The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 120

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company
Number of Pages: 774

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KROESCHELL, Charles, mfr .; born Nash- ville, Tenn., May 22, 1848; son Herman and Bertha (Keeney) Kroeschell; ed. Chicago pub. schools; married Chicago, 1876, Sarah Fowler; children: Emma, Anna, Cora, Carl. Began work- ing in boiler shop in boyhood; rose to foreman; in 1879, with his brothers, established the boil- er and steamfitting works now conducted by Kroeschell Bros. Co. (incorporated 1894), of which is pres. Also dir. Kroeschell Bros. Ice Machine Co. Republican. Residence: 1057 Bel- den Av. Office: 440 W. Erie St.

KROESCHELL, William Ludwig, mfr .; born Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 17, 1855; son Herman and Bertha (Keeney) Kroeschell; ed. public schools, Chicago; married Ida Spangenberg, of Chicago, Feb. 16, 1882; 2 children: Ida and Paula. Came to Chicago in 1862; mem. firm of Gerstenberg & Kroeschell, grain commn. mer- chants, 1881-1900; sec., treas. and dir. Kroe- schell Bros. Co., boiler makers and steam fit- ters; sec. and dir. Kroeschell Bros. Ice Ma- chine Co. Republican. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade, Royal Arcanum. Club: Ill. Athletic. Res- idence: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 444 W. Erie St.

KROHN, William Otterbein, physician; born Galion, O., Mar. 23, 1868; son Benjamin Frank- lin and Barbara Ann (Smith) Krohn; B.A., Western (now Leander Clark) Coll., Toledo, Ia., 1887; M.A. and Ph.D., Yale, 1889; European univs., June 1891-Feb. 1892; sr. fellow Clark Univ., Mar .- Oct. 1892; M.D., Northwestern Univ., 1905; married Emma Beardshear, of Dayton. O., Aug. 26, 1887 (died Jan. 6, 1890); married 2d, Hattie Weaver, of New London, Conn., Sept. 10, 1892; divorced 1907; married 3d, Josephine Elliott, 1909. Head. dept. of philosophy, psy- chology and. ethics, Adelbert Coll. and Cleve-

Univ., 1889-91; asst. prof. psychology and ped- agogy, 1892-3, psychology, 1893-7, Univ. of Ill .; psychologist, Eastern Hosp. for Insane, Kanka- kee, Ill., 1897-9; now in med. practice at Chi- cago. Med. juror Insanity Court of Cook Co., Ill. Inventor of spl. research apparatus for lab., psychology, and examination of insane; founder Ill. Soc. for Child Study, 1895; pres. Dept. of Physical Edn. N.E.A., 1900-3; mem. Am. Assn. for Physical Edn., Am. Acad. Med- icine, Am. Psychol. Assn., Assn. of Physicians of Insane Hosps., A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc. Republican. Presbyn. Clubs: Yale, South Shore Country (Chicago). Author: Practical Lessons in Psychology, 1893; Graded Lessons in Hy- giene, 1900; First Book in Hygiene, 1902. Ex- tensive contbr. to mags. upon child study and psychol. subs. Residence: 6332 Lexington Av. Office: Heyworth Bldg.

KROPF, Oscar Armin, lawyer; born Vienna, Austria, Mar. 10, 1872; son Ferdinand Michael and Eleanor Johanna (Wehrhofske) Kropf; came to America with parents, 1877; graduated Washburn Acad., Topeka, Kan., 1891; Wash- burn Coll., B.A., 1895 (valedictorian of class), M.A., 1897; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law School, 1901; married Edith Alfreda Anderson, of Chicago, Oct. 21, 1908; 1 son: Richard Thom- as. Supt. pub. schools, Hays City, Kan., 1898-9; admitted to bar, 1901; mem. firm of Paden & Kropf, since 1904; dir. and counsel Sheridan Trust & Savings Bank. Mem. Ill. Bar Assn. Republican. Lutheran. Mason, Lincoln Park Lodge (Worshipful Master, 1909). Lawn Chap- ter, Lincoln Park Commandery, Medinah Tem- ple; mem. exec. board Chicago Masonic Board of Relief. Mem. Phi Alpha Delta. Recreations: fishing and walking. Residence: 5330 Magnolia Av. Office: Nat. Life Bldg.

