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With Calvin Tomkins, Dock Commissioner of New York, he organized the New Jersey State Rivers and Harbors Congress, and as secretary is directing its affairs. By appointment of Governor Woodrow Wilson he is one of the New Jersey Ship Canal Commissioners. By further favor he was appointed a commissioner to take charge on behalf of the State of the dele- gates to the International Navigation Congress on their visit of inspection to New Jersey, at the close of the convention of 1912 held in Philadelphia. He has represented the State at national conventions by appointment from Governor E. C. Stokes, Governor J. Franklin Fort, Governor Woodrow Wil- son and Governor James F. Fielder. He is an honorary member by election of the New Jersey Automobile and Motor Club, also of the Board of Trade of East Orange. He is vice-president of the Kreischer Brick Company at Kreischerville, Staten Island, a concern employing one hundred and fifty men, and he is vice-president of the Federal Building and Loan Association, and senior trustee of St. James' Hospital. To him the credit belongs for organizing and directing the success of the New Jersey Road Horse Asso- ciation during its first several years of existence.
The success of the great "Newark Industrial Exposition" held in 1912 belongs to his initiative and direction. This exposition of "Newark-Made Goods," acclaimed by the press of many cities to be the best of its kind ever given in any city, attracted an attendance of 175,000 visitors, among whom were the President of the United States, William H. Taft, ex-President Theodore Roosevelt, the Governor of New Jersey, Woodrow Wilson, later elected to the Presidency, and Robert M. LaFollette, of Wisconsin, the candidate of the progressive element of the Republican party for the nom- ination. It is creditable to Mr. Reilly and his four associates who assumed all the financial risk of the exposition, that the surplus over expenses was used to collate and classify a list of the manufacturers of Newark with a list of every known article produced in the 2,500 workshops and factories, which work when completed was translated into the French and Spanish languages, and then printed and bound into a handsome volume with the
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label, "Newark-Made Goods," of which several thousand volumes wore printed and a copy sent without cost to all members of the diplomatic and consular service and the boards of trade in all parts of the world, and a copy placed on all steamships carrying passengers out of New York. In this splendid display of civic spirit in adopting as a slogan, "Newark Knows How," he and his associates have demonstrated their wisdom.
Political honors have had no attraction for him, so that it may be said that where his labor for a period of over twenty-five years has borne the greatest fruits for the benefit of others, he has been without honor, other than the esteem and respect in which he is held by the people of his native city. Mr. Reilly is a member of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association, the International Navigation Congress, the Commercial Executives' Associa- tion of America, the Mason Material Dealers' Association of New Jersey, the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, the Irish Historical Society, the New Jersey Road Horse Association, the Down Town Club, the Krueger Association, the Knights of Columbus and the German Hospital Association.
He married, October 30, 1889, Annie Corrigan, a niece of Rev. Patrick Corrigan, of Hoboken. Home is heaven and happiness is wealth, has been their rule in life. With eight children, two boys and six girls, they have no complaint to offer.
SAMUEL P. WALDRON
One of the best known and most successful of the men allied with the building and construction interests of the city of Newark, New Jersey, is Samuel P. Waldron, president of the firm of E. M. Waldron & Company, which has erected some of the finest and most important structures in the city. The Waldron brothers have not only left their mark upon the archi- . tecture of the city, but also in other fields of industry with which they have been connected. Samuel P. Waldron, born May 5, 1869, is a native of Ireland. His parents died when he was eight years of age, and following closely upon this event he came to the United States, locating in Newark, New Jersey, where he has since resided. His scholastic education has been purely American, he having acquired his preliminary training in the public schools of Newark, and supplementing this by courses in various other institutions. Business schools and evening classes, at which he was an eager attendant, were of great advantage, and the drawing tuition of Carl Rehman was of inestimable benefit, leaving its impress upon the work of Mr. Waldron throughout his career.
