New-York tribune., 1896-06-07
MR.. CORBIN'S BODY HERE.
IT ARRIVES IN A PRIVATE CAR AND IS
TAKEN TO THE FAMILY HOME.
HOUR FOR THE FUNERAL. on TUESDAY NOT TO
BE FINED UNTIL. G. S. EDGELI. THE DEAD
MANS sON-IN- Law. REACHES HERE
"REMINISCENCES BY I.
Il. BARTON.

y. BARTON.
The privat. car bearing the body OF Austin Corbin
arrived at the Grand Central Station few minutes
after o'clock last evening. attached TO the train
that to this city from Springfield over the tracks
of the New-York New-Haven and Hartford Raj
road. The private car Oriental which belonged 10
Mr. Corbin. left Newport. y. H.. just before noon
Besides the body of the dead man the car bore
Mrs Corbin Austin Corbin jr.. Miss Corbln and
Mr.. Parlin. who was an intimate friend Of Mr
Corbn.
The first stop was made at Claremont Junction
and the next at Springfield. Upon arriv ng here Mrs.
Corbin. her son and her daughter were driven at
once TO the house at No. i25 Ffth-ave
Several men who had been intimately associated
with the dead were AT the station when the
train came in. Among them were r. r. Reynolds.
| William g. Bosworth, J. g. X. Duer. W. H. Blood.
general superintendent of the Long Island Railroad
system and T. S. Ryan. Some curious spectators
were also in attendance. attracted by the hearse
that stood in readiness before the station. num-
Der of policemen were on hand clear the way.
and when the plain black coffin. with It's single
wreath of laurel. was borne to the hearse 1t passed
between two rows OF solemn faces and heads that
were instlnctivey uncovered and yet few in that
crowd had ever seen the dead man.
TIE FUNERAL on TUESDAY PROBABLY.
Mr. Bosworth said that the funeral would take
place probably Tuesday morning. but the precise
hour will not he announced until the arrival or
| George =.
the time of the accident was at Sunnyslde. Ar
kansas where Mr. Corbn had a farm OF 1000 acres
upon which he had founded an italian colony. II
was said that Mr. Edgcll would probably not arrive
until tomorrow night. Mr. EdGen Is thought to
have been named as executor OF the dead man VIII.
and together with G. VI. Pratt. is already men
toned q probable successor TO the presidency OF
the Long Island Railroad.
The funeral will be extremely private, as only Mr..
Corbns relatives and closest friends Will be pres
ent 1t Is probable that the Rev. w. y. p. Smith; ~
Charlcstown. y. H.. Will be the officiating 60
man. The burial is to be at Woodlawn
Mrs Elgell did not accompany Mrs. Corbln TO this
city but remained NJ Newport with Corbin Edgel.
who was also injured in the fatal accident
BODY OF THE COACHMAN HERE.
The body Of John Stokes. Mr. Corbn's coachman.
vas brought 10 N,w-York on the same tran with
his master and was taken TO Saratoga on the mid
night express. Mrs. Stokes aad her daughter ac-
conpan!ed the body TO Saratoga. where the funerai
will take pace to-day
Mr. Corhln's sudden and tragic deaih was sun
subject Of conversation in business circles yes;or-
/ day.
Few mon were closer TO Austin Corhin In busl-
! ness sense than l. u. Barton. AZ present general
/ superintendent Of ihe Brooklyn Elevated KaAroad
! COMPANY Mr.. Barton was associated WIN inc p.g
railroad man almost constantly since iss', "hen ne
was employed 70 supervise tho construction OF the
! Manhattan Beach Railroad and the Manhattan
Reach hotels When Mr. Corb!n got Possession o.
/ the Long Island Railroad he made Mr.. Barton
superinien len, Of the road In 1872. when Mt cor
bin took charge Of the ew-Ensiand road. h" again
! found HE rieht-hand man iniispensable. ana made
him general superintendent O, that road Mr.. Bar
TON remained with nc Ncw England for two years
! after Mr Corb!n lefi the road. when IN" latter
J br5ugh. him back 70 Brooklyn TO his present ro-
stion.
