The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-13

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spoE en- from every school stage in the country
twenty years ago. and in the minds OF ting
Spo o" f ie%sdation than did ali the subse-
0uent decorations Of rulers and societies on
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Is snid to hanye been conceived originally by
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pany HIS next ysaIT We're typteai rsrod lin in
verge Of success. despair on the heels OF hope.
riiicus swift after nraise; long. unbroken.
and depression and the hnai triumph.
Fr6 the e IS eass
company. He visited England dozens of times.
G.s sciH tsr "a wrtnS
ncatlon was established first in 1855 Four
Undanntei by this fixture Mr.. Field again
for another attemlt to lay the cable Mr.
Fields company had nominal capital q 81,
e sseM r himseli Subscribed
Great Britain granted an annual subsidy Of
sy 9" sf ss f or StsSs an sap Both
Cover nments granted the use Of ships OF war
In M isJ5 the Great Eastern started to lay tho
cable. When, the cable hnd i, been snl laid 200 .S
broken by sudden lurch OF the vessel and
| sank two miles and n half into the ocean. Re
t. OTpf the fPs Of o 'hs InGs
was abandoned for that year, but in
Eress voted him gold media! and Il the 4, thanks
called led him the Columbus d modern tines"
The Paris Exposition in 1867, gave him the
the M'd Of Na% s
thanks Of thu ShsmteT q Commerce ii New
thanks OF the American Chamber of Commences
Fl Kms v.or s%n aeI1 a ana
silver service from Ge9TSe Peab2dyi ra,, lao.
well Known S% ns the s oriEnator Of the elsyats
railway system than as the man who laid the
cable. He became interested in rapid transit
Samuel j. Tiiden and several other wealthy
mon. In imitation of him. other men put up
anu New York TRACKS. both systems were leased
s to @S om IN Which
s"%relIea ' Mr. Fisid to surrsnt-y his
ture has been written for each side.
ImmediateE , dfter ter I'll TIE ., c t raway
press. a property which from the first was con-
sideredd an unproiltable Investment ior him.
MI fsla was sa th IN ths
was given by the Andr6 statue affair Mr..
Field erected monument to MAJOR y andre.
/ ton, and 1t was disgurrd in the night by van
d tt,s. 'Asalr it was distsnrod and again re-
I'D many tim S Mr Fied ali Tie time deIend
ing his course vigorously with word and pen.
Mr. Sd WAS ha 81 fftrapf sosa ns
lion. At his house in Gr!.mercy Park. next
door, 70 that Of his brother David Dud.y
ridge. who once spoke Of him as one Of the
very best typsSs, Of The AmeEican man" and
| friend OF Lord Palmerston; Lord Derby, and
Gladstone. and was acquainted with almost
NJ Fl FIT F.d IL ERs1 Gsaft to take
vrrsnry Of the European settlement Of that isl.
niyersary OF the organization Of the original
nc Gsv1t It at ms
il, 1881 Mr: FELL began the collection OF the
und e. M NJ s.sd and IN nsT an
iernal machine. The machine exploded pre-.
|
tion Of q like package addressed to William H.
In his last years Mr. Field was a quaint and
familiar figure down town. Tall. slightly bent
behind his temples. he appeared In tho street
| summer and winter, In a long black coat, peer.
| ing keenly from under his heavy eyebrows u
ali who approached i'm. Hi face was alert
| vigorous. and searching. yet with young men
DO was eurions!y amiable. pattlng them on thu
end keeping closely his own counsel in q
decided yet unoffending manner. :,
happy, Much OF his time In recent years
# his country seat, ATdslsX. ,5 named after
ley. orkshlrc., Mr.. Field had seven children
one Of whom died died In childhood. One daugh.
dead; Snoth,es James BrnyPp, AndreEs; ia an n
Morse Field. married Clara Louise LindIey ip
1877, and In 1870 bis son; Cyrus Willism Field
child K Alice 3 5s5S II Field, NJ. r.u ..,.
s1as.d sssS ogden wsaalnE :, tS NJ o st,
hons Year II s NSy u.s. 1851. fSi
disd II thsiE eouRtry bone at Irving