Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 134

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 751

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WEEKS, Rufus W .:

Actuary of the New York Life Insur- ance Company; was born at Newark, N. J., Aug. 11, 1846, and is the son of Rob- ert D. Weeks. of that city, and grandson of the Rev. William R. Weeks, the noted abolitionist. He was educated in the public schools and entered the actuarial department of the New York Life in 1867. He became the head of the department in 1883, and was elected actuary of the com- pany in 1885. Mr. Weeks is a charter member and now vice-president of the Actuarial Society of America. He is an associate of the Institute of Actuaries, London; a corresponding member of the Institute of French Actuaries, and a member of the German Society for In- surance-Science. Address, 346 Broadway, New York.

WEGMANN, Edward:

Civil engineer; was born in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, Nov. 27, 1850. His father, Edward

Wegmann, was a Swiss merchant. His mother was Mary W. (Sand) Wegmann; was educated in Zürich, Switzerland, 1859-66: in the Brooklyn Polytechnic In- stitute, 1867-68, and then at the New York University, where he graduated as civil engineer in June, 1871; was married May 6, 1901, to Charlotte H. Drummond, of Bedford, N. Y .; 1871 graduated in June as civil engineer at the New York Univer- sity; engaged during the summer and fall as axeman, chainman, etc., on the pre- liminary survevs for the New York, West Shore and Chicago Railroad. In 1872 rod- man on the construction of the New Ha- ven, Middletown and Williamantic Rail- road (New York and Boston Air Line). In 1873 assistant engineer on the above railroad, in charge of the completion of the important bridge across the Connecti- cut River and of fourteen miles of the railroad. In 1874 leveler on resurvey of Sodus Point and Southern Railway until April: spent the remainder of the year at the Wyandotte Rolling Mills, Michigan, studying practically the manufacture of iron. In 1875 in partnership with Robert Creuzbaur, of Brooklyn, N. Y., engaged in the construction of a steam street car. In 1878 mechanical engineer at the Dan- forth Locomotive Works, Paterson, N. J., superintending the construction of steam street cars under R. Creuzbaur's patents. 1877 appointed by the Keystone Bridge Company. of Pittsburg, Pa., engineer in charge of the construction of their sec- tions of the Sixth Avenue Elevated Rail- way (M. E. R.), viz., Third to Twenty- third street and Fiftieth street to Cen- tral Park. In 1878 completed the work of the Keystone Bridge Company by May ;. then appointed assistant engineer for the Metropolitan Elevated Railway of New York on the construction of the Ninth Avenue line from Fifty-ninth to Eighty- third streets. In 1879 assistant engineer with the same company in charge of the construction of the foundations of the Second Avenue line from Chatham Square to Eightieth street. In 1880, January to May, engaged in the construction of the New York & New England Railway; May to August, assistant engineer in charge of the location of the Ohio River Railway (Portsmouth to Ironton) ; August to De- cember inclusive, assistant engineer on New York, West Shore & Buffalo Rail- way. In 1881-82-83 resident engineer in charge of the construction of fourteen miles of the New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railway, at Haverstraw, N. Y., and later, of sixteen miles of this railroad in Genesee County, near Batavia, N. Y. In 1884 appointed by the Aqueduct Com- mission of the City of New York assist- ant engineer of construction; engaged the whole year in the chief engineer's office making calculations for the proposed Quaker Bridge Dam, for the New Croton aqueduct, etc. From 1885 to 1893 division engineer in charge of the construction of the Manhattan Division of the New Cro-

