New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-10
THE NEWLY NAMED COMMISSIONERS.
stfrT-rrrs or THE MEN REPRESENTING TIL
CITIES AND COUNTIES WHICH WILL
FORM GREATER NEW YORK.

CITIES AND tVl Nlif.o NIiA'H ''A%-N
FORM GREATER NETWORK.
Andrew II Green who was named In the Greater
New-Yori Act and was the chairman OF the Greater
New-York Commission has been called the fa'hcr
=. ,ho c.raa,sr Eey-York" His work In pushing the
plans for consolidation Is too well known 10 need
,a,e.itlon. He was appointed Controller OF the City.
in nlace Of Richard B. Connolly. sfter the downfall
~ the Tweed ring and later he served a fu.l term
as Controller beirg succeeded IN office by the late
John Kelly lie has been prominent IN municipA,
affairs since then. although holding no municipA
office He is of the trustees OF the Ne"-forH
Public Library
Seth Low. the president OF Columbia Univer.
stv was born IN Brooklyn In 1850 and inherited
fortune from his father. \. 4. Low IN 1871 ne was
elected Mayor Of Brooklyn, and he was rejected N
lss3 lie was made president of the university IN
1889 and became a permanent resident OF this CITY
General Benjamin f. Tracy was born in Oweso.
Tioga County. \. Y. in 1880. and was admitted 70
the bar there in ISL. lie DstrctA;torney Of
the county before he went the colonel
Of volunteers He received the brevet rank OF
brigadler general for galiantry in the ted. In 1865
he was appointed United States DistrictAtorney for
the Eastern District Of NewYork, and he was con-
spicu0us the fight agans; the whiskey ring Later
OF the counsel COR the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher in the famous TiltonB Beecher trial. In 1854
he was appointed Associate Justice OF the Court
OF Appeals but he retired In the following year. IN
1889 he became Secretary OF the Navy in the Cabinet
Of President Harrison Since retiring from that
Office General Tracy has practised law In this city
John f. Dillon born Christmas Day. lSs1,
in Montgomery County. y. Y. When he eight
years Old his parents moved 10 Iowa His early
education that of physician. and he practised
medicine a short time before taking up the study Of
law. He admitted TO the bar in 1852 and was
appointed Distric-Attorney of Scott County. Iowa,
the year He was elected Supreme Court JUS
tice OF the Seventh Judicial District in 1885, and
reelected in 1862 Before the close OF his term he
elected Chief Justice OF the Supreme Court
OF Iowa, and he was reelected TO that ofice
in 1869 The year he appointed by
President Grant Circuit Justice for the
Eighth judicial District. Judge Dillon resigned
the cfiice in 1879 to accep; a professorship In
the Columbia Law School, and he resigned the pro-
fessorship after three years. He Is recognized
authority on municipal law. and is a member OF
the law firm Of Dillon * Hubbard. at No. IsJ Broad.
way
AshbeI p Fitch was born in Clinton County, N.
Y. in ls4S. and educated ia the universities Of
Jena and Berlin. Germany. Later he gradu-
atcd from the Columbia Law School, and he
admitted to the bar In this city In 1869. He soon
became prominent Democratic politician. and
elected a member of the LII. List and LlId
Congresses. He elected Controller OF this city
in 1898
George VI. Pinrey is the present Dstrct-At-
torley OF Richmond County. He Is a comparatively
young lawyer. who read law In the office OF Evarts.
Choate x Beaman. and later became a member Of
the law firm OF P.nney Thayer, at Pine and Will
lam SITS. He went to live Staten Island seven
years ago. and Republican he has taken
active part in reform politics there He was elected
Distrct-Attorney ony last fall.
Garret J. Garretson Is OF the leading Repub-
Ecans Of Queens County and is at present serving
his second term County Judge OF that county.
He born in Newtown, IN lsls and has always
ittaI Ila fc mid hou fhra, IA
and son. and is at present confined 10 his home
on account OF Illness but expects to be around In
a few days. When he was a boy. Judge Garretson
attended the Flushing Academy. from which he
was graduated In 1885, The year he was ad.
mitted TO the Queens County Bar. In 1872 he b.