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The  Book  of 

PROMINENT 
PLNN5YLVANIAN5 


A  STANDARD  REFERENCE. 


LLADtR.  PUBLISHING  CO. 

PITTSBURGH,  PA. 
1913 


1 53B03A 


ALEXANDER  P.  MOORE,  PUBLISHER  AND  EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, 

The  Pittsburg  Leader. 


FOREWORD 

By  ALEXANDER  P.  MOORE 

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ENNSYLVANIA  has  produced  and  today  pos- 
sesses  as  many  men  of  prominence  in  all  walks  of 
life  as  any  state  in  the  union.  Her  sons  have 
shone  in  politics  and  the  professions,  in  business  and 
banking,  as  artists  and  artificers,  in  the  world  of  letters 
and  the  realm  of  invention,  as  pioneers  in  time  of  peace 
and  leaders  in  time  of  war. 

This  book  is  published  to  let  all  the  people  know 
who  the  men  are  of  whose  records  Pennsylvania  can  be 
proud.  Pictures  are  used  because,  often,  a  picture  will 
tell  the  story  of  a  man's  personality  far  better  than  the 
dryer  details  of  his  life  in  printed  words. 

Pennsylvanians  are  a  progressive  people.  Her  sons 
are  always  trying  to  do  something  new  or  trying  to  do 
the  same  things  better.  Out  of  this  comes  leadership  in 
the  world's  progress  and  pre-eminence  in  all  lines  of 
endeavor. 

The  men  whose  faces  look  out  from  the  pages  of 
this  book  have  all  borne  their  share  of  the  burden— have 
performed  their  part  of  the  duty. 

Because  of  what  they  have  accomplished,  they  are 
justly  entitled  to  be  called  prominent  men  of  Pennsylvania. 


JOHN  K.  EMGE,  MANAGING  EDITOR 

The  Pittsburg  Leader. 


THE  LATROBE  CONNELLSVILLE  COAL  &  COKE  CO. 
AND  MARCUS  WILSON  SAXMAN. 

In  a  field  adjacent  to  the  Saxman  farm  near  Latrobe,  the  present  gigantic  corpora- 
tion known  as  the  Latrobe  Connellsville  Coal  &  Coke  Company  had  its  inception  in  1865. 

There  it  was  that  Mathias  Saxman,  a 
descendant  of  an  old  pioneer  family  of 
that  section,  spent  what  time  he  could 
spare  from  his  farm  work  by  digging 
out  of  the  ground,  by  means  decidedly 
primitive,  about  250'  bushels  of  coal  each 
day.  This  output  was  increased  about 
50  bushels  in  the  next  five  years. 

The  mining  and  selling  of  coal  was 
in  those  days  a  comparatively  new  in- 
dustry, the  use  of  coke  was  practically 
unknown  and  the  incorporation  of  coal 
digging  concerns  was  just  about  begin- 
ning to  occupy  the  attention  of  lawyers. 
Coal  digging,  rather  than  mining,  in 
those  days  was  conducted  not  unlike  cel- 
lar excavating  in  a  small  town  at  the 
present  time,  and  if  a  man  had  coal  on 
his  property  and  started  to  dig  it  with  a 
large  force  of  men  it  was  considered 
very  extraordinary. 

Mathias  Saxman  began  digging  his 
coal  on  a  decidedly  modest  scale.     The 
running  of  a  railroad  switch  into  his 
mine  was  a  thing  undreamed  of,  so  he 
m.  w.  saxman  provided  himself  with   a   large   wagon 

and  hauled  his  coal  to  the  railroad  station  at  Latrobe,  where  he  unloaded  his  product  with 
a  shovel.  In  the  course  of  a  few  months  he  employed  a  few  men  to  help  him,  and  with 
their  aid  his  output  grew  considerably.  About  the  year  1870  Mr.  Saxman  was  shipping 
coal  into  Altoona,  and  three  years  later  he  had  so  far  progressed  as  to  form  a  company. 
He  took  into  his  partnership  two  other  men,  and  the  three  conducted  their  business  under 
the  firm  name  of  M.  Saxman  &  Company. 

With  his  company  formed,  Mr.  Saxman  began  supplying  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad 
Company  with  coal,  but  not  till  some  time  later  were  other  large  concerns  furnished.  Coke 
was  comparatively  little  used  at  that  time.  It  was  being  experimented  with  by  the  more 
progressive  manufacturing  companies,  but  the  owners  of  the  mills  in  Western  Pennsyl- 
vania seemed  to  have  a  prejudice  against  it.  The  president  of  this  new  mining  company, 
however,  believed  that  it  could  be  used  to  good  advantage  by  the  great  iron*and  steel  fur- 
naces and  that  it  would  eventually  grow  into  use.  He  acted  on  that  impulse  and  began,  in 
1880,  to  build  coke  ovens  and  burn  coke.  The  manufacturing  companies  fell  into  his  way 
of  thinking  in  the  course  of  time,  and  in  1890  he  had  80  coke  ovens  going  in  full  blast. 

But  the  great  development  of  the  Saxman  interests  that  had  grown  to  considerable 
proportions  by  that  time  was  still  to  some.  The  development  and  consolidation  of  their 
coal  properties  was  undertaken  by  Marcus  Wilson  Saxman,  son  of  Mathias  Saxman  and 
Katharine  Wilson  Saxman. 

The  present  president  of  this  large  concern  was  born  on  the  old  farm  near  which  the 
coal  was  first  dug,  December  24,  1867.  The  property  had  been  owned  by  the  Saxman 
family  from  the  time  of  the  taking  out  of  the  original  deed  from  the  State,  and  it  has 
never  been  transferred.    Mr.  Saxman's  early  education  was  obtained  in  the  country  schools 


M.    SAXMAN 


of  Westmoreland  county  and  later,  as  he  advanced  in  his  studies,  he  attended  the  public 
schools  at  Latrobe.  Subsequently  he  entered  Swarthmore  College,  where  he  brought  him- 
self into  popularity  as  one  of  the  stars  of  the  gridiron. 

Upon  leaving  college  he  started  in  to  become  prac- 
tical. Sometimes  he  worked  on  his  father's  farm  and  at 
intervals  he  took  a  hand  at  mining  coal. 

For  ten  years  after  that  he  occupied  his  time  in  the 
mercantile  business  at  Bradenville,  Pa.,  but  immediately 
after  that  entered  upon  his  career  as  a  coal  operator. 
Superior  Mine  No.  1  was  opened  by  him  alone,  and  then 
in  rapid  succession,  with  the  help  of  his  associates,  he 
began  taking  coal  out  of  those  mines  that  have  since  be- 
come and  are  now  part  of  the  immense  merger  known  as 
the  Latrobe  Connellsville  Coal  &  Coke  Company. 

In  addition  to  being  the  president  of  this  corporation, 
Mr.  Saxman  is  the  president  of  the  Ligonier  Coal  Com- 
pany, the  treasurer  of  the  Cardiff  Coal  Company,  the 
treasurer  of  the  Unitey  Coal  Company,  treasurer  Kelso 
Smokeless  Coal  Company,  a  director  Bessemer  Coal  &  Coke 
Company,  on  Bessemer  &  Lake  Erie  R.  R. ;  a  director  of 
the  Greenwich  Coal  &  Coke  Company,  of  which  he  had 
for  many  years,  and  until  recently,  been  president ;  a  director  of  the  Superior  Fuel  Com- 
pany, which  is  located  on  the  Bessemer  &  Lake  Erie  railroad,  where  there  is  a  big  modern 
plant ;  president  of  the  Citizens  National  Bank  of  Latrobe ;  a  director  of  the  Latrobe  Trust 
Company ;  treasurer  of  the  Derry  Glass  Sand  Company ;  a  director  in  the  Latrobe  Printing 
&  Publishing  Company,  and  President  Latrobe  Electric  Steel  Company.  Mr.  Saxman  is 
a  member  of  a  number  of  clubs  and  societies.  He  belongs  to  the  Union  League  Club  of 
Philadelphia,  the  Duquesne  Club  of  Pittsburgh  and  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association. 

Among  the  seven  largest  coal  mining  companies  in  the  country,  ranks  the  Latrobe 
Connellsville  Coal  &  Coke  Company,  with  offices  in  the  largest  cities  of  the  United  States. 
J.  E.  Barnett  is  treasurer  of  the  concern  and  E.  M.  Gross  secretary. 

In  1900  the  various  companies  in  the  present  organization  were  incorporated.  In 
1905  the  great  consolidation  of  the  Saxman  interests  took  place.  These  original  compan- 
ies were  the  Saxman  Coal  &  Coke  Company,  the  Superior  Coal  &  Coke  Company,  the 
Derry  Coal  &  Coke  Company,  the  Milwood  Coal  &  Coke  Company  and  the  original  La- 
trobe Connellsville  Coal  &  Coke  Company.  They  are  all  merged  now  under  the  name  of 
the  latter  concern.   The  Derry  Coal  &  Coke  Company  was  originally  the  Saxman  interests. 

The  plants  now  in  operation  are  the  Saxman  mine,  the  Superior  mines  No.  1  and  2, 
Derry  mines  No.  1  and  2,  Connellsville  mine,  Mellwood  mine  and  the  Greenwich  property 
with  its  seven  separate  mines.  The  present  monthly  output  of  all  these  mines  amounts  to 
125,000  tons.  The  mines  are  all  strictly  modern  and  model  in  equipment,  and  are  fitted 
out  with  electric  and  compressed  air  machinery.  Each  plant  is  perfectly  equipped,  and 
there  are  no  finer  steel  tipples  in  the  world  than  the  one  that  can  be  seen  at  the  Derry 
No.  1  plant,  which  has  a  capacity  of  1,000  tons  daily  and  is  operated  by  two  men.  The 
big  company  employs  in  all  about  2,500  men. 

The  Latrobe  Connellsville  Coal  &  Coke  Company  has  branch  offices  in  Philadelphia, 
Pittsburgh,  New  York,  Baltimore,  Boston,  New  Haven,  Buffalo,  Cleveland,  Detroit,  Chi- 
cago and  other  principal  Eastern  and  Western  cities.  Among  its  heaviest  patrons  are  the 
Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company,  the  Boston  &  Maine  Railroad  Company,  the  Delaware  & 
Hudson  River  Railroad  Company  and  other  lines.  The  development,  consolidation  and 
growth  of  this  immense  concern  has,  to  the  exclusion  of  almost  everything  else,  occu- 
pied the  attention  of  M.  W.  Saxman,  in  whose  work  is  now  represented  an  accomplish- 
ment essentially  American  and  a  striking  illustration  of  the  advance  of  Pennsylvania 
industry. 


WILLIAM  MUIR. 

In  order  to  estimate  justly  the  life,  character  and  genius  of  a  man,  it  is  necessary  to 
possess  some  knowledge  of  the  heredity  that  produced  him,  and  the  environment  in  which 

he  was  reared,  as  well  as  the  conditions 
that  surrounded  him  in  later  life. 

William  Muir  was  born  in  Carbon- 
dale,  Pa.,  April  10,  1851,  the  son  of  John 
and  Caroline  (Smith)  Muir.  His  father 
was  a  native  of  Edinburgh,  Scotland, 
and  came  to  this  country  in  the  year 
1823.  His  mother  was  of  American 
parentage.  Their  son  William,  who  was 
the  eldest  of  five  children,  inherited  the 
kind,  tender  heart  of  his  mother,  togeth- 
er with  the  perseverence,  integrity  and 
loyalty  of  his  Scotch  father. 

At  the  age  of  12  he  commenced 
earning  his  own  livelihood,  hiring  out  to 
a  farmer  at  $8  per  month.  However, 
that  work  did  not  appeal  to  him,  and  he 
decided  to  make  a  change,  whereupon 
he  served  three  years  at  the  marble  cut- 
ting trade.  This  work  did  not  agree 
with  him  physically,  and  he  was  forced 
to  look  elsewhere  for  employment. 

Since  he  was  naturally  of  a  me- 
chanical mind,  he  next  took  up  car- 
pentry work,  and  for  two  years  pursued 
this  trade  under  instruction.  At  the 
end  of  this  time  he  began  contracting  and  building  for  himself.  One  of  his  first  contracts, 
and  one  which  proved  the  turning  point  in  his  career,  was  the  construction  of  a  refinery 
for  E.  E.  Hendrick,  of  Carbondale,  Pa.  Because  of  the  knowledge  of  the  refining  busi- 
ness gained  while  constructing  this  plant,  he  became  convinced  that  refining  was  more 
lucrative  than  the  business  he  was  following,  and  determined  to  become  better  acquainted 
with  the  oil  business.  This  led  to  his  becoming  one  of  the  important  independent  oil  refin- 
ers of  the  country.  However,  his  work  in  construction  did  not  cease,  for  beside  Mr.  Hen- 
drick's  plant  he  has  completed  five  refineries :  one  at  Corry,  Pa. ;  two  at  Warren,  Pa.,  and 
two  at  Titusville,  and  has  followed  the  oil  business  along  various  lines  since  1876,  retain- 
ing large  interests  in  the  plants  constructed  at  Warren  and  Titusville. 

In  the  year  1872  he  married  Miss  Martha  Fuller,  of  Carbondale,  Pa.,  and  they  are  the 
parents  of  four  children — two  sons  and  two  daughters.  For  the  past  10  years  Mr.  Muir 
and  his  family  have  been  residents  of  Titusville,  Pa.,  where  they  have  a  handsome  home 
on  one  of  the  most  attractive  streets  in  that  city.  During  the  16  years  previous  to  their 
coming  to  Titusville,  they  were  residents  of  Warren,  Pa.  In  both  cities  Mr.  Muir  has 
many  important  business  interests. 

Mr.  Muir  is  today  general  manager  of  Crew  Levick  Co.,  a  well-known  firm  of  Phila- 
delphia, large  oil  manufacturers  and  jobbers,  whose  offices  are  located  in  nearly  every 
known  country,  and  whose  products  are  likewise  universally  known.  He  is  president  of 
two  refineries  in  Titusville,  Pa.,  the  Pennsylvania  Paraffine  Works  and  the  Bessemer  Re- 
fining Company,  both  large  exporters  of  the  various  petroleum  products.  He  is  president 
of  the  Riverside  Acid  Works,  of  Warren,  Pa.,  and  also  of  the  First  National  Bank,  of  War- 
ren, one  of  the  oldest  and  most  substantial  institutions  of  that  city. 

Mr.  Muir  is  characterized  by  his  tenacity  of  purpose,  upright  business  methods  and 
absolute  justice  in  all  dealings.  In  him  we  find  the  rare  combination  of  the  successful 
business  man  and  the  kind-hearted,  chivalrous  gentleman. 


THE  PENNSYLVANIA  PARAFFINE  WORKS. 

Founded  in  1893,  the  Pennsylvania  Paraffine  Works  has  developed  and  grown  until 
even  in  far-off  countries  the  plant  is  known  because  of  its  production  of  the  "largest  va- 
riety of  output  of  any  independent  refining  company  in  the  world." 

Occupying  an  ad- 
vantageous s  i  t  u  a- 
tion  in  the  center  of 
the  Pennsylvania  oil 
fields,  possessing  ex- 
cellent facilities  for 
t  r  a  nsportation,  Ti- 
tusville,  largely 
through  the  enter- 
prise of  the  Penn- 
sylvania Par  affine 
Works  and  other 
factories,  is  becom- 
ing more  and  more 
noted  as  a  manufac- 
turing city. 

Flanked  by  rows 
of    oil    tanks    of    a 

combined  capacity  of  100,000  barrels,  in  a  well  chosen  location  in  the  East  End  of  Titus- 
ville,  stand  the  buildings  of  the  company's  new  and  extensive  plant.  Built  entirely  of 
brick  and  steel,  fireproof  and  strongly  constructed,  the  various  buildings  are  arranged  in 
groups  most  advantageous  for  the  carrying  on  of  refining  and  other  operations. 

In  the  plant  in  every  department  is  installed  the  most  approved  machinery.  In  every . 
particular  the  equipment  represents  not  only  the  best  construction,  but  the  attainment  to 
the  highest  degree  of  success  of  the  purpose  for  which  it  is  intended.  Beginning  at  the 
crude  and  the  tar  stills,  where  five  100  horse-power  boilers  with  automatic  feeders  are 
placed,  it  is  interesting  to  trace  the  crude  oil  and  the  tar  through  the  various  processes  of 
clarification  and  segregation.  Step  by  step  they  are  transformed  from  liquids  into 
vapors,  from  gases  back  again  into  liquids,  then  from  the  liquids  the  solids  are  precipi- 
tated ;  by  chemical  and  mechanical  action  the  work  continues  until  finally  are  obtained  the 
finished  products,  in  form  ranging  from  the  lightest  naptha  down  through  the  list  of  illu- 
minating oils,  lubricants,  neutrals  and  waxes  to  the  solid  waxtailings  and  coke. 

Reduced  to  the  last  extremity  the  products  of  petroleum  are  almost  innumerable.  Of 
the  various  specialties  of  the  Pennsylvania  Paraffine  Works  the  most  important  are : 

Superior  water- white  oil,  crystal  water-white  in  color;  extra  prime  white  oil,  water- 
white  in  color ;  stove  gasoline,  deodorized,  for  use  in  vapor  stoves,  automobiles,  gas  engines, 
torches  and  for  dry  cleaning;  deodorized  naphtha,  for  paints  and  varnishes;  steam  re- 
fined cylinder  stock,  especially  prepared  for  locomotive  and  marine  engine  lubrication; 
pale  and  lemon  neutrals,  prepared  especially  for  the  heaviest  work  on  high-speed  engines, 
dynamos,  gas  engines,  thread-cutting  machines,  ice  machines,  elevators,  general  light 
lubrication,  steam  separators,  spindles,  looms,  sewing  machines,  miner's  oil,  greases  and 
adulterations ;  red  neutrals,  used  for  heaviest  work  on  high-speed  engines,  dynamos  and 
thread-cutting  ,  for  cordage  oil  and  light  lubrication. 

In  addition  to  the  output,  the  Pennsylvania  Paraffine  Works  makes  various  wood  oils, 
gas  and  fuel  oils,  white  and  yellow  wax,  petroleum  pitch,  coke  and  numerous  other  deriva- 
tives from  petroleum.  In  the  compounding  department  of  the  company  are  carefully  pre- 
pared a  great  variety  of  lubricants,  either  according  to  the  formulas  of  the  corporation,  or 
as  specified  by  customers. 


On  Saybolt's  instruments,  according  to  the  requirements  of  the  Produce  Exchange, 
are  made  the  tests  of  the  Pennsylvania  Works.  Manufacturing  operations  are  directed  by 
an  experienced  refiner,  an  expert  in  the  business,  a  chemist  who  has  more  than  kept  up 
with  the  times.  The  maximum  capacity  of  the  stills  of  the  Pennsylvania  Paraffine  Works 
is  1,500  barrels  a  day.  In  the  refinery  50  men  are  employed.  Through  convenient  con- 
nections with  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  and  with  the  Dunkirk  and  Allegheny  Valley  Rail- 
way, the  company  has  especially  good  shipping  facilities. 

In  the  United  States  the  Pennsylvania  Paraffine  Works  maintains  branch  offices,  sales 
agencies,  in  New  York,  Chicago,  Pittsburgh,  Baltimore,  Savannah,  Jacksonville,  Warren, 
Ishpiming,  Houghton,  Newark,  Jersey  City,  Hoboken  and  Trenton.  Its  foreign  branches 
are  located  in  London  and  Manchester,  England ;  Glasgow,  Scotland ;  Paris,  France ;  Ant- 
werp. Belgium;  Hamburg  and  Frankfort  (on-the-Main),  Germany;  Barcelona,  Spain; 
Bombay,  India,  and  Kobe,  Japan. 

The  officers  of  the  company  are :  William  Muir,  president ;  L.  J.  Levick,  vice-presi- 
dent, and  W.  F.  Cowden,  secretary  and  treasurer.  The  Pennsylvania  Paraffine  Works  is 
capitalized  at  $500,000,  but  this  sum  now  represents  the  original  strength  of  the  organiza- 
tion and  not  the  proportions  to  which  the  business  has  grown. 


THE  BESSEMER    REFINING  COMPANY. 


The  Bessemer  Refinery  recently  completed  and  with  headquarters  in  Titusville, 
Pa.,  does  an  extensive  business  in  the  paraffine  and  oil  trade.  Aside  from  the  usual  work 
done  in  oil  refineries,  the  Bessemer  Company  has  added  what  is  known  as  "Cold  Test" 
stock. 

The  splendid  new  plant  of  the  Bessemer  Refining  Company  is  fully  up  to  the  stand- 
ard in  the  quality  and  quantity  of  output.  The  plant  is  constructed  of  steel  and  iron  and 
is  fitted  up  with  the  most  modern  appliances  and  machinery. 

In  every  particular  the  equipment  represents  not  only  the  best  construction,  but  the 
attainment  to  the  highest  degree  of  success  for  the  purpose  for  which  it  was  intended. 

The  Bessemer  Refining  Company  manufactures  high  gravity  gasolines,  also  high 
gravity  refined  oils,  dark  and  filtered  cylinder  oils. 


ABRAHAM  L.  KEISTER. 

Abraham  L.  Keister,  of  Scottdale,  Pennsylvania,  was  born  in  Fayette  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, September  10,  1852;  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Fayette  county  and 
in  Otterbein  University,  at  Westerville,  Ohio;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  practiced  his 


profession  for  a  short  time  in  Columbus,  Ohio.  He  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  coke 
in  1881  in  Fayette  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  later  in  the  banking  business  at  Scottdale. 
He  has  resided  at  Scottdale  since  1886.    He  was  elected  to  Congress  November  5,  1912. 


HON.  JOHN  M.  MORIN. 

John  M.  Morin,  representative  in  Congress,  labor  leader  and  former  baseball  player, 
was  born  in  Philadelphia,  April  18,  1868.  His  parents  were  Martin  Joseph  Morin  and 
Rose  (nee  Joyce)  Morin,  who  came  from  Mayo,  Ireland,  to  Philadelphia  in  1862. 

When  Mr.  Morin  was  but  four  years  of  age,  his  parents  removed  to  Pittsburgh,  and 
his  first  education  was  received  in  the  public  schools  of  that  city.  At  an  early  age  he 
went  to  work  in  a  glass  factory.  The  hours  were  long  and  the  labor  was  exhausting. 
Many  boys  were  unable  to  stick  for  more  than  a  few  days  at  the  trying  work.  John 
Morin  has  a  streak  of  gritty  sand  in  his  make-up,  however.  He  not  only  worked  each 
day  in  the  factory,  but  in  the  evening  he  attended  school  and  studied  so  diligently  that  he 
kept  up  with  his  more  fortunate  companions  who  did  not  have  to  quit  school  to  go  to  work. 
Later  Mr.  Morin  secured  a  better  job  in  an  iron  and  steel  mill.  He  still  continued  to 
study  at  night,  and  at  length  completed  a  course  in  a  business  college. 

When  21  years  old,  Mr.  Morin,  like  many  of  his  acquaintances,  became  interested  in 
the  great  opportunities  said  to  be  open  to  a  young  man  in  the  west.  Possessing  a  little 
more  ambition  than  the  average  young  man,  Mr.  Morin  went  west  to  investigate  for  him- 
self. He  reached  Missoula,  Montana,  where  he  secured  a  position  with  the  D.  J.  Hen- 
nessy  Mercantile  Company.  He  was  there  three  years,  then  returned  to  his  former  home 
in  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  in  the  fall  of  1893,  where  he  has  since  resided. 

Having  worked  in  glass  factories  and  in  iron  and  steel  mills  for  many  years,  John 
Morin  early  learned  to  appreciate  the  value  of  trades  unions  to  workingmen.  After  his 
return  to  Pennsylvania  and  while  living  in  Pittsburgh  he  was  impressed  still  more  deeply 
with  the  value  of  labor  unions  as  a  defense  of  workingmen  against  the  encroachments  of 
greedy  capitalists.  For  many  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  Central  Trades  Council  of 
Pittsburgh,  and  gave  liberally  of  his  time  and  knowledge  in  assisting  the  various  unions 
of  the  Pittsburgh  district  in  their  fight  for  the  workingmen. 

Mr.  Morin  has  been  a  consistent  member  of  the  Republican  party  since  he  became 
old  enough  to  cast  a  ballot.  He  is  liberal  in  his  views,  however,  and  as  an  office  holder 
gives  of  his  time  and  ability  unstintedly  in  the  service  of  the  entire  population  of  the 
district  he  represents.  Mr.  Morin  has  been  a  delegate  to  every  Republican  State  Con- 
vention in  Pennsylvania  from  1905  to  1912.  From  1904  to  1906  he  was  a  member  of 
the  Common  Council  of  Pittsburgh,  representing  the  old  Fourteenth  ward,  now  the 
Fourth  ward  of  Pittsburgh.  He  acquitted  himself  creditably  as  a  city  legislator,  and  won 
not  only  the  respect  of  his  fellow  councilmen,  but  the  approval  as  well  of  his  constituents. 

In  recognition  of  his  sterling  manhood  and  skill  in  organizing  and  handling  men  Mr. 
Morin  was  appointed  Director  of  Public  Safety  for  the  city  of  Pittsburgh  April  5,  1909. 
During  the  time  he  held  this  position  many  important  and  beneficial  changes  were  made 
in  the  police  system  of  the  city  and  its  efficiency  was  increased  greatly.  While  still  hold- 
ing this  important  office  Mr.  Morin  determined,  upon  the  urgent  solicitation  of  his  friends, 
to  be  a  candidate  for  Congress  at  the  1912  election.  He  accepted  the  nomination  for 
representative-at-large  offered  him  by  the  State  Convention  at  Harrisburg  and  was  en- 
dorsed by  the  Bull  Moose,  Roosevelt-Progressive  and  Washington  parties.  He  was  elected 
to  the  Sixty-third  Congress,  receiving  an  overwhelming  majority  of  618,537  votes  against 
the  357,562  received  by  his  leading  opponent,  a  Democrat. 

His  resignation  from  his  position  at  the  head  of  the  Department  of  Public  Safety 
was  accepted  with  regret,  although  necessary  to  enable  him  to  assume  more  important 
duties  at  Washington. 

Mr.  Morin  is  an  all  around  athlete  and  has  always  taken  a  deep  interest  in  clean 
sports,  especially  in  baseball.  While  in  Montana  he  was  captain-manager  of  the  Missoula 
Baseball  Team  from  1891  to  1893.  He  helped  organize  the  Montana  State  Baseball 
League  and  served  as  a  director  until  he  returned  to  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Morin  is  best 
known  among  athletes  of  Pennsylvania  as  a  sculler.  Mr.  Morin  was  married  to  Miss 
Eleanor  C.  Hickey,  of  Pittsburgh,  in  1897.    There  are  seven  children. 

10 


S.  G.  PORTER. 


One  of  the  most  prominent  figures 
in  the  field  of  politics  and  the  legal  pro- 
fession in  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  is 
Stephen  G.  Porter,  of  the  North  Side, 
Pittsburgh.  Mr.  Porter  has  established 
an  excellent  record  for  himself  both  as  a 
legal  practitioner  and  as  a  politician,  be- 
ing a  member  of  the  Sixty-third  Con- 
gress, and  having  served  in  the  Sixty- 
second  Congress.  Mr.  Porter  was  born 
May  18,  1869,  on  a  farm  near  Salem, 
Ohio.  At  an  early  age  he  came  to  old 
Allegheny  city.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  and  Allegheny  high  school. 
For  two  years  he  studied  medicine,  but 
deciding  that  he  was  better  fitted  for 
a  legal  career  he  studied  law  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  Allegheny  county 
in  1894.  In  1903  he  became  city  solici- 
tor of  Allegheny  and  established  an  ex- 
cellent record  in  that  office.  At  the  pri- 
mary election  in  Pittsburgh,  September 
16,  1913,  he  was  the  mayoralty  nominee 
who  received  the  largest  number  of 
votes.  He  has  always  been  a  progres- 
sive in  politics. 


W.  J.  HULINGS. 


Willis  J.  Hulings,  engineer,  attor- 
ney and  reform  leader  in  politics,  was 
born  in  Clarion  county,  July  1,  1850. 
His  parents  are  Marcus  Hulings  and 
Margaret  McDermott  (nee  McCluee) 
Hulings.  He  was  educated  as  a  civil 
engineer  and  lawyer,  and  admitted  to 
practice  law  in  the  courts  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, West  Virginia  and  Arizona.  He 
has  been  engaged  extensively  in  mining 
and  oil  operations.  He  commanded  the 
Sixteenth  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Vol- 
unteer Infantry,  in  the  Spanish- Ameri- 
can War,  and  was  promoted  from  Col- 
onel to  Brigadier  General  for  meritori- 
ous conduct  in  action  by  President  Mc- 
Kinley.  He  was  a  member  of  the  lower 
house  of  the  State  Legislature  from 
1881  to  1887,  and  of  the  State  Senate 
from  1907  to  1911.  For  many  years  Mr. 
Hulings  was  a  Republican.  Later,  he 
became  a  Progressive,  and  was  elected 
to  Congress  from  the  Twenty-eighth 
District  by  a  large  majority  as  a  candi- 
date of  the  Washington  party  in  1912. 
His  wife  was  formerly  Miss  Emma  W. 
Simpson.    They  have  eleven  children. 


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HENRY  COOPER. 

From  machinist  to  Senator  is  a  fairly  good  jump  for  a  man  to  make,  for  there  are  a 
great  many  men  who  earn  their  daily  bread  in  the  crafts  and  never  try  to  do  anything 
else.     Many  more  there  are  who  could 
not   do   anything  else,   no   matter   how 
many  chances  they  might  get. 

Labor  organizations,  feeling  the 
need  of  representation  in  the  State  Leg- 
islatures, naturally  turn  to  their  own 
number  when  in  search  for  a  man  who 
can  be  depended  upon  to  take  care  of  the 
interests  of  the  laboring  class  and  labor 
unions,  but  apparently  few  are  to  be 
found. 

One  of  those  few,  who,  after  serv- 
ing an  apprenticeship  in  a  machine  shop, 
elevated  himself  in  politics  with  signal 
success,  is  Henry  Cooper,  State  Senator 
from  Allegheny  county.  Senator  Cooper 
has  not  only  been  a  machinist,  but  a 
farmer,  too,  and  the  surprise  of  many  is 
that  he  was  not  appointed  as  a  member 
of  the  Committee  on  Agriculture  when 
he  was  sent  to  the  Senate.  However,  he 
served  on  committees  enough  for  any 
one  man,  and  these  kept  him  constantly 
busy.  During  the  term  of  1911  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Canals  and  Inland 
Navigation   Committee,  the   Committee 

on  Education,  the  New  County  and  County  Seats  Committee,  the  Committee  on  Public 
Printing  and  the  Committee  on  Public  Supply  of  Light,  Heat  and  Water. 

When  he  was  not  busy  in  the  Senate  chamber  he  was  present  at  a  committee  meet- 
ing, and  between  the  two  he  had  very  little  time  to  do  anything  else.  Probably  because  he 
rose  from  the  ranks,  he  has  always  been  regarded  as  a  workingman's  friend,  and  in  spite 
of  his  many  duties  he  was  never  too  busy  to  see  an  occasional  committee  of  toilers  who 
wanted  something  from  the  powers  at  Harrisburg.  The  parents  of  Mr.  Cooper,  Dr.  John 
F.  Cooper,  a  practicing  physician,  and  Mrs.  Sarah  Cooper,  lived  on  Arch  street,  Pitts- 
burgh, North  Side.  There  the  Senator  was  born  December  12,  1848.  When  six  years  old 
he  entered  the  Third  Ward  school  of  his  native  city  and  gradually  worked  his  way  through 
the  public  school  system.  His  parents  placed  him  in  Duff's  Business  College,  Pittsburgh, 
where  he  was  given  a  general  office  training. 

Eager  to  learn  a  trade,  Mr.  Cooper  went  into  a  machine  shop,  where  he  served  several 
years  at  the  bench  and  on  the  various  machines,  acquiring  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the 
trade.  Next  he  went  to  farming,  and  then  he  entered  politics.  For  three  years  he  served 
as  auditor  for  Beaver  county,  and  in  Bellevue  he  held  a  prominent  place  in  the  borough 
council  for  five  consecutive  years.  In  November,  1910,  he  was  elected  to  the  Senate.  Mr. 
Cooper's  regular  occupation  now  is  that  of  oil  producer,  for  he  owns  and  operates  large 
and  valuable  oil  holdings.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Bellevue  Realty  Savings  &  Trust  Com- 
pany, and  the  Bellevue  Country  Club.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Tariff  Club,  of  Pitts- 
burgh. 


13 


M.    CLYDE 
KELLY. 


M.  Clyde  Kelly  was  born  in  Bloomfield,  Ohio, 
August  4,  1883.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  the  Muskingum  College 
at  New  Concord,  Ohio.  In  1904  he  be- 
came the  publisher  of  the  Braddock 
Leader,  and  a  year  later  the  Braddock  Daily  Neivs. 
In  1907  he  took  over  the  management  of  the  Brad- 
dock Daily  Neivs-Herald,  of  which  he  is  now  president 
and  managing  editor.  He  is  also  the  president  and 
director  of  the  Braddock  Daily  News  Publishing  Com- 
pany. In  1910  he  was  elected  to  the  Pennsylvania 
House  of  Representatives  from  the  Tenth  district  of 
Allegheny  county,  and  in  1912  was  elected  to  Congress 
from  the  Thirtieth  Pennsylvania  congressional  district. 
He  is  a  the  author  of  "Machine  Made  Legislation,"  and 
is  a  member  of  the  Braddock  Board  of  Commerce,  the 
Carnegie  Round  Table,  Odd  Fellows,  Knights  of 
Pythias,  Knights  of  Malta  and  Royal  Arcanum. 


JAMES 

FRANCIS 

BURKE. 


James  Francis  Burke  was  born  in  Petroleum  Cen- 
ter, Venango  county,  Pa.,  October  21,  1867.  He  is  the 
son  of  Richard  J.  and  Anna  Arnold 
Burke,  and  has  represented  the  Thirty- 
first  district,  Pittsburgh,  in  Congress 
for  five  successive  terms.  Mr.  Burke  in 
1892  was  graduated  from  the  University  of  Michigan 
with  the  degree  of  LL.B.  In  1893  he  was  admitted  to 
the  Allegheny  county  bar  and  practiced  law  in  Pitts- 
burgh and  the  county  until  elected  to  the  Fifty-ninth 
Congress.  Mr.  Burke  organized  and  was  first  presi- 
dent of  the  American  Republican  College  League  with 
branches  in  all  American  universities.  He  was  the 
youngest  secretary  ever  elected  by  the  Republican  Na- 
tional Committee.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Duquesne, 
Country,  Union,  Americus,  Tariff  and  Athletic  Clubs 
of  Pittsburgh,  and  of  the  Army  and  Navy  Club,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 


ANDREW 

JACKSON 

BARCHFELD 


Andrew  Jackson  Barchfeld,  representative  at 
Washington,  D.  C,  from  the  Thirty-second  Con- 
gressional District,  was  born  in  Pitts- 
burgh May  18,  1863.  His  parents  were 
Henry  Barchfeld  and  Mary  (nee  Neuen- 
hagen)  Barchfeld.  In  1884  he  gradu- 
ated from  Jefferson  Medical  College,  Philadelphia,  prac- 
ticed in  Pittsburgh  until  1904,  when  he  was  elected  to 
Congress,  and  has  been  re-elected  ever  since.  Mr. 
Barchfeld  has  been  for  years  a  member  of  the  Inter- 
parliamentary Peace  Union  at  The  Hague.  For  several 
years  Mr.  Barchfeld  was  city  physician  for  Pittsburgh. 
He  belongs  to  the  Pittsburgh  South  Side  Medical  So- 
ciety, the  Allegheny  County  Medical  Society,  the  Penn- 
sylvania State  Medical  Society  and  the  American  Med- 
ical Association.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Union  Club, 
Country  Club,  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Club,  and  others. 


14 


FREDERICK  DAVIDSON. 

The  privilege  of  a  man,  to  stretch  his  hand  over  the  map  of  North  America,  and 
have  the  tips  of  both  his  thumb  and  his  little  finger,  to  say  nothing  of  his  palm,  locating 
seats  of  industries  in  which  he  holds  in- 
terest, is  something  that  is  rarely  en- 
joyed. To  sit  in  Pittsburgh  and  make 
suggestions  as  to  how  certain  things 
should  be  done  in  Mexico  and  Canada, 
and  reap  the  harvests  thereof,  shows 
more  than  anything  else  that  the  oppor- 
tunities of  one  thoroughly  familiar  with 
manufacturing  enterprises  are  limitless. 
There  are  a  few  successful  individuals 
in  Western  Pennsylvania  who  are  doing 
this  now,  but  they  are  comparatively 
few,  and  only  a  small  number  of  them 
are  reaching  out  and  making  themselves 
known  in  other  foreign  fields. 

One  of  those  who  has  been  signally 
successful  at  home,  and  abroad  as  well, 
is  Frederick  Davidson,  of  367  South 
Negley  avenue,  Pittsburgh,  locally 
known  as  the  secretary  and  treasurer  of 
the  Union  Drawn  Steel  Company  of 
Beaver  Falls.  Mr.  Davidson  is  43  years 
old.  He  was  born  in  Connellsville, 
Pennsylvania,  October  27,  1870.  At  an 
early    age    his    father,    Colonel    Daniel 

Rogers  Davidson,  and  his  mother,  Mrs.  Photo,  copyrighted  by  campbeii  studio,  New  York. 
Margaret  (Clark- Johnson)  Davidson,  decided  to  enter  him  in  a  military  academy.  Ac- 
cordingly he  was  sent  to  Chester,  Pennsylvania,  where  the  Pennsylvania  Military  Academy 
was  rapidly  becoming  famous  as  one  of  the  best  institutions  of  its  kind  in  the  country. 
There  Mr.  Davidson  received  his  elementary  and  collegiate  education,  and  when  he  left 
Chester  at  the  end  of  his  studies,  he  went  to  Beaver. 

About  that  time  the  First  National  Bank  of  Beaver  Falls  was  being  organized  and 
for  the  reason  that  he  was  well  equipped  for  the  position,  Mr.  Davidson  was  made  its 
first  cashier.  He  remained  there  for  three  years,  and  the  experience  he  thus  obtained  he 
used  as  a  stepping  stone  to  the  more  remunerative  positions  that  began  to  present  them- 
selves. Leaving  the  bank,  he  accepted  the  place  of  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Union 
Drawn  Steel  Company  of  Beaver  Falls,  and,  although  he  is  still  in  that  office,  he  has  suc- 
ceeded in  making  his  influence  felt  in  other  concerns,  with  all  of  which  he  became  con- 
nected in  some  capacity  in  the  course  of  time. 

In  a  short  time  the  Canadian  trade  of  the  Beaver  Falls  concern  became  great  enough 
to  merit  the  establishment  of  a  branch  factory  in  Hamilton,  Ontario,  and  this  branch  was 
eventually  made  a  separate  concern.  Of  this  Canadian  establishment  Mr.  Davidson  also 
became  secretary  and  treasurer.  The  formation  of  corporations  was  daily  going  on,  and 
at  the  time  of  the  organization  of  the  Beaver  Clay  Manufacturing  Company,  Mr.  David- 
son, who  was  one  of  the  organizers,  was  elected  to  the  presidency.  Then  a  nail  manufac- 
turing company  was  started  in  old  Mexico,  known  as  the  Monterey  Wire  Nail  Company, 
and  in  this  company,  too,  Mr.  Davidson  was  given  the  highest  office. 

At  the  same  time  he  interested  himself  in  matters  nearer  home.  The  First  National 
Bank  of  Beaver  Falls,  in  which  he  began  his  business  career,  still  holds  him  as  a  director, 
and  in  the  same  capacity  he  serves  the  Bank  of  Pittsburgh,  National  Association,  and  the 
Davidson  Ore  Mining  Company,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Davidson  is  an  ardent  patron  of 
athletics  and  holds  membership  in  the  Illinois  Athletic  Association.  In  Pittsburgh  he  be- 
longs to  the  Union  Club,  and  in  Philadelphia  he  is  a  member  of  the  Manufacturers'  Club. 


15 


SAMUEL  G.  DIXON. 


Samuel  G.  Dixon,  M.  D.,  LL.  D., 
State  Commissioner  of  Health  under 
Governors  Pennypacker,  Stuart  and 
Tener,  was  born  in  Philadelphia  March 
23,  1851.  He  is  licensed  to  practice  both 
law  and  medicine.  Among  the  schools 
he  attended  are  the  Medical  School  of 
the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  and  the 
department  of  Bacteriology,  of  King's 
College,  London.  He  studied  under  Pet- 
tenkofer  in  Munich.  Dr.  Dixon  has 
served  as  Professor  of  Hygiene  in  the 
Medical  School  of  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  and  dean  of  the  auxiliary 
department  of  medicine,  and  is  con- 
nected with  many  scientific  organiza- 
tions. His  publications  cover  a  large 
field  in  hygiene  and  bacteriology.  On 
October  19,  1889,  Dr.  Dixon  made 
known  through  the  Medical  Neivs  of 
Philadelphia,  his  great  discovery  of  pro- 
ducing immunity  to  tuberculosis  in  the 
lower  animals,  and  described  his  fluid 
extract  used  in  the  successful  treatment 
of  tuberculosis. 


A.  W.  POWELL. 


Archibald  W.  Powell,  Auditor  Gen- 
eral of  Pennsylvania,  was  born  August 
21,  1872,  at  California,  Pa.,  the  son  of 
John  R.  and  Harriet  Weaver  Powell. 
He  was  graduated  from  California  Nor- 
mal School  and  the  Yale  University  Law 
School.  Mr.  Powell  was  first  a  building 
foreman  and  contractor.  He  next  be- 
came principal  of  the  schools  in  Du- 
quesne  borough,  Allegheny  county,  and 
later  at  Latrobe,  Pa.  From  1897  to 
1900  he  was  at  Yale  and  went  to  the 
Philippines  with  the  Tenth  Regiment,  in 
the  war  with  Spain  and  the  Aguinaldo 
rebellion.  He  was  twice  promoted  for 
wounds  received  in  action.  In  1901  he 
began  the  practice  of  law  in  Allegheny 
county.  He  is  now  adjutant  of  the 
Tenth  Regiment  and  the  Historian  of 
its  Veteran  Association.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Order  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  the  Benevolent  Protective  Or- 
der of  Elks  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 
In  1910  he  was  elected  to  the  State  Sen- 
ate, and  1912  was  elected  Auditor  Gen- 
eral of  Pennsylvania  on  the  Republican 
and  Washington  party  tickets. 


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FREDERICK  N.  BEEGLE. 

Frederick  N.  Beegle,  officer  and  director  in  a  half-score  business  organizations, 
was  born  at  Millersburg,  Ohio,  May  21,  1863.  His  parents  were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Benjamin 
Beegle.  He  was  educated  at  Millers- 
hurg  and  at  North  Manchester,  Ind. 

Mr.  Beegle  inherited  little  except 
the  good  name  of  his  parents,  who  both 
•died  before  the  son  had  reached  man- 
hood. At  the  age  of  16,  Mr.  Beegle  be- 
gan clerking  in  a  store.  Tiring  of  this 
he  started  a  wholesale  process  business 
which  he  conducted  for  two  years.  In 
1885  he  obtained  a  position  with  Hart- 
man  Steel  Company,  of  Beaver  Falls, 
and  remained  with  this  firm  for  four 
years. 

At  last  he  found  the  work  to  which 
he  was  to  devote  the  best  energies  of  his 
life,  but  he  was  not  destined  to  remain 
much  longer  with  this  company.  He 
was  offered  a  position  as  assistant  su- 
perintendent of  the  Union  Drawn  Steel 
Company,  of  Beaver  Falls.  After  some 
hesitation,  he  accepted  the  offer  and 
went  to  work  in  November,  1889.  After 
filling  a  number  of  minor  positions,  he 
was  appointed  secretary.  In  a  few 
years  he  became  treasurer  and  at  length 
was  elected  president.    He  has  held  this  position  the  last  12  years. 

Other  companies  with  which  Mr.  Beegle  has  been  connected  are:  The  Beaver  Clay 
Manufacturing  Company,  of  New  Galilee,  vice-president ;  Ideal  Opening  Die  Company,  of 
Beaver  Falls,  secretary  and  treasurer ;  Davidson  Ore  Mining  Company,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y., 
president;  First  National  Bank,  of  Beaver  Falls,  vice-president;  Monterey  Wire  Nail 
Company,  of  Monterey,  Mex.,  treasurer;  Alamo  Mining  Company,  Monterey,  Mex.,  treas- 
urer; Pittsburgh  &  Lake  Erie  Ship  Canal,  director.  Mr.  Beegle  is  a  member  of  the  Union 
Club  of  Pittsburgh,  the  Tamaqua  Club  of  Beaver  Falls  and  of  the  Beaver  County  Coun- 
try Club. 

Mr.  Beegle  is  a  typical  self-made  man.  Mr.  Beegle  always  has  been  a  consistent 
Republican,  but  never  has  sought  office  or  engaged  actively  in  politics.  In  charitable 
and  philanthropic  work,  however,  he  has  always  taken  an  active  interest.  He  has  not 
only  given  generously  of  his  wealth  to  charitable  and  benevolent  institutions,  but  has 
given  of  his  trained  business  ability  as  well.  As  chairman  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  for 
the  Beaver  County  Children's  Home  he  has  done  much  to  add  to  the  prosperity  and  use- 
fulness of  the  institution.  For  many  years  he  has  been  president  of  the  Home  for  the 
Aged  of  Beaver  County,  and  has  endeavored,  successfully,  to  increase  the  usefulness  of 
the  institution. 

Mr.  Beegle's  wife  was  formerly  Miss  Nellie  E.  Heath,  a  daughter  of  the  late  Rev.  A. 
Heath,  of  Oberlin,  0.  There  is  one  son,  born  in  1896.  Few  persons  have  been  interested 
in  as  wide  a  variety  of  business  enterprises  as  has  Mr.  Beegle.  Not  content  with  the  busi- 
ness of  manufacturing  and  selling  steel,  at  which  he  is  unusually  successful,  Mr.  Beegle 
interested  himself  financially  in  the  mining  business,  and  was  active  in  promoting  the 
operations  of  the  Alamo  Mining  Company  in  Mexico.  He  is  also  actively  interested  in 
the  construction  of  the  proposed  Pittsburgh  &  Lake  Erie  Ship  Canal,  as  well  as  in  bank- 
ing and  in  numerous  other  enterprises. 


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Samuel  Davis  Foster,  chief  engi- 
neer of  the  State  Highway  Department, 
was  born  September  11,  1880,  at  Mc- 
Keesport;  his  parents  were  Alexander 
D.  and  Amanda  L.  Foster.  From  Wash- 
ington-Jefferson College  he  received  the 
degree  of  bachelor  of  science  in  the  class 
of  1903,  and  in  1911  the  honorary  degree 
of  civil  engineer.  Mr.  Foster's  record 
of  efficient  public  service  includes  three 
years  with  the  United  States  engineers 
in  the  Ohio,  Monongahela  and  Alle- 
gheny river  improvements;  eighteen 
months  as  assistant  engineer  in  charge 
of  construction  of  roads,  sewers  and 
Water  works  in  Panama  and  in  Havana 
Province,  Cuba;  two  years  as  chief  en- 
gineer of  the  Allegheny  County  Road 
Department,  and  two  years  as  chief  en- 
gineer of  the  Pennsylvania  State  High- 
way Department.  Among  his  clubs  and 
societies  are :  Duquesne  and  University 
Clubs,  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association, 
Engineers'  Society  of  Western  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers. 


BIGELOW. 

"Battery  Dan"  they  called  an  indi- 
vidual in  New  York  who  spent  a  great 
deal  of  time  and  money  in  obtaining  for 
the  people  of  the  city  a  delightful  spot 
known  as  Battery  Park.  Pittsburgh  has 
its  "Battery  Dan,"  too,  but  his  sobriquet 
is  more  dignified.  They  call  him  the 
"Father  of  Parks"  there,  and  his  true 
and  correct  name  is  Edward  Manning 
Bigelow  and  the  park  system  of  Pitts- 
burgh is  his  creation.  Mr.  Bigelow  is 
now  the  commissioner  of  highways  of 
the  State.  For  many  years  he  was  di- 
rector of  public  works  of  Pittsburgh. 
He  was  born  in  that  city  November  6, 
1850,  the  son  of  Edward  M.  and  Mary 
(Steel)  Bigelow.  He  attended  the 
Western  University.  Subsequently  he 
was  made  engineer  in  charge  of  the  sur- 
veys of  the  city  of  Pittsburgh.  In  1880 
he  became  city  engineer.  He  was  elected 
director  of  the  department  of  public 
works  in  1888  and  unanimously  re- 
elected to  several  terms  of  four  years 
each.  More  recently  he  had  filled  the 
office  of  Allegheny  county  consulting 
engineer. 


S.  D.  FOSTER. 


BENJAMIN  N.  FREELAND. 

Honesty,  integrity  and  business  acumen,  with  the  additional  qualities  of  personality, 
unswerving  devotion  to  a  cause  or  interest  and  a  remarkable  capacity  for  work  have 
been  the  factors  in  the  successful  career 
of  one  of  Waynesburg's  most  notable 
citizens,  Benjamin  N.  Freeland.  This 
exceptionally  gifted  teacher,  lawyer, 
statesman  and  financial  light  of  Greene 
county  was  born  at  Mt.  Morris,  near  the 
Greene  county  seat,  March  18,  1858. 
His  parents,  William  and  Nancy  Free- 
land,  gave  him  a  public  school  education 
in  the  village  school  of  Mt.  Morris.  Like 
other  country  boys,  he  went  to  school  in 
the  winter  months  and  helped  on  the 
farm  in  the  summer.  At  the  age  of  15 
he  began  teaching  a  little  rural  school 
in  Greene  county,  but  in  vacations  took 
special  instructions  in  the  Eastman 
Business  college  of  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y., 
from  which  place  he  was  graduated  in 
1876,  at  the  age  of  18. 

The  farm,  the  school  house  and  the 
business  college  all  were  contributing 
factors  in  the  success  of  Mr.  Freeland, 
who  stored  the  knowledge  learned  in 
these  places  for  reference  which  has 
since  gained  him  many  a  battle  in  the 
legal  and  political  world. 

Until  1893  he  taught  school  part  of  the  year  and  continued  his  studies,  reading  law 
in  the  evening  and  during  vacation.  Recognition  of  his  business  abilities  came  first  in 
1893,  when  he  received  the  appointment  of  United  States  storekeeper  in  Greene  county, 
which  position  he  held  until  1896. 

Mr.  Freeland  was  next  elected  clerk  of  courts  in  Greene  county  and  later  re-elected 
to  the  position,  serving  the  county  until  1902.  Then  his  political  career  in  its  larger  pos- 
sibilities began.  He  was  a  stanch  Democratic  leader  in  Greene  county  for  years.  In 
1902  the  people,  realizing  that  a  strong  opponent  was  needed  to  defeat  the  Republican 
candidate,  W.  E.  Crow,  persuaded  Mr.  Freeland  to  take  the  nomination  for  state  senator 
from  the  Fayette-Green  district.  This  he  did,  defeating  Mr.  Crow,  who  has  since  be- 
come a  leader  in  the  state  senate,  by  the  largest  vote  ever  polled  in  the  county.  Mr. 
Freeland's  majority  was  2,300  votes  in  a  county  which  is  normally  1,300  mapority. 
While  clerk  of  courts  Mr.  Freeland  continued  his  law  studies,  and  in  1901  was  admitted 
to  the  county  bar,  and  three  years  later  to  practice  in  the  Superior  and  Supreme  courts 
of  Pennsylvania.  He  is  a  shrewd  politician,  honest  and  fearless  in  his  fights  for  political 
preferment,  a  brilliant  lawyer  and  one  of  the  financial  pillars  of  the  farming  county. 

He  is  considered  the  foremost  financier  in  the  county,  being  identified  with  practically 
all  the  larger  banking  and  business  interests  of  that  section  of  the  State.  He  is  a  director 
of  the  People's  National  Bank  of  Waynesburg,  the  Waynesburg  Home  Gas  Company  and 
the  Sheridan  Oil  and  Gas  Company.  Mr.  Freeland  is  a  stockholder  in  the  South  Penn 
Telephone  Company  and  a  director  of  the  company.  He  is  a  member  of  the  East 
Waynesburg  Board  of  Education. 


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EUGENE 

TRUMP 

NORTON. 


