Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 39

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others. Address, Grand Central branch of Corn Exchange Bank, N. Y. City.

COLVIN, Verplanck:

Geodetic and topographical engineer, geologist, scientist; born Albany, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1847; studied at private schools and the Albany Academy; in 1864 studied law in the office of Colvin & Bingham; was successful in cases he tried; being interested in sciences, began making sur- veys in Adirondack regions, 1865, besides numerous explorations; 1869, ascended Mt. Marcy, and, 1870, was first to as- cend and measure height of Mt. Seward; in 1870 originated plan for Adirondack Park in report to regents of the Univer- sity of N. Y .; made first report recom- mending the preservation of the State forests of N. Y .; carried on the Adiron- dack Survey as a private work for many years; discovered Lake Tear-of-the- Clouds, source of the Hudson River; as- cended and determined heights of all prominent mountains in the Adirondacks; member of many scientific societies, and author of numerous reports and papers; 1895, under act of Legislature of N. Y. was given special authority over State land surveys, etc .; the first joint Cadas- tral and Topographical Survey under State Authority in America; in 1896 he devised the plan for settlement of American Negro question, published in West Africa (Liverpool, England, Maga- zine, June 21, 1902, proposing American (U. S.) purchase of Congo Free State for U. S. Negroes under white officers, and for Africa Central R. from mouth of Congo to British territory and rail- road; estimating total cost at $100,000,- 000, including ten great Atlantic steam- ships, transports, at $1,000,000; life mem- ber of American Institute of Mining Engineers and of American Geographical Society; member Appalachian Mountain Club, Boston; honorary member of Rocky Mountain Club, Denver, Colo .; Society of American Authors; American Association for the Advancement of Science; honorary member of the British Association for the Advancement of Sciences; member of the Sons of the Revolution; (honorary mem- ber of the Club Alpine Francais, Paris, as honorary member of Rock Mountain Club); of Adirondack Club; Association for Preservation of Adirondacks; 1902-03, president of the New York, Canadian Pa- cific Ry .; given a sword by Albany Bur- gesses Corps, 1894, for his services in se- curing the great U. S. gun foundry at

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Watervleit, N. Y .; is unmarried. Address, The Elms, 175 Western Ave., Albany, N. Y.

COMFORT, George Fisk:

Educator, author, art critic; born Berk- shire, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1833; son of Rev. Silas C. (D. D.) and Electa (Smith) Com- fort; was graduated from Wesleyan Uni- versity, Middletown, Conn., 1857; L. H. D., University of the State of N. Y., 1888; LL.D., Syracuse University, 1893; traveled and studied art, history, philosophy and philology in Europe and the Orient, 1860- 65; two years at the University and Acad- emy of Fine Arts in Berlin; traveled and studied in Europe in 1879, 1887 and 1891; professor of esthetics (the first in Amer- ica) and modern languages and literature in Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., 1865- 68; lecturer on Christian art and archæ- ology in the Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, N. J., 1868-74; one of the found- ers of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, N. Y. City, 1869-72; lecturer in the same, 1898; organized the American Philological Association, 1869; its secretary, 1869-74; elected professor of esthetics and modern languages in Syracuse University, 1871; originated and organized, in 1873, in this university, the College of Fine Arts, co- orainate with the Colleges of Liberal Arts throughout the country, with cur- ricula of four years' length in each of the different branches of fine arts, being the first college of its kind in America, and in some respects the first of its kind in the world; dean of this college, 1873-93; originated for its graduates scholastic de- grees in fine arts, architecture, paint- ing, sculpture and music; organized, in 1896, the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts (on the same plan as the Metropolitan Museum of Art), of which he has been the director since its beginning; organ- ized, in 1901, the Central N. Y. Society of Artists, which holds annual exhibitions in the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts; author: Art Museums in America; Modern Languages in Education; a series of text books of the study of the German lan- guage and literature; has contributed many articles upon art history and crit- icism to encyclopædias and the periodical press; art editor of the Northern Christian Advocate, 1872-93; corresponding member of the Archæological Institutes of Rome, Berlin and Paris; member of the Society of Arts, London; honorary fellow for life of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and of Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts; hon- orary member of the American Anthropo-

logical Society and of the Texas Histori- cal Society; member of the National Arts Club, the Society of American Authors, the American Philological Association, the National Art Theatre Society, the Municipal Art Society of New York, the Syracuse University Club, the Onondaga County Historical Society, the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity, and other clubs; married Dr. Anna Manning (q. v.), Jan. 19, 1871. Address, Metropolitan Museum of Art, N. Y. City.