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ton aqueduct, which included the tunnel under the Harlem River, the Aqueduct tunnel from One Hundred and Seventy- ninth to One Hundred and Thirty-fifth streets, and, also, the pipe-line from One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street to Central Park, and the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street and Central Park gate- houses. From 1893 to 1904 division en- gineer in charge of the Croton River di- vision, which includes the construction of the Muscoot Dam and of all the changes of railroads, highways 'and bridges neces- sitated by the construction of the New Croton reservoir. In 1893 Mr. Wegmann was engaged by the board of general man- agers of the exhibit of the State of New York at the Columbian Exposition to prepare an exhibit illustrating the water works of the City of New York; he re- ceived a diploma for this exhibit. He is the author of the following books, which have been published by John Wiley & Sons, of New York: "The Design and Construction of Masonry Dams" (1888) ; "The Water Supply of the City of New York, 1658 to 1895" (1896); "The Design and Construction of Dams" (1899); the latter work, which covers the whole sub- ject of dams, includes the fourth edition of the book on masonry dams mentioned above. Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Water Works Association and the New England Water Works Association. He has lec- tured on water supply at the New York University since 1890. Address, White Plains, N. Y.

WEIR, Robert Fulton, M.D .:

Born in New York, Feb. 16, 1838; son of James and Mary A. Weir; parent on paternal side Scotch, on maternal side English; graduated (A. B.) College City of New York. 1854; A. M .. 1857; M. D. and prize essayist, College Physicians and Surgeons, New York, 1859; assistant sur- geon U. S. A. in the Civil War, 1861-65; surgeon in charge U. S. A. General Hos- pital, Frederick, Md., 1862; thanked in general order S. G. O., 1863. Married, first, Oct. 2, 1862, Maria Washington Mc- Pherson (lineal descendant from eldest brother of George Washington), by whom had as issue a daughter, now Mrs. E. La Montague; second, Nov. 7, 1895, Mary Badgley Alden. Attending surgeon to St. Luke's Hospital, 1865-75; New York Hos- pital, 1876 to 1900; Bellevue Hospital, 1882-85; Roosevelt Hospital, 1873 to date; professor of surgery, College of Physi- cians and Surgeons, 1892-1903, medical de- partment of Columbia University. Pres- ident American Surgical Association, 1900; president Medical Society of Greater New York, 1900-02; president New York Acad- emy of Medicine, 1901-03; corresponding member of Societe de Chirurgie, Paris, 1895; honorary member of the Royal Col- lege of Surgeons, England, 1901; honorary member of the College of Physicians, Philadelphia, 1901; honorary member of

the American Academy of Surgery, Phila- delphia, 1902; member of the American Academy of Surgery, Philadelphia, 1902; independent Republican; summer resi- dence, Hague, Lake George. Address, 11 East 54th St., New York.

WEITENKAMPF, Frank:

Librarian; born in New York City, Aug. 13, 1866; educated in public and private schools; languages, with private tutors; art, at Art Students' League, 1883-85; chief of shelf department and curator of print department of New York Public Li- brary. Has written on art topics (mainly), library matters, etc., using pseudonym "Frank Linstow White" until 1893. Au- thor of a monograph (in German) on artistic lithography in the United States, published by the Geselschaft für Ver- vielbältigende Kanst of Vienna in 1903, and of numerous articles in periodicals; compiled a "Biography of William Ho- garth," Harvard University, 1890 and annotated catalogues for the Grolier Club, notably the ones on "Lithography," 1896; "Meryon," 1898, and "Women Artists." Was on the editorial Staff of the Standard Dictionary and the "Library of Historic Characters and Famous Events," and contributed to the American supplement to the Encyclopedia Britannica, 1888-89; Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Bi- ography; International Cyclopedia, 1892; "Memorial History of New York City," and Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia, 1892- 1902. Translated A. Bleunard's "Babylon Electrified." 1889; Jane Dieulafoy's "At Susa," 1890, etc. Member of American Library Association, New York Library Club, Oratorio Society, etc. Address, 40 Lafayette Place, New York.

WELKER, Franklin, M.D .:

Graduated from University of Roches- ter in 1890; from University of Pennsyl- vania, 1894; resident physician, Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1894-98; practicing physician, New York City, since 1895; medical school inspector, New. York City. Member County Medical So- ciety. Address, 320 West 145th St., New York.