Eugene  Trump  Norton,  vice-president  and  di- 
rector of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Connellsville,  was 
born  in  Brownsville,  Pa.,  October  10, 
1866,  the  son  of  Philo  and  Martha  Her- 
bert Norton.  When  seven  years  old  he 
went  with  his  parents  to  Connellsville, 
Pa.  Mr.  Norton  is  president  and  director  of  the  First 
National  Bank,  Vanderbilt,  Pa.;  treasurer  and  di- 
rector of  the  Sligo  Iron  &  Steel  Company,  of  the  Mey- 
ersdale  Coal  Company  and  of  the  Wells  Creek  Supply 
Company.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Connellsville  Con- 
struction Company,  of  the  Yough  Trust  Company,  of 
the  Fayette  Securities  Company  and  of  the  Connells- 
ville News  Publishing  Company.  Mr.  Norton  is  a 
member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  Connellsville, 
and  a  trustee  of  the  Christian  Church.  He  is  a  Mason, 
a  director  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  and  a  trustee  of  Bethany 
College,  West  Virginia. 


John  Davis  Frisbee,  banker  and  merchant 

of  Connellsville,  was  born  October  14,  1829,  in 

Pittsburgh.      His   parents   were 

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in  California,  and  conducted  a  miners'  supply 
store  at  Stony  Bar,  in  Placer  county. 

Returning  to  Pennsylvania  he  located  in 
Connellsville,  in  1861.  He  entered  into  a  co- 
partnership with  William  Cooper  &  Company, 
general  merchants,  and  began  business  in  the 
same  building  he  now  occupies.  Later,  he 
bought  out  his  partners  and  formed  the  Frisbee 
Hardware  Company,  devoted  exclusively  to 
hardware.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Connellsville  and  has 
been  its  president  since  the  incorporation,  37 
years  ago.  Mr.  Frisbee  is  an  officer  in  many  of 
the  subsidiary  companies  of  the  West  Penn  Rail- 
ways Company.  He  married  Miss  Catherine  L. 
Herbert  in  1863.  There  are  four  children  living. 


Frank  Eugene  Markell,  civil  engineer,  pharmacist 

and  banker,  was  born  in  Monongahela  City,  the  son  of 

John  S.  and  Emma  Markell.    He  was  edu- 

^fr^^T,  cated  in  the  public  schools  of  Monongahela 

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markell.      and  was  graduated  from  the  Monongahela 
high  school.    After  leaving  high  school  Mr. 
Markell  took  a  special  course  in  civil  engineering,  which 
he  followed  for  several  years. 

He  is  interested  in  several  banking  establishments 
in  his  home  town,  being  president  of  the  Citizens  Na- 
tional Bank  and  president  of  the  Clearing  House  Associa- 
tion of  Connellsville.  Mr.  Markell  is  president  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce  and  president  of  the  Southern 
Connellsville  Coke  Company. 


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JOSIAH  VANKIRK  THOMPSON. 

Josiah  Vankirk  Thompson,  millionaire  coke  and  coal  operator  of  Fayette  county, 
was  born  in  Menallen  township,  near  Uniontown,  Pennsylvania,  February  15,  1854,  a 
son  of  Jasper  Markle  Thompson.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  and  later 
Washington  and  Jefferson  College,  at 
Washington,  where  he  was  graduated 
in  June,  1871.  On  November  11  of  that 
year  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Uniontown  as  clerk, 
and  on  April  2,  1889,  following  the 
death  of  his  father,  who  was  president 
of  the  bank,  succeeded  him  in  the  presi- 
dency. This  bank  pays  the  largest 
salaries  and  has  the  largest  surplus  and 
profits  of  any  national  bank  in  the 
United  States,  leading  the  National 
Bank  Honor  Roll  for  a  number  of  years. 

Mr.  Thompson  extended  his  inter- 
ests as  the  bank  grew,  and  now  he  is 
the  largest  individual  owner  of  coking 
coal  lands  in  the  United  States.  His 
holdings  include  land  in  Fayette, 
Greene,  Washington  and  Allegheny 
counties,  Pennsylvania,  and  in  West 
Virginia. 

Mr.  Thompson  was  president  of 
Uniontown  council  from  1892  to  1900, 
and  at  various  times  has  been  president 

of  the  News  Publishing  Company,  Union  Cemetery  Company,  and  has  participated  and 
aided  every  legitimate  enterprise  offered  to  him  for  support. 

He  has  a  remarkable  memory  and  still  more  remarkable  judgment,  and  although  not 
one  of  his  bank  employes  are  bonded,  there  never  has  been  an  erring  clerk,  teller  or 
cashier  connected  with  the  bank  in  its  history. 

Mr.  Thompson  married  Mary  Anderson,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Anderson, 
December  11,  1879.     She  died  August  8,  1896.    There  are  two  children. 

The  success  of  the  bank  of  which  Mr.  Thompson  is  president  is  due  not  only  to  his 
shrewd  management,  but  to  the  zeal  and  enthusiasm  of  all  the  employes,  inspired  by  Mr. 
Thompson's  own  industry.  It  is  not  uncommon  for  Mr.  Thompson  to  work  continuously 
in  his  private  office  for  a  week  without  as  much  sleep  as  would  amount  to  one  good  night's 
rest.  He  personally  attends  to  all  his  own  correspondence  and  writes  all  his  own  letters. 
There  may  be  150  of  them  in  a  single  day.  Mr.  Thompson  can  go  to  sleep  in  a  second 
anywhere,  and  when  he  awakens  it  is  with  every  faculty  and  instinct  alive  and  alert.  He 
will  fall  asleep  in  the  bank  room  writing  a  letter;  nap,  perhaps,  for  15  minutes;  then 
awaken,  and  continue  the  writing  of  the  letter. 

No  loans  are  made  from  Mr.  Thompson's  bank  for  more  than  the  legal  six  per  cent., 
nor  is  a  bonus  ever  asked  or  taken  from  borrowers.  If  you  get  the  monev  at  all  you  get 
it  regular,  and  no  bonus  inducement  can  tempt  a  dollar  from  the  vaults.  No  deposits  are 
accepted  except  subject  to  check,  and  no  interest  is  paid  on  deposits,  however  large. 


21 


JAS.  A.   SEARIGHT. 


James  Allison  Searight,  of  Union- 
town,  engaged  in  the  insurance  and 
banking  business,  was  born  September 
13,  1836,  in  Manellen  township,  Fayette 
county.  His  parents  were  William  Sea- 
right  and  Mrs.  Rachel  (nee  Brownfield) 
Searight.  Mr.  Searight  attended  the 
public  schools,  Dunlap's  Creek  Presby- 
terian Academy,  the  Iron  City  Business 
College  of  Pittsburgh,  Kenyon  College 
and  the  Philadelphia  Divinity  School. 
Ill  health,  however,  prevented  Mr.  Sea- 
right from  entering  the  ministry.  In 
Uniontown  he  opened  a  real  estate  and 
insurance  office.  In  1871  he  helped  or- 
ganize the  People's  Bank  of  Fayette 
county,  of  which  he  became  treasurer, 
and  later  president,  holding  the  posi- 
tion until  the  bank  was  merged  with  the 
Citizens'  Title  and  Trust  Company.  Mr. 
Searight  has  pronounced  literary  tal- 
ent. He  belongs  to  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution,  the  Historical  So- 
ciety of  Pennsylvania,  the  Knights 
Templar,  and  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church. 


J.  VANCE  GRAFT. 


The  life  of  J.  Vance  Graft,  general 
superintendent  of  the  Uniontown  Water 
Company,  has  been  one  of  busy  achieve- 
ment. Mr.  Graft  was  born  in  Dunbar 
township,  Fayette  county,  Pa.,  Novem- 
ber 3,  1860,  the  son  of  Samuel  and  Mary 
Graft.  He  received  the  foundation  for 
his  business  career  in  the  public  schools. 
At  first  he  learned  the  printing  business 
and  then  studied  civil  engineering.  He 
then  took  up  the  practical  side  of  rail- 
roading; engaged  in  the  milling  busi- 
ness for  two  years,  and  the  foundry  and 
store  business  for  10  years.  For  six 
years  he  was  a  traveling  salesman.  Then 
he  became  general  superintendent  of  the 
Uniontown  Water  Company,  which 
position  he  has  held  for  12  years.  In 
that  time  the  Uniontown  plant  has  been 
practically  rebuilt,  two  of  their  largest 
reservoirs  having  been  constructed, 
three  others  reconstructed,  and  the 
water  system  perfected.  Mr.  Graft  has 
spent  29  years  in  Uniontown.  July  16, 
1884,  he  married  Miss  Henrietta  Miller, 
and  they  have  three  children. 


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JAMES  CLARK  WORK. 

James  Clark  Work,  of  Uniontown,  is  the  Judge  of  the  Orphans'  Court  of  Fayette 
county,  which  office  he  has  held  continuously  since  the  creation  of  the  court  in  1007. 

He  was  born  on  the  farm  he  now 
owns  in  Dunbar  township,  Fayette 
county,  Pennsylvania,  February  8,  1859, 
the  sixth  child  of  John  and  Sarah  (Mc- 
Laughlin) Work.  He  was  graduated 
from  Waynesburg  College.  In  1884  he 
entered  the  law  school  of  the  University 
of  Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor,  continuing 
one  year;  then  the  law  school  of  Yale 
University,  entering  the  senior  class. 
He  was  graduated  from  Yale  with  the 
degree  of  L.L.B.  in  1886.  Before  leav- 
ing New  Haven  he  passed  the  required 
examination  and  was  admitted  to  prac- 
tice in  the  Supreme  Court  of  Connecti- 
cut. 

Mr.  Work  then  returned  to  Fayette 
county,  locating  in  Uniontown,  entering 
there  the  office  of  Alfred  Howell,  then  a 
leader  of  the  Fayette  county  bar.  He 
familiarized  himself  with  Pennsylvania 
law  and  procedure,  and  on  December  6, 
1886,  was  admitted  to  the  Fayette  coun- 
ty bar.  He  practiced  law  alone  till  1889, 
when  he  formed  a  partnership  with 
William  A.  Hogg,  continuing  for  three 
years.     The  partnership  was  then  dissolved,  and  Mr.  Work  resumed  practice  alone. 

By  virtue  of  an  act  passed  by  the  Pennsylvania  Legislature  in  1907,  creating  an  Or- 
phans' Court  for  Fayette  county,  in  May  of  that  year  the  Governor  appointed  James 
Clark  Work  judge  of  that  court,  to  serve  until  a  successor  was  duly  elected  and  qualified. 
He  was  sworn  in  June  5,  1907. 

The  party  primaries  having  been  previously  held,  the  Republican  County  Commit- 
tee met  and  nominated  Judge  Work  to  succeed  himself.  The  Democratic  County  Com- 
mittee endorsed  the  nominator,  although  the  candidate  was  an  uncompromising  Repub- 
lican. The  Prohibition  party  and  the  Citizens'  party  also  endorsed  his  candidacy.  He, 
therefore,  proved  the  unanimous  choice  of  the  county,  and  thus  became  Judge  of  the 
Orphans'  Court  for  a  term  of  ten  years.  Prior  to  the  appointment  of  a  temporary  judge 
by  the  Governor,  and  after  the  passing  of  the  act  creating  the  Fayette  County  Orphans' 
Court  the  Bar  Association  of  Fayette  County  met  and  recommended  the  appointment  of 
James  Work  for  the  position. 

Judge  Work  is  a  staunch  Republican.  In  1893  he  was  chosen  chairman  of  the  Fay- 
ette County  Republican  Committee,  serving  until  1895.  Under  his  leadership,  in  1893. 
the  first  Republican  county  ticket  successfully  passed  the  ordeal  of  the  ballot  box.  The 
victory  was  duplicated  in  1894,  and  Fayette  county  passed  from  sure  Democratic  into  the 
list  of  debatable  counties.  Judge  Work  is  an  attendant  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Uniontown,  and  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason.  He  is  a  member  of  the  American, 
State  and  Fayette  County  Bar  Associations,  and  the  Uniontown  Country  and  Laurel 
Clubs.  He  is  a  trustee  of  Uniontown  Hospital  and  a  director  of  the  Second  National  Bank. 
He  was  married  April  16,  1903,  to  Mrs.  Elwina  (Null)  Fuller,  a  native  of  Westmoreland 
county,  the  daughter  of  Harrison  Null,  of  Greensburg. 

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JOHN  DUGGAN,  JR. 


A  prominent  lawyer  among  the 
younger  members  of  the  Fayette  county 
bar  is  John  Duggan,  Jr.,  of  Connells- 
ville.  Mr.  Duggan  was  born  in  Connells- 
ville,  Pa.,  August  12,  1884.  He  is  the 
son  of  John  Duggan  and  Madeline 
Duggan.  Mr.  Duggan  was  the  recipient 
of  a  liberal  education  before  he  began 
the  practice  of  law.  He  was  graduated 
from  the  Connellsville  schools  in  1901. 
He  then  attended  Georgetown  Universi- 
ty, located  at  Washington,  D.  C.  He 
completed  his  course  in  the  collegiate 
department  and  continued  on  in  the  law 
department.  From  the  latter  school  he 
was  graduated  in  1907.  He  was  admit- 
ted to  the  bar  of  Pennsylvania  in  1909. 
Mr.  Duggan  is  now  a  member  of  the 
board  of  law  examiners  of  Fayette  coun- 
ty. In  the  field  of  politics  he  holds  an 
important  position,  as  he  is  at  present 
acting  chairman  of  the  Republican 
County  Committee  in  Fayette  county. 
He  is  also  secretary  of  that  committee. 
At  the  Fayette  bar  he  stands  very  high 
and  has  been  unusually  successful. 


W.  R.  CARR. 


Walter  Russell  Carr,  youngest  son 
of  John  D.  and  Amanda  M.  (Cook) 
Carr,  was  born  in  South  Union  town- 
ship, Fayette  county,  May  3,  1885.  He 
was  graduated  from  Washington  and 
Jefferson  College,  Washington,  Pa.,  with' 
the  degree  of  B.  A.  in  1906.  The  degree 
of  M.  A.  was  conferred  by  the  college 
on  him  in  1909.  After  graduation  Mr. 
Carr  studied  law  with  his  brother, 
Wooda  N.  Carr,  and  in  1908  was  admit- 
ted to  the  Fayette  county  bar;  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  Pennsylvania  in  1910; 
to  the  Superior  Court  of  the  State  in 
1911,  and  to  the  United  States  Courts  in 
1910.  He  is  a  member  of  the  law  firm 
of  Carr  &  Carr;  and  is  among  the  fore- 
most of  the  young  men  practicing  at  the 
Fayette  bar,  and  is  in  demand  as  a  cam- 
paign orator.  He  is  a  Democrat;  was 
county  chairman  of  his  party  in  1910 
and  1911 ;  belongs  to  the  Masonic  Order, 
the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of 
Elks,  and  the  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles. 
He  is  a  member  and  vestryman  of  the 
Episcopal  Church. 


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WOODA  N.  CARR. 

Wooda  N.  Carr,  Congressman,  oldest  son  of  John  D.  and  Amanda  M.  (Cook)  Carr, 
was  born  in  old  Allegheny  City,  now  part  of  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  February  6, 
1871. 

Mr.  Carr  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Fayette  City,  Pa.  He 
went  to  Uniontown  with  his  parents  in 
1885,  completing  his  public  school 
studies  there.  He  then  entered  Madi- 
son College,  later  Monongahela  College, 
at  Jefferson,  Pa.,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in 
1891,  the  college  later  conferring  the 
degree  of  A.  M. 

Mr.  Carr  engaged  in  journalism  in 
Uniontown  after  graduation,  was  editor 
of  the  News  for  two  years,  now  con- 
solidated with  the  Standard  as  the 
Neivs-Standard.  He  then  became  editor 
of  the  Democrat,  continuing  until  1893, 
when  he  began  the  study  of  law  under 
D.  M.  Hertzog,  of  Uniontown. 

Mr.  Carr  was  admitted  to  the  Fay- 
ette county  bar  in  1895 ;  later  to  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  Pennsylvania,  and  to 
the  Federal  and  Supreme  Courts  of  the 
United    States.     He   has   been    actively 

engaged  in  practice  since  admission,  and  is  well  established  as  a  skillful  practitioner  and 
learned  lawyer.  Mr.  Carr  practiced  alone  until  1908;  then  formed  a  partnership  with 
his  brother,  Walter  Russell  Carr,  which  partnership  is  still  in  force. 

Mr.  Carr  now  represents  the  Twenty-third  district  in  Congress.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Committee  on  Appropriations,  which  is  a  distinction  for  a  new  member,  this  being  a 
powerful  committee.  He  has  always  been  a  factor  in  Democratic  politics  of  his  State  and 
district,  and  possesses  great  influence  with  the  party.  Mr.  Carr  ran  for  Congress  in 
1900,  but  was  defeated,  greatly  reducing  the  Republican  majority.  In  1902-1903  he  was 
chairman  of  the  Fayette  County  Central  Committee,  having  been  almost  continuously  a 
member  of  that  committee  since  entering  politics.  He  received  the  unanimous  nomina- 
tion of  his  party  for  Congress  in  1912,  and  was  elected.  He  is  a  frequent  delegate  to 
county,  district  and  State  conventions  of  his  party,  where  his  opinions  and  judgments 
are  always  sought. 

Mr.  Carr  is  a  Mason  of  distinction  and  prominent  in  the  Order  of  Elks.  He  is  an 
excellent  platform  orator,  possessing  the  rare  qualities  of  logical  eloquence  and  personal 
attraction.  He  is  a  powerful  advocate  of  any  cause  he  approves.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  and  finds  his  recreation  among  his  books,  owning  one  of  the  larg- 
est and  best  selected  libraries  in  the  State.  Mr.  Carr  is  a  member  of  the  State  and  Fay- 
ette County  Bar  Associations,  and  is  actively  interested  in  the  work  of  these  societies.  In 
1903  he  was  married  to  Julia,  daughter  of  John  W.  and  Margaret  Lenox  Kissinger,  of 
Brownsville. 


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GEORGE 
WHYEL. 


George  Whyel  is  president  of  the  Consolidated 
Connellsville  Coke  Company,  the  Monroe  Coal  Com- 
pany, the  Utility  Coal  Company,  and 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Whyel 
Coke  Company,  secretary  and  director 
of  the  Magee  Coke  Company,  and  director  in  the 
Clarksburg  Gas  Coal  Company,  Lafayette  Coal  Com- 
pany and  the  Littleton  Coal  Company.  In  1884  he  took 
charge  of  the  Smook  Mine.  During  his  six  years  there 
he  studied  at  night  school,  and  took  private  lessons  in 
civil  and  mining  engineering,  passing  the  examination 
for  first  grade  mine  foreman  certificate.  In  1890  he 
resigned  his  position  to  engage  in  mine  engineering. 
He  built  the  Calumet  plant,  now  owned  by  the  H.  C. 
Frick  Coke  Company,  and  a  number  of  other  large  coke 
plants.  The  Whyel  brothers  formed  the  Whyel  Coke 
Company,  of  which  they  are  sole  owners,  and  the  Con- 
solidated Connellsville  Coke  Company. 


HARRY 
WHYEL. 


Harry  Whyel  and  George  Whyel,  twin  brothers,  of 
Uniontown,  Pa.,  are  the  presidents  respectively  of  the 
Whyel  Coke  Company  and  the  Consoli- 
dated Connellsville  Coke  Company. 
They  were  born  in  Pittsburgh,  Febru- 
ary 24,  1863,  being  sons  of  Mathias  and  Christiana 
Louise  Whyel.  They  both  attended  public  schools,  but 
very  early  in  life  went  to  work  in  the  coal  mines  near 
Pittsburgh.  Harry  when  18  took  instruction  at  night, 
and  later  graduated  from  Duff's  Commercial  College. 
He  was  superintendent  of  the  Leith  Coke  Operation  of 
the  H.  C.  Frick  Coke  Company  for  14  years.  Then 
the  brothers  entered  into  coke  manufacture.  Harry 
Whyel  is  a  director  in  the  Southern  Supply  Company, 
Sewickley  Supply  Company,  Consolidated  Connellsville 
Coke  Company,  Lafayette  Coal  &  Coke  Company,  Mon- 
roe Coal  Company,  Utility  Coal  Company,  United  Fire 
Brick  Company,  Pickands-Magee  Company,  Citizens 
Title  &  Trust  Company,  and  is  president  and  a  director 
of  the  Clarksburg  Gas  Coal  Company. 


I.  H. 

BROWNFIELD. 


I.  H.  Brownfield,  of  Uniontown,  coal  and  coke 
operator,  first  followed  the  life  of  a  gentleman  farmer 
on  his  property  one  mile  from  Union- 
town,  which  has  been  in  his  family 
from  the  time  of  the  grant  of  William 
Penn,  and  where  he  still  resides.  He  was  born  on  that 
farm  January  17,  1861,  and  is  the  son  of  Isaac  Brown- 
field  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Brownfield  (nee  Beatty) . 
He  attended  the  South  Union  township  public  schools 
and  later  entered  Mt.  Union  College.  Twenty  years 
ago  he  made  his  first  coke  venture  at  Atlas,  Fayette 
county,  where  he  erected  a  large  plant  and  operated 
profitably.  He  disposed  of  his  holdings  and  acquired 
other  Fayette  county  property,  erecting  a  plant  that 
he  sold  to  the  Consolidated  Connellsville  Coke  Com- 
pany. Mr.  Brownfield  now  operates  a  coke  plant  in 
Westmoreland  county  and  two  coal  mines  in  Fayette 
county.     He  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason. 

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JAMES  R.  BARNES. 


James  R.  Barnes,  coal  operator  of  Uniontown  and  man  of  affairs,  is  one  of  the 
leading  figures  in  the  remarkable  growth  that  has  developed  the  unrivaled  coal  fields  of 
Western  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Barnes  stands  out  as  a  stalwart  figure.  He  has  been  asso- 
ciated with  J.  V.  Thompson  in  business  dealings,  and  other  prominent  men  of  the  times. 
He  is  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  born  July  9,  1860,  the  son  of  Staten  and  Martha  Ann 
(Tibbs)  Barnes.  His  education  began  at  the  Uniontown  public  schools,  and  he  has  sup- 
plemented this  by  self-study,  travel  and  broad  experience.  His  knowledge  of  the  coal 
and  coke  business  is  practical.  He  began  as  a  miner,  working  with  his  father  in  the 
mines  at  Hopwood.  He  versed  himself  in  the  details  of  the  business,  and  so  was  fitted 
for  his  later  position.  Mr.  Barnes  married  Miss  Martha  Belle  Frazee,  December  10, 
1883.  They  have  four  daughters  and  one  son.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Duquesne  Club 
of  Pittsburgh. 

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WILLIAM 

COOK 

M'KEAN. 


William  Cook  McKean,  a  son  of  Thomas  A.  and 
Martha  Ache  McKean,  was  born  at  McClellandtown, 
Fayette  county,  Pennsylvania,  March 
10,  1860.  He  studied  law  under  the  pre- 
ceptorship  of  Charles  E.  Boyle  and 
Stephen  Leslie  Mestrezat.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Fayette  county  bar  December  4,  1888, 
and  began  practice  in  Uniontown  with  John  Boyle,  son 
of  his  former  preceptor.  In  1897  Mr.  McKean  formed 
a  partnership  with  H.  L.  Robinson.  Mr.  McKean  has 
won  a  State-wide  reputation  as  a  lawyer,  and  has  busi- 
ness interests  of  importance  outside  of  his  profession. 
He  is  an  active  Democrat,  and  is  a  thirty-second  de- 
gree Mason.  He  married  Eladore  Stockdale,  of  Wash- 
ington county,  April  25,  1889.  She  died  May  3,  1890, 
and  December  20,  1899,  he  married  Miss  Emma  Yoder. 
Two  daughters  were  born.  Mr.  McKean  is  a  member 
of  the  Uniontown  Country  Club. 


CHARLES 

FREMONT 


Charles  Fremont  Kefover  was  born  in  Nicholson 
township,  Fayette  county,  Pa.,  January  12,  1864,  a  son 
of  William  and  Sarah  E.  Jackson  Kef- 
over. He  attended  public  schools  and 
had  a  private  tutor.  In  1888  he  studied 
kefover.  ]aw  under  Hon.  Nathanial  Ewing,  and 
in  1889  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Uniontown.  In  1903 
he  was  chosen  solicitor  of  Uniontown,  serving  until 
1910.  At  present  he  is  a  director  of  the  National  Bank 
of  Fayette  county,  a  director  and  secretary  of  the  Labor 
Brewing  Company  of  Uniontown.  He  is  a  Republican, 
and  has  served  on  the  Fayette  County  Executive  Com- 
mittee for  several  years.  During  his  career  he  has  won 
an  enviable  reputation  as  an  orator  in  political  cam- 
paigns, as  well  as  being  an  able  lawyer.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Uniontown  Country  Club,  and  of  the  Laurel 
Club  of  Uniontown.  He  is  president  of  the  Fayette 
Countv  Bar  Association. 


w.  J. 

STURGIS. 


W.  J.  Sturgis,  of  Uniontown,  was  born  April  18, 
1864,  at  Smithfield,  Fayette  county,  Pennsylvania,  the 
son  of  E.  A.  Sturgis  and  Elizabeth  Pat- 
ton  Sturgis.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Fayette  county  and  the 
Georges  Creek  Academy  of  Smithfield.  Leaving  the 
academy,  young  Sturgis  entered  the  University  of 
West  Virginia,  at  Morgantown,  where  he  completed 
his  education  preparatory  to  taking  up  his  life's  career. 
Mr.  Sturgis  first  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  practiced 
law  in  the  State  of  Kansas,  from  the  year  1885  to  1897. 
He  then  returned  to  Uniontown,  opened  an  office  and 
has  practiced  in  that  place  since.  Owing  to  an  excel- 
lent knowledge  of  the  law  and  close  application  to  work, 
Mr.  Sturgis  has  built  an  enviable  practice.  April  8, 
1891,  he  was  married  to  Maud  W.  Donnell,  of  Beloit, 
Kansas.  The  couple  have  three  children.  Mr.  Sturgis 
is  a  member  of  the  Uniontown  Country  Club. 

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WILLIAM  ARTHUR  STONE. 


William  Arthur  Stone  is  one  of  the 
leading  coal  and  coke  operators  of  Fay- 
ette county.  He  was  born  in  Carl  coun- 
ty, Missouri,  July  17,  1870,  but  for 
thirty  years  he  has  been  situated  in 
Fayette  county.  He  is  the  son  of  Zana 
and  Solon  Stone.  Mr.  Stone  was  edu- 
cated in  the  common  schools  and  has 
supplemented  that  education  by  his 
close  study  of  the  affairs  of  the  business 
world.  His  success  has  not  been  lim- 
ited alone  to  his  ventures  in  the  coal  and 
coke  business.  Mr.  Stone  is  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Citizens  Title  &  Trust  Com- 
pany of  Fayette  county ;  president  of  the 
Waltersburg  Coke  Company;  president 
of  the  Prospect  Coal  and  Coke  Com- 
pany; president  of  the  Hiorra  Coke  and 
Uniontown  Grocery  Company,  and  a  di- 
rector of  the  A.  E.  Staley  Manufactur- 
ing Company  of  Decatur,  Illinois.  Mr. 
Stone's  reputation  for  business  sagacity 
and  expert  knowledge  of  the  coal  and 
coke  industry  is  by  no  means  limited  to 
Fayette  county,  but  extends  throughout 
the  State. 


P.  A.  JOHNS. 

Peter  A.  Johns,  business  man  and 
politician  of  Fayette  county,  was  born 
October  13,  1861,  in  Uniontown,  the  son 
of  Major  Peter  A.  Johns  and  Mrs.  Su- 
san (nee  Mariette)  Johns.  He  attend- 
ed the  public  schools  and  graduated 
from  the  Madison  Academy,  at  Union- 
town.  In  1886  he  became  deputy  sher- 
iff of  Fayette  county  and  was  later  ap- 
pointed court  crier.  From  1889  to  1892 
he  was  deputy  revenue  collector ;  he  then 
engaged  in  the  hotel  business.  In  1899 
he  was  elected  register  and  recorder  of 
deeds,  as  a  Republican,  in  Fayette  coun- 
ty. After  the  term  of  three  years,  Mr. 
Johns  again  went  into  the  hotel  busi- 
ness. He  was  elected  sheriff  of  Fay- 
ette county  in  1907.  He  was  the  first 
sheriff  of  Fayette  county  to  appoint  a 
woman  deputy.  Mr.  Johns  is  a  life 
member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protec- 
tive Order  of  Elks,  and  a  trustee  of  the 
Uniontown  lodge.  He  married  Mary 
Knight  Cunningham,  of  Uniontown, 
September  20,  1882.  There  are  two 
children. 


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ROBERT    S. 
M'CRUM. 


Robert  S.  McCrum,  business  man  and  Burgess  of 
Uniontown,  was  born  March  17,  1857,  in  Pike  county, 
Mo.  His  parents  were  James  McCrum 
and  Lydia  (nee  Wagner)  McCrum.  In 
1871  he  went  with  his  sister  to  Fayette 
county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  secured  a  normal 
school  education.  He  passed  the  examination  for  pub- 
lic school  teacher,  and  taught  school  in  Fayette  county 
for  three  years.  Mr.  McCrum  was  engaged  in  the  mer- 
cantile business  from  1887  until  1897,  when  he  was 
elected  commissioner  of  Fayette  county.  When  the 
term  expired  he  engaged  in  the  fire  insurance  business, 
and  was  elected  president  of  the  board  of  fire  under- 
writers for  Fayette  county  in  1903,  and  still  holds  that 
office.  In  1909  he  was  elected  Burgess  of  Uniontown, 
for  a  term  of  three  years.  Mr.  McCrum  was  married 
in  1876  to  Miss  Nannie  Sproul,  of  Fayette  county. 
There  is  one  son,  Lloyd  G.  McCrum,  of  Somerset,  Pa. 


Albert  Gaddis,  originator  of  the  flour  milling  in- 
terests in  Uniontown  and  coal  magnate,  was  born  in 
Franklin  township,  Fayette  county,  May 
albert  3Q>    lg49>    Mr>   Qa(jdis   started   in  the 

GADDIS.  grocery  business  in  Monongahela  City. 

With  his  brothers-in-law,  B.  V.  and  Samuel  W.  Jones, 
he  built  the  Uniontown  mill.  In  1906  their  partner- 
ship was  dissolved.  Mr.  Gaddis  is  a  director  and  vice- 
president  of  the  Waltersburg  Coke  Company,  Prospect 
Coke  Company,  president  of  the  W.  A.  Stone  Coal  & 
Coke  Company,  director  of  the  Fayette  Real  Estate 
Company,  president  of  the  Uniontown  Building  & 
Loan  Company,  president  of  the  Gaddis  Coal  Company, 
director  and  vice-president  of  the  Uniontown  Grocery 
Company,  organizer  and  president  of  the  Citizens  Title 
&  Trust  Company,  and  a  director  of  the  Belton  Coal 
Company.  Mr.  Gaddis  is  a  strong  Prohibitionist.  He 
belongs  to  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 


EDWARD 

CARTER 

HIGBEE. 


Edward  Carter  Higbee  was  born  October  28,  1869, 
in  Jefferson  township,  Fayette  county,  Pa.,  the  son  of 
Israel  J.  Higbee  and  Eliza  Higbee.  He 
studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  prac- 
tice at  the  Fayette  county  bar  June  11, 
1897,  and  later  at  the  bar  of  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  Pennsylvania  and  in  the  United  States 
Courts.  He  is  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Sterling, 
Higbee  &  Matthews,  and  a  director  of  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Connellsville.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
school  board  of  Connellsville  from  1901  until  1906,  and 
was  largely  responsible  for  the  efficient  reorganization 
of  the  Connellsville  schools.  Mr.  Higbee  was  appointed 
by  Geo.  W.  Guthrie  a  member  of  the  Democratic  Com- 
mittee to  draft  legislation  in  1903.  He  is  a  thirty-sec- 
ond degree  Mason.  Mr.  Higbee  married  Miss  Emma 
Lint  September  22,  1897.    There  are  five  children. 


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W.  E.  CROW. 


William  Evans  Crow  was  born  on  a 
farm  in  German  township,  Fayette 
county,  Pennsylvania,  on  March  10, 
1870.  In  1890,  he  graduated  from  the 
Southwestern  State  Normal  School. 
Later  he  went  to  Waynesburg  College. 
For  three  years  he  was  engaged  in 
newspaper  work.  Then  he  studied  law 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1895. 
In  the  following  year  he  was  appointed 
Assistant  District  Attorney.  In  1898  he 
was  elected  District  Attorney  for 
three  years.  From  the  time  he  attained 
his  majority  he  took  an  active  interest 
in  politics.  Soon  he  was  acknowledged 
to  be  a  local  Republican  leader.  He  was 
a  delegate  to  various  State  conventions. 
The  Republicans  of  the  Thirty-second 
district,  Fayette  county,  in  1906,  nomi- 
nated Crow  for  State  Senator.  He  was 
elected  by  a  plurality  of  2,484.  In  the 
legislative  session  of  1907,  William 
Evans  Crow  was  chairman  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Federal  Relations.  He  has 
been  continuous^  re-elected  ever  since. 


BRUCE  F.  STERLING. 


Bruce  Foster  Sterling  was  born 
September  28,  1870,  at  Masontown, 
Pa.,  a  son  of  Christian  C.  and  Rebecca  T. 
Sterling.  He  graduated  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  West  Virginia  law  department 
in  1895.  In  1897  he  was  admitted  to 
practice  in  Fayette  county,  Pa.  In  1900 
he  formed  a  law  partnership  with  E.  C. 
Higbee,  under  the  firm  name  of  Sterling 
&  Higbee,  which  continued  for  several 
years,  and  was  later  joined  by  Ross  S. 
Matthews,  the  firm  name  then  becom- 
ing Sterling,  Higbee  &  Matthews.  In 
1906  Mr.  Sterling  was  elected  from  the 
First  legislative  district  of  Fayette 
county  to  the  Legislature.  December  4, 
1889,  Mr.  Sterling  was  married  to  Miss 
May  Conner,  of  Masontown,  Pa.  They 
have  three  children.  Mr.  Sterling  is  a 
life  member  of  the  Uniontown  Lodge  of 
Elks;  he  is  a  member  of  Fayette  Lodge 
of  F.  &  A.  M.,  Union  Chapter  No.  165, 
R.  A.  M. ;  Uniontown  commandery  No. 
49,  K.  T. ;  Uniontown  Lodge  of  Perfec- 
tion, A.  A.  S.  R.,  and  Pittsburgh  Con- 
sistory. 


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CHARLES  F.  EGGERS. 


Charles  F.  Eggers,  president  of  the 
Charles  F.  Eggers  Company,  lumber 
dealers  of  Uniontown,  was  born  in  old 
Allegheny  May  5,  1860.  He  attended  the 
Allegheny  public  schools.  When  14 
years  of  age,  he  learned  box  making. 
In  January,  1880,  Mr.  Eggers  went  to 
Bellevernon,  working  for  the  R.  C. 
Schmertz  Glass  Company,  and  later,  for 
14  years,  was  manager  of  the  box  de- 
partment. In  1894  he  formed  a  part- 
nership with  S.  N.  Graham,  as  Eggers 
&  Graham,  and  entered  the  contracting 
and  building  work.  Three  years  later 
he  established  a  lumber  yard  and  build- 
ers' and  contractors'  supply  store  at 
Monessen,  and  in  1901  a  branch  was 
established  in  Uniontown.  In  1907  Mr. 
Eggers  bought  out  Mr.  Graham's  inter- 
est. In  1912  he  established  the  Charles 
F.  Eggers  Company,  with  himself  as 
president  and  Alson  C.  Eggers  as  secre- 
tary and  treasurer.  Since  1901  Mr. 
Eggers'  building  operations  have  been 
large  and  extensive.  In  later  years  his 
company  has  handled  lumber  ex- 
clusively. 


J.  C.  FULTON. 


John  Charles  Fulton,  specialist  in 
church  architecture  and  church  plans, 
was  born  in  Buena  Vista,  Allegheny 
county,  Pa.,  February  11,  1856.  His 
parents  were  James  Fulton  and  Mary 
(nee  Markle)  Fulton.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  and  by  private 
tutors.  During  early  life  he  resided  in 
Sewickley,  Pa.,  and  in  Irwin,  Pa.  He 
studied  architecture,  and  as  an  architect 
became  known  in  all  parts  of  the  coun- 
try. Among  his  important  buildings  is 
the  court  house  at  Somerset,  Pa.  He 
has  designed  and  constructed  buildings 
as  far  west  as  Seattle  and  Tacoma  in 
the  State  of  Washington.  Mr.  Fulton  is 
also  interested  in  the  banking  business 
and  in  the  coke  industry.  He  is  director 
in  the  Citizens  Title  &  Trust  Company, 
the  Connellsville  Consolidated  Coke 
Company  and  the  Waltersburg  Coke 
Company.  He  is  a  thirty-second  degree 
Mason,  and  belongs  to  the  Uniontown 
Country  Club.  In  1889  he  married  Miss 
Mary  E.  Ray.     There  are  two  children. 


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H.  G.  STURGIS. 


Harold  Greene  Sturgis,  son  of  Orin 
Jones  Sturgis,  deceased,  and  Isa  Dora 
Greene-Sturgis,  was  born  at  Uniontown, 
Pa.,  October  9,  1887.  He  had  the  ad- 
vantage of  the  usual  common  school 
education  and  afterwards  received  the 
necessary  training  in  high  school  and 
preparatory  courses  to  enable  him  to 
enter  Brown  University,  at  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  in  the  fall  of  1905.  Fol- 
lowing a  four  years'  course  in  bachelor 
of  arts  work,  Mr.  Sturgis  spent  a  se- 
mester at  Cornell  University,  during  the 
winter  of  1909-'10.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch  is  president  of  the  News  Publish- 
ing Company  and  is  managing  editor  of 
the  Daily  News  Standard,  established  in 
1888,  this  being  the  first  daily  newspa- 
per in  Fayette  county.  It  was  founded 
by  Mr.  Sturgis'  father.  Mr.  Sturgis  is 
assistant  church  clerk  and  secretary  of 
the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Great  Beth- 
el Baptist  Church,  of  Uniontown;  be- 
longing also  to  the  Uniontown  Tennis 
Club,  the  University  Club  of  Uniontown 
and  the  Delta  Phi  college  fraternity. 


F.  M.  SEMANS. 

Francis  Marion  Semans,  Jr.,  is  as- 
sistant cashier  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Uniontown.  Mr.  Semans  was 
born  in  Hopwood,  Fayette  county,  Pa., 
July  7,  1869,  the  son  of  Francis  Marion 
Semans  and  Mrs.  Mary  Jane  Semans 
(nee  Sutton).  After  finishing  his  studies 
in  the  public  schools,  he  took  a  special 
course  at  the  State  Normal  School  at 
California,  and  was  graduated  in  1887. 
He  then  spent  two  years  as  a  teacher. 
In  1889  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
First  National  Bank,  and  after  he  had 
been  there  for  10  years  he  was  promoted 
to  the  position  of  assistant  cashier.  Mr. 
Semans  is  a  member  of  the  First  Pres- 
byterian Church  of  Uniontown,  and  a 
Democrat  in  politics.  He  is  a  Mason 
and  he  belongs  to  the  Pittsburgh  Con- 
sistory. He  is  a  member  of  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  of  the  State  Y.  M.  C.  A., 
the  Uniontown  Laurel  Club,  the  Union- 
town  Country  Club,  the  Duquesne  Club 
of  Pittsburgh  and  the  Pittsburgh  Ath- 
letic Association. 


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JAMES  R.  CRAY. 

James  Robert  Cray,  youngest  son 
of  James  and  Margaret  (Meehan)  Cray, 
was  born  at  Darlington,  Beaver  county, 
Pennsylvania,  March  8,  1860.  He 
studied  law  in  Uniontown  under  Judge 
S.  L.  Mestrezat,  and  in  1892  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  of  Fayette  county.  He 
has  also  been  admitted  to  the  State  and 
United  States  courts.  He  is  counsel  for 
the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railroad,  the 
Western  Maryland  Railroad  and  many 
industrial  and  public  service  corpora- 
tions. He  is  president  of  the  Union 
Connellsville  Coke  Company,  the  Puri- 
tan Coke  Company;  treasurer  of  the 
Wallace  Coal  &  Coke  Company;  vice- 
president  of  the  Second  National  Bank 
of  Uniontown,  and  director  of  the 
Uniontown  Chamber  of  Commerce.  Mr. 
Cray  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Co- 
lumbus and  the  Pennsylvania  Society, 
the  Laurel  and  the  Uniontown  Country 
Clubs.  He  served  three  terms  as  chair- 
man of  the  Fayette  County  Democratic 
Committee.  June  22,  1893,  he  married 
Catheren  Lynch,  of  Uniontown.  They 
have  three  daughters. 

JOHN  J.  GIBSON. 

John  J.  Gibson  is  among  the  best  known  general 
contractors  in  the  State  of  Pennsylvania.  He  was  born 
in  Sutton,  W.  Va.,  November  27,  1872,  being  the  son  of 
Dr.  N.  G.  and  Mrs.  Lorena  C.  Gibson.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Sutton.  He  first  learned 
the  trade  of  stone  cutter  and  worked  at  that  trade  for 
a  number  of  years.  After  a  time  he  entered  the  busi- 
ness firm  of  Ingram  &  Gibson,  contractors,  in  Union- 
town,  when  he  first  located  there.  That  partnership 
dissolved  in  1908,  and  then  Mr.  Gibson  organized  the 
South  Penn  Building  Company,  general  contractors. 

Ingram  &  Gibson  built  seven  of  the  great  coal 
plants  in  Western  Pennsylvania.  The  new  company 
has  also  built  several  such  plants,  and  in  addition  some 
of  the  best  buildings  in  Uniontown,  including  the 
Uniontown  high  school  at  a  cost  of  $150,000,  the  North 
Uniontown  high  school,  St.  John's  parochial  school,  the 
new  West  Penn  terminal  station,  the  Gaiety  theatre  on  Main  street  and  many  of  the  big- 
gest residences,  including  those  of  F.  M.  Semans  and  M.  H.  Bowman. 

He  has  also  built  the  new  Tuberculosis  Hospital  and  the  Isolation  Ward  Nurses 
Home.  In  the  course  of  the  last  12  years  Mr.  Gibson  has  supervised  the  construction  of 
more  than  6,000  homes  at  the  coke  plants  of  the  large  operating  coke  companies. 

The  South  Penn  Building  Company,  of  which  Mr.  Gibson  is  president,  occupies  a 
large  property  almost  in  the  heart  of  Uniontown,  and  also  operates  a  large  and  modern 
sawmill.  To  Mr.  Gibson's  remarkable  energy  is  largely  due  the  success  he  has  made  early 
in  life. 


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CHARLES  LEIDY  SNOWDON. 

Charles  Leidy  Snowdon  is  one  of  Brownsville's  well-known  business  men.  He  was 
born  in  Brownsville  June  25,  1854,  and  is  a  son  of  J.  N.  Snowdon  and  Eliza  J.  Snowdon. 
Charles  L.  Snowdon  was  educated  in  his 
native  town,  completing  his  studies  in 
the  high  school.  His  first  business  ex- 
perience was  obtained  in  a  general  store 
at  Brownsville,  where  he  remained  from 
1870  to  1876.  He  was  next  appointed 
teller  of  the  Brownsville  Dollar  Savings 
Bank,  where  he  remained  two  years. 

In  1878  he  was  employed  as  a  clerk 
in  the  Brownsville  &  Geneva  Packet 
Company,  in  which  capacity  he  was  en- 
gaged for  two  years.  In  1880  he  be- 
came interested  in  the  coal  trade  and 
connected  himself  with  J.  S.  Cunning- 
ham &  Co.,  the  firm  operating  the  Um- 
pire mines  at  Brownsville.  In  1881  he 
purchased  Mr.  Cunningham's  interest 
in  the  mine  and  became  its  managing 
owner.  This  mine  is  located  above  the 
mouth  of  the  Redstone  Creek.  In  1885, 
in  connection  with  his  brother-in-law,  F. 
T.  Hogg,  he  developed  the  Albany  mines, 
near  Brownsville.  In  1899  he  sold  all 
these  interests  to  the  Monongahela 
River  Company. 

Mr.  Snowdon  is  a  man  of  rare  busi- 
ness qualities,  quick  to  discern,  deliberate  in  his  decisions  and  enjoys  the  entire  confidence 
of  his  fellow  citizens,  who  have  shown  him  marked  tokens  of  their  esteem.  In  1887  he 
was  elected  a  director  of  the  Brownsville  Gas  Company.  In  1889  he  was  made  a  director 
of  the  Monongahela  National  Bank,  Brownsville,  and  in  1893  he  was  chosen  president  of 
that  institution,  an  office  which  he  still  holds.  This  bank  is  one  of  the  oldest  money  insti- 
tutions in  the  State  west  of  the  mountains,  and  since  its  charter,  in  1812,  it  has  never  sus- 
pended specie  payment,  and  has  paid  dividends  continuously  since  1813.  In  1890,  Mr. 
Snowdon  was  elected  a  director  of  the  Pittsburgh,  Brownsville  &  Geneva  Packet  Company, 
and  in  1898  was  made  its  president.  In  1892  he  organized  the  Brownsville  and  Bridgeport 
Water  Companies,  of  both  of  which  he  was  elected  president.  The  Queen  City  Coal  Com- 
pany, of  Cincinnati,  was  organized  in  1889,  at  which  time  he  was  elected  a  director,  and 
in  1890  he  was  made  its  president.  In  1892  he  was  elected  president  of  the  Pacific  Coal 
Company,  which  was  organized  to  transport  the  product  of  the  Queen  City  Coal  Company 
to  the  cities. 

Mr.  Snowdon  is  a  staunch  Republican.  He  has  declined  proffered  opportunities  for 
office,  once  for  the  nomination  for  Congress  from  his  district,  and  several  times  for  State 
offices.  But  he  takes  a  keen  interest  in  politics,  and  particularly  in  matters  looking  to  the 
advancement  of  Brownsville.  He  has  served  for  15  or  20  years  on  school  board  and  coun- 
cil, and  is  president  of  the  latter. 

Mr.  Snowdon  married  Miss  Elizabeth  B.  Hogg  June  26,  1879.  They  have  six  chil- 
dren. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Snowdon  are  communicants  of  Christ  Episcopal  Church,  of  which  the 
former  has  been  a  vestryman  for  30  years  and  senior  warden  for  15  years.  He  is  a  thirty- 
second  degree  Mason,  a  member  of  the  Duquesne  Club,  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Associa- 
tion, a  director  of  the  Exchange  National  Bank,  Pittsburgh,  and  has  other  large  interests. 


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WILLIAM 
H.    SMART. 


William  H.  Smart  was  born  September  4,  1869,  in 
New  York  State,  a  son  of  Thomas  and  Jane  Smart. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
the  State,  and  as  his  family  was  in  the 
glass  industry,  he  learned  the  me- 
chanical and  practical  sides  of  the  business.  At  the 
age  of  18  he  had  served  his  apprenticeship.  At  24  he 
was  manager  of  a  large  bottle  manufacturing  plant  at 
Bradford,  Pa.,  and  since  that  time  has  been  employed 
as  manufacturing  manager  and  sales  manager  for 
various  concerns  until  1907,  when,  with  his  brother,  he 
founded  the  Keystone  Bottle  Manufacturing  Company, 
of  Uniontown.  Mr.  Smart  is  president  and  general 
manager  of  the  concern.  His  brother,  George  W. 
Smart,  is  superintendent.  Mr.  Smart  travels  exten- 
sively, to  solicit  trade,  and  is  well  known  in  the  terri- 
tory supplied  by  his  company,  including  New  York  and 
even  the  New  England  States. 


HENRY 


Henry  Fusarini  was  born  in  Milan,  Italy,  June  18. 
1869,  a  son  of  Dominick  and  Julia  Fusarini.  He  was 
graduated  from  the  University  of  Naples, 
as  a  civil  engineer,  and  after  practicing  as 
fusarini.  an  engmeer  for  years  became  professor  in 
the  High  Technical  school  in  Naples,  occupying  that  posi- 
tion for  three  years.  Then  he  came  to  the  United  States, 
in  1900.  Two  years  later  he  went  to  Uniontown,  where 
he  established  an  agency  for  the  various  steamship  com- 
panies. Mr.  Fusarini  is  the  proprietor  of  this  agency. 
He  is  associated  in  Uniontown  with  the  Fayette  Title  & 
Trust  Company.  Mr.  Fusarini  is  a  splendid  example  of 
the  success  of  intelligent  enterprise  by  a  foreigner  in  the 
United  States.  He  is  widely  known,  having  a  host  of 
friends  all  over  the  world,  as  he  has  traveled  extensively. 


THOMAS 

CALVIN 

JONES. 


Thomas  Calvin  Jones  was  born  in  Pittsburgh,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1860,  a  son  of  David  Jones  and  Elizabeth  (Con- 
way) Jones.  He  was  educated  first  in  the 
public  schools  of  that  city,  McKeesport 
Academy  and  Waynesburg  College;  he 
took  the  law  course  at  the  University  of 
Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor,  and  was  graduated  in  1884.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  Allegheny  county  bar  in  1885  and 
opened  and  now  maintains  offices  in  McKeesport  and  in 
Pittsburgh.  He  was  appointed  by  Governor  John  K. 
Tener  as  judge  of  the  County  Court  in  1911,  serving  that 
year.  For  some  years  he  was  city  solicitor  of  McKees- 
port and  is  president  and  a  trustee  of  McKeesport  public 
library.  In  1908  Governor  Stuart  appointed  him  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Perry  Memorial  Commission  and  he  was  re- 
tained by  Governor  Tener.  He  is  secretary  of  the  Com- 
mission. He  is  a  member  of  the  various  Masonic  orders. 
He  married  Miss  Minnie  E.  Muse  in  1889,  and  has  two 
sons  and  one  daughter. 

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JOSEPH  CAUFFIEL. 


Joseph  Cauffiel,  prominent  business  man  and  reform  progressive  mayor  of  Johns- 
town, Pa.,  is  one  of  the  most  picturesque  figures  in  the  State,  due  to  his  career  as  chief 
executive  of  Johnstown.  He  was  born 
in  Jenner  township,  Somerset  county, 
October  8,  1870,  being  the  seventh  son 
of  Daniel  M.  and  Mary  (Hammer) 
Cauffiel. 

His  birthplace  was  a  log  house  on 
his  father's  farm,  and  he  engaged  in 
work  on  farms  until  he  attained  his 
majority.  While  he  worked  he  also  at- 
tended school  and  secured  a  good  ele- 
mentary education.  Mayor  Cauffiel 
says  his  father  left  him  a  legacy  money 
cannot  buy,  namely,  the  training  "al- 
ways to  do  what  is  right."  His  wrork 
on  the  farm  left  him  rugged  in  health 
and  strenuous  in  disposition.  In  Janu- 
ary of  1892  he  moved  to  Pittsburgh 
and  attended  the  Iron  City  Business 
College.  After  that  Mayor  Cauffiel  re- 
turned to  Johnstown  and  entered  the 
real  estate  and  loan  business  April  4, 
1892.  He  now  conducts  an  extensive 
real  estate  and  loan  business.  In  his 
personal  control  he  has  nearly  $6,000,- 
000,  and  claims  no  individual  in  the 
State  conducts  a  business  of  such  dimen- 
sions. He  has  nearly  9,000  clients  throughout  the  country,  who  invest  in  mortgages 
through  him.  Although  in  business  under  the  firm  name  of  Cauffiel  Brothers,  Mayor 
Cauffiel  runs  the  business  exclusively  and  has  since  1902.  For  17  years  he  has  fought 
the  political  gang  interests  of  Johnstown,  and  was  elected  reform  Mayor  of  Johnstown 
on  the  Keystone  and  Progressive  Republican  tickets  in  1911.  He  has  always  fought  for 
the  rights  of  the  people,  but  never  mingles  in  ward  politics.  When  he  entered  the  race 
for  Mayor  it  was  the  result  of  a  popular  demand. 

His  defeat  of  the  "organization"  was  a  triumphant  victory.  His  has  been  a  clean 
civic  administration.  The  notorious  "red  light"  district  of  Johnstown  has  been  entirely 
wiped  out,  and  in  this  movement  he  has  been  supported  by  the  good  people  of  Johnstown. 
In  the  dispensing  of  justice  Mayor  Cauffiel  has  been  fearless  and  intelligent.  He  is 
considered  mayor  of  the  police  force  as  well  as  mayor  of  the  city. 

