New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . f the late AlonP. Man, and the firm of Anderson Man is one of the bestknown and respected in the city. During the last ten yearshe has been more particularly engaged in litigation againstrailroads and in reorganization i)lans. He conducted the liti-gation against Jay Gould, in the Missouri, Kansas andTexas Railway Company, for the recovery of interestdue on income bond coupons, and the result of the suit wasthe payment in value of over two millions of dollars to theparties in interest. In the spring of 1862, Mr. Anderson, ju
New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . f the late AlonP. Man, and the firm of Anderson Man is one of the bestknown and respected in the city. During the last ten yearshe has been more particularly engaged in litigation againstrailroads and in reorganization i)lans. He conducted the liti-gation against Jay Gould, in the Missouri, Kansas andTexas Railway Company, for the recovery of interestdue on income bond coupons, and the result of the suit wasthe payment in value of over two millions of dollars to theparties in interest. In the spring of 1862, Mr. Anderson, just after the re-treat of General Banks, in the Shenandoah Valley, went tothe front as Major, in the N. Y. State Militia, was cajjturedby the Confederates, under Stonewall Jackson, paroled andreturned to his home. In 1871, he engaged actively in thecrusade against the Tweed Ring, subsecjuently joined theTammany Hall organization, and was for fome years itschairman in the nth district. He withdrew from TammanyHall in 1879, and soon after, with Abram S. Hewitt, Edward. ELIiERT ELLERV ANDERSON. Coo])er and William C. Whitney, organized the CountyDemocracy, of whose General Committee he was for severalyears the chairman. In this connection he helped materi-ally in the rout of Tammany Hall in 1884, and the electionto the Mayoralty of William R. Grace over Hugh J. Grant. During the last few years Mr. Anderson has been anable advocate of tariff reform. His opposition to the tariffis based upon a deep conviction that it is unjust in princi|)leand that its effect is to enable favored classes to accumulatevast sums which they do not earn, and are taken from thescanty earnings of the masses. He has never held office, andthough on many occasions he received the offer of nomina-tion to the Supreme (,ourt Bench, he has always has served as School Trustee, Rajjid Transit Commis-sioner, and, respectively, of land taken for the Croton .Aique-duct and the Klevated Railroad. He was app
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