COMFORT, (Mrs.) Anna Manning :

Physician; born Trenton, N. J., Jan 19. 1845; daughter of Alfred Curling and Eliz - abeth (Price) Manning; academic ed- ucation in Boston, Mass .; was graduated from the first class of the N. Y. Medical College for Women in 1865; was the first woman medical graduate to practice in the State of Connecticut; later a lecturer in the college from which she was grad- uated, and specialist in gynecology in N. Y. City and Syracuse; author: Wo- man's Education and Woman's Health; also of many fugitive articles in prose and poetry in various medical and other pe- riodicals; married Professor George F. Comfort (q. v.), Jan. 19, 1871. Address, Syracuse, N. Y.

COMPTON, Alfred G .:

Educator ;! born London, Eng., Feb. 1, 1535; parents emigrated to America Mar., 1842; educated in the public schools of the city and was graduated from the Col- lege of the City of New York in the first graduating class, July, 1853; tutor in the college from 1853 to 1869, then professor of physics (mechanics, etc., mixed mathe- matics); acting president of the college from Dec. 1, 1902, to Sept. 1, 1903, be- tween the resignation of President Alex- ander S. Webb and the appointment of his successor, John H. Finley. Author of First Lessons in Wood Working, The Speed Lathe (with J. H. De Groodt), The Engine Lathe (with J H. De Groodt) ; member of The American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the City College Club. Address, Convent Ave., N. Y. City.

COMSTOCK, Anna Botsford:

Lecturer; natural history artist and wood engraver; born Otto, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1854; daughter of Marvin and Phebe Irish Botsford; was graduated from Chamberlain Institute, Randolph, N. Y., 1873, Cornell, 1878; studied art at Cooper Union and under John P. Davis; married 1878, Prof. John Henry Comstock of

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Cornell; assistant professor Cornell ex- tension work in Nature Study, 1899; lec- turer Leland Stanford, Jr., University ex- tension work, 1899-1900; now lectures on Nature Study Cornell University; exhib- ited wood engraving at following exposi- tions: Columbian, 1893; Paris, 1900; Pan American (Buffalo), 1901, and awarded prize medal; member Society American Wood Engravers; author: Problems of the Six-Footed; joint author of How to Know the Butterflies. Address, 43 East Ave., Ithaca, N. Y.

COMSTOCK, Anthony:

Secretary and special agent New York Society for Suppression of Vice since March 2, 1872; born New Canaan, Conn., March 7, 1844; son of Thomas A. and Polly A. Lockwood Comstock; educated district school and Wyckoff's Academy, New Canaan; High School, New Britain, Conn .; enlisting in 17th Conn. Volunteer Infantry, Dec., 1863; served under Gen. Gilmore in 3d separate brigade, Depart- ment of South; married, 1871, Margaret Hamilton; post office inspector, N. Y. City since 1873; prominent in Y. M. C. A .; author: Frauds Exposed; Gambling Out- rages; Morals vs. Art; Traps for the Young. Residence, Summit, N. J.,; office, 141 and 142 Nassau St., N. Y. City. COMSTOCK, Cyrus Ballon:

Brigadier-general U. S. Army; born West Wrentham, Mass., Feb. 3, 1831; son Nathan C .; graduate of West Point, 1855, First Lieutenant, July 1, 1860, Captain, March 3, 1863, Major, December 28, 1865, Lieutenant-Colonel, July 17, 1881, Colonel, April 7, 1888, retired February 3. 1895. Served in Civil War. Author of Primary Triangulation of the U. S. Lake Survey. Address, 124 East 27th St., N. Y. City.

