Show rH l j A TAi F 9 IR Jr 1 1 1 U DilL I ff r k ia 1 f fU t R- R Ra a t-J t m l I c S t iSM i Su tT k S A A l 5 Ln ner ISIT LITTLE way the west shore Ji ot of Staten Island Just beyond the tho A sew New w Brighton rl Railroad a along along along long row of ot buildings building of 01 marble and white whitestone tone stone fronted by an nn expansive e stretch of ot lawn and gravel walk the who whole o fenced In ID by br n a tall Iron railing extending about a quarter of ot a D. mile along the water trout front which comprise the must most Unique Institution In this country the country the Sailors' Sailors Suu Snug Harbor Tho The Harbor Is IB for tor the exclusive use as of ot otmen men nice who have havo sailed RAiled for tor not 1 less 8 than lIve five years ears under the American ting hag anti and who are aro disabled through age agu or other other- nl Itte e so they can no Do longer make a L liv- liv u Wi wg on tOO ino ecu ma o The institution Is unique not only b because because be be- cause enuse of ot this feature but because It Is b Immensely wealthy and yet it has hIlS never r received a penny penDY from anyone save its founder who left lert It well provided for tor when hen be he established IL It Robert It K n. Randall was wall n a muter mister mariner marin mann er em who hail had wen se-en en something of at life on each elch of ot the seven sevell seas ani anti and he lie realized the average ero e skipper bad but little chanco of ot accumulating anything while mast most bad the aver average ge man before beCore the even eTen less Ices chance In lu the last do days of at DIan many of ot the men anen who bo followed the domain domain do do- main of ot Neptune for tor a n livelihood Captain lUndall saw much suffering and aud priva privation tion That was WIS more than years a ago o when wholesale was practically unknown n Tb There re way may have bavo b been ea aged aed mens men's homes for tor those who lived ashore but bat for tor those who followed followed fol tol fol- fol lowed the sc-n sc t thero was Wall nothing This ThU situation made a deep Impression upon Captain I IU Iii idall dall and aDd when be ho fat Ctt that bin bitt days were almost spent he be called to him Alexander Allxander Hamilton the friend of Washington and the r t secretary of ot state of ot the d States and explained ex cx- that he lie desired to establish with rJ S r t t t t r 1 r. r II r S t I ii 1 I jt- jt ji f ji f rf oc 2 Z WHO r T- T y B i s x iff jr 4 l 5 jK t 4 j WiZE fk tV t f 4 lY l y A FLAG fo 7 t S I fC f C I u. u 1 t l 1 s srn s sa r rr y tr t r A r. f h l q e I n- n r a. DC rr J what he be left lert of ot his bis earthly goods boods a ahome ahome home hOlCe for tor the tho benefit of ot disabled sailors BAilors of ot the tue Am American merchant marine marlue The will vIII was drawn June 1 1801 1501 and Captain Randall bequeathed practically his entire c estate for tor the establishing t and maintenance of ot a 0 homo home for tor o aged cd decrepit de tie- und and sailors to be bo known as ns the Sailors Sailors' Snug Harbor Tho Instrument metro metro- meat ment further provided that tho the trust should be bu committed to thoe those who might alight from time timEt to time limo occupy the following flu positions Chancellor of or the state stute of or New York the mayor of the city of ot New ew York the tho recorder of ot the thc city of New tew York the president of ot the Marine Society of or tb the city of or New York the the alSt vice rice president of ot the Marine Society of ot the city of at New York rector of ot Trinity Church of or tho city of ot New York nod and the mini minister liter of ot the First lre Presbyterian Church of ot the city of ot New sw York The estate that Captain Randall bequeathed be be- comprised about 20 acres of ot land lond now roughly bounded by Fourth i andl and end l Fifth avenues and Dud Sixth anti Tenth streets In ie Now York city elty and cud he slip slip- I f 5 It S S SS SS S S i 5 5 S S f 1 ill l r. r 5 5 Tx S v 5 t F 45 t or 1 t E 1 1 f. f fu L that the tb trustees trustee should bouM hold bold tho the property forever using the revenue re from It to e establish and oDd maintain liar Har bor Vt Vi bilt prohibiting the sole sale of the tho estate there WUN nothing to prohibit the tuo purchasing of or more property Following the time death of ot Captain Randall there thero was litigation and nod It was not Dot until June 1811 that the site sUo for tor the Harbor wan vt-as selected and OO acres on OD StAten Island on the tb banks of ot the Kill Kiil von rqn lull Kull were secured Time The erection of ot a n suitable building was begun beun at nt once ODee and the tho following year 50 51 o sailors were admitted From Prom then to the pre present time the number of ot buildings I and nu number ber of ot Inmates bare bava increased until no now there thre ore are 43 49 structures and Rod about 0 0 Old Satire n as thy they are known knowD Sine Since Captain Randall passed uel away there theu have be- be liMO hit n great changes change In NewYork Now New York CIt City and the property that be he last lut sow saw s SI a 0 farm I Is now covered ered by scores leores of ot magnificent buildings in 10 tho the h heart of ot the and aud pay to the estate te an BD annu annual 1 income of ot about a n million dollars harbor is one of ot the most Interesting Interest interest- ing lug places to visit for o ro is ls tho the I II II I I I 1 I c l' l j i i 1 1 tk 1 5 f I S Z J S 7 atmosphere her of ut the lI sea n. n The men who are ere 1 spending their theIr- last days dayn there are Immensely Im let proud of ot their home borne On any cl clear r tin ha one may see gathered red ou on the spacious l lawns little group rou of ot old men inca nh b may many lie Itt playing a c game of ot chess