The  mayor  was  highly  instrumental  in  having  the  commission  form  of  city  govern- 
ment in  cities  the  size  of  Johnstown  provided  for  by  the  last  Legislature.  He  has  long 
advocated  the  municipal  ownership  of  public  utilities.  He  has  just  been  instrumental 
in  completing  a  satisfactory  agreement  with  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company  by 
which  that  concern  is  to  make  improvements  in  Johnstown  and  vicinity  aggregating  ap- 
proximately $3,000,000.  The  improvement  is  to  include  elevated  trackage,  a  new  stone 
bridge  over  the  river  and  a  $200,000  station.  This  very  municipal  problem  has  baffled 
Johnstown  mayors  for  years.  He  has  a  winning  personality  and  has  always  been  a  forci- 
ble and  effective  advocate  of  the  square  deal.  While  he  fights  the  vested  interests  when 
they  are  wrong,  they  are  assured  fair  play  when  their  questions  are  up  before  him  for 
executive  consideration.  The  mayor  has  a  family  of  four  children.  He  is  active  in  pro- 
gressive political  circles  throughout  the  State. 


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JAMES  W.  OVER. 


James  Watson  Over,  judge  of  the 
Orphans  court,  Fifth  Judicial  district, 
Pennsylvania,  was  born  April  11,  1843, 
in  Clarion  county,  Pa.  His  parents 
were  John  Over  and  Sarah  (nee  Wat- 
son) Over.  In  his  youth  he  industri- 
ously taught  school.  Then  he  studied 
law  with  Hon.  Christopher  Heydrick 
and  J.  D.  Hancock.  In  1862  he  enlisted 
in  the  Fifteenth  regiment,  Pennsylvania 
volunteers,  and  served  throughout  the 
war.  In  1867  Mr.  Over  located  in 
Pittsburgh  and  studied  law  under  Judge 
John  M.  Kirkpatrick  and  John  Mellon. 
He  was  enrolled  a  member  of  the  Alle- 
gheny county  bar  March  17,  1868.  In 
1881  an  additional  judge  was  provided 
for  the  Orphans  Court  of  Allegheny 
county,  and  Governor  Hoyt  commission- 
ed Mr.  Over  to  the  new  judgeship. 
Every  ten  years  thereafter  he  has  been 
elected  to  the  same  position.  Mr.  Over 
was  married  October  6,  1870,  to  Miss 
Nancy  Shurtleff.  He  resides  in  the  bor- 
ough of  Osborne  and  is  the  father  of  six 
children. 


J.  J- 

J.  J.  Miller,  Judge  in  Orphans' 
Court,  and  Equity  in  Common  Pleas 
Court,  was  born  in  Somerset  county, 
near  Somerset,  August  22,  1857,  the 
son  of  Jacob  D.  and  Barbara  Miller. 
Judge  Miller  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  Somerset  county,  and  began 
teaching  in  1871  at  the  age  of  14.  He 
later  attended  Somerset  Academy,  the 
Indiana  State  Normal  School,  from 
which  he  was  graduated,  and  the  law 
department  of  the  University  of  Vir- 
ginia. Recently  the  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Laws  was  conferred  on  Judge  Miller 
by  the  University  of  Pittsburgh.  While 
teaching  school  Judge  Miller  read  law 
under  William  J.  Baer,  president  judge 
of  the  Somerset  district.  In  1884  he 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Allegheny 
county.  In  1901  he  was  elected  to  the 
bench,  and  in  addition  to  his  work  in  Or- 
phans' Court  he  heard  and  disposed  of 
161  cases  in  Common  Pleas  Court  in 
Equity. 


MILLER. 


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He  is  the  son  of  William  J.  and 


JUDGE  CHARLES  D.  COPELAND. 

Judge  Charles  D.  Copeland,  of  the  Westmoreland  County  Orphans'  Court,  was  born 
in  Penn  township  of  that  county,  July  24,  1871. 
Caroline  Rosensteel  Copeland.  Unfor- 
tunately, his  mother  died  when  he  was 
but  eleven  years  old.  This  clouded  his 
early  life  and  made  his  struggle  for  edu- 
cation and  advancement  in  his  youth 
extremely  difficult.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  in  West  Newton  and 
Greensburg,  and  was  afterwards  a  stu- 
dent at  Franklin  &  Marshall  College, 
Lancaster,  Pa.  During  his  summer 
vacations,  beginning  in  1886,  he  worked 
with  the  Engineering  Department  of 
the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  and  was 
able,  in  a  few  years,  to  take  complete 
charge  of  a  corps  of  railroad  engineers. 
In  the  fall  of  1893  he  began  the  study  of 
the  law  under  the  late  D.  S.  Atkinson, 
and  in  1896  was  admitted  to  the  West- 
moreland county  bar.  In  the  meantime 
he  had  been  a  member  of  Company  "I" 
of  the  Tenth  Regiment,  and  when  the 
Spanish  -  American  War  broke  out, 
though  just  beginning  to  reap  the  hard- 
earned  fruits  of  professional  life,  he 
closed  his  office  and  went  with  the  regi- 
ment to  Manila.  Returning  in  1899,  he 
resumed  the  practice  of  law,  and  has  been  constantly  engaged  in  it,  and  has  been  remark- 
ably successful.  In  1911  he  was  endorsed  by  the  Democratic  party  for  the  office  of  Judge 
of  the  Orphans'  Court,  and  in  a  hard-fought  battle  won  a  victory  over  his  opponent,  being 
elected  in  a  strongly  Republican  county  by  a  majority  of  1,235  votes.  He  assumed  office 
on  the  first  Monday  of  January,  1912,  and  has  handled  the  immense  business  of  the  county 
in  the  Orphans'  Court  in  a  manner  that  has  pleased  and  gratified  his  supporters. 


RICHARD 

SMITH 

HOLT. 


Richard  Smith  Holt,  president  judge  of  the  Beaver 
county  court,  is  the  son  of  Samuel  J.  Holt  and  Mary  A. 
Taylor  Holt,  formerly  of  Vanport, 
where  he  was  born  December  15,  1860. 
He  was  reared  on  a  farm  in  Brighton 
township,  Beaver  county,  and  educated 
in  the  public  schools,  Peirsol's  Academy,  at  Bridge- 
water,  and  at  the  State  Normal  School,  at  Edinboro. 
After  finishing  his  law  studies,  Mr.  Holt  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  of  Beaver  county  May  7,  1888,  and  since  then 
his  rise  has  been  rapid.  As  an  ardent  Republican,  he 
was  selected  from  among  a  number  of  possibilities  as 
good  judicial  timber,  and  on  November  6,  1905,  he  was 
elected  as  president  judge  of  Beaver  county.  Judge 
Holt  holds  membership  in  the  Order  of  Independent 
Americans,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the 
Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Elks,  the  Knights  of  the  Golden 
Eagle  and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 


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W.  D.  HINCKLEY. 


Watson  D.  Hinckley,  president 
judge  of  the  Thirty-seventh  judicial  dis- 
trict of  Pennsylvania,  was  born  in  Fre- 
donia,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York, 
March  17,  1854,  the  son  of  George  Dex- 
ter Hinckley  and  Roseanna  J.  Hinckley. 
He  was  graduated  in  1878  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan  with  the  degree  of 
Ph.B.  He  then  removed  to  Bradford, 
Pa.,  and  began  the  practice  of  law  in 
1881.  July  1,  1882,  he  removed  to  War- 
ren, Pa.,  practicing  law  in  Warren  coun- 
ty. There  he  became  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Whetmore,  Noyes  &  Hinckley. 
This  firm  later  changed  to  Noyes  & 
Hinckley,  and  afterward  it  became 
known  as  Hinckley  &  Rice.  In  July, 
1910,  Governor  E.  S.  Stuart  appointed 
him  president  judge  of  the  Thirty- 
seventh  district,  and  he  was  elected  to 
the  same  office  in  November,  1911,  for  a 
term  of  ten  years.  He  is  a  trustee  of 
the  Struthers  Library  building,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Warren  Shakespeare 
Club,  the  Conewango  Club  and  is  a 
communicant  of  the  First  M.  E.  Church. 


HON.  JOHN  W.  REED 

John  Walker  Reed,  Judge  of  the 
Fifty-fourth  District,  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  Clarion,  Pa.,  in  1875.  Fol- 
lowing his  admission  he  went  to  Brook- 
ville,  where  he  continued  in  the  practice 
of  law  for  two  years,  and  then  returned 
to  his  native  town  of  Clarion  and  prac- 
ticed there  until  1883.  After  a  stay  in 
North  Dakota  he  returned  to  Clarion  in 
1884,  practiced  there  until  1895,  when 
he  moved  to  Brookville.  Judge  Reed 
was  born  in  Clarion  May  13,  1853 :  he 
was  educated  at  schools  there  and  by 
home  study.  He  was  nominated  for  the 
bench  on  the  Republican  ticket  June  17, 
1895,  within  two  months  after  moving 
into  the  newly  created  Fifty-fourth  Dis- 
trict, and  appointed  by  the  Governor 
the  same  day.  He  was  elected  at  the 
polls,  and  in  1905  he  was  re-elected.  As 
a  judge  few  of  his  decisions  have  been 
reversed  by  the  Appellate  Courts.  He 
is  a  Mason,  an  Odd  Fellow,  a  Knight  of 
Pythias,  and  a  member  of  the  Brook- 
ville Country  Club. 


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JOHN  MOFFITT  KENNEDY. 

John  Moffitt  Kennedy,  distinguished  attorney  and  for  20  years  a  Judge  of  the 
Common  Pleas  Court  of  Allegheny  county,  comes  of  cultured  and  sturdy  stock.  Often 
wealth  inherited  from  a  father  proves 
the  undoing  of  a  son.  But  no  inherit- 
ance of  health,  right  living  and  honesty, 
however  large,  ever  handicapped  a 
young  man  in  the  battle  of  life.  On  his 
father's  side  Judge  Kennedy  is  of 
Scotch-Irish  descent.  His  grandparents 
were  God  fearing,  upright  citizens  of  a 
tiny  hamlet  in  the  north  of  Ireland.  In 
1795  they  emigrated  to  Baltimore,  Md. 
The  grandfather  rendered  distinguished 
services  in  the  war  of  1812.  A  soldier 
ancestor  is  usually  an  inspiration  to  a 
young  man.  Judge  Kennedy  is  no  ex- 
ception. 

Judge  Kennedy's  father  was  a 
physician,  graduating  at  St.  Mary's 
College  in  Baltimore.  Later  Dr.  Ken- 
nedy moved  to  Oxford,  Chester  county, 
Pa.,  where  he  practiced  his  profession 
till  his  death.  Judge  Kennedy's  ma- 
ternal grandparents  came  from  Scot- 
land and  settled  in  Cecil  county,  Mary- 
land, subsequently  moving  to  Chester 
county,  Pa.  Dr.  John  Kennedy  and 
Mary  Dickey  were  married  in  Chester 
county  in  1826,  and  there  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  their  son,  John  Moffitt,  was  born  on 
September  19,  1833. 

Judge  Kennedy  graduated  from  Jefferson  College  in  1855  and  then  taught  school  at 
Boonville,  Missouri,  while  he  studied  law  under  the  direction  of  Judge  Miller,  whose 
daughter  he  afterward  married.  After  practicing  law  at  Boonville  for  a  year  he  came 
to  Pittsburgh  in  1864  and  entered  the  office  of  A.  H.  Miller,  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Allegheny  county  bar. 

By  his  personal  magnetism,  absolute  integrity,  strong  common  sense  and  unusual 
judgment  of  human  nature,  as  well  as  by  his  close  attention  to  business,  Judge  Kennedy 
won  the  confidence  and  respect  of  all  who  came  in  contact  with  him.  His  practice 
steadily  grew  till  it  became  one  of  the  best  at  the  bar.  While  that  practice  was  gen- 
eral, he  became  especially  proficient  as  a  practitioner  under  the  bankruptcy  act  of  1867, 
in  which  field  he  stood  at  the  very  front  of  the  bar. 

In  1891  a  third  Common  Pleas  Court  was  organized  in  Allegheny  county,  and  he  was 
selected  as  the  representative  of  the  majority  party.  On  the  bench  he  brought  to  the 
discharge  of  his  official  duties  a  thorough  knowledge  of  law  and  equity,  a  passion  for 
justice,  a  rigid  integrity,  a  business  experience  and  strong  common  sense  which  made  his 
administration  a  signal  success,  and  brought  him  a  practically  unanimous  re-election. 

At  the  close  of  1911  Judge  Kennedy,  in  spite  of  the  urgent  protests  of  the  bar  and 
the  community,  declined  a  re-election,  and  after  20  years  on  the  bench,  retired  to  private 
life,  taking  with  him  the  affection  of  the  bar  and  the  esteem  of  the  community. 

Judge  Kennedy  belongs  to  few  clubs,  caring  little  for  formal  organizations  for  the 
purpose  of  promoting  good  fellowship,  preferring  to  call  all  men  his  friends. 


4i 


JAMES  H.  BEAL. 

The  Keystone  State  boasts  of  some  lawyers  of  national  repute,  whose  discerning 
practice  has  brought  them  extensive  recognition,  and  among  this  coterie  of  legal  experts 
is  James  H.  Beal,  a  practitioner  of  Pittsburgh.  In  the  large  number  of  lawyers  practic- 
ing at  the  Allegheny  county  bar,  possibly  none  has  a  higher  rating  than  Mr.  Beal. 

He  is  the  son  of  William  and  Mary  Livingston  Beal.  For  years  he  has  been  a  prom- 
inent figure  in  the  important  activities  of  the  Smoky  City.  His  education  was  secured 
mainly  in  the  public  schools.  This  was  largely  amplified  by  private  study  and  the  read- 
ing of  law,  preliminary  to  Mr.  Beal's  admission  to  the  bar. 

In  Pittsburgh  Mr.  Beal  is  associated  with  the  firm  of  Reed,  Smith,  Shaw  &  Beal,  one 
of  the  most  prominent  coalitions  of  lawyers  in  the  entire  State  of  Pennsylvania.  The 
firm,  of  which  he  is  a  leading  member,  occupies  a  unique  place  in  Allegheny  county, 
where  it  has  attracted  considerable  attention  by  reason  of  its  history. 

The  predecessor  of  the  prosperous  firm  of  Reed,  Smith,  Shaw  &  Beal,  and  the  coali- 
tion from  which  the  latter  firm  sprung  up,  was  the  prominent  firm  of  Knox  &  Reed. 
That  organization  was  the  one  in  which  former  United  States  Senator  P.  C.  Knox,  one 
of  Pennsylvania's  representatives  in  the  higher  congressional  body,  was  a  leading  mem- 
ber. The  entry  of  Mr.  Knox  into  public  life  finally  caused  a  serverance  of  his  connec- 
tion with  the  Pittsburgh  firm,  for  he  was  forced  to  give  up  his  practice  of  the  law  when 

he  became  Secretary  of  State. 

Accordingly  this  leading  firm,  with  Mr.  Beal  as  one  of  its  most  prominent  members, 
was  organized.  Mr.  Beal,  with  his  firm  associates,  has  conducted  some  of  the  most  im- 
portant and  exacting  legal  actions  brought  in  this  country.  He  is  considered  an  expert 
in  corporation  practice,  and  has  established  an  enviable  record  in  his  representation  of 
some  of  the  biggest  corporations  in  important  legal  actions. 

It  was  in  January,  1892,  that  he  was  admitted  to  the  Allegheny  county  bar,  and  his 
rise  to  a  place  of  prominence  was  rapid.  Just  four  years  after  his  admission  to  prac- 
tice, in  1896,  he  became  assistant  city  attorney  for  Pittsburgh.  This  place  he  filled  with 
success  until  1899.  While  serving  in  that  capacity  considerable  prominence  was  attached 
to  Mr.  Beal  and  his  ability  was  generally  recognized. 

Mr.  Beal  has  not  entirely  confined  his  efforts  to  the  practice  of  the  law,  but  has  been 
a  prominent  figure  in  the  business  life  of  the  Smoky  City.  He  is  at  present  a  director  in 
the  Pittsburgh  Coal  Company.  In  banking  circles  his  influence  is  extensive.  He  is  a 
director  in  the  Lincoln  National  Bank.  The  same  unusual  ability  and  shrewdness  has 
attached  to  his  business  ventures  as  to  his  legal  practice. 

In  the  club  life  of  Pittsburgh  and  that  of  New  York  city  Mr.  Beal  also  occupies  a 
prominent  place.  He  at  present  retains  membership  in  the  following  organizations : 
The  Duquesne  Club,  University  Club,  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association,  Pittsburgh  Coun- 
try Club,  the  Oakmont  Country  Club  and  the  Union  Club,  all  of  the  Pittsburgh  district ; 
the  New  York  Athletic  Club  and  the  Lawyers'  Club  of  New  York  city. 

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J.    H.    BEAL. 


43 


DAVID  T.  WATSON. 

David  T.  Watson  is  not  merely  a  Pittsburgher,  but  he  is  an  American  lawyer  of 
international  reputation.  He  was  born  in  Washington,  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania, 
January  2,  1844,  and  spent  the  early  part  of  his  life  in  that  town.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  and  then  enrolled  as  a  student  at  Washington  and  Jefferson  College,  in  Washing- 
ton, an  institution  which  has  the  unique  reputation  of  graduating  perhaps  more  famous 
men  for  the  size  of  its  student  body  than  perhaps  any  other  American  college. 

Mr.  Watson  graduated  high  in  his  class — that  of  1864.  Even  now,  students  at  W.  & 
J.  are  told  that  Mr.  Watson,  when  a  student,  was  taught  by  this  or  that  professor  still 
identified  with  the  college,  and  that  he  frequented  this  or  that  class  room,  as  a  sort  of 
good  omen  for  the  present-day  students  who  "sit"  under  like  circumstances. 

While  at  Washington  and  Jefferson,  Mr.  Watson  decided  to  take  up  the  study  of  law, 
and  to  enter  Harvard  law  school.  In  the  meantime,  the  Civil  War  broke  out,  however, 
and  he  considered  it  to  be  his  first  duty  to  serve  his  country.  Accordingly,  he  enlisted  in 
Company  B,  Fifty-eighth  Pennsylvania  Emergency  Regiment.  Later,  he  left  that  organ- 
ization to  become  a  member  of  Battery  D  in  Knapp's  Battalion  of  Independent  Artillery 
companies. 

Mr.  Watson  saw  considerable  service  during  the  course  of  the  two  years  during  which 
he  was  enlisted  as  a  soldier,  and  in  the  fall  of  1866  decided  to  resume  the  studies  he  had 
been  induced  to  leave  with  the  drum  call.  He,  therefore,  made  his  plans  to  enter  the 
Harvard  law  school,  which  he  did  in  the  fall  of  1866,  proving  to  be  one  of  the  most  bril- 
liant students  in  that  famous  institution. 

Mr.  Watson  graduated  from  the  law  school  the  same  year  in  which  he  entered,  a  re- 
markable performance.  He  then  took  the  examination  for  admission  to  the  bar  in  Boston, 
Mass.,  passing  it  successfully  and  being  admitted  to  practice  without  any  difficulty.  Mr. 
Watson  was  admitted  to  the  bar  before  he  had  been  graduated  from  Harvard — another 
unusual  performance  and  one  that  carries  with  it  a  great  amount  of  honor  and  distinction. 

After  practicing  in  Boston  for  a  period  covering  several  months,  Mr.  Watson  decided 
to  return  to  Pennsylvania,  his  native  State,  and  to  apply  for  admission  to  the  Allegheny 
county  bar.  Successfully  passing  this  examination,  also,  he  was  admitted  in  January, 
1867.  He  established  himself  in  Pittsburgh,  where  he  has  continued  to  practice  ever 
since. 

Since  beginning  his  professional  career  in  Pittsburgh,  Mr.  Watson  has  been  indenti- 
fled  with  some  of  the  most  interesting  and  complicated  legal  cases  that  have  ever  come 
before  the  judges  of  Allegheny  county,  and  for  many  years  has  been  looked  upon  as  one 
of  the  leading  legal  authorities  of  the  entire  country. 

Some  years  ago  Mr.  Watson  formed  a  partnership  with  John  M.  Freeman  and  since 
that  time  has  been  the  senior  member  of  the  firm  thus  created.  The  firm  is  known  as 
Watson  and  Freeman,  with  offices  in  the  St.  Nicholas  building. 

One  of  the  cases  which  added  to  the  fame  of  Mr.  Watson  was  that  of  the  Alaska  seal 
controversy.  The  boundary  rights  were  being  bitterly  disputed  between  England  and 
the  United  States  and  Mr.  Watson  became  the  United  States'  counsel  in  behalf  of  the 
Alaska  Boundary  Commission,  an  organization  formed  by  the  government  for  the  pur- 
pose of  taking  over  the  whole  troublesome  subject  and  settling  in  proper  fashion. 

In  the  tremendous  legal  controversy  that  followed,  Mr.  Watson  was  an  important 
factor  in  the  settlement  of  the  dispute.  The  case  attracted  the  attention  not  only  of  this 
country  and  England,  but  practically  the  whole  civilized  world,  as  the  matter  was  one  of 
great  importance,  while  the  legal  problems  involved  were  highly  interesting  to  the  law- 
yers and  judges  of  numerous  nations.  Following  the  production  of  masses  of  evidence, 
gathered  at  great  cost  by  both  sides  of  the  question  and  arguments  by  counsel  for  the 
countries  at  dispute,  the  matter  was  settled  in  such  a  way  as  to  cause  Americans  to  say 
they  received  the  better  of  the  dispute,  and  that  Mr.  Watson  had  been  exceedingly  influ- 
ential in  bringing  this  end  about. 

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THOMAS  P. 
TRIMBLE. 


Judge  Thomas  P.  Trimble  was  born  in  old  Alle- 
gheny, a  son  of  William  F.  and  Margaret  Ann  Trimble. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  the 
North  Side ;  spent  two  years  in  prepara- 
tory work  at  Westminster  College,  New 
Wilmington,  Pa.,  and  four  years  more  in  the  classical 
courses  at  the  same  college.  He  studied  law  under 
Attorney  John  S.  Robb,  Sr.,  and  on  March  17,  1894, 
was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  Allegheny  county 
courts.  Later  he  qualified  to  practice  in  the  Supreme 
and  Superior  Courts  of  the  State,  and  the  Circuit  and 
District  Court  of  the  United  States.  In  the  spring  of 
1913,  Governor  John  K.  Tener  appointed  him  Judge  of 
the  Orphans'  Court.  Judge  Trimble  is  a  member  of 
the  University,  Duquesne,  Americus,  Pittsburgh  Ath- 
letic and  Duquesne  Hunting  and  Fishing  Clubs,  and  is 
married,  the  father  of  four  daughters  and  one  son. 


JAMES 

M'FADDEN 

CARPENTER. 


James  McFadden  Carpenter,  who  by  unanimous  vote 
is  serving  his  second  term  as  president  of  the  Allegheny 
County  Bar  Association,  is  well  known 
throughout  the  State.  He  was  a  teacher  at 
the  age  of  seventeen  and  a  surveyor  while 
studying  law.  Among  his  important  cases 
was  the  one  in  which  was  established  the  right  to  drill 
for  oil  and  gas  in  land  underlaid  with  coal  owned  by  a 
third  party.  He  succeeded  in  cleaning  up  many  points  in 
dispute  under  the  old  mechanic's  lien  law  and  also  in  hav- 
ing the  well-known  Kennedy  school  bill  declared  uncon- 
stitutional. He  was  a  candidate  for  the  nomination  as 
Judge  of  the  Common  Pleas  Court  in  1911,  and  while  un- 
successful, secured  a  flattering  vote  of  about  30,000,  al- 
though not  supported  by  any  organization.  One  of  his 
marked  characteristics  is  his  ability  to  express  himself 
clearly  and  concisely. 


JOHN  H. 
JORDAN. 


John  H.  Jordan,  United  States  attorney  for  the 
western  district  of  Pennsylvania,  was  born  in  Bedford, 
Pennsylvania,  on  July  13,  1848,  and  is 
a  son  of  John  Reamer  Jordan  and  Susan 
Zembower  Jordan.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  birthplace,  and  studied  at  Bedford 
Classical  Institute.  He  was  graduated  at  Mt.  Union 
College,  Ohio,  in  July  1870,  with  the  B.  S.  degree,  and 
in  1873  the  degree  M.S.  was  conferred  upon  him.  On 
July  13,  1912,  Mt.  Union-Scio  College  conferred  the  de- 
gree of  LL.D.,  in  recognition  of  his  attainments  as  a 
lawyer.  From  the  time  he  left  college,  Mr.  Jordan 
devoted  his  entire  time  to  the  legal  profession.  He 
was  rewarded  on  April  20,  1909,  when  he  was  appoint- 
ed United  States  attorney  for  the  western  district  of 
Pennsylvania.  His  term  has  been  very  successful. 
Attorney  Jordan  is  a  member  of  the  Young  Men's  Re- 
publican Tariff  Club  of  Pittsburgh. 

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WILLIS  F.  McCOOK. 

Willis  F.  McCook,  counsel  for  and  organizer  of  great  corporations,  has  spent  prac- 
tically all  of  his  life  in  Pittsburgh  and  has  participated  in  the  forming  of  many  of  its  great 
enterprises. 

He  was  born  in  Lisbon,  Ohio,  Janu- 
ary 19,  1851,  the  son  of  Dr.  George  Lati- 
mer and  Kate  (Fisher)  McCook.  The 
family  moved  to  Pittsburgh  in  April, 
1851,  which  city  is  the  scene  of  Mr.  Mc- 
Cook's  legal  activities.  He  early  at- 
tended the  old  Grant  public  school, 
where  he  received  his  elementary  Eng- 
lish education.  His  classical  prepara- 
tion was  gained  at  the  Western  Pennsyl- 
vania University,  from  which  he  en- 
tered Yale  University  and  was  gradu- 
ated with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in  1873. 
Mr.  McCook  achieved  renown  for  four 
years  in  the  'Varsity  crew,  being  cap- 
tain for  two  years  and  was  their  first 
football  captain,  participating  in  the 
first  inter-collegiate  football  contest 
ever  held  in  this  country.  He  became  a 
law  student  in  the  office  of  Hampton 
Dalzell  in  Pittsburgh,  thence  completing 
the  course  in  Columbia  Law  School, 
New  York  City.  Returning  to  Pitts- 
burgh he  was  admitted  to  the  local  bar 
in  June,  1876,  taking  up  his  practice  in- 
dependently, and  so  continued  until  1910,  when  he  took 
ship  with  him. 

Early  in  his  career  Mr.  McCook  became  the  personal  counsel  of  Henry  C.  Frick  and 
T.  M.  Carnegie.  He  organized  the  Henry  C.  Frick  Coke  Company  at  the  time  when  the 
Carnegie  Steel  Company  took  an  interest  in  the  business  with  Mr.  Frick  and  his  associ- 
ates. Mr.  McCook  is  still  the  counsel  for  the  Frick  Coke  Company,  as  well  as  for  the 
United  States  Coal  and  Coke  Company  of  West  Virginia,  which  two  companies  represent 
all  of  the  fuel  interests  of  the  United  States  Steel  Corporation  in  Pennsylvania  and  West 
Virginia. 

Mr.  McCook  has  frequently  been  associated  with  Mr.  D.  T.  Watson  and  Mr.  John  G. 
Johnston.  He  was  counsel  for  Mr.  Frick  in  his  very  celebrated  fight  with  Andrew  Car- 
negie. He  has  also  represented  very  large  interests  in  the  oil  business,  especially  Mr.  J. 
M.  Guffey  and  the  Guffey  Petroleum  Company  of  Texas.  Mr.  McCook  has  represented 
for  some  time,  and  still  represents  the  Equitable  Life  Assurance  Society  of  New  York  in 
all  of  its  business  between  Philadelphia  and  Chicago.  He  has  also  participated  in  form- 
ing numbers  of  large  steel  combinations,  among  which  are  the  Republic  Iron  and  Steel 
Company  and  the  American  Steel  and  Wire  Company. 

Mr.  McCook  has  largely  retired  from  the  trial  of  cases  in  court  and  has  limited  his 
business  to  an  advisory  and  almost  exclusively  corporation  business.  He  is  a  director  in 
the  Pittsburgh  Steel  Company,  the  Equitable  Life  Assurance  Society  of  New  York,  the 
Duquesne  National  Bank,  the  Guarantee  Company  of  North  America,  the  Workingman's 
Savings  Bank  and  Trust  Company,  the  Pittsburgh  Steel  Products  Company,  Austro- 
American  Magnesite  Company  and  the  American  Refractories  Company.  He  is  a  trustee 
of  the  Mercy  Hospital,  of  the  Boys  Protectory  in  Pittsburgh,  has  taken  great  interest  in 
the  Catholic  Orphan  Asylum,  and  is  a  trustee  for  the  Institution  of  the  Blind. 


Jarrett  into  partner- 


47 


W.  A.  STONE. 


One  of  Pennsylvania's  native  sons 
who  has  gained  national  prominence  in 
the  field  of  politics  and  the  practice  of 
law  is  former  Governor  William  Alexis 
Stone,  of  Pittsburgh.  He  was  born 
April  18,  1846,  in  Delmar  township, 
Tioga  county,  Pa.,  and  is  the  son  of  Is- 
rael Stone  and  Amanda  Ann  Howe 
Stone.  Mr.  Stone  graduated  from  the 
State  Normal  School  at  Mansfield,  Tioga 
county,  June,  1868.  He  has  been  coun- 
sel for  some  of  the  country's  biggest 
cases.  He  was  Second-Lieutenant  of 
Company  "A,"  One  Hundred  and 
Eighty-seventh  Regiment,  in  the  Civil 
War.  He  was  District  Attorney  of  Ti- 
oga county  from  January,  1875,  until 
January,  1877,  and  United  States  Dis- 
trict Attorney  from  July,  1880,  until 
October,  1886.  In  1890  he  was  elected 
to  Congress  and  held  that  office  four 
terms.  From  January,  1899,  until  Jan- 
uary, 1903,  he  was  Governor  of  the 
State  of  Pensylvania.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Duquesne  Club.  His  practice  is 
an  extensive  one. 


A.  V.  D.  WATTERSON. 


Alfred  V.  D.  Watterson  was  born  in 
Blairsville,  Indiana  Co.,  Pennsylvania, 
October  4,  1855.  When  only  12  years  old 
he  entered  Mount  Saint  Mary's  College 
at  Emmitsburg,  Maryland,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  in  1875.  He  studied 
law  in  Pittsburgh  under  Major  A.  M. 
Brown,  and  three  years  later  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar.  His  practice  is  strict- 
ly confined  to  the  civil  branch.  In  1892 
he  formed  a  business  partnership  with 
Ambrose  B.  Reid,  known  as  Watterson 
&  Reid,  which  continued  until  Mr.  Reid 
was  elected  Judge  of  the  Common  Pleas 
Courts  in  1911.  Mr.  Watterson  is  a 
prominent  Catholic,  and  is  the  national 
president  of  Mount  Saint  Mary's  Alum- 
ni Association.  That  institution  in  1895 
honored  him  with  a  degree  of  LL.D.  He 
was  president  of  the  board  of  directors 
of  St.  Francis  Hospital  for  ten  years,  of 
the  Apollo  Club  for  two  years,  and  of 
the  Columbus  Club  for  seven  years.  He 
is  also  chairman  of  the  advisory  board 
of  his  Alma  Mater. 


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WILLIAM  HOWARD  McCLUNG. 
Among  legal  practitioners  of  Pittsburgh,  practicing  principally  in  the  civil  courts, 
there  are  few  better  known  than  William  Howard  McClung  who,  since  his  admission  to 
the  bar   37   years   ago,   has   associated 
himself  in  partnership  with  some  of  the 
brightest   legal   lights   Pittsburgh   ever 
had.    At  present  he  is  a  member  of  the 
well-known  law  firm  of  Chantler  &  Mc- 
Clung, with  offices  in  the  Park  building, 
Fifth  avenue  and  Smithfield  street. 

Mr.  McClung's  father,  the  Rev. 
Samuel  M.  McClung,  was  a  cultured 
minister  of  the  gospel.  His  mother, 
Mrs.  Nancy  Cowen  McClung,  was  a  Gil- 
bert before  her  marriage,  and  the  family 
lived  in  the  quiet  community  of  Plum 
township,  in  Allegheny  county,  where 
the  future  Pittsburgh  lawyer  was  born 
November  22,  1854.  In  his  boyhood  he 
attended  the  public  schools  in  the  vicin- 
ity of  his  home,  but  as  he  advanced  in 
his  studies  he  decided  to  prepare  him- 
self for  college  in  the  Pittsburgh  High 
School.  Accordingly  he  entered  the 
Central  High  School  and  graduated 
there.  The  following  year  he  became  a 
student  at  the  Western  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  at  the  end  of  his  four 
years'  course  had  conferred  upon  him  the  honorary  degree  of  LL.B. 

Like  all  aspirants  to  a  legal  career,  at  least  such  as  amount  to  anything  in  after  life, 
he  found  it  advisable  to  register  with  an  older  practitioner,  and  so  he  went  into  the  office 
of  S.  G.  McClung,  who  at  that  time  enjoyed  an  extensive  practice,  and  registered  for  the 
bar.  Several  years'  study  under  so  capable  a  preceptor  equipped  him  splendidly  for  the 
examination  for  admittance.  December  16,  1876,  he  applied  for  and  received  the  diploma 
that  priviledged  him  to  practice  his  chosen  profession  in  Allegheny  county.  Immediately 
thereafter  his  preceptor  took  him  into  his  partnership,  and  the  two  continued  for  several 
years. 

His  next  partnership  was  formed  with  the  Hon.  J.  A.  Evans,  and  the  two  conducted 
their  business  under  the  firm  name  of  McClung  &  Evans.  This  partnership  lasted  for  a 
considerable  time,  and  then  Mr.  McClung  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Chantler,  Mc- 
Gill  &  McClung,  which,  soon  after  its  organization,  began  to  enjoy  a  profitable  and  grow- 
ing clientele.    The  firm  is  known  now  as  Chantler  &  McClung. 

Among  the  corporations  and  institutions  for  which  Mr.  McClung  is  general  counsel  is 
the  Fidelity  Title  &  Trust  Company,  of  Pittsburgh.  From  1895  to  1905,  Mr.  McClung 
served  as  one  of  the  lecturers  at  the  Pittsburgh  Law  School. 

Mr.  McClung  is  a  member  of  several  exclusive  social  organizations  in  Pittsburgh, 
among  which  are  the  Duquesne  Club,  the  Union  Club,  the  University  Club  and  the  Oak- 
mont  Country  Club. 


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GEORGE  W.  GUTHRIE. 

George  Wilkins  Guthrie,  Ambassa- 
dor to  Japan,  has  attained  a  position  un- 
surpassed in  the  hearts  of  Pittsburgh- 
ers.  While  Mayor  of  the  city  Mr.  Guth- 
rie succeeded  in  changing  many  notori- 
ous faults  in  government,  to  the  lasting 
gratitude  of  the  citizens.  He  was  born 
September  5,  1848,  in  Pittsburgh,  the 
son  of  John  B.  Guthrie  and  Catherine 
Murray  Guthrie.  He  was  graduated 
from  Western  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  later  from  the  Columbian 
Law  School.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  Pittsburgh  in  1869.  He  is  trus- 
tee and  vice-president  of  the  Dollar  Sav- 
ings Bank,  president  of  St.  Margaret's 
Hospital,  and  grand  master  of  Pennsyl- 
vania Masons.  He  was  mayor  of  Pitts- 
burgh from  1906  to  1909.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Pittsburgh  Club,  Duquesne 
Club,  Pittsburgh  Golf  Club  and  Pitts- 
burgh University  Club.  Ambassador 
Guthrie  has  had  many  degrees  con- 
ferred upon  him. 


GEORGE  B.  GORDON. 


Allegheny  county,  in  the  Keystone 
State,  which  is  quite  generally  known 
as  the  "great  State  of  Allegheny," 
boasts  of  a  great  number  of  practition- 
ers in  her  courts  of  law,  and  among  the 
leaders  of  that  vast  array  of  legal  talent 
is  George  B.  Gordon.  Mr.  Gordon  was 
born  August  1,  1860,  in  Edgewood  bor- 
ough, so  he  is  a  product  of  the  Pitts- 
burgh district.  He  is  the  son  of  Alex- 
ander Gordon  and  Catherine  Edwards 
Gordon.  Following  a  grade  and  high 
school  training,  Mr.  Gordon  entered  the 
University  of  Pittsburgh,  and  completed 
his  education  at  Columbia  University, 
New  York.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1883,  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  law 
firm  of  Gordon  &  Smith.  Mr.  Gordon 
retains  membership  in  the  following  or- 
ganizations: the  Pitsburgh  Club,  the 
Duquesne  Club,  University  Club,  Pitts- 
burgh Golf  Club,  Allegheny  Country 
Club,  the  Oakmont  Country  Club,  the 
Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association  and  the 
Union  League  Club  of  New  York. 


5o 


JOHN    MILLER   FREEMAN. 

The  practice  of  teaching  while  learning,  and  serving  a  professorship  while  continu- 
ing one's  own  studies,  has  for  centuries  been  regarded  by  scholastics  as  the  surest  and 
most  effective  way  to  become  thorough- 
ly absorbed  in  the  work  of  self-improve- 
ment. 

When  John  Miller  Freeman,  of 
Pittsburgh,  was  preparing  himself  for 
his  present  place  of  prominence  among 
Allegheny  county  lawyers,  he  did  this 
very  thing.  He  did  it  twice  in  the 
course  of  his  career,  and  by  it  he  man- 
aged always  to  keep  himself  well  re- 
freshed on  the  different  branches  of 
study  that  average  students  are  prone 
to  forget  after  leaving  their  classes. 
His  knowledge  stood  him  in  good  stead 
when  he  began  his  study  of  law.  He 
had  a  foundation  that  many  an  older 
barrister  might  envy. 

Today  he  is  at  the  front  of  his  pro- 
fession, and  is  not  infrequently  con- 
sulted by  others  engaged  in  court  work 
that  requires  searching  and  reading  up 
on  precedents.  His  office  is  at  450 
Fourth  avenue,  where,  during  the  past 
several  years,  he  has  taken  a  hand  in 
some  of  the  most  important  cases  ever 
brought  before  the  Allegheny  county 
courts. 

As  the  son  of  John  Freeman  and  Rebecca  Guffy  Freeman,  John  Miller  Freeman  was 
born  in  Ligonier,  Pa.,  March  13,  1868.  He  entered  the  public  schools  and  remained  there 
till  he  graduated.  While  in  high  school  he  prepared  to  enter  the  Washington  &  Jefferson 
College,  at  Washington,  Pa.,  but  before  he  became  a  Freshman  he  decided  to  teach  school. 
For  three  years  he  occupied  himself  with  pedagogy  and  then  he  entered  college.  Com- 
pleting a  full  four  years'  course,  he  graduated  from  college  in  1893  with  the  honorary 
degree  of  cum  laude,  and  after  that  he  returned  to  the  only  occupation  he  had  ever  known, 
only  on  a  higher  scale.  For  the  next  year  he  served  a  professorship  at  East  Liberty 
Academy. 

While  teaching  in  the  academy  he  registered  for  the  bar  with  the  well-known  law 
firm  of  Watson  &  McCleave,  and  through  their  aid  was  admitted  to  practice  law  in  1896. 
He  remained  with  this  firm  till  1904,  when  he  formed  a  partnership  with  D.  T.  Watson, 
Esq.,  and  since  then  the  two  have  been  doing  a  large  business  under  the  firm  name  of 
Watson  &  Freeman. 

Mr.  Freeman  is  one  of  the  many  men  in  professional  life  who  still  hold  membership 
in  college  fraternities.  During  his  college  days  he  emerged  from  "barbarism"  into  the 
number  of  the  elect  of  the  Phi  Gamma  Delta  fraternity,  and  he  still  holds  his  place  there. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Duquesne  Club,  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association  and  the 
Pittsburgh  Press  Club. 


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FRANK   I.   GOSSER. 


Frank  I.  Gosser  leads  as  an  organ- 
izer and  improver  of  civic  conditions  in 
Allegheny  county.  He  is  a  native  of 
Leechburg,  Armstrong  county,  Pa.,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  some  twenty 
odd  years  ago.  He  has  been  prominent 
in  both  the  criminal  and  civil  courts  of 
the  county.  Mr.  Gosser  has  organized 
twenty-three  different  boards  of  trade 
in  the  county,  and  is  now  an  honorary 
member  of  each. 

Through  his  influence  the  first 
bank  on  the  Hill  Top  was  organized. 
He  was  instrumental  in  locating  the 
first  Pittsburgh  post  office  at  Mt.  Oliver. 
Without  him  doubtless  McKinley  Park 
would  not  have  been  secured.  The 
Thirteenth  street  passenger  station  of 
the  P.,  V.  &  C.  R.  R.  Company  is  also 
largely  due  to  his  efforts.  In  1909  his 
idea  relative  to  the  county  freeing  the 
bridges  between  the  city  proper  and  the 
North  Side  was  adopted  and  has  since 
become  a  reality.  The  widening  of  the 
Smithfield  street  bridge  is  due  almost 
wholly  to  his  initiatory  efforts. 


FRANK  R.  STONER. 


Frank  R.  Stoner,  banker  and  attor- 
ney, was  born  August  13,  1864,  in  Se- 
wickley  Heights  township,  Allegheny 
county,  Pa.  His  parents  were  James  M. 
Stoner  and  Aurelia  (nee  Palmer) 
Stoner.  After  attending  the  public 
schools  of  Pittsburgh,  Mr.  Stoner  en- 
tered the  Western  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania. He  studied  law  with  his 
father,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Alle- 
gheny county  bar  in  1892.  Mr.  Stoner 
has  established  a  general  practice  in  law 
and  is  an  expert  on  civil  law.  Mr. 
Stoner  is  a  director  in  the  Western  Na- 
tional Bank,  the  Allegheny  Valley  Bank, 
and  vice-president  of  the  Sewickley  Val- 
ley Trust  Company.  Mr.  Stoner  is  an 
enthusiastic  sportsman  and  seeks  recre- 
ation and  relaxation  from  the  grind  of 
the  legal  profession  behind  prize  win- 
ning horses  from  his  extensive  stables 
in  Sewickley,  where  he  lives.  Few  men 
have  done  more  to  promote  amateur 
speed  contests  on  the  turf  than  has  Mr. 
Stoner.  He  owns  many  good  horses. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Duquesne  Club. 


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FREDERICK  CURTIS  PERKINS. 

Frederick  Curtis  Perkins,  attorney  at  law  and  banker,  was  born  October  7,  1870,  in 
Sharon,  Pa.  His  parents  were  Simon  Perkins  and  Laura  (nee  Norton)  Perkins.  Favor- 
able environment  during  the  formative 
years  of  childhood  and  home  training  of 
the  right  sort  are  powerful  factors  in 
shaping  the  lives  of  both  men  and 
women. 

That  this  was  beneficial  is  indicated 
by  the  success  of  their  son  in  his  chosen 
profession  and  by  the  respect  and  pres- 
tige which  the  busy  years  of  an  active 
life  have  brought  him.  Mr.  Perkins  him- 
self knows  this  and  gives  a  large  part  of 
the  credit  for  his  success  to  the  father 
and  mother  back  in  the  old  home  at 
Sharon. 

Frederick  Curtis  Perkins  completed 
the  course  of  study  in  the  public  schools 
of  Sharon  with  credit.  He  then  took  an 
academic  course  in  St.  Paul's  school, 
after  which  he  entered  Yale  University. 
Few  men  stood  better  in  his  classes  than 
Mr.  Perkins,  but  he  was  not  a  "book 
worm,"  and  found  time  for  social  diver- 
sions. He  interested  himself  in  athletics 
sufficiently  to  develop  a  sound  healthful 
physique  so  essential  to  a  man  following 
the  exacting  profession  of  law.     After 

completing  his  studies  at  Yale  Mr.  Perkins  entered  the  law  school  of  Harvard  University, 
from  which  he  graduated  with  credit. 

Equipped  with  an  education  which  embraced  thorough  grounding  in  the  great  basic 
principles  of  law  as  well  as  an  extensive  knowledge  of  the  statutes  and  their  interpreta- 
tion by  the  courts,  Mr.  Perkins  passed  the  required  State  examination  and  was  admitted 
to  practice  at  the  bar.  He  opened  a  law  office  in  Pittsburgh,  where  he  soon  was  recog- 
nized as  a  "coming  man"  in  his  profession.  Business  increased  rapidly  and  Mr.  Perkins 
acquired  an  enviable  reputation  for  winning  cases.  Many  are  the  stories  told  among  his 
acquaintances  and  by  court  house  attaches  of  legal  victories  he  has  won  by  his  quick  wit 
and  clever  examination  of  witnesses. 

Not  content  with  a  legal  business  which  most  men  would  consider  a  satisfactory  life 
achievement,  Mr.  Perkins  has  interested  himself  in  banking,  and  in  an  advisory  capacity 
has  added  to  the  prosperity  of  every  bank  with  which  he  is  connected.  Mr.  Perkins  is  of- 
ficer and  director  in  the  Safe  Deposit  &  Trust  Company  of  Pittsburgh,  the  Peoples  Sav- 
ings Bank  of  Pittsburgh  and  the  Exchange  National  Bank  of  Pittsburgh. 

Many  busy  attorneys  and  business  men  do  not  find  time  for  social  diversions  and  as  a 
result  of  sticking  too  closely  to  business,  age  rapidly  and  soon  lose  their  grip  on  affairs. 
Mr.  Perkins  has  retained  freshness  and  vigor  of  youth  although  well  past  middle  age.  He 
attributes  this  largely  to  his  interest  in  athletics.  He  plays  golf  and  other  games  which 
require  exercise  in  the  open  air  and  sunshine.  Mr.  Perkins  belongs  to  the  Pittsburgh  Club, 
the  Duquesne  Club,  the  Allegheny  Country  Club,  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association  and 
the  Pittsburgh  Golf  Club.  He  is  fond  of  social  diversion  and  loves  to  spend  a  quiet  even- 
ing with  friends  and  acquaintances. 


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J.  E.  McKELVY. 


JOHN  S 

John  Scott  Ferguson,  Pittsburgh 
attorney,  connected  with  much  impor- 
tant litigation  during  the  last  40  years, 
was  born  January  23,  1842,  in  Pitts- 
burgh. His  parents  were  Charles  Fer- 
guson and  Mary  (nee  Hamilton)  Fer- 
guson. Following  his  graduation  from 
the  Allegheny  Academy,  Mr.  Ferguson 
read  law  with  Attorney  Robert  Woods, 
of  Pittsburgh,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
Allegheny  county  bar  April  7,  1863. 
He  began  practicing  law  at  once  with 
Sol  Schoyer,  Jr.  He  was  later  associated 
with  James  W.  Murray  as  a  law  part- 
ner. Later  Mr.  Ferguson  associated 
with  himself  his  son,  Edwin  G.  Fergu- 
son. This  association  continued  until 
the  death  of  Edwin  G.  Ferguson  in 
June,  1903.  A  legal  library  of  4,000 
volumes  and  a  general  library  of/10, 000 
volumes  are  owned  by  him.  He'ls  inter- 
ested in  agriculture  and  owns  a  large 
farm  in  Virginia.  Mr.  Ferguson  was 
married  September  10,  1'863,  to  Miss 
Nancy  A.  Graham,  of  Pittsburgh.  They 
have  one  son  and  three  daughters  living. 


J.  Erastus  McKelvy  has  attained 
marked  prominence  in  his  chosen  pro- 
fession and  he  is  widely  known.  He 
was  born  in  Pittsburgh.  Before  begin- 
ning the  practice  of  law  in  Pittsburgh 
Mr.  McKelvy  received  a  liberal  educa- 
tion. He  first  studied  in  the  city  public 
schools,  ward  and  high  schools.  His  col- 
legiate training  was  received  in  Dickin- 
son College.  His  offices  are  in  the  St. 
Nicholas  building,  and  he  resides  in  the 
East  End,  Pittsburgh. 


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WILLIAM  JAMES  BRENNEN. 

Of  the  number  of  notable  "self-made"  men  in  Pittsburgh  none  deserves  more  credit 
for  his  remarkable  accomplishments  than  William  James  Brennen,  the  attorney.  His 
parents  were  John  Brennen  and  Theresa 
Callagher  Brennen.  In  his  early  life 
Mr.  Brennen  was  educated  in  the  public, 
parochial  and  private  schools. 

Following  this  educational  career, 
Mr.  Brennen  became  a  "pull-up"  boy  in 
the  mills.  Subsequently  he  rose  to  the 
position  of  machinist  and  roll-turner  in 
the  Jones  &  Laughlin  iron  and  steel 
works ;  school  teacher,  alderman  and  at- 
torney at  law.  Today  Mr.  Brennen  en- 
joys a  large  practice  and  is  known  as 
one  of  the  cleverest  attorneys  at  the  bar 
of  Allegheny  county. 

He  is  president  of  the  Rosalia 
Foundling  Asylum  of  Pittsburgh,  and  is 
a  member  of  the  Pittsburgh  Press  Club, 
the  Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians,  the 
Catholic  Mutual  Benefit  Society,  as  well 
as  being  Grand  Worthy  President  of  the 
Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles,  and  con- 
nected with  the  Pennsylvania  Society  of 
New  York. 

Mr.  Brennen  has  been  chairman, 
Democratic  county  or  city  committee  of 
the  county  of  Allegheny  or  the  city  of 

Pittsburgh  since  1883 ;  a  delegate  to  every  Democratic  national  convention  beginning"  with 
that  of  1876;  a  delegate  to  every  Democratic  state  convention  since  1883;  a  member  of  the 
Democratic  state  central  committee  for  the  past  twenty  years ;  a  councilman  and  alderman 
of  the  Twentyf ourth  ward  of  the  city  of  Pittsburgh ;  a  candidate  for  Congress  and  Auditor 
General  of  Pennsylvania ;  attorney  for  the  Central  Board  of  Education  of  Pittsburgh,  and 
for  nearly  all  the  labor  organizations  of  Western  Pennsylvania,  as  well  as  leading  counsel 
in  the  defense  of  the  Homestead  riot  and  treason  cases. 

Mr.  Brennen  also  has  been  attorney  for  the  Democratic  state  committee  opposing  the 
seating  of  Senator  Quay;  attorney  for  Alexander  Craig  in  his  contested  election  against 
Andrew  Stewart  in  the  Fayette-Greene- Washington  congressional  district;  organizer  and 
clerk  of  the  first  labor  committee  authorized  by  Congress,  and  attorney  for  the  Grand 
Aerie  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles. 

Following  his  humble  beginning,  Mr.  Brennen  has  been  singularly  successful  in  life 
and  has  become  one  of  the  best-known  professional  men  of  Pittsburgh.  Not  only  has  he 
represented  individuals  of  note  in  criminal  and  civil  suits  in  Pennsylvania  and  other 
States,  but  has  been  named  by  a  number  of  business  and  other  organizations  as  their  reg- 
ularly retained  counsel. 

If  Mr.  Brennen  has  attained  flattering  success  in  matters  of  law,  he  equally  has  risen 
to  power  in  the  world  of  politics  and  now  is  known  as  one  of  the  most  prominent  Demo- 
crats in  the  country.  To  his  ability  of  organization  the  success  of  many  campaigns  has 
been  due,  and  his  advice  constantly  has  been  sought  by  the  wiseacres  in  his  party. 

Mr.  Brennen  is  said  to  have  given  considerable  financial  as  well  as  personal  support 
to  the  needs  of  his  party  from  time  to  time  and  to  have  bolstered  up  the  weak  places 
wherever  they  developed. 


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GEORGE  W.  FLOWERS. 


Edward  Lee  Kearns,  attorney  at 
law,  and  officer  of  the  Eighteenth  Regi- 
ment, was  born  in  Harrisburg  March 
31,  1873,  the  son  of  Edward  P.  and  Mar- 
tina B.  Kearns.  Mr.  Kearns,  who  is 
lieutenant-colonel,  Eighteenth  Regiment, 
Duquesne  Grays,  National  Guard  of 
Pennsylvania,  was  educated  at  Harris- 
burg Academy  and  at  Duquesne  Uni- 
versity. He  has  been  practicing  law 
since  1895,  when  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  after  studying  with  D.  T.  Watson, 
the  noted  lawyer.  Mr.  Kearns  is  now 
located  in  the  Frick  building  of  Pitts- 
burgh. Mr.  Kearns  is  prominent  in  all 
civic  affairs  of  the  city,  and  is  known 
throughout  the  country  for  the  disciplin- 
ary measures  and  innovations  intro- 
duced into  his  soldier  corps. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Harkaway 
Hunt  Club,  of  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic 
Association  and  the  Americus  Repub- 
lican Club.  Mr.  Kearns  is  a  member  of 
the  Army  and  Navy  Club  of  New  York 
City. 