KROPF, Oswald Frederick, sec. and treas. Findeisen & Kropf Mfg. Co .; born Madison, Wis., Mar. 11, 1867; son August F. and Wil- helmina (Paunack) Kropf; ed. pub. schools; married Chicago, Oct. 22, 1891, Martha Louise Johnson; children: Martha Louise, Katherine Helen. After leaving school began as clerk in State Bank, Madison, Wis .; at age of 19 ac- cepted position as treas. with Stoughton Wag- on Co., Stoughton, Wis. Since Jan. 1894 en- gaged as a mfr. of plumbers' supplies, and now sec., treas. and dir. of the Findeisen & Kropf Mfg. Co., mfrs. of plumbers' supplies and plumbers' woodwork: also sec. and treas. Hartman Ingot Metal Co .; also dir. of The World Today Magazine. Republican. Mason. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Ex- moor Country. Recreations: motoring, boating. Residence: 554 Stratford Pl. Country Home: Delavan Lake, Wis. Office: 2511 W. 21st St.

KROST, Joseph, physician; born Merrillville. Ind., Feb. 3, 1860; son John and Katharine (Horst) Krost; ed. Univ. of Notre Dame, Ind., and Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, M.D., 1881; mar- ried Chicago, Feb. 29, 1892, Ella E. Roberts. In practice of medicine at Chicago since 1881; asst. county physician of Cook Co., 1881-7. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc. Residence: 1815 Larchmont Av. Office: 626, 32 N. Clark St.

KRUPKA, John Albert, wholesale grocer: born Tyndall, S.D., Jan. 15, 1874; son Frank and Anna Krupka: ed. pub. schools of Tyndall. S.D., and in Bryant & Stratton Business Coll .: married Chicago, Sept. 23, 1903, Mary Vana: 2 children: John M. and Stanley R. In 1894 be- gan business life in Chicago with G. Lesher. commn. merchant; later with Kirchman, whole- sale confectionery, and in 1896 with Dusek & Lalla, commn. merchants. In 1897 bought Mr. Dusek's interest, firm becoming John F. Lalla & Co., wholesale grocers; May 1904, firm was incorporated, Mr. Krupka becoming sec. Mem. Royal Arcanum, Travelers' Protective Assn .. Ill. Commercial Men's Assn. Sec. Svornost Bldg. Loan & Homestead Assn. Recreation:

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gardening. Residence: Riverside, Ill. Office: 809-813 W. Randolph St.

KRUTTSCHNITT, Julius, ry. official; born New Orleans, July 30, 1854; son John and Pe- nina (Benjamin) Kruttschnitt; C.E., Washing- ton and Lee Univ., 1873; married E. Minna Kock, of New Orleans, Feb. 14, 1882; 4 chil- dren: T. Herman, Julius, Jr., John and Rebecca. Asst. to Col. William Allan, prin. MacDonough Sch., nr. Baltimore, 1873-8; resident engr. in charge of constrn., 1878-80, roadmaster West- ern div., 1880-1, asst. chief engr. and gen. road- master, 1881-3, chief engr. and supt., 1883-5, Morgan's La. & Tex. R.R .; asst. gen. mgr. S.P. Co.'s Atlantic system (lines east of El Paso, Tex.), 1885-9, gen. mgr. same, 1889-95; gen. mgr. of all lines of S.P. Co., with headquarters at San Francisco, 1895-1904, 4th vice-pres. same since Apr. 7, 1898, asst. to pres. same, 1901-4; dir. of maintenance and operation U.P.R.R.Co., Ore. Short Line R.R.Co., Ore. R.R. & Naviga- tion Co., and S.P.Co., headquarters at Chicago, since Apr. 1, 1904; vice-pres. U.P.R.R. and Ore. Short Line R.R. since Aug. 21, 1909; also pres. U.P. Coal Co. Mem. Internat. Ry. Congress, Am. Ry. Engring. and Maintenance of Way cific Union (San Francisco), Boston (New Or- leans), Chicago, Union League, Glen View Country, University, Mid-Day (Chicago). Res- idence: 60 Bellevue Pl. Office: 112 W. Adams Street.

Assn. Clubs: Burlingame (Cal.) Country, Pa -· idence: 4330 Drexel Boul. Office: 1104 Colum- bus Memorial Bldg.

KUBITZ, Edward Hugo, lawyer; see Vol. 1905.