chea or checkers checker or gathered around on one bo h behind spectacles p of ot ex extra power Is 18 rending reading tb the news of ot the day 1111 or ora orn n Ii story troI froni n a hook book looking around omon among the groups of ot white-haired white veterans on the III lawns or lying ly Iy ly- ly lug ing ill HI end broken lu In the hospital or In their own little rooms one will see lee on 00 every orr face a tale tal of at a ur long life loc conflict with the thC sea a n conflict of ot two t generations genera genera- lions with the thu mighty deep a II conflict with I h death in 10 many weird elrd shapes of ot escapes In which tho life lito of ot the sailor aaRon hung bung by merely a 11 thread To talk of ot death anti denser danger to these Old Is ss II talking of ot nothing tot for there is scarcely a n man mAD In the tha harbor who has not b been n shipmate with the Grim Spectre on many n a cruise There was Will Cn L George N. N Armstrong for tor instance In ID in- in stance While In command of the bark Templar from Ban o l Francisco to Rio sod and sodS i S i t i 4 fr t c other South American Amp ports with silver sll his luis ve vessel el was nUnc by pirates III in th the harbor of Rio mo With a n pistol In either cither bund humid he lie stood them o off while his crew lou J on IU At ibm crucial moment hI his bis eldest daughter uh pale pio but calm cain wen went t to him Ww and laid lold her ber head on his bis shoulder This rids aroused li tho j manly instinct in the brush breasts of ot his Ids crew and null they beat the pirates off On the roy voyage o back from Rio yellow fever te broke broe out In three darn his lila wife and ond one daughter and half hutt of ot his crew u succumbed but Jut be bravo skipper aided b by his bis other daughter and II a couple of ot men worked the ship until h he was taken ill III Then the thc mate was stricken und and the tha fate rAte of ot the vessel and those thoe on board was left Idt to the daughter who heroically did her part alternately nursing the men Wen und anti steering erID the ship till a passing vessel J gave help hell While In command of or the thu bark Osceola Osieola tr trading between San nn Francisco and noli China the was caught in 10 a n und and driven on a II rock near one oue of ot the thousand thousand thou thou- sand Eland little Islands In 10 the South Pacific The crew took to the boats but Captain J 4 tt j i l r i S L f L fat i tI J. J Armstrong stuck to the ship When she broke up h ho got Jot clear of ot the wreck wreckage c In Ina Ina ina a sm skiff skid with neither rudder or oars Fate guided the tho little craft to an Island The I island Islam was Indeed a welcome bit of ot terra t firma lor zor It meant safety and life but but at an n awful t-lul price I 1 covered CO tho Island from one ono end to 10 the other said the tile Captain and I found it about three b by five On miles s but hut there was not Dot a 0 sign of habitation and nod the awful truth dawned upon m me I was wason wason wason on a patch of ot laud loud with nothing save tb the cloth clothes clothed In which I 1 stood and with no DO fellow creature within GOO COO miles Dilles I WR was far tar out of ot the tho course of ot any nuy vessel and my wy chances for tor being taken o off orr were as one In lu a thousand The desire of ot Ute life was wan strong and 1 determined to Rye live he Live I did and ODd for tor six months my dally daily diet was eggs und and dead dell fish nub cast up by br the ocean The light of or dawn dan saw 54 me standing ou on the bench beach tlc peering across the va water tel for tor a 8 vessel rca ves ad sel while the thc close of ot day saw me on Ol my kue knees I praying for tor deliverance In In the tho meantime a L vessel essel which bad'S had bad I i S. 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S iW tal C Ci s S Jf i r. t 1 I j ji S i t j jt t S i. i J 5 1 f 5 ric p to o Ike Toan cler eP been he-en sent to find nud in moo a was fUll on 00 Its It way and the tho crow crew took mo me off orr I was talking In Jo a 0 jabber that was no DO language Practically every verr man In the harbor can n tell n a similar story and Dud were all the talc tnie gathered and nud set down t there cn would be a volume more replete with n adventure adren- adren cn ture tore then than u nn any story ever Imagined by the most versatile of ot authors Yet Vet t here are these men who have railed upon every everT sea gen often orten meeting de death h face to t face yet yot escaping camping his clutches gathered snow ironi nil all quarters of ot the globe globo to pass their remaining days upon dry dryland dryland land amid alUM all of ot the comforts denied them in ID their early arly days das As Aa a R constant of oT Alexander Hamilton ability In Iii drawing up ID Randalls Randall's will trill 11 made the Harbor possible ns as It withstood the lime of ot litigation liti gallon gation an nil excell excellent Dt picture of ot the great statesman adorns tho the walls of ot the Liar Har bor hon Randall unfortunately lely lived JIved before tor the era of ot photography nod and there has bas never ue bc been o found a n likeness of ot him Despite this about 10 years ago so there was erected upon the grounds n a One doe statue of ot tho the gallant mode made from Crom ns as close losE a D description of ot him bin as nB could be obtained d. S SIn In bronze bronzo and of ot heroic size ele mounted upon a marble pedestal the statue to the tho bravo c and philanthropic master master- mariner occupies 8 a n prominent spot upon the Harbor Ear Har bor lawn wn It faces th the water front and from attItude altitude one might Imagine haIs lin ha linis is gazing n across the tho water to see uee tin the ships as a they como and go T Sf S S S f f o I j I r i t. t i I d rJ I |