George  W.  Flowers,  lawyer,  pub- 
lisher, banker,  corporation  director,  was 
born  near  Whitehall,  Allegheny  county, 
May  15,  1860.  His  parents  were  John 
Horning  Flowers  and  Sara  A.  Lenhart- 
Flowers.  At  the  end  of  one  year's 
course  at  Washington  &  Jefferson  Col- 
lege, he  entered  the  junior  class  at  Yale, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1884. 
He  registered  for  the  Allegheny  county 
bar  in  the  office  of  the  Hon.  George  W. 
Guthrie,  in  Pittsburgh,  but  completed 
his  studies  under  Judge  Alex.  D.  Mc- 
Connell,  of  Greensburg.  In  1889  he  was 
admitted  to  practice  in  the  Allegheny 
and  Westmoreland  County  Courts,  and 
two  years  later  to  the  United  States 
Courts.  Mr.  Flowers  was  solicitor  of 
the  Borough  of  Irwin  and  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Education.  He  established, 
and  for  several  years  edited,  the  Irwin 
Republican,  purchased  the  Irwin  Stand- 
ard and  merged  the  two  into  the  Repub- 
lican-Standard. He  is  a  member  of  the 
Union  Club  of  Pittsburgh,  and  is  presi- 
dent  of   the   Irwin   Chamber   of   Com- 


merce. 


E.  L.  KEARNS. 


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JAMES  H.  REED. 
One  of  the  leading  members  of  the  Allegheny  county  bar  and  one  of  the  busiest  busi- 
ness men  in  the  country  is  former  Judge  James  H.  Reed,  whose  capacity  for  doing  things 
has  so  often  been  commented  upon  by  his  many 
friends.  He  not  only  looks  after  the  manage- 
ment of  a  number  of  large  corporations,  but  is 
the  head  of  one  of  the  leading  law  firms  in  the 
State,  while  his  practice  is  growing  with  every 
year.  Judge  Reed  once  said  that  the  only  way 
to  accomplish  great  things  was  to  select  good 
men  for  various  important  positions,  give  them 
free  rein  and  look  to  them  for  the  results.  In 
addition,  however,  it  is  necessary  that  brains, 
shrewdness,  business  ability  and  a  cool  head  at 
a  critical  moment  must  be  blended  in  one  to 
make  such  success  as  Judge  Reed  has  won  in 
the  active  world  of  his  profession  and  business. 

Judge  Reed  is  a  director  of  the  United 
States  Steel  Corporation,  in  which  position  he 
is  the  ranking  official  of  that  great  institution 
in  Pittsburgh.  He  is  also  president  and  attor- 
ney for  the  Philadelphia  Company,  president  of 
the  Reliance  Life  Insurance  Company,  presi- 
dent and  counsel  of  the  Pittsburgh,  Bessemer 
&  Lake  Erie  Railroad,  director  of  the  Farmers 
National  Deposit  Bank,  director  of  the  Fidelity 

Title  &  Trust  Company  and  deeply  interested  in  other  business  enterprises,  including  cop- 
per in  the  Northwest. 

Ordinarily  these  things  of  business  require  the  most  careful  attention  of  the  man  in- 
terested, and  so  far  as  Judge  Reed  is  concerned  he  slights  nothing.  But  his  work  is  carried 
out  on  the  principle  laid  down,  and  he  has  it  so  carefully  systematized  that  he  finds  time  to 
remain  at  the  head  of  one  of  the  largest  and  most  lucrative  law  practices  in  Pittsburgh, 
and  he  has  been  as  successful  in  this  line  of  endeavor  as  he  has  in  corporation  manage- 
ment. Judge  Reed  has  won  the  reputation  of  peacemaker  rather  than  as  a  combatant,  al- 
though he  has  been  successful  in  many  a  hard-fought  battle  in  the  courts.  Among  the 
most  important  achievements  of  Judge  Reed  was  his  labor  as  the  final  arbiter  in  the  con- 
flict between  Mr.  Frick  and  Mr.  Carnegie,  and  it  was  due  almost  entirely  to  his  efforts 
that  the  movement  for  peace  was  so  successful. 

Judge  Reed  was  the  guiding  spirit  of  the  combine  of  local  capitalists,  then  known  as 
the  Magee-Flinn  syndicate,  and  in  many  other  enterprises  where  the  needs  of  a  clear  head 
and  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  law  were  needed,  Judge  Reed  at  all  times  was  the  one 
man  to  whom  his  associates  looked  for  advice  and  action,  if  necessary. 

He  is  regarded  by  many  lawyers  as  one  of  the  greatest  in  the  country,  and  when  the 
intricacies  of  a  case  are  to  be  worked  out  Judge  Reed  can  accomplish  wonders  in  finding 
the  facts.  It  is  stated  on  high  authority  that  the  firm  of  which  Judge  Reed  is  the  head 
has  in  one  year  cleared  $400,000  in  fees  and  commissions,  but  it  was  a  year  notable  in  the 
formation  of  industrial  corporations. 

Judge  Reed  was  born  in  Allegheny  September  10,  1853,  the  son  of  Dr.  J.  A.  and  Eliza- 
beth Reed.  He  was  educated  in  the  Western  University  of  Pennsylvania,  now  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pittsburgh,  graduating  in  1872.  In  1875  he  registered  as  a  law  student  with 
his  uncle,  David  Reed,  a  distinguished  lawyer  of  his  time,  and  in  1877  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  P.  C.  Knox,  ex-Secretary  of  State,  as  Knox  &  Reed.  He  was  appointed  Judge 
of  the  United  States  District  Court  by  President  Harrison,  but  ill  health  compelled  his 
resignation  the  following  year.    After  a  long  rest  he  returned  to  the  practice  of  law. 


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JOHN  C.  BANE. 


John  Curry  Bane,  son  of  Aaron 
Bane  and  Mary  W.  Bane,  was  born  in 
Answell  township,  Washington  county, 
Pennsylvania,  November  6,  1861.  His 
early  life  was  spent  on  his  father's 
farm.  He  was  graduated  in  1882  from 
Washington  and  Jefferson  College.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Washington 
county,  January  13,  1890,  and  engaged 
in  general  practice  there  until  March, 
1901.  Mr.  Bane  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  of  Allegheny  county  in  1895.  On 
March  31,  1901,  he  moved  to  Pittsburgh. 
Since  that  time  he  has  engaged  in  gen- 
eral practice  in  the  courts  of  Common 
Pleas,  the  Supreme,  Superior  state 
courts  and  the  Federal  courts.  While 
Mr.  Bane  never  held  office,  he  is  a  Demo- 
crat in  politics  and  was  a  delegate  to  the 
national  convention  in  Kansas  City  in 
1900.  He  is  a  32nd  degree  Mason,  a 
member  of  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  As- 
sociation and  the  Union  Club  of  Pitts- 
burgh. He  married  Miss  Katharine 
Miller,  June  26,  1901,  and  has  five  chil- 
dren. 


J.  P.  HUNTER 

John  Porter  Hunter,  attorney  and 
business  man,  was  born  in  Allegheny. 
His  parents  were  Thomas  A.  Hunter 
and  Sarah  Hunter.  He  was  educated  in 
the  common  schools  of  Allegheny  and  at 
Washington  &  Jefferson  College.  Fol- 
lowing graduation  from  college  he 
studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
of  Allegheny  county  in  1884,  and  later 
to  the  bars  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Pennsylvania  and  the  Supreme  Court  of 
the  United  States.  Few  attorneys  are 
more  skilled  than  Mr.  Hunter  in  con- 
ducting jury  trials.  Mr.  Hunter  is  also 
an  expert  in  equity  law  and  is  attorney 
for  many  corporations.  Mr.  Hunter  is 
also  interested  in  many  business  enter- 
prises. He  is  director  in  the  Shaffer- 
Smathers  Oil  Company,  the  Equitable 
Trust  Company  and  the  Consumers  Re- 
fining Company.  Mr.  Hunter  belongs  to 
the  Duquesne  Club,  the  Oakmont  Coun- 
try Club  and  the  Pittsburgh  Country 
Club. 


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J.  D.  BROWN 

John  D.  Brown  was  born  in  Pitts- 
burgh September  6,  1865.  He  is  a  son 
of  A.  M.  Brown,  a  well-known  member 
of  the  Pittsburgh  bar.  His  education 
was  secured  in  the  public  schools  of 
Pittsburgh  and  at  Harvard  University. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  June, 
1899,  and  has  been  very  successful  in 
the  practice  of  his  profession.  He  is 
president  of  the  Anchor  Savings  Bank, 
having  succeeded  his  father  in  that  posi- 
tion at  the  latter's  death.  Mr.  Brown  is 
vice-president  of  the  Pittsburgh  Real 
Estate  Company  and  director  in  the 
German  National  Bank  of  Pittsburgh, 
and  the  Hardy  &  Hayes  Company.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Managers 
of  the  Western  Pennsylvania  Institu- 
tion for  the  Blind,  and  treasurer  of  the 
Emma  Farm  Association.  His  home  is 
at  Oak  Knolls,  Wexford,  Allegheny 
county,  Pa. 

JAMES  M.  CLARK. 


James  M.  Clark,  prominent  Pitts- 
burgh attorney,  was  born  in  Washing- 
ton, Pa.,  in  1863.  His  parents  were  Wil- 
liam Clark  and  Margaret  Donaldson 
(nee  Mevey)  Clark.  After  attending 
the  public  schools  of  Washington,  Mr. 
Clark  entered  Washington  and  Jeffer- 
son College,  from  which  he  graduated 
at  the  age  of  21  years.  After  three 
years  of  study  in  the  law  school  of  Co- 
lumbia University,  New  York,  he  was 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  bachelor 
of  laws.  He  received  the  degree  of  mas- 
ter of  arts  from  the  Columbia  Univer- 
sity School  of  Political  Science.  While 
in  college  Mr.  Clark  took  an  active  in- 
terest in  athletics.  Since  graduation  he 
has  been  a  moving  spirit  in  many  civic 
organizations  and  has  done  much  for 
the  industrial  and  social  betterment  of 
Allegheny  county.  Mr.  Clark  is  still  in- 
terested in  clean  healthful  sports  as  is 
apparent  from  his  active  membership  in 
the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  the  Duquesne  Club 
and  the  Pittsburgh  Country  Club.  Mr. 
Clark  has  a  strong  and  pleasing  person- 
ality which  impresses  favorably  all 
those  with  whom  he  comes  in  contact. 


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RICHARD  B.  SCANDRETT. 


Richard  B.  Scandrett  was  born  in 
Pittsburgh  June  30,  1861,  his  parents 
being  William  A.  Scandrett  and  Mary 
Brown  Scandrett.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  Pittsburgh  and  Al- 
legheny, Adrian  College,  Michigan,  and 
Washington  and  Jefferson  College,  grad- 
uating from  the  latter  in  1885.  From 
1885  to  1887,  inclusive,  he  was  an  in- 
structor in  the  Allegheny  High  School, 
and  from  1887  to  1892  was  secretary  of 
the  board  of  school  controllers  of  Alle- 
gheny. He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of 
Allegheny  county  in  December,  1889, 
and  has  been  practicing  in  Pittsburgh 
since  that  date.  He  is  a  director  in  a 
number  of  corporations.  Mr.  Scandrett 
and  Miss  Agnes  Morrow  were  married 
at  Slippery  Rock,  Butler  county,  Pa.,  on 
July  8,  1890.  They  have  three  children. 
Mr.  Scandrett  is  a  member  of  the  Du- 
quesne  Club,  Pittsburgh  Athletic  As- 
sociation, Country  Club,  the  Americus 
Republican  Club,  the  Elks,  and  a  num- 
ber of  other  organizations. 


COL.  JAMES  ELDER  BARNETT. 


Col.  James  Elder  Barnett,  law- 
yer, was  born  at  Elder's  Ridge,  In- 
diana county,  Pa.  He  graduated 
from  Washington  and  Jefferson  Col- 
lege in  1882.  From  1895  to  1897 
he  was  deputy  secretary  of  the  com- 
monwealth, and  in  1899  was  elected 
state  treasurer.  He  is  now  associa- 
ted with  R.  B.  Scandrett  in  the 
law  firm  of  Scandrett  &  Barnett. 
He  was  elected  lieutenant-colonel  of 
the  famous  "Fighting  10th"  Regi- 
ment, National  Guard  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  1897.  In  the  Spanish- 
American  war  he  served  in  the 
Philippines  and  participated  in  all 
engagements  of  his  regiment  dur- 
ing the  Filipino  insurrection  until 
the  capture  of  Malolos.  April,  1899, 
he  was  placed  in  command  of  the 
regiment  and  acted  as  regimental 
commander  until  the  regiment  was 
mustered  out,  August  27,  1899.  He 
succeeded  Col.  Hawkins  as  com- 
mander of  the  district  of  Cavite, 
and  served  from  May  10,  1899. 


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PHILIP  BRENNAN  REILLY. 

Philip  Brennan  Reilly,  specialist  in  real  estate  and  corporation  law,  was  born  in 
Pittsburgh  October  29,  1876.  His  parents  were  the  late  John  C.  Reilly  and  Ursula  (nee 
O'Connor)  Reilly. 

Many  men  succeed  in  life  in  spite 
of  unfavorable  home  environment  dur- 
ing the  formative  period  of  their  lives 
and  in  spite  of  lack  of  opportunities  to 
cultivate  mind  and  body  under  the  di- 
rection of  skilled  teachers  in  good 
schools  and  colleges.  Undoubtedly  such 
men  would  in  most  instances  have 
achieved  a  far  greater  measure  of  suc- 
cess if  their  earlier  development  had  not 
been  hindered  and  warped  by  unfavor- 
able conditions. 

Philip  Brennan  Reilly  would  have 
succeeded  in  spite  of  most  any  kind  of 
early  home  environment,  for  he  pos- 
sesses an  unusually  keen  intellect  and  a 
persistent  will.  His  early  surround- 
ings, however,  were  favorable,  for  he 
comes  of  a  most  distinguished  family 
and  he  received  a  liberal  education  in 
the  best  schools  and  colleges  of  the 
country. 

After  studying  in  the  parochial 
schools  of  Pittsburgh  he  entered  Ford- 
ham  University,  from  which  he  gradu- 
ated in  1900.  He  next  entered  the  Pittsburgh  Law  School,  where  his  standing  was  un- 
usually good.  In  1903  he  graduated  with  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  great  underlying- 
principles  of  law,  and  a  practical  working  knowledge  of  statutes  and  court  decisions  as 
well.  A  few  months  after  graduation  from  the  law  school  he  was  admitted  to  practice 
law  in  the  courts  of  Pennsylvania,  becoming  a  member  of  the  Allegheny  county  bar. 

He  at  once  opened  a  law  office  and  quickly  built  up  a  creditable  practice.  He  special- 
ized in  real  estate  and  corporation  law  and  soon  attained  unusual  prominence  in  his 
chosen  lines  of  work.  Not  content  with  a  legal  practice,  which  was  the  envy  of  many  of 
his  associates,  Mr.  Reilly  became  actively  interested  in  business.  As  a  director  of  the 
Washington  Trust  Company  he  has  done  much  to  promote  the  success  of  its  banking  ac- 
tivities by  wise  advice  and  practical  counsel.  He  has  done  much  also  to  increase  the  busi- 
ness of  the  City  Insurance  Company,  of  which  he  is  also  a  director. 

In  the  evenings,  when  the  work  of  the  day  is  done,  and  on  holidays,  Mr.  Reilly  de- 
lights to  mingle  socially  with  friends.  He  believes  that  a  man  is  only  as  old  as  he  feels, 
and  that  to  keep  young  in  body  and  spirit  it  is  necessary  to  seek  healthful  diversion  and 
recreation.  Mr.  Reilly  is  a  popular  and  prominent  member  of  the  Pittsburgh  Country 
Club,  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association  and  the  Pittsburgh  Press  Club. 

A  pleasing  personality,  the  right  kind  of  home  training,  a  liberal  education  and  a 
keen,  broad-minded  insight  into  human  nature  are  among  the  elements  which  have  en- 
abled Mr.  Reilly  to  rise  rapidly  in  business  as  well  as  socially  and  professionally.  Al- 
though born  into  a  distinguished  family,  Mr.  Reilly  has  never  used  the  social  and  busi- 
ness standing  of  his  relatives  as  a  means  of  attaining  position  and  clients.  He  has  de- 
pended entirely  upon  his  own  efforts  to  achieve  victory  in  the  battle  of  life. 

6r 


ROBERT  M.   EWING. 


Robert  M.  Ewing  is  a  Pennsyl- 
vania product  and  a  representative 
member  of  the  Pittsburgh  bar.  After 
an  education  in  the  public  schools  and 
the  Saltsburg  Academy  at  Saltsburg, 
Pa.,  by  his  earnings  as  a  teacher  he  was 
enabled  to  continue  his  studies  in  Wash- 
ington &  Jefferson  College,  being  a  mem- 
ber of  the  class  of  1891.  He  then 
studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
of  Indiana  county.  He  came  to  Pitts- 
burgh and  was  admitted  to  the  Alle- 
gheny county  bar  in  1893.  Civic  and 
patriotic  matters  claim  a  large  portion 
of  Mr.  Ewing's  time.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Pittsburgh  Board  of  Trade,  a 
trustee  of  the  Western  Pennsylvania 
Historical  Society,  and  in  Wilkinsburg, 
where  he  resides,  of  the  Wilkinsburg 
Board  of  Trade  and  the  Pennwood  Club. 
Mr.  Ewing  is  one  of  seven  sons  of  the 
late  James  H.  Ewing  and  of  Eleanor 
(Rhea)  Ewing,  still  living.  Mr.  Ewing 
occupies  a  suite  of  offices  in  the  Farm- 
ers Bank  building.  He  is  married  and 
has  two  daughters  and  a  son. 


GEORGE  E.  REYNOLDS. 


George  E.  Reynolds,  lawyer,  of  the 
Frick  building,  Pittsburgh,  is  the  son  of 
George  P.  and  Rebecca  (Dreisbach) 
Reynolds,  and  was  born  at  Turbotville, 
Northumberland  county,  Pennsylvania, 
February  28,  1876.  He  began  work  on 
a  farm  at  the  age  of  nine,  and  finally 
found  an  opportunity  to  study  in  Ursi- 
nas  College,  Collegeville.  He  entered 
the  State  Normal  School  at  Lock  Haven, 
Pennsylvania,  and  at  the  end  of  a  year 
of  hard  work  was  graduated  at  the  head 
of  his  class.  He  became  principal  of  the 
High  School  at  Hill's  Grove,  Sullivan 
county,  this  State.  After  steady  ad- 
vancement, he  withdrew  from  educa- 
tional work  and  studied  law,  being  ad- 
mitted to  the  Northumberland  county 
bar  in  September,  1902,  then  to  the  Al- 
legheny county  bar  and  to  the  Supreme 
and  Superior  Courts  of  the  United 
States  in  the  western  district  of  Penn- 
sylvania. He  is  a  member  of  the 
Benevolent  Order  of  Elks,  the  Masonic 
Order  and  the  Pittsburgh  Country  Club. 


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L.  M.  PLUMER. 


L.  M.  Plumer,  attorney  at  law,  was  educated  at  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Conn., 
graduating  with  the  degree  of  bachelor  of  arts.  Later  the  degree  of  master  of  arts  was 
conferred  upon  him.  Following  his  graduation  from  college  Mr.  Plumer  studied  law  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar.  Since  then  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession. Not  content  with  a  legal  business,  which  would  satisfy  the  ambition  of  most 
men,  Mr.  Plumer  is  actively  engaged  in  many  business  enterprises.  He  belongs  to  the 
Duquesne  Club,  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association,  the  Country  Club,  the  University 
Club  and  Union  Club.  A  pleasing  personality  and  shrewd  insight  into  human  nature 
backed  by  a  good  education  is  responsible  for  Mr.  Plumer's  success. 

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H.  FRED  MERCER. 


H.    FRED    MERCER, 

Lawyer,  Pittsburgh. 


EDWARD  J.  KENT 

Edward  Joseph  Kent  is  a  native  of 
Westmoreland  county,  but  now  a  promi- 
nent practitioner  at  the  Allegheny  coun- 
ty bar.  As  the  son  of  Thomas  C.  Kent 
and  Mrs.  Margaret  Kent,  he  was  born 
March  2,  1868,  and  received  the  rudi- 
ments of  his  education  in  the  public  and 
parochial  schools.  Then  he  entered  St. 
Vincent's,  at  Beatty,  and  left  there  when 
he  was  18  years  old  with  the  M.  A.  de- 
gree. He  entered  the  University  of 
Michigan  and  graduated  in  the  law  de- 
partment of  that  institution  with  the 
LL.  B.  degree  in  1890.  In  the  same 
year  Mr.  Kent  came  to  Pittsburgh, 
where,  in  September,  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  and  has  enjoyed  a  growing 
and  prosperous  general  civil  practice 
ever  since.  Mr.  Kent  belongs  to  a  num- 
ber of  fraternal  and  social  organizations 
in  Pittsburgh.  Among  these  are  the 
Knights  of  Columbus,  the  Duquesne 
Club,  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Associa- 
tion, the  Automobile  Club  and  the  Bru- 
nots  Island  Matinee  Club. 


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FREDERICK  L.  KAHLE. 

Frederick  L.  Kahle,  corporation  lawyer  for  a  number  of  the  largest  coal  and  coke 
companies  of  Pennsylvania,  West  Virginia  and  Ohio,  was  born  in  Jefferson  county,  Pa., 
April  18,  1862. 

He  is  the  son  of  Frederick  P.  Kahle 
and  Isabell  McCutcheon  Kahle,  who  are 
both  living  at  the  age  of  90  and  86  years. 
Mr.  Kahle,  eminent  in  the  learned  and 
distinguished  array  of  legal  practition- 
ers in  Pittsburgh,  whose  success  is  due 
to  his  hard  work  and  the  diligence  of  his 
application,  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  the  high  school  at  Plumer, 
Venango  county.  He  attended  the 
Rouseville  Normal  School  and  the  Erie 
Seminary. 

After  fitting  himself  in  education 
for  teaching,  Mr.  Kahle  became  princi- 
pal of  the  Sugar  Grove  High  School 
and  later  of  the  Sugar  Grove  Normal 
School.  Later  he  read  law  under  Hon. 
J.  H.  Osmer  at  Franklin,  Pa.,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1886. 

He  practiced  in  Franklin  until  1904, 
becoming  district  attorney  of  Venango 
county  in  1888;  city  solicitor  of  Frank- 
lin for  five  terms,  and  was  then  made 
United  States  Referee  in  Bankruptcy, 
serving  the  country  in  this  legal  capac- 
ity from  1895  until  1904. 

As  a  referee  in  bankruptcy  Mr. 
Kahle's  record  has  been  remarkable.  Of  all  the  cases  in  bankruptcy  before  him  his  de- 
cisions were  reversed  in  but  one  case.  This  case  is  regarded  as  unique  in  the  history  of 
Pennsylvania  jurisprudence.  Aside  from  his  profession  Mr.  Kahle  is  a  great  lover  of  oil 
paintings.  For  many  years  he  has  been  collecting  paintings  of  the  highest  grade,  and 
the  walls  of  every  room  in  his  home  are  covered  with  handsome  and  valuable  paintings. 
He  has  a  magnificent  collection  of  English,  Dutch,  Italian  and  Russian  paintings. 

Ten  years  ago  he  moved  to  Pittsburgh  and  became  a  corporation  lawyer  for  the  coal 
companies  mentioned  before.  He  is  now  associated  in  offices,  in  the  Park  building,  Pitts- 
burgh, with  W.  T.  Tredway  and  Senator  James  I.  Adams,  but  not  in  partnership ;  he  is 
the  owner  of  one  of  the  largest,  most  extensive  and  complete  law  libraries  in  the  State. 

Mr.  Kahle  is  a  Presbyterian  churchman ;  a  member  of  several  Masonic  organizations ; 
a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  East  End  Board  of  Trade  and  the  Young 
Men's  Republican  Tariff  Club,  and  a  life  member  of  the  Pittsburgh  Press  Club. 

In  1888  he  married  May  G.  Galbraith,  daughter  of  Dr.  David  C.  Galbraith,  of  Frank- 
lin, Pa.,  who  was  one  of  the  most  extensive  and  successful  of  the  early  oil  producers  in  the 
oil  country.  He  has  a  daughter,  Anna,  who  was  graduated  from  the  Thurston-Gleim 
School,  East  Liberty,  and  a  son,  Clarence  Courtney  Kahle,  a  graduate  of  Shady  Side  Acad- 
emy, and  now  a  student  at  Washington  and  Jefferson  College. 

Mr.  Kahle  is  a  self-made  man  in  every  acceptation  of  that  term.  When  he  started 
out  in  the  world  of  business  he  had  nothing  behind  him  but  a  sheepskin  and  a  dogged  de- 
termination to  succeed. 

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STEPHEN  STONE. 


STEPHEN    STONE, 

Lawyer,  Pittsburgh. 


W.  W.  SMITH. 


Prominent  among  Pittsburgh's  at- 
torneys at  law  is  William  Watson  Smith. 
A  native  of  Hollidaysburg,  Pa.,  having 
been  born  there  September  7,  1871,  a 
son  of  William  P.  Smith  and  Virginia 
Watson  Smith,  Mr.  Smith  as  a  boy  at- 
tended the  grade  schools  of  Hollidays- 
burg, and  after  completing  his  prepara- 
tory work  continued  his  studies  at 
Princeton  University,  being  graduated 
from  that  institution  in  1892.  Since  that 
time  he  has  practiced  law  in  Allegheny 
county,  having  been  admitted  to  the  bar 
shortly  after  his  graduation,  and  he  has 
won  prominence  and  success  in  his  pro- 
fession. In  addition  to  having  a  thriv- 
ing practice  as  an  attorney,  Mr.  Smith 
is  a  director  in  the  Union  National 
Bank.  Attorney  Smith  is  well  known 
and  popular  as  a  member  of  the  Du- 
quesne  Club,  Union  Club,  University 
Club  and  the  Pittsburgh  Golf  Club,  and 
he  has  been  identified  for  years  with  the 
Pittsburgh  Alumi  Association  of  Prince- 
ton University. 


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JAMES  D.  HANCOCK. 


Born  near  Wilkesbarre,  Luzerne 
county,  Pa.,  June  9,  1837,  James  Denton 
Hancock  is  the  son  of  James  Hancock 
and  Mary  Perkins  Hancock.  Mr.  Han- 
cock attended  the  common  schools  of 
Luzerne  county,  then  the  Wyoming 
Seminary  and  Kenyon  College,  at  Gam- 
bier,  0.,  from  which  he  was  graduated. 
He  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  Pittsburgh  and  from  there  re- 
moved to  Franklin,  Pa.  Mr.  Hancock 
soon  was  favored  with  a  large  business. 
He  became  identified  with  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution  and  is  the  president  of 
this  organization.  Mr.  Hancock  is  a  di- 
rector of  the  Pittsburgh,  Youngstown  & 
Ashtabula  Railway  Company,  and  of 
the  Fayette  County  Gas  Company.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Franklin  Club,  of 
Franklin.  In  1900  the  degree  of  doctor 
of  laws  was  conferred  upon  him  by  his 
Alma  Mater;  prior  to  that  time  he  had 
been  a  candidate  for  Congress  on  the 
Democratic  ticket.  He  has  been  a  fre- 
quent contributor  to  periodicals  on  eco- 
nomic subjects. 


CLARENCE  BURLEIGH. 


Clarence  Burleigh,  recognized  in 
the  fraternity  of  able  Pittsburgh  law- 
yers, was  born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  in 
1853.  He  came  to  Pittsburgh  in  1862 
and  obtained  his  early  education  at  the 
public  schools.  He  began  life  as  a  pat- 
tern-maker. By  hard  study,  he  obtained 
admission  when  quite  young  to  Wash- 
ington and  Jefferson  College,  from 
which  he  graduated.  He  began  the 
reading  of  law  in  1875  under  Bruce  & 
Negleyand,  and  two  years  later  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Allegheny  county  bar.  In 
1878  he  formed  a  law  partnership  with 
John  R.  Harbison.  He  was  made  assist- 
ant city  solicitor  of  Pittsburgh,  and  in 
1891,  appointed  District  Attorney;  at 
the  expiration  of  his  term  he  was  elected 
for  a  full  term.  In  1895  he  was  elected 
City  Solicitor.  The  Homestead  rioters 
were  prosecuted  by  Mr.  Burleigh  in  line 
with  official  duty,  which  he  fearlessly 
performed.  Mr.  Burleigh  was  contin- 
ued as  City  Solicitor  for  Pittsburgh,  un- 
til 1902,  when  he  resigned  to  become 
general  attorney  for  the  Pittsburgh 
Railways  company.  In  addition  to  this 
appointment,  he  is  engaged  in  the  gen- 
eral practice  of  law. 


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LEANDER  TRAUTMAN. 


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Leander  Trautman,  attorney  at 
law,  was  born  February  17,  1865,  at 
Canton,  Ohio.  His  father  was  the  Rev. 
Louis  Trautman.  At  the  age  of  four 
years  he  was  taken  to  Pittsburgh.  He 
received  his  early  education  in  the  Pitts- 
burgh schools.  At  an  early  age  he  went 
to  work  for  the  Black  Diamond  Steel 
Company  of  Pittsburgh.  While  work- 
ing he  studied  stenography  until  he  be- 
came very  proficient.  Mr.  Trautman 
has  acquired  a  complete  classical  educa- 
tion by  studying  under  the  best  private 
tutors  obtainable.  While  working  as  a 
court  reporter  in  the  Federal  and  Alle- 
gheny county  courts  he  read  law  under 
Judge  Jacob  F.  Slagle,  and  in  1893  was 
admitted  to  the  bar.  Since  that  time  he 
has  practised  law  contnuously  at  434 
Diamond  street.  Mr.  Trautman  is  direc- 
tor in  many  business  corporations  in 
Pittsburgh  for  which  he  is  attorney. 
He  has  had  large  experience  in  handling 
estates.  Mr.  Trautman  married  Miss 
Minnie  Abele,  of  Lebanon,  Pa.  There 
are  three  children. 


W.  A.  HUDSON. 


William  A.  Hudson  is  a  lawyer  of 
Pittsburgh,  with  offices  in  the  Berger 
building.  He  was  born  at  Staunton, 
Virginia,  August  20,  1850.  In  1873  he 
was  graduated  from  the  University  of 
Virginia  with  high  honors.  He  had  pre- 
viously attended  Roanoke  College,  Sa- 
lem, Virginia.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  immediately  after  graduation  and 
came  to  Pittsburgh  in  1891,  admitted  to 
the  Allegheny  county  bar  in  September 
of  that  year,  and  later  to  the  courts  of 
the  State  and  the  Federal  Supreme 
Court.  In  Virginia  he  had  served  as 
Judge  of  the  Common  Pleas  Court. 
Judge  Hudson  has  carried  on  a  general 
law  practice  and  has  given  special  at- 
tention to  commercial  and  corporation 
law,  and  many  of  the  largest  corpora- 
tions have  retained  him.  Judge  Hudson 
devotes  his  whole  energy  to  his  pro- 
fession. On  May  12,  1875,  he  married 
Miss  Ida  Florence  Rector,  of  Loudoun 
county,  Virginia.  Mrs.  Hudson  died 
May  1,  1898.     There  are  nine  children. 


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W.  T.  TREDWAY. 


William  Thomas  Tredway,  of  Cora- 
opolis,  Pa.,  is  a  lawyer  of  Pittsburgh, 
and  was  born  in  Warsaw,  Coshocton  Co., 
Ohio.,  February  12,  1862,  the  son  of 
Crispen  and  Melvina  (James)  Tredway. 
He  received  his  elementary  instruction 
at  the  Donley  School  of  Bedford  Town- 
ship, Coshocton  county,  Ohio,  and  later 
at  the  West  Bedford  public  school.  He 
taught  in  the  Ohio  public  schools  for 
one  year.  In  1886  he  was  graduated 
from  Washington  and  Jefferson  College. 
Mr.  Tredway  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
of  Allegheny  county  in  1888,  and  in  1892 
became  associated  with  Stone  &  Potter, 
and  remained  with  them  until  William 
A.  Stone  became  Governor,  and  W.  P. 
Potter  a  Supreme  Court  Justice  of 
Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Tredway  makes  a 
specialty  of  corporation  and  municipal 
corporation  law,  and  was  for  eleven 
years  solicitor  for  the  Borough  of  Cora- 
opolis,  where  he  built  and  maintains  his 
home.  He  was  married  March  14,  1894, 
to  Cora  Alice  Watson,  and  they  have  two 
children.  He  has  organized  several 
banks  and  trust  companies. 


A.  LEO  WEIL. 


Having  as  a  lawyer  attained 
prominence  at  the  Pittsburgh  bar,  A. 
Leo  Weil  has  yet  a  stronger  claim  to 
consideration  by  reason  of  his  record  in 
the  work  of  advancing  the  cause  of  clean 
politics.  Mr.  Weil  was  born  July  19, 
1858,  at  Keysville,  Charlotte  county, 
Kentucky,  the  son  of  Isaac  L.  and  Mina 
Weil.  He  was  graduated  from  the  high 
school  of  Titusville,  Pa.  Completing  the 
the  law  course  at  the  University  of  Vir- 
ginia, he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Vir- 
ginia, subsequently  to  the  bar  of  Ohio, 
and  later  to  the  Pennsylvania  bar.  He 
moved  to  Pittsburgh  from  Titusville  in 
1888.  He  is  a  member  of  the  City  Club 
of  New  York,  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic 
Association,  the  Pennwood,  Westmore- 
land county  and  Edgewood  Country 
clubs.  He  is  a  member  of  the  executive 
committee  of  the  National  Municipal 
League,  the  Pennsylvania  Civil  Service 
association,  the  American  Jewish  Com- 
mittee, and  of  nearly  all  the  national  as- 
sociations engaged  in  civic  and  philan- 
thropic work. 


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W.  T.  PIERCE. 


John  S.  Weller,  lawyer,  of  Pitts- 
burgh, was  born  in  Somerset  county,  in 
the  Keystone  State,  being  the  son  of  Dr. 
F.  S.  Weller  and  Mary  A.  Weller.  He 
first  attended  the  common  schools,  later 
Pennsylvania  State  College,  and  from 
the  latter  was  graduated  in  1889.  Sena- 
tor Weller  was  admitted  to  practice  dur- 
ing September,  1891,  in  Bedford  county, 
Pa.  He  was  district  attorney  there  from 
1894  to  1896.  He  entered  the  field  of 
politics  and  was  quickly  recognized  for 
his  ability.  During  the  sessions  of  the 
Pennsylvania  State  Legislature  in  1899 
and  1901  he  was  a  member  of  the  State 
Senate,  where  his  record  was  excellent. 
He  is  prominent  in  the  business  life  of 
the  Pittsburgh  district,  being  a  director 
of  many  corporations.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Pittsburgh  City  Planning  Com- 
mission, having  been  appointed  to  that 
position  by  Mayor  William  A.  Magee  in 
1912.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Free  Ma- 
sons and  Royal  Arch,  the  Beta  Theta  Phi 
college  fraternity,  the  Pittsburgh  Coun- 
try Club,  Duquesne  and  other  clubs. 


William  Torrence  Pierce,  attorney 
and  banker,  was  born  in  Jefferson  town- 
ship, Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania, 
March  27,  1872.  His  parents  were 
Joseph  Pierce  and  Henrietta  (nee  Tor- 
rence) Pierce.  He  was  graduated  from 
the  Pittsburgh  academy  in  1892.  He 
took  a  course  of  bookkeeping  in  the 
Euclid  Avenue  Business  college,  Cleve- 
land, and  was  graduated  from  Westmin- 
ster college,  at  New  Wilmington,  in 
1895.  After  studying  law  in  Pitts- 
burgh, Mr.  Pierce  was  admitted  to  the 
Allegheny  county  bar  in  1902.  He  is 
engaged  in  the  general  practice  of  law, 
and  is  an  authority  on  real  estate  law. 
His  office  is  in  the  Park  Building.  Mr. 
Pierce  is  also  a  director  of  the  National 
Bank  of  Western  Pennsylvania,  the 
First  National  Bank  of  West  Elizabeth 
and  the  First  National  Bank  of  Monon- 
gahela.  He  is  president  of  the  Second 
National  Bank  of  Elizabeth.  Mr.  Pierce 
is  secretary  of  the  board  of  trustees  of 
Westminster  College  and  president  of 
the  general  alumni  association. 


J.  S.  WELLER. 


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JOHN  M.  HAVERTY. 


John  M.  Haverty,  attorney  at  law, 
with  offices  on  the  eighth  floor  of  the 
Frick  building,  was  born  in  Pittsburgh, 
September  27,  1877,  the  son  of  Thomas 
F.  Haverty  and  Margaret  H.  Haverty. 
He  graduated  from  the  public  schools, 
continued  his  studies  at  the  Academic 
High  School  and  at  the  Pittsburgh 
Academy,  and  in  1899  graduated  from 
the  Law  School  of  the  University  of 
Michigan,  at  Ann  Arbor,  receiving  the 
bachelors  degree  in  law.  He  took  up  the 
practice  of  law  in  Michigan,  but  a  year 
later  was  admitted  to  the  Allegheny 
county  bar.  Later  he  was  admitted  to 
practice  in  all  the  courts  of  the  State 
and  the  Federal  courts.  Mr.  Haverty 
was  married  June  30,  1903,  to  Miss  Ida 
M.  Farrell,  formerly  of  Cumberland, 
Md.  They  have  two  boys  and  three 
girls.  Mr.  Haverty  is  president  of  the 
Greenfield  Board  of  Trade,  of  Pitts- 
burgh ;  the  president  of  the  Young  Men's 
Republican  Tariff  Club  of  Pittsburgh ;  a 
member  of  the  Athletic  Committee  of 
the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association,  and 
a  member  of  the  Elks. 


OSCAR   T.   TAYLOR. 


Oscar  Thomas  Taylor,  prominent  at- 
torney and  soldier,  was  born  in  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.,  February  10,  1870,  the  son 
of  John  A.  and  Margaret  (Simpson) 
Taylor.  He  graduated  from  Washing- 
ton and  Jefferson  College,  Washington, 
Pa.,  1890,  and  from  the  law  school  of 
the  University  of  Buffalo,  Buffalo,  N. 
Y.,  1893;  was  admitted  to  the  practice 
of  law  in  New  York  state  in  1894,  and 
to  the  Allegheny  county  bar  in  1902. 
He  was  attorney  for  the  Pan-American 
Exposition  at  Buffalo.  He  served 
throughout  the  Spanish-American  war 
as  Captain  of  Co.  G,  202nd  New  York 
Voluntier  Infantry.  He  is  commander- 
in-Chief  of  the  United  Spanish  War 
Veterans,  and  Adjutant  of  the  Soldiers' 
Civic  League  of  Allegheny  county.  He 
is  assistant  district  attorney  of  Alle- 
gheny county.  He  is  a  thirty-second  de- 
gree Mason,  and  belongs  to  the  Odd  Fel- 
lows, Elks,  Moose,  Naval  &  Military 
Order  of  the  Spanish-American  War, 
Pittsburgh  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Ro- 
tary Club  of  Pittsburgh  and  the  Ara- 
bian Lords  of  the  American  Desert. 


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FRED   W. 
SCOTT. 


Fred  W.  Scott  was  born  September  28,  1873,  in 
Elizabeth  township,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania, 
the  son  of  Samuel  Scott  and  Eliza  J. 
Scott.  He  received  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  and  at  Franklin  College, 
New  Athens,  0.,  and  read  law  with  J.  S.  and  E.  G. 
Ferguson,  in  Pittsburgh.  He  was  admitted  to  practice 
law  in  Allegheny  county  in  April,  1902,  and  later  ad- 
mitted to  practice  in  the  higher  courts.  He  established 
himself  in  Duquesne,  where  he  has  maintained  an  of- 
fice, with  one  in  Pittsburgh.  Mr.  Scott  is  vice-presi- 
dent and  counsel  for  the  First  National  Bank  of  Du- 
quesne; general  counsel  and  director  of  the  Standard 
Life  Insurance  Company;  president  of  the  Duquesne 
&  Dravosburg  Street  Railway  Company,  and  treasurer 
of  the  Duquesne-McKeesport  Land  Company.  He 
served  in  the  Spanish  War,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Youghiogheny  Country  Club. 


THOMAS 
E.   FINLEY. 


Thomas  E.  Finley,  attorney  at  law,  was  born  De- 
cember 22,  1862,  in  Westmoreland  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania. His  parents  were  Thomas  G. 
Finley  and  Elizabeth  Finley.  He  at- 
tended public  and  private  schools  in 
Westmoreland  county.  Mr.  Finley  was  a  public  school 
teacher  four  years.  Afterwards  he  attended  Wash- 
ington &  Jefferson  College  three  years,  and  taught  an 
academy  at  Murrysville,  Pa.,  one  year.  During  that 
time  and  for  two  years  thereafter  Mr.  Finley  studied 
law.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  March  17,  1894,  and 
has  been  engaged  in  active  practice  ever  since.  He  is 
president  of  the  Monongahela  and  Youghiogheny  Land 
Company,  and  vice-president  of  the  J.  E.  Edmundson 
Company.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order.  In 
1905  Mr.  Finley  was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  D. 
Edmundson.    His  offices  are  in  Pittsburgh. 


GEORGE 

MAURICE 

HARTON. 


George  Maurice  Harton,  corporation  attorney  and 
business  man,  was  born  in  Pittsburgh  45  years  ago, 
the  son  of  Theodore  Marshall  Harton 
and  Emily  (nee  Rinehart)  Harton.  He 
was  graduated  from  Adrian  College 
with  the  degree  of  bachelor  of  philoso- 
phy, and  in  1892  from  the  University  of  Michigan,  at 
Ann  Arbor,  with  the  degree  of  bachelor  of  laws.  Mr. 
Harton  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  December,  1892, 
and  opened  a  law  office  in  January  of  the  following 
year.  Not  content  with  a  legal  practice  which  would 
have  satisfied  most  men,  he  interested  himself  in  manu- 
facturing, and  as  president  of  the  Augusta  Veneer 
Company  he  has  built  a  prosperous  and  profitable  busi- 
ness. He  is  a  member  of  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  As- 
sociation, the  Masonic  Order  and  the  Sigma  Alpha 
Epsilon  fraternity  of  his  college. 


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GEORGE  ALLAIRE  HOWE. 

George  Allaire  Howe,  steel  manufacturer  and  attorney,  was  born  October  1,  1856, 
in  Allegheny,  now  the  North  Side  of  Pittsburgh.  Mr.  Howe  is  descended  from  a  long 
line  of  distinguished  ancestors.  His 
father,  Thomas  M.  Howe,  represented 
the  Pittsburgh  district  in  Congress  from 
1850  to  1856.  He  was  the  first  president 
of  the  Pittsburgh  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce and  a  prosperous  manufacturer 
of  iron,  steel  and  copper  products.  Mr. 
Howe's  mother  was  Mary  (nee  Palmer) 
Howe.  George  Allaire  Howe  is  the 
seventh  in  line  of  descent  from  John 
Howe,  who  came  from  England  and  set- 
tled in  Sudbury,  Mass.,  in  1638. 

After  studying  in  private  schools 
for  a  number  of  years,  George  Allaire 
Howe  entered  Princeton  university  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1878.  He  studied 
law  in  the  offices  of  the  Hon.  George 
Shiras  and  Attorney  William  Scott,  and 
in  the  law  school  of  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
Allegheny  county  bar  in  1882.  He 
opened  a  law  office  at  once  and  practiced 
law  until  1888,  when  he  retired  from 
legal  practice  and  became  secretary  of 
Howe,  Brown  &  Company,  manufactur- 
ers of  crucible  steel. 

The  qualifications  which  win  success  in  the  steel  manufacturing  business  and 
in  the  practice  of  law  are  apparently  entirely  different. .  Nevertheless  Mr.  Howe 
after  winning  a  fair  measure  of  success  in  the  law  quit  his  legal  practice  entirely  and 
won  wealth  and  success  in  the  steel  business.  He  remained  with  Howe,  Brown  &  Com- 
pany until  the  company  was  consolidated  with  the  Crucible  Steel  Company  of  America,  in 
1900.  Not  content  to  be  an  employe,  Mr.  Howe  with  the  late  James  W.  Brown,  organized 
the  Colonial  Steel  Company  of  Pittsburgh,  manufacturers  of  high  grade  steel  products. 
He  served  as  vice-president  of  this  company  from  1902  until  his  resignation  was  ac- 
cepted in  1907. 

Mr.  Howe  was  president  of  the  Princeton  Alumni  Association  of  Western  Pennsyl- 
vania in  1899  and  1900.  He  belongs  to  the  Pittsburgh  Club,  the  Duquesne  Club,  the 
Pittsburg  Golf  Club,  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association,  the  University  and  Princeton 
Clubs  of  New  York  and  to  the  Society  of   Colonial  Wars. 

Mr.  Howe  stands  high  in  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  belongs  to  many  Masonic  or- 
ganizations. He  became  thirty-third  degree  Mason  in  Boston,  Mass.,  in  September,  1904. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Scottish  Rite  bodies  and  belongs  to  Franklin  Lodge  No.  221,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  Pittsburgh  Chapter  268  Royal  Arch  Masons,  Mt.  Moriah  Council 
No.  2,  and  Tancred  Commandery  No.  48,  Knights  Templar. 

Mr.  Howe  was  married  in  June,  1887,  to  Miss  Martha  C.  Jones,  daughter  of  Robert 
G.  Jones,  of  Pittsburgh.     Mrs.  Howe  died  in  October,  1910. 


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JOHN 

WILSON 

THOMAS. 


John  Wilson  Thomas,  a  lawyer  with  offices  at  518 
Fourth  Ave.,  Pittsburgh,  and  a  residence  on  Heinz  Ter- 
race, Sharpsburg,  was  born  March  31, 
1868,  son  of  John  S.  Thomas,  deceased, 
and  Frances  Brown  Thomas.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  Etna,  graduated 
from  the  Lock  Haven  Normal  School  in  1891  and  from 
Western  University  of  Pennsylvania  Law  Department  in 
1897,  with  the  degree  of  LL.B.  He  studied  law  in  the 
offices  of  Hon.  John  D.  Shafer  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  of  Allegheny  County  June  19,  1897.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  Examiners  of  the  Allegheny  County  Bar, 
which  position  he  has  held  for  the  past  six  years.  He  is 
attorney  for  Etna  Borough,  several  townships  and  school 
districts  and  a  director  of  and  counsel  for  the  Citizens' 
Deposit  and  Trust  Company  of  Sharpsburg. 


JAMES 

EDWARD 

HINDMAN. 


James  Edward  Hindman,  attorney  and  business 
man,  was  born  in  Altoona,  July  6,  1875.  His  parents 
were  John  A.  Hindman  and  Anna  E. 
Hindman.  He  was  graduated  from 
Lafayette  College  in  1900  with  the  de- 
gree of  bachelor  of  philosophy,  and  in 
1903  from  the  Pittsburgh  Law  School  with  the  degree 
of  bachelor  of  laws.  Since  June,  1903,  he  has  been 
engaged  in  the  general  practice  of  law.  He  is  an  ex- 
pert in  corporation  law,  and  is  solicitor  for  the  Borough 
of  Wilkinsburg,  the  school  district  of  the  Borough  of 
Wilkinsburg  and  the  Central  National  Bank  of  Wil- 
kinsburg; a  director  of  the  Fort  Pitt  Oil  &  Gas  Com- 
pany, the  Pittsburgh  Photoplay  Company,  the  Central 
National  Bank,  of  Wilkinsburg,  and  James  A.  Mc- 
Ateer  &  Sons,  Incorporated.  He  belongs  to  the  Uni- 
versity Club  of  Pittsburgh,  the  Edgewood  Country 
Club  and  the  Wilkinsburg  Club. 


MARION 
HAYLEIGH 

MURPHY. 


Marion  Hayleigh  Murphy,  lawyer  of  Pittsburgh, 
was  born  and  educated  in  that  city.  His  mother, 
Elizabeth  Polk  Hayleigh,  was  a  Tennes- 
seean  and  a  grand  niece  of  President 
James  K.  Polk.  He  read  law  in  the  of- 
fice of  Judge  Ambrose  B.  Reid,  and  was 
admitted  to  practice  in  all  the  State  and  Federal 
Courts,  and  since  then  has  devoted  his  attention  chiefly 
to  civil  practice  and  the  Orphans'  Courts.  In  the  last 
several  years  Mr.  Murphy  has  been  instrumental  in 
forming  several  corporations  which  he  is  now  repre- 
senting. He  was  the  secretary  of  the  Democratic 
County  Committee  for  several  years,  and  was  chair- 
man of  the  Campaign  Committee  at  the  time  of  the 
election  of  Judge  Reid.  Mr.  Murphy  is  a  Master  of  the 
Fourth  Degree,  Knights  of  Columbus,  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association. 


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JOSHUA  G.  SPLANE. 

When  one  speaks  of  telephones  operating  in  and  around  Pittsburgh  the  name  of 
Joshua  G.  Splane  is  invariably  linked  with  the  subject,  for  from  the  time  he  was  elected 

president  of  the  Pittsburgh  &  Alle- 
gheny Telephone  Company,  and  later  its 
receiver  and  a  director,  wires  have  been 
extended  to  Maryland,  West  Virginia 
and  the  western  part  of  Pennsylvania 
until  every  hamlet  has  been  covered. 
From  an  obscure  little  concern  with 
plenty  of  capital  and  charter,  but  abso- 
lutely no  business  nor  subscribers,  the 
Pittsburgh  &  Allegheny  Telephone  Com- 
pany has  grown  constantly. 

Of  course  there  was  telephoning 
done  after  a  fashion  in  Pittsburgh  ever 
since  1879,  for  about  that  time  two 
friendly  firms  in  the  Iron  City  strung  a 
private  wire  between  their  respective 
places  of  business.  Later  other  firms 
were  put  on  the  line,  but  telephones  in 
small  offices  and  private  residences  was 
a  luxury  entirely  undreamed  of. 

In  1898  the  incorporators  of  the 
then  new  company  got  together,  and 
with  a  capital  of  $1,500,000  applied  for 
a  charter.  To  get  business  and  build  up 
the  enterprise  was  the  hard  task  before 
the  officers  and  attaches  of  the  new 
company,  and  Mr.  Splane  devoted  all  of  his  attention  to  this  end.  The  reward  of  his 
labors  now  is  a  system  so  immense  that  more  than  70,000,000  conversations  are  held  over 
the  P.  &  A.  wires  every  year.  The  company  is  one  of  the  youngest  in  this  region,  but  one 
of  the  most  useful  in  the  country.  That  much  of  its  success  has  been  due  to  the  esprit  de 
corps  of  the  personnel  of  the  corporation  and  its  attaches  is  generally  conceded,  and  that 
Mr.  Splane  has  been,  and  still  is  largely  responsible  for  this  feeling  of  good  will,  is  ad- 
mitted on  all  sides. 

Mr.  Splane  was  born  in  Pittsburgh.  After  graduating  from  the  public  schools  of 
that  city  he  entered  the  University  of  West  Virginia,  and  when  he  left  the  university  in 
1886  he  began  work  in  the  clerical  department  of  the  Standard  Oil  Company. 

In  1903  the  new  telephone  company  seemed  on  the  fair  road  to  prosperity,  and  so 
Mr.  Splane  left  the  Standard  Oil  concern  to  cast  his  lot  with  the  new  enterprise.  He  was 
elected  president  of  the  company,  but  in  1911,  when  it  became  insolvent,  he  was  ap- 
pointed its  receiver,  and  has  served  in  that  capacity  ever  since.  In  1903,  also,  he  became 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Home  Trust  Company,  and  immediately  after  its  incorpora- 
tion became  its  treasurer,  a  position  which  he  held  for  only  one  year,  because  a  great 
many  other  local  enterprises  claimed  his  attention.  For  that  reason  also  he  refrained 
from  actively  engaging  in  politics,  although  in  1900  he  was  elected  a  member  of  city 
council.     He  remained  there  for  only  one  year. 

In  addition  to  being  a  receiver  and  director  of  the  P.  &  A.  Telephone  Company,  he  is 
a  director  of  the  Monongahela  Tube  Company,  the  Pittsburgh  Silver  Peak  Gold  Mining 
Company  and  the  Republic  Bank  Note  Company.  In  other  capacities  he  is  connected  with 
a  great  many  concerns  of  importance.  Mr.  Splane  is  also  a  member  of  the  Duquesne 
Club,  Pittsburgh  Country  Club,  Americus  Club  and  Tariff  Club,  of  Pittsburgh. 