WELLES, Edgar Thaddeus:

Capitalist; born in Hartford, Conn .. Aug. 29, 1843; educated at high school and Yale College, from which he was gradu- ated in 1864, and admitted to the bar, but never practiced; 1886, appointed chief clerk of the United States Navy Depart- ment; resigned in 1869 and became treas- urer of the Gatling Gun Company, of Hartford; subsequently holding the fol- lowing positions, receiver of the National Bank of Missouri, president of the Inter- national Corps of Mexico, vice-president of the Wabash Railroad Company, presi- dent of the Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, and director in the United States Trust Company of Hartford; is a

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resident of New York City and a member of the Union, University, Lawyers, New York and Down Town Clubs. Address, 247 Fifth Ave., New York.

WELLS, Brooks Hughes:

Physician and editor; was born in New Haven, Conn., July 28, 1859; son of Ed- ward Livingston and Mary Hudor Wells. He received his early education in the schools of Southport, Conn., and was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia, in 1884. In 1884 he was married, in Southport, Conn., to Mary Frances Pomeroy. Gynecological surgeon New York Polyclinic Hospital; editor of the American Journal of Ob- stetrics and Diseases of Women and Chil- dren; fellow of the American Gynecologi- cal Society; member of the New York Academy of Medicine, the New York Obstetrical Society and the Society of the - Alumni of the New York City Hospital. Address, 34 West 45th St., New York.

WEMPLE, William W .:

Republican Assemblyman, representing Schenectady County in the Assembly; born in the town of Duanesburgh, Jan. 19, 1862; attended the district school near his father's farm and received the preparation which fitted him for entrance into the Union Classical Institute in Schenectady; upon graduating from the institute' he entered Union College, where he com- pleted his education. After leaving col- lege he taught school for several years and was principal of the village school of Scotia for some time. He then took up the study of law. and in 1883 entered the of- fice of Hastings & Schoolcraft. In 1886, graduated from the Albany Law School and was admitted to practice the same year; elected district attorney by the Re- publican party in 1895, and was re-elected in 1898; was a member for five years of the Thirty-seventh Separate Company of the New York State National Guard; hon- orably discharged in 1893. In 1894 he was married to Miss M. Adelaide Quaife, of Schenectady. Elected to the Assembly by the Republicans of Schenectady Coun- ty in 1902; was appointed a member of the following Assembly committees in 1903: Codes. Public Education, and Pub- lic Institutions. Address, Schenectady, N. Y.

WERNER, William E .:

Jurist; born in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1855; was clerk of the Municpal Court, Roches- ter, N. Y., 1879; special county judge. 1884-89; county judge, 1889-94. Elected justice of Supreme Court, 1895; since 1900 judge of the Court of Appeals. Address, 399 Oxford St., Rochester, N. Y.

WESSELLS, Henry Walton:

Colonel, U. S. Army; born in Madison Barracks, N. Y., Dec. 24. 1846; enlisted March 1, 1865; appointed second lieuten-

ant, Seventh Infantry, July 21, 1865, and promoted first lieutenant, Seventh In- fantry, same date; transferred to Third Cavalry, Jan. 1, 1871; promoted captain, Third Cavalry, Dec. 20, 1872; promoted major, Third Cavalry, Aug. 16, 1892; pro- moted lieutenant colonel, Third Cavalry, May, 1899; promoted colonel of cavalry, Feb. 2, 1901, and retired Feb. 19, 1901. Engaged in Indian. Spanish, and Philip- pine Wars; wounded in engagement with Cheyenne Indians an Hot Creek, Neb., Jan. 22, 1879, and again near Santiago, Cuba, July 1, 1898. Address, 2453 18th St., N. W., Washington, D. C.

WEST, Clifford Hardy:

Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy; born on Clinton avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y .; early ed- ucation, Columbia College Grammar School. As a lad of sixteen, saw service in Army of Potomac; 1863, entered Co- lumbia College, and same year appointed to U. S. Naval Academy; graduated, 1867; 1867-70, on European Station, frigate Min- nesota; storeship Guard; steam-sloop Ti- conderoga; frigate Franklin, Admiral Farragut; steam-sloop Plymouth; ensign, 1868; 1870-71, duty in Navy Department, with chief signal officer; master, 1870; 1871-73, steam-sloop Wyoming in West Indies, complications with Spain as to Virginius, etc .; made running survey east coast of Mexico; lieutenant, 1871; 1873-75, ordnance duty, Navy Yard, New York; 1875-77, navigator Frolic, east coast South America; 1877-79, ordnance duty, Navy Yard, New York; 1879-83, steam-sloop Al- liance, North Atlantic; survey of Great Bank of Newfoundland and search for Lieutenant De Long, Greenland, Iceland and Spitzbergen; 1883-85, lighthouse duty, New York; 1885-86, commanding Madrono; 1886-90, Asiatic Station, on staffs of Rear Admirals Chandler and Belknap, on board Brooklyn, Omaha, Marion and Monocacy; 1888, lieutenant commander; 1890, ord- nance duty, Navy Yard, New York; 1890- 92, lighthouse duty, New York; 1892-93, commanding Columbine; 1893-95, light- house duty, New York; 1896, Naval War College; 1896, commander; 1896, aide to Admiral Sicard, Navy Yard, New York; 1897-98, flagship New York; chief of staff to Admiral Sicard prior to hostilities with Spain; 1898, commanding cruiser Prince- ton, Spanish-American War, in West In- dies; 1899, commanding Princeton in Phil- ippine insurrection; 1899-1902, aide to Ad- mirals Philip and Barker, Navy Yard, New York; captain, 1901; 1902, retired as rear admiral, after long and faithful ser- vice. · Residence, 576 St. Marks Ave.,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

WEST, Frank:

Lieutenant colonel, U. S. Army; born in New York; appointed from New York; graduated from Military Academy, class of 1872; second lieutenant, Sixth Cavalry, June 14, 1872; first lieutenant, May 17,

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1876; captain, Oct. 19, 1887; transferred to Ninth Cavlry, April 10, 1900. Served in Spanish-American War: major, Sixth Cavalry, Feb. 2, 1901; lieutenant-colonel, 1903. Address, Inspector-General's De- partment, Denver, Col.

WEST, Kenyon:

Author and critic; born in Lockport, N. Y .; lived also in Toronto, Canada, Rochester, N. Y .; since 1895 in New York City. Address, 1372 Dean St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

WEST, Max:

Chief of the Bureau of Internal Revenue in the Treasury Department of Porto Rico; was born Nov. 11, 1870, at St. Cloud, Minn .; was educated chiefly in the public schools of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Acad- emv. the University of Minnesota, (B.S., 1890); Columbia University, (A.M. 1892; Ph.D., 1893), and the University of Chi- cago; he also heard courses of lectures at the Catholic University of America and the Columbian University. At the age of sixteen he began putting in his college vacations as a newspaper reporter in Minneapolis, and upon graduating in 1890, immediately entered the newspaper pro- fession regularly as a reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune, for which he cor- responded also while a graduate student at Columbia University in 1891-92; was awarded the University Fellowship in Finance at Columbia for 1892-93; after receiving the doctor's degree at Columbia was made Honorary Fellow in Political Economy at the University of Chicago for 1893-94, and the following year was appointed Docent in Sociology and in Mu- nicipal Institutions; while in Chicago re- sided at Hull-House, the University of Chicago Settlement (where he was the first resident), and Chicago Commons: during the railroad strike of 1894 served as correspondent for the Chicago Herald at Grand Crossing, and the following year wrote editorials and special articles for the Chicago Record; married Miss Mary Mills, a college classmate. Oct. 6, 1894. Lectured at Columbia University on Taxation and Finance in 1895-96, during the absence of Professor Seligman in Eu- rope. and on Practical Political Economy. in 1902, after the death of Professor Mayo-Smith, also teaching economic his- tory at Barnard College; lectured at the Columbian University in 1902-03, as Associate Professor of Economics; took a civil service examination 1895, and served in the Division of Statistics of the United States Department of Agriculture from February, 1896, to December, 1900; also as expert agent of the United States Industrial Commission from the latter date until reappointed lecturer at Co- lumbia University in 1902; was appointed Assistant Registrar of the newly or- ganized Tenement House Department of New York City, in charge of the Brook-

lyn office of the Bureau of Records, in May, 1903, as the result of a competi- tive civil service examination. He re- signed at the end of December, and spent several months writing editorials, etc., for the New York Mail and Express and other journals, and in a special mission for the United States Department of La- bor, until called to his present post in Porto Rico, which he assumed in July, 1903. His doctor's dissertation entitled "The Inheritance Tax" has been trans- lated into French, and is regarded : the leading authority on the subject; a revised edition is about to be published ('The Macimillan Company). He has con- tributed many articles on fiscal, munici- pal, and other social questions of the day to leading periodicals. He is a councilor of the American Economic Association, and a member of various scientific soci- eties. While residing in Washington, he served as secretary of the Civic Center of that city. He was projector and sec- retary of the National Conference on Comparative Legislation which met at Washington in December, 1902, and which has resulted in a permanent organization affiliated with the American Economic and American Historical Associations. Address, Richmond Hill, New York.

WEST, Stuart Pullman:

Editor; born in Providence, R. I., Dec. 18, 1876; son of George West and Helen A. Pullman; graduated with A. B. degree from Harvard University in 1897; ap- pointed second secretary to United States embassy at Berlin, but subsequently re- signed the position. In Oct., 1897, became the financial editor of the New York Com- mercial Advertiser, continuing in this capacity up to the present time; also in charge of the financial department of the Street Railway Journal; contributed arti- cles on financial and economic subjects to the magazines. Married, Jan. 3, 1902, Eliza von Bretton di Zerega, daughter of Francis A di Zerega and Mary E. Berry. Address, 51 East 58th St., New York.

WEST, William Mott:

Banker; born Hamilton, Madison Co., N. Y., Nov. 13. 1858; educated in local schools and Colgate University. Is president of the National Hamilton Bank and treas- urer of Colgate University; president of local board of water and light commis- sioners since its organiztion; has filled all positions in bank from office boy up. In politics, a Democrat; never candidate for public office, but has been several times chairman of Democratic county committee, a member of the State com- mittee, presided over many conventions, etc., and was quartermaster general on staff of Governor Flower, with rank of brigadier; parents, David Belford and Eliza (Mott) West. Married Alice Gray in 1882; they have one son David Bel- ford West. Executor, administrator, trus-

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tee, etc., of number of estates, and treas- urer of numerous organizations. Is a Mason, Knight Templar, Noble of Mystic Shrine, etc. Address, Hamilton, N. Y.

WESTINGHOUSE, George:

