New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-13
HOW HE USED HIS WEALTH.
MICH TINE AND MONEY GIVEN ~
CHARITIES.
HIS HELPFULNEss TO ART. LEANNi'''
LIGIoUs CAUSES AND GooD

| hut q liberal giver He gave quety' anu ~.
| ever he felt that his money wouiu w ,.ort-
| eood He was accustomed to Walk 'hio"e
| ous charitable institutions ano' ho'e -
| 80 soro.th,ng he would suggest that II DC 90
| cured and his check was always reau' 80
! th. amount needed. He never 'aiNe'
| ohm r,ties but he kept the amounts ie0'
| hi. notebook He was in almost every
| Mo o-v.nization in the city. and 10 'hoee ~
| which he could devote no 'ine he "
1 a check of ample dimensions. vo,
| The earnest Christian CONVICTIONS vi N''
| -. Id ,,r, 70 give up much Of his time 10
| 49,, ,,oru NJ assisting others who were ehsaeoN
| =, -,,c,ous undertakings. The time WHICH "e
| .o.od 70 such work was equal to that "n''"
! many men of business spend IN thelr ieei -
| ord nersonaI pleasures. He vas Nes'l " "
| c. Rartholomew's Parish, ana the NOV
| 60 aoc,ared that Mr.. Vanderbilt was never
| an tired with the cares Of business tha' he a0Ne
| IN h. excused from consultation anu aSSiS"
| in any emergency which arose IN the P"'-9
work He was particularly helplui III INV 49,
and missionary work OF 81 Dar 'no'0
! ish House s TIC
| This house in East Forty-secono-st' o"eo 80
very existence in q large measure 10 MN CIV
| . ~, r,o.her II WAS his mother who made the
| hao,nning IN 1891 The house which she puli''
| hou,ever soon proved insufficient for the many
! danartments of work which were carried OH III
! 4. ord I'm 1897 Mr. Vanderbilt bought more
| ground and erected a nine story addition 10 the
ORIGINAL building. and remodelled the old one at
| an expense Of S2oo,oOo
RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE WORK.
| The efforts which were made TO solve some OF
| the hard problems for the people VINO earn sIii"
wages enlisted Mr.. Vanderbilt's sympathy anu
| IN he DlanS for FORMING CIR
| nlovment bureaus and a bureau for the reheI Vi
| nersons temporarily distressed. He furnisheu
| large mart of the capital necessary to estapIlsh
| the bureau at which persons out of work couiu
| obtain loans BY chattel mortgages on thei iuii4
| ,ure In that way a number of families were
| saved from want at times when the oreao"lhhelS
| were temporarily out Of employment WINS 'ou
| possess poor families were STAYED on anu idin'
| lies which might have been driven ih'o '
| streets and separated were enabled 10 say III
| their homes until work was obtained TOT 'Neii'
| Mr. Vanderbilt also was one OF the 1ouhueIs "a
| the Provident Loan Society when Haih'dlHS
| pawn oficn at which deserving persons can oo-
| tain loans on personal property at low rate Vi
! interest He was q director IN the N'S anu
| Suburban Homes Company, a project IN "hicH
his interest was deeply enlisted ana WHICH, ""e'
| fully developed. may result in giving TO those
| who now oWen III cio"ueN
| York comfortable homes.
| As missionary worker IN the protestant
| Fnisconal Church Mr. Vanderbilt did not mar
| row the field Of his operations to ST. Bartholo-
| news Parish. He was one of the managers Oh
| the BOARD of Domestic and Foreign Missions OIL
| the church. He was Of the trustees or the
| new Cathedral OF St John the Divine, and ne
| gave 500 900 TO the building fund. He also
| found time to give active aid to the Seamens
| Missionary Association, the Hospital Saturday
| and Sunday Association. the New-YorK Chrls-
! tian Home for Incorporate Men, the Society OF
| ST Johnand the American Institute OF CHRISTIAN
| Philosophy and the International Medical MIS-
| sionarv Society He was trustee OF the Cen
| eral Theological Seminary, and was always
present at the meetings Of the trustees when he
| was in the city. He was attending one Of those
| meetings when he was informed Of his fathers
| sudden death.
A WORK FOR RAILROAD MEN.
AS vice-president Of the Young Mems Chris
tan Association. Mr. Vanderbilt took deep IN
terest in the work of retaining young men VINO
had fallen into bad habits through the tempta-
tions Of city life. He founded the Railway
Branch of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton. gave 70 it the handsome home. which is
one of the most complete clubhouses In the city
and was it's chairman, scrutnZinS the accounts
| and giving the most careful attention TO all the
details of the institution. Most OF his puphc
sne.cbes were delivered at meetings in the club
house and while he was ordinarily man vi
few words he could talk to the young men sin
cerey and cordially.
Mr. Vanderbilt was for many years deeply in
,arostad IN The Tribune Fresh Air Fund. He
| was indeed the first man Of wealth ana pronl-
| neuce who took an especial interest In IT, nc
did SO entirely without solicitation More Inan
twenty years ago he wrote letter TO the man
aeer OF the fund asking for full information as
TO what the fund was doing ana desiring IL C
know whether he could be OF assistance III i 5
. wort The manager of the fund at once made
him ris adviser and from that time TO the pres
| ent ne had been every year "a noeraI contribute
TO it. Soon after he wrote the Iet,er Mh'cn ne,
: been spoken Of he became treasurer OF Inc
, | Trihune Fresh Air Fund Society. and he helC
, that postion till his death. Every year since
1850 he had been one Of the auditors or th'
accounts OF the fund'
! A PATRON OF ART AND LEARNING.
While Mr. Vanderbilt was connected with &
y number of institutions which were purely re
4 ligious in their purpose, he also was connected
with number of institutions the purpose o
which is to give moral and intellectual benefits
| TO the community. AS a lover OF art and
l. patron of what is best in art, he was one OF tn
, ! strong men in the management OF the Metro
II politan Museum of Art, Of which he was IN
- | chairman Of the Executive Committee for years
IS His gift of Rosa Bonheurs great painting. Tn
n Horse Fair" proof Of his interest In IN
=. institution, but he also gave 10 the Institute
81 tho benefit of his business discretion in the de
II. tails OF expenditures He also took great In
II terest in the artistic adornment of the parks
as the CITY and he was president Of the assoclduo
d. i'm charge Of the New-York Botanical Garder
- | He was trustee Of Columbia University. an
IS | took much interest in its work.
90 In April 1856. Mr.. Vanderbilt united with hi
in ! brothers, william X. Frederick w. and Georg
rs w in a gift of S2500O for the erection Of IN
rs Vanderbilt Clinic Of the College Of Physician
a and Surgeons. a memorial TO their fathe