New-York tribune., 1912-03-02
v. BAYARD CUTTING
DIES ON. SPECIAL TRAIN
Wife and Daughter Were Rush.
ing Him Home After Attack OF
Acute Indigestion in West.
ACTIVE IN PHILANTHROPY
Also Well Known in Social and
Financial Life-Had Dispute
with Gaynor Over Sale of
Ferry Property to City.

William Bayard Cutting, the we'll
known lawyer. director OF many corpora
tions and leader in New York society
and civic movements in this city. died
last night on train while being brought
home from the West. according to pri-
vate telegram received by his brother,
Robert Fulton Cutting.
He was being rushed on from the
West on a special train. He was at
tended by two doctors and a trained
nurse.
The telegram received by r. Fulton
Cutting was sent from Rock Island. lll.'
by Mrs Cutting and her daughter. VINO
hurrieGly left here last Sunday after
hearing that Mr. Cutting was seriously
sick with acute Indigestion at Tucum-
carl. n. NJ. They found him in serious
condition, and started East with him on
special train, hoping to reach home be
fore he died.
Though a lawyer by profession. ". Bay
ard Cutting probably devoted larger por-
ton OF his life to philanthropy than he did
TO the law. Coming into a considerable
fortune on the death OF his father, he be-
came well known in the financial and So
cial life OF The city and was identified with
a number OF public enterprises. HIS ven
lures into politics. however. were confined
TO term as Civil Service Commissioner
under Mayor Strong and brief period at
the head OF the Tenement House Commits
sion.
Mr.. Cutting was born IN this city on
January IL. lS5O and was graduated from
Columbia College in 1869. Two years later.
after obtaining the degrees Of NJ. A. and
LII r. from his alma mater he was ad-
mitted to the New York Bar. For years
he and his brother. r. Fulton Cutting. had
their law Office together at No 3o Nassau
street.
II was in 1896 that Mr.. Cutting received
his appointment to the Municipal Civil
Service Commission. after he had taken
an active part in the campaign which put
Mayor Strong into office as member OF
the Committee of Seventy At that time
he was trustee of the City Club. but
was compelled to resign that Office under
he rules Of the club, which forbade
trustee TO hold public office.
During the last mayoralty campaign Mr..
hands Of Judge Gaynor. on the ground that
he had sold several tracts of ferry property
on the East River to the city at an eXorbi-
tant figure. In reply Mr.. Cutting quoted
| the notice Of the sale in THE city Record,
in which IL was stated that the price was
not considered excessive by the appraiser.
taking into consideration the price formerly
paid for adjoining property under con-
| demnation proceedings. and added: All
these facts are matters OF public record.
ANY citizen can verify them. An honor
able man would have done 50 before utter
ing reckless ISLANDERS"
Among the many organizations of wh'ch
Mr. Cutting was director arc the Metropoli-
| tan Opera House. the New York Botanical
| Gardens. the American Museum OF Natural
History. the Metropolitan Museum OF Art
| the CITY and Suburban Homes Company.
| the American Exchange National Bank.
the Southern Pacific Company and the
| Commercial IIniCn Assurance Company.
Limited. OF London lie was trustee OF
| columbia University for many years.
! Other Offices which he held were president
~ the New York and South Brooklyn
Ferry and Transportation Company and
1 director
panv and Of the American Beet Sugar COM
pany.
Mr. Cutting was also member OF many
clubs. including the Union. MetropoItah'
| Century, Players. National Arts, South
| Side Tuxedo. University. Delta PM Gro
l,er. Church and Jekyll. His city home was
! at No. "a East 72d street but the greater
mart of his time in later years was spent
at his country estate at Oakdaic' LONG
| Island. ,,.r,od
ON April 26. 1871. Mr.. Cutting was "ar'ieo
at the University Place frespy 'ei Ia"
| church to Miss Olivia Pey'oh murray,
daughter of Bronson Murray. Ihey ndu
,our children-WilIam Bayard. jr" Justine
ra,.ard Bronson Murray and Olivia The
a,aaet son married Lady Sybil Cune Bon
SON Murray Cutting was graduated rom
harvard in 1910 and went west 10 'ook
as,or his fathers railroad interests.