Mr. Waldron was only nineteen years of age when he entered into a partnership with his brother, Edward M. Waldron, in 1888. They engaged in the building and contracting business, success accompanying their efforts from the very beginning. Their business grew to such an extent that the firm was incorporated in 1905 under the former name of E. M. Waldron & Company, at which time Edward M. Waldron became president, Anthony Waldron, vice-president, and Samuel P. Waldron, secretary and treasurer. In 1912 Edward M. Waldron retired from the presidency, and was succeeded by Samuel P. Waldron, his brother, Anthony Waldron, retaining the office of vice-president. The beginning of this business venture was on what would be now considered a very small scale, but they were on a sure footing, and every forward step, while no timid or hesitating one, was carefully planned and the ground well tested before the step . was taken. Methods were considered from every point of view, and the interests of their patrons
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were so well guarded that their clientele increased with remarkable rapidity, and the quality and the scope of the work they were called upon to execute increased in due proportion. In public competition they gained frequent awards, the building of the new City Hall in Newark being a case in point, and in which they were met by many competitors. This enormous piece of work involved an expenditure of more than one and one-half millions of dollars and a colossal amount of labor. Samuel P. Waldron gave it his personal supervision, this extending over a period of three years and four months, but the work was methodized and prosecuted with such accuracy and precision that the contract was completed some months in advance of the specified time. Very naturally this huge undertaking added greatly to the prestige of the firm, and orders came in with additional frequency. This was notably the case as regards a number of other public buildings in New- ark, among them being several churches and schools. The fine Cathedral and the Schuerer building are also excellent examples of the quality of their construction work. Other massive edifices which stand as testimonials to his magnificent workmanship are Our Lady Help of Christians Church, East Orange; Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Newark; the Newark Fire Insur- ance Company building; Miller Street Public School, and the Home Brewery. Newark owes mæich of its growth and development as well as its architectural beauty to the brilliant ideas which have been executed from this office, and a number of the rising engineers of the city have obtained their invaluable training here. In addition to his activities in the contracting business, Mr. Waldron is secretary and treasurer of the Waldron Brothers' Realty Com- pany, Incorporated. In his political convictions he is a Republican, and he holds fraternal connection with Newark Council, Knights of Columbus; the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; the Ancient Order of Hibernians; also the U. S. Grant Republican Club, of which he was treasurer for a number of years. He also holds membership in the Lincoln Club, the Automobile Club of Newark, and the Newark Board of Trade.
Mr. Waldron married, in 1899, Mary R. McDonald, of Newark, and their five children are: Edward J., Samuel P., Jr .; Bernard A., Regina R. and Esther M. . Earnest and forceful in whatever he undertakes, Mr. Waldron possesses a personal magnetism that is irresistible. He has a power of painting word pictures which enables his hearers to grasp any idea he is trying to elucidate, even before he brings his facile pencil to illustrate the meaning his ready tongue is conveying. Cordial and courteous to all, he has a large circle of friends; with whom he spends many pleasant hours, and his bearing in every respect is that of a model citizen.
CHARLES LOUIS FITZGERALD
One of the leading automobile representatives of Newark is Charles Louis FitzGerald, manager of the Packard Motor Car Company of New York, Newark Branch. He is the son of James E. and Mary (Ryan) Fitz Gerald, and was born in Binghampton, New York, February 12, 1876.
The FitzGerald family is one of the most ancient and honorable in Ireland and trace their ancestry to the Geraldines, natives of Normandy, who claim descent from the noble Florentine family. Gherardinni, whose progenitor, Rainariago, flourished in A. D. 910. The line of descent is traced from Gherardinni to Otho Geraldine, who went to England at the time of the Conquest. The name is derived from a great-grandson of Otho Geraldine Maurice, son of Gerald (filius Gerald), who accompanied the Normans in their invasion of England in 1066. The prefix "Fitz" to the
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name Gerald which has so much puzzled antiquarians is thus explained: In contracting the word "filius" (filius Geraldi) the old scribes drew a stroke across the "I" to denote the omission of the following "l" and thus changing the word to "fi s." The letter "z" is the usual contraction of "us," thus making the word look like "fitz." The line of descent of the Fitz Gerald family for sixteen generations which follow is from the Linea Antiqua and from other authentic sources:
(I) Otho Geraldino, according to the Battle Abbey Book, went into England from Normandy with William the Conqueror, and was one of the chief commanders, and, according to Sir William Dugdale's "Baronage of England," was the sixth of that king, created a baron. This Otho had two sons, Waltero and Robert. (II) Waltero Geraldino was the ancestor of all the FitzGeralds of Ireland, and of all the barons of Windsor till the male issue of the Windsor line became extinct. (III) Gerald, from whom the surname of Geraldine was changed to FitzGerald. (IV) Maurice Fitz- Gerald, the first to assume the name of Gerald, which thus became hereditary. He was one of the first and principal invaders of Ireland, A. D. 1169. From this Maurice descended the two principal lines of the Earls of Desmond and
the Dukes of Leinster. (V)
Gerald FitzGerald.
