Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-07-13
DEATH OF CYRUS W. FIELD.
who. with His Gable, Moored the New
World Alongside the Old"
lBy Telegraph % me Dlspatchl
Nrw York. July l2.-Cyrus w. Field
dicd al $50 o'clock tins morning.
BR. rIFIu.~ CAREER.


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| cyrus Wost iicld was born IN Stockbrldge,
| Nnse.. ou November 80, 1919 received hIs edu-
cation ODD Rms native village, ana at the age Of 10
wears went 90 New YORK, whore his brother,
| laytI dudley, secured position iOr him In tho
! emilpy ot Alexander 7. Stewart. When be at
| tanned fis majority hc began the manufacture
anI .alo of paper on his own account, and "a tne
COURSE of q dozen year WAS at the head ot a
prosperous business. In 1893 he partially re-
tirci aud spent six months IN travelling IN south
America.
tho project q carrying a telegraph line
ucfDss The Atlantic ocean was suggested % him
Iliiug "a conversation with his brother Matthew,
in which AID WIS solicited Tor the construction
of telegraph route across Newfoundland. The
matter Was st once presented 10 Ietcr cooper.
Nu.cs 1aylor, Marshall Roberts, ana Chaudlcr
IS bite. who agreed 10 contribute 10000 each,
and the enterprise was at once organized under
the tile of fhe New \ orb, Newfoundland and
London Telegraph. lne counsel for the COM
pnuv waa hi4 ur1fhcr, David Dudley. and "a COM
Iuuicc was immediately sent 90 Newfoundland
t. secure from the local legislature the exclusive
uuht for nity years 10 establish a telegraph
from the continent oi America 10 Newfoundland
and then 20 England.
Mr. Ftcid then devoted his time largely TO the
accomplishment Of this purpose He visited
Engla id. solicited financial aid, and financially
subscribed n his oWu name tor Ono-iourth ln-
trre-t IN the company. Several unsuccessful ci-
FORTS were made 20 lay the cable, but finally COM
muuigai.ou was established in 1898 MIR. Field
kept public interest in the cable alive dnring the
war IN 1909 active measures were renewed
and the steamship Great Eastern began the de-
livery of the cable. At mid-ocean, alter l.2oO
miles had been laid. the cable parted, and the
vessel returned 70 England.
Ia 1866 another expedition started, and on
July 21th tcl aphic commune ttlou was estap-
lished between the two continents and has not
sine been interrupted. Congress unanimously
voted Mr. ficll gold medal, with the thanks oi
the untion, aud tAc Prime Minister OF England
co-larcd tnat only the tact that he was citizen
oi another country prevented his receiving high
hcnors from Britain.
John Bright pronounced him the "ColA2bus
o. modern times. WHO, with his cable, had moor
al tho new world alongside the Old Tne Paris
Exhibition ~ 1867 gave him the grand medal,
the highest prize Il had 20 bestow. In 1869 no
attended ,he opening Of the suez canal as the
representative Il the Now YORK Chamber OF
Commerce. In 1879 no interested himself in
the elevated railway system OF New York city,
and since then has devoted much Of his thought
ami wealth 70 lts development. In 1850 he made
trip around the worll, ana one OF tho results OF
tnis was seen soon after ms return 10 this cour-
try. whom ne secured important concessions IRON
the Hawaiian Islands for tho laying OF cable
across the Pacific IRON san Francisco.