New-York tribune., 1911-11-29
GAGE {. TAR5ELL.

a form which is universally popular. HIS
letters 10 agents cf the Equitable Life AS
sLrance Society during d period Of more
than fifteen years are considered classlcs
/ in life insurance literature.
on March 1. 1867. Mr.. Tarhen resigned
from the Equitable company in order 20
devote himself 10 the real estate business
in which ne had been more or less Inter
ested for some time, and in which he saw
a lucrative field. To quote his own words;
'T believe that in the field Of real estate
there is an opportunity that cannot be
found elsewhere. When I became con-
nected with the Equitable company the
assets were 81. 10000, now they are $780,
cor OG0 believe I have now earned the
right 10 work for myself In acceptance
OF his retirement the president Of the So
clety. Paul Morton, said 70 Mr.. TaroeH'
Your services to the society have been as
potential in results as the services or any
other man who was ever connected with H.
Mr.. Tarbe!l has lost no time in making
for himself the same successful record IN
his new field Of industry he had won IN IN
surance. lie is socially inclined, an en-
thusiastic golfer and motorist and belongs
TO all the prominent local clubs. Not the
least of Mr.. Tarbelrs talents is that or
oratory and he is often chosen as speaker
at important public functions
SOME THINGS GAGE Z. TARBELL HAS
DONE AT GARDEN CITY.
On leaving the Equitable, in 1901, Mr. Tar
bell chose as the base Of his real estate
operations the beautiful suburb Of Garden
CITY. Some forty years ago this site mac
appealed to the millionaire merchant, Alex
ander T. Stewart, as the most desirable
plot OF ground on Long Island ana ne had
acquired it from the town Of Hampstead
and established there community Whlch
forms the nucleus OF the Garden CITY Oh
to-day. Perhaps no other town ever re-
ceived such a dowry Of wealth as the
Stewarts lavished upon this one. They
gave TO II a cathedral costing 100000;
famous school FOR boys and another for
Girls. the most luxuriously appointed sub
urban hotel in the country the most noted
GOLF club in America, a hunt CLUB gun
club country clubs and all the accessories
OF an aristocratic settlement
With all its advantages no effort had
ever been made 10 increase the population
0f Garden City. ana while thls oeau1iiui
suburb may owe its origin 20 the millionaire
merchant II will undoubtedly owe to Gage
E. TarbeH its development into one OF the
most desirable residence sections on Long
Island. With a. thoroughness and energy
that IS characteristic OF all Mr.. Tarbell S
ventures he inaugurated and carried out
plans for Improvements that had never De-
fore been thought Of In connection with
suburban property The plot OF ground TO
the west of the Garden City Hotel which
four years ago was a cornheld, Is to-day
transformed into a vista Of macadamized
streets. splendid boulevards shaded by
handsome trees. acres Of parking laid out
bv the best landscape artists Of the day
and homes that for individual beauty and
taste in architecture have not their equal
In New Yorks suburban colonies.
Just east OF the hotel Improvements hith-
erto uninterrupted by any operator IN the
real estate world have lately been begun