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DAVID  AIKEN  REED. 


David  Aiken  Reed,  attorney,  of 
Pittsburgh,  is  the  son  of  Judge  J.  H. 
and  Kate  J.  Aiken  Reed.  He  was  born 
in  Pittsburgh  December  21,  1880,  and 
is  engaged  now  as  one  of  the  counsel  for 
the  United  States  Steel  Corporation. 
He  was  graduated  from  Princeton  in 
1900  with  the  degree  of  A.B.  He  studied 
in  the  law  school  of  Western  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  received  a  degree 
of  LL.B.  in  1903.  In  that  year  he  en- 
tered the  law  firm  of  Reed,  Smith,  Shaw 
&  Beal.  In  February,  1912,  Mr.  Reed 
was  appointed  by  Governor  Tener  to  be 
chairman  of  the  Industrial  Accidents 
Commission  of  the  State.  Mr.  Reed  has 
made  a  special  study  of  workmen's  com- 
pensation litigation.  He  was  counsel 
for  the  United  States  Steel  Corporation 
during  the  hearings  before  the  Stanley 
Committee  of  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives. Mr.  Reed  is  a  member  of  the 
Duquesne  Club,  University  Club,  Pitts 
burgh  Golf  Club  and  Pittsburgh  Ath- 
letic Association. 


THOMAS  PATTERSON. 


Thomas  Patterson,  attorney  at  law 
and  business  man,  was  born  in  Carroll 
township,  Washington  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, November  14,  1856.  His 
father  was  Robert  Patterson  and  his 
mother  Eliza  (nee  Baird)  Patterson. 
After  completing  a  course  of  study  in 
the  Ayers  Latin  School,  in  Pittsburgh, 
Mr.  Patterson  entered  the  Western 
University  of  Pennsylvania.  He  was 
graduated  in  1876  with  the  degree  of 
bachelor  of  arts.  Three  years  later  he 
was  given  the  degree  of  master  of  arts, 
and  in  1895  the  honorary  degree  of 
bachelor  of  laws.  Mr.  Patterson  began 
the  study  of  law  by  registration  in  the 
office  of  his  cousin,  T.  H.  B.  Patterson, 
and  continued  it  at  the  Columbia  Law 
School  in  1879  and  1880,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  of  Allegheny  county  in 
1881.  His  offices  are  in  Pittsburgh.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Duquesne  Club,  the 
Allegheny  Country  Club,  the  University 
Club  of  Pittsburgh,  and  the  University 
Club  of  Philadelphia. 


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JAMES  J.   FLANNERY. 

In  the  beautiful  section  of  Pittsburgh  known  as  Oakland,  that  had  originally  been 
intended  as  an  exclusive  residence  section  only,  there  has  of  late  years  sprung  up  a 
number  of  handsome  office  buildings 
that,  even  though  isolated  as  they  are, 
buzz  with  all  the  industry  and  activity 
of  similar  buildings  in  the  heart  of  the 
city.  At  Meyran  and  Forbes  streets 
there  stands  such  a  structure.  In  those 
offices  the  affairs  of  the  American  Vana- 
dium Company  and  allied  concerns 
transact  their  business,  a  business  that 
is  comparatively  new,  but  that  has  had 
its  part,  and  is  still  having  its  part,  in 
the  making  of  wealth  beyond  estimate. 

With  the  discovery  of  the  vanadium 
process  of  steel  making  there  has 
sprung  up  all  over  the  country, 
wherever  steel  is  manufactured,  sub- 
sidiary concerns,  and  among  the  men  re- 
sponsible for  the  growth  of  this  enter- 
prise none  is  more  prominent  than 
James  J.  Flannery,  of  Pittsburgh.  Mr. 
Flannery  lives  near  the  offices  that  har- 
bor the  many  concerns  with  which  he  is 
connected.  His  city  address  is  3515 
Forbes  street.  Mr.  Flannery  is  not  only 
at  the  head  of  the  various  vanadium 
concerns,  but  he  holds  the  highest  executive  positions  of  other  enterprises. 

James  J.  Flannery  is  a  West  Virginian,  and  by  his  successes  he  has  proved  that  it 
makes  little  difference  where  a  man  is  born,  in  order  to  make  a  big  figure  of  himself  in 
the  business  world.  It  was  in  the  little  town  of  Hollidays  Cove,  January  18,  1855,  that 
he  first  saw  the  light  of  day.  At  an  early  age  he  was  brought  to  Pittsburgh,  where  he 
was  placed  in  the  Christian  Brothers'  School,  and  there  he  remained  till  he  completed  the 
rigid  course  of  studies  that  has  made  that  institution  known  far  and  wide. 

On  leaving  school  he  interested  himself  in  the  manufacture  of  steel  in  Pittsburgh. 
He  entered  the  employ  of  several  different  concerns.  In  1877  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Harriet  Rogers,  daughter  of  Commodore  John  Rogers,  of  the  United  States  Navy. 

His  rise  in  the  vanadium  steel  industry  was  rapid.  In  turn  he  found  himself  at  the 
head  of  many  concerns,  most  of  which  have  branch  offices  in  many  parts  of  the  country. 
Of  five  of  these  he  holds  the  presidency.  These  are  the  American  Vanadium  Company,  the 
Vanadium  Sales  Company  of  America,  the  Flannery  Bolt  Company,  the  Oakland  Sav- 
ings &  Trust  Company  and  the  Collier  Land  Company.  Besides  being  a  Knight  of  Co- 
lumbus, he  is  a  member  of  the  Duquesne  Club  and  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association. 

Mr.  Flannery,  in  a  quiet  and  unostentatious  way,  has  been  more  than  ordinarily  in- 
strumental in  the  building  up  of  the  Oakland  section  in  which  he  lives  and  works.  There 
has  never  been  a  booming  compaign  launched  for  the  improvement  of  that  section  to  which 
he  has  not  contributed  liberally,  and  much  of  his  time  that  is  not  spent  in  his  offices  is 
spent  among  the  boosters  of  Oakland,  who  never  fail  to  receive  his  aid. 


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Frank  Chew  Osburn,  barrister,  whose  office  is  in 

the  Park  building,  was  born  in  old  Allegheny,   now 

North  Side,  Pittsburgh,  son  of  Frank- 

FRANK  Hn  Osburn  and  Henrietta  Warner  Os- 

CHEW  burn,     late     of     Sewickley,     Allegheny 

OSBURN.  ,        -r, 

county,  Pa. 

He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  was 
graduated  from  the  University  of  Pittsburgh.  Mr.  Os- 
burn lived  the  greater  part  of  his  life  at  Glen  Osborn 
(formerly  Osburn)  and  at  Sewickley,  in  this  county; 
but  is  now  a  resident  of  the  Fourth  ward,  Pittsburgh, 
Pa. 

Mr.  Osburn  was  formerly  president  of  the  Alle- 
gheny County  Bar  Assoication,  and  also  served  this  as- 
sociation as  chairman  of  the  committee  which  revised 
the  indexes  of  deeds  and  mortgages  in  the  Allegheny 
County  Recorder's  office. 


Warren  Ilsley  Seymour,  lawyer,  was  born  in  Buf- 
falo, New  York,  August  27,  1873,  the  son  of  Samuel  L. 
and  Henrietta  I.  Seymour.     In  1895  he 
warren         was    gra(juated    from    Princeton    Uni- 
ilsley  versity  with  the  degree  of  A.B.    He  en- 

SEYMOUR.  tered  the  law  school  of  Harvard  Uni- 
versity and  from  the  latter  institution  was  graduated 
in  1898,  with  the  degree  of  LL.B.  In  December,  1898, 
Mr.  Seymour  was  admitted  to  the  practice  of  law  in 
Allegheny  county,  and  he  has  practiced  there  con- 
tinuously since  that  time.  In  legal  circles  in  the 
Pittsburgh  district  Mr.  Seymour  has  attained  dis- 
tinction. He  was  brought  most  prominently  before  the 
people  of  Allegheny  county  when  for  more  than  two 
years,  beginning  in  1910,  he  occupied  the  position  of 
first  assistant  district  attorney,  displaying  remarkable 
ability  in  espousing  the  cause  of  the  commonwealth. 


ANDREW 

WELLS 

ROBERTSON. 


Andrew  Wells  Robertson,  attorney  at  law  and  a 
director  in  a  number  of  banking  and  real  estate  con- 
cerns in  Pittsburgh,  was  born  in  Pan- 
ama, New  York,  February  7,  1880.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  in 
his  native  city,  and  then  entered  Alle- 
gheny College  at  Meadville,  Pa.,  where  he  graduated  in 
1906  with  the  A.  B.  degree.  He  was  principal  of  the 
Charleroi  High  School;  entered  the  Law  School  of  the 
University  of  Pittsburgh,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  Pennsylvania  in  1910.  While  attending  the  law 
school  he  was  part  owner  and  one  of  the  principals  of 
the  Boys'  Collegiate  School,  corner  Ellsworth  avenue 
and  Clyde  street,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  In  addition  to  prac- 
ticing law  in  Pittsburgh,  he  is  also  a  director  and  trust 
officer  of  the  Guarantee  Title  &  Trust  Company. 


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AMERICUS  V.  HOLMES. 

Americus  Vespucius  Holmes,  capitalist  and  banker,  was  born  March  16,  1847,  in  the 
present  downtown  district  of  Pittsburgh,  on  Marberry  street,  now  Second  street.  His 
parents  were  Dr.  Shepley  Ross  Holmes 
and  Mrs.  Mary   (nee  Skelton)   Holmes. 

Mr.  Holmes  comes  of  one  of  the 
oldest  pioneer  families  of  Pittsburgh 
and  has  ever  been  active  in  promoting 
the  best  interests  of  the  city.  Dr. 
Holmes,  the  father,  was  a  distinguished 
physician  and  one  of  the  best  known 
and  most  successful  practitioners  in 
early  Pittsburgh.  He  stood  high  in 
Masonic  circles. 

Americus  V.  Holmes  as  a  boy  at- 
tended the  old  Second  Ward  public 
school  when  J.  B.  Meades  was  the  prin- 
cipal. In  1863  and  1864  he  attended 
Col.  Hyatt's  Military  Academy  at  West- 
chester. For  one  year  he  was  a  student 
in  the  Iron  City  College. 

In  1868  Mr.  Holmes  became  of  age 
and  at  once  took  charge  of  the  Holmes 
family's  important  real  estate  holdings 
in  Pittsburgh,  including  a  business 
block  at  226  Fifth  avenue. 

Although  young  when  taking  full 
charge  of  business  affairs,  Mr.  Holmes 
was  unusually  well  prepared  for  the  re- 
sponsibility of  the  position.  His  home  training  was  of  the  best.  Both  father  and  mother 
from  his  earliest  boyhood  had  taught  him  habits  of  industry  and  honesty.  On  account  of 
his  father's  extensive  medical  practice  among  the  business  men  of  Pittsburgh  and  because 
of  his  high  standing  in  the  Masonic  fraternity,  Mr.  Holmes  as  a  youth  associated  much 
with  men  of  affairs.  Being  naturally  of  a  receptive  and  inquiring  turn  of  mind  he  early 
familiarized  himself  with  business  matters  and  when  he  reached  the  age  of  21  he  was  far 
better  fitted  both  by  nature  and  by  training  to  be  successful  in  business  than  many  men 
double  his  age. 

At  the  time  Mr.  Holmes  took  charge  of  the  Holmes'  properties  he  opened  an  office  at 
226  Fifth  avenue,  and  he  has  been  there  ever  since.  Not  content  with  looking  after  his 
personal  property,  Mr.  Holmes'  keen  and  active  mind  impelled  him  to  seek  other  channels 
of  endeavor.  Soon  he  became  interested  in  banking.  He  commanded  the  attention  of  the 
banking  institutions  of  Pittsburgh,  and  Mr.  Holmes  was  elected  vice-president  and  trus- 
tee of  the  Dollar  Savings  Bank,  and  a  director  in  the  Anchor  Savings  Bank. 

Mr.  Holmes  takes  the  deepest  interest  in  the  Masonic  fraternity,  in  which  he  has 
risen  high.  He  has  been  honored  with  the  thirty-third  degree.  He  belongs  to  Dallas 
Lodge,  No.  508 ;  Shilo  Chapter  Royal  Accepted  Masons,  No.  257 ;  Tancred  Commandery, 
No.  148,  and  to  the  Pennsylvania  Consistory. 

Few  Pittsburghers  have  taken  a  deeper  and  more  practical  interest  in  philanthropic 
and  altruistic  movements  than  Mr.  Holmes.    He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church. 

Mr.  Holmes  belongs  to  the  Duquesne  Club,  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association  and 
the  Pittsburgh  Country  Club. 

Mr.  Holmes'  life,  like  the  majority  of  successful  business  men,  has  in  a  way  been  un- 
eventful. He  has  devoted  his  time  strictly  to  the  duties  which  seemed  to  be  his  to  at- 
tend to.  For  the  greater  part  of  his  life  he  has  lived  in  Pittsburgh.  His  wife  was  Miss 
Catherine  A.  Cain,  of  Philadelphia.  The  marriage  was  celebrated  April  22,  1880.  Mr. 
Holmes  resides  at  the  Hotel  Kenmawr,  Pittsburgh. 

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JOHN 

FREDERICK 

TIM. 


John  Frederick  Tim,  attorney,  was  born  in  Pitts- 
burgh, June  4,  1878.  His  parents  were  Anthony  G. 
Tim  and  Jennie  J.  (nee  Maerkt)  Tim. 
He  attended  the  Highland  public  school, 
and  graduated  from  Shady  Side  Acade- 
my in  1897.  He  completed  the  four-year 
course  of  study  in  Lafayette  College  and  was  given  the 
degree  of  bachelor  of  arts  in  1901.  Following  three 
years  of  study  in  the  law  school  of  the  University  of 
Pittsburgh  he  was  graduated  in  1904  with  the  degree 
of  doctor  of  laws.  The  same  year  he  was  admitted  to 
practice  at  the  Allegheny  county  bar.  Shortly  after- 
wards he  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  Superior  and 
Supreme  Courts  of  Pennsylvania  and  in  the  Federal 
Courts.  He  has  stood  always  for  integrity  and  a  high 
standard  of  legal  ethics  among  lawyers.  He  is  a 
Mason  and  a  member  of  the  Greek  letter  fraternity  of 
Theta  Delta  Chi. 


ARCHIBALD 
HAMILTON 


Archibald  Hamilton  Rowand,  Jr.,  has  had  a  unique 
history  as  a  business  man,  a  soldier  and  an  attorney  at 
law.  He  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
March  6,  1845,  the  son  of  Archibald 
Hamilton  Rowand  and  Catherine  Greer 
'  Rowand.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  in  Greenville,  South  Carolina,  in  the  city  of 
Allegheny  and  by  private  tutors  in  Pittsburgh.  July 
17,  1862,  he  enlisted  in  the  First  West  Virginia  Cav- 
alry. He  participated  in  the  battle  of  Gettysburg.  On 
the  personal  recommendation  of  General  Sheridan  he 
received  the  Congressional  Medal  of  Honor,  the  highest 
honor  that  can  be  paid  an  American  soldier.  He  was 
elected  clerk  of  courts  of  Allegheny  county  on  Novem- 
ber 5,  1878 ;  served  two  terms,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1885,  and  is  now  practicing  in  the  county,  State, 
Supreme  and  Federal  Courts,  with  office  in  Pittsburgh. 


EDMUND 

KIERNAN 

TRENT. 


Prominent  among  the  younger  practitioners  at  the 
Allegheny  county  bar  is  Edmund  Kiernan  Trent,  of 
Pittsburgh.  Mr.  Trent  was  born  in 
Somerset,  Pennsylvania,  August  5,  1883. 
He  is  the  son  of  Samuel  V.  Trent  and 
Marion  Kiernan  Trent.  His  elementary 
education  was  received  in  Shady  Side  Academy,  in 
Pittsburgh,  where  he  was  a  student  for  six  years. 

Mr.  Trent's  higher  education  was  attained  in 
Princeton  University,  where  he  was  a  student  for  four 
years.  His  professional  schooling  was  secured  in  the 
Pittsburgh  Law  School,  a  department  of  the  University 
of  Pittsburgh,  and  the  law  department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania.  In  the  former  law  school  he 
studied  for  one  year,  and  in  the  Philadelphia  institu- 
tion for  two  years.  In  January,  1908,  Mr.  Trent  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  of  Allegheny  county.  He  has  se- 
cured recognition  as  a  legal  adviser. 

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CENTRAL  DISTRICT  TELEPHONE  COMPANY. 

The  telephone  service  of  a  modern  city  plays  no  mean  part  in  its  economic  life.  Men 
have  come  to  turn  to  their  telephones  to  carry  them  up  and  down  the  thoroughfares,  to  the 
nearby  towns  and  to  the  distant  cities.  The  housewife  of  nowadays  shops,  makes  her  ap- 
pointments and  visits  friends  by  Telephone.  The  immense  volume  of  this  is  realized  when 
it  is  remembered  that  the  Bell  system  during  1912  established  throughout  the  country 
26,310,000  telephone  connections  daily.  Pittsburgh  has  been  quick  to  recognize  the  de- 
pendability of  the  Bell  telephone.  Shortly  after  the  invention  of  the  telephone,  an  office 
was  opened  in  Pittsburgh.  This  was  the  beginning  only.  From  that  time  until  now 
Pittsburgh's  Bell  System  has  been  growing,  improving,  extending — and  now  the  system 
is  one  to  which  Pittsburghers  may  point  with  just  pride. 

The  Central  District  Telephone  Company  is  the  name  of  the  company  operating  in 
Pittsburgh  and  vicinity,  and  to  that  company  is  attributable  the  credit  for  the  satisfactory 
construction,  maintenance  and  operation  of  the  Bell  telephone  plan  in  Pittsburgh. 

Metropolitan  Pittsburgh,  as  it  is  called  in  telephone  parlance,  or  the  city  and  its  im- 
mediate environs,  contains  some  66,600  Bell  telephones — one  to  every  11  people,  man, 
woman  and  child.  Twenty-two  central  offices  are  used  to  connect  the  telephones  and  the 
offices  are  of  various  sizes.  Pittsburgh  sends  92,500,000  Bell  telephone  messages  per  year, 
an  enormous  bulk  of  telephone  traffic.  And  to  furnish  it  a  plant  of  the  highest  possible 
standard,  maintained  in  the  best  way  and  operated  by  the  most  intelligent  and  efficient 
force  is  necessary.  That  Pittsburgh's  telephone  plant  might  keep  pace  with  the  city's 
progress,  that  it  might  continue  to  compare  favorably  with  thoroughly  modern  standards 
in  telephony,  over  $850,000  was  spent  in  1912  by  the  company  for  additions  and  replace- 
ments to  the  system.  Service  is  the  keynote  of  the  Bell  company's  policy,  the  very  nucleus 
around  which  its  organization  has  been  formed.  The  results  in  Pittsburgh  have  proved 
the  strength  of  this  policy. 


W.  B.  CLARKSON. 


Walter  Beaumont  Clarkson  is  divi- 
sion manager  of  The  Central  District 
Telephone  Company  of  Pittsburgh.  Mr. 
Clarkson  is  a  Virginian  by  birth;  was 
born  in  Fauquier  county,  June  29,  1875. 
He  is  the  son  of  Henry  Mazyck  Clarkson 
and  Mrs.  Jeanie  Sayre  Clarkson.  He  is  a 
graduate  of  William  and  Mary  College, 
of  Virginia,  and  Columbia  University, 
receiving  from  the  latter  the  LL.B.  de- 
gree. In  1897  he  decided  to  take  up 
telephone  work,  and  became  an  employe 
of  the  Bell  system  at  Washington,  D.  C. 
By  applying  himself  diligently,  in  1903 
he  was  made  commercial  superintend- 
ent. He  held  that  position  for  five 
years,  when  he  was  offered  a  position  in 
the  same  capacity  with  the  Delaware  & 
Atlantic  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Com- 
pany, operating  in  New  Jersey  and  Del- 
aware. In  1910  he  accepted  the  posi- 
tion he  now  holds.  Mr.  Clarkson  is  a 
charter  member  of  the  University  Club 
of  Washington  and  a  member  of  the 
Duquesne  Club  of  Pittsburgh. 


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OLIVER  K.   EATON. 

Oliver  K.  Eaton,  attorney  at  law  in  Pittsburgh,  was  born  in  Brownsville,  Pa.,  July  13, 
1877,  a  son  of  T.  N.  Eaton  and  Mary  M.  Eaton.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools,  and  later  attended  Allegheny  College,  at  Meadville,  Pa.,  whence  he  was 
graduated  in  1900. 

After  completing  his  studies  there,  Mr.  Eaton  took  up  the  study  of  law,  and  in  1903 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  Since  that  time  he  has  practiced  in  Pittsburgh,  and  as  a  gen- 
eral practitioner  in  that  city  has  won  a  splendid  record.  He  is  prominent  and  has  a  wide 
circle  of  friends  in  professional  and  business  life. 


James  A.  Wakefield,  a  lawyer  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  with  an  office  in  the  Berger  build- 
ing, was  born  in  Redstone,  Fayette  county,  Pennsylvania,  May  3,  1865.     He  is  the  son 
of  David  H.  and  Mary  (Randolph)  Wakefield.    He  is  the  great-grandson  of 
Samuel  Morton,  a  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence.    Mr.  Wake- 
field's father  lead  the  life  of  a  country  gentleman. 


JAMES  A. 
WAKEFIELD. 


Mr.  Wakefield's  first  education  was  received  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  coun- 
ty. Later  he  attended  the  Allegheny  College  at  Meadville,  Pennsylvania,  and  subsequent- 
ly Union  College,  Schenectady,  New  York,  where  he  took  several  oratorical  prizes  and 
successfully  represented  his  college  in  the  Intercollegiate  Chautauquan  Oratorical  Contest. 
He  graduated  in  1888,  then  undertook  the  study  of  law  in  Uniontown,  Pennsylvania.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1890,  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  Superior  and  Supreme 
Courts  of  Pennsylvania;  also  of  the  United  States  District  and  Circuit  Courts.  He  has 
been  connected  with  many  important  cases,  and  has  devoted  special  attention  to  compli- 
cated insurance  cases. 

In  1894  he  was  the  Democratic  candidate  for  Congressman  from  the  Twenty-second 
District  of  Pennsylvania,  being  opposed  on  the  Republican  ticket  by  John  Dalzell.  Mr. 
Wakefield  was  defeated,  but  made  a  highly  creditable  canvass.  Among  fraternities,  he  is 
a  member  of  the  Delta  Tau  Delta  and  the  Theta  Nu  Epsilon.  He  is  past  master  of  Hail- 
man  Lodge,  F.  and  A.  M.,  and  a  member  of  the  Country  Club  of  Pittsburgh. 


Charles  Aloysius  Fagan,  attorney  at  law,  was  born 
in    Pittsburgh    July    1,    1859.      He   was    educated    at 
Charles         St.  Mary's  parochial  school  and  Ewalt 
aloysius        College.     After  admission  to  the  bar  in 
fagan.  1887  he  was  Assistant  District  Attor- 

ney. He  was  married  to  Mary  Kane  February  11, 
1888.  He  is  a  Democrat;  was  presidential  elector  in 
1892;  was  chairman  of  the  Democratic  County  Com- 
mittee 1894-96;  delegate-at-large  to  Democratic  Na- 
tional Convention  of  1896.  He  is  vice-president  Ger- 
man National  Bank  of  Pittsburgh ;  vice-president  Iron 
City  Sanitary  Manufacturing  Company;  director  East 
End  Savings  &  Trust  Company,  Pittsburgh  &  Lake 
Erie  Ship  Canal  Company,  Anthracite  Coal  Company, 
Natalie  &  Mt.  Carmel  Railroad  Company;  president 
Wheatly  Hills  Land  Company  of  New  York;  president 
Pittsburgh  Hospital.  His  clubs  are  the  Duquesne,  the 
Union,  Pittsburgh  Country  and  the  Oakmont  Country. 

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JOHN   WORTHINGTON. 

An  interesting  figure  in  the  petroleum  industry  is  John  Worthington.  His  first 
connection  with  the  business  was  in  the  capacity  of  civil  engineer  for  a  furnace  com- 
pany. For  40  years  since  he  has  been  a 
student  and  investigator,  and  has  given 
to  the  trade  geological  and  scientific  in- 
formation of  much  value.  He  has  vis- 
ited many  foreign  oil  fields  and  is  one 
of  the  best  informed  men  on  the  general 
subject  of  oil  and  natural  gas. 

Mr.  Worthington  was  born  in 
South  Wales  March  14,  1848,  and  came 
to  the  United  States  with  his  parents 
when  four  years  old.  The  elder  Mr. 
Worthington  was  engaged  with  the 
Brady's  Bend  Iron  Company,  and  the 
family  settled  at  Brady's  Bend,  Pa.  He 
worked  for  several  years,  the  last  two 
as  civil  and  mining  engineer.  At  that 
time  oil  developments  were  making 
their  way  down  the  Allegheny  river,  and 
the  iron  company  became  interested  in 
the  possibilities  of  their  lands  for  oil 
purposes. 

Mr.  Worthington  was  sent  to  Oil 
City  in  1872  to  run  a  line  of  levels  from 
that  place  to  Brady's  Bend,  taking  in  on 
the  way  considerable  oil  development 
lying  between.  A  little  later  the  work 
was  extended  from  Brady's  Bend  to  the  newly  developed  oil  fields  in  Butler  county.  The 
result  was  to  determine  that  the  sand  from  which  the  oil  was  being  produced  at  Brady's 
Bend  and  on  Armstrong  Run  was  80  feet  below  the  formation  from  which  the  Butler 
county  wells  procured  their  oil,  and  that  the  latter  were  getting  their  oil  from  the  third 
sand  of  the  Oil  Creek  region.  In  other  words,  Mr.  Worthington  made  it  plain  that  there 
was  a  fourth  sand  in  that  section  of  the  country.  If  this  knowledge  had  been  acted  upon 
then  the  famous  fourth  sand  belt  from  Armstrong  Run  to  Greece  City  would  have  been 
developed  some  time  before  it  was  discovered  by  accident,  when  the  Tack  &  Moorehead 
well  was  deepened. 

In  the  fall  of  1872  Mr.  Worthington  resigned  from  the  service  of  the  iron  company 
and  became  superintendent  of  the  Meclimans  Farm  Oil  Company.  When  this  company 
disposed  of  its  holdings,  he  engaged  as  cashier  with  the  Parker's  Landing  Savings  Bank. 
On  account  of  ill  health,  Mr.  Worthington  left  the  East  in  1880  and  located  in  the  San 
Juan  country  of  Colorado,  engaging  in  the  mining  business.  He  was  elected  the  first 
mayor  of  the  new  city  of  Ouray,  Col.  After  six  years  he  returned  to  the  oil  country  and 
was  in  the  brokerage  business  for  17  months.  Then  he  organized,  in  connection  with 
Frank  Thompson,  president  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  the  Nineveh  Petroleum  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  was  manager.  The  long  experience  and  practical  business  knowledge 
of  Mr.  Worthington  led  to  his  selection  as  superintendent  of  the  newly  organized  South 
Penn  Oil  Company  in  June  1889.  Under  his  administration  the  company  participated  in 
the  development  of  the  great  oil  and  gas  resources  of  West  Virginia.  Later  he  was  pro- 
moted and  remained  on  the  firing  line.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Union  National  Bank  of 
Pittsburgh.     He  resides  in  the  Squirrel  Hill  district  of  Pittsburgh. 

Since  the  dissolution  of  the  Standard  Oil  Company,  Mr.  Worthington  is  connected 
with  the   Standard   Oil   Company  of   New  Jersey. 

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Churchill   Brown   Mehard,   Attorney,   was   born   in 
Mercer,  Mercer  County,  May  27th,  1881.     His  father  is 
Hon.  Samuel  S.  Mehard,  President  Judge 
Churchill    of    the    Mercer    County    Court,    and    his 
BROWN  mother,    Ida    Augusta    Brown,    a    daugh- 

mehard.  ter  of  Hon.  George  H.  Brown,  Chief  Jus- 
tice of  the  New  Jersey  Supreme  Court. 
Mr.  Mehard  was  educated  at  Westminster  College, 
Haverford  College,  Pennsylvania  Military  College  and 
the  law  department  of  the  University  of  Pittsburgh. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1905  and  for  two 
years  and  a  half  served  as  Assistant  District  Attor- 
ney of  Allegheny  County.  For  nine  years  Mr.  Me- 
hard was  an  officer  of  the  "Duquesne  Grays"  (18th  In- 
fantry, N.  G.  P.),  until  his  promotion  to  higher  office  on 
the  Second  Brigade  Staff.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Du- 
quesne, University,  Edgeworth  and  Allegheny  Country 
Clubs.    He  is  married  and  has  one  child,  a  daughter. 


JAMES 

H.  gray. 


James  H.  Gray,  lawyer,  of  Pittsburgh,  was  born 
in  Pittsburgh  August  20,  1872,  the  son  of  Joseph  H. 
and  Mary  Gray.  Mr.  Gray  was  edu- 
cated in  Pittsburgh  public  schools.  He 
was  employed  by  George  Westinghouse, 
Jr.,  as  a  draughtsman  for  six  years.  At  the  same  time 
he  studied  law  with  R.  B.  Petty,  Esq.  ,and  was  admitted 
to  the  Allegheny  county  bar  in  1895.  He  practices  in 
the  Supreme  and  Superior  Courts  of  Pennsylvania,  the 
United  States  Courts,  all  of  the  county  courts  and  the 
Supreme  Court  of  Colorado.  Mr.  Gray  is  chairman  of 
the  County  Committee  of  the  Keystone  party  of  Alle- 
gheny county.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Parkersburg 
Iron  &  Steel  Company,  a  member  of  the  council  of  the 
Presbyterian  Brotherhood,  an  elder  in  the  Sixth  Pres- 
byterian Church  of  Pittsburgh,  and  a  member  of  the 
Davis  Camp,  Sons  of  Veterans. 


GEORGE 

NEWTON 

CHALFANT 


George  Newton  Chalfant  was  born  at  Martin's 
Ferry,  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  August  6,  1864,  the  son 
of  the  Rev.  George  Wilson  Chalfant  and 
Sarah  (Moore)  Chalfant.  He  was 
graduated  from  the  Martin's  Ferry  high 
school,  and  later  from  Lafayette  Col- 
lege in  Easton,  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Chalfant  served 
with  the  P.,  C.  &  St.  L.  Railways  as  civil  engineer.  He 
was  next  engaged  for  about  four  years  as  a  civil  and 
mining  engineer  in  Pittsburgh.  In  1889  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Allegheny  county  bar.  He  is  now  a  mem- 
ber of  the  law  firm  of  Carpenter  &  Chalfant,  Frick 
Annex,  Pittsburgh.  Mr.  Chalfant  is  a  director  of  the 
Union  Electric  Company,  Pittsburgh;  a  member  of 
the  University  Club,  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Associa- 
tion and  the  Young  Men's  Republican  Tariff  Club;  a 
member  of  Duquesne  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M.,  Pittsburgh 
Chapter  and  Duquesne  Commandery  and  A.  A.  Scot- 
tish Rite,  of  Pittsburgh. 

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PERRY  ORVILLE  LAUGHNER. 


Wherever  a  few  gallons  of  crude  oil  ooze  their  way  to  the  surface  of  the  earth,  some- 
body is  usually  on  hand  in  time  enough  to  raise  and  spread  the  good  tidings;  and  immedi- 
ately  there   follows    an    oil    boom    that 
makes  poor  men  rich  and  rich  men  poor 
over  night. 

Several  years  ago  a  number  of 
small  and  unimportant  communities  in 
Oklahoma  experienced  booms  of  this 
kind.  Money  rolled  into  Oklahoma  by 
the  millions,  and  among  those  who  went 
there  to  take  advantage  of  the  oppor- 
tunities presented  was  Perry  Orville 
Laughner,  of  Pittsburgh.  One  thing 
that  favored  Mr.  Laughner  more  than 
anything  else,  when  he  went  there,  was 
the  fact  that  he  got  there  before  some- 
body else  had  a  chance  to  seize  the  land 
on  which  oil  had  been  discovered.  With 
him  were  several  other  Pittsburghers, 
well  experienced  in  the  oil  business  at 
home,  and  so  well  experienced  were 
they  that  they  had  no  difficulty  select- 
ing just  such  tracts  of  land  as  promised 
the  best  results,  and  not  investing  in 
other  tracts  that  were  held  out  at 
tempting  prices  to  them. 

For  a  number  of  weeks  the  Pitts- 
burghers remained  there  watching  the 

development  of  their  claims,  selling  what  land  seemed  least  profitable,  and  retaining 
that  which  they  knew  would  in  time  fill  their  coffers.  Then  they  came  back  to  Pittsburgh 
with  the  lion's  share  of  the  Oklahoma  oil  fields,  and  spent  the  remainder  of  their  time 
organizing  companies  and  making  other  investments. 

Mr.  Laughner  was  born  in  a  little  place  in  Butler  county,  known  as  Six  Points,  Sep- 
tember 21,  1859,  and  is  the  son  of  Samuel  S.  and  Sarah  J.  Laughner.  Early  in  life  he 
moved  to  Clarion  county  and  in  the  public  schools  received  his  early  education,  and  then 
he  entered  and  made  his  way  through  the  State  Normal  School  at  Edinboro.  Later  lie 
became  a  student  in  the  Iron  City  College  at  Pittsburgh,  from  which  he  graduated.  For 
a  time  he  engaged  in  the  brokerage  business,  but  oil  lands  were  making  people  rich  and 
he  tried  his  hand  at  oil  producing.  In  Pittsburgh  he  was  ordinarily  successful,  but  when 
the  latest  oil  boom  broke  loose  in  Oklahoma  he  went  to  the  more  promising  fields. 

At  present  he  is  the  president  and  director  of  the  Minnetonka  Oil  Company,  and  the 
president  and  director  of  the  Crescent  Oil  and  Gas  Company.  Both  concerns  occupy  of- 
fices in  the  Arrott  building,  Wood  street  and  Fourth  avenue.  Mr.  Laughner  lives  at  1237 
Beechwood  boulevard.  He  has  many  fraternal  and  social  connections  in  Pittsburgh,  and 
among  the  more  prominent  organizations  of  which  he  is  a  member  are  the  Masons,  As- 
calon  Lodge,  Knights  Templar,  Syria  Lodge  of  Shriners,  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  As- 
sociation, the  Union  Club,  the  Pittsburgh  Press  Club  and  the  Pittsburgh  Country  Club. 


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THE  PEOPLES  NATURAL  GAS  COMPANY. 

The  Peoples  Natural  Gas  Company  was  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  Pennsyl- 
vania June  26,  1885,  by  J.  N.  Pew,  E.  0.  Emerson,  Theodore  Johnson,  Robert  C.  Pew,  R. 
S.  Duffield  and  J.  S.  Robinson.  The  original  stock  authorized  was  $200,000.00  which 
was,  soon  after  the  incorporation  of  the  company,  increased  to  $1,000,000.00,  and  later 
increased  to  $9,300,000.00. 

J.  N.  Pew,  the  first  president,  was  the  pioneer  of  the  natural  gas  industry  in  the 
Pittsburgh  district.  In  the  year  of  1890  the  field  pressure  of  gas  coming  from  the  Mur- 
raysville  field,  in  Westmoreland  county,  declined  rapidly  and  the  supply  of  gas  to  Pitts- 
burgh began  to  fail.  This  was  a  problem  that  required  several  years'  study  and  all  the 
ingenuity  of  the  natural  gas  engineers  to  overcome.  Various  schemes  were  thought  out 
and  tried,  such  as  large  storage  tanks,  increasing  the  size  of  the  pipe  lines  to  the  wells, 
etc.,  but  without  success.  To  Mr.  Pew,  however,  belongs  the  credit  of  conceiving  the 
idea  of  the  gas  compressor  pump,  now  utilized  by  all  gas  companies,  and  enabling  nat- 
ural gas  to  be  carried  and  distributed  over  a  large  area.  But  for  the  compressor  pump 
Pittsburgh  would  not  now  enjoy  the  benefit  of  this  ideal  fuel. 

A  further  step  in  natural  gas  development  and  improvement,  in  which  this  company 
was  a  leader,  was  to  stop  the  great  amount  of  wastefulness  and  conserve  the  gas  for  the 
future.  Without  considering  the  expense,  this  company  put  into  effect  a  plan  to  eliminate 
all  waste  at  the  wells  and  on  high  pressure  mains,  such  as  putting  an  extra  band  at  each 
joint  on  its  lines,  thus  stopping  all  leakage  on  same,  and  by  their  method  of  conservation 
and  their  sources  of  supply,  they  can  assure  natural  gas  for  domestic  consumption  to  their 
consumers  for  years  to  come. 

The  Peoples  Natural  Gas  Company,  in  the  first  few  years  of  its  incorporation,  sup- 
plied gas  only  to  Wilkinsburg  and  a  portion  of  the  city  of  Pittsburgh;  later,  as  large 
fields  of  natural  gas  were  discovered  in  Allegheny,  Washington,  Armstrong,  Clarion  and 
Greene  counties,  Pennsylvnia,  the  high  pressure  main  lines  were  extended  to  these  points 
and  the  low  pressure  system  enlarged  from  time  to  time,  so  that  at  the  present  time  The 
Peoples  Natural  Gas  Company  supplies  not  only  Wilkinsburg  and  a  large  portion  of  the 
city  of  Pittsburgh,  but  they  also  supply  Edgewood,  Swissvale,  Rankin,  East  Pittsburgh, 
Turtle  Creek,  Wilmerding,  East  McKeesport,  boroughs  and  towns  along  the  Pennsylvania 
Railroad,  including  Greensburg,  Latrobe,  Derry,  Bolivar,  etc.,  to  Altoona.  In  the  Mo- 
nongahela  Valley,  this  company  supplies  Monessen,  Webster,  Belle  Vernon  and  Fayette 
City.  In  the  Allegheny  Valley,  New  Kensington,  Arnold  and  adjacent  towns.  West  of 
Pittsburgh,  they  supply  Woodlawn,  Aliquippa,  Imperial,  Burgettstown,  Midland,  etc. 

The  Peoples  Natural  Gas  Company  has  from  its  inception  always  set  a  high  stand- 
ard for  efficiency  and  the  best  of  service  for  its  consumers,  and  were  the  orginators  of 
the  idea  to  sell  gas  ranges  and  appliances  to  their  consumers  at  cost. 

The  present  officers  of  the  company  are :  A.  C.  Bedford,  president ;  J.  W.  R.  Craw- 
ford, vice-president;  John  G.  Pew,  vice-president  and  manager;  Captain  L.  F.  Barger, 
general  superintendent;  Christy  Payne,  secretary;  Thos.  Nicoll,  treasurer,  and  Geo.  H. 
Jones,  comptroller. 

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JOHN    H.    GALEY, 

Oil  Producer,   Pittsburgh. 


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JAMES   A. 
FULTON. 


The  treasurer  and  collector  for  the  city  of  McKees- 
port,  James  A.  Fulton,  has  served  the  people  faithfully. 
He  was  born  in  Pittsburgh  April  14, 
1874,  and  is  the  son  of  Samuel  and 
Matilda  Fulton.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  McKeesport.  During  his  boyhood, 
Mr.  Fulton  was  employed  in  many  occupations.  He 
was  a  newsboy  and  later  a  grocer's  clerk.  He  became 
a  market  gardener  and  florist  assistant,  learned  the 
house  painting  trade  and  served  several  years  as  jour- 
neyman workman  and  as  a  contracting  painter.  He  is 
a  director  in  the  McKeesport  and  Versailles  Cemetery, 
and  secretary  of  the  American  Monetary  League.  Al- 
ways known  for  his  liking  for  independent  policies, 
Mr.  Fulton  is  a  strong  progressive  and  was  elected  on 
that  ticket  in  1909.  He  is  a  member  of  the  American 
Academy  of  Political  and  Social  Science  and  several 
other  organizations,  and  is  also  an  author  of  repute. 


The  thriving  municipality  of  McKeesport,  Pennsylvania,  has  a  capable  chief  executive 

in  the  person  of  Dr.  Herbert  S.  Arthur,  its  present  mayor.     Dr.  Arthur  is  a  native  son  of 

the  city  he  now  heads,  having  been  born  and  reared  in  McKeesport.   The 

Herbert  s.    date  Qf  kis  kirth  was  April  28,  1879.   He  is  the  son  of  Robert  and  Johanna 

ARTHUR.         Arthur.     His  elementary  education  was  secured  in  the  public  schools  and 

the  high  school  of  McKeesport. 

His  preparation  for  the  practice  of  medicine  was  secured  in  Northwestern  Uni- 
versity Medical  College,  from  which  institution  he  was  graduated  in  1903.  He  is  at  pres- 
ent practicing  medicine  in  the  Tube  City.  He  is  now  identified  with,  and  has  been 
identified  ever  since  his  graduation  from  medical  college,  the  McKeesport  Hospital. 

He  has  embarked  into  the  business  world  aside  from  his  professional  occupation  and 
has  met  unusual  success.  Dr.  Arthur  is  a  director  in  the  Joel  T.  Painter  Paint  Com- 
pany, a  flourishing  industrial  organization  in  McKeesport.  It  was  in  1909  that  he  promi- 
ently  entered  the  field  of  politics,  and  that  year  he  was  chosen  mayor  of  the  Tube  City. 
His  administration  of  civic  affairs  has  been  business-like  and  provocative  of  much  favor- 
able comment.  His  entire  term  as  McKeesport's  chief  executive  has  been  characterized 
by  an  economical  and  equable  administrative  system.  He  is  prominently  and  favorably 
known  throughout  the  State. 


JOSEPH 
NATALI. 


Joseph  Natali,  police  magistrate  of  the  Oakland  Sta- 
tion and  acting  Italian  vice  consul,  was  born  in  Italy.  He 
was  brought  to  Pittsburgh  by  his  parents, 
as  a  small  boy,  in  1872.  Mr.  Natali  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  Pittsburgh 
and  Duff's  College.  For  12  years  he  held  the  position  of 
interpreter  in  the  Allegheny  county  court,  and  as  such 
assisted  in  many  important  trials.  In  1894  he  was  ap- 
pointed consular  agent  for  Italy,  serving  for  10  years.  In 
1902  Victor  Emanuel  III.  created  him  a  knight  of  the 
Crown  of  Italy,  in  appreciation  of  his  services  to  Italian 
subjects.  It  is  a  testimonial  to  Mr.  Natali's  efficiency 
that  he  has  been  called  upon  for  the  sixth  time  to  take 
charge  of  the  Italian  vice  consulate  in  Pittsburgh.  On 
July  1,  1909,  he  was  appointed  police  magistrate  by  the 
Mayor  of  Pittsburgh,  serving  continuously  since,  and  has 
given  general  satisfaction.  Mr.  Natali  is  very  popular 
among  the  Italian  residents  of  Western  Pennsylvania. 


GEORGE  WILLIAM  CRAWFORD. 

George  William  Crawford,  banker  and  booster  for  Pittsburgh,  is  another  living 
testimony  that  in  the  early  days  of  the  Iron  City  the  reputation  of  this  region  worked 
as  a  magnet  and  drew  to  its  swelling 
population  people  from  all  over  the 
country  and  the  world.  Mr.  Crawford's 
parents,  Andrew  Isaac  Crawford  and 
Martha  J.  E.  Crawford,  lived  in  the 
quiet  town  of  Kewanee,  111.,  where, 
January  10,  1856,  their  son  was  born. 
Shortly  thereafter  they  were  attracted 
to  Pittsburgh,  where  the  boy  was  placed 
in  the  old  Mansfield  academy,  located  in 
what  was  then  known  as  Mansfield,  and 
which  was  subsequently  changed  in 
name  to  Carnegie.  After  finishing  his 
education  at  the  Mansfield  academy  he 
entered  Duff's  college,  in  Pittsburgh, 
where  he  graduated  in  his  nineeteenth 
year. 

Upon  leaving  school  he  looked 
about  him  for  an  opening.  There  was  a 
place  just  such  as  he  wanted  in  a  bank, 
although  it  is  generally  admitted  by 
those  who  have  learned  to  know  him 
since  that  he  would  still  have  made  a 
great  success  of  himself  had  he  entered 
any  other  kind  of  a  business.  His  first 
position  therefore  was  given  to  him  in 

1874  when  he  entered  the  Diamond  National  Bank  as  a  clerk.  He  remained  there  28 
years,  being  rewarded  for  his  hard  work  by  obtaining  the  position  of  cashier  and  director 
not  long  before  he  left  that  institution. 

In  1902  he  left  the  Diamond  National  Bank  with  a  full  and  ripe  knowledge  of  the 
banking  business  and  as  a  person  readily  sought  after  by  other  and  bigger  banking  in- 
stitutions. For  the  past  ten  years  he  has  served  as  a  director  in  the  Peoples  Savings  Bank 
and  the  Peoples  National  Bank  and  the  Safe  Deposit  &  Trust  Company  of  Pittsburgh. 

During  the  past  ten  years  also  other  interests  began  to  claim  his  attention.  Manu- 
facturing concerns  sprang  up  in  great  numbers,  and  the  men  at  the  head  of  those  con- 
cerns were  constantly  demanding  the  help  of  such  men  as  Mr.  Crawford.  He  was  in  great 
demand  as  a  director,  and  to  this  day  he  is  serving  in  that  capacity  for  a  number  of  in- 
stitutions both  in  Pittsburgh  and  Boston. 

In  addition  to  holding  the  presidency  of  the  Peoples  Natural  Gas  &  Pipeage  Company 
of  Pittsburgh,  he  is  a  director  in  the  following  corporations :  The  Allegheny  Heating 
Company,  the  Crucible  Steel  Company  of  America,  the  Humboldt  Fire  Insurance  Company, 
the  Safe  Deposit  &  Trust  Company,  the  Peoples  National  Bank  and  the  Peoples  Savings 
Bank,  all  of  Pittsburgh,  and  the  Columbian  National  Life  Insurance  Company  of  Boston. 

Mr.  Crawford  loves  the  great  out  doors  and  is  fond  of  clean,  healthful  sports.  When 
he  feels  the  need  of  a  change  from  the  grind  of  business  he  seeks  it  with  friends  among 
fellow-members  of  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association. 


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ROBERT  GARLAND. 


A  leading  figure  in  the  business,  po- 
litical and  club  life  of  Pittsburgh  is 
Robert  Garland,  a  manufacturer  and  a 
member  of  the  city  council.  Mr.  Gar- 
land was  born  in  Dungannon,  County 
Tyrone,  Ireland,  September  27,  1862,  the 
son  of  Robert  Garland  and  Eliza  Jane 
Atwell  Garland.  While  quite  young  Mr. 
Garland  came  to  Pittsburgh.  He  at  first 
started  to  work  for  Lewis,  Oliver  & 
Phillips,  which  concern  afterwards  be- 
came Oliver  Brothers  &  Phillips,  and 
still  later  became  the  Oliver  Iron  &  Steel 
Company.  During  his  connection  with 
these  firms  Mr.  Garland  rose  rapidly 
until  in  1893  he  decided  to  leave  the  em- 
ployment of  the  last  named  company  and 
launch  into  business  for  himself.  In 
this  undertaking  he  was  assoicated  with 
his  brother,  John  W.  Garland,  the  con- 
cern being  known  as  the  Garland  Chain 
Company.  Mr.  Garland  is  president  of 
the  Garland  Nut  &  Rivet  Company; 
treasurer  of  the  Garland  Corporation ; 
director  of  the  Third  National  Bank  and 
of  the  Pittsburgh  Life  &  Trust  Co. 


ENOCH  RAUH. 


Enoch  Rauh's  rise  to  public  promi- 
nence is  not  the  result  of  many  advan- 
tages, but  came  through  a  keen  business 
sense,  intelligence  and  persistence,  to- 
gether with  a  high  business  integrity. 
Mr.  Rauh  did  not  have  any  special  ad- 
vantages in  education;  after  beginning 
work  at  the  age  of  13  going  to  night 
school  for  some  years.  Today  he  is 
senior  member  of  Rauh  Brothers  & 
Company,  Pittsburgh  merchants.  Mr. 
Rauh  also  entered  the  firm  of  the 
Homer  Laughlin  China  Company,  of 
East  Liverpool,  0.,  and  Newell,  W.  Va. 
Mr.  Rauh  always  has  been  interested  in 
civic,  business  and  philanthropic  affairs, 
and  he  is  a  director  in  many  philan- 
thropies. He  was  one  of  those  chosen 
when  the  council  of  nine  was  appointed 
to  direct  the  municipal  affairs  of  Pitts- 
burgh. Mr.  Rauh  has  won  an  enviable 
record  as  a  champion  of  the  people's 
rights.  Mr.  Rauh  has  for  five  years 
been  president  of  the  Pittsburgh  As- 
sociation of  Credit  Men.  He  is  also  vice- 
president  of  the  National  Association  of 
Credit  Men. 


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MICHAEL  L.  BENEDUM. 

Michael  L.  Benedum,  wealthy  oil  producer  and  public  spirited  citizen  of  Pittsburgh, 
was  born  July  16,  1869,  at  Bridgeport,  West  Virginia.  His  parents  were  Emanuel  and 
Caroline  Benedum. 

He  secured  his  education  in  the 
common  schools  of  West  Virginia.  Mr. 
Benedum,  at  an  early  age,  engaged  in 
the  milling  business,  but  later  accepted 
a  position  in  an  engineering  corps  of  the 
South  Penn  Oil  Company. 

Mr.  Benedum  impressed  the  officials 
of  the  company  so  favorably  that  he 
was  soon  transferred  to  the  land  depart- 
ment. From  that  time  on  his  rise  was 
rapid,  and  in  a  few  years  he  became  as- 
sistant superintendent  for  the  company 
in  West  Virginia. 

Not  satisfied  with  an  employe's 
salary  in  a  business  in  which  fortunes 
are  so  often  made  in  a  year — sometimes 
in  a  day — Mr.  Benedum  resigned  from 
the  South  Penn  Oil  Company  in  1898 
and  started  in  the  oil  producing  busi- 
ness for  himself.  His  extensive  experi- 
ence with  the  South  Penn  Oil  Company,  united  with  a  keen  business  instinct,  brought 
him  success  early  in  the  venture. 

Desirous  of  carrying  on  an  oil  producing  business  national  in  extent,  Mr.  Benedum 
associated  himself  in  business  with  J.  C.  Trees  and  others,  operating  under  the  name  of 
the  Benedum-Trees  Oil  Company,  the  J.  C.  Trees  Oil  Company,  and  various  other  com- 
panies. Both  he  and  his  associates  have  invaded  nearly  every  oil  field  in  the  United 
States,  Canada  and  Mexico. 

They  were  pioneers  in  the  oil  business  in  Oklahoma,  Illinois  and  Louisiana.  They 
have  spent  hundred  of  thousands  of  dollars  in  "wild-catting,"  drilling  wells  far  from 
territory  known  to  contain  oil.  Often  they  lost,  but  in  the  aggregate  they  have  won  for- 
tunes. 

Mr.  Benedum  is  president  of  the  Benedum-Trees  Oil  Company,  and  an  officer  and 
director  in  many  other  oil  and  gas  companies.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Duquesne  Club,  Pitts- 
burgh Athletic  Association,  the  Pittsburgh  Country  Club,  and  other  social  organizations. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order  and  Knights  of  Pythias. 


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W.  A.  HOEVELER. 


One  who  has  attained  most  favor- 
ble  prominence  in  the  affairs  of  Pitts- 
burgh is  William  A.  Hoeveler,  member 
of  the  city's  council  and  leading  busi- 
ness man.  Mr.  Hoeveler  is  the  eldest 
son  of  Augustus  and  Elizabeth 
(O'Leary)  Hoeveler  and  was  born  in 
Pittsburgh  May  14,  1852.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  parochial  schools  of  Pitts- 
burgh, at  Newell's  Institute  and  at  St. 
Vincent's  College.  When  17  years  old, 
Mr.  Hoeveler  engaged  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  glue  and  continued  in  this  occu- 
pation until  1887,  when  he  established 
the  storage  business  in  which  he  now  is 
engaged.  Mr.  Hoeveler  also  is  an  in- 
ventor and  has  devised  a  number  of  ap- 
pliances of  value.  He  is  a  Roman  Cath- 
olic, a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus, and  in  politics  is  independent.  He 
married  Katherine  Hemphill,  February 
17,  1885,  and  they  have  three  children. 
It  has  been  by  his  service  in  city  council 
that  Mr.  Hoeveler  has  become  best 
known  to  the  public. 