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Thomas, Baron of Geashill, was the first of the family to get into Kildare, where he built the Castle of Geashill, and was made Baron, as he was also
of Sligo, Tirconnell and Karry. (VIII) . John, the first Earl of Kildare. (IX) Thomas, second Earl, died 1390. (X) Maurice, fourth Earl, died 1410. (XI) John Cam, sixth Earl, died 1427. (XII) Thomas, seventh Earl, died 1477. (XIII) Gerald, eighth Earl. (XIV) Gerald Oge, ninth Earl, was impeached of high treason and in September, 1534, died in the Tower of London. "Silken Thomas," the famous General, who died in 1537, was the tenth Earl. (XV) Edward, second son of Gerald Oge.
James Edward FitzGerald, grandfather of Charles Louis FitzGerald, of Newark, a descendant of Otho Geraldine, mentioned above, was born in Ireland, and immigrated to America in 1817, settling in Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania.
His son, James Edmund FitzGerald, deceased, was a prominent grocer and contractor of Binghampton, New York. He served gallantly in the Civil War under Colonel Edmund L. Dana, Company H, One Hundred and Forty-third Regiment, actively participating in the Battle of Antietam and many other bloody contests. He later became a member of the National Guard of the State of New York, under Captain Laurel L. Olmsted, Battery L, Seventh Division. He married Mary Ryan, deceased, a native of Penn- sylvania. Four children were born of this marriage: Edward Edmund; Minnie, deceased; Charles Louis, mentioned below; Catharine, now Mrs. Alfred Rawson, of East Orange, New Jersey.
Charles Louis FitzGerald prepared for college in the schools of his. native city and was a student at St. James' College, Binghampton. Soon after completing his education he entered the bicycle business, which he continued until 1900, when realizing the great opportunity offered in the growing automobile industry, he entered the employ of the Electric Vehicle Company, New York City. He remained with this company until 1905, when he became associated with the Auto Car Company, in New York City, where he remained for two years, resigning to go with the Packard Motor Car Company of New York. After a very successful period in New York City, he was made manager of the Newark Branch of the Packard Motor Car Com- pany, April 1, 1909, which position he still retains.
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The Packard Motor Car Company is one of the largest automobile manufacturing companies in the world. The car was first manufactured in 1899 by Mr. J. W. Packard, at Warren, Ohio, and was marketed by the automobile department of the New York and Ohio Company. This company was reorganized as the Ohio Automobile Company, with Mr. Packard as its president, and the output was largely increased. In 1903, Detroit capital becoming interested in the company, it was again reorganized as the Packard Motor Car Company, and the business was removed to Detroit, Michigan. The original factory in Detroit covered about two acres of floor space, and at this time, owing to the rapid development of the company's business, the plant covers over thirty-three acres. This great increase of production is due to the company's ability to produce cars of the highest type and excel- lence. During the year 1912-13 this enormous corporation sold 3,994 cars, the highest number of high-grade cars produced in this length of time by any manufacturer in the world.
Mr. FitzGerald is a member of the Knights of Columbus, and president of the Holy Name Society of the Blessed Sacrament Church of Newark; president of the New Jersey Automobile Exhibition Company, which officially controls the automobile shows held in Newark; a member of the Automobile Club of America, New Jersey Automobile and Motor Club, Union Club, Newark Motor Club, Downtown Club, Board of Trade and the New Jersey Automobile Trade Association, now serving on its board of governors.
, He married Mabel L. Morrison, daughter of a prominent manufacturer of Montreal, Canada. They have two children: Helen Lillian, born May 24, 1906; Robert Paul, born March 30, 1910.