COMSTOCK, John Henry :

Educator, writer; born Janesville, Wis., Feb. 24, 1849; was graduated from Cor- nell, 1874, B. S .; instructor and professor at Cornell University, 1874-79; U. S. ento- mologist at Washington, 1879-81; since then he has been professor of entomology and general invertebrate zoology at Cor- nell; author: A Manual for the Study of Insects; Insect Life; Notes on Ento- mology; Report on Cotton Insects; In- troduction of entomology; contributor to scientific journals. Address, 43 East Ave., Ithaca, N. Y.

CONANT, Alban Jasper:

[ Sherman, Attorney General Bates, and other heads of departments. In 1880 ap- pointed Délégué Correspondent of Insti- tution Ethnographique, Paris; A. M. from Madison University, N. Y., 1855; from State University of Missouri, of which he was a curator eight years; was chairman of commission which founded the School of Mines and Metallurgy; reports pub- lished by the St. Louis Academy of Sci- ence of his Mound and Cave Exploration, translated into many European languages; published Footprints of Vanished Races in the Mississippi Valley. Address, 51 W. 10th St., N. Y. City.

CONANT, Charles A .:

Treasurer of the Morton Trust Co .; born Winchester, Mass., July 2, 1861. He entered newspaper work in Boston, 1880, and was engaged in this for about twenty years, serving about ten years as Wash- ington correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce. He was a candi- date for the Massachusetts Legislature in 1886; secretary to the Postmaster at Bos- ton, 1887; Democratic candidate for Con- gress in Harvard University district 1894; and a delegate to the Gold Democratic Convention in 1896. He became associat- ed with the executive committee of In- dianapolis Monetary Convention in 1897, and suggested several of the provisions of the Gold Standard Law of March 14, 1900. Was appointed by Secretary Root special commissioner to the Philippine Isl- ands in the summer of 1901, for the pur- pose of investigating coinage and banking conditions there. His report was the ba- sis of the Philippine Coinage Act of 1903, and the new coins acquired the popular name of "Conants." In February, 1902, elected treasurer of the Morton Trust Co. of New York; visited Mexico, 1903, on invitation of Mexican government to confer with a committee regarding re- form of Mexican currency. Appointed by President Roosevelt member of Commis- sion on International Exchange of the U. S., which, in summer of 1903, conferred with European governments in regard to reform of currency systems of China and other Oriental countries. Published, 1896, A History of Modern Banks of Issue, with an account of the Economic Crises of the Present Century; in 1900, The United States in the Orient; in 1904, Wall Street and the Country. He is a director of the Seabord Air Line, Metropolitan Securi- ties Co. and American Surety Co .; a mem- ber of the American Economic Associa-

Artist, naturalist; born Vermont, Sept. 24, 1821; removed to Troy, 1844; to St. Louls in 1857; to New York, 1881; exe- cuted portraits of President Lincoln, tion, Washington Economic Society,

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Chamber of Commerce (N. Y.), American gineers, N. Y. Electrical Society, Frank- Academy of Political and Social Science, lin Institute, Engineers Club. Address, Hanover Bank Building, N. Y. City. American Asiatic Association, alos of Re- form, Metropolitan, Lawyers Clubs. Res- CONE, Helen Gray : idence, 14 E. 60th St .; office, 38 Nassau St., N. Y. City.

CONANT, Ernest Lee:

Lawyer; born Dudley, Mass .; was grad- uated A. B., Harvard College, 1SS4; stud- ied at Johns Hopkins University and Maryland Law School, 1884-86; A. M. and LL. B., Harvard, 1559; instructor in Eng- lish in Harvard College, two years; in- structor in law and lecturer on interna- tional law at Harvard, two years; prac- tices law in N. Y. City, and in Havana, Cuba; was, in 1898, associate counsel to American Evacuation Commission in Ha- vana; president of Havana Finance Com- mission for examining financial condition of Havana, 1899-1900. Member Havana Charter Commission, 1900; special per- secuting attorney (fiscal) in Cuban post- office fraud cases, 1901. Address, 32 Liberty St., N. Y. City, and Mercaderes 4, Havana, Cuba.

CONDE, Switz:

Manufacturer; born April 24, 1844 Os- wego County, N. Y .; grew sugar and cot- ton in Louisiana, 1863-67; returned to Oswego and entered the firm of H. S. Condé & Co., manufacturers of knit- goods, and in 1874 succeeded to his fa- ther's business, which now employs 700 operatives. Inventor of forty appliances used in business. Married, in 1873, Apa- ma I. Tucker of Fulton. Member of Chamber of Commerce, Union League, Riding and Republican and several Yacht Clubs, and Huguenot Society. He has a palatial winter home in N. Y. City. Ad- dress, Oswego, N. Y.