KUEHMSTED, A. Louis, pres. Gregory Elec- tric Co .; born Oshkosh, Wis., Jan. 17, 1866; son William and Ida Kuehmsted; prep. edn. pub. grammar and high schools, Oshkosh, Wis .; M. E., Cornell Univ., 1891. Became asst. in elec- trical engring. at the Univ. of Ill., 1892-3; pres. Gregory Electric Co. since 1893. Office: 1601 S. Lincoln St.

KUEHMSTED, Armin Oscar, vice-pres. Greg- ory Electric Co .; born Oshkosh, Wis., Oct. 16, 1864; son William and Ida Kuehmsted; grad. Oshkosh High School, 1879; married Chicago, Nov. 25, 1902, Marie Chisholm Gregg; 1 daugh- ter: Josephine. Since 1895 vice-pres. Gregory Electric Co. Mem. Western Soc. of Engrs. (Electrical Section), Nat. Electrical Assn. Ma- son, K.T., K.P., Elk. Mem. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn. Club: Chicago Athletic. Residence: LaGrange, Ill. Office: 1601 S. Lincoln St.

KUFLEWSKI, Wladyslaw Augustyn, physi- cian; born Jaroszewo, Posen, Poland, May 26, 1870; son August and Salomea (Kalacinska) Kuflewski; ed. in Jaroszewo private school, Po- land; Chicago Coll. of Pharmacy; Chicago eve- ning schools and Coll. of Physicians and Sur- geons of Chicago, graduating, M.D., Apr. 3, 1894. Practicing medicine in Chicago since 1894; prof. surgery, Chicago Clinical School. Surgeon 2d Regt., I.N.G .; surgeon-general since 1902. Mem. Board of Edn. of Chicago; ex-pres. Chicago Pub. Library; ex-chief med. examiner Polish Nat. Alliance, U.S.A .; ex-pres. Polish Nat. Library. Grand marshal at the unveiling of statues of Brigadier-Generals Pulaski and Kosciuszko, in Washington, D.C., May 11, 1910; del. to first Polish Congress, Washington, and chmn. of the finance com., May 1910. Author of Sterilization of Books; also How to Cele- brate Independence Day and many articles in various journals. Mem. A.M.A., Assn. of Mil. Surgeons, Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., and Polish Surgical Soc., of Cracow, Po- Jand. Club: Chicago Athletic. Residence: 1368 N. Robey St.

KUH, Abraham, retired merchant; born Red- witz, Bavaria, Germany, May 7, 1834; son Jacob and Ida (Lang) Kuh; ed. schools of native place to age of 14; came to U.S. in 1852; mar- ried, 1861, Caroline, daughter of L. Leopold; 1 daughter: Julia (Mrs. E. Buxbaum), now de- ceased. When came to U.S., first clerked 6 months in store of his brother, Isaac, in New

York City; then in clothing store of B. Wolf & Co., Dubuque, Ia., about 2 years; then in business for himself at Ft. Madison, Ia .; after that in St. Joseph, Mo .; came to Chicago, 1861, engaged in buying uncurrent money for a time; was in merchant tailoring 3 years; then became partner in a clothing firm under style of Leopold, Kuh & Co., for 14 years; withdrew in 1878 and spent 18 months in Europe; re- turned, 1880, and established, with partners, the wholesale clothing house of Kuh, Nathan & Fischer, from which he retired in 1900. Mem. Chicago Sinai Congregation. Dir. and pres. of Old People's Home. Club: Standard (charter mem.). Residence: 5010 Drexel Boul. Office: 330 S. Franklin St.

KUH, Edwin James, physician; born New York City, June 20, 1858; son Isaac and Ma- thilda (Kupfer) Kuh; ed. abroad, 1871-82; came to Chicago, 1882; 6 years' study in classics, and 5 years' course in medicine, graduating, M.D., Univ. of Heidelberg; married 1886, Jen- nie Cahn; 3 children: Dorothy, Edwin, Fred- erick. Mem. med. staff Michael Reese Hosp. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., A.M.A., Practitioners' Club, etc. Mem. Soc. for Ethical Culture. Res-

