Evening journal., 1898-10-17
RECONCTLED ATLAST
Cornelius Vanderbilt Has
Forgiven His Son.
HARD WORK WINS RECOGNITION.
In n subordinate Position In the
Contrni's Service Young Cornelius
showed Himself "a True Vnnder-
biIt-Mny BE a COMING Power.

showed Himself True Vnnder-
bilt-May BE a Coming Power.
NEW YORK, oct. 17.-There is now
no doubt Of the truth Of the rumor COM
ing from Newport that a reconciliation
had been effected between Cornelius
Vanderbilt and his eldest son, Corne-
Illus, Jr., who, after his father, is des-
tined to become the head Of the famous
family of railroad kings.
While there has been no public an
nouncement of the resumption Of affec-
tionate relations between the father
and son and While it is probable that,
for the present at any rate, none viii
be made, there Is now no question that
the way has been made clear to the
young mans restoration to his place as
the prospective head of the family.
The course adopted by young Mr..
Vanderbilt, which has won for him the
heartiest approval OF his father, is in
direct accordance with the honored ira
ditions of the family, which have pre-
scribed that the head of the house
should fit himself for his tremendous
responsibilities by serving a rigorous
apprenticeship in the business on which
the greatness Of the family is founded.
Commodore Vanderbilt, the founder
of the family, was far advanced in
years when he summoned his son. Will
liam H., himself a man of middle age,
to leave the obscurity of his farm on
Staten Island and begin in a compara-
lively subordinate position to learn the
whole duty of a railroad man.
/ Cornelius Vanderbilt was hardly OF
I age when he followed the example OF
his father and entered the service of the
New York Central road as an assistant
/ 60 one of the department managers,
from which post he rose through the
/ successive grades until at his fathers
death he was fit to take entire charge
OF the vast property. Now the turn of
Cornelius, Jr., has come, and he has en-
tered on the performance of his duties
in a manner that has won him the
warmest praise of his superiors and
leaves no room for doubt that he will
tread worthily in the footsteps of his
father, his grandfather and his great
grandfather.
! That this happy state of affairs has
been arrived at is due to the tactful
interposition of Chauncey M. Depew,
who has always had the frmest con-
hdence in young Cornelius ability and
who at the right moment grasped the
opportunity to place him in a position
where he could prove his worth and by
so doing pave the way for the much
desired reconciliation with his father
While young Cornelius was a student
at Yale he showed a marked taste for
mechanical studies and after his grad
uation. a year ago last spring, he re-
turned to the university and entered on
a post graduate course in mechanics. In
pursuing this course all the advantages
+ Of association with the mechanical de-
partments Of the Central system were
placed at his disposal at the instance Of
Mr.. Depew and he spent much time in
the locomotive and car shops Of the
road, where he worked with the me-
chanics and acquired a first class prac-
tical knowledge Of the science Of every
thing pertaining to the construction Of
engines and rolling stock in general.
At the close Of his post graduate
course, which ended last spring and in
which he achieved high honors, Mr.. De-
pew sent for the young man and sug-
gested TO him that he should enter the
service of the New York Central rail-
road. Mr.. Vanderbilt replied that it had
always been his desire to do so, both
because he felt that he was especially
fitted for the career Of a railroad man
and because. as a Vanderbilt, he es-
teemed it an honor to follow the ex-
ample set by the heads Of the family
Mr. Depew then offered him the place
/ Of an assistant in the Office of the gem
/ eral superintendent Of motive power,
and it was Immediately accepted. Mr..
Vanderbilt at once entered on the dis
charge of his new duties and has been
farT OF rr-orlr atraf, cfnpn hnxrfncr opl N
taken during the summer the usual
brief vacation allowed by regulation to
: employees Of his grade.
The elder Vanderbilt was profoundly
moved when he heard Of what his son
was doing and when the first excel
lent reports of his work began to come
in he called at the superintendent Of
flee and, going to his sons desk, as
sured him in a few kind words of his
approval of his course and expressed
the hope that he would so on and con-
tinue 60 deserve the commendation that
he had won. Since then many other
meetings have taken place during the
summer with the result that the most
pleasant relations have been establish
ed between the father and son.
It is known that Mr. Vanderbilt takes
the keenest pride in his sons achieve
ments. and that this has gone very far
toward repairing the breach made by
the young mans persistence in marry
ing Miss Wilson in spite of the opposi-
tlon Of his father and mother
Whether Mr.. and Mrs. Vanderbilt will
finally forgive the past, accept the sit
uation and receive their son and daugh-
ter-in-law into the bosom of the family
remains to be seen. 1t is known, how
ever that powerful influences have foi
some time been at work in the interests
of a full reconciliation. and friends OF
the family assert that. thanks TO the
sensible course adopted by young Cor
nelius this happy result is not very faI
distant.
sultan Receives aIr. straus.