! ONE or TIE "SQUARESr OF BtsINEsS MEN "
To a Tribune reporter ycrtcrdAy Mr. Barton rsid
that the dcs IN of hs friend had deeply affected him
Il want - cay about Mr. Corh!n" said sir alr-
ton "tha, he was - tho squarcsi business mon
that VS. ever connected with. lie was very enrr-
get.c. and had quick. comprehensive mind ID"
had I>onr Island a, heart. that j. 20 say hc "as
a great believer IN Long Island. and more especially
IN Manhattan Reach lie tpcni. everybody
I knows a great deal Of money 20 develop Long Is
/ and and Manhattan Reach li!s loss viii Dc f-li
probably more Long lsani and by Long Island
/ people than hy any other portion ~ tho country
Probably there ia nobody .hat knew Mr. Corhln
/ better than / did lie ~as Il gool irifnl ami a
/ genial companion.
Mr. Corb!n was q strict dsc,p.nlran ami took
! great pride IN having things KEEP; clean and neat
about the railroads with watch De Wa connected
; When was in charge ~ the road a. Manhattan
Beach ne WAS wont to come down anI say. Come.
+ Barton. lets 60 and look over inc property We
would walk all over the plncc ana frequently across
| to Shecpshoad Bay. It was not uncommon thing
for us 10 spend three or four hours IN ihis manner
| viewing the holdings OF the company io would
make suggestions for Improvements. and y he came
across any paper or rubbish he would Invariably
| ask me 10 sec that they were cleaned up
He WAS keenly apprcciative OF merit in his en-
ployes. and when a complaint was made against
/ ono OF them he always had II thoroughly inycsD-
gated. so as 20 ct at the facts He permitted no
enployc suffer 'or lack Of fun AM fair hc4ring
| Mr.. CorDn was also confederate u his pn-scrroi
I AZ ngf ft.pf nrtlo - ut4
Corbin on a train from Babylon that had been
! stuck. with scvcra' other trains. In a sno~drift
between Springfield and Rockawny Junction for i've
. six hours. Nj CorDin got out Of tho train.
hunted up old pieces OF carpet. tied them
around his ankles. protection from The snow.
and started on foot IN the heavy storm for Jamaica
lie took with him the conductor Of ~ the stalled
trains. Handing the man some money he said NOW
you buy all the food you can. and II You can get
back take the food back TO those passcngrrs See
/ that they don't want for any thing drink
. ana that they are kept as comfortable as possible
by having the fires In tho kept up. I'll 20 10
Jamaica and see n can get In communication with
Barton to what action he has taken toward
getting the trains out OF tho drifts
Il had been up all night and day" continued Mr.
/ Barton, doing everything that possible We
hired all the men could and IT took from day
and half to two days to shovel the trains out but
/ the passengers were well looked after.
HOW THE TRACK WAS COMPLETED
"Whlle was building the Manhattan Beach road
TO Grecnpoint for him, there piece Of land In
tho Greenpoint yard Just In front OF depot for
which the owner was asking an unreasonable price
1t strip about o0xi00 feet that had TO
10 get to our Greenpont tunnel The owner had
| built high fences both sides prevent us from
laying our tracks the strip and had two police
| men guarding 1t day and night. was working with
! construction train when Mr.. Corbin happened to
come along. He the difficulty. and calling
to side. said: Barton. what are you going to 10
now TO that piece Of lanfY replied that had
Il scheme that thought would work all right. II
a ltt.e down grade TO this strip Of land and quietly
instructed the conductor Of tie construction train
of two OF the hind cars Just as he came over the
hill. OF the grade. The result that the
! .ooscned came rolling down. smashed the high
| .ndr mir of he frac " ha hui