KUH, Sydney, physician; born New York City, Mar. 6, 1866; son Isaac and Mathilda (Kupfer) Kuh; ed. gymnasium, Bayreuth, Ba- varia, 1875-82; Chicago Med. College 1885-6; Univ. of Heidelberg, Germany, 1886-90, grad- uating, M.D., 1890; Univ. of Vienna, 1890-1; asst. at Univ. Hosp., Heidelberg, 1891-2; med. schools of Paris and London, 1892. Attending neurologist to Cook Co. and Michael Reese hosps., consulting neurologist to Homes for Aged Jews and Jewish Orphans, Chicago Ly- ing-In Hosp. and Dispensary, Evanston Indus- trial Home for Girls. Author of numerous ar- ticles on neurological subjects. Prof. of nerv- ous diseases, Post-Grad. Med. School, Chicago; asso. prof. of nervous diseases, Rush Med. Coll. Mem. Chicago Neurological Soc., A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Phy- sicians' Club, German Med. Soc .; fellow Chi- cago Acad. of Medicine, Am. Neurological Soc., A.A.A.S., etc. Republican. Jewish. Clubs: Quad- rangle, City, Ill. Athletic. Recreations: hunt- ing, fishing, photography. Residence: 4330 Drexel Boul. Office: Columbus Memorial Bldg.

KUHLMEY, Albert, pres. of A. Ortmayer & Son, saddlery; born Danzig, Germany, July 25, 1855; son Friedrich and Henrietta Kuhlmey; ed. pub. and private schools in Europe; arrived in New York in June and Chicago in July 1873; married Chicago, Apr. 20, 1882, Annie, oldest daughter of Andrew Ortmayer; children: Wal- ter, Melitta (Mrs. William B. Uihlein, of Mil- waukee). Was employed in law office in Dan- zig, Germany, Nov. 1868-Nov. 1871; clerk in fa- ther's store in Danzig, Nov. 1871-May 1873; employed in various kinds of business in Chi- cago from July 1873-Mar. 1874, when entered wagon mfg. business of Schuttler & Hotz, Chi- cago, as timekeeper, and left there Apr. 1, 1882, as asst. supt. Entered business of A. Ortmayer & Son, May 1, 1882, as bookkeeper and cashier, and when business was incorporated Feb. 1, 1886, was elected sec., treas. and dir .; after death of Andrew and Carl G. Ortmayer, was elected, June 15, 1895, pres. and gen. mgr. and dir. of A. Ortmayer & Son, wholesale mfrs. of saddlery, which position still holds. Treas. of Wholesale Saddlery Assn. of the U.S., and of the Nat. Saddlery Mfrs.' Assn .; mem. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Nat. Credit Men's Assn., Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Republican. Mem. Germania Männerchor. Residence: 1638 Dearborn Av. Of- fice: 157-159 W. Illinois St.

KUHNERT, Louis C., mfr. and jobber; born Woodstock, Ill., Apr. 22, 1854; son Charles and Wilhelmia Kuhnert; ed. city schools of Wood- stock; married Apr. 22, 1869, Lena Lasman; children: Louis C., Carrie D. Began business

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career in 1868 and was engaged in retail grocery business in Chicago until 1888; with Lartz Wall Paper Co., 1888-93; was owner of the New Era Bank, corner of Blue Island Av. and Harrison St., 1893-8; then became one of the principals, treas. and vice-pres. of the corporation of Re- mien & Kuhnert Co., mfrs. and jobbers of wall paper and painters' supplies. Dir. Chicago Credit Men's Assn .; del. to convention of Nat. Assn. of Credit Men, 1909. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Paint and Varnish, Delavan Lake Yacht (commo- dore). Recreations: motoring, golf, yachting. Residence: 5610 Washington Av. Office: Wa- bash Av. and Lake St .; branch at 188-190 Ohio Street.

KUHNS, E(dward) Louis, Chicago gen. mgr. Studebaker Bros. Mfg. Co .; born Greensburg, Pa., Nov. 12, 1858; son Joseph Henry and Har- riet (Eason) Kuhns; ed. pub. schools of Pa .; married Ida Studebaker, of South Bend, Ind., June 7, 1893. Engaged in railroad construction, 1880-3, in real estate and insurance 1884-7; commr. of pub. works, City of Chicago, 1892-3; with Studebaker Bros. Mfg. Co. since 1894, be- coming dir. and Chicago manager of that com- pany and the Studebaker Automobile Co. in 1907; also. sec. Corporation of the Fine Arts Bldg. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Indiana Society (vice-pres.), Pa. Society (vice-pres.). Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Chicago Motor; also Indiana Club (South Bend, Ind.). Residence: 4932 Lake Av. Office: 2030 Michigan Av.

KUHNS, Maurice S., accountant; sec. Safe- guard Account Co. Residence: 4407 Berkeley Av. Office: Nat. Life Bldg.