CONDICT, George Herbert:

Mechanical and electrical engineer; born Newark, N. J., March 7, 1862; son of J. Elliot and Sarah J. Condict; educated in schools of N. Y. and Philadelphia and Un- iversity of Pennsylvania. Married, Phil- adelphia, 1888, Anna Neill. Entered em- · ploy Central Gas Light Co., San Fran- cisco, 1882; built and repaired gas works. Assistant ot Mr. Van Depoele in elec- trical railway and lighting experiments and installing trolley line New Orleans exposition, and South Bend, Ind., 1885; general manager Electric Car Co. of electrical devices, including series-par- allel controller and storage batteries; now engaged as vice-president Electro-Dyna- mic Co., and consulting engineer; mem- ber of American Institute Electrical En-

Educator, writer; born New York, Mar. 8, 1859; daughter of John C. Cone and Julia D. (Gray) Cone; was graduated from N. Y. City Normal College, 1876; as- sisted Jeanette L. Gilder in editing Pen Portraits of Literary Women; since 1899 professor of English at N. Y. City Normal College. Author: Oberon and Puck; The Ride to the Lady, and Other Poems; Baby Sweethearts. Also wrote article Woman in American Literature for Wo- man's Work in America, and a contribu- tor to current magazines. Address, 823 East 165th St., N. Y. City.

CONE, Orello:

Universalist clergyman, educator, au- thor; born Nov. 16, 1835; son of Daniel and Emily (Sadd) Cone; educated Wood- stock and Cazenovia Academies, N. Y., and St. Paul's College, Missouri, and receiving degree of D. D. from Lombard University. He married, 1864, Miss M. N. Pepper. Taught in public schools; pro- fessor Biblical languages and literature, St. Lawrence University (1865-80) presi- dent of Buchtel College, Ohio, 1880-96; professor Biblical Theology St. Lawrence University since 1900; author: Gospel- Criticism and Historical Christianity; The Gospel and Its Earliest Interpretations; Paul, the Man, the Missionary, and the Teacher; Rich and Poor in the New Tes- tament. Editor International Handbooks to the New Testament and author of volume 3. Address, Canton, N. Y.

CONGDON, La Fayette:

Minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church; principal of Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, N. Y .; born Ellington, N. Y., 1845. Admitted as freshman to University of Rochester, 1860; was gradu- ated A. B. Genesee College, 1867. Col- lege course broken by teaching engage- ments including one year in city schools of Cincinnati, Ohio, and by one year in 21st N. Y. Cavalry, where he served in Sheridan's command until close of war. Entered ministry, 1867. Served, among other churches, University Avenue, Syra- cuse, and First Church Bradford, Pa., and the Niagara District Conference as presiding elder. Elected principal of Gen- esee Wesleyan Seminary, 1903. Married, Frances A. Kingsley, Pittsburg, N. Y., 1871. Traveled in Europe summer of 1884. Holds following degrees from Syracuse University: A. M. in Cursu; Ph. D., 1883,

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by examination in Metaphysics and | CONGER, Jay:

Ethics; D. D., 1888, honorary. Was Delta Upsilon in college and wears Phi Beta Kappa key. Address, Lima, N. Y.

CONGDON, Stewart H .:

Mine operator and unancier; born Shel- ter Island, N. Y., May 4, 1857; began his mining experiences in the iron district of Alabama, and was one of the first to foresee the vast possibilities of the new zic field in Northern Arkansas, and the great copper gold mines of Nevada. Ad- dress, 359 West 55th St., N. Y. City.

CONGER, Benn :

Banker; born Oct. 29, 1856, Groton, Tompkins County, N. Y .; educated at Groton Academy. Married, June 9, 1880, Florence Buck. Merchant, president of Groton Bridge and Manufacturing Co since 1902. President of Mechanics Bank. Trustee of Village of Groton. President of Board of Water Commissioners. Mem- ber of Board of Education. Member of Assembly, 1900-02; Republican. Address, Groton, N. Y.