H.  M.  IRONS. 


Harold  M.  Irons,  city  solicitor  who 
defended  Pittsburgh  in  suits  growing 
out  of  the  "Hump  removal,"  was  born  in 
New  Wilmington,  January  10,  1876. 
His  parents  were  W.  D.  Irons  and 
Edith  B.  (nee  Van  Orsdell)  Irons. 
When  a  boy  Mr.  Irons  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  McDonald,  Pa.,  and  he 
graduated  from  Westminster  College. 
He  then  entered  the  law  office  of  John 
S.  Robb,  of  Pittsburgh.  After  reading 
law  for  several  years  he  passed  the  legal 
examination,  was  admitted  to  the  Alle- 
gheny bar  in  1904,  and  opened  a  law  of- 
fice in  Pittsburgh.  In  1908  he  was  ap- 
pointed assistant  city  solicitor.  Mr. 
Irons  was  married  in  1905  to  Miss  Ed- 
na May  Holliday,  a  daughter  of  George 
L.  Holliday,  at  one  time  in  charge  of  the 
Pittsburgh  postoffice.  There  are  three 
children.  Mr.  Irons  belongs  to  the  order 
of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  There 
are  few  who  have  achieved  appointment 
as  city  attorney  for  Pittsburgh  after 
practicing  law  only  four  years. 


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JOE  CLIFTON  TREES. 

Joe  Clifton  Trees,  oil  and  gas  producer,  sport  lover,  philanthropist  and  clubman, 
is  a  unique  figure  in  the  busy  life  of  the  city  of  Pittsburgh.  He  is  the  son  of  Isaac  T. 
Trees  and  Lucy  A.  Trees.  Previous  to 
his  entry  on  his  highly  successful  busi- 
ness career,  Mr.  Trees  received  a  liberal 
education.  In  1892  he  was  graduated 
from  the  Indiana  Normal  School,  and 
1895  was  graduated  from  the  University 
of  Pittsburgh,  then  the  Western  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania. 

His  love  for  his  alma  mater,  the 
later  educational  institution,  has  been 
remarkably  evidenced  by  many  and  re- 
peated substantial  gifts  to  the  institu- 
tion. A  most  valuable  adjunct  to  Pitt, 
the  Smoky  City's  own  university,  is  the 
magnificent  Trees  athletic  stadium. 
There  on  the  summit  of  the  big  plot  of 
ground  in  the  Schenley  district  of  Pitts- 
burgh devoted  to  the  needs  of  the  uni- 
versity, is  the  imposing  Trees  gym- 
nasium and  the  big  athletic  field,  the 
great  athletic  settlement  being  the  gift 
of  the  subject  of  this  life  sketch.  His 
bounty  to  that  institution,  however,  has 
not  been  limited  to  the  gifts  for  the  Pitt 
stadium.  He  is  an  ardent  lover  of 
healthy  sports,  and  his  annual  banquet 
to  the  big  football  squad  of  Pitt  after  the  close  of  the  season  is  characteristic  of  his  acute 
interest  in  things  athletic. 

In  the  vast  Pittsburgh  district  which  leads  the  world  in  oil  and  gas  production,  Joe 
Trees  is  an  imposing  figure.  His  interests  are  extensive  and  he  stands  very  high  in  the 
councils  of  the  country's  oil  and  gas  producers.  In  Pittsburgh  business  circles  he  wields 
a  potent  influence,  and  he  has  been  prominently  connected  with  a  number  of  movements 
aiming  at  the  promotion  of  the  Smoky  City's  interests. 

His  influence  in  the  oil  and  gas  business  has  been  so  extensive  as  to  spread  over  a 
goodly  portion  of  the  United  States.  Seeing  the  vast  possibilities  of  oil  and  gas  resources 
of  the  State  of  Arkansas,  Mr.  Trees,  with  a  number  of  fellow  Pittsburghers,  decided  to 
enter  that  field.  He  was  a  pioneer  in  the  producing  business  in  that  State,  and  by  the 
display  of  rare  business  judgment  and  acute  discernment  he  was  instrumental  in  making 
that  State  one  of  the  nation's  leading  oil  and  gas  producing  territories. 

Mr.  Trees  is  extensively  represented  in  the  governing  bodies  of  a  number  of  oil  and 
gas  producing  concerns  throughout  the  country.  He  is  president  of  the  Arkansas  Nat- 
ural Gas  Company;  president  of  the  Arkansas  Fuel  Oil  Company;  president  of  the  J.  C. 
Trees  Oil  Company;  president  of  the  Penn  Mex  Oil  Company;  president  of  the  Wabash 
Gas  Company ;  president  of  the  Regal  Oil  Company,  and  vice-president  of  the  Benedum 
Trees  Oil  Company.  Mr.  Trees  is  a  member  of  the  Duquesne  Club,  the  Oakmont  Coun- 
try Club,  the  Pittsburgh  Country  Club  and  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association. 

Pennsylvania  with  her  vast  store  of  natural  resources,  the  development  of  which  has 
brought  her  largely  to  the  fore  in  the  world's  history,  has  a  coterie  of  able  business  men 
whose  efforts  are  largely  accountable  for  the  Keystone  State's  remarkable  standing.  In 
this  coterie,  representing  the  Smoky  City,  is  Joe  Clifton  Trees. 


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CHARLES 

ELMER 

BOWN. 


Charles  Elmer  Bown,  attorney  and  banker,  was  born 
in  Pittsburgh  February  18,  1875.  His  parents  were 
Charles  T.  Bown  and  Louisa  (nee  Alter) 
Bown.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  Pittsburgh 
grammar  schools  and  of  the  Pittsburgh 
Central  high  school.  He  attended  Harvard 
College  and  the  Pittsburgh  law  school.  In  1898  he  was 
admitted  to  the  Allegheny  county  bar  and  began  the  prac- 
tice of  law  immediately.  In  1909  he  was  appointed  as- 
sistant city  solicitor.  He  is  a  director  in  the  South  Hills 
Trust  Company  and  the  Southern  Heights  Land  Company. 
Mr.  Bown  is  a  Mason  and  belongs  to  the  Americus  Club, 
the  Stanton  Heights  Golf  Club,  the  South  Hills  Repub- 
lican Club,  and  the  American  Academy  of  Social  and  Po- 
litical Science.  He  is  married  and  has  three  children.  Mr. 
Bown  is  a  shrewd,  successful  attorney,  an  able  speaker 
and  a  keen  business  man. 


HARRY 

HAMILTON 

ROWAND. 


Harry  Hamilton  Rowand,  the  son  of  Archibald 
Rowand,  Jr.,  and  Sarah  Howard  Rowand,  was  born  in 
Verona,  Allegheny  county,  Pa.,  April  8, 
1871.  He  was  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1892  from  Washington  and  Jefferson 
College.  Then  he  studied  law  with  his 
father  and  was  admitted  to  practice  in  all  the  courts 
of  Allegheny  county  in  1894;  had  a  general  practice 
until  appointed  assistant  district  attorney  in  1906.  He 
is  now  first  assistant  under  District  Attorney  William 
A.  Blakeley.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Spanish- American 
War  Mr.  Rowand  was  made  a  second  lieutenant  in  the 
Eighteenth  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  In- 
fantry, and  shortly  thereafter  promoted  to  a  first  lieu- 
tenancy. He  is  a  member  of  the  Oakmont  Country 
Club  and  the  Oakmont  Boat  Club,  as  well  as  a  number 
of  patriotic  orders.  Mr.  Rowand  was  married  to  Miss 
Florence  E.  Kier  in  1898.    They  have  one  child. 


GEORGE 

NUGENT 

MONRO. 


George  Nugent  Monro,  attorney  at  law,  was  born 
in  Ascot,  Buckinghamshire,  England,  November  18, 
1833,  the  son  of  Henry  Loftus  Monro 
and  Sarah  A.  Monro.  He  was  gradu- 
ated from  St.  David's  College,  Carmar- 
then, Wales,  and  came  to  this  country 
when  19.  He  taught  school  at  Highland  Falls,  New 
York,  and  was  graduated  from  the  General  Theological 
Seminary,  New  York  City,  in  1857;  was  ordained  dea- 
con in  the  Episcopal  Church,  serving  two  years,  com- 
ing to  Pittsburgh  in  1859.  Here  he  studied  law  with 
the  firm  of  Purveyance  &  Coffee  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1863.  Mr.  Monro  was  married  in  1863  to 
Miss  Sarah  A.  Morgan.  He  was  a  councilman  for  more 
than  20  years.  He  is  a  vestryman  in  St.  Peter's 
Church,  and  Past  Eminent  of  Tancred  Commandery 
No.  48;  a  member  of  St.  John's  Lodge  and  the  Du- 
quesne  Club. 


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THOMAS  O'SHELL. 

The  career  of  Thomas  O'Shell  has  been  a  checkered  one,  but,  withal,  successful,  as 
an  account  of  his  life  shows,  for  it  must  be  admitted  that  to  rise  from  the  lowly  position 
of  a  cart  driver  to  the  station  of  a  State 


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one's  name,  may  be  deemed  something 
of  a  success.  So  it  has  been  with  Thomas 
O'Shell. 

Mr.  O'Shell  was  born  at  Walter's 
Mills,  White  township,  Cambria  county, 
Pennsylvania,  August  8,  1857,  the  son 
of  George  H.  and  Elizabeth  Rolls 
O'Shell,  springing  from  a  family  whose 
ancestors  came  over  on  the  Mayflower. 
As  a  boy,  he  attended  the  public  schools. 
He  was  a  bright  lad,  and  when  eight 
years  old  delivered  a  public  oration,  the 
occasion  being  a  Fourth  of  July  celebra- 
tion. At  16  he  left  the  farm  for  the 
cart-driving  job.  Later  he  worked  in  a 
lumber  camp  and  on  a  sawmill  at  Houtz- 
dale,  Pa.  He  also  knew  the  life  of  a 
miner,  having  worked  in  Clearfield,  Jef- 
ferson, Center  and  Allegheny  county 
mines.  He  was  advanced  to  assistant 
claim  agent  for  the  Monongahela  River 
Consolidated  Coal  &  Coke  Company, 
working  as  a  clothing  salesman  before 
being  employed  by  the  Monongahela 
River  Consolidated  Coal  &  Coke  Company. 

Later  he  worked  as  a  clothing  salesman,  and  was  master  workman  of  the  Salesmen's 
Assembly  in  1907.  He  worked  in  the  steel  mills  of  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company  and  the 
Jones  &  Laughlin  Company,  and  was  president  of  Excelsior  Lodge  No.  63,  Amalgamated 
Association  of  Iron,  Steel  &  Tin  Workers.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  First 
United  Labor  League  of  Pittsburgh,  and  was  vice-president,  besides  being  associated 
with  a  number  of  other  trade  and  labor  unions,  holding  official  positions  in  all.  He  is 
now  president  of  the  Two-Score  Land  Purchasing  Company,  treasurer  of  the  South  Side 
Council  No.  133,  Jr.  O.  U.  A.  M. ;  financial  secretary  and  treasurer  of  Camp  Hays  No. 
4,  Sons  of  Veterans. 

Mr.  O'Shell  formerly  was  a  director  of  the  Morse  sub-district  school  board.  In 
1907  and  1909  he  was  elected  to  the  State  House  of  Representatives,  and  in  his  first  term 
was  secretary  of  the  Committee  on  Labor  and  Industry,  handling  the  Employers'  Lia- 
bility bill.    He  was  secretary  of  the  Committee  on  Mines  and  Mining  in  the  1909  session. 

Mr.  O'Shell  is  prominent  politically  and  takes  great  interest  in  civic  affairs.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Tariff  Club,  Americus  Club,  the  South  Hills  Republican  Club,  the  Birm- 
ingham Turnverein,  the  Owls,  South  Side  Council,  Junior  Order  United  American  Me- 
chanics ;  of  Camp  Hays,  Sons  of  Veterans,  and  of  the  South  Pittsburgh  Board  of  Trade, 
Beechview  Board  of  Trade  and  the  South  Hills  Board  of  Trade.  His  election  to  the  Leg- 
islature in  1907  was  from  the  Ninth  legislative  district  of  Allegheny  county,  while  in 
1909  he  was  honored  with  the  confidence  of  the  voters  of  the  Sixth  district  of  the  county. 
Both  times  Mr.  O'Shell  was  elected  on  the  Republican  ticket,  and  he  did  excellent  work 
during  his  terms,  particularly  in  his  efforts,  as  a  committeeman,  to  have  legislation  de- 
sired by  his  constituents  made  laws.  In  politics,  Mr.  O'Shell  nominally  is  a  Republican, 
but  he  has  always  reserved  the  right  to  independent  thought. 


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WILLIAM  M.  RAMSEY. 


William  Moore  Ramsey,  gas  inspector  of  Allegheny  county,  was  born  in  Nobles- 
town,  Allegheny  county,  March  15,  1845,  the  son  of  John  and  Isabella  Porter  Ramsey. 

Mr.  Ramsey  is  one  of  the  foremost  men  in  the  gas  business,  being  one  of  the  best 
posted  men  in  his  particular  line.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Allegheny 
City,  now  North  Side,  Pittsburgh,  having  come  to  Pittsburgh  when  very  young.  After 
leaving  school  he  started  to  work  with  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company,  and  stayed 
with  this  company  but  a  short  time. 


refining  business  and  has   been   connected 
Ramsey  has  taken  a  prominent  and  active 
in  Pittsburgh,  which  is  recognized  as  one  of 
commercial  greatness, 
for  which  work  he  is  peculiarly  fitted  on 


He  then  became  identified  with  the  oil 
with  oil  and  gas  enterprises  ever  since.  Mr. 
part  in  the  development  of  the  gas  industry 
the  factors  that  has  contributed  to  the  city's 

For  many  years  he  was  a  gas  inspector, 
account  of  his  wide  knowledge  and  experience.  Mr.  Ramsey  is  of  Scotch-Irish  descent, 
and  combines  the  qualities  of  that  rugged  race  with  his  American  propensities  and  firm- 
ness of  character. 

He  learned  the  gas  and  oil  business  with  the  firm  of  Reese  &  Graff.  Living  in  West- 
ern Pennsylvania,  which  for  years  has  ranked  as  the  leading  gas-producing  region,  he 
has  been  in  a  position  to  take  advantage  of  every  opportunity  in  this  line.  His  pro- 
gressive nature  and  energetic  application  to  business  has  made  him  the  powerful  factor 
he  is  in  these  circles. 

Mr.  Ramsey  is  one  of  the  oldest  Shriners  in  Pittsburgh.  He  is  a  member  of  several 
Masonic  lodges,  having  been  affiliated  with  the  Masonic  order  for  many  years.  Mr. 
Ramsey  belongs  to  McCandless  Lodge  No.  390,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of  Pitts- 
burgh, and  also  of  Syria  Temple,  A.  A.  N.  0.  M.  S. 


W.  J.  PATTERSON, 

President    and    General    Manager, 
Heyl  &  Patterson,  Inc., 
Pittsburgh,  Pa. 


E.  R.  WALTERS, 

Director  Department  of  Health,  City  of 
Pittsburgh. 


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CHARLES  DONNELLY. 

Charles  Donnelly,  chief  of  the  Allegheny  county  detectives,  is  in  a  position 
unique,  seldom  met  in  police  circles,  for  Mr.  Donnelly  is  the  scion  of  a  wealthy  and 
socially  prominent  family  who  has  given  his  intelligence,  excellent  education,  military 
training  and  long  business  experience  to  the  public  as  a  detective. 

Chief  Donnelly's  service  as  a  detective  began  in  1909,  after  he  had  been  a  member 
of  the  firms  of  the  McClure  Coke  Company,  the  Pittsburgh  &  Chicago  Gas  Coal  Com- 
pany and  the  Pittsburgh  Milling  Company,  being  the  president  of  the  latter  concern. 

He  is  a  son  of  Charles  Donnelly,  the  late  coke  operator  of  Pittsburgh.  He  was  grad- 
uated from  Princeton  University  in  1895,  and  enlisted  in  the  regular  United  States 
Army,  serving  through  the  Spanish-American  War  and  winning  a  captaincy  through  his 
valor.  Chief  Donnelly  attributes  his  later  success  in  business  and  as  a  detective  to  the 
training  received  in  the  regular  army,  which,  he  believes,  makes  an  ideal  schooling  for  a 
police  official.  He  was  Captain  of  Company  E,  Eighteenth  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  In- 
fantry, during  the  war. 

While  at  Princeton,  Chief  Donnelly  gained  fame  as  a  football  player.  Mr.  Donnelly 
always  has  been  aggressive,  and  in  working  on  some  of  the  biggest  criminal  cases 
brought  to  his  attention  as  a  member  of  the  Allegheny  county  detective  force,  has  shown 
unusual  ability  to  cope  with  any  mysterious  or  difficult  case. 


j.  J.  KIRBY 
James  J.  Kirby  was  born  in  Johns- 
town, Pennsylvania,  August  9,  1879,  the 
son  of  Edward  Kirby  and  Annie 
Durnian  Kirby.  When  but  two  years 
old  he  was  brought  to  Pittsburgh  by  his 
parents,  who  located  in  the  present  Sec- 
ond ward  of  the  city,  where  he  has  lived 
continuously  ever  since.  Mr.  Kirby  was 
educated  in  St.  Patrick's  parochial 
school,  at  Seventeenth  and  Liberty 
streets.  When  10  years  old  he  began 
working  in  the  steel  mills.  He  was 
elected  constable  and  left  the  mill,  going 
back  again  after  a  short  time.  He  was 
appointed  alderman  by  the  Governor  of 
Pennsylvania  in  1896,  and  was  after- 
wards elected  to  the  same  office,  which 
he  has  held  continuously  since  through 
re-election.  Mr.  Kirby  has  always  been 
interested  in  clean  athletic  sports,  hav- 
ing won  renown  as  a  wrestler  and  oars- 
man. As  a  magistrate  he  has  won  wide 
commendation. 


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JOSEPH 

MINER 

SEARLE. 


Joseph  Miner  Searle  was  born  in  Scranton,  Pa., 
July  7,  1859,  the  son  of  Voltaire  Searle  and  Amanda 
Carey  Searle.  Mr.  Searle  received  his 
academic  training  at  Hampton  Academy 
before  he  took  up  his  life  work.  He  has 
gained  wide  prominence  as  a  mechanical 
and  mining  engineer  in  the  Pittsburgh  district  and 
throughout  the  Southern  States.  Mr.  Searle  is  chief 
of  the  Bureau  of  City  Smoke  Inspection  in  Pittsburgh. 
In  this  capacity  he  has  attracted  wide  attention.  Pitts- 
burgh's reputation  for  smoke  makes  his  office  a  diffi- 
cult one  to  fill.  However,  during  Mr.  Searle's  incum- 
bency he  has  given  general  satisfaction  by  his  discern- 
ing and  effective  administration.  His  reputation  as 
an  efficient  chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Smoke  Inspection  is 
now  international,  he  being  president  of  the  Interna- 
tional Association  for  the  Prevention  of  Smoke. 


WILLIAM 
COATES. 


TOliam  Coates,  chief  of  the  Pittsburgh  Fire  Depart- 
ment, was  born  in  Ireland,  May  12,  1848.  His  parents 
were  John  Coates  and  Rachel  (nee  Curry) 
Coates.  As  a  baby  he  was  brought  to 
Pittsburgh  by  his  parents,  and  attended 
the  public  schools  of  Pittsburgh  until  he  was  aged  13. 
Then  he  worked  in  Pittsburgh  steel  mills  until  the  begin- 
ning of  the  Civil  War.  He  served  throughout  the  war, 
and  then  went  to  work  again  in  a  steel  mill.  Later  he  be- 
came a  United  States  postoffice  inspector.  From  1876  to 
1886  he  was  a  member  of  the  Pittsburgh  Fire  Commis- 
sion. In  1886  he  became  assistant  to  the  chief  engineer  in 
the  city  fire  department,  and  in  1913  was  appointed  chief. 
He  belongs  to  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  to  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic.  He  is  married  and  has  five 
children. 


S.    A.    DIES. 


One  of  the  chief  characteristics  of  S.  A.  Dies,  super- 
intendent of  the  Bureau  of  Building  Inspection  of  Pitts- 
burgh, is  his  untiring  energy  and  atten- 
tion to  duty.  Mr.  Dies  was  born  in  1861  in 
Indiana  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  received  his  pre- 
liminary education.  The  father  of  Mr.  Dies  was  a  promi- 
nent contractor,  and  when  the  son  left  school  he  entered 
into  business  with  his  parent,  devoting  his  time  to  learn- 
ing construction  work.  Mr.  Dies  came  to  Pittsburgh  in 
1887,  working  as  foreman  and  superintendent  on  con- 
struction jobs  in  every  part  of  the  country.  In  1891  he 
went  into  business  with  his  brother,  W.  H.  Dies.  He  was 
appointed  superintendent  of  building  inspection  in  1903 
and  retained  his  office  through  changing  administrations. 
Mr.  Dies  is  popular  among  his  business  and  professional 
associates,  and  brilliantly  successful  in  his  chosen  calling, 
discharging  the  rather  trying  duties  of  his  office  diplo- 
matically and  without  fear  or  favor. 

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district,    was    born    at 
He  was  born  March  20,  1884,  and 


VAN  B1TTNER. 

Van  Bittner,  a  well-known  labor  leader  of   the    Pittsburgh 
Bridgeport,  Pa.,  the  son  of  Charles  and  Emma  Bittner 
received  his  education  in  the  Vanderbilt 
high  school,  from  which  he  graduated. 

After  graduating  from  the  public 
school  he  entered  the  coal  mines,  and  at 
15  years  became  a  member  of  the  United 
Mine  Workers  of  America,  in  which 
labor  organization  he  took  a  most  active 
part  from  his  initiation.  Desirous  of 
learning  more  about  the  business,  he 
took  a  course  in  mining  from  one  of  the 
big  correspondence  schools,  and  later  re- 
ceived their  diploma,  graduating  with 
high  marks  in  every  branch  of  study. 

Shortly  after  he  joined  the  United 
Mine  Workers  of  America  he  was 
elected  to  a  minor  office  in  the  local  of 
which  he  was  a  member,  and  soon  took 
the  lead  in  the  work  of  that  organiza- 
tion. For  a  number  of  years  he  went  to 
the  annual  conventions  and  also  local 
conventions  as  a  delegate  from  his 
union,  and  several  years  ago  he  per- 
mitted his  name  to  go  before  the  mem- 
bers of  District  No.  5  for  the  office  of 
vice-president. 

It  was  at  a  time  when  the  organiza- 
tion was  in  a  turmoil  on  account  of  strikes  and  labor  troubles,  and  Mr.  Bittner  was 
elected  to  the  office  by  a  big  majority.  Francis  Feehan  was  elected  president  at  the  same 
time.  Then  it  was  that  the  two  began  working  on  their  big  task  to  bring  peace  and  quiet 
out  of  chaos.  It  was  a  gigantic  task,  but  by  working  day  and  night  Mr.  Bittner,  who 
was  in  the  field  continually  with  the  miners,  was  able  to  bring  it  about,  and  the  organ- 
ization was  once  more  purged  and  put  upon  a  much  firmer  base  than  it  had  ever  occupied. 

President  Feehan  tendered  his  resignation  to  the  organization,  and  Mr.  Bittner  was 
then  called  upon  by  the  organization  to  take  up  the  work  where  it  had  been  left  off  by 
Mr.  Feehan.  Mr.  Bittner  is  the  youngest  district  president  in  the  United  Mine  Workers' 
ranks. 

Besides  holding  the  reins  of  office  of  president  of  District  No.  5,  United  Mine  Work- 
ers of  America,  Mr.  Bittner  is  also  chairman  of  the  district  executive  board  and  has 
charge  of  the  deliberations  of  that  body  for  the  district  miners. 

Several  years  ago  Mr.  Bittner  joined  the  the  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles,  and  while  he 
has  taken  no  active  part  in  the  organization,  his  heart  is  with  the  work  that  is  being  done 
by  the  members. 

Mr.  Bittner  was  vice-president  of  the  United  Mine  Workers  of  the  Pittsburgh  dis- 
trict for  three  years  before  he  was  called  to  the  head  of  the  union,  and  has  been  instru- 
mental in  settling  a  number  of  strikes.  He  was  in  charge  of  the  work  in  the  Westmore- 
land field  for  a  number  of  months,  and  has  also  been  prominent  in  the  wage  scale  contract 
settlements  in  this  and  other  sections. 

Several  years  ago  Mr.  Bittner  married  a  Westmoreland  county  girl,  and  a  daughter 
has  been  born  to  the  couple. 


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A.    C. 

GUMBERT. 


A.  C.  Gumbert,  assistant  director  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Charities  of  Pittsburgh,  is  a  native  of  Pitts- 
burgh. He  was  born  October  10,  1867. 
He  started  life  as  a  newsboy.  He 
launched  into  the  grocery  business  and 
later  worked  in  the  office  of  the  county  treasurer  of 
Allegheny  county,  and  in  the  prothonotary's  office. 
Baseball  engaged  the  attention  of  Mr.  Gumbert,  and 
unusual  success  was  his.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Chicago  National  League  team  under  the  famous 
regime  of  "Pop"'  Anson.  He  was  on  the  pitching  staff, 
and  during  his  continuance  in  baseball  was  one  of  the 
leading  pitchers  in  the  major  leagues.  He  quit  playing 
professional  ball  in  1896.  In  1906  he  was  elected 
sheriff  of  Allegheny  county  and  remained  in  that  office 
during  1907,  1908  and  1909.  He  was  appointed  to  the 
office  he  now  holds  in  1911. 


HOWARD 
J.    OWENS. 


Howard  J.  Owens,  paymaster  for  the  city  of  Pitts- 
burgh, was  born  December  26,  1868,  in  Pittsburgh.  He 
was  educated  in  the  Soho  and  Ann  street 
public  schools.  When  a  youth  he  worked 
in  the  office  of  an  architectural  draftsman. 
Later  he  secured  a  position  as  transcribing  clerk  in  the 
Allegheny  County  Court  House.  His  next  position  was  a 
clerkship  in  the  Pittsburgh  City  Hall.  He  was  appointed 
city  paymaster  by  Mayor  William  A.  Magee  when  that 
office  was  created.  Mr.  Owens  is  married  and  lives  at 
1225  Locust  street.  He  belongs  to  the  Americus  Club,  the 
P.  G.  Brushton  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows; Aerie  No.  76,  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles,  and  J.  K. 
Moorehead  Conclave,  No.  82.  Mr.  Owens  has  always 
been  interested  in  politics.  His  most  recent  service  was  as 
secretary  of  the  First  Ward  Republican  Committee. 


ROBERT   G. 
ROBINSON. 


Robert  G.  Robinson  is  one  of  the  best  known  de- 
tectives in  the  United  States,  and  is  at  present  in- 
vestigator for  the  city  of  Pittsburgh. 
He  is  a  native  of  that  city,  and  started 
his  public  career  in  the  City  Health  De- 
partment. After  a  year  he  came  under  the  notice  of 
Mr.  Rodger  O'Mara,  and  in  1887  entered  the  detective 
service  under  him,  with  whom  he  continued  for  seven 
years.  He  served  twelve  years  on  the  county  force 
under  District  Attorney  J.  C.  Haymaker  and  also  under 
District  Attorney  Robert  E.  Stewart.  Mr.  Robinson 
opened  up  his  own  agency  in  the  Berger  building, 
where  he  still  maintains  offices,  but  upon  Mayor 
Magee's  taking  office  he  was  appointed  "Special  In- 
vestigator for  the  Law  Department."  Practically  his 
entire  time  is  devoted  to  the  city's  service.  Mr.  Robin- 
son was  with  "Patty"  Fitzgerald  in  the  capture  of  the 
Biddies,  when  Ed  Biddle  shot  Fitzgerald. 


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JOHN  EATON. 


John  Eaton,  son  of  Hiram  W.  and  Anna  (Mott)  Eaton,  was  born  August  20,  1840, 
at  Esopus,  Ulster  county,  N.  Y.,  and  died  in  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.,  September  16,  1911. 
Mr.  Eaton  attended  the  public  schools 
at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  and  commenced  his 
business  career  in  New  York  city  at  the 
age  of  fourteen  years.  He  afterwards 
attended  night  school  for  several  years 
and  took  a  course  in  a  commercial  col- 
lege. At  the  age  of  twenty  he  entered 
the  employ  of  the  firm  of  Joseph  Nason 
&  Co.,  of  New  York  city,  who  were 
manufacturers  of  brass  and  iron  steam, 
gas  and  water  goods,  and  within  a  year 
was  promoted  to  the  management  of  the 
business. 

Mr.  Eaton's  first  visit  to  the  oil  re- 
gions of  Pennsylvania  was  in  1861,  as  a 
representative  of  Joseph  Nason  &  Co.  in 
the  sale  of  goods  for  use  in  drilling  and 
operating  oil  wells.  In  1867  he  estab- 
lished the  business  of  dealing  in  oil  well 
supplies  on  his  own  account,  and  two 
years  later  he  organized  the  firm  of 
Eaton  &  Cole,  which  was  afterwards 
merged  into  a  corporation  under  the 
laws  of  Connecticut,  known  as  the 
Eaton,  Cole  &  Burnham  Company,  with 
its  principal  office  in  New  York  city.    In 

1878  the  Oil  Well  Supply  Company,  Limited,  was  formed  by  the  union  of  several  concerns 
in  a  similar  line  of  business,  including  the  supply  department  of  the  Eaton,  Cole  &  Burn- 
ham  Company,  and  in  1891  the  present  corporation,  organized  under  the  laws  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, succeeded  the  limited  corporation.  Mr.  Eaton  was  president  and  manager  of  all  of 
these  various  concerns,  and  his  career  in  manufacturing  and  selling  oil  well  supplies  is 
practically  a  history  of  the  business. 

In  March,  1904,  while  on  a  trip  around  the  world,  Mr.  Eaton  was  elected  president 
of  the  Pittsburgh  Chamber  of  Commerce,  of  which  he  was  an  active  and  influential  mem- 
ber for  nearly  twenty  years. 

Mr.  Eaton  was  a  member  of  the  Duquesne,  Union,  Civic  and  Country  Clubs  of 
Pittsburgh,  the  Engineers'  Club  of  New  York,  and  the  Pennsylvania  Society  of  the  Sons 
of  the  American  Revolution.     He  was  also  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason. 

Mr.  Eaton  was  a  man  of  commanding  presence,  standing  over  six  feet  in  height,  and 
of  military  bearing.  He  was  eight  years  in  the  New  York  State  militia,  and  served  a 
short  time  in  the  Civil  War.  He  was  a  man  of  pleasing  personality  and  always  genial 
and  courteous.  He  was  prompt  and  sagacious  in  business  affairs,  broad  and  liberal  in 
his  ideas,  and  had  the  courage  of  his  convictions.  His  ability  to  select  the  best  men  for 
subordinate  offices  and  to  set  them  an  example  of  industry  in  business  affairs  was  a 
marked  characteristic. 

Mr.  Eaton  was  married  in  1863  to  Margaret  H.  Collins,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  They 
had  two  daughters — Mabel,  wife  of  Rev.  Frederick  Ward  Denys,  formerly  rector  of  St. 
Mary's  Episcopal  Church  of  Baltimore,  Md.,  now  residing  in  Washington,  D.  C,  and  Lulu, 
wife  of  Louis  Brown  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  formerly  treasurer  of  the  Oil  Well  Supply  Com- 
pany, who  has  succeeded  Mr.  Eaton  as  president  of  the  said  corporation. 


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ALVIN 

CURTIS 

SPINDLER. 


Alvin  Curtis  Spindler  was  born  at  Beallsville, 
Pittsburgh,  was  born  in  Pittsburgh,  March  10,  1870. 
son  of  William  Riley  Spindler  and  Eliza- 
beth Colvin  Spindler.  Subsequent  to  his 
elementary  education,  Mr.  Spindler  se- 
cured a  very  liberal  higher  schooling. 
He  entered  Washington  &  Jefferson  College  and  was 
graduated  from  that  institution  with  the  class  of 
1886.  He  attended  the  University  of  Michigan,  from 
whose  law  school  he  was  graduated  in  1890.  As  a  legal 
practitioner  in  Pittsburgh  he  has  established  for  him- 
self an  enviable  record.  He  has  attained  prominence 
in  the  great  financial  circles  of  the  Smoky  City,  and  is 
at  present  a  director  of  the  Columbia  National  Bank. 
He  is  also  a  clubman,  retaining  membership  in  the 
Duquesne  Club  of  Pittsburgh.  He  has  been  promi- 
nently identified  with  many  movements  tending  toward 
the  best  advancement  of  Pittsburgh's  interests. 


JOHN  A. 
MARTIN. 


John  A.  Martin,  alderman  of  the  First  ward  of 
Pittsburgh,  was  born  in  Pittsburgh  March  10,  1870. 
He  is  the  son  of  John  Martin  and  Mar- 
garet Gallagher  Martin.  Mr.  Martin 
was  educated  in  the  Hancock  public 
school  and  was  graduated  from  there  and  from  Duff's 
Business  College.  He  studied  law  in  the  office  of 
Blakeley,  McElroy  &  Smith  for  a  year;  was  assistant 
agent  at  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Station,  and  in 
1896  was  elected  alderman,  and  has  served  continuously 
in  that  position  ever  since,  having  been  re-elected 
three  times.  Mr.  Martin  is  a  Democrat  in  politics. 
He  takes  an  active  part  in  civic  affairs,  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Catholic  Mutual  Benefit  Society,  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Heptasophs,  the  Ancient  Order  of 
Hibernians,  the  Knights  of  Equity  and  the  Knights 
of  Columbus. 


HARVEY  A. 
LOWRY. 


Harvey  A.  Lowry,  Pittsburgh  Alderman,  was  born 
April  17,  1859,  in  Pittsburgh.  His  parents  were  James 
Lowry,  Jr.,  and  Eliza  Shore  Lowry.  He  was 
educated  in  the  Franklin  public  school  and 
in  Curry  Institute.  For  10  years  Mr. 
Lowry  was  employed  as  an  engineer  on  the  Panhandle 
railroad.  He  then  became  a  deputy  sheriff  of  Allegheny 
county.  In  1890  he  was  elected  to  common  council,  rep- 
resenting the  old  Seventh  ward,  Pittsburgh;  was  re- 
elected for  three  succeeding  terms,  and  was  then  elected 
sheriff  of  Allegheny  county,  serving  three  years.  For  one 
year  Mr.  Lowry  was  with  the  Pittsburgh  and  Allegheny 
Telephone  Company,  as  manager  of  the  right  of  way  de- 
partment. Since  1909  he  has  been  Alderman  of  the  new 
Eleventh  ward,  being  appointed  first  by  Gov.  Penny- 
packer  and  elected  in  1910.  Mr.  Lowry  has  been  married 
twice ;  his  first  wife  was  Miss  Clara  White,  who  bore  him 
five  children ;  his  present  wife  was  Miss  Amelia  Mildred 
Fox. 


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HARRY  WILLIAM   CROFT. 

Harry  William  Croft,  president  of  the  Harbison- Walker  Refractories  Company, 
was  born  in  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  December  12,  1865.  His  parents  were  Will- 
iam Croft  and  Abigail  Jane  Croft. 
After  finishing  the  grammar  grade  in 
the  old  Sixth  Ward  public  school,  in 
Chartiers  street,  on  the  North  Side  of 
Pittsburgh,  Mr.  Croft  attended  the  Iron 
City  College,  Pittsburgh,  where  he  took 
a  commercial  course  of  study.  When  a 
boy  of  15  years  he  secured  a  position  as 
bookkeeper  in  the  office  of  the  Liv- 
ingston Foundry  Company,  of  Alle- 
gheny. After  seven  years,  he  was  of- 
fered a  better  position  with  the  Wood- 
land Fire  Brick  Company,  at  Woodland, 
Clearfield  county,  Pa.,  a  concern  con- 
trolled by  the  Harbison-Walker  inter- 
ests. 

Mr.  Croft  later  became  manager  of 
the  Woodland  plant,  and  in  1898  was 
appointed  general  works  manager  in 
charge  of  the  seven  plants  controlled 
by  the  Harbison-Walker  interests  at 
that  time.  The  next  year  he  was  elected 
vice-president  of  the  Harbison-Walker 
Company,  and  became  general  manager 
of  all  the  company's  interests. 

Under  Mr.  Croft's  management  the 
business  grew  rapidly  and  steadily.  But  Mr.  Croft  not  only  knew  the  brick  manufactur- 
ing business  from  beginning  to  end,  but  in  addition  he  was  skilled  in  the  art  of  finance 
and  organization.  At  that  time  there  was  pretty  vigorous  competition  in  the  brick  mar- 
ket, participated  in  by  a  number  of  manufacturing  concerns.  Mr.  Croft,  S.  C.  Walker, 
then  president  of  the  Harbison  &  Walker  Company,  and  several  others,  determined  to 
unite  the  most  desirable  of  them  at  least  into  one  large  brick  manufacturing  corporation. 

Within  three  years  after  he  became  vice-president  of  the  Harbison- Walker  Company 
a  consolidation  was  effected  between  the  Harbison-Walker  Company  and  11  other  brick 
manufacturing  concerns,  the  new  organization  being  known  as  the  Harbison- Walker  Re- 
fractories Company.  Mr.  Croft  was  elected  vice-president  and  general  manager.  He 
held  this  position  until  the  death  of  S.  C.  Walker,  whom  he  succeeded  as  president  in 
1907.    The  general  offices  are  located  in  Pittsburgh. 

Under  Mr.  Croft's  management  the  Harbison- Walker  interests  have  opened  markets 
for  their  high  grade  bricks  throughout  the  entire  United  States.  Not  content  with  this, 
they  have  invaded  the  markets  of  Canada  and  many  countries  in  the  old  world,  and  now 
many  thousands  of  bricks  are  shipped  to  all  parts  of  the  world.  The  products  of  the 
Harbison- Walker  Refractories  Company  include  bricks  made  of  magnesite  shipped  from 
Austria,  bricks  made  from  chrome  ore  shipped  from  Greece,  although,  of  course,  the 
greater  part  of  the  output  is  of  high  grade  fire  bricks  made  from  native  fire  clay  and 
silica. 

Mr.  Croft  was  married  in  1892  to  Miss  Augusta  Graham.  There  are  four  children. 
Mr.  Croft's  amusement  is  golf,  and  he  belongs  to  many  organizations  which  maintain 
golf  links,  including  the  Country  Club,  Oakmont  Country  Club,  Allegheny  Country  Club. 
He  belongs  to  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association,  the  Duquesne  Club  and  the  Pittsburgh 
Club. 


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JOHN  C.  SCHMIDT. 

Among  the  prominent  manufactur- 
ers of  Pennsylvania  is  John  Charles 
Schmidt,  of  York,  born  March  14,  1859, 
at  Carlisle,  Pennsylvania,  the  son  of 
Henry  Danneman  Schmidt  and  Mary 
Louisa  Carson  Schmidt.  His  family 
moved  to  York,  Pa.,  where  he  was  edu- 
cated in  private  schools,  and  later  at  the 
Institute  Rouscher,  Stuttgart,  Germany. 
In  1876  Mr.  Schmidt  entered  the  emloy- 
ment  of  the  P.  A.  &  S.  Small  Company 
in  York.  In  1881  he  embarked  in  the 
chain  manufacturing  business  in  York. 
Mr.  Schmidt  was  elected  president  at 
the  organization  of  the  new  Standard 
Chain  Company  in  1900.  He  is  presi- 
dent of  the  Schmidt  &  Ault  Paper  Com- 
pany of  York,  a  director  of  the  York 
Water  Company,  the  York  Gas  Com- 
pany, the  York  Railways  Company  and 
the  York  National  Bank.  His  clubs  are : 
the  Duquesne  of  Pittsburgh,  the  Pitts- 
burgh Athletic  Association,  the  Lafay- 
ette and  the  Country  Club  at  York. 
April  17,  1890,  he  was  married  to  Anna 
Maria  Small. 


ALBERT  GRAHAM. 


Albert  Graham,  president  of  the 
Graham  Nut  Company,  was  born  in 
Chartiers  township  of  Allegheny  county, 
March  17,  1848,  the  son  of  John  and 
Mary  Bishop  Graham.  In  1864  Mr. 
Graham  became  bookkeeper  for  a  lum- 
ber company,  working  for  four  years; 
then  paymaster  of  the  Eagle  Rolling 
Mills  of  James  Wood  &  Company,  for  an 
additional  four  years.  From  1874  until 
1881  he  worked  for  a  firm  of  contrac- 
tors, and  in  1881  entered  the  nut  manu- 
facturing business.  Mr.  Graham  is 
president  of  the  Graham  Nut  Company, 
president  of  the  Crafton  and  Ingram 
Building  and  Loan  Association,  presi- 
dent of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 
First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of 
Crafton,  director  in  the  West  End  Sav- 
ings and  Trust  Company,  director  in 
the  Crafton  Trust  Company  and  vice- 
president  of  the  Crafton  Athletic  As- 
sociation. He  is  a  member  of  the  Union 
Club,  the  Crafton  Athletic  Association 
and  of  the  Thornburg  Country  Club. 


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ANDREW  CARNEGIE 


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CARNEGIE  STEEL  COMPANY. 


HENRY  PHIPPS. 

To  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company  is 
due  much,  if  not  most  of  the  credit  at- 
tached to  the  development  of  the  world's 
greatest  enterprise — the  steel  industry. 

The  Carnegie  Company,  the  work 
of  Andrew  Carnegie's  brains,  grew  from 
practically  nothing  until  it  was  one  of 
the  country's  largest  producers,  weath- 
ering all  kinds  of  misfortunes  and  disas- 
ters meantime. 

It  was  in  the  days  of  the  start  of  the 
steel  industry  in  its  rise  to  supremacy 
that  Carnegie  and  his  partners  had  to 
struggle  along  as  best  they  could,  tak- 
ing advantage  of  every  opportunity, 
making  opportunities,  and  evading  the 
rocks  in  the  channel  that  often  was  shal- 
low, narrow  and  treacherous. 

Even  residents  of  Pittsburgh,  that 
city  of  steel,  are,  many  of  them,  un- 
familiar with  the  early  struggles  of  the 
company,  and  its  strange  history.  That 
as  a  four-partner  concern  Carnegie  and 
his  allies  for  three  years  made  scarcely 
enough    to    keep    the    sheriff    inactive 


seems  implausible  now,  when  one  looks 
over  the  figures  of  the  Carnegie  Com- 
pany, chief  unit  in  the  United  States 
Steel  Corporation. 

Carnegie  took  his  first  "flyer"  in 
iron  on  May  2,  1864,  when  he  purchased 
a  one-sixth  interest  in  the  Iron  City 
Forge  Company,  from  Thomas  N.  Mil- 
ler, for  $8,925.  The  other  shareholders, 
besides  Miller,  were  Andrew  Kloman 
and  Henry  Phipps.  At  the  same  time 
Carnegie  organized  the  Keystone  Bridge 
Company,  floated  its  stock  among  his 
railroad  magnate  friends,  and  in  four 
years  paid  for  his  stock  out  of  the  new 
company's  profits.  Later  the  Keystone 
Company,  through  Carnegie's  diplomacy 
and  railroad  affiliation,  became  one  of 
the  most  prosperous  bridge  builders  in 
the  country. 

However,  the  forge  company  suf- 
fered from  the  reduced  prices  caused  by 
the  ending  of  the  Civil  War,  and  in  the 
three  years  when  expenses  barely  were 
made,  Carnegie  regretted  entering  upon 
such  a  "hazardous  enterprise."  Miller, 
the  wealthiest  partner,  often  had  to  ad- 


HENRY  CLAY  FRICK. 


106 


CARNEGIE  COMPANY. 


vance  money  to  pay  the  workmen,  who 
sometimes  were  paid  in  grocery  orders 
on  a  local  store.  Sometimes  they  pawned 
the  pig  iron  to  get  ready  money. 

The  enterprise  did  not  look  like  a 
good  prospect  to  Miller,  and  when  he  de- 
cided to  drop  out,  in  the  midst  of  in- 
ternal wrangling  and  labor  troubles 
Carnegie  purchased  his  stock  for  $73, 
600.  Thirty-four  years  later  he  sold  it 
to  the  Steel  Corporation  for  millions. 

Between  1866  and  1872  the  United 
States'  total  railroad  mileage  doubled 
and  the  iron  men  profited.  Carnegie's 
chief  asset,  the  friendship  of  railroad 
men,  obtained  for  him  many  big  con- 
tracts at  profitable  prices,  and  it  was  his 
selling  abilities  that  put  the  company's 
balance  on  the  right  side  of  the  ledger. 

Henry  Phipps'  contribution  to  the 
partnership  consisted  of  a  master  capac- 
ity for  detail  and  the  best  efforts  of  an 
engineer  of  economies.  He  noticed  the 
smallest  waste  or  extravagance;  he  was 
plodding;  he  was  energetic.  The  com- 
pany at  first  was  too  poor  to  hire  a  book- 


WILLIAM  ELLIS  COREY, 


CHARLES  SCHWAB. 

keeper,  so  he  kept  the  books  himself. 
He  did  more  to  force  the  cost  of  produc- 
tion down  than  probably  any  other  man. 
Also  he  could  hold  off  an  insistent  bank- 
er better  than  any  of  his  partners. 

Andrew  Kloman  was  the  mechan- 
ical genius  of  the  concern,  and  as  such 
had  no  superior  in  his  day,  and  his  in- 
ventive turn  of  mind  also  was  a  big  asset 
to  the  company.  Tom  Carnegie,  the 
youngest  of  the  partners,  was  popular 
and  could  convert  friendship  into  cash 

Then  Andrew  Carnegie  saw  steel 
made  by  the  Bessemer  process,  and  a 
test  of  its  serviceability.  He  withdrew 
his  objections  to  the  plans  of  his  part- 
ners to  branch  into  steel,  and  in  the  late 
sixties  formed  the  firm  of  Carnegie,  Mc- 
Candless  &  Company,  with  David  Mc- 
Candless,  wealthy  Pittsburgh  merchant, 
the  chief  partner  to  Carnegie.  Other 
members  were  William  Coleman,  a  for- 
mer iron-rail  manufacturer;  Kloman, 
Phipps,  William  P.  Shinn,  Colonel 
Thomas  A.  Scott,  David  A.  Stewart  and 
Thomas  Carnegie.  Then  the  Edgar 
Thomson  works  were  built  and  launched 
on  its  successful  career,  at  Braddock, 
the  scene  of  General  Braddock's  defeat 
by  the  French  and  Indians  in  1755. 


107 


The  efficiency  of  the  organization  once  was  pointed  out  by  a  friend  in  this  fashion : 

"Shinn  bossed  the  show;  McCandless  lent  it  dignity  and  standing;  Phipps  took  in  the 
pennies  at  the  gate  and  kept  the  payroll  down ;  Tom  Carnegie  kept  everybody  in  a  good 
humor,  and  Andy  looked  after  the  advertising  and  drove  the  bandwagon."  It  might  be 
added  that  Andrew  Carnegie  organized  the  company,  furnished  more  than  one-third  of 
the  capital,  buttressed  it  with  wealthy  friends  and  gained  the  largest  and  most  profitable 
orders. 

In  1881  the  company  was  organized  under  the  name  of  Carnegie  Brothers  &  Co.,  with 
a  capital  of  $5,000,000,  distributed  among  seven  partners,  the  others  having  died  or  sold 
out  their  holdings.  Andrew  Carnegie  led  the  list  of  stockholders  with  $2,737,977.95.  From 
that  time  on  the  company  never  failed  to  clear  at  least  $1,000,000  a  year.  In  1887,  when 
the  profit  amounted  to  69  per  cent.,  the  total  gain  was  $3,441,887.29.  Most  of  this  went  to 
Andrew  Carnegie,  who  had  increased  his  holdings  with  the  dwindling  of  the  number  of 
partners  from  seven  to  four. 

In  1882  the  Carnegie  Company  bought  control  of  the  Frick  Company,  and  in  1889  H. 
C.  Frick  was  made  Carnegie's  commander-in-chief.  The  Homestead  plant  was  taken  over 
and  improved;  the  Duquesne  works  built  by  competitors  and  taken  over.  The  name  of 
the  concern  was  changed  to  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company,  Ltd.,  and  was  a  $25,000,000 
company  in  1892.  The  Union  railroad  was  built  to  connect  the  company  plants.  It  paid 
for  itself  in  a  few  months.  Then  ore  mines  in  the  Lake  Superior  region  were  acquired. 
The  company  then  reorganized  and  rebuilt  the  Bessemer  &  Lake  Erie  railroad,  built  a 
fleet  of  ore  ships,  and  the  organization  was  complete.  Both  transactions  were  done  by 
bond  issue,  without  cash. 

In  1899  there  was  the  split  between  Carnegie  and  Frick,  which  finally  was  readjusted 
with  the  reorganization  of  the  company  with  a  capitalization  of  $320,000,000,  Frick  re- 
tiring from  the  directorate,  but  continuing  as  a  shareholder,  with  big  holdings. 

The  climax  in  the  company's  history  was  in  1901,  when  it  was  absorbed  by  the  United 
States  Steel  Corporation,  at  a  price  estimated  at  almost  half  a  billion  dollars.  Owing  to 
its  size,  however,  the  Carnegie  Company  retained  its  identity,  and  has  a  separate  board  of 
directors.  The  present  officers  of  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company  are :  Alva  C.  Dinkey,  Presi- 
dent; James  H.  Reed,  Chairman  Board  of  Directors;  Wm.  Whigham,  John  McLeod,  W. 
R.  Balsinger  and  L.  H.  Burnett,  Assistants  to  the  President ;  H.  P.  Bope,  First  Vice-Presi- 
dent and  General  Manager  of  Sales;  W.  W.  Blackburn,  Second  Vice-President  and 
Secretary;  James  J.  Campbell,  Auditor  and  Assistant  Secretary;  W.  C.  McCausland, 
Treasurer;  Wm.  R.  Conrad,  Assistant  Treasurer;  MacGilvray  Shiras,  Ore  Agent;  L. 
C.  Bihler,   Traffic  Manager. 

Webster  R.  Balsinger  was  born  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa., 
February  8,  1866.  He  is  a  son  of  D.  S.  and  Lavenia  (Ri- 
ley) Balsinger.  Mr.  Balsinger  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  this  city, 
and  at  the  age  of  13  went  to  work 
with  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company,  first  as  an  office  boy  at 
the  Edgar  Thomson  plant  at  Braddock  and  afterwards  in 
a  clerical  capacity.  Mr.  Balsinger  served  in  that  mill  and 
at  the  Homestead  Works  in  several  clerical  capacities  un- 
til he  was  promoted  to  the  city  office  as  Engineer  of  Ord- 
nance in  1897.  He  was  made  Assistant  to  the  President  of 
the  company  in  1905.  Under  his  direction  are  the  Armor 
Plate  and  Special  Steel  departments.  Mr.  Balsinger  is 
a  member  of  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association,  the  Du- 
quesne Club,  the  Country  Club,  the  Oakmont  Country 
Club,  the  Americus  Club ;  the  Chevy  Chase  and  Metropol- 
itan Clubs  of  Washington,  D.  C. ;  the  Pilgrims  Society  and 
the  Naval  Athletic  Association.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
the  American  Iron  and  Steel  Institute. 


WEBSTER  R. 
BALSINGER. 


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ALVA  CLUMER  DINKEY. 

The  history  of  steel,  the  industrial  king,  holds  many  romances.  It  is  a  romance 
itself,  and  there  are  stories  almost  unbelievable  linked  in  the  development  of  the  great- 
est of  industries. 

Perhaps  no  more  romantic  a  life  story  can  be  found  in  the  annals  of  steel  than  that 
of  Alva  Clumer  Dinkey,  president  of  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company. 

Were  a  story  to  be  written,  incog.,  of  his  life,  under  the  title,  "From  Water  Boy  to 
Steel  Magnate  in  Twenty-Four  Years,"  the  readers  would  be  unanimous  in  their  verdict 
that  it  was  fiction. 

Yet  A.  C.  Dinkey  has  done  that  very  thing;  he  was  elected  president  of  the  Carnegie 
Steel  Company  24  years  after  entering  the  Carnegie  service  as  a  water  boy.  It  is  almost 
unbelievable,  yet  it  is  true.  And  that  brief  summary  of  what  he  has  done  reveals  the 
real  man,  telling  the  story  of  ability,  persistent  application,  brains,  energy  and  ambition. 

