The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-04
HUH J. GRANT DIES SUDDENLY
TnlfI NPU lORkS Htl or ~ ID
IrI II IIuF> ftNDID
,,tsr.rd ~ Acute Brtsht> Disease
wolfe out al Poker Part, Drove
Irrrc. Was Put 10 Brt. and Died Br-

NHfN ."a s4Af'Alh u.s. tA4~NA. ~ W.
ron. g Eas' ~eycnry-Sccond street,
,,-e- -..i-nrnc 20 from the home Of
,.s-. .a4-0v whc-s h.. had eon" Is play
c,-t.
" .,-au- had con. over - hi> friend :
h-... .a-iy Iu rA" ,-v-nIue in MS aut ono
.Hs - t".r gnw-iI soon after h" gov
r..-. &C. n-ia~ri ~" driver - AXE
fr .u-, i,,d b" reached M. own house
........ . A.. c.DrN H. stumbled as he
,.-r..-i .lr = '." automobile and n"
.'-..r a..~,.i MN ~ the ~rer-
VI Grant : wife. nls son Hugh Jr.
A.. a.- daughter EDNA and Julia. were
. o.. Los-" T.ey saw that he was
,,,as-.nkly ale and helped him upstairs
To- A.. o-i II" seemed t. bs growing
va-.a -ay.t.v So after the family physi-
:. Wa-t Eif'y-'iflG street had been a He'd
tie FANNY -.umoned several other physi-
cans whr .ls.-' IN the neiShborhood
Mr. GRAM lad applied hot water bags
- r 49, her husband was put =, bed
R.f 20 .rv g the physicians arrived it
Wa -aa1 -ua' he was apparently life
les. Wen pr Swift arrived he found
'aa' W Grant was dead.
pr >r.i- notified tho Coronars' Office
ana ..-.ner Winterbottom and DR..
% Hsr ~ arrived not long afrervard
ur q Hanlon repor1 ed hat death was due
,oar,.'s ,idney disease and issued n death
car- a.
A.r..- Johnson, who wa, Mr. Grants
-..--..' .-r when he was Mayor and has
,rG'.-.HG TO act IN that capacity. Wa
-.-.rs nod 20 the house : soon a. IL wa
t7.Ai rAar Mr.. Grant was dead. an b"
n urn notified several # Mr.. Grant :
Use f-end-. among them Anthony y.
R-atv md G X. 6 Billing They az
vAc a. the house -oon afte-ward and
o'er-i heir services
Ihs Rev Father Hearn pastor of ~
I-rarIu. oyolA's church. wa- summoned
rs N-s Gran. ~ soon as -hc saw her
husband Wa sinking bur he arrived too
late ~ administer "Vtr"me JUNCTION Mr..
G-ar, vas severely shocked ~ the sud
cerr".s - her husbands death and va.
urd"r IN. care e l'r swift until early
i-,, uornI"g.
Nr Grant had res' suffering from
-Ita"T disease GOV s"rre months and went
- Ho' springs NIX / month ago and
rcn'slns+ a week Hts health improved |
c.i-rnC Ia, stAv there.
VIZ Grant was II have appeared this !
forming IN IN" Federal court as a wit !
unss IN suit over the sale NJ the SiishI /
~-ha Manufacturing Company TO Samuel |
I ,0l' and others
T7 envy Years ago Hugh Johr Gran |
va master in Tsmmauv Hall and - |
Genre squire in the politics Of this city
-, aval
~ na~t.,d and twice defeated His |
ir- -ar'- course as an Alderman IN !
.ir.-.- - - the boodlers II ! 50 won |
h,-r -..a lnding that Tammanv nomi- /
mated Al-r eagerly time and time again |
Sfor he chest Office in the city In re-
c"a' v"ir- h. was out Of politics and |
tev -e.! all Of his time to III" management |,
Of his iArga real estate interests.
VI Grant was born IN this city AT 40 !
West rwsn-v-s everh street IN December !
80 Hi father was a dealer IN real
ss-a-a lie went 20 school IN West |
1weL'v-.t Eh,h srreet and at 10 went tn
Germany for a course in a Berlin gym !
na>IIm. he came back TO New York |
and studied for four year, at 81. Francis |
Aavier College in West Sixteenth street
A. 20 ne entered the Columbia law school |
and after two years study began 70 pra"- |
'is- IN the office of p VI. Porter in the |
prexel Building Later he became IL
farmer Of x-R.cord.r James NJ Smit n |
a IS Chamber street and eventually |
openad Offices for himself at 80 West
tlf'y-fourh street.
lie was too busy at law and the real
r>'ar" business Ia find tim. for politics |
.r'.l 1888. when he ran for Alderman A.
~" Fammany candidate it, tn" Nineteenth |
district ~. was r.nominated and elected /
Easily. IL was IN the 1854 board that tn"
upon frauds m the tomptroller'- oirc"
="-" discovered. and in their discovery
.ng Grant was Instrumental In 1881 I
~. franchises ~ the ferries and street =
dads ser. practically sold AZ privat" /,
'frn hy rh- Aldermen. the most cole !
b 4 the scandals being tn" Broadway !
! franchise" Grant wOuLi have /
.S - do ~Ith tn. bnodling. He was ,
M NJ he two Aldermen who voted .
akt,r-' ~. doodle combination in the
bon. y rior gave jacob Sharp tho fran |
"'-. d.. pIid h. railroad in Broadway !
.."nlpy picked him in 1894 A. good /
n... o.. max" the rae" for Mayor William /.
',.. b. We the candidate ~ he County /.
I'.... -Nnv and defeated Grant and !!
rI.. '." Republican nomrne. A. a 4
..Rarl Tor rs fight against Grac" Tam
-'arT f.u.r" Grant Sheriff IN 1855. and m
.--- . .'-', 10. vas only ~ years old h"
-'a- '..'., Tod over Abrdm - Hewitt ~ 'h.'
..E'- i"mocracy and joel y, Erhar'!r.
"ar"r Of "a" Republican forlorn hop" 4.
l. sa- reelected 10 I~y,. defeating Francis I
~c,t'. n" fusion candidate.
.' "a- Hugh J Grant who made the /.
-.I.r non" ud '"'"Gra ph companies tab" +
Hr"r 'I'.r ry"rh"ad wires The wires /
formed network over the CITY. inter. B
.'rrug ~I'H hr"rueH and forming u danger I
.! nuisance " hen the subway
.,ar" r"tdv and the wires dii not como /
..Ru Mayor Grant settled the contro- !
.r-y IN a characteristic way He went !
~ "lfh gangs Of llnensn. !ahorers and !
."rn"u and chopped down TO-" poles and
foo down ne " Tres