CONGER, Frank:

Retired vice-president of the American Bridge Co .; born Groton, N. Y., May 21, 1849; son of Coryden W. and Mary J. Brown Conger; he received his early edu- cation in his native town; in 1868 he ac- cepted a position as clerk; in 1870 he embarked in business on his own ac- count; a few years later he founded the C. W. Conger & Co. mercantile company of Groton, which is to-day one of the largest mercantile houses in Central New York; in 1885 he organized the Groton Bridge & Manufacturing Co. of Groton; then the company turned out $75,000 worth of work a year; in 1900, when the company was absorbed by the American Bridge Co., they were turning out $2,- 000,000 worth of work annually. He holds the office of president of the First Na- tional Bank of Groton; president of the Universal Safety-tread co. of New Jersey; president of the American Visible Type- writer Co., of Delaware; vice-president Groton Carriage Works, Groton; director Conger Manufacturing Co., of Groton, and a partner in the C. W. Conger Co., anu the Conger Produce Co., all of Groton, N. Y. He is also prominent and active mem- ber of the Engineers and Lawyers Clubs of N. Y. City, and the Duquesne Club of Pittsburg, Pa .; he is a high degree Mason and Odd Fellow; in 1870 he married Miss Jennie E. Conant of Groton. Address, Groton, N. Y.

Banker; born Groton, Tompkins Coun- ty, N. Y .; merchant, vice-president of Groton Bridge and Manufacturing Co., President of First National Bank and vice-president of Mechanics Bank. Di- rector, First National Bank of Groton. Republican. Address, Groton, N. Y. CONKLIN, Arthur S .:

Captain, U. S. Army; born in and ap- pointed from N. Y .; cadet at the Military Academy, June 21, 1893; additional sec- ond lieutenant, June 11, 1897; second lieu- tenant, Aug. 8, 1897; first lieutenant, April 20, 1899; captain Artillery Corps, Aug. 22, 1901. Present address, Presidio, San Francisco, Cal.

CONKLIN, John, Jr .:

Captain U. S. Army; born in N. Y .; appointed United States Military Academy from N. Y., July 1, 1880; was graduated; appointed second lieutenant Second Ar- tillery, June 15, 1884; first lieutenant, May 29, 1891; captain Artillery Corps, Oct. 17, 1899; was graduate of Artillery School, 1890; services, on ordnance duty, Navy Department, Jan., 1892, to Oct., 1893; Ar- tillery School, 1890 to 1892; garrison duty in departments of Missouri and Texas to April, 1898; engaged in Spanish-Ameri- can War at Santiago, July 1, and 2, 10, and 11; in various camps in U. S. till end of war; on special duty as collector of customs at Trinidad, Cuba, from Dec., 1898 to 1900; in command of Light Bat- tery at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., from 1900 to date. Present station, Fort Ethan Allen, Vt.

CONKLIN, Roland Ray:

Vice-president of North American Trust Co .; born Feb. 1, 1858; son of Joseph Okell Conklin and Julia Louisa Hunt Conklin; was graduated from University of Illinois, 1880; married; became a mort- gage-loan banker in Winfield, Kan., in 1880, and in 1886 his firm became incorpo- rated as Jarvis-Conklin Mortgage Trust Co. In 1881 he removed to Kansas City, and about 1900 to N. Y. City. Director, Ottawa Waterworks and Electric Light Co, Lincoln Fire Insurance Co, Bear River Irrigation Co., Ogden City R. R. Co. Augusta Ry. and Electric Co. and North- east Electric Co .; member of Men's Club (President), Colonial, Manhattan, Law- yers and Maryland Club of. Baltimore and Chicago Club. Residence, 35 E. 72d St .; office, 135 Broadway, N. Y. City. CONKLIN, William A .:

Born N. Y. City, March 16, 1837; super-

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Intendent Central Park Menagerie for CONKLING, John B., M. D .:

twenty years; resigned in 1892, to enter business of importation of foreign ani- mals; received degree of D. V. S. from Columbia Veterinary College and Ph. D. from Manhattan College; corresponding member Philadelphia Zoological, London Zoological and other foreign societies; ed- ited Journal of Comparative Medicine and Surgery for fourteen years. Author of number of papers on care, treatment and breeding of wild and domestic animals, published in scientific journals in this country and abroad. Address, 160 Green- wich St., N. Y. City.