Alva  Clumer  Dinkey  was  born  in  Weatherly,  Pa.,  on  February  20,  1866,  a  son  of 
Reuben  and  Mary  Elizabeth  Hamm  Dinkey.  His  early  education  was  gained  in  the 
Weatherly  and  Braddock  public  schools. 

The  boy's  romance  began  on  May  21,  1879,  when  he  got  a  "job"  at  the  Edgar  Thom- 
son Steel  Works  as  a  water  boy.  His  first  real  rise  was  in  1885,  when  he  was  employed 
as  a  telegraph  operator  at  the  plant.  A  short  time  later  he  became  a  machinist  at  the 
Pittsburgh  Locomotive  Works,  in  old  Allegheny,  working  there  until  1888. 

In  1889  Mr.  Dinkey,  then  an  expert  machinist,  worked  for  the  McTighe  Electric 
Company,  in  Pittsburgh.  In  the  same  year  he  became  secretary  to  the  superintendent  of 
the  Homestead  Steel  Works  of  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company.  He  continued  in  this  capac- 
ity until  1898,  when  he  was  advanced  to  the  superintendency  of  the  electric  light  and 
power  plant,  serving  until  1899.  In  that  year  he  was  made  assistant  to  the  general 
superintendent.     He  became  general  superintendent  in  1901,  serving  until  1903. 

He  attained  his  ambition  and  present  position  on  August  1,  1903,  when  he  was 
elected  president  of  the  company  by  the  directorate,  and  has  served  in  that  capacity  since. 

During  his  work  he  became  a  member  of  the  American  Society  of  Electrical  Engi- 
neers, the  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers,  the  American  Institute  of  Mining 
Engineers,  and  the  Engineers'  Society  of  Western  Pennsylvania.  Also,  he  is  a  member 
of  the  Engineers'  Club  of  New  York  City,  as  well  as  of  The  Pilgrims  Society;  and  the 
Duquesne,  Country  and  Union  Clubs  of  Pittsburgh.  In  addition,  he  is  a  trustee  of  the 
Carnegie  Institute  and  of  the  Carnegie  Hero  Fund  Commission. 


JOHN 

m'leod. 


John  McLeod  was  born  May  30,  1855,  at  Wilmington, 
Del.,  the  son  of  Alexander  and  Sarah  A.  McLeod,  and  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Wilming- 
ton, at  a  preparatory  school  there  and  at 
the  Polytechnic  College  of  Pennsylvania, 
graduating  as  a  mechanical  engineer  in  the  class  of  '75. 
He  entered  the  employ  of  the  Edgemore  Iron  Works,  now 
part  of  the  American  Bridge  Company,  and  then  joined 
the  forces  of  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  railroad 
in  the  engineering  department.  Subsequently,  Mr.  Mc- 
Leod was  identified  with  other  roads,  and  in  1892  became 
assistant  to  the  engineer  of  tests  of  the  Carnegie  Steel 
Company.  He  rose  to  the  position  above  him  and  then 
was  made  assistant  to  the  president  of  the  company,  be- 
coming a  partner  in  the  business.  He  is  one  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  famous  Carnegie  Veterans'  Association.  Mr. 
McLeod  is  married  and  has  three  sons. 


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L.  H.  BURNETT. 


"Go  West,  young  man,  go  West," 
was  Horace  Greeley's  counsel  to  young 
men.  The  advice,  however,  did  not  ap- 
peal to  L.  H.  Burnett,  assistant  to  the 
president  of  the  Carnegie  Steel  Com- 
pany, who  came  East  and  made  a  suc- 
cess of  himself.  As  the  son  of  William 
R.  and  Mary  C.  Burnett,  he  was  born  in 
Springfield,  Ohio,  September  14,  1874, 
where,  after  leaving  the  public  schools, 
he  entered  Kenyon  Military  Academy  in 
1889,  and  graduated  from  Kenyon  Col- 
lege seven  years  later.  After  two  years 
at  the  Columbia  Law  School,  he  came  to 
Pittsburgh.  He  was  admitted  to  prac- 
tice at  the  Allegheny  county  bar  in  Sep- 
tember, 1899,  and  for  several  years  de- 
voted his  time  to  private  practice.  In 
1901  he  entered  the  law  department  of 
the  Carnegie  Steel  Company.  During 
his  twelve  years  with  the  Carnegie 
Company  he  rose  rapidly  to  the  impor- 
tant position  of  assistant  to  the  presi- 
dent. He  is  a  member  of  the  Pittsburgh 
Athletic  Association,  the  Duquesne  Club 
and  Pittsburgh  Country  Club. 


DAVID    S.   KENNEDY. 


David  Stewart  Kennedy,  superin- 
tendent of  the  structural  mills  of  the 
Homestead  works  of  the  Carnegie  Steel 
Company,  was  born  in  Youngstown, 
Ohio,  February  15,  1862.  He  is  the  son 
of  J.  R.  Kennedy  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Kennedy  (nee  Bird).  Mr.  Kennedy  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Youngstown,  and  took  a  special  course 
at  the  Poland  Seminary  at  Poland,  Ohio. 
He  entered  the  furnace  business  at 
Hazelton,  Ohio,  and  after  he  had 
familiarized  himself  with  the  trade  he 
went  to  Struthers,  Ohio.  Then  he  be- 
came connected  with  the  Isabella  Fur- 
nace at  Etna,  and  later  with  the  Home- 
stead Steel  Works.  He  was  elected  a 
member  of  Council  in  Homestead.  Later 
he  served  as  Burgess  of  Munhall.  Now 
he  is  one  of  Allegheny  county's  repre- 
sentatives in  the  State  Legislature.  Mr. 
Kennedy  is  also  a  director  in  the  Mo- 
nongahela  Trust  Company  of  Home- 
stead ;  a  director  in  the  Homestead  Lum- 
ber Company,  and  the  secretary  and 
treasurer  of  the  Homestead  Realty  Com- 
pany. 


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W.  W.   BLACKBURN. 

In  William  Wallace  Blackburn,  second  vice-president  and  secretary  of  the  Carnegie 
Steel  Company,  there  are  embodied  the  two  arguments,  that  by  perseverance  man  can 
rise  to  heights  of  prominence,  and  that  Pittsburgh  is  still  one  of  the  lands  of  uncommon 
opportunity.  He  came  to  Pittsburgh  while  still  a  young  man  and  began  work  as  a  clerk 
for  one  of  the  Carnegie  organizations. 

Mr.  Blackburn  was  born  in  Hollidaysburg,  Pa.,  February  1,  1859.  His  father  was 
Joseph  H.  Blackburn  and  his  mother's  maiden  name  was  Miss  Sarah  J.  McConell.  When 
he  was  six  years  old  the  future  Carnegie  Steel  Company  official  entered  the  public  school 
of  his  native  town,  and  there  he  received  the  foundation  of  such  an  education  as  he 
later  gave  himself  by  burning  much  midnight  oil. 

To  work  in  an  office  seemed  to  be  his  particular  desire  from  the  time  he  left  school, 
so  after  acquiring  a  knowledge  of  bookkeeping  and  accounting,  he  entered  the  offices  of 
the  Hollidaysburg  Iron  &  Nail  Company,  where  he  remained  two  years.  Later  he  de- 
cided to  seek  larger  fields.  He  knew  there  was  a  growing  demand  for  competent  office 
help  in  the  rapidly  growing  Pittsburgh,  and  so  he  went  there.  He  obtained  employment 
in  the  offices  of  Wilson,  Walker  &  Co.,  operators  of  the  Lower  Union  Mills.  These  mills, 
together  with  all  of  their  equipment  and  some  of  their  employes,  were  in  the  course  of 
time  taken  over  by  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company.  Mr.  Blackburn  was  one  of  those  to  be 
singled  out  to  remain.  He  gradually  rose  in  rank  until  he  became  the  company's  secretary 
and  second  vice-president. 

Even  though  he  has  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  54  years  rising  in  his  chosen  work, 
Mr.  Blackburn  has  found  time  to  attend  to  many  social  duties  and  works  of  charity.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Duquesne  club,  Union  Club,  University  club,  Country  club  and  the 
Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association.  He  is  also  a  trustee  of  the  Children's  Hospital.  Mr. 
Blackburn  lives  at  205  Lexington  avenue,  Pittsburgh. 


H.  P.  BOPE. 


A  prominent  figure  in  the  business 
life  of  the  city  of  Pittsburgh  is  Colonel 
Henry  P.  Bope.  His  birth  place  was 
Lancaster,  Fairfield  county,  Ohio.  He 
is  the  son  of  Philip  and  Eliza  A.  Bope. 
His  education  was  procured  in  the  pub- 
lic schools,  which  training  he  amply 
supplemented  by  private  study.  In  1880 
he  became  associated  with  Carnegie 
Brothers  &  Company  and  has  remained 
with  the  Carnegie  interests  ever  since. 
He  is  first  vice-president  and  general 
manager  of  sales  of  the  Carnegie  Steel 
Company,  and  is  a  director  in  the  same 
concern,  in  the  United  States  Steel 
Products  Company,  and  in  the  Colorado 
Yule  Marble  Company.  He  is  Colonel 
of  the  Third  Pennsylvania  Regiment, 
United  Boys  Brigade,  and  Major  and 
Ordnance  officer  of  the  National  Guard 
of  Pennsylvania.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Duquesne,  the  University,  the  Coun- 
try and  the  Americus  Republican  Clubs 
of  Pittsburgh,  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic 
Association  and  the  Republican  and 
Railroad  Clubs  of  New  York  City. 


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LOUIS  C. 
BIHLER. 


Louis  C.  Bihler,  born  August  6,  1867,  the  son  of 
Alois  and  Augusta  A.  Bihler,  was  educated  in  the  Pitts- 
burgh public  schools.  He  held  his  first  po- 
sition with  the  Duquesne  Engine  works 
and  from  then  until  he  succeeded  George 
E.  McCague  as  Traffic  Manager  of  the  Carnegie  Steel 
Company  and  was  also  put  in  charge  of  the  Eastern  traf- 
fic department  of  the  Universal  Portland  Cement  Com- 
pany, both  of  which  positions  he  now  holds,  he  occupied 
the  following  positions :  chief  clerk  of  the  Erie  railroad, 
contracting  agent  of  the  St.  Louis  Southwestern  railroad 
and  then  general  freight  agent  of  the  Carnegie  Steel  Com- 
pany, where  he  was  advanced  to  the  position  of  Assistant 
Traffic  Manager.  He  was  advanced  to  his  present  posi- 
tion in  the  Carnegie  Company  January  1,  1904,  and  his 
position  with  the  cement  concern  was  added  January  1, 
1907.  Mr.  Bihler  is  a  member  of  the  Duquesne  Club, 
Pittsburgh  Country  Club,  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Associa- 
tion, the  Railway  Club  of  Pittsburgh  and  the  Traffic 
Clubs  of  Pittsburgh,  of  Chicago,  of  New  York  and  of 
Philadelphia.  Every  position  Mr.  Bihler  has  ever  held 
from  his  boyhood  days  has  always  been  a  step  forward. 


CHARLES  J. 
GRAHAM. 


Charles  J.  Graham  is  among  the  young  business  men 
of  Pittsburgh  who  are  ranked  at  the  top.  He  is  secretary 
of  the  Graham  Nut  Company  of  that  city. 
He  was  born  in  Pittsburgh  March  13, 
1878,  the  son  of  Albert  Graham  and  Anna 
Belle  Graham.  His  education  was  received  at  the  public 
schools  and  the  Pittsburgh  Academy.  Mr.  Graham's  first 
employment  with  the  Graham  Nut  Company  was  in  1896 
and  it  was  in  1903  that  he  was  made  secretary.  He  is  a 
director  of  the  Graham  Nut  Company  and  also  of  the 
Davis  Brake  Beam  Company  of  Johnstown,  Pa.  Mr. 
Graham  has  prominent  social  affiliations  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association,  the  Duquesne, 
Country,  and  Oakmont  Country  Clubs  of  Pittsburgh,  of 
the  Chicago  Athletic  Association  and  the  Masonic  Order. 
He  is  married  and  resides  in  the  East  End,  Pittsburgh. 


JAMES 

JOHN 

CAMPBELL. 


James  John  Campbell,  auditor  and  assistant  secre- 
tary of  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company,  was  born  in  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  December  6,  1865,  the  son  of 
Joseph  and  Elizabeth  J.  (Gamble)  Camp- 
bell. He  was  educated  in  the  public  school 
of  his  native  city.  After  working  as  clerk 
in  a  grocery  store,  the  auditor's  office  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Company,  and  for  a  planing  mill  and  lumber  company,  he 
entered  the  service  of  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company  (then 
Carnegie  Bros.  &  Co.,  Limited),  on  February  1,  1886,  as 
clerk  and  stenographer  to  the  purchasing  agent;  in  1888 
he  was  transferred  to  the  accounting  department;  was 
made  assistant  auditor  in  1895,  and  was  made  a  junior 
partner,  auditor  and  assistant  secretary  in  1900.  After 
the  United  States  Steel  Corporation  acquired  the  Car- 
negie Steel  Company  he  continued  to  hold  the  positions 
of  auditor  and  assistant  secretary  of  the  last  named  com- 
pany, and  similar  positions  in  several  allied  subsidiaries. 


112 


JAMES  WHITE  ANA  WALT. 

That  it  does  not  require  colleges  and  universities  to  make  a  man  succeed  and  grow 
extremely  prosperous  in  life  is  exemplified  in  no  man  in  Pittsburgh  and  vicinity  more  than 
in  James  White  Anawalt,  President  of 
the  Union  Supply  Company  and  the. 
United  Supply  Company.  Mr.  Anawalt 
started  life  with  only  such  an  equipment 
as  a  common  school  education  could  give 
him,  and  at  the  time  he  attended  school, 
public  education  was  still  crude  and  in- 
adequate at  its  best.  It  was  not  exactly 
the  log  school  house  of  New  England 
poetic  fame  that  Mr.  Anawalt  attended 
in  his  boyhood,  but  in  its  curriculum  it 
was  not  much  better.  With  what  he 
learned  there,  however,  Mr.  Anawalt 
began  life.  He  began  work  with  one 
concern  and  has  stuck  to  that  concern 
ever  since,  elevating  himself  to  its  high- 
est offices. 

This  president  of  two  big  business 
organizations  in  Pittsburgh  was  born  in 
Lavansville,  Somerset  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, August  31,  1863.  His  parents, 
John  ad  Mrs.  Rachel  Anawalt,  were  old- 
time  residents  of  the  community  and 
were  held  in  high  respect.  Learning 
what  he  could  at  neighborhood  schools, 
and  further  equipping  himself  by  special  study  at  night,  at  the  age  of  sixteen  he  decided 
to  enter  life  seriously.  First,  served  an  apprenticeship  at  his  father's  store.  At  the  end 
of  that  time,  he  began  the  foundation  of  what  subsequently  turned  out  to  be  his  life  work. 

At  23  years  of  age  Mr.  Anawalt  entered  the  general  offices  of  the  Union  Supply  Com- 
pany, at  Scottdale,  and  for  a  year  or  more  worked  as  a  bookkeeper.  Keeping  books  in 
those  days  was  a  profession  for  which  a  great  deal  of  preparation  was  required.  Expert 
accountants  were  not  turned  out  in  wholesale  lots  over  night,  and  Mr.  Anawalt  was  one 
of  the  best  in  the  employ  of  the  Union  Company.  Opportunity  was  at  flood  tide  in  those 
days,  too,  and  five  years  after  entering  the  employ  of  his  concern  he  awoke  one  morning 
to  find  that  his  employers  had  appointed  him  to  the  position  of  superintendent  in  charge 
of  the  operating  department.  After  serving  six  years  more  in  this  capacity,  during 
which  time  he  inaugurated  many  improvements  in  the  policy  of  the  company,  he  was 
rewarded  for  his  perseverance  and  hard  work  by  being  made  general  superintendent. 
In  1903  he  was  elected  to  the  vice-presidency  of  the  company,  and  that  happened  about 
the  time  that  several  men  prominent  in  business  organized  and  set  afloat  the  prosperous 
United  Supply  Company,  a  concern  similar  to  the  Union  Supply  Company,  operating  in 
West  Virginia.  Mr.  Anawalt,  now  thoroughly  familiar  with  the  business,  was  prevailed 
upon  to  give  his  attention  to  the  new  concern,  so  he  accepted  the  vicepresidency  of  that 
company  also,  and  changed  his  headquarters  to  Pittsburgh,  where  the  executive  depart- 
ments of  both  organizations  are  located.     In  1906  he  became  president  of  both  concerns. 

Mr.  Anawalt  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason  and  a  member  of  the  Knights  Templar. 
He  is  also  an  Elk  and  holds  membership  in  numerous  clubs  and  societies.  He  is  a  com- 
municant of  the  Wilkinsburg  Baptist  Church,  and  is  also  the  president  of  the  board  of 
trustees  of  that  congregation. 


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ROBERT  J.  McKAY. 


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W.  H.  CASSIDY. 


The  name  of  W.  H.  Cassidy  has 
long  been  linked  with  successful  busi- 
ness affairs  in  Pittsburgh.  A  native  of 
that  place,  he  is  also  a  product  of  its 
public  schools;  he  also  received  an  aca- 
demic education  in  that  city. 

Mr.  Cassidy  early  became  inter- 
ested in  banking,  and  he  continued  in 
this  business  with  increasing  success 
for  sixteen  years.  Like  many  others  of 
Pittsburgh's  noted  sons,  he  heard  the 
call  of  steel;  he  then  gave  up  banking 
and  became  an  iron  and  steel  manufac- 
turer. His  business  interests  in  this 
line  were  indentified  with  the  South 
Side,  Pittsburgh. 

Success  continued  with  him  as  a 
manufacturer.  Mr.  Cassidy  was  en- 
abled to  retire  from  active  business  in 
1901.  He  retains  a  deep  interest,  how- 
ever, in  affairs. 


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I.  WALTER  JENKS. 

When  the  full  history  of  the  steel  and  iron  industry  in  America  is  written  it  will  be 
found  that  not  a  few  Englishmen,  familiar  with  the  business  from  youth,  played  an  im- 
portant part  in  its  development.  From 
the  big  steel  centers  of  Great  Britain 
emigrated  many  well  informed  indi- 
viduals to  whose  knowledge  can  be  at- 
tributed the  foundation  of  what  later 
became  the  great  steel  manufacturing 
center  of  the  United  States,  namely 
Pittsburgh. 

Not  the  least  notable  among  these 
is  I.  Walter  Jenks,  one  of  the  managers 
of  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company.  Mr. 
Jenks  is  now  in  the  fifty-sixth  year  of 
his  age,  but  he  is  well  and  hearty,  and 
what  is  more  important  still,  he  occu- 
pies no  small  place  among  steel  and 
iron  experts  in  this  vicinity. 

As  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary 
Ann  Jenks,  he  first  saw  the  light  of  day 
in  the  town  of  Wolverhampton,  in  Eng- 
land, May  9,  1858.  Wolverhampton  is 
one  of  the  many  smaller  manufacturing 
cities  in  England,  and  the  greater  por- 
tion of  its  population  earns  its  liveli- 
hood in  the  various  industries  there. 
Among  these  manufacturies  was  a 
small  plant  owned  and  operated  by  Mr. 
Jenks'  uncle,  and  there  he  went  after  leaving  the  public  schools,  to  acquire  what  knowl- 
edge of  the  iron  business  he  could.  He  was  only  thirteen  years  old  when  he  left  school 
and  began  to  learn  his  trade,  but  he  was  strong  for  his  age  and,  like  other  boys  of  his 
community,  took  readily  to  work  in  the  steel  mills. 

In  that  small  shop  in  Wolverhampton  Mr.  Jenks  worked  till  he  had  passed  his  twen- 
ty-first year,  and  then  he  decided  to  come  to  the  United  States.  Pittsburgh  was  then 
becoming  famous  as  an  iron  and  steel  city,  and  the  one  intention  and  desire  of  Mr.  Jenks 
was  to  go  there  and  take  advantage  of  some  of  the  opportunities  that  others  were  rapidly 
becoming  enriched  by. 

In  1880  Mr.  Jenks  came  to  America  with  a  small  amount  of  baggage  and  absolutely 
no  friends  nor  companions.  He  knew  where  Pittsburgh  was  located,  and  he  knew  he 
wanted  to  get  there,  so  he  came  to  this  region  immediately  after  leaving  the  ship. 

Once  in  Pittsburgh  he  sought  a  position  and  soon  found  one  with  the  firm  of  William 
Cox,  Sons  &  Co.,  at  Lawrenceville.  After  a  brief  period  there,  he  was  offered  and  ac- 
cepted a  similar  position  with  the  La  Belle  Steel  Works  in  Allegheny,  then  a  separate 
municipality.  There  his  worth  as  a  manager  became  recognized,  and  although  he  was  not 
given  such  a  post  by  his  employers,  other  operators,  constantly  scouting  for  men  able  to 
take  charge  of  their  several  departments,  sought  him  out.  Next  Mr.  Jenks  became  man- 
ager of  the  American  Steel  Hoop  Company,  and  in  1901  he  took  charge  of  the  bar  de- 
partment of  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company,  and  that  is  the  position  he  holds  now. 

Mr.  Jenks  is  recognized  among  steel  men  as  one  having  valuable  knowledge  of  the 
industry.  He  holds  a  membership  in  the  American  Iron  &  Steel  Institute  and  the  Engi- 
neers' Society  of  Western  Pennsylvania. 


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Edgar   Webster   Summers,   the   president   of  the 

Summers  Steel  Car  Company,  was  born  in  Bellbrook, 

Greene  county,  Ohio,  October  25,  1858. 

edgar  Since  coming-  to  Pittsburgh  to  engage  in 

WEBSTER 

summers.      the  manufacture  of  steel  cars,  he  has 
been   signally  successful.     He   lives   at 
5848  Solway  street,  and  has  his  offices  in  the  Oliver 
building. 

Mr.  Summers  is  well  connected  socially,  and  holds 
membership  in  a  large  number  of  organizations,  many 
of  them  being  trade  societies.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Engineers'  Society  of  Western  Pennsylvania,  the  Rail- 
way Club  of  Pittsburgh,  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  As- 
sociation, the  Wilkinsburg  Automobile  Club  and  the 
American  Automobile  Association. 


CHARLES  s. 
BELSTERLING. 


Charles  S.  Belsterling,  attorney,  publicist  and 
business  man,  was  born  May  31,  1874,  in  Philadelphia. 
His  parents  were  William  F.  Belsterling 
and  Ida  (nee  Sutterle)  Belsterling.  He 
is  a  graduate  of  the  Philadelphia  High 
School  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  became  traffic 
manager  for  the  American  Bridge  Company  and  he  has 
held  this  position  for  many  years.  Mr.  Belsterling  is 
also  a  director  of  the  Pencoyd  &  Philadelphia  Railroad 
and  the  Wissahickon  Bridge  Company.  He  is  a  writer 
of  authority  on  laws  governing  interstate  commerce. 
He  has  written  many  articles  printed  in  legal 
journals  and  traffic  publications.  Mr.  Belsterling  is 
a  member  of  the  Duquesne  and  Traffic  Clubs  of  Pitts- 
burgh, the  Traffic  Club  of  New  York  City,  the  Ralston 
Club,  and  the  Masonic  order ;  president  of  the  board  of 
trustees  of  Asbury  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  Pitts- 
burgh, and  a  member  of  the  faculty  of  LaSalle  Univers- 
ity, in  Illinois. 


JOHN 

WINSLOW 

HUBBARD. 


John  Winslow  Hubbard  was  born  December  18, 
1865,  being  the  son  of  Charles  White  and  Cleo  Jane 
Hubbard,  in  Pittsburgh.  The  public 
schools  first  demanded  his  attention, 
after  which  he  attended  the  Western 
University  of  Pennsylvania.  In  1885 
Mr.  Hubbard  was  graduated  from  the  Pennsylvania 
Military  College.  He  at  first  entered  business  with 
Hubbard,  Bakewell  &  Company,  manufacturers  of 
axes,  shovels,  saws  and  hoes.  The  firm  was  later 
changed  to  Hubbard  &  Company,  with  which  concern 
Mr.  Hubbard  has  been  associated  ever  since.  He  is 
now  its  president.  He  is  president  of  the  National  Bolt 
&  Nut  Company,  the  Pittsburgh  Ice  Company,  the 
Hubbard  Steel  Company  and  the  Mississippi  Naviga- 
tion Company.  His  club  affiliations  embrace  the  Du- 
quesne Club,  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association  and 
the  Pittsburgh  Country  Club,  the  Old  Club  of  Detroit 
and  the  Chicago  Yacht  Club.    He  resides  in  Pittsburgh. 

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HOMER  D.  WILLIAMS. 

Homer  D.  Williams  was  born  in  Johnstown,  Pa.,  August  19,  1863.  His  parents 
were  James  and  Jane  (nee  Hamilton)  Williams.  He  attended  the  public  schools  until 
1880,  in  which  year  he  was  employed  as 
carbon  boy  in  the  laboratory  of  the 
Cambria  Iron  Company. 

He  remained  there  five  years,  be- 
coming assistant  chemist,  and  left  there 
to  take  a  special  course  in  chemistry 
and  metallurgy  at  Lehigh  University, 
Bethlehem,  Pa. 

After  completing  this  course  he 
was  employed  for  two  years  as  chemist 
at  the  Colby  mine,  Bessemer,  Mich. 

For  five  years  he  was  with  the  Col- 
orado Fuel  and  Iron  Co.,  Pueblo,  Colo., 
first  as  chief  chemist  and  later  as  night 
superintendent  of  the  steel  works,  two 
years  as  superintendent  of  the  rail  fin- 
ishing department  of  the  Maryland 
Steel  Company,  Sparrow's  Point,  Md., 
leaving  there  to  take  charge  of  the  Bes- 
semer department  of  the  Homestead 
Steel  Works. 

Shortly  after  he  was  promoted  to 
assistant  general  superintendent  of  that  plant,  and  in  1903  was  made  general  superintend- 
ent of  the  Duquesne  Steel  Works  and  Blast  Furnaces  of  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company, 
which  position  he  now  holds. 

Mr.  Williams  is  a  member  of  the  Duquesne  club,  the  University  club,  the  Pittsburgh 
Athletic  association,  the  Country  club,  the  Press  club  and  the  German  club,  in  Pittsburgh. 


George  E.  McCague,  of  Pittsburgh,  was  born  No- 
vember 16,  1857,  in  Lawrence  county,  Pa.  His  parents 
were  Robert  McCague  and  Jane  (nee 
GEORGE  E.  Harkle)  McCague.  In  1884  he  was  ap- 
pointed general  agent  of  the  New  York 
Central  Railroad  Company  for  the  Pittsburgh  district. 
He  became  traffic  manager  for  the  Carnegie  Steel  Com- 
pany in  1891  and  held  the  position  until  1904.  During 
this  time  he  was  general  manager  of  the  Union  Rail- 
road, and  a  director  of  the  Bessemer  &  Lake  Erie  Rail- 
road Company.  Mr.  McCague  retired  January  1, 
1904.  Subsequently  he  was  elected  a  director  of  the 
Philadelphia  Company  and  of  many  banks.  He 
founded  the  Sewickley  Valley  Hospital  in  1911  and 
was  its  first  president.  He  belongs  to  the  Duquesne, 
Oakmont,  Allegheny  Country,  Edgeworth  and  other 
clubs.  He  was  married  in  1887  to  Miss  Georgie  Marie 
Smith.     There  are  three  children. 


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CHARLES 
RICHARD 
BRYSON. 


Charles  Richard  Bryson,  president  and  general  man- 
ager of  the  Electro  Steel  Company,  was  born  in  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.    He  is  the  son  of  Isabel  Cuddy 
Bryson  and  Charles  Houston  Bryson. 

Mr.  Bryson  was  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  Pittsburgh.  After  leaving 
school  he  began  work  as  an  apprentice  boy  in  the  steel 
mills  of  Pittsburgh.  This  was  in  1880.  He  worked  in 
the  mills  many  years  and  successfully  filled  all  positions 
of  trust  or  importance  through  which  he  was  advanced. 
He  became  General  Superintendent  of  Works  1903,  Man- 
ager of  Sales  1906,  was  admitted  to  the  firm  1910,  and  at- 
tained his  present  position  in  1911.  Mr.  Bryson  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Pittsburgh  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  Press 
Club,  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association,  the  Stanton 
Heights  Golf  Club,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, the  Automobile  Club  and  the  Second  Presbyterian 
Church. 


ROBERT 
S.  ORR. 


The  son  of  Culbertson  and  Susan  Sherrard  Orr,  Rob- 
ert S.  Orr  was  born  in  Clarion  county,  October  14,  1867. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  county  and  then  at- 
tended Washington  &  Jefferson  college,  at 
Washington,  Pa.,  from  which  institution  he  was  gradua- 
ted with  the  class  of  1891.  After  leaving  college  he  be- 
came principal  of  the  ninth  ward  school,  North  Side, 
Pittsburgh,  for  a  time.  Mr.  Orr  then  entered  the  service 
of  the  Allegheny  County  Light  Company,  in  February, 
1904,  as  general  contracting  agent.  He  became  general 
superintendent  and  later  general  manager  of  the  com- 
pany, now  the  Duquesne  Light  Company.  Mr.  Orr  was 
President  of  the  Pennsylvania  Electric  Association  for 
1912,  and  is  a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of  the 
National  Electric  Light  Association.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  University  Club  of  Pittsburgh,  Pittsburgh  Athletic  As- 
sociation, and  a  director  of  the  Ohio  Valley  Bank.  He  mar- 
ried Miss  Beryl  Riggs,  of  Pittsburgh,  October  23,  1912. 


Cecil  Glenwood  Rice  was  born  at  Harrisville,  W.  Va., 

November  15,  1878,  the  son  of  A.  O.  and  Harriet  Rice. 

He  attended  the  schools  of  Fairmont,  W. 

Cecil  glen-  Va  ^    and    the    Fairmont    gtate    Normal 

WOOD  RICE.  School  afterwards  entering  the  Univer- 
sity of  West  Virginia,  at  Morgantown.  He  later  studied 
law  at  the  offices  of  his  uncle,  the  late  Senator  R.  E.  Fast, 
and  his  brother-in-law,  W.  W.  Scott.  During  this  period 
Mr.  Rice  was  engaged  in  special  newspaper  work.  In 
1898  he  went  to  Parkersburg,  W.  Va.,  as  city  editor  of 
the  Parkersburg  Daily  News.  In  1900,  he  came  to  Pitts- 
burgh, where  he  engaged  in  newspaper  work  for  several 
years,  later  being  employed  in  special  work  for  the  City 
of  Pittsburgh  with  the  title  and  authority  of  a  city  detec- 
tive. Mr.  Rice  for  a  time  was  Credit  Manager  of  the  Co- 
lonial Trust  Company,  also  being  a  member  of  the  Pitts- 
burgh Stock  Exchange.  In  July  1909,  he  was  appointed 
Superintendent  Claim  Department  of  the  Pittsburgh 
Railways  Company,  the  Allegheny  Light  Co.  and  the 
Beaver  Valley  Traction  Co. 


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AMBROSE  NEVIN  DIEHL. 


Whoever  knows  anything  about  the  steel  and  iron  industry  knows  that  chemists 
alone  are  responsible  for  the  production  of  various  grades  of  metal.  Through  work  in 
the  laboratories  mechanical  engineers 
have  been  aided  as  nothing  else  could 
aid  them,  and  the  engineers  in  turn  have 
saved  their  employers  millions  that  they 
would  have  invariably  lost  without  them 
and  their  work. 

This  much  in  the  way  of  introduc- 
tion. Now  for  the  biography,  or  to  be 
more  exact,  such  small  part  of  it  as  this 
space  will  allow,  of  a  chemist  who  came 
to  Pittsburgh  to  work  in  the  labora- 
tories of  the  most  important  industries 
in  and  around  Pittsburgh  and  who  made 
a  success  of  himself  and  his  work. 

That  individual  is  Ambrose  Nevin 
Diehl,  superintendent  of  the  blast  fur- 
naces of  the  Duquesne  Works  of  the 
Carnegie  Steel  Company,  and  a  director 
in  the  Duquesne  Trust  Company,  at  Du- 
quesne. Mr.  Diehl  comes  from  old  York 
county  stock,  for  his  parents,  Andrew  K.  Diehl  and  Sarah  L.  Diehl,  and  their  ancestors, 
lived  in  that  section  for  many  years.  The  present  Pittsburgher  was  born  in  the  historic 
old  city  of  York,  October  20,  1876,  and  after  a  course  in  the  public  schools  he  entered  York 
Collegiate  Institute  and  graduated  there  in  1894.  Immediately  thereafter  he  entered  the 
class  of  '98  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  College,  and  after  a  four-year  course  of  study  left 
that  institution  a  full-fledged  chemist. 

For  the  sake  of  obtaining  something  in  the  way  of  practical  knowledge  of  the 
science  of  chemistry,  and  partly  because  the  State  needed  somebody  to  fill  a  vacancy,  Mr. 
Diehl  applied  for  and  obtained  the  position  of  assistant  chemist  in  the  State  Experi- 
mental Station.  He  began  work  there  as  soon  as  he  got  his  sheepskin  at  the  State  Col- 
lege, where  the  experimental  station  is  located,  but  he  remained  there  only  one  year. 

In  1899  the  Duquesne  Steel  Works  and  Blast  Furnaces  claimed  him  and  he  has  been 
there  ever  since.  For  the  first  year  there  he  worked  in  the  laboratory.  During  that  year 
he  showed  such  marked  familiarity  with  the  steel  industry  that  he  was  made  assistant 
superintendent  in  the  blast  furnace.  In  twelve  months  time  he  outgrew  that  position, 
too,  and  then  he  was  given  charge  of  the  entire  department.  Mr.  Diehl  is  a  member  of 
the  University  Club  of  Pittsburgh,  the  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers,  the  En- 
gineers' Society  of  Western  Pennsylvania  and  the  American  Iron  and  Steel  Institute. 

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ALEXANDER 

SCOTT 

M'QUEEN. 


Alexander  Scott  McQueen,  coal  man  and  railroad 
expert,  was  born  in  Ontario,  Canada,  April  18,  1879. 
After  graduating  from  a  college  in  On- 
tario he  engaged  in  the  coal  business  in 
Elmira,  N.  Y.,  in  1900.  The  next  year  he 
went  to  New  York  city  to  accept  a  position 
with  the  Fairmont  Coal  Mining  Company  which  was  aft- 
erwards merged  with  the  Consolidation  Coal  Company. 
In  a  short  time  he  resigned  to  become  sales  manager  for 
the  Island  Creek  Coal  Sales  Company  at  New  York.  In 
1910  he  left  this  concern  to  accept  a  better  position  with 
B.  Nicoll  &  Company,  of  New  York.  In  1912  he  came  to 
Pittsburgh  as  sales  manager  in  the  Pittsburgh  district 
for  B.  Nicoll  &  Company,  which  is  the  selling  agent  for 
the  Pittsburgh  Terminal  Railroad  and  Coal  Company. 
Mr.  McQueen  belongs  to  the  Union  Club,  the  Pittsburgh 
Athletic  Association,  the  Pittsburgh  Country  Club,  the 
Canadian  Society  of  New  York  and  the  Traffic  Clubs  of 
Pittsburgh  and  Buffalo. 


HARRY 

HOWARD 

PATTERSON. 


Harry  Howard  Patterson,  dealer  in  coal  lands  and 
expert  corporation  attorney,  was  born  in  Beaver  Falls, 
December  13,  1874.  His  parents  were 
Samuel  R.  Patterson  and  Jane  (nee  Stew- 
art) Patterson.  He  had  his  preliminary 
training  in  the  public  schools,  graduated 
from  Geneva  College  in  1892,  and  the  University  of  Mich- 
igan, law  department,  in  1894.  In  1896  he  was  admitted 
to  the  Allegheny  county  bar  and  for  10  years  followed  his 
profession,  making  a  specialty  of  corporation  law.  He 
then  took  up  the  business  of  handling  coal  lands,  which 
now  occupies  his  entire  time.  The  title  to  millions  of  dol- 
lars of  coal  property  has  passed  through  Mr.  Patterson's 
hands  since  he  has  taken  up  this  work.  Mr.  Patterson 
belongs  to  the  Delta  Chi  Fraternity,  the  Duquesne  Club 
of  Pittsburgh,  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association  and 
the  Beaver  Valley  Country  Club.  He  married  Helen  Vir- 
ginia Corbus,  of  Beaver  Falls,  and  they  have  two  children. 


Benjamin  S.  Hammill  was  born  in  Preston,  Ontario, 
Canada,  on  October  4,  1865.     His  parents  are  Thomas 
and  Jane  Hammill.     He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  and  went  to  work  when 


BENJAMIN 
S.  HAMMILL, 


he  was  14.  In  1899  Mr.  Hammill  went  in- 
to the  coal  business,  as  salesman  with  the  Henderson  Coal 
Company  of  Pittsburgh ;  he  then  took  a  position  in  charge 
of  the  Marine  Coal  Company,  and  in  1905  Mr.  Hammill 
was  made  General  Manager  of  Sales  of  the  Monongahela 
Consolidated  Coal  and  Coke  Company.  His  next  position 
was  with  the  Pittsburgh  Terminal  Railroad  and  Coal 
Company  as  sales  manager,  in  1909.  In  1912  he  went 
into  the  business  for  himself,  becoming  president  of  the 
B.  S.  Hammill  Coal  Company,  Inc.  He  was  also  elected 
president  of  the  Meadow  Lands  Coal  Company.  Mr. 
Hammill  actively  manages  both  of  these  companies. 


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EDWARD  J.  HAMILTON. 
While  it  is  true  that  no  industry  has  been  so  conducive  to  making  millionaires  as 
the  steel  industry,  none  of  those  who  succeeded  in  raising  themselves  from  the  ranks  be- 
came prominent  in  the  industry  without 
hard   work.      Much   midnight   oil   was 
burned  by  those  who  rose  in  later  life. 
Naturally,    when    such    men    changed 
their   positions   they   always    improved 
their  condition  with  each  change.     In 
the  steel  trades  the  men  in  the  mills 
and  the  men  in  the  offices  have  equal 
chances,    for   opportunities   abound   on 
every  hand  and  he  who  is  ready  when 
those  opportunities  present  themselves 
is  the  man  to  be  pushed  ahead. 

Such  a  man  is  Edward  J.  Hamilton, 
now,  after  32  years  in  the  steel  business, 
the  assistant  general  superintendent  of 
the  Duquesne  Steel  Works  of  the  Car- 
negie Steel  Company.  He  was  no  more 
than  14  years  old  when  he  began  to 
work  in  the  steel  mills,  and  by  applying 
himself  diligently  to  his  tasks,  year  in 
and  year  out,  he  loomed  ahead  of  many 
another  man  less  diligent  than  himself. 

Mr.  Hamilton  was  born  in  Johns- 
town, Pa.,  the  city  that  much  later  ex- 
perienced the  misfortune  that  attached 
to  it  the  appellation  of  the  "Flood  City." 

There,  in  the  public  schools,  including  the  high  school,  Mr.  Hamilton  received  the  founda- 
tion of  his  education,  but  he  had  not  yet  been  out  of  school  when  he  worked  at  frequent 
intervals  in  the  well-known  Cambria  Steel  Works  of  Johnstown.  It  was  in  November, 
1881,  when  he  was  14  years  old,  that  he  began  to  earn  his  way  in  the  mills  of  the  Cam- 
bria Company.  He  remained  there  for  six  years,  and  in  1887  he  accepted  a  more  lucra- 
tive position  with  the  Lorraine  Steel  Company  at  Johnstown,  and  he  was  there  when  the 
devastating  floods  that  made  reading  matter  for  years  swept  that  thriving  town.  Mills 
and  dwelling  houses  alike  were  destroyed,  or  at  least  rendered  temporarily  useless,  and 
those  who  survived  the  floods  found  homes  elsewhere. 

Four  months  after  the  flood  had  passed  into  history  Mr.  Hamilton  began  life  all 
over  again  with  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company,  and  was  put  to  work  at  the  Edgar  Thom- 
son Steel  Works.  He  remained  there  till  July  15,  1892,  when  he  was  transferred  to  the 
Homestead  plant  of  the  same  concern.  After  spending  five  years  there  he  was  singled 
out  from  among  a  number  of  possibilities  and  sent  to  the  Duquesne  works  as  assistant 
general  superintendent.    He  has  been  there  and  working  in  that  capacity  ever  since. 

While  working  his  way  upward  in  the  steel  business  Mr.  Hamilton  associated  him- 
self with  the  Duquesne  Trust  Company,  of  which  he  is  the  first  vice-president  now.  He 
also  occupies  the  vice-presidency  of  the  Carnegie  Library  at  Duquesne.  Mr.  Hamilton 
has  given  comparatively  little  attention  to  fraternal  and  social  matters,  but  he  holds  a 
membership  in  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Club,  the  Country  Club  and  the  German  Club  of 
Pittsburgh. 


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George  W.  Theiss,  director  in  the  Pittsburgh  Coal 

Company  and  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Mononga- 

hela   River   Consolidated   Coal   &   Coke 
GEORGE  w.     n  _  ,  ,   a      ,.      __ 

Company,  was  born  at  Sardis,  Monroe 

county,  Ohio,  February  3,  1857,  the  son 
of  George  Theiss  and  Elizabeth  Barbara  Fuchs  Theiss. 
Mr.  Theiss  came  to  Pittsburgh  15  years  ago  and  be- 
came partner  in  the  firm  of  C.  Jutte  &  Company,  en- 
gaged in  mining  and  transporting  coal.  He  took  an 
active  part  in  the  organization  of  the  Monongahela 
River  Consolidated  Coal  &  Coke  Company,  and  was  di- 
rector, secretary  and  president  until  January,  1912. 
He  is  a  director  of  the  Duquesne  National  Bank,  of  the 
Pittsburgh  Coal  Company  and  a  member  of  the  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce.  Mr.  Theiss  is  a  member  of  Masonic 
fraternities;  a  member  of  the  Bellefield  Presbyterian 
Church  and  the  Duquesne  Club. 

William  Y.  Humphreys,  president  of  the  Bessemer  Coke  Company,  with  offices  in  the 

Oliver   building,    Pittsburgh,    is   descended  from  old  English  Crusader  stock.     On  his 

william  y     Cher's  side,  his  family  played  no  small  part  in  American  history,  and  his 

great-grandfather,  Colonel  George  Humphreys,  bore  an  honorable  part  in 

the  first  battle  of  the  American  Revolution  at  Concord. 

Mr.  Humphreys  was  born  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  May  8,  1861,  where  his  father,  George 
D.  Humphreys,  had  successfully  launched  the  first  glass  industry  west  of  the  Mississippi. 
After  finishing  his  education  in  the  public  and  private  schools,  he  came  to  Pittsburgh  in 
1887,  and  organized  the  firm  of  Humphreys,  Griffin  &  Co.,  iron  brokers.  In  1896  he  or- 
ganized the  Bessemer  Coke  Company,  and  a  year  later  organized  the  Empire  Coke  Com- 
pany. These  organizations,  together  with  the  Columbia  Coke  Company,  the  Duquesne  & 
Millboro  Coke  Company  and  several  minor  concerns,  were  merged  into  the  present  Bes- 
semer Coke  Company  in  1904.     He  has  been  president  of  this  large  concern  ever  since. 

With  the  gigantic  merger,  the  Bessemer  Coke  Company  has  extended  its  operations 
over  a  wide  area  of  territory.  At  present  the  concern  owns  five  mines  in  the  Connellsville 
region  and  one  in  West  Virginia,  and  is  the  second  largest  independent  coke  producer  in 
the  Connellsville  region.  Throughout  the  year  it  keeps  1,061  coke  ovens  in  operation 
and  employs  about  1,200  men. 


Reed  Fairman  Blair,  the  son  of  John  K.  Blair  (of 

the  original  firm  of  Boggs,  Blair  &  Buhl)  and  Julia  A. 

(Fairman)  Blair,  was  born  in  Allegheny 

REED  fair-    City>   Pennsylvania>   October   10,   1868. 

MAN  blair.  jje  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  na- 
tive city  then  learned  telegraphy,  and  later  was  private 
telegraph  operator  for  Thos.  M.  Carnegie,  chairman  of 
Carnegie  Bros.  &  Company,  Limited.  His  next  posi- 
tion was  assistant  cashier  with  the  same  company; 
later,  private  secretary  to  William  L.  Abbott,  chair- 
man of  Carnegie,  Phipps  &  Company,  Limited.  He 
left  the  Carnegie  interests  in  1894,  and  entered  the  iron 
and  steel  brokerage  business,  under  the  firm  name 
of  Reed  F.  Blair  &  Company,  with  present  offices  in  the 
Frick  building.  He  is  a  director  in  the  Marshall 
Foundry  Company.  He  is  a  thirty-second  degree 
Mason.  He  married  April  7,  1892,  Miss  Jane  Bracken- 
ridge  Adams,  of  Franklin,  Pa. 


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WILLIAM  BACON  SCHILLER. 
William   Bacon   Schiller,   president   of   the  National   Tube   Company,   was  born   in 
Pittsburgh  July  7,  1859,  the  son  of  John  G.  Schiller  and  Ann  J.  (Queen)  Schiller. 

When  a  child  Mr.  Schiller  was  taken  to  Youngs- 
town,  Ohio,  to  live.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  that  city.  In  1876  Mr.  Schiller  began  work 
as  an  office  boy  for  R.  W.  Hitchcock  &  Company, 
Youngstown,  Ohio.  His  career  was  marked  by  a  series 
of  advancements.  From  office  boy  he  worked  as  clerk  in 
a  bank  and  did  every  kind  of  work  in  the  banking  es- 
tablishment. He  has  a  complete  knowledge  of  every 
line  of  industry  connected  with  his  manufacturing 
interests. 

In  1880  Mr.  Schiller  became  a  clerk  in  the  Second 
National  Bank  of  Youngstown.  In  1883  he  became 
bookkeeper  for  the  Brier  Hill  Iron  &  Coal  Company, 
and  after  three  months'  service  was  promoted  to  the 
secretaryship  of  the  same  company. 

In  1886  he  was  made  treasurer  and  general  man- 
ager of  the  Youngstown  Coke  Company  and  of  the 
Bessemer  Limestone  Company,  leaving  this  work  and 
coming  to  Pittsburgh  in  August,  1889,  as  general  man- 
ager of  the  Monongahela  Furnace  Company. 
Mr.  Schiller  held  this  position  three  years,  when  he  became  manager  of  the  Blast 
Furnaces  and  Steel  Works,  which  position  he  held  until  1892.     When  the  National  Tube 
Company  was  organized  Mr.  Schiller  became  manager  of  all  the  works  at  McKeesport,  Pa. 
The  National  Tube  Works  are  the  largest  tubing  supplies  factories  in  the  Pittsburgh 
district.    About  8,000  men  are  employed  in  the  mills  at  McKeesport  alone.    The  National 
Tube  Company  has  much  to  do  with  the  improvements  and  innovations  that  have  been 
made  in  the  manufacture  of  tubular  goods.    The  organization  has  been  so  successful  in 
its  experiments  that  today,  as  a  consequence,  it  is  the  leader  in  the  world's  production,  not 
only  in  quality  and  variety,  but  in  quantity. 

Besides  the  McKeesport  plants  other  up-to-date  plants  operated  by  the  National  Tube 
Company  are  :  Lorain  Works,  Lorain,  Ohio;  Kewanee  Works,  Kewanee,  Illinois;  Syra- 
cuse Works,  Syracuse,  New  York;  Riverside  Works,  Wheeling,  W.  Va. ;  Pennsylvania 
Works  and  Continental  Works,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Of  this  corporation  Mr.  Schiller  became  a  director  and  vice-president  in  1900  and 
president  in  1902. 

Mr.  Schiller  is  an  enthusiastic  welfare  worker  and  has  been  instrumental  in  install- 
ing many  sanitary  and  safety  devices  in  the  company's  mills  in  McKeesport  and  other 
cities.  He  planned  and  installed  the  swimming  pool  at  McKeesport,  encouraged  and 
aided  in  the  inauguration  of  summer  playgrounds  in  that  place  and  elsewhere,  and  was  a 
member  of  a  committee  of  the  United  States  Steel  Corporation  which  met  and  deliberated 
on  the  six-day  working  schedule  for  employes.  This  committee  finally  was  instrumental 
in  passing  a  rule  for  the  corporation  and  all  subsidiary  companies  to  prohibit  work  of 
employes  for  more  than  six  days  a  week. 

Mr.  Schiller  is  a  member  of  the  Duquesne,  Pittsburgh,  Union  and  Pittsburgh  Golf 
Clubs  of  Pittsburgh,  and  of  the  Allegheny  Country  Club  of  Sewickley,  Pa.  He  is  a  di- 
rector of  the  Kingsley  Home  Association.  At  the  present  time  he  is  building  a  mag- 
nificent home  on  Sewickley  Heights.     His  town  residence  is  at  5075  Forbes  street. 


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thomas  McCaffrey. 


The  Commonwealth  of  Pennsyl- 
vania leads  all  the  States  of  the  Union 
in  coal  and  coke  industrial  activities  and 
naturally  numbers  among  her  citizens 
some  of  the  biggest  men  in  these  under- 
takings. Among  these  coke  promoters 
of  prominence  is  Thomas  McCaffrey,  of 
Brier  Hill,  Pa.  Mr.  McCaffrey  was  born 
in  Niles,  Ohio,  April  4,  1874,  being  the 
son  of  Manus  and  Ann  McCaffrey.  In 
the  public  schools  he  received  the  ground 
work  for  his  busy  career.  When  he 
finished  his  schooling  he  became  identi- 
fied with  the  Brier  Hill  Iron  &  Coal 
Company,  Youngstown,  0.,  at  the  age  of 
16  years.  He  worked  at  the  furnace  for 
10  years.  Mr.  McCaffrey  then  became 
identified  with  the  Brier  Hill  Coke  Com- 
pany, and  now  for  10  years  has  been 
secretary,  and  for  six  years  secretary 
and  manager  of  that  big  concern.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Duquesne  Club  in 
Pittsburgh.  His  views  of  the  coke  in- 
dustry are  thoroughly  practical  and  he 
has  met  with  unusual  success  in  that 
business. 


B.  F.  OVERHOLT. 


Benjamin  Franklin  Overholt,  coal 
and  coke  operator,  was  born  in  West 
Overton,  Pa.,  the  son  of  Henry  S.  Over- 
holt  and  Abigail  C.  Overholt.  He  is  an 
expert  on  the  mining  of  coal  and  the 
production  of  coke.  He  is  president  of 
the  Cambria  Fuel  Company,  Cambria, 
Wyoming,  and  of  the  Overholt  Coal  & 
Coke  Company;  director  in  the  follow- 
ing: Grafton  Fuel  Company,  the  West- 
ern Maryland  Coal  Company,  the  Na- 
tional Coal  Company,  the  Scottdale  Sav- 
ings &  Trust  Company,  the  Donohoe 
Coke  Company,  the  Western  Coal  & 
Coke  Company,  the  Wilbur  Coal  &  Coke 
Company,  the  United  States  Cast  Iron 
Pipe  &  Foundry  Company,  the  Val- 
ley Coal  &  Coke  Company,  the  Ridgway 
Machine  Company,  the  Scottdale  Foun- 
dry &  Machine  Company,  the  Ridgway 
Advocate,  the  Scottdale  Independent, 
and  the  Thompson  Coal  &  Coke  Com- 
pany. He  is  a  member  of  the  Duquesne 
Club  of  Pittsburgh,  the  Pike  Run  Coun- 
try Club,  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  As- 
sociation and  the  Marion  Hall  Associa- 
tion. 


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TAYLOR  ALLDERDICE. 


Identified  with  a  number  of  Pittsburgh's  most  prominent  financial  and  philanthropic 
institutions,  Taylor  Allderdice  has  reached  an  enviable  position  in  the  esteem  of  his  fel- 
low citizens  in  Western  Pennsylvania. 

Of  sterling  character  and  superior 
mental  powers,  Mr.  Allderdice  is  recog- 
nized as  possessing  unusual  qualifica- 
tions for  any  private  or  public  task 
which  may  arise  before  him  from  time 
to  time.  His  participation  in  various 
affairs  in  the  past  only  has  served  to 
emphasize  his  remarkable  attainments 
and  to  draw  added  attention  to  the  high 
value  of  his  services. 

