New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-12

and answered all his large CORE poniencc the Ia;
That the letters were received. Puucjuaty, prompt
ness and incc>sant activity characterized his business
life and soon brought Linn the encouragement OF
success.
ENTERPRISE wILRFwAGDED.
In the second year Of hi, rcvvlnc prosperity he
took his brother law. Joseph +. stone into partner
ship. The years that follow present an aim st unbroken
! record Of well rewarded business enterprise and III
| crcasing gains Between lo41 and l-j3 Mr.. Field
ama,scd what then considered a handsome forums
by his ndefttigabc application to his paper business
aided by hl, wee~tablishcd reputation for integrity
and ability Devoted as he 70 his home lfc. tho
mperious claims of business allowed him Int little
time for It's enjoyment. For year after marriage
bcgai ho~ckccplng at No. 81 Fast >c,cniecnth-Si..
where they lived for ten years until Mr. Field 9uIt
his spacious mansion at the northeast corner OF Lex
ngt0n.avc. and Twenty first St.. where lie has since
resided The next h. GSnneciGd IN tine 1 r hro Tn
David Dudley ana afierTaiH by the l%ierS T3
afcrward to he connected with him in the enterprises
| with which Mr. Fields name VIII Away be associated
qualities of mind and heart MIR. Field admired from ne
| drst Thus he became con>n,nt reader OF The
William NJ Evarts (thc Of his fathers friend and
cia>smate william Cullen Bryant and Jackson =
.octv as the term /, commonly understood. Mr.. Field
had had little time but with the beginning Of his NE
| I'm Creamery Park he found opportunity 10 crafty ils
love of hospitality and to widen the circle OF his
ON January l. 1853 he retired from active business
at the age of thirty three years ard one month
S Tan 0r nnforHnsey extremely rare lie paid up
principal and interest In full all the OBLIGATIONS "r,S's
MaV have been held Responsible At the solicitation
of his junior partner he allowed his name to remain
at the head Of his firm and left in it capital Of
| 100000 under the express understanding that he
should not be called upon TO devote any time 10 me
% naav Win II ' his friend Frederick F. Church Tie artist
left New York to carry ont scheme t.yel in r"%
| America Going By sailing vessel a Ncw''iHnaui,
they assembled the Macdacna River for 600 miles In
| steamboat and then performed fonr months Journey
The Andes to Quito coming down to the Pacific coast
and returning by the Ishmus Of Panama. CGntcm III
and the Falls Of Tequcn Lama painted for Mr llcm
and for his Heart of the Ands' on the re1" Fl
voyage Mr.. Field became acquainted with Mar,hall g.
Roberts, already famous as an ORIGINATOR {" >'e"N"P
enterprises. lie reached home Just In time to Ire
present the golden wedding Of his paren :, Which
| was celebrated in StCckbridge.
TIE ATLANTIC CABLE.
Thus far Nj. Fields life had contained notnhe
more eventul than the lives Of thousands 4" others
who fight their to competence or fortune through
| their unadcd ability. But the inception OIL
great enterprise was at hand Instead of living. a.
he purposed the peaceful life OF a retired merchant his
life work just about to open, for the project ~
laying the Atlantic cable then lnchoatc, was awaiting
the touch of the hand to crystalline into definite
trm. 1t IS as the man who aid the Atlan nt ea''e
| cable remains TO bind together ne con,lnGsh,n:
Yet his first connection WIN TINS . s," RTII
tempt ended in failure. The time was rrowins ripe for
| a system of submarine tclcgaphy. Ten years bcfom
when even the telegraph itself was In us early teen
Professor Morse had expressed his CONVICTION l"urn
on Se4'G mi m W ccrantv be cs,alcd acs
the Atlantic Dream In the winter u l74D' ~ +. ~
Osborne an engineer engaged in building teleErHph
| line through Lower Canada and New BIln' wick 20
Halifax, Nova scotia, conceived the pro!c1 o. A. Ice
| America with the main continent. The Importance
Of TIE geographical position Of Newionndand IN the the
l'n1C vas p about n Wu, @e ' tS Roman cqthos
writes F. ~ Archibald formerly Attorney General {"
no. In Inc pnF Si M his PH
| for overland line from ST. Johns 10 'ape Ray
between Dover and Canis not having then been laid
for communication between Cape Breton, by steamer
and is OF T's "o
Obtaining grant Of $500 sterling from the legislature
Of the PROPOSED line to Cape Raw and in procured
the passage Of an act Incorporating himself ana Sncn
| to be called "The Newfoundland Electric telegraph
%h the eTig 1s co@ Ery1 S Npw
York OF which Mr. Tsbbetts and Mr. olSro%k were
| cable i'm England and IN November. l-52. procec1cd
in a small steamer. 10 stretch the first submarine cable
| 10 New brunswick This was after broken. In
| the spring of 1883 Mr. Osborne set t. work upon the
| thirty or forty miles when the moneyed men Of the
company suddenly refused to furnish fandS ms G ,o
company although he cecrnlly gave up every tng lie
| had.
TAKING UP TIE PROJECT
This then was the tale Of disastrous enterprise that
| Mr.. Osborne told Matthew d. Field, who had left
| paper-making and become engineer. and whom he
met at the Aston House in the winter Of l5354. il
a, once occurred 10 Matthew Field that his brother
Cyr,s with leisure to investigate novel schemes and
capital 10 embark in them If "cll founded, was tc
very man 10 interest himself in this adventurous under
| taking. But approaching the matter gyms W.
| found unwilling at nrSt to resume business ctrS ne
consented at last Osborne spent an evening with
terI-,nean line from Cape Race to Cape Ray thence by
carrier pigeons and boats across the >rls 81 N"r,r
cumberland to Cape Beton and thence 10 co!vey new
by overland wires 10 New York. After the succe, OF
Mr. Brctts submarine cable between power ana '@Gms
Osborne recommended similar c3'pie pctMorn ,rP t
Raw and Cape Breton. This line wa 10 conner wan
line of very fat steamers when were !" maze ,e e
short TRANSATLANTIC passage IN SIX Gay, sun val IT,
plan unfoded by Mr.. Osborne Nothing wa ,ad , M
years he claims that he had secretly CHERISHED tis
IDEA never expressing 1t because was looked upon
| speculation as the Newfoundland connection and had
coupled IT at that time with an Atlantic line all coz
feaed" on the other hand. the Rev. Henry NJ Field
writes: AFTER Osborne left MIR. Field hon,@ the
and began to turn i over 1t was while TIM. s'GG G,,
ing the globe that the idea first occurred to hm ina.
made 10 span the Atlantic Ocean" The idea was no,
WIN saa Mr. Fs anG s MHGT Of y
ing cables In large bodies OF deep water had commented
sjde Nv Brett But Mr. Field seems the first man 70
| regard a cable the Atlantic practicable
| commercial enterprise.
TWO GREAT PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED.
| When this thought occurred to Mr.. Field ne
| nj once consulted his brother David Dudley. always
| 6is most trusted adviser, who ndorsed the plan. He
deferred giving answer TO Osborne for the plan OF
| shortening communication with Europe by n couple Of
DAYS through boats and carrier pigeons seemed nothing
| In comparison with This project for uniting the con
| tinents Mr.. Field was confronted by two great
| he cha
| ihe possibitv OF telcgraphing 50 long disialICe
| The next day after his Interview with Osborne he
Il MAtt lLnr &