The New York herald., 1921-01-31
ALFRED 7. WHITE,
PHLANTHR0PIST,
| BROWNS SKATING
Suddenly Disappears While
Alone on Forest Lake in
Orange County.
FOUND AT THE BOTTOM
Floating Hat Tells of Acct
dent After All Night
Search OF Woods.
A PIONEER IN HOUSING
Connected With Many Impor-
tant Charity Organizations
in New York.
A PIONEER IN HOUSING

Alfred Treadway White, "A years
old, of 40 Remsen street, Brooklyn, a
member of the firm of w. A. & A. NJ.
White of IA Wall street, and the man
who built the first successful tenement
house in the United States, was acci-
dentally drowned Saturday afternoon
while skating on Forest Lake, near the
home of Mrs. e. II. Hartman in the
hills above Central Valley, Orange
county. The body was recovered from
the bottom of the lake early yesterday
morning, and was brought to Brook
lyn later in the afternoon.
According to members of the White
family Mr.. White went with his
brother, William Augustus White, to
Forest Lake Saturday for an after
Moons skating. They wer n the Ice
for several hours, and about o'clock
w. A. White said that he was tired
and believed he would return to the
Forest Lake Inn, about five miles
away. A T. White said he would skate
a while longer and join his brother
there later. He did not appear when
dusk came, and searching parties were
organized and began beating through
the brush between the inn and the
lake.
1t was feared that Mr.. White had
way in the brush or the woods. w.
Averill Hartman. whose house is near
the lake, aided in the search and sent
details of his gardeners and estate work
ers out to hunt for Mr.. White, examining
every trail and road which he might have
taken.
Floating Hat Gives Clue.
The search was kept UP almost all OF
Saturday night, and was resumed early
yesterday morning. About IS o'clock
open water, in spot where the ice had
been broken about forty feet from shore.
with the marks of the skate runners
indicating that he had come upon weak
spot and had broken through.
Mr.. White, who was a widely known
merchant. was born in Brooklyn on May
2s, 1886, the son of Alexander Moss
White and Elizabeth Hart Treadway
White. He was graduated from the
Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic In
stitute In 1862, and from the Rensselaer,
Polytechnic Institute in 1866 with the
degree of civil engineer. In 1890 he
received the honorary degree of master
of arts from Harvard University for his
work In housing reform.
A year after his graduation from the
Rensselaer, Institute Mr. White became
a member of the firm of w. A. & A. NJ.
White. About 1872 he began the study
of the homes of laborlng men, and in
1876 erected the first successful tene-
ment house in the United States. His
interest In the problem of housing led
to the erection of several other buildings
of the same character during the next
few years. in addition to the first sea-
side home for the relief Of poor chill
dren, which he built in 1876. He was
a member of the New York Tenement
House Commission in 1900 and 1901. and
from 1893 TO 1895 was Commissioner of
City Works for Brooklyn.
EFo"lneht IN NuhrIty WORK.
Mr.. White always had been greatly
interested In charitable enterprises and
was one of the organizers and for twen-
ty-five years president OF the Brooklyn
Bureau Of Charities. Since 1858 ne had
been a director of the Brooklyn's Chill
drens Aid Society. He was also a di-
rector of the Brooklyn Society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty to Children, OF
the City and Suburban Homes Company
Phipps Buildings and trustee of the
Russell Sage Foundation.
He was also a member OF the New
York Chamber of Commerce and gave
much of his time IN resent years to the
Botanic Garden OF tho Brooklyn Tnsti-
tute Of Arts and Sciences and TO the
Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red
Cross He was for a time n member oi
the executive committee of the national
organization OF the Red Cross.
Mr.. Whites clubs we're the Century
Grolier, Downtown. Hamilton and En-
glneers. In 1878 he married Miss Annie
Jean Lyman of Brooklyn, who died In
May, 1920. They had two children, Mrs
Katharine Lyman Van Sinderen. widow
Of Henry Il. Van Sinderen. and Mrs
Annie Jean Van Slnderen. the wife oi
Adrian Van Sinderen Of Brooklyn.
The funeral Of Mr.. White will be held
tomorrow afternoon at O'Clock from
the Church Of the Saviour. Pierrepont
street and Monroe place. Brooklyn.