJ r;.,d .r do M. n,.
Laws arc snph th.t ~. ~ NJ Cur
tune and the tesnro 0 * sst smna o. ~ n ,O
in one fsm;y IL PS st u ; var; sun u money
is far hattar for -. r. Us 81 CA, IN
cnmnla tiona ~ ~. -;aS 49, o. a.a VIC ao
end tha nor,hn ~ 'n nou ;.a Ii s onof NOUS
modem ti,nas tani ~ 80 thp,s ,,,unn oul
"WilI we aver ba va a h;ii;ona;ra2n
81 cam,t sen n as .. ot 4hS.
"New DEVELOPMENTS in nature and new ele
ments in fortune-making are coming into the
nelo every Gay. ms inter KING OF South
nna nf a. nas, seems, !umPeo 70 t1e 'front.' as
n, ~ 81, i.e ~ vi sne ume' anu "na' can
'oO '''' 90 " VIC ,u'ufo'
YOUNG MEMS CHANCES NOWADAYS.
DO you think, Mr.. Field, that the chance
for young man is az good now Al when Won
atarted in life and vhat vorId +. - -.
to vonng man2" "'1'N w 'ou' "0'i0e
tT don,t see wbv tho chance,