KUPPENHEIMER, Albert B., clothing mfr .; born Chicago, May 31, 1866; son Bernhard and Augusta (Rosenfeld) Kuppenheimer; ed. pub. schools and Harvard (pvt.) School, Chicago; unmarried. Identified with B. Kuppenheimer & Co., established by his father, since 1885, and became a mem. of the firm in 1896. Repub- lican. Jewish religion. Mason. Clubs: Ill. Ath- letic, Chicago Automobile, City, Standard, Lake Shore Country, Chicago Fishing; also Criterion, New York. Residence: 3240 Michigan Av. Office: Cor. Franklin and Congress Sts.

KUPPENHEIMER, Jonas, mfr .; born Terre Haute, Ind., 1854; son of Bernhard and Augusta (Rosenfeld) Kuppenheimer; pub. sch. edn .; married Belle Wineman, of Chicago; children: Irma B. (Mrs. Bertram J. Cahn), Louise E. In 1876 with his father established the house of B. Kuppenheimer & Co., mfrs. of clothing, and since father's death in 1903 has been head of the firm. Republican. Clubs: Standard, Lake Shore, Ravisloe, Chicago Automobile. Resi- dence: 2027 Prairie Av. and Lake Forest, Ill. Office: Cor. Congress and Franklin Sts.

KUPPENHEIMER, Louis B., mfr .; born Terre Haute, Ind., July 18, 1857; son Bernhard and Augusta (Rosenfeld) Kuppenheimer; ed. pub. schools, Chicago; married Emma Macrtz, of Cincinnati, Jan. 17, 1907. Began with B. Kuppenheimer & Co. in 1876 and has been a member of the firm since 1882. Republican. In conjunction with brothers Jonas and Albert crected the Jewish Home for the Friendless, and erected and presented Anncx and Assembly Room and Gymnasium to Jewish Orphans' Home. Residence: 2923 Michigan Boul. Office: Cor. Congress and Franklin Sts.

KUROWSKI, Eugene Frank, mfr .; born East Prussia, Ger., July 5, 1858; son F. and Bertha (Friesc) Kurowski; cd. pub. and high schools, Germany; married Chicago, 1884, E. Haber- straw; children: Rudolph, Melanie. For many years connected with and pres. since 1894, the John C. Moninger Co., greenhouse construction materials. Recreation: motoring. Residence: 5430 Magnolia Av. Office: 901 Blackhawk St.

(Jacobs) Kurz; early edn. in Germany; came with widowed mother to Chicago when 14 years of age; entered law office as office boy, advan- cing to managing clerk; grad. Chicago College of Law, 1888. Began practice immediately after graduation; regarded as expert in commercial and corporation law; mem. since 1894 of firm of Rosenthal, Kurz & Hirschl; dir. Hibernian Banking Assn. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chi- cago Law Inst. Pres. Jewish Home Finding Soc .; dir. Home for Jewish Friendless and Working Girls; identified with several other charitable institutions. Clubs: Standard, Ra- visloe Country, Ill. Athletic. Residence: Stand- ard Club. Office: 1104 Rector Bldg.

KUSEL, Isidore Julius, mfr .; born Chicago, Apr. 28, 1865; son Julius A. and Isabella (Ja- cobs) K .; ed. pub. schools; married St. Louis, Mar. 17, 1896, Cora Canmann; one son: Sylvan. Began as traveling salesman for the cotton goods house of G. H. Thomas & Co., of New York; formed Missouri Telephone Mfg. Co., 1890-1; disposed of his interests in that com- pany, and in 1897 organized the Eureka Elec- tric Co., with main office and factory at Genoa, Ill., of which was pres .; in 1906 organized American Car Equipment Co., Chicago, and was pres. and gen. mgr. until 1909; in spring of 1909 organized Gen. Railway Equipment Co .; original founder of Woodstock & Sycamore Traction Co .; now identified principally with railroad interests. Has obtained many patents in the electrical and mechanical arts. Inde- pendent Democrat. Was mem. Cos. C and A, 5th I.N.G., and was in active service in the East St. Louis strike. K. P. Club: Ill. Athletic. Recreation: swimming. Residence: 3636 Michi- gan Av. Office: 1335 Old Colony Bldg.

