The Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 12, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 16, 1892 Page: 1 of 4
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W flELO PASSES AWAY
In JTelf York Last Tuesday
Jforntng Wenrij Jll Field
of Sroicnsvllle His
JTepliew
Mr Henry M Field a ne hen
of the deud man who lives iit this
city was bum in Southwick Mass
in 1842 Hi father Matthew D
Field brother to Cyrus W was the
noted civil engineer who with his
biother were instrumental in eon
iteming us with Europe by cable
It whb he who built the bridge
across the Cumberland at Nsli
ville the Frankfort K bridge
and the CInttauogi and Ten-
nessee railroad H M Field en
tirtd tbe federal army at the com
nieiieeuient of the war and at its
eluse locatid in Rmwneville and
is possessed of considerable nitans
dcini an extension lumber and
hardware trade Mr FitId seems
tthave inlnritedfioin his illu trnu
uncle that noble trait generosity
Kn appeal to Mr Field for aid
gies unheeded and bis liberality to
the needy dr mil ftrieken po > pc
of this country makdS his uaino a
limiseholJ wi > rl among the pour
Mr Matthew U Fi ld died about
the year 1873 or 1S74
New Yoke Juy 12 Cyru
W Fcld died at 9 30 this morn
A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE
Gyrus Wis Field was born in
Stoekbridge Mass on November
301810 Uis ftlier wan the Rev
David Dudley Field ror many
years pastor f the Congregational
church of Stnckhridge Uis
brothers art David Dudley Field
the eminent jurist and legal authoi
the Rev Dr Henry Martin Field
editor of the Evangelis ami the
Hon Stephen J Field jusrice of
the United States supreme court
oung Cyrus eauie to New Yoik
when the CLy hall marked its
northern business limits Among
the men of ability who were then
prominent in the city were A T
Stewart who was then a rising
yuiins dry goods merchant and
John Jacob Astor who was laying
the fouudatiuus for the immense
fortunes now held by his family
Cyras was then 15 years of age
and in walking about the town his
attention waB attracted to A T
Stewarts Etore He entered and
applied for employment He was
then tall and lank and Stewart
who wa8 a man of wit aud shrewd-
ness gave him employment afc 2
a week remarking that if he cotid
do nothing elee he would save the
cost of a 6tepladder as he was
tll enough to hand the boxes of
giods up and down from the high
fill elves
It did not take Cyrus long to
learn all the secrets about buttons
Ws pins and needles and when
> he had mastered the art he deter
mined to start out for himacif but
jfc fj >
in another line He reasoned that
if Stewart was making a fortune in
dry goods lie should be able to do
likewise by deathg in paper So
he secured a store at the corner of
Broad way and Fulton street and
started for himself HiB venture
proted a great success and iu fact
it whs he who originated the great
paper industry of the city
He amassed a fortune and was
planning to extend his business
when a disastrous tire consumed
his whole plant and uildinjr For-
tunately he was insured hue as
6xiii as he was able to 6e le his
affairs he retired from business and
mace an extended tour among the
Andes mountains in South Amer-
ica
TO JOIN TWO CONTINENTS
He returned to this city in 1851
and it uas then that he first se-
riously considered die project of
laying a cable under the Atlantic
ocean It wad the celebrated ku
glishmau
sugge3 e <
Richard Uobden who
1 tho idea at a diuner
given by Mr Field in that year
Cobden remarked
Field why doiit you lay a cable
connecting Europe with America
under theAtlantic ocean Voii
arc just ihu man who can doit
Mr Field at firt regarded the
matter as a j < ke but Mr Coideli
andfevural other geiithmn who
were prebont discussed the proj ct
in ali its bearings and Field Coil
sented to try the experiment It
was at ins dinner in New Yoik
that the fiivt subariptiis for lay-
ing the At antic cable were made
Gnung cable projects and e > iun o
rioii with Europe throunh the
tihortett routes by the fastest
sti amer iveie then under gtn ial
diccitSiion
Frederick N Gidiournehad in-
terest edMatthew D Field who
was a civd engineer and brother
of Cyius in a moject for establish-
ing a telegraph line between Hrv
York and St Johns N F partly
on poles partly under ground and
partly under water At tt Julius
the fastest steamers ever built were
to sail for Ireland and the time
between tho two countries was to
be shortened to six days or less
A company which attempted to
carry out this project was bank-
rupted The plau was unsatisfac-
tory as quicker communication
was demanded It was not till
Cyrus W Field decided on laying
a cable direct irom Newfoundland
to Ireland that he became really
interested in the enterprise He
was assured by high scientific au-
thority that the idea could be car-
ried out
CABLE EIGHTS SECUBED
In March 1851 Mr Field went
to St Johus and obtained from the
legislature a charter granting an
exclusive right for fifty years to es-
tablish a telegraph line from the
continent of America to New-
foundland and thenee to Europe
Then after a world of labyr ho
obtained iu New York subsurip
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employed
YJ 11 MASON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office Corner Levee and Elev-
enth Street
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
and General Land Agent
VICTORIA
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Wheeler, Jesse O. The Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 12, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 16, 1892, newspaper, July 16, 1892; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth61129/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .