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Company, the Chelsea Realty Company, Metropolitan Securities Company, Cen- tury Realty Company, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce; he is also a member of several well known clubs, a patron of the Museum of Natural His- tory, a member of the Geographical Soci- ety and Museum of Arts, trustee of the Provident Loan Society, and treasurer of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and of the Irish Industrial League; being con- nected with nearly all of the Catholic charitable societies of New York, as well as with a great many of other denomina- tions, his philanthropic efforts are well- directed and wide-reaching; his business dealings have always been marked by probity and sagacity, and his relations with his employes characterized by the broad and liberal spirit consistent with his public career; he meets them on the common ground of man to man, and has never refused to listen pa- tiently to all grievances; in consequence of such treatment, he has the full con- fidence of the laboring man. Having had an extended experience in the employ- ment of men, directing as many as five thousand at one time, he is considered an authority on labor questions, and is often called upon to act as arbitrator or expert in disputes of this character; his last work of this kind was before the Friday investigating committee appoint- ed by the Legislature to investigate the causes of the Brooklyn trolley-strike; his testimony before this committee has caused considerable newspaper discus- sion; though one of the busiest men in the city of New York, with large and varied interests requiring constant care, he is not engrossed in business to the exclusion of the more refining influences of life; a charming man socially, of ar- tistic temperament, a scholar, and a bib- liophile who rejoices in a collection of rare books and manuscripts, Mr. Crim- mins is in his element. He was married in 1868, but has been a widower for the past fourteen years, and maintains with his interesting family of eleven children a city home at 40 East Sixty-eighth Street and a beautiful summer residence, "Firwood-on-the-Sound," at Noroton, Conn.
CROCKER, Francis Bacon:
Professor of electrical engineering, Co- lumbia University; born New York City, July 4, 1861; son of Henry H. and Mary (Eldridge) Crocker; graduated from school of mines, Columbia University, 1882, and received degree of Ph.D. from Columbia in 1895; founded, with Charles G. Curtis, the C. & C. Eletric Company, and with Schuyler S. Wheeler the Crock- er-Wheeler Co., both of which are promi- nent manufacturers of electrical machin- ery; when the course in electrical engi- neering was established at Columbia Uni- versity in 1889 was appointed head of de- partment, and still occupies that position; president New York Electrical Society,
1889-92, and American Institute of Elec- trical Engineers, 1897-98; permanent sec- retary International Electrical Congress, Chicago, 1893; fellow American Associa- tion for the Advancement of Science; foreign member of the (British) Institu- tion of Electrical Engineers; member American Physical Society, American
Electrochemical Society and University Club; chairman of committees that form- ulated National Electrical Code and Standardtization of Electrical Apparatus. Author of "Practical Management of Dy- namos and Motors" and "Electric Light- ing" (2 vols.). Address, Columbia Uni- versity, New York.
CROCKER, George:
Capitalist, banker; born in California; son of Charles Crocker, one of the found- ers of the first railroad across the Sierras; he has made his residence in New York City; married, June, 1894, to Miss Emma Hanchett, of New York; he is special partner of the banking house of Price, McCormick & Co .; second vice-president of the Southern Pacific Rairoad; director of the Trust Company of America and various other corporations; member of Metropolitan, City Mid-day, New York, New York Athletic, Lawyers', Union League, Tuxedo and other clubs. Resi- dence, 1 East 64th St .; office, 25 Broad- way, New York.
CROES, John James Robertson:
Civil engineer; son of Rev. Robert Brown and Helen Robertson Croes and grandson of John Croes, first P. E. bishop of New Jersey, and James Robert- son, president of the Bank of the United States, Philadelphia; was born in Rich- mond, Va., Nov. 25, 1834; his boyhood was spent in New Jersey and in Terre Haute, Ind .; graduated at College of St. James, Md., in 1853; in 1854 began engin- eering with the N. J. R. R. & T. Co. on straightening line between New York and New Brunswick, N. J .; in 1857-60 engaged on construction of Ridgewood reservoir of the Brooklyn Water Works. From 1860 to 1863 in service of Croton Aqueduct Department on new reservoir in Central Park and in charge of High Bridge enlargement on which the first large wrought iron pipe in the U. S. was laid; this pipe, 90 inches in diame- ter and 1,400 feet long, is still in use; in 1863-65 Mr. Croes was principal as- sistant engineer of the Washington, D. C. aqueduct, completing the works and in- troducing the Potomac water. After a short period in charge of harbor works in St. Louis he was recalled to New York to take charge of the construction of storage reservoirs in the Croton valley and was there employed 1865-70 building the Boyds Corners Dam, the first high masonry dam in the United States; be- ing removed on the advent of the Tweed administration he prepared, in partner- ship with Mr. E. B. Van Winkle, the
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West Side Atlas, showing graphically the progress of all assessments for im- provements in the northwest part of the city; this was kept up for several years; from 1872 to 1878 he was in the service of the Department of Public Parks, hav- ing charge of the topographical surveys and designing the street plan in the dis- trict north of the Harlem river, now the borough of the Bronx. Becoming the chief engineer in 1876 he, in conjunction with Mr. Frederick Law Olmsted, pre- sented reports and plans advocating a departure from the rectangular system of laying out streets and the adoption of street lines conforming to the topogra- phy and in residential districts curved; this was the beginning of the more ra- tional system of lay-out which after many modifications under different ad- ministrations has finally prevailed in the outlying boroughs of New York City; Messrs Croes and Olmsted also prepared plans for a complete overhead Rapid Transit system in the Bronx on a right of way to be purchased for that pur- pose by the city. This plan for rapid tran- sit in the whole city was persistently ad- vocated for several years by Mr. Croes after his retirement from the public ser- vice in 1878 and while acting as en- gineer to several Rapid Transit com- missions in 1879-1881 by which routes were adopted not following streets; one of the companies so organized was taken up and the Suburban Rapid Transit R. R. was built from 129th St. and Second Ave. to Fordham largely on its own pur- chased right of way, Mr. Croes being the chief engineer; in this connection he took an active part in securing the regu- lation of the opening of the drawbridges over the Hudson River so as not to in- terfere with suburban traffic. In 1888 he was one of a commission to report upon plans for the Quaker Bridge dam for the new Croton water supply and in 1901 was chairman of a commission to in- vestigate the construction of the dam built in place of that; he was also re- tained by the city to examine numerous cases of defective work by contractors, notably the new Croton aqueduct and the Speedway; in 1895 he was consulting en- gineer to the Bronx Valley sewer com- mission. He was appointed by Governor Morton on the joint commission of New York and New Jersey to secure the pres- ervation of the Palisades of the Hudson; in 1900, at the request of the Merchants' Association, he made an exhaustive ex- amination of the condition of the water supply of the city, and recommended that measures be taken to suppress need- less waste of water rather than either to purchase a supply from contracting com- panies or to enter hastily on the construc- tion of enormous new works; in his gen- eral practice he has made numerous ex- aminations for water supply for cities all over the country, for works of sewerage and sewage disposal and on the failure of dams and reservoirs, and as an expert
in hydraulic cases and valuations. He has contributed largely to the engineering press; articles on canals and other hy- draulic subjects to Johnson's (now Ap- pleton's) Universal Cyclopedia, and re- views of technical books to the New York Times Saturday Review; he has been a frequent contributor to the Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engi- neers, of which he became a member in 1867, was treasurer for ten years, vice- president in 1888 and president in 1901; he is a member of the English Institution of Civil Engineers and of the Century As- sociation and the Union League Club of New York City; in 1903 he was consulting engineer to the New York State health department with special reference to the preservation of the purity of sources of water supply. Address, 68 Broad St., New York.
CROKER, Richard:
Ex-leader of Tammany Hall, and found- er of the Democratic Club, New York City; born in Black Rock, Ireland, Nov. 24, 1843; came to the United States with father at age of 3; public school education, New York City; alderman 1867 and 1869; coroner 1872 and 1875; al- derman 1883; same year fire commission- er; 1889-90 city chamberlain; attracted attention of John Kelly, prominent in op- posing Tweed Ring; rose to leader in Tammany Hall; 1897 caused election of Robert A. Van Wyck, first mayor of Greater New York. Address, Democratic Club.
CROMWELL, Frederic;
Treasurer Mutual Life Insurance Com- pany; graduate Harvard 1863; director Delaware & Hudson Company, Sixth Avenue Railroad Company, Jefferson & Clearfield Coal & Iron Company and Guaranty Trust Company; member of Metropolitan, Century, Tuxedo Universi- ty and Down Town clubs. Address 32 Nassau St .; residence, 5 W. 56th St., New York.
CRONIN, David Edward:
Artist; born Greenwich, Washington County, N. Y., July 12, 1839; studied at Washington Academy, later at Brussels, Antwerp, and Dusseldorf; served in Civil War in Union army, and advanced to captain of 1st New York Mounted Rifles; later judge-advocate of General August V. Kautz's cavalry division and provost- marshal of Williamsburg, Va., later be- ing made major; after war studied law and, being admitted to the bar, practiced till Dec., 1872; then began the Bingham- ton, N. Y. Times, which (1876) was uni- ted with Binghamton Republican; Mr. Cronin is best known as an illustrator of wide margin books; also invented editions de luxe, a difficult and delicate method of illustrating; in this way he illustrated General Grant's "Memoirs," "Valentino" for Wm. Waldorf Astor,
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"Domesticus" for
Wm.
Allen Butler,
Dame Berner's "The Art of Fysshynge with an Angle," Washington Irving's
"Sketch Book," Isaac Walton's "Com-
plete Angler,"
and
"The Evolution of
Life” (1884), the story of his own career. Address, 2161 Newkirk St., Philadelphia, Pa.
CRONKHITE, Adelbert:
Captain, U. S. Army; born in New York; appointed from Arizona; cadet at the U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1878; grad- uated, June 13. 1882; actual rank, second lieutenant, Fourth U. S. Artillery, June 13, 1882; first lieutenant, Jan. 25, 1889; service, at Barrancas Bks., Fla., 1890; captain, Fourth Artillery, March 2, 1899. Address, Fort Douglas, Utah.
CROOK, James King:
Physician; author; born Allenton, Ala., Feb. 25, 1859; son Hon. James Alexan- der and Sarah Stover Crook; in 1887 mar- ried Grace, daughter of John E. Flagler, of New York; educated private schools and instructors; A. M., University of Ala- bama; graduated medical department, University of New York, 1880; resident physician city institutions on Blackwell's and Ward's Islands, 1880-81; attending physician St. Stephen's Home for Chil- dren, 1882-83; assistant attending phy- sician out-patient department, Mt. Sinai Hospital (internal medicine), 1886-87; at- tending physician for diseases of the heart and lungs, Bellevue Hospital, out- door department, 1884-1894; clinical as- sistant, 1883; instructor, 1884-1898; ad- junct professor, 1898-1903; department of clinical medicine and physical diagnosis, Post Graduate Medical School; visiting physician, Post Graduate Hospital, since 1898; secretary Post Graduate Clinical Society, 1886-1888; member Medical So- ciety County of New York, Medical Soci- ety State of New York, Medical Associ- ation Greater City of New York; fellow New York Academy of Medicine, chair- man of its section on general medicine, 1902-1903; member and delegate Second Pan-American Medical Congress, City of Mexico, 1896; delegate British Medical Association, 1897 and 1903. Author of var- ious contributions to contemporaneous medical literature since 1884, including monographs on general medicine, diseases of the heart, lungs, liver and digestive tract, climatology and balneology. Author, 1899, of the "Mineral Waters of the United States and Their Therapeutic Uses." octavo pp. 588; contributor of section on "Mineral Waters" and on "Neuroses of the Heart," "Reference Handbook of the Medical Sciences," vols. vii. and viii. now preparing; author of sec- tion on "Mineral Waters and Spa Treat- ment, Hares' System of Practical Thera- peutics;" latest publications (1903), American Climates and Localities Suit- able for Pulmonary Tuberculosis," "Spa Treatment at Homburg, Germany," and "Evian-Les-Bains," French Savoy, Medi- 7
cal News, 1903; in preparation, "The Cli- matology of North America, octavo,
about 600 pages; associate-editor Chi- cago Clinic and Pure Water Journal. Address, 783 Madison Ave., New York.
CROSBY, Ernest Howard:
Lecturer and author; born 1856; son of Rev. Dr. Howard Crosby; graduated at University of New York, 1876, and Co- lumbia Law School, 1878; member of As- sembly, 1887, 1888, 1889; judge of Interna- tional Court at Alexandria, Egypt, 1889- 1894; interested in social reform, labor movement and peace movement; pres- ident
New York Anti-Imperialist League. Author of "Plain Talk in Psalm and Parable, "Swords and Plough- shares," "Captain Jinks, Hero," etc .; frequent writer for press and lecturer; married, 1881, Fanny, daughter of Henry M. Schieffelin, of New York, and has children, Miss Eleanor Crosby and Maun- sell S. Crosby. Residences, Grasmere, Rhinebeck, N. Y., and 665 Fifth Ave .; office 19 Liberty St., New York.
CROSBY, Frances Jane (Mrs. Alexander Vanalstyne) :
Hymn writer; born in South East, Put- nam County, New York, March 24, 1820; became blind at six weeks; 1835, entered an institute for blind, New York City, graduating 1844; in 1847 became instruc- tor of English grammar, rhetoric, Greek and Roman history at institute; 1858, married to Alexander Vanalstyne, also blind, and teaching music in New York City; has written many well known hymns, among them being "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," "Saved by Grace," and others of Moody and Sankey's Gospel Hymns, and Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos; is also author of "The Blind Girl and Other Poems," 1844; "Monterey," 1849; "A Wreath of Columbus's Flowers," 1859; "Bells of Evening," 1897; co-author with George F. Root of "Pilgrim Fath- ers," 1854. Address, 2526 North Ave., Bridgeport, Conn.
CROSBY, John Schuyler:
Soldier; born, Albany, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1839; educated at public schools and Uni- versity City of New York. but before graduating travelled abroad; when Civil War broke out, became second lieuten- ant of Artillery in Mcclellan's Army of Potomac; transferred to Department of the Gulf, under General Banks, and pro- moted to captain after Teche campaign; brevetted major for carrying Red River dispatches to Farragut; lieutenant colo- nel in regular army for bravery at Sa- bine, Cross Roads and Pleasant Hill; Aug., 1864, declined rank of colonel of Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, be- coming assistant adjutant general in General Canby's staff and later on Gen- eral Sheridan's; 1866, went with Sheridan and Custer against the Indians; 1872, re- tired from army; 1874, United States Consul to Florence, Italy; Aug., 1882,
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Governor of Montana; Nov., 1884, first assistant postmaster general, resigning March 4, 1886. Address, Union Club, New York.
CROSS, Charles Robert:
Physicist; born in Troy, N. Y., March 29, 1848; graduate of Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology, 1870, and since then instructor in physics department; 1869-70, student assistant; 1870-71, in- structor; 1871-75, assistant professor; 1875 to date, he has been full professor; also director of Rogers' laboratory; head of department of electrical engineering in 1882 to 1902; member of Appalachian Mountain Club and from 1880 president; member and one of vice-presidents of In- ternational Congress of Alpine Clubs, Geneva, 1879; fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences; large contributor of scientific articles to journals. Address, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.
CROSS, Frank Bethel:
Physician; born Visalia, Tulare Coun- ty, Cal .; early education in San Jose, Cal .; graduated from College of Physi- cians and Surgeons of Columbia Univer- sity in 1900; interne in Methodist Epis- copal Hospital of Brooklyn, New York City, 1900-1902; in 1903 appointed assis- tant to first medical service, Methodist Hospital. Address, 131 Seventh Ave., near Carroll St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
CROWNINSHIELD, Arent Schuyler:
Rear Admiral, United States Navy; born New York; appointed from New York, Sept. 21, 1860; Naval Academy, 1860-63; promoted to ensign, May 28, 1863; attached to steam
sloop Ticon- deroga, North Atlantic blockading squad- ron, 1864-65; both attacks on Fort Fisher; steam sloop Hartford, East India squad- ron, 1865-68; commissioned as lieutenant, Nov. 10, 1866; commissioned as lieutenant commander, March 10, 1868; steam sloop Richmond, European squadron, 1868-69; Richmond (second rate) European fleet, 1870-71; Lackawanna (second rate), Asi- atic station, 1872-74; leave of absence in Europe, 1875; ordnance duty, Navy Yard, Washington, 1875-78; commanding Ports- mouth (training-ship), 1878-82; promoted to commander, March, 1880; lighthouse inspector, 1882-85; member of advisory board, 1885-86; commanding school-ship St. Mary's, 1887 to Oct., 1891; Navy Yard, New York, Oct., 1891, to March, 1892; commanding Kearsarge, March, 1892, to Sept., 1893; member board of inspectors, Navy Yard, New York, at present time; promoted to captain, July 21, 1894; com- manding U. S. receiving-ship Richmond, Dec. 11. 1894; command U. S. S. Maine, Sept. 17, 1895, to April, 1897; chief bureau of navigation, April 8, 1897, to 1901; pro- moted rear admiral, March 16, 1902; com- manded United States European squad- ron, April 30, 1964; retired, 1903. Ad- dress, Seal Harbor, Me.
CROWNINSHIELD, Frederic:
Artist; born Boston, Mass., Nov. 27, 1845; graduated at Harvard University, 1866; studied art in Europe, and has made a specialty of mural painting and stained glass windows; is member of Na- tional Society of Mural Painters, of Arch- itectural League; corresponding member of American Institute of Architects; president of Fine Arts Federation since 1900. Has published "Mural Painting," 1887, and volumes of poetry: "Pictoris Cormena," 1900; "A Painter's Moods," 1902; "Tales in Metre and other Poems," 1903. Address, 314 West End Ave., New York.
CULLEN, Edgar M .:
Justice of Supreme Court for Second District of New York; born Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 4, 1843; graduated from Co- lumbia, 1860; served in Civil War; elected to Supreme Court, 1880; re-elected, 1894; member of University, Loyal Legion; also of Hamilton Club, Brooklyn. Address, 144 Willow St. Brooklyn, N. Y.
CULLEN, Thomas H .:
Democratic State Senator, representing Third Senate District of Kings County; born 1865; graduated from St. Francis College in 1881; is at present engaged in the shipping business and has an office in the Maritime Exchange; is also a member of' the Exchange in New York City; mem- ber of the Sixth Ward Democratic Club of Brooklyn and other prominent political organizations in Brooklyn; elected to As- sembly, 1902; in 1903 appointed a mem- ber of the following Senate committees- Taxation and Retrenchment, Miscellan- eous, Corporations and Indian Affairs. Address, Brooklyn, N. Y.
CUNNINGHAM, John L .:
President of the Glens Falls Insurance Company, New York; was elected to that office Jan. 20, 1892, succeeding Rus- sell M. Little, deceased; President Cun- ningham was porn at Hudson, N. Y., April 5, 1840; his boyhood was passed on a farm in Essex County, New York, but when about eighteen years old he entered a law office and afterward pursued his legal studies at the Union University Law School, at Albany, graduating in 1861 with the degree of LL.B .; he prac- ticed law at Essex until he enlisted in the 118th New York Regiment in 1862 and went to the front; he saw a good deal of active service, was for some time provost marshal at Portsmouth, Va., and came out of the war with the rank of major and brevet lieutenant colonel; on returning home he was appointed col- lector of internal revenue for the Six- teenth Congressional District of New York, which position he resigned to join the field force of the Glens Falls as a special agent; in 1872 Colonel Cunning- ham was elected secretary of the com- pany and became virtually its manager;
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on the death of President Little, in 1892, he succeeded to the presidency. Address, Glens Falls, N. Y.
CUPPY, Hazlitt Alva:
Publisher; born in Sullivan County, Ind .; son of Rev. William T. and Martha Marts Cuppy; graduate Rockville (Ind.) High School and Franklin College (Ind.); (M. A. and Ph.D.) Heidelberg Univer- sity; post-graduate courses at Oxford University (England) ; Berlin (Germany) ; Sorbonne (Paris) ; married, 1895, Eliza- beth Overstreet; correspondent and con- tributor to various English and American publications. Author of "Rise of the Anglo-Indian Empire." Founder and edi- tor Altruistic Review, 1893-95; assistant editor Woman's Home Companion; editor Baptist Union; director University of Chi- cago, Press (1896-98); publisher Public Opinion since 1898. Residence, 23 West 9th St., New York City, and Waveland, Ind .; office, University of New York Build- ing, 32 Waverley Place, New York.
CURRAN, Charles C .:
Born Hartford, Ky., in 1861; studied art in the Cincinnati School of Designs, Art Students' League and National Academy of Design in New York and the Julian Academy, under Benjamin Constant, Lefevre and Doucet in Paris; is an associate of the National Academy of Design; member of the Society of American Artists, New York Water Color Club and American Water Color Society; was awarded the second and third Hal- garten and Clarke prizes at the National Academy of Design; honorable mention at Paris Salon, medals at Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta and World's Co- lumbian Exposition, Chicago, and a silver medal at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo; life member of Lotus and Fencers' Clubs and a member of the Sal- magundi Club; served as assistant to the director of fine arts, American section, Paris Exposition Universelle, 1900, and assistant director of fine arts at Pan- American Exposition at Buffalo. Ad- dress, 16 W. 61st St., New York.
CURRY, John F .:
Democratic Assemblyman, representing Seventeenth Assembly District of New York County; born in County Fermenagh, Ireland, Nov. 23, 1873; his parents brought him to New York City in 1874; educated in public schools; has been employed by the Western Union Telegraph Company as operator and also was in employment of Union Stock Yard and Market Company for number of years; Jan. 3, 1899, was ap- pointed financial clerk in office of city paymaster of New York; member of Spaulding Literary Union, Narragansett Club, McGivney Council, Knights of Co- lumbus, and Columbus Social Club; is president of the West End Democratic Club and has been member of the Tam- many Hall General Committee for seven
years; was captain Twentieth Election District of the Seventh Assembly District for five years; elected to Assembly; ap- pointed a member of following Assem- bly committees-Education and Internal Affairs. Address, New York City.
CURTIS, Arthur F .:
Captain, U. S. Army; born in New York; appointed U. S. Military Academy from New Jersey, July 1, 1881; second lieutenant, June 14, 1895; first lieutenant, Dec. 17, 1891; transferred to Second Ar- tillery, Feb. 9, 1892; transferred to Sixth Artillery, March 8, 1898; captain, First Artillery, Aug. 10, 1900; honorary graduate Artillery School, class of 1892. Address, Fort Hunt, Va.
CURTIS, Charies Boyd:
Lawyer; born in Yates County, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1827; son of Samuel F. and Amelia (Boyd) Curtis; he is descended from old New England stock enumerates twenty-seven different families of his an- cestors, of which twenty-two were in America before the year 1650, including Thomas Curtis of Wethersfield, William Brewster, and Edward Doty of the May- flower, and Governor Theophilus Eaton; graduated from Hamilton College, A.M .; admitted to the bar 1849; in Civil War was captain of. the Fifty-seventh Regi- ment, New , York Volunteers 1861-63, when he resigned; clubs: Union League, American Yacht; Apawamis; patron of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; New York Museum of Natural History; Botan- ical Garden. Author of "Catalogue of the Works of Velaquez and Murrillo," London, 1882, and "Rembrandt's Etch- ings," New York, 1888. Residence, No. 9 East 54th St., New York, and Locust- wood, Rye, N. Y.
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