JOSEPH LAWRENCE DIAS, M. D.
Joseph Lawrence Dias was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Decem- ber 25, 1880, a son of Raymond Lawrence and Josephine (Francis) Dias, the former, now deceased, at that time a general merchant of the town.
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Dr. Dias was graduated from the High School of his native town in 1899, then matriculated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City, from which he was graduated in the class of 1903 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. One year was spent in practice as an interne in the Eastern District Hospital of Brooklyn, New York. In February, 1904, he located in Newark, and there established himself in the practice of his chosen profession. He immediately com- menced to specialize, choosing as his specialty diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, and the results he has achieved have proved the wisdom of this course. For a number of years he has been clinical assistant at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. He has affiliated with the following-named organizations in various capacities: Member and has held office in the Doctors' Club of Newark; member Essex County Medical Society; Medical Society of New Jersey; American Medical Association; Academy of Medicine of Northern New Jersey; New Jersey Anatomical and Pathological Society. His fraternal affiliations are with Northern Lodge, No. 25, Free and Accepted Masons of Newark; Amity Chapter, No. 160, Royal Arch Masons of New York City; Palestine Commandery, No. 18, Knights Templar, of New York City; Salaam Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Newark. His political support is given to the Republican party.
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CHARLES R. HEDDEN
Charles Roreback Hedden, a prosperous and influential business man, president of the Hedden Construction Company, builders of Metropolitan Tower, New York, and Prudential building, Newark, New Jersey, was born March 25, 1852, son of Viner Jones Hedden and Elmira V. Meeker (Halsey) Hedden. The family is of English-Scotch extraction, the founder of the American branch having come to this country prior to 1634. They settled in New Jersey in early days and have since been identified with New Jersey history.
Charles R. Hedden has long been recognized as one of the foremost builders in New York and Newark, and has erected some of the finest and largest buildings in the country, among which may be mentioned the Pru- dential group of buildings, Newark, New Jersey; the Metropolitan building, including the famous Tower; the City Investing building; the American Bank Note building; the New Fifth Avenue building; the Automobile Club of America building; the American Surety building; the Life Publishing Building; the Montifiore Home; the Eagle building; the Howard Savings Bank, Newark; the American Insurance Company; the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance building, Newark; the Kinney building, Newark, and many others.
June 17, 1874, Mr. Hedden married Martha, daughter of Henry and Mary Etta (Devoe) Havell. They have two children, Etta and Lillian.
THEODORE M. WOODLAND
Theodore M. Woodland, who has gained a high reputation among jewelers for the high standard of work which his company produces, is a native of Newark, the seat of the large manufacturing establishments with which he is connected.
His education began in the public schools, and was finished in St. Paul's Preparatory School, for, like so many eminently successful men of large affairs, he was not a college graduate, yet acquired a fund of information which afforded him an excellent equipment in every walk of life in which he has engaged. On leaving school he entered the employ of H. Elcox & Company, manufacturing jewelers, of Newark, which later became the firm of Larter, Elcox & Company. Under the latter organization he became junior member of the firm, and remained in that position for five years. In 1895 he became junior member of the firm of Jones & Woodland, ten years later incorporated under the name of the Jones & Woodland Company, of which he is now vice-president and treasurer. His company makes a specialty of high-grade rings. He is also connected with the Brasler Com- pany, of which he is treasurer, a firm which manufactures a line of the finest jewelry made in the United States.
Mr. Woodland also has other important business relations, being a director of the Fidelity Trust Company of Newark, of the Union National Bank of Newark, and of the Essex County Trust Company, of East Orange. He is also a director of the First National Bank, of West Orange, of which he was one of the organizers. Mr. Woodland holds membership in the Essex Club, the Essex County Country Club, of West Orange, and the Jew- elers' Club, of Philadelphia. He is also deeply interested in public affairs. With the great army of men of large affairs, he is true to the Republican party, as guardian of the manufacturing interests of the whole country. He has long taken an active part in promoting the success of that organiza-
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tion by personal effort, and is chairman of the executive committee of the party in West Orange.
In 1899 Mr. Woodland married Miss Lillian Thompson, a daughter of the late Henry Thompson, of Jersey City, and they have one child, Thomp- son Woodland.
