New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-29
4 DEPEW ANNIVERSARY.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS WITH ONE ROAD.
CONGRATULATIONS FROM NOTED MEN-INCI
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CONGRATULATIONS FROM NOTED MEN-INCI-
DENTS IN HIS BRILLIANT CAREER.
The twenty fifth anniversary Of the official connection
Of Chauncey VI. Depew with the Vanderbilt system OF
railways was celebrated last evening by dinner given
by him nj his house. No. 43 West Fifty fourth ST. to
some Of his railway and banking friends. II was a
strictly private dInr". aud the dining room Of his
house was utilized for the purpose. These were Mr.
Depew'S guests
Cornelius Vanderbilt Frederick W. Vanderbilt. Will
lam d. Sloane. II. Mex. Twombly, Dr. W. Seward
Webb, Walter Rathbone Bacon J. Perpont Morgan,
D. o. Mills, Charles Lancr, James W. Alexander
II. i. Lcdyarl, president Of the Michigan Central
Railroad Company; John Newell. president of the
Lake shore Railroad Company; VI. +. ingalls,, vice
president Of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago ana
1T. Louis Railroad Company: George b. Roberts, presi
dent and Frank Thomson. first vice president, OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company; John King. prsi-
dent Of the Erie Railway Company; Charles p. Clark,
president OF the New-York and New-llaven RAILROAD
Company, Austin Corbin Samuel Sloan president OF
the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Thomas +. Fowler, president of the Newlork Ontario
and Western Railroad Company; f. p. Wilbur prel-
dent Of the Lchgh Valley Railroad Company; \. \.
Mcleod president OF the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad Company Charles F. Mayer president Of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Horace j.
Hayden second vice-presdent, and H. Walter webb,
third vice president, OF the New-Nork Central and
Hudson River Railroad Company J. ID. Laying general
manager Of the West shore Railroad Company Charles
L. Cox, vice president OF the Canada Southern Railroad
Company; Ashbel Green samuel d. Babcock, +. T.
shepard. lie Grand b. Cannon, Charles a. Dana and
George W. Chllds.
Mr.. Depew's house is Of the brownstonc front order
this city, and IS connected in solid line
of masonry with the other houses in the block or
the north side Of West Fifty fourth st. There IS
nothing to distinguish it from it, ncehbors except a
.tir Of q pI.t- mn uted
modest bronze poles planted at the foot Of the steps
at the front door. But the entrance lead, 10 the hall
way Of double house, the reception room being on the
left and the parlor on the right with the dining
room in the rear. The hall extends nor,hward
to the library, from which there Is also an entrance
10 the dining room. MIR. Depew ha, become famous,
among other things for the skill with which he has
cOnjoincd intellectually and fc>tvity. The proximity
to, and IN fact the actual conjunction Of the library
and the dining room, proves that lie ha, carried the
idea Of the advantage Of this relationship into his
home life
Mr. Dcpew took occasion last evening. at the close
of the dinner to treat his gusts t. some "reminiscences
in fact he INDUCED in retrospect OF his life since the
wear he entered upon his career RAILWAY officer
lie presented 10 his guests neatly prepared pamphlets
Of seventeen pages, atistically and iypug1pmcnily
suitable 10 the OCCASION containing bf1ef rVic" 81
his own far a, 1t relates Ia his H-'pctllo
with the Ncw-Nork Central Railroad Company, and
also a statement SNoWlHS inc Flo"'l 81 tIo 'ii'P"'
ton business during the last quarter Of century, ana
IFS bearings upon the Of that rad These are
somc Of the things contained IA tho pamphlet:
IT wa, I'm leGG. EngrO,,ing attention 10 public
service had interrupted tho practice ~ my profession
Of the law. The Republican party Wa largely doml
nant Partial friends urged that the prospects Of It
political career were brilliant. had retired mt the
beginning Of tho year from tho Office Of secretary Of
STATE had resigned the post Of United states Minister
10 japan, 10 which had been nominated ana con
nrmed by the senate, and had been appointed collector
# the Port Of Ncw-YoIk. which appointment Wa"
recalled by President Johnson because Of the refusal
II the Republican senator, sustain hls veto Of the
Civil Right, BILL
The eros. roads between public or business life
had been reached Which way " the absorbing
question. William II. Vanderbilt snd We want
your services and the Commodore remarked 'hauh
cey, politics don't pay. The business Of the future
In this country i, TirOadng.' Tho commission was
attorney for tho New-York and Harlem Railroad com
pany, but the dutc, covered every thing omcM or
personal in which the Commodore was interested. For
The last eleven years Of his life was In almost daily
with this remarkable man. lie accumu
lated the largest fortune ever made Ill long HE was
nm uninterrupted succession Of wars and trumphs !
lie always carc,y gave battle IN The hcre business
competition, Of his time, and never lost one. Tho
most extraordinary l1 IN h- t. that he gained
the - riy OF his wealth after he Ina passed llIee
Inc own, haGouing ability and prestige 81 hi. !
father alone pre-, cutcd william II. from nd cOsakci
IA, IA, for. most railway manager in tn, o"ntry IAc
popularity 81 my connection WIN Nhd' r." h,o"n
A, Ia. Vanderbilt stem II that dullhE til' quarter
If a cent?, 1 have been iu the clo-cst confidential
relation, with the founder Tor the clo-it ana most I'M
uortaut wear, Of ms lc VITA III oou i'i IN "hOi
n his a,tlvc management Of thcsr properties. with |
the elder grandson during the cntlr period, ana NJ
brother the greater part of IL, ana have -ccii u bNd
GRAND son pa, hi, majority and 90 through me prepAA
lion IN school and college " meet bIoil'I uuu VIM"
ARE imposed upon wealth ana power WIN cr" |
II !. proud and snt'iact'iN I,lr" !
-pcct thar no friction. ain Icucc-. or Criticisms h''Y
ri,dri these year.. but they present an uhh"n'' uuu
unusual memory OF plcd-ur" IN tn W"rn, -til''''vH
itl The growth Of the plant, and hapPin"-a li tn"
',d.Iior friendship and confidence OF fellow /
obor.r- In thi, gr AT field. The best pait oi INC |
rccD ertiuus OF the past ana the en- NW,ht 81 ,no
u-,.it consists i'm the attachments i"ih Il WIN ll'
mon l,iug and dead. who have stood AID wor.ld 10
scthcr during the quarc:-c Htniy "ho'e '"hPc"'" W.
commemorate. -, .... . o,r,
noct itil history Of the "-l"rk central h!Ntrn
ud All us connection, and closes Win these WITH
The railways have come to acknnwlcie" their p"pl
or obligations. and semi public cm.'S ter. ana III,
TatonaI Government and the state, have suDS'i'utci
d., .nucryi,lon and regulation for blind ana uh,
,ca.nniuc ATTACKS, Tn railway president VINO a'i.l
~ canal disregard the public and ui the interest,"
II his stockholders Is mem"ly oil nc ihcsc
,nst interests. whose proper conduct Is 50 VITA
io the prosperity OF commerce ana me Weii"'J AL, W
Inc commonwealth, are with Jew eXo .puoIls ,.nnI,,
Irnad minded and public spirited Ihcy are h,'ii n
'i,,'o IA The grave + spOnsibitcs which rest upon |
hem 4, the double obligation % the lcnplc an nd
toclboIder, which requires b0ih stalcsnldnsnhP n
,oat army of ompoyts which calls for the hea1 OF
,nnc,ai and the heart of a philantlrOplst'
INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY,"