CONKLIN, Alfred Ronald:

Lawyer; born N. Y. Citv, Sept. 28, 1850; was graduated from Yale, 1870, and after studies in Harvard and at Berlin became connected with U. S. Geological Survey; then studied law, and was admitted to Bar, 1879; assistant U. S. Attorney, 1881- 82; unsuccessful Republican candidate for Congress, 1884; 1887-88, member of the Board of Aldermen; 1892 and 1895 member of N. Y. State Assembly; prominent in Republican politics and member of the Citizens Union. Has written Appleton's Guide to Mexico, (1884); Life and Letters of Roscoe Conkling, (1889); City Govern- ment in the U. S., (1894), and Handbook for Voters in N. Y. City, (1894). Ad- dress, 41 East 60th St., N. Y. City.

CONKLIN, Howard:

Lawyer; born in N. Y. City in 1856; educated at private academies in N. Y. City; engaged in commercial pursuits, but in a few years abandoned them and took up the study of law; graduating from the New York University Law School with the degree of LL. B., subsequently admit- ted to Bar; later removed to Indiana and was admitted to Bar in Indianapolis, but soon returned to New York; visited Eu- ropean countries.

Author of several books, including: The Game Laws; and Travels in Mexico. Student of real es- tate law and taxation; member of Assem- bly from Warren County in 1892 and 1893; formerly president of Madison Square Re- publican Club; in 1898 was a condidate for Congress, but was defeated by George B. McClellan; elected to the Assembly, 1901 and 1902, from N. Y .; appointed member of following Assembly committees: Can- als, Codes, Charitable and Religious So- cieties. Clubs: Union, Metropolitan. Residence, 39 E. 30th St .; office, 76 Wil- liam St., N. Y. City; summer residence, Luzerne, N. Y.

Born Troy, N. Y .; received his educa- tion at West Winfield and at Utica, and in 1880 was graduated from the Utica Business College; taking up study of medicine he was graduated in 1883; fol- lowed practice of medicine at Richfield; elected to office of county clerk of Otsego County in 1893; has occupied several pub- lic positions, notably that of member of Board of Supervisors of Otsego County and chairman of the board; one of the directors of the Soldiers' Monument As- sociation; director in the Second National Bank at Cooperstown, and one of the board of managers of the Thanksgiving Hospital; member of the Mohican Club; honorary vice-president of the Central N. Y. Agricultural Society and of the Otsego County Agricultural Society; elected to the Assembly in 1901 and 1902. Address, Cooperstown, N. Y.

CONLAN, Lewis J .:

Justice of the City Court of N. Y. City. term expires December 31. 1909. Address. 7 West 26th St., N. Y. City.

CONNAH, Douglas John:

Artist; born N. Y., April 20, 1870; re- ceived his art education at Royal Acad- emy of Fine Arts, Weimer, Germany; subsequently worked under Count Kaul- kreth, Paris, during 1887-91; also with Jean Paul Laurens and Benjamin Con- stans; is director of New York School of Art. Residence, Bayport, L. I .; studio, 57 W. 57th St., N. Y. City.

CONNELL, William H .:

Treasurer of the American Bridge Co .; born May 29, 1845, at Wilmington, Del .: son of William and Sarah Shipley Connell; educated at Wilmington and was gradu- ated from the Classical Commercial Acad- emy; his first occupation was with the first National Bank at Wilmington as note teller; was later made receiving tell- er; leaving the bank became general freight agent of the Delaware Western R. R. Co., which post he held until 1874, when he associated himself with the Edg- moor Iron Co .; 1888 the Edgmoor Bridge Works was organized to take over the Edgmoor Iron Co.'s bridge business; upon the formation of this company he was elected treasurer, and later was made president of the corporation, a position he held until the American Bridge Co. was formed; the Edgmoor Iron Co. had the contract and supplied the filled steel su- perstructure for the New York and

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 39

Author: Publication date: 1904- Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co., etc. Number of Pages: 1100

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Publication date: 1904-
Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co., etc.
Number of Pages: 1100