Inventor and manufacturer; born Central Bridge, N. Y., Oct. 6, 1846; re- moved in 1856 to Schenectady, where he received his education in the public and high schools. He spent much time in his father's machine shop where he early ac- quired a thorough knowledge of mechan- ics. He served in the cavalry and in- fantry branches of the army during three years of the civil war, and the last year of the conflict as an assistant engineer in the navy. At the close of the war he en- tered Union College remaining for two years. In 1865 he invented a railroad frog and a device for replacing derailed cars; in 1868 he completed and successful- ly introduced the Westinghouse air brake, a device which he has since greatly im- proved. He has also made numerous other improvements in railway signals, turbine, gas engines and electrical ma- chinery. Entering actively into the elec- trical field he discerned the probabilities of electrical development. He early rec- ognized the fact that the field for di- rect current was limited and that for transmission over long distances alternat- ing current must be used. During his in- vetigation the Gaulard and Gibbs patents were brought to his notice and he pur- chased them. With the control of these patents he organized the Westinghouse Electric Company, which has grown until it is now one of the greatest manufac- turing companies in the world. He built the great generators at Niagara Falls and those for the Elevated Railway and Rapid Transit System in New York. He has established large works in United States, England, France and Germany for manu- facturing air brakes, electrical and steam machinery. Is president of numerous cor- porations employing over 20,000 people and with a capitalization of about $75,000,000. He received several foreign decorations, including Legion d'honneur of France, Royal Crown of Italy, Orderm of Leopold. He is an honorary member of the Ameri- can Society of Mechanical Engineers. Address, Westinghouse Building, Pitts- burg, Pa.

WHARTON, Edith:

Author; born in New York City, 1862; married to Edward Wharton. 1885. Is author of "The Greater Inclination," "The Touch-stone," "Crucial Substances," and "The Valley of Decision." Address, New York.

WHEELER, Edward Jewitt:

Editor of The Literary Digest since 1895; born in Cleveland, O., March 11, 1859; son of Alfred and Lydia Priscilla (Curtis) Wheeler; graduated, Ohio Wes -. leyan University, 1879; assistant editor

Pittsburg Christian Advocate, 1879-83; managing editor, The Voice and The New Voice, 1884-97. Editorial manager and. director of Funk & Wagnalls Company; president Westerleigh (Staten Island) Building & Loan Association; vice-presi- dent Pneumatic Mattress & Cushion Com- pany, 1901-03; president Westerleigh Col- legiate Institute, 1896-1900; chairman Citi- zens' Union, Richmond Borough; degree. of A. M., Ohio Wesleyan University, 1903. Married to Jennie L. Fleming, Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 23, 1887. Author of "Stories in in Rhyme for Holiday Time," "Prohibition; the Principle, the Policy, the Party," "The Dutchman" (poem). Consulting editor The Jewish Encyclopedia; managing edi- tor The Homiletic Review, 1904. Resi- dence, Westerleigh, Staten Island, N. Y .;. office, 30 Lafayette Place, New York.

WHEELER, Everett P .:

Lawyer; born New York, March 10, 1840; educated in public schools of City of New York; graduated from the Col- lege of the City of New York in 1856; the Harvard Law School in 1859; admitted to the bar in 1861, and has been in active practice in the City of New York since that time. He was a member of the Board of Education from 1877 to 1879; he was one of the founders of the New York Bar Association, and served as a member of its executive committee and as vice- president; he was for five years president of the New York Free Trade Club, and was one of the first to take n active part in the renewal in 1880 of the movement for civil service reform, which finally re- sulted in the adoption of the Federal Civil Service Act, and the New York Act on this subject, now in force; he was for seventeen years chairman of the execu- tive committee of the New York Civil Ser- vice Reform Association, and was chair- man of the City Civil Service Commission for seven years. He was in 1893 a mem- ber of the Committee of Seventy, and took active part in the campaign for the election of Mayor Strong; he was for two years president of the Reform Club of this city and for two years president of the Church Club; in 1894 he was can- didate of the Democratic Party Reform Organization for governor of the State of New York. In 1891 he took an active part in founding, and has even since been president of the East Side House, one of the Social Settlements in this city. He is a member of the Century, Reform, City, Down Town, Church, Alpha Delta Phi, and Barnard Clubs, the New York His- torical Society and the Society of Colo- nial Wars. Author of "Modern Law of Carriers" and "Harter Act." He has been chairman of the committee on inter- national law of the American Bar Asso- ciation from 1895 to date, and is now one of its vice-presidents. He is a delegate-at- large of the Citizens' Union. Address, 731 Park Ave. · office, 21 State St., New- York.

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 134

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R Publication date: 1904 Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co. Number of Pages: 751

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 751