New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-13

system Cornelius Vanderbilt was the chairman
OF the Board Of Directors of the road. and in that
position he held the reins Of power for the entire
! group of railroads.
| Mr.. Vanderbilt's methodcal habits have often
| been commented upon by those who came in
contact with him. While his brothers were not
| inclined to devote their time to close attention
to business. his zeal and application to work
| were unfaggng AS the head Of the family he
| felt that it devolved upon him to guard the
fortunes Of all It's members and TO his attention
and care be traced the successful invest
ments and sure returns from not only his
own fortune but also that Of his brothers and
sisters. He always carried q notebook with
| him. and in il he recorded every investment
that he made as we'll as many minor details Of
| his tremendous business affairs. His secretary
also had large book with the list of corpora
| items clubs. societies. benevolent institutions,
and other organizations in which Mr.. Wander
! bilt was interested and which had some claim
upon his time. He carefully looked over this
book each day and saw to it that his appoint
ments did clash. and conscent ously full
! filled all engagements.
THE VANDERBILT FAMILY.
| The sons Of william II. Vanderbilt Cor
neus. William X. Frederick W ard George W.
Vanderbilt The daughters Mrs Elliott F.
Shepard Mrs. W. D. Sloane MIS- H. MKay
| Twombly and Mrs W. Seward Webb Cornelius
married Miss Alice Gwynne, of Cincinnati. the
daughter of a weknown lawyer. The first
| child born to them William H. Vanderbilt died
while he in his Junior year at Yale. After
| his death Cornelius Vanderbilt and his wife pre-
| scented to Yale the memorial hall which is
| known by the family name This was erected
| at a cost of $500 900 and Is of the finest
| buildings OF the kind in the country The Oldest
| living son. Cornelius jr.. graduated from
| Yale. He married in August 1896. Miss Grace
| Wilson, the youngest daughter Of Riche"d T.
| Wilson. He is the inventor Of new type OF
| locomotive. The next child, Miss Gertrude VAN
| derbilt, was married to Henry Payne Whitney,
son of the exSecretary OF the Navy, on Au-
gust % 1896 at The Breakers. Alfred c. Van
derbilt was graduated at Yale last June. Reg
| inald G. Vanderbilt is student at Yale. The
youngest child, Gladys NJ Vanderbilt, is only
| twelve years old. and is at home.
| The breach between Mr.. Vanderbilt and his
son Cornelius Jr., caused by the latters mar
riage with Miss Grace Wilson. is said never to
have been closed While Mr.. Vanderbilt's fam
lily absolutely refused to speak of their domestic
| affairs, 1t is said that Mr. Vanderbilt opposed
his sons marriage because he thought he was
| too young and that his health was not of the
best at the time Of the marriage. wherefore he
| thought he would better walt awhile. The
wedding. on August 3. 1896, without the con-
| sent Of Mr.. and Mrs. Vanderbilt. resulted in
| GOODNESS between the and his father and
mother Mrs. Vanderbilt has shared her hus-
| bands dspleasure at her sons disobedience
and people say that the young man has not
yet been forgiven by his mother.
| One Of the greatest griefs which Mr. Wander
| bilt had to bear was the death OF his eldest
son, William H. Vanderbilt The young man
had been Of age only few months when he died
In the house at Fifth-ave and Fifty -seventh-st.
His death was caused by typhoid fever, after
| Illness Of three weeks. He Junior at
| Yale when he was attacked with the fatal dis
ease and although he attended at his ia
! theirs house by Or. McLane and other celebrated
| physicians, he died the night OF May %. 1S92.
| He had inherited $1,0O0,000 from his grand
| father and the principal had been paid to him
! on December y. 1891. his twenty-first birth
| dav He had been popular man at Yale and
| Lad high standing He had given 5000 to-
ward the erection Of a gymnasium and on
| Thanksgiving Day he had taken party of his
| classmates to the Yale-Princeton football game
| and had given dinner after the game
BUSINESS CONNECTIONS.
Mr. vanderbiIts business connections en-
| braced wide scope. His most prominent place
was chairman Of the Board of Directors Of the
| New-York Central Railroad He also was chair
| man of the Board Of Directors Of the Michigan
| Central Railroad. Cornelius Vanderbilt, when
! he suffered the first stroke Of apoplexy was
compelled to retire from active work He with
drew entirely from the responsible post of con-
I troll I'm the great railroad system, and his broth
er William K Vanderbilt, stepped into his
|
withdrew from active work. he retained his
place az director Of many roads and from execu-
tive posts in others In these latter roads how
ever no work was required, as they were all OPP
Grated by larger roads under lease Last year he
was president Of the following companies: The
| Canada Southern Railway. the Detroit and Bay
| CITY the Joliet and Northern Indiana. the
| bennington and st. Clair, the New-York and
! Harlem. the Niagara River Bridge Company
| and the Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Rail
road. He also vice-presdent or the Beech
| Creek Railroad Company, and was a director
| in the following railway companies: Battle
Creek and Sturgis. Bay City and Battle Creek,
! Buffalo Erie Basin. Carthage and Adirondack
! Carthage Watertown and Sackets Harbor; chi
| cago ST. Paul Minneapolis and Omaha; CleNe-
| land Cincinnati. Chicago and ST Louis; De-
trot and Chicago Dunkirk Allegheny valley
| and Pittsburg. Gouverneur and OsWegatchie
| jackson, Lansing and Saginaw; Jersey city and
| Bavonne Kalamazoo and South Haven Lake
| Shore and Michigan Southern. Michigan Air
| Line Michigan Central. Michigan, Midland and
! Canada Mohawk and Malone. New-Jersey juno
| ton New-Jersey Shore Line. New York ana
! Putnam New York Central and Hudson River
/ Niagara River. New York. Chicago and ST
| Louis Pine Creek. Pttsburg and Lake Erie
! Pittshurg McKeesport and lougniosheny; -.
! Paul and Sioux City Sarnia. Chatham and Erie
| Terminal Railway of Buffalo. Toledo and Ohio
| Mort hern. Toledo. Canada and southern. ana
West Shore. and in the following miscellaneous
| companies. The Canada Southern Bridge Com
| panv CITY and Suburban Homes Company,
| Hudson River Bridge Company. Lansing Tran
sit Comnany Morris Run Coal Mining Com
pany. Mutual Gas Light Company, Grand ISL
and Bridge COMPANY. Provdent Loan Society,
Wagner Palace Car Company, Western Transit
| Comnarv and West Shore and Ontario Ter
mnal .
| When william X. Vanderbilt took hold he
soon manifested a vigorous interest in the sys-
tenn and started in upon A series or consollda-
tons and absorptions which has been the TAX
~ the railroad and financial world. he sue
ceeded in absorbing the Lake Shore ana us
parallel line the Nickel Plate, the Michigan
! Central and Canada Southern, and the west
Shore All these were brought under the New
! York Central Chauncey NJ. Depew retred as
| president Of the New-York Central when TINS
| new change went into effect. and became chalr-
man Of the allied boards Of the various roads
so consolidated thus succeeding Cornellus an,
derbjIt as chairman of the NeW-N ORR oentIdi