KYES, Preston, univ. prof .; born North Jay, Me., Jan. 24, 1875; son Ebenezer Sylvester and Caroline Matilda (Coolidge) Kyes; A. B., Bow- doin Coll., Brunswick, Me., 1896, A.M., 1900; grad. student Harvard, 1898-9; M.D., Johns Hopkins Univ., 1900; fellow, Rockefeller Inst. for Med. Research, New York, 1902-5; asso. in Memorial Inst. for Infectious Diseases, Chi- cago, 1904-9; Royal Prussian Inst. of Experi- mental Therapy, Frankfort on Main, Germany, 1901-5; married Martha Louise Gahan of Bruns- wick, Me., June 28, 1904. Asso. in anatomy, 1901-2, instr., 1902-4, asst. prof., 1904-6, asst. prof. experimental pathology since 1906, Univ. of Chicago. Mem. Am. Assn. of .Anatomists, Am. Assn. of Pathologists and Bacteriologists, Chicago Pathol. Soc., Delta Kappa Epsilon, Sigma Xi, Alpha Kappa Kappa. Clubs: Quad- rangle, Chaos. Residence: 5221 Hibbard Av.

L LA BUY, Michael Alexander, lawyer, real estate; born Ludom, Poland (Prussia), Sept. 28, 1846; son Louis and Rozalia (Domogawa) La Buy; ed. Blufton High School, Bryant & Strat- ton Commercial Law School, and Spencerian Business Coll., Milwaukee, Wis. Joined the Union Army, Sept. 28, 1864, in Co. G, 1st Wis. Heavy Arty., serving until close of war. After war was engaged in commercial pursuits until 1879; clerk of the W. Side police court, 1879-87: justice of the peace and police magistrate, with office at Halsted and Madison Sts. for many years, from 1887; now of firm of La Buy & La Buy (with Frank La Buy), in law, real estate. loans and insurance: dir, and treas. Original Quartz Hill Gold Mining Co .: pres. Kosciusko Monumental Assn .; treas. 16th Ward Bldg. Assn. Democrat: mem. Co. Democracy. Cath- olic; mem. Holy Cross Assn. Mem. G.A.R .: past commander Post No. 304, Dept. of Illinois, and mem. Dept. Commanders' Staff Assn., with rank of col. Club: Iroquois. Residence: 915 Milwau- kee Av.

KURZ, Adolph, lawyer; born Weierbach, Ger- LACEY, Edward Samuel, banker: born Chill. many, Jan. 11, 1868; son of Isaac and Bena N. Y., Nov. 26. 1835: son Edward De Witt and

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gardening. Residence: Riverside, Ill. Office: 809-813 W. Randolph St.

KRUTTSCHNITT, Julius, ry. official; born New Orleans, July 30, 1854; son John and Pe- nina (Benjamin) Kruttschnitt; C.E., Washing- ton and Lee Univ., 1873; married E. Minna Kock, of New Orleans, Feb. 14, 1882; 4 chil- dren: T. Herman, Julius, Jr., John and Rebecca. Asst. to Col. William Allan, prin. MacDonough Sch., nr. Baltimore, 1873-8; resident engr. in charge of constrn., 1878-80, roadmaster West- ern div., 1880-1, asst. chief engr. and gen. road- master, 1881-3, chief engr. and supt., 1883-5, Morgan's La. & Tex. R.R .; asst. gen. mgr. S.P. Co.'s Atlantic system (lines east of El Paso, Tex.), 1885-9, gen. mgr. same, 1889-95; gen. mgr. of all lines of S.P. Co., with headquarters at San Francisco, 1895-1904, 4th vice-pres. same since Apr. 7, 1898, asst. to pres. same, 1901-4; dir. of maintenance and operation U.P.R.R.Co., Ore. Short Line R.R.Co., Ore. R.R. & Naviga- tion Co., and S.P.Co., headquarters at Chicago, since Apr. 1, 1904; vice-pres. U.P.R.R. and Ore. Short Line R.R. since Aug. 21, 1909; also pres. U.P. Coal Co. Mem. Internat. Ry. Congress, Am. Ry. Engring. and Maintenance of Way Assn. Clubs: Burlingame (Cal.) Country, Pa- cific Union (San Francisco), Boston (New Or- leans), Chicago, Union League, Glen View Country, University, Mid-Day (Chicago). Res- idence: 60 Bellevue Pl. Office: 112 W. Adams Street.

KUBITZ, Edward Hugo, lawyer; see Vol. 1905.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 120

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed Publication date: 1911 Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company Number of Pages: 774

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company
Number of Pages: 774