LOUIS WEISS, M. D.
Dr. Louis Weiss, physician and surgeon, of the city of Newark, New Jersey, is a son of Bernard Weiss, who came to Newark in 1885, and for most of the time since has been successfully engaged in the coal and ice business.
Dr. Weiss was born in Austro-Hungary, January 6, 1877, and received some of his elementary education in the land of his birth. This thorough foundation was supplemented by his training in the public schools of New- ark, where he was graduated from the High School in 1896. He then matriculated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia Uni- versity, New York City, being graduated in 1900 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
After graduation Dr. Weiss became surgical assistant to Dr. William Buermann, in the Newark City Clinics, later succeeded Dr. Buermann as head of the Surgical Department of City Clinics, and held this office until his resignation. He is at present (1913) one of the district city physicians of Newark. He is a member of the medical staff of the Newark Maternity Hospital and also has charge of the clinic for children in connection with that institution. He is connected with many organizations as a member, among them being: The Essex County, State and American Medical associa- tions; Academy of Medicine of Northern New Jersey; Anatomical and Pathological Society; Newark Medical League; German Medical Society of the City of New York; Apex Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of which he is the medical examiner; Court Seth Boyden, Independent Order of Foresters; Hegira Temple, No. 161, D. O. K. K .; New Jersey Lodge, No. 38, Order of Brith Abraham; Gerechtigkeits Lodge, No. 25, Independent Order of Brith Abraham; Independent Order B'nai B'rith. At various times he has been the physician for all of these fraternal associations. He is a great lover of outdoor recreation. In political matters Dr. Weiss gives his support to the Republican party, though he takes no active part in the public affairs of the community. He is, however, heartily in favor of any project which has for its object the betterment of municipal conditions.
Dr. Weiss married Henrietta, daughter of H. B. Epstein, a Newark merchant, and to them have been born children: Harry Benjamin, Milton Willard and Beulah Miriam.
WALTER C. JACOBS
The business of electrotyping has become an indispensable one in con- nection with the printing industry, and it is in use wherever a printing press is to be found that does work of any importance. In Newark, New Jersey, it was made a success through the far-sightedness and business acumen of Walter C. Jacobs, who had many difficulties to contend with when he first established his plant, in the way of prognostications as to the undoubted failure of the enterprise, as being far too near the great city of New York.
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Mr. Jacobs, with his native business talent, would not allow himself to be influenced by any prophecies of this sort, and his success has proved his wisdom.
Born in Newark, July 16, 1873, he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. and A. Jacobs. The elementary education of Walter C. Jacobs was acquired in the German and English school on Beacon street, and he then became a pupil in the Morton Street Public School. Upon his graduation from this institution he was apprenticed to learn the printers' trade with the Baker Printing Company, with whom he remained for a period of three years. He finished his apprenticeship with several different firms in Newark and in New York, and acquired a most thorough knowledge of the trade in every detail. Recognizing the great future that there was for an electrotyping business in the city of Newark, he established his present company in 1903 in the old Advertiser building, which was on the present site of the new Kinney building. For three years he was engaged in the successful conduct of a plant at this location, then, having outgrown the accommodations of the building, they removed to Clinton, and again moved for a similar reason to the present location, Nos. 9-11-13 Campbell street. The company organized by Mr. Jacobs operates under the name of The Central Electrotype Foundry Company, of Newark, and Mr. Jacobs is president of the corporation. It is the largest and best-equipped concern of its kind in this vicinity, and has its affiliations throughout the country. They are able to manufacture any kind of printing plate, whether flat or curved, and the excellence of the work executed has gained for them a reputation second to none. Mr. Jacobs perfected the Amalgatype Plate in 1909, which is an immense improvement on those in use prior to its invention. Color and process work executed by means of it is far above par, and for color work it has proved itself far superior to copper plate. In addition to being president of the above- mentioned corporation, Mr. Jacobs is connected in various capacities with a number of financial enterprises, among them being: Member of the Newark Board of Trade, director in the Broad and Market National Bank, president of the Unity and Fifth Ward Building and Loan Associations. He is also a member of: Automobile Club, Arion Singing Society, Improved Order of Heptasophs and Woodmen of America.
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