New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-30
OBITUAR y.
MICHAEL SARSFIELD COLEMAN.

MICHAEL SARSFTEI.D COLEMAN
dtsn,tcn was received in this city yesterday an
rouncing the death from heart failure al inc
iIygeia Hotel Old Point Comfort, Va or MlchdeI
SarsAeh Coleman. the we.l-known CONTRACTOR ana
brother OF lanes : Coleman ex-Commissoner OF
the Street Cleaning Department. and u. +. Coleman
also an extensive contractor. Mr.. Coleman caught
cold AT the Worlds Fair last October. ana on re-
turning to his home. so % East SiNty-nlhtn-sU'
was Frustrated by attack o; pneumonia After
that lie was never able but once 10 visi MS ONCE
AT 80 Is Exchange pace The disease left him IN
a d.hiliiaied condition and with "A weakened heart
Three weeks ago he started on a southern Journey
with his two brothers and his unmarried ss'F'
Miss Anna H. Coleman. On reaching Washington
be- was Frustrated by relapse. ana AT the 'h' "'
, v,eok he was taken to Old Point Comfort lie
became steadily worse and on Friday evening Or
Edward g. Janoway. - 40. IS West Fortieth-st-.
AMI pr simon J. WALSH Of No. - East one-hnh-
-and-twenty " ghih-st were summoned ny trl"-
graph to go to old Point Comfort and consult win
his attending physician. Or. Jan"way WAS unane To
respond 20 the call, hU' Dr. Walsh starter a. ONCE
.rouch T.. arrived too ll;e to help the dying man
The body y.f! arrive at S q. m to-day. The funeral
VIII ,,l,e riac. AZ s. PatrlcS's Cathedral. probably
o, Wednesday, and the burial VIII be In the family
plot I'm =, Vincent Cemetery. Madison y >.
SIR. Coleman was born In Albany hfty-three years
Az, II, WIS a son OF 4 wcll-kno"n railroad con-
tractor who constructed n large part OF tne New
York Central and Hudson River Railroad ana en-
llrgel the Erie canal m" son was an expert prac'i-
cal as we'll ns theoretical civil and mechanical engl-
r-,r and hts nrst position vas with his father. me
sons James : and Michael S, succceded ther
ftther in business Many notable railroad ana othtr
h.s contracts werc carried out by the firm About
~ trlck Tor ths and Pacific Railroad. much OF
- ~ 10 RAJ. ~ three miles a day. This. for ra-
'-a. Included the building Of three immense r.pe-
ar..l wooden tr.stle-work bridges over IN" Bra|os
river especially i"sGn'd 70 r.s't ih" tTa - ~
of that stream. He also hui thr Nrst 9nore itAi',
| road tunnel und Wechawkcn HEIGHTS re IS sam
| - hnv. been the first t. u.s." compressed air ana
dynamite IN tunncllinr y" hul.t :, seton ~ w,
gears arl To- save charter h' bhllt 4 raitp', VI
teen mh-s long from Maiic3wan TO rrrenodt ~ -;
| i...r....y . on tn road with his own hands IhlS
| contract Included ~" building II immens" tr'sue,
works in the short time available for competitor OF
In connection with Smith X Brown; he but the
uIper -econ ~ The nov 'r't ~ AGuedlct ln'iu ~ :
'g. vr.At gairhousr AZ troton Dam. IN donH tniS
!. ss NECESSARY 10 Obll'erdt" large Hill and SINK
/ shafts 20 frst deep using enough bricks 70 erect
a flll city block - laGg" houses lie "tS N" con
hc WIS Interested IN moro. u not all; OF the great
contracts carried out by MS brother Jane VINO -
! now building ~" Now Croton Dam winch VIII h'
| JOS high as O. et."pl~ and thrk a. INC Elaltabl,
! Insurance FullIing is wide. and When complete
! v.u umpoIul sufficient water 10 submeESe me on
| dam forty feet
Mr. coleman anl his twO brothers were hache-
| lor. and ~ith their unmarried sister lived to-
ge'hrr. They moved WIN ihrr par n.y. uany E ,
| agi. from Albany tO Madison y. j., "neir t'l
! had a nn- homestead II, vas VOL versed In mat
| tors pertaining o. Harships, and IN military AFFAIRS.
| fhough ne WIS never officially connected win th'
tor std in the irish cause. ana vas LIBERAL CON
| trlhuior - FUNDS FOR ia promotion he was a
regular Attendant ~ -. Patrick's Cathedral His
| fortune IL larsr.