New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-22

CALVERT VAUX.
ried to the shore to secure IT, but It had disap-
peared when he got there. A few minutes later
Mr.. Frye himself noticed that the body was drli'-
ing out to sea again near the bukhead. H got
boat-hock, and, after some trouble, hauled IL 10
land.
Acting Captain BuriOrd and Roundsman
Gaughran. Of the Twenty-ifth sub precinct sta
tion who had been sent To-. hurried t. the shore.
The tide was high and the water roughened by the
strong wind which had been blowing. 1t was
hard 10 secure the body. and when ii became
necessary to 20 into the water after ii Buriord
and Gaughran walked in up to their waists
Or word being sent the home of c. Bowyer
Vaux. who was waiting there to receive reports
from the searchers for his father, Mr.. \auX
went down and identified the body. He made
the Identification certain by examining the
clothing and the marks upon It, Then an under
taker named WyckoG with the permission OF the
Coroner. took the body TO his place in Eighteenth
ave.
Search had been made in the lighthouses on the
beach and along the beach. and inquiries made oil
the ncighbors of friends in New-York. and IN
every place Wnere it was imagined Calvert NauN
might have wandered. on Wednesday night the
family retired, but a friend Of c. Bowyer NdhX
remained
return II was thought he might have taken a
wrong trolley-car at Bath Beach or become con-
fused and wandered toward Coney Island. The
theory of suicide had been disclaimed by his rela-
tives who said that the missing man had been
cheerful and mentally able the evening before
he disappeared to attend 20 some important pa
pers relating to his business. Last Tuesday he
had been at the Arsenal in Central Park where
he complained OF being i'll. and started early in
the afternoon for his sons house in Bens'nhurst
After he left the house on Tue sday afternoon he
went to what is called the Captains Per AT
the end Of De Bruyn's Lane lie walked To- the
end of il, and when spoken to by the propr!etpr'
George Ditmar and asked 10 take some refresh
ment. declined, saying: mo, thank YOU ohF
came out to see the Improvements You have
made" Soon afterward he walked t. the beach
and it was said that ne mad been seen walking
back toward the trolley company line ms was
the last seen Of him alive. The family Thought
that perhaps he had gone TO New York 70 VISIT
his physician. been taken i'll and been carried
to a hospital They said emphaticaly thai they
did not think he had committed suicide
Probably no will ever know whether MT.
Vaux accidentally fell into the water of Graves
end Bay. was forced into 1t or committed suiciue
by entering 1t Of his own WILL The hrst theory
Is generally held by his relatives and friends
The second is generally discred!ted. and the last
theory prevails with some people
For some time ne had suffered with nervous
prostratiOn and last August he was i'm poor
health when he had completed plans for Bronx
Park. over which he had labored assidLousy
The strain told severely on his health. as ne
was seventy years old. However. h. did not
rest but continued his duties of landscape artst
to the Park Department OF Newly OK. lie i'uhu
ii necessary, about seven weeks ago. 10 dscon-
unue his work temporarily. and with his dSush-
ter Miss Marian Vaux, went TO the Hotel Madl-
son. where in October, he was under the car
Of DR.. George : COnant and Dr. Nlllam Is he
Garrno a specialist. Ten days ago he went 10
the home Of his son in B"nsonhurst To recuperate
where he seemed perfectly contented. usually
| Il saf.l Inn. he
ing delight in watching the sunsets.
Mr. Vaux was we'll known in Bensonhurst
where last summer, he was a guest at the Hotel
BensOnhurst. He would often 81 ana loon AZ the
waters of the Bay for hours His son. {. Bow
Yer Vaux, has lived in his attractive cottage III
Bensonhurst for some time. He is an officer ana
member Of the New-TOrk Canoe Club. which has
a house IN South Bensonhurst. Another SON.
calvert. was in business with his father. TW =
daughters. Miss Marian Naux and Mrs. H. II.
Donaldson. survive their father. Another son
is Downing NauX.
to-day.
Calvert VauX was borr in London England. on
December 90 1924. He was educated at the Mer-
chant Ta!lors School. one Of the Oldest schools
in England After leaving that school he stunned
architecture under Lewis y. Cottingham. IN
1S4S by invitation of Andrew j. Downing. MI
Vaux came to this country and became Mr.
Downing's partner I'm landscape gardening ana
architecture The firm laid out the grounds
surrounding the Capitol ana the Smithsonian IN
stitution in Washington. Later Mr.. NauN became
associated with Frederick Law olmsted III PIE,
senting the plan for the laying out oi CehlIdi
/ park in this city Their plan was accepted after
a competitive examination. Mr.. VauX became the
consulting Landscape architect Of the Depart
mcnt oG Public Parks in this city. while the
,yorI; ON Central Park was going on. His repu-
tation as landscape architect was 50 ven 'st1h-
lished that when Prospect Park, In Rr oklyn was
laid out in 1868 the work was done according
/ IN the designs which had been prepared by his
firm Later his firm made the designs FOR pun
lice parks in Chicago. Buffalo and the state
I Reservation at Niagara FaHs lie ana Ar. oIii,
etsd made the designs for the Riverside and
Morningside parks in this city. and also Tor
some Of the smaller parks which were recently
authorized by the Legislature
1 Mir VaiIX also designed a number Of cottages
at Newport. and the BelVedere. the Gsaystonr
tower which stands at the lower end Of the res
ervoir in Central Park. is specimen Of his
work He also published architectural book
entitled VILLAS and Cottages" He was "A mem
Der Of the Greater New-York Commission. OF the
Metropolitan Museum Of AIT. and the Century
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