Mr.  Allderdice  was  born  in  Phila- 
delphia, March  1,  1863,  the  son  of  James 
and  Mary  Allderdice.  His  earlier  edu- 
cation was  had  in  the  public  schools  of 
the  Quaker  City  and  then  the  ambitious 
young  man  began  his  life's  work  with 
the  Centennial  National  Bank,  of  Phila- 
delphia, where  the  excellence  of  his  work 
speedily  was  recognized.  Seeking  other 
and  better  opportunities,  the  young 
man  came  west  and  entered  the  Home- 
stead plant  of  the  Pittsburgh  Bessemer 
Steel  Company,  which  concern  later  was 
absorbed  by  the  Carnegie  Steel  Com- 
pany. Here  Mr.  Allderdice  devoted 
that  amount  of  intelligence  and  perseverance  to  his  work  which  have  been  the  cause  of  his 
rapid  and  substantial  advancement  through  the  years  that  have  followed. 

In  a  short  time  after  the  beginning  of  his  employment  with  the  Pittsburgh-Bessemer 
Company,  Mr.  Allderdice  was  elevated  to  the  position  of  superintendent  at  the  plant.  He 
continued  his  tireless  work  and  as  a  reward  for  these  services  was  made  superintendent  of 
the  Pottsville  Iron  &  Steel  Company,  at  Pottsville,  Pa.  But  Mr.  Allderdice  was  destined  to 
progress  to  greater  things,  and  accordingly  he  was  next  seen  at  the  National  Tube  Works 
Company,  as  it  was  called  at  that  time,  as  a  superintendent. 

Today  Mr.  Allderdice  is  third  vice-president  of  the  National  Tube  Company,  and 
popularly  liked  by  all  those  with  whom  he  has  occasion  to  come  in  contact. 

Along  with  his  advancement  and  activity  in  the  world  of  manufacturing,  Mr.  Allder- 
dice has  become  identified  with  a  number  of  other  interests  which  are  considerably  di- 
versified in  character.  Among  other  things,  he  is  a  director  of  the  South  Side  Trust 
Company,  and  has  become  recognized  as  a  man  of  high  influence  in  affairs  of  a  financial 
character. 

Mr.  Allderdice  bears  proof  of  the  esteem  in  which  the  public  holds  him,  in  that  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Education  of  Pittsburgh  and  vice-president  of  that  body.  He  has 
appeared  at  various  times  in  positions  affecting  the  public  conduct  of  affairs  with  the 
greatest  possible  amount  of  credit  to  himself.  Since  his  residence  in  Pittsburgh,  he  has 
been  connected  prominently  in  club  circles,  and  has  been  a  familiar  figure  in  the  city's 
higher  social  life. 

The  best  evidence  of  Mr.  Allderdice's  unusual  success  since  coming  to  Pittsburgh  to 
live  has  been  the  large  number  of  friends  he  has  made. 


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JOHN  M.  JAMISON. 

John  M.  Jamison,  president  of  the 
Jamison  Coal  &  Coke  Company,  is  the 
son  of  Robert  S.  Jamison  and  Mrs. 
Caroline  Jamison,  whose  maiden  name 
was  Wible,  and  was  born  in  Westmore- 
land county,  Pa.,  March  3,  1864.  After 
preparing  himself  for  a  college  career 
he  entered  Princeton  University,  and 
after  his  graduation  there  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  practice  of  law  in  the 
courts  of  Westmoreland  county.  Re- 
cently he  served  a  term  in  the  Pennsyl- 
vania State  Senate. 

In  1892  he  and  his  associates  or- 
ganized the  Jamison  Coal  &  Coke  Com- 
pany and  of  which  he  became  the  sec- 
retary and  treasurer.  In  1903  he  was 
elected  to  the  presidency  of  the  com- 
pany and  has  held  that  office  ever  since. 

A.  C.  STICKEL. 


The  success  of  August  Charles 
Stickel  indicates  what  ambition  can  ac- 
complish on  a  small  beginning.  Mr. 
Stickel  was  born  at  Mill  Run,  Fayette 
county,  March  7,  1880,  the  son  of  Au- 
gust and  Catherine  Stickel.  His  early 
education  was  received  in  the  Mill  Run 
school,  his  subsequent  training  being  re- 
ceived in  the  commercial  career  to  which 
he  devoted  his  attention.  Mr.  Stickel 
started  work  early,  being  employed  in 
the  grocery  business  and  then  as  a  street 
car  conductor.  Less  than  10  years  ago, 
he  borrowed  a  small  amount  of  money 
and  started  a  coal  venture  at  Evans  Sta- 
tion, the  concern  being  known  as  the 
Superba  Coal  Company.  Eight  years 
ago,  he  entered  the  lumber  business. 
Today  Mr.  Stickel  is  head  of  the  Evans 
Coal  &  Coke  Company,  treasurer  of  the 
Connellsville  Coal  &  Coke  Company, 
treasurer  of  the  Stickel  &  Stickel  Lum- 
ber Company,  treasurer  of  the  Ligonier 
Lumber  Company,  president  of  the 
Stewrton  Lumber  Company  and  identi- 
fied with  other  highly  successful  in- 
terests.    He  resides  in  Connellsville. 


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WALLACE  HURTTE  ROWE. 

Wallace  Hurtte  Rowe,  President  of  the  Pittsburgh  Steel  Company  and  actively 
interested  in  many  other  business  enterprises,  was  born  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  February 
15,  1861.  His  parents  were  Judge 
Joseph  Rowe  and  Margaret  (nee  Boyce) 
Rowe.  He  was  educated  in  private 
schools  and  colleges  of  Missouri. 

Mr.  Rowe,  even  as  a  boy,  showed 
great  aptitude  for  business  and  during 
his  school  days  was  ever  anxious  to  get 
into  active  business  life.  When  only  22 
years  old  he  secured  a  position  with  a 
firm  in  St.  Louis,  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  wire,  and  ever  since  his  chief 
occupation  has  been  the  manufacture  of 
wire  and  other  iron  and  steel  products. 
Seeing  little  future  in  St.  Louis  for  the 
iron  and  steel  business,  Mr.  Rowe,  with 
former  associates,  came  to  Western 
Pennsylvania  in  search  of  a  better  loca- 
tion for  a  wire  plant.  After  consider- 
able investigation,  they  decided  upon 
the  Pittsburgh  district  and  organized 
the  Braddock  Wire  Company.  Mr.  Rowe 
became  treasurer  and  general  manager 
of  the  new  company.  The  construction 
and  organization  of  a  steel  plant,  a  diffi- 
cult task  for  even  an  experienced  busi- 
ness man,  was  entrusted  to  the  young  general  manager.  Notwithstanding  his  youth  and 
inexperience,  Mr.  Rowe  soon  had  a  prosperous  plant  in  operation  at  Rankin. 

His  work  was  so  satisfactory  that  when  the  Braddock  Wire  Company  was  merged 
with  other  companies  into  the  Consolidated  Steel  and  Wire  Company,  of  Chicago,  in  1892, 
Mr.  Rowe  was  placed  in  charge  of  all  Pennsylvania  interests  of  the  larger  corporation. 

At  that  time  Mr.  Rowe  believed  that  the  best  interests  of  the  steel  industry  lay  in 
close  co-operation  among  the  different  manufacturers,  and  he  was  active  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  American  Steel  &  Wire  Company,  with  which  the  Consolidated  Steel  &  Wire 
Company  was  merged.  In  1901  the  American  Steel  &  Wire  Company  was  absorbed  by 
the  United  States  Steel  Corporation.  Mr.  Rowe  remained  for  a  short  period  with  the 
new  corporation,  and  lent  his  best  energies  to  promoting  the  corporation's  interests. 
However,  he  at  last  resigned  and  disposed  of  his  holdings. 

With  his  usual  energy  Mr.  Rowe  at  once  undertook  the  organization  of  another  com- 
pany for  the  manufacture  of  iron  and  steel  products.  The  result  of  his  efforts  was  the 
Pittsburgh  Steel  Company,  of  which  he  was  elected  president.  Not  content  with  one 
line  of  activity,  Mr.  Rowe  has  interested  himself  in  other  enterprises  and  has  met  with  a 
large  measure  of  success  in  all  of  them.  He  is  president  of  the  Pittsburgh  Steel  Products 
Company,  vice-president  of  the  Pittsburgh  Ice  Company  and  director  of  the  Duquesne 
National  Bank.  Mr.  Rowe  is  a  member  of  the  Duquesne,  University,  Pittsburgh  Golf 
and  Allegheny  Country  Clubs  of  Pittsburgh.  He  has  always  taken  an  interest  in  clean 
sports  and  is  a  member  of  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association.  Few  men  have  taken 
more  interest  in  promoting  the  general  welfare  of  Pittsburgh  than  Mr.  Rowe,  and  few 
men  have  stuck  as  consistently  to  one  line  of  business. 


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JOHN  W.  BOILEAU. 

John  Wesley  Boileau,  consulting  en- 
gineer and  coal  expert,  was  born  Octo- 
ber 27,  1873,  in  Athens  county,  Ohio. 
His  father  was  George  H.  Boileau  and 
his  mother  Hannah  (nee  Gibbons)  Boi- 
leau. He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Morgan  county,  0.  For  the 
most  part,  however,  he  is  a  self-educated 
man,  being  a  keen  observer  along  both 
scientific  and  practical  lines.  In  1892  he 
secured  a  position  in  a  store  as  a  clerk. 
Next  he  became  a  teacher  and  later  a 
principal  in  the  schools  of  Westmoreland 
county.  In  1895  he  took  up  engineering 
and  contracting  work.  From  1897  on- 
ward he  has  specialized  in  the  handling 
of  coal  lands.  His  office  resources  ar- 
ranged for  service  in  the  Park  building, 
Pittsburgh,  include  an  extensive  library, 
maps,  charts,  samples  of  coal  and  coke 
from  the  various  fields  and  geological 
data  from  which  estimates  and  reports 
may  be  compiled  showing  the  possibili- 
ties, extent  and  value  of  the  coal  fields 
of  Ohio,  Pennsylvania,  West  Virginia, 
Kentucky  and  other  States. 


O.  W.  KENNEDY. 


0.  W.  Kennedy,  recently  deceased, 
banker  and  promoter  of  Uniontown,  Pa., 
was  born  August  20,  1854,  at  Kennedy's 
Mills,  a  village  in  Lawrence  county.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and 
then  began  an  apprenticeship  in  the 
milling  trade,  at  which  he  worked  for  a 
time.  Then,  in  1874,  he  went  to  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.,  as  a  clerk  in  the  freight  de- 
partment of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad 
Company.  Although  he  rose  very  rapid- 
ly, he  resigned  in  1899  to  enter  the  of- 
fices of  the  Frick  Company.  For  them 
he  went  to  Scottdale,  and  in  1895  to 
Uniontown.  When  H.  C.  Frick  resigned 
the  presidency  of  the  company  in  1897  a 
move  upward  was  made,  and  Mr.  Ken- 
nedy was  made  general  manager.  Later 
he  resigned,  and  became  the  president 
of  the  Fayette  Title  &  Trust  Company 
and  general  manager  and  director  of 
the  Orient  Coke  Company,  Uniontown. 
He  held  these  positions  at  the  time  of 
his  death.  He  was  a  thirty-second  de- 
gree Mason. 


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STEWART  ARCHIBALD  DAVIS. 

Some  ten  miles  west  of  the  begrimed  old  industrial  town  of  Apollo,  and  about  40 
miles  from  Pittsburgh,  there  has  of  late  years  sprung  up  a  community  known  on  the 
postal  and  railroad  map  as  Vandergrift. 
Its  population  is  about  12,000,  and  those 
that  live  there  are  harbored  in  comfort- 
able dwellings,  fitted  out  with  all  the 
modern  sanitary  conveniences,  and  sup- 
plied with  gardens  in  which  they  raise 
their  own  table  truck.  There  are  no 
saloons  in  Vandergrift  because,  when 
the  town  was  founded,  it  was  the  desire 
of  its  founders  to  remove  from  it  and  its 
people,  as  far  as  possible,  those  practices 
that  are  usually  regarded  as  the  prime 
cause  of  a  toiler's  poverty.  Vandergrift 
is  regarded  as  a  model  town  for  work- 
ingmen. 

The  little  community  has  grown 
considerably  since  it  was  established 
for  the  employes  of  the  American 
Sheet  Steel  Company,  of  Apollo,  that 
earlier  had  absorbed  the  Apollo  Iron  & 
Steel  Company  and  was  later  merged 
with  the  American  Tin  Plate  Company 
and  at  last  made  a  part  of  the  United 
States  Steel  Corporation. 

One  individual  who  had  no  small 
part  in  the  making  of  Vandergrift  was 
Stewart  Archibald  Davis,  now  the  first  vice-president  of  the  American  Sheet  &  Tin  Plate 
Company,  who  began  work  in  a  humble  capacity  away  back  in  the  80's,  and  by  slow 
stages  since  then  succeeded  in  working  his  way  to  the  front.  Mr.  Davis  is  one  of  the 
best  known  steel  men  in  the  country  at  the  present  time.  His  offices  are  in  the  Frick 
building,  Pittsburgh.     His  residence  address  is  the  Bellefield  Dwellings,  Pittsburgh. 

Mr.  Davis  is  a  native  of  Indiana  county,  or,  to  be  more  precise,  Blairsville,  where  he 
was  born  July  21,  1867.  His  father  and  mother,  Stewart  Davis  and  Mrs.  Amanda  J. 
Davis,  whose  family  name  was  De  Vinney,  sent  him  to  the  public  schools  of  Blairsville, 
where  Mr.  Davis  received  his  early  education,  and  when  he  left  school  he  sought  and 
found  employment  with  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company.  That  was  in  1884,  and  he 
remained  there  four  years.  Upon  leaving  the  railroad  company  he  decided  that  the  steel 
business  promised  him  a  better  future,  and  so  he  entered  the  clerical  department  of  the 
Apollo  Iron  &  Steel  Company,  of  Apollo,  Pa.  He  has  been  with  that  company  and  its  suc- 
cessors ever  since,  elevating  himself  gradually  to  his  present  high  position.  In  the  course 
of  time  the  American  Sheet  Steel  Company  took  over  the  Apollo  concern,  and  for  the  rea- 
son that  the  business  of  the  company  had  outgrown  its  old  quarters,  the  shop  was  moved 
to  Vandergrift,  where  the  model  town  of  its  employes  was  founded  at  the  same  time. 

The  company  merged  with  the  American  Tin  Plate  Company  and  the  firm  became  the 
American  Sheet  &  Tin  Plate  Company.     Mr.  Davis  was  made  district  manager. 

In  the  early  90s  the  American  Sheet  &  Tin  Plate  Companies  consolidated  with  the 
United  States  Steel  Corporation,  and  since  then  Mr.  Davis  has  successively  been  assistant 
to  the  vice-president,  then  the  second  vice-president,  and  afterward  was  given  the  first  vice- 
presidency  of  the  company. 

Mr.  Davis  is  a  member  of  the  Engineers'  Society  of  Western  Pennsylvania,  the  Amer 
ican  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers  and  the  American  Electro-Chemical  Society.     He  is 
also  a  member  of  the  Duquesne  Club  of  Pittsburgh. 


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JOHN   R. 
BYRNE. 


John  R.  Byrne,  coal  miner,  newspaper  publisher 
and  business  man,  was  born  April  23,  1858,  at  Bar- 
nettstown,  Huntingdon  county,  Pa.  His 
parents  were  John  L.  Byrne  and  Mary 
Byrne.  After  attending  the  public 
schools  Mr.  Byrne  went  to  work  in  a  coal  mine  at  the 
age  of  14  years.  In  1874  he  moved  to  Fayette  county, 
Pa.,  and  in  1881  quit  the  mines.  A  year  later  he 
established  the  Scottdale  Independent,  a  weekly  news- 
paper. Still  later  he  organized  the  News  Publishing 
Company,  of  Uniontown,  and  took  over  the  Standard, 
now  the  News-Standard.  For  three  years  he  conducted 
a  shoe  store  in  Scottdale,  Pa.  He  organized  the  Ever- 
son  6l  Bradford  Street  Railway  Company,  now  part  of 
the  West  Penn  lines.  He  organized  the  Webster, 
Monessen,  Bellevernon  &  Fayette  City  Street  Railway 
Company  and  built  the  road.  Mr.  Byrne  is  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Broadway  National  Bank  of  Scottdale,  and 
treasurer  for  the  Connellsville  Mutual  Coke  Company 
and  the  Byrne  Coal  &  Coke  Company.  He  served  for 
one  term  as  member  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  Legis- 
lature.   He  is  married  and  has  12  children. 


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HARRY   W. 
BYRNE. 


Harry  W.  Byrne,  attorney-at-law,  of  Uniontown, 
was  born  at  Everson,  Fayette  county,  the  son  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  R.  Byrne.  After  at- 
tending the  public  schools,  Harry  W. 
Byrne  entered  St.  Vincent  College  at 
Beatty,  Pa.  Then  followed  the  Ohio  Northern  Uni- 
versity, at  Ada,  Ohio,  and  in  1903  he  was  graduated 
from  the  University  of  Michigan,  at  Ann  Arbor,  wilh 
the  degree  of  bachelor  of  laws.  Mr.  Byrne  was  ad- 
mitted to  practice  law  in  the  courts  of  Fayette  county, 
and  now  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Byrne  &  Byrne,  at 
Uniontown.  He  is  a  director  in  the  Byrne  Coal  &  Coke 
Company. 


PERCY  E. 
HUNTER. 


Percy  E.  Hunter,  mechanical  and  civil  engineer,  is 
a  graduate  of  Allegheny  high  school  and  the  Western 
University  of  Pennsylvania.  He  is 
president  of  the  Independent  Bridge 
Company,  National  Manufacturing 
Company,  National  Erecting  Company  and  a  director 
of  the  Manchester  Savings  Bank  and  Trust  Company, 
interests  that  are  located  on  the  North  Side  of  Pitts- 
burgh. 


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ROBERT  PAUL  BURGAN. 

While  the  Civil  War  was  nearing  its  end,  and  post-bellum  opportunities  were  pre- 
senting themselves  on  every  hand,  there  came  to  this  country,  from  different  parts  of 
Europe,  artisans  and  others  who,  in  the 
course  of  time,  accumulated  vast  riches 
and  made  themselves  notable  in  the  com- 
munities in  which  they  settled.  Many 
large  cities  in  the  country  have  among 
the  best  part  of  their  population  men 
and  women  who  flocked  here  as  soon  as 
hostilities  were  ended,  to  help  in  the 
work  of  restoring  the  business  of  the 
country  to  its  previous  prosperous  con- 
dition. 

Among  those  who  came  about  that 
time,  and  who  used  his  trade  as  an  en- 
tering wedge,  was  Robert  Paul  Burgan, 
banker  and  coal  operator.  He  came  to 
the  United  States  in  1864. 

As  the  son  of  Daniel  and  Elizabeth 
(Paul)  Burgan,  he  was  born  in  Corn- 
wall, England,  June  23,  1842.  He  re- 
ceived most  of  his  education  at  the  Bal- 
din  National  School  at  Baldin,  Cornwall^ 
As  soon  as  he  left  his  studies  he  entered 
an  apprenticeship  in  the  carpenters' 
trade,  and  after  he  learned  the  trade, 
and  had  worked  at  it  for  a  brief  time,  he 
sailed  for  America. 

He  went  to  Kewaunee  county,  Michigan,  where,  for  a  year,  he  worked  as  a 
carpenter  in  the  copper  mines.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  came  to  Pittsburgh.  In  that 
city,  too,  he  worked  at  his  trade,  but  only  for  a  few  months,  for  he  went  to  Carnegie,  then 
Mansfield.  There  he  was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Waldie.  After  two  years  he  saw 
the  need  of  a  planing  mill,  and  immediately  proceeded  to  build  up  such  an  industry.  He 
operated  the  planing  mill  for  eight  years.  In  1874  he  decided  to  try  his  hand  at  bank- 
ing and  engaged  in  that  business,  but  in  1889  Jeannette,  Pa.,  was  in  sore  need  of  some  one 
to  purchase  and  manage  their  planing  mill,  and  so  Mr.  Burgan  went  to  that  town  and 
took  hold  of  it.  In  addition  to  this,  he  operated  a  box  factory  for  seven  years.  His  bank- 
ing interests  in  Carnegie  during  this  time  were  continued. 

In  1897  he  sold  his  mill  and  factory  at  Jeannette  and  joined  in  the  organization  of 
the  Carnegie  Coal  Company,  and  has  been  at  the  head  of  this  concern  ever  since.  In 
1902  he  organized  the  Carnegie  National  Bank,  of  which  institution  he  is  also  president. 
He  is  also  the  treasurer  of  the  J.  H.  Sanford  Coal  Company,  Carnegie  Dock  &  Fuel  Com- 
pany, Carnegie  Supply  Company,  a  director  in  the  Carnegie  Fuel  Company  and  the 
Pittsburgh  &  Lehigh  Dock  Company,  of  Duluth,  Minn.;  president  of  Chartiers  Mining 
Company,  and  interested  in  several  other  companies. 

Mr.  Burgan  has  been  burgess  of  Carnegie  for  four  terms,  and  for  twenty  years  has 
been  a  member  of  town  council.  He  is  an  old-line  Republican,  and  a  communicant  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  Church.  Likewise,  he  is  a  Mason  and  an  Odd  Fellow,  and  holds 
membership  in  the  Cornishman's  Club.  Mr.  Burgan's  offices  are  in  the  Park  building, 
Pittsburgh,  and  his  residence  is  in  Carnegie,  Pa. 


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W.  A.  ROBERTS. 

As  the  son  of  James  Roberts  and 
Mary  Roberts,  William  A.  Roberts,  sec- 
retary of  the  Life  Protective  Savings  & 
Loan  Association,  of  Pittsburgh,  was 
born  in  Richmond,  Ohio,  in  1863. 
Since  coming  to  Pittsburgh,  Mr.  Roberts 
has  associated  himself  with  a  large 
number  of  business  enterprises.  In  ad- 
dition to  his  main  occupation  as  secre- 
tary of  the  L.  P.  S.  &  L.  Association,  he 
is  president  of  the  Labelle  Land  Com- 
pany and  treasurer  of  the  Alvarado  Con- 
struction Company,  with  plantations  in 
Mexico.  He  is  also  a  director  of  the 
Federal  National  Bank,  a  director  of  the 
Bankers  Trust  Company,  a  director  in 
the  L.  P.  S.  &  L.  Association  and  the 
Labelle  and  Alvarado  companies.  Mr. 
Roberts  belongs  to  the  Duquesne  Club, 
the  Pittsburgh  Country  Club,  the  Pitts- 
burgh Athletic  Association,  the  Colonial 
Civic  Club  and  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce. He  is  a  communicant  of  the 
Smithfield  Street  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church. 

GEORGE  E.  PAINTER. 


George  Edward  Painter,  of  Pitts- 
burgh, was  born  August  30,  1862,  in  Al- 
legheny city,  now  the  North  Side  of 
Pittsburgh,  the  son  of  Byron  Hays 
Painter  and  Mary  Lothrop  Painter.  He 
entered  Columbia  College,  New  York, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1883. 
His  entry  into  the  business  world 
was  as  junior  partner  in  the  firm  of  J. 
Painter  &  Sons.  He  remained  in  that 
capacity  until  that  concern  sold  out  to 
the  American  Steel  Hoop  Company,  in 
1899.  For  two  years  after  Mr.  Painter 
continued  with  the  American  Steel  Hoop 
Company,  until  the  company  was 
merged  with  the  Carnegie  Steel  Com- 
pany as  part  of  the  United  States  Steel 
Corporation.  At  present  Mr.  Painter  is 
a  director  in  the  Safe  Deposit  &  Trust 
Company,  the  Peoples  Savings  Bank,  the 
Union  Storage  Company,  the  Mackin- 
tosh, Hemphill  &  Company  and  the  Mo- 
nongahela  Water  Company.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Duquesne  Club,  the  Pitts- 
burgh Club,  the  Pittsburgh  Golf  Club, 
the  Allegheny  Country  Club  and  the 
Herron  Hill  Gun  Club. 


132 


JOHN    MORRISON    HANSEN, 

President,  Standard  Steel  Car  Company, 
Pittsburgh. 


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FRANCIS  H. 


DENNY. 

Francis  H.  Denny,  banker  and 
owner  of  extensive  Pittsburgh  business 
and  residence  properties,  was  born  in 
Pittsburgh  November  28,  1858.  His 
parents  were  John  O'Hara  Denny  and 
Margaret  (nee  Stevenson)  Denny.  Mr. 
Denny  comes  of  a  long  line  of  distin- 
guished ancestry,  dating  back  to  Sir 
Edward  Denny,  of  Tralee  castle,  Ire- 
land, who  was  elevated  to  the  nobility  by 
an  English  monarch  three  centuries  ago 
for  services  to  his  country.  The  Denny 
family  is  of  Anglo-Irish  descent. 

After  attending  the  grammar  schools 
of  Pittsburgh  Francis  H.  Denny  en- 
tered Newell's  Academy,  from  which 
he  graduated.  He  went  to  Princeton 
University,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
1880.  Mr.  Denny  is  interested  in  many 
business  enterprises.  Mr.  Denny's  beau- 
tiful home  on  Sewickley  Heights  is  one 
of  the  show  places  of  the  Pittsburgh  dis- 
trict. Mr.  Denny  is  a  member  of  the 
Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association,  the 
Pittsburgh  Golf  and  Union  Clubs. 


J.  ROGERS  FLANNERY, 

Who  is  associated  with  the  Flannery 
Enterprises. 


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EDMUND  WEBSTER  MUDGE 

Edmund  Webster  Mudge,  a  native  of  Philadelphia,  is  one  of  the  most  influential  capi- 
talists of  Pittsburgh,  and  a  resident  of  the  picturesque  East  End  section.  Mr.  Mudge  was 
born  in  the  Quaker  City  January  12, 
1870.  His  parents  were  Thomas  Henry 
Mudge  and  Mary  Emma  (nee  Shep- 
pard)  Mudge.  His  training  as  a  boy  at 
home  was  strict.  Sometimes  a  man  may 
overcome  a  bad  start  resulting  from  the 
wrong  kind  of  environment  during 
childhood,  but  it  is  a  good  deal  easier 
not  to  have  this  kind  of  a  handicap.  Mr. 
Mudge  had  the  advantage  of  home  as- 
sociations which  ought  to  inspire  any 
man  to  strive  honestly  for  success,  and 
his  record  as  a  business  man  proves  that 
the  influences  lasted  throughout  life. 

Like  most  boys  of  good  family  of 
his  day,  he  was  sent  to  a  school  con- 
ducted by  the  Society  of  Friends.  The 
School  was  located  at  Woodtown,  N.  J., 
not  many  miles  from  his  home.  There 
he  received  his  early  training,  and  when 
he  graduated  he  came  to  Pittsburgh, 
there  to  become  interested  in  many  coal 
and  coke  companies,  steel  manufactories 
and  a  bank. 

In  spite  of  the  great  pressure  of 
his  business,  or  rather  businesses,  Mr. 
Mudge  has  found  time  to  join  a  number  of  exclusive  organizations,  and  all  of  these  he 
visits  quite  regularly.  Personally  Mr.  Mudge  prefers  to  be  known  as  the  chairman  of  the 
board  of  directors  of  the  Phillips  Sheet  &  Tin  Plate  Company,  and  if  that  were  his  only 
business  connection  he  could  find  enough  to  keep  him  busy.  But  he  has  other  connec- 
tions, and  there  is  quite  a  string  of  them. 

To  begin  with  he  is  the  president  of  the  Edmund  W.  Mudge  &  Co.,  dealers  in  pig 
iron  and  coke,  of  Pittsburgh.  Also,  he  is  president  of  the  Youghiogheny  and  Cheat  River 
Railroad  Company.  Then,  too,  he  is  treasurer  of  the  L.  P.  Seeley  Co.,  the  Trimble  Sheet 
&  Tin  Company,  the  North  Preston  Coal  Company,  the  Pennfield  Coal  &  Coke  Company, 
the  Pittsburgh  Stove  &  Range  Company  and  the  Columbia  National  Bank  of  Pittsburgh. 

That  would  be  usually  enough  to  keep  an  abnormally  strong  man  out  of  mischief,  but 
Mr.  Mudge  is  a  little  stronger  than  that.  When  he  started  out  to  be  a  business  man  he 
made  up  his  mind  he  was  going  to  run  as  much  business  as  he  could.  In  addition  to  all 
these  positions  he  is  the  president  of  the  Westmoreland-Connellsville  Coal  &  Coke  Com- 
pany, vice  president  of  the  Best  Manufacturing  Company,  vice  president  of  the  Weirton 
Steel  Company  and  a  director  of  the  Keystone  Bronze  Company. 

The  clubs  he  belongs  to  are  almost  as  numerous  as  the  corporations  he  is  connected 
with.  He  belongs  to  the  Duquesne  Club,  the  Union  Club,  the  Press  Club,  the  Oakmont 
Country  Club,  the  Automobile  Club,  Country  Club  and  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association 
of  Pittsburgh;  the  Union  Club  of  Cleveland,  and  the  Chicago  Athletic  Association  of 
Chicago. 

Mr.  Mudge  has  offices  in  the  Frick  Building.  As  can  be  imagined,  he  is  usually 
kept  very  busy,  and  unless  one  has  businessof  great  importance  an  interview  with  Mr. 
Mudge  is  exceedingly  hard  to  get.  Mr.  Mudge's  home  address  is  5814  Forbes  Avenue, 
Pittsburgh. 


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J    A.  RAY. 


John  Albert  Ray  is  prominent 
among  investors  as  a  banker  who 
handles  Pennsylvania  municipal  bonds 
exclusively.  Mr.  Ray  was  born  June  2, 
1865,  at  Greensburg,  a  son  of  James  and 
Elizabeth  Ray.  He  attended  the  Greens- 
burg schools,  and  later  entered  the 
Railroad  business,  finally  establishing  a 
private  business.  In  addition  to  con- 
ducting the  investment  brokerage  con- 
cern, he  is  president  of  the  Washington 
Investment  Company  of  Pittsburgh.  He 
is  a  well-known  member  of  the  German 
and  Union  Clubs  of  Pittsburgh. 


F.  H.  RICHARD. 


The  success  of  Francis  H.  Rich- 
ard's life  may  be  summed  up  in  a  few 
words.  He  rose  from  messenger  to  bank 
director.  This  is  only  what  he  did  as  a 
banker.  His  activities  in  constructive 
business  lines  have  been  of  value  to  the 
Pittsburgh  district.  Mr.  Richard  was 
born  in  Pittsburgh  December  5,  1871,  a 
son  of  L.  B.  Richard  and  Sarah  Robb 
Richard.  His  school  life  began  in  the 
grade  schools,  and  ended  on  his  gradua- 
tion from  Pittsburgh  high  school.  He 
worked  for  a  few  weeks  with  the  Mc- 
Conway  &  Torley  Company,  and  then 
entered  the  service  of  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank  as  a  messenger.  He  worked 
for  the  bank  for  23  years.  Eight  years 
ago  he  was  chosen  cashier,  and  when  he 
resigned  this  position  he  also  had  been 
a  director  in  the  bank  for  some  time. 
He  is  well  known  to  Pittsburghers,  espe- 
cially in  banking  and  club  circles,  and  is 
a  member  of  the  Pittsburgh,  Duquesne 
and  Country  Clubs,  and  the  Pittsburgh 
Athletic  Association.  He  also  is  promi- 
nent in  the  Masonic  fraternity. 


136 


ERNEST  TENER  WEIR. 

Ernest  Tener  Weir,  son  of  James  and  Margaret  Manson  Weir,  was  born  August  1, 
1875,  in  Pittsburgh,  where  he  has  spent  his  life.  Mr.  Weir  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  city,  where  he  pre- 
pared for  the  course  he  was  to  follow  in 
life. 

In  1890  he  began  employment  with 
the  Braddock  Wire  Company  as  a  clerk, 
and  a  year  later  became  identified  with 
the  Oliver  Wire  Company.  He  remained 
with  this  organization,  serving  in  vari- 
ous capacities,  until  1898.  He  then 
joined  the  ranks  of  the  American  Tin 
Plate  Company,  in  1899,  where  he  was 
engaged  for  a  number  of  years,  after- 
wards organizing  the  Phillips  Sheet  & 
Tin  Plate  Company,  in  1905. 

The  Phillips  Sheet  &  Tin  Plate 
Company  purchased  and  rebuilt  the 
plant  of  the  Jackson  Iron  &  Tin  Plate 
Company  at  Clarksburg,  W.  Va.,  in 
1905,  this  being  an  eight-mill  plant.  In 
1908  four  mills  were  added,  giving  it  a 
total  of  12  mills.  In  1909  the  plant  at 
Weirton,  W.  Va.,  was  started,  10  mills 
being  built  that  year  and  another  10 
mills  added  in  1910.  At  the  same  time 
the  town  of  Weirton  was  started  and 
developed  by  the  Phillips  Sheet  &  Tin 

Plate  Company  on  a  comprehensive  scale.  The  proposal  to  build  the  place  was  made 
public  in  extensive  fashion,  and  Mr.  Weir  went  ahead  with  the  improvement  of  the  prop- 
erty and  the  building  of  houses  thereon.    He  met  with  highly  gratifying  success. 

No  expense  was  spared  in  development  of  the  little  city.  Thousands  of  persons 
took  up  their  abode  in  the  town  and  the  country  roundabout,  and  Weirton  was  an  actuality. 
In  January,  1912,  desiring  to  extend  his  holdings  and  add  to  his  responsibilities,  Mr.  Weir 
purchased  the  property  of  the  Pope  Tin  Plate  Company,  located  at  Steubenville,  O. 

Under  his  management  the  business  with  which  Mr.  Weir  has  been  identified  has 
grown  to  such  proportions  that  today  it  is  known  as  the  largest  manufactory  of  tin  plate 
in  the  United  States,  outside  of  the  United  States  Steel  Corporation.  This  is  regarded  as 
a  most  complimentary  condition  because  of  the  highly  capitalized  and  influential  competi- 
tion which  any  newly  organized  manufacturing  company  must  face  in  this  country  from 
the  outset. 

The  annual  business  of  the  Phillips  Company  amounts  to  $15,000,000.  In  wages, 
$3,000,000  is  paid  out  each  year,  indicating  the  size  of  the  payroll  which  must  be  met  to 
keep  the  huge  mill  going.  There  are  3,700  employes  actively  at  work  in  the  Phillips  mills. 
The  town  of  Weirton  also  has  continued  to  grow.  Water,  sewerage,  electric  lights,  a 
bank,  school  house  and  other  facilities  are  enjoyed  by  its  people. 

Mr.  Weir  is  president  of  the  Phillips  Sheet  &  Tin  Plate  Company,  of  the  Weirton 
Steel  Company,  of  the  Bank  of  Weirton  and  of  the  Weir  Improvement  Company.  He  is  a 
director  in  the  Pennfield  Coal  &  Coke  Company,  the  Best  Manufacturing  Company  and 
the  Pittsburgh  Stove  &  Range  Company.  Mr.  Weir  belongs  to  the  Duquesne,  Union  and 
Pittsburgh  Country  Clubs,  as  well  as  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association,  the  Ft.  Henry 
Club,  of  Wheeling,  and  the  Triton  Club,  of  Quebec,  Canada. 


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IRA  S.  BASSETT. 


Everybody  within  a  radius  of  5,000 
miles  or  more  of  Pittsburgh  remembers 
the  famous  Trade  Tour  that  was  car- 
ried to  a  successful  and  profitable  con- 
summation by  Pittsburgh  manufactur- 
ers not  so  very  long  ago.  The  Trade 
Tourists  on  that  occasion  occupied  a 
train  made  and  equipped  in  Pittsburgh, 
and  the  spaces  not  occupied  by  the  tour- 
ists were  filled  with  products  of  manu- 
facture that  were  given  out  en  route. 
The  object  was  to  boost  trade  in  Pitts- 
burgh, and  that  is  exactly  what  it  did. 
In  charge  of  that  tour  was  Ira  S.  Bas- 
sett,  who  also  first  suggested  it.  He  was 
Traffic  Manager  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  of  Pittsburgh  from  1907  to 
1913,  and  has  just  been  appointed  Com- 
missioner of  the  Pittsburgh  Commercial 
Club,  where  he  will  have  full  charge  of 
the  workings  of  that  organization.  Born 
in  Loudonville,  Ohio,  March  19,  1874,  he 
entered  the  services  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Lines  West  as  telegraph  operator  at 
Freedom,  Pa.,  in  1893.  He  was  a  traffic 
manager  when  he  resigned  in  1907. 


A.  J.  KELLY,  JR 

A.  J.  Kelly,  Jr.,  was  born  on  a  farm 
on  the  National  Turnpike,  Washington 
county,  this  State,  September  4,  1856, 
his  parents  being  A.  J.  Kelly  and  Mar- 
garet (Mathews)  Kelly.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  and  Jefferson  Acade- 
my, at  Canonburg,  and  had  private  tu- 
tors. He  spent  some  time  in  the  law  of- 
fice of  Lynch  &  Day,  at  Canton,  Ohio, 
and  in  1880  became  associated  with  W. 
A.  Herron  &  Sons,  real  estate  agents  of 
Pittsburgh,  afterwards  becoming  a 
member  of  the  firm,  and  one  of  the  in- 
corporators of  the  Commonwealth  Trust 
Company  of  Pittsburgh.  He  is  presi- 
dent of  the  Commonwealth  Real  Estate 
Company;  director  in  the  Common- 
wealth Trust  Company;  trustee  of  the 
University  of  Pittsburgh;  one  of  the 
original  members  of  the  Pittsburgh 
Flood  Commission,  manager  of  the  Alle- 
gheny County  Industrial  and  Training 
School  for  Boys,  and  member  of  the 
Americus,  Duquesne  and  University 
Clubs  and  of  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic 
Association. 


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J.  GILMORE  FLETCHER, 

Pittsburgh, 
President,  Riter-Conley  Manufacturing  Co. 


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PHILIP  ZENN. 


Philip  Zenn,  banker  and  lumber 
dealer,  was  born  in  McKeesport,  Pa., 
November  26,  1848.  His  parents  were 
George  Zenn  and  Katherine  (nee  Huff) 
Zenn.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools.  At  the  age  of  12  he  went  to 
work  at  boat  building,  then  added  the 
lumber  and  sawmill  business.  He  at 
length  became  a  partner  in  the  firm  of 
Neil,  Blythe  &  Company  in  the  same 
business  at  Monongahela  City.  In  1887 
he  returned  to  McKeesport,  where  he 
was  in  the  same  business  with  John 
Shoup  &  Company.  This  firm  sold  out 
to  the  Monongahela  Consolidated  Coal  & 
Coke  Company  in  1889.  Mr.  Zenn  then 
became  superintendent  of  a  mill  in  Mc- 
Keesport belonging  to  that  company,  re- 
tiring in  1910.  Since  then  he  has  lived 
in  retirement  in  a  beautiful  home  on 
Lincoln  way,  McKeesport.  He  is  vice- 
president  of  the  Union  National  Bank, 
director  in  the  McKeesport  Title  & 
Trust  Company,  and  in  the  McKeesport 
Tin  Plate  Company.  He  is  married  and 
has  three  sons  and  two  daughters. 


ALEXANDER  GRAY 
With  a  record  of  having  been  born, 
raised  and  lived  all  his  life  on  one  street, 
Alexander  Gray  is  indeed  a  thorough 
Pittsburgher.  He  is  superintendent  of 
the  Bureau  of  Light  and  has  full  charge 
of  the  Braddock  street  plant  of  the 
municipal  light  department,  on  the 
North  Side.  Mr.  Gray  was  born  in  the 
Second  ward  of  the  old  City  of  Alle- 
gheny on  August  29,  1856.  He  secured 
his  education  at  the  public  schools  of 
that  ward.  He  is  married  and  has  three 
children.  He  is  a  member  of  all  of  the 
Masonic  bodies  and  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  was  em- 
ployed for  18  years  as  superintendent  of 
motive  power  for  the  Standard  Manu- 
facturing Company  previous  to  his  ap- 
pointment to  his  present  position.  In 
1903  he  was  appointed  superintendent 
of  the  light  plant  by  the  late  James  G. 
Wyman,  of  Allegheny,  and  has  filled  the 
position  ever  since,  although  Allegheny 
was  annexed  by  Pittsburgh  and  munici- 
pal administrations  have  changed. 


140 


FRANK   B.    NIMICK. 


Frank  B.  Nimick  is  a  native  Pittsburgh  er,  born  December  14,  1849,  the  son  of  Wil- 
liam K.  and  Elizabeth  Nimick.  He  attended  the  public  schools,  later  entering  the  old 
Western  University  of  Pennsylvania,  now  the  University  of  Pittsburgh,  where  he  received 
his  training  for  after  life.  Mr.  Nimick  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Singer,  Nimick  & 
Company  when  it  was  merged  in  the  Crucible  Steel  Company  of  America.  Mr.  Nimick 
remained  with  the  new  concern  about  two  years  and  then  retired.  He  is  a  director  in  the 
Exchange  National  Bank  and  in  the  West  End  Savings  and  Trust  Company,  Pittsburgh. 
Mr.  Nimick  is  a  member  of  the  Pittsburgh  Club. 

141 


EUGENE   S. 
REILLY. 


Eugene  S.  Reilly  was  born  December  14,  1873,  in 
Pittsburgh,  a  son  of  John  C.  Reilly  and  Ursula  S. 
Reilly.  He  attended  Holy  Ghost  College, 
Pittsburgh,  and  afterwards  was  a  stu- 
dent at  Fordham  University,  New  York. 
Mr.  Reilly  then  entered  the  real  estate  business  as  a 
broker.  He  is  president  of  the  American  Steel  Com- 
pany; president  of  the  City  Insurance  Company;  vice- 
president  of  the  Washington  Trust  Company;  vice- 
president  of  the  Pittsburgh  &  Butler  Street  Railway 
Company;  director  in  the  Colonial  Trust  Company; 
vice-president  of  the  Washington  Real  Estate  Com- 
pany; director  in  the  Freehold  Real  Estate  Company 
and  in  the  Harris  Amusement  Company;  treasurer  of 
the  Pittsburgh  Motor  Service  Corporation,  and  presi- 
dent of  Eugene  S.  Reilly  &  Company.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Duquesne,  Union,  Country  and  others  clubs, 
and  of  the  Pittsburgh  Stock  Exchange. 


JOHN 

BAXTER 

BARBOUR. 


John  Baxter  Barbour  was  born  in  Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania,  April  16,  1862,  the  son  of  John  Baxter 

Barbour  and  Isabella  McKelvy  Barbour. 

He  received  his  education  in  Pittsburgh. 

He  first  engaged  in  the  oil  business.     In 

1890  he  became  local  manager  for  Rea 
Brothers  &  Company,  stock  brokers.  When  that  firm 
retired,  he  assumed  its  business  in  his  own  name,  in 
1909  establishing  the  present  firm  of  John  B.  Barbour 
&  Co.  He  is  a  former  president,  and  now  a  director  of 
the  Pittsburgh  Stock  Exchange,  and  is  third  vice- 
president  of  the  Pittsburgh  Chamber  of  Commerce;  a 
member  of  the  Duquesne  Club,  Pittsburgh  Athletic  As- 
sociation, Americus  Republican  Club  and  the  Stanton 
Heights  Golf  Club.  He  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Ma- 
son, Knight  Templar  and  Mystic  Shriner.  He  was 
married  in  1887  to  Laura  Belle  Rogers  and  has  two 
children. 


IRA   FITCH 
BRAINARD. 


Ira  Fitch  Brainard,  president  of  the  Pittsburgh 
Live  Stock  Exchange,  was  born  in  Canfield,  Mahoning 
county,  0.,  January  1,  1840,  the  son  of 
Calvin  Cone  and  Sophia  Fitch  Brainard. 
He  married  Fannie  A.  Heaton  Septem- 
ber 1,  1862.  Mr.  Brainard  came  to  Pittsburgh  in  1867 
and  went  into  business  in  August  of  the  latter  year. 
He  is  vice-president  of  the  National  Live  Stock  Ex- 
change, a  director  in  the  Liberty  National  and  the  Lib- 
erty Savings  Banks,  of  Pittsburgh;  of  the  Citizens 
Savings  Bank  &  Trust  Company,  of  Salem,  0.,  and  of 
the  Westmoreland  Specialty  Glass  Company,  Grape- 
ville,  Pa.  He  is  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War  and  a  mem- 
ber of  Duquesne  Lodge  No.  546,  F.  &  A.  M.;  Pitts- 
burgh Consistory  Syria  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S. ;  the 
Duquesne  and  Country  Clubs;  the  Pittsburgh  Board 
of  Trade,  and  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution. 


142 


C.    H.    SPANG, 
Spang,  dial f ant  &  Co.,  Inc.,  Pittsburgh. 


143 


JOHN  W.  OHALFANT. 


The  late  John  Weakley  Chalfant,  one  of  Pittsburgh's  most  prominent  business  men, 
was  born  at  Turtle  Creek,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,   December  13,  1827.     His 

father,  Henry  Chalfant,  came  from  near 
Philadelphia  in  1827  and  settled  at  Tur- 
tle Creek,  where  he  purchased  a  farm. 
He  married  Isabella  C.  Weakley,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  and  Hester  Weakley,  of 
Cumberland  county,  Pennsylvania.  Ten 
children  were  born  to  this  union,  of 
which  John  W.  was  the  eldest.  John  W. 
Chalfant  grew  to  maturity  on  the  home 
farm,  attending  the  district  school 
which  was  supplemented  by  a  course  in 
Jefferson  College  at  Canonsburg.  Grad- 
uating from  that  institution  in  1850,  he 
entered  the  employ  of  Zug  &  Painter, 
iron  manufacturers  of  Pittsburgh, 
where  he  remained  until  1855-56,  when 
he  purchased  an  interest  in  the  firm  of 
Spang  &  Company,  iron  manufacturers. 
In  1858  the  firm  name  was  changed  to 
Spang,  Chalfant  &  Company,  the  firm 
being  composed  of  Charles  H.  Spang, 
John  W.  Chalfant,  Campbell  B.  Herron, 
Alexander  M.  Byers  and  A.  G.  Lloyd. 
George  A.  Chalfant,  a  brother  of  our 
subject,  became  a  member  in  1863. 
During  the  life  of  John  W.  Chalfant  he 
was  associated  with  nearly  every  enterprise  that  had  for  its  purpose  the  upbuilding  and 
development  of  the  financial,  manufacturing  and  social  interests  of  Pittsburgh  and  vicin- 
ity. He  was  the  promoter  and  organizer  of  the  Pittsburgh  and  Western  Railroad,  also  of 
the  Pittsburgh  Junction  Railroad.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  for  years  was 
president  of  the  People's  National  Bank;  he  served  as  president  of  the  Manufacturers' 
and  Merchants'  Insurance  Company  of  Pittsburgh;  and  was  a  director  of  the  People's 
Savings  Bank,  Spang,  Chalfant  &  Company,  Isabella  Furnace  Company,  Pittsburgh  Lo- 
comotive Works,  Western  Pennsylvania  Institution  for  the  Instruction  of  the  Deaf  and 
Dumb,  Western  Pennsylvania  Hospital  and  Allegheny  General  Hospital.  He  was  one  of 
the  founders  and  for  many  years  served  as  president  of  the  Duquesne  Club.  When  it 
was  decided  to  hold  a  sanitary  fair  in  Pittsburgh  for  the  benefit  of  the  soldiers  in  the 
field  in  our  Civil  War,  Mr.  Chalfant,  with  two  others,  was  sent  to  Cleveland,  Ohio,  to 
negotiate  for  buildings  that  had  been  used  for  similar  purposes  in  that  city.  Upon  their 
arrival  they  found  that  if  secured,  the  bargain  must  be  closed  at  once,  and  without  wait- 
ing to  confer  with  the  home  mission  they  assumed  all  the  risks  and  gave  their  individual 


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JOHN  W.  CHALFANT.— Continued. 

notes  for  ten  thousand  dollars.  This  was  a  large  amount  for  these  young  men.  The 
project  proved  a  great  success,  and  over  a  quarter  of  a  million  was  realized.  He  was 
president  of  the  board  of  trustees  for  many  years  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Pittsburgh.  Mr.  Chalfant  was  probably  the  first  man  in  the  world  to  use  natural  gas  for 
manufacturing  purposes.  The  gas  was  piped  to  his  iron  mills  before  other  manufactur- 
ers utilized  it.  May  31,  1860  John  W.  Chalfant  married  Miss  Ellen  Quigley  McCrea, 
daughter  of  William  and  Liberty  M.  McCrea.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chalfant  five  children 
were  born,  all  of  whom  are  living:  Mrs.  Mary  C.  McKee,  Isabella  C,  Henry,  Eleanor  Mc- 
Crea and  Annie  Chalfant.    Mr.  Chalfant  died  December  28,  1898. 


GEORGE  WESTINGHOUSE. 


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George  Westinghouse,  inventor  and  manufacturer,  was  born  October  6,  1846,  in 
Schoharie  county,  New  York.  His  parents  were  George  Westinghouse  and  Emeline  (nee 
Vedder)  Westinghouse.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  attended  Union  Col- 
lege until  he  reached  sophomore  year.  Later  he  received  a  number  of  honorary  degrees 
from  educational  institutions.  As  a  boy  he  spent  much  time  in  his  father's  machine 
shop,  at  the  age  of  15  inventing  a  rotary  engine.  He  married  Miss  Marguerite  Erskine 
Walker  in  1867.  He  is  the  inventor  of  an  improved  air  brake,  many  other  railroad  appli- 
ances and  numerous  improved  types  of  engines.  Mr.  Westinghouse  is  not  only  an  in- 
ventor, however,  but  a  man  of  remarkable  executive  and  business  ability.  He  soon  be- 
came the  head  of  one  of  the  most  wonderful  manufacturing  enterprises  in  the  world.  He 
is  president  of  30  corporations  with  an  aggregate  capital  of  $120,000,000. 

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146 


WILLIAM  H.  SINGER. 

When  William  H.  Singer  died,  on  September  4,  1909,  Pittsburgh  lost  one  of  its  most 
progressive  men,  one  of  its  most  potential  manufacturing  factors,  one  of  its  men  who 
had  piled  up  many  worthy  achievements  and  helped  to  place  Pittsburgh  in  the  forefront 
as  the  greatest  industrial  center  of  the  world.  Mr.  Singer  was  one  of  the  best  known  of 
the  pioneer  steelmasters.  He  aided  in  laying  the  Gibraltar  foundation  upon  which  the 
great  Pittsburgh  iron  and  steel  industry  was  builded. 

He  was  born  on  October  2,  1835,  in  Pittsburgh,  and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  that  city,  and  later  entered  the  Western  University  of  Pennsylvania  (now  known  as  the 
University  of  Pittsburgh).  His  advent  into  the  then  youthful  steel  industry  was  during 
the  early  days  of  his  youth.  He  entered  the  employ  of  G.  &  J.  H.  Shoenberger  &  Co., 
which  firm  had  begun  the  manufacture  of  blister-steel  in  Pittsburgh  in  1833. 

A  few  years  later,  Mr.  Singer  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Singer,  Nimick  &  Co., 
which  had  been  organized  in  1848  as  the  Singer,  Hartman  &  Company,  by  his  eldest 
brother,  John  Singer,  and  which,  as  early  as  1853,  was  already  manufacturing  crucible 
cast  steel  of  high  grade. 

In  1860  Mr.  Singer  became  the  head  of  the  firm  and  retained  that  position  for  40 
years.  In  1900  the  concern  was  absorbed  by  the  Crucible  Steel  Company  of  America,  of 
which  Mr.  Singer  was  a  director  until  the  time  of  his  death,  September  4,  1909.  He 
was  also  one  of  those  captains  of  industry  who  organized  the  Pittsburgh  Bessemer  Steel 
Company,  which  built  the  Homestead  steel  works  and,  after  those  works  were  purchased 
by  Andrew  Carnegie,  served  as  a  director  of  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company. 

Mr.  Singer's  life  was  not  alone  notable  for  his  endeavors  along  business  and  manu- 
facturing lines,  for  he  was  an  inventor  of  some  prominence.  In  the  course  of  his  prac- 
tical business  experience,  Mr.  Singer  made  and  perfected  several  inventions  of  value,  for 
some  of  which  he  was  granted  patents  by  the  United  States  Government.  Among  the 
most  prominent  of  these  was  the  "rolling  coulter  machine,"  now  universally  employed 
for  rolling  the  bevel  on  plow-coulters  and  harrow  disks.  He  also  invented  a  method  for 
compressing  the  liquid  steel  ingots  designed  for  the  manufacture  of  circular  saws,  where- 
by the  seams  liable  to  occur  on  the  teeth,  which  caused  the  split  teeth,  were  eliminated. 
Additional  patents  relating  to  the  manufacture  of  plow  steel,  etc.,  were  very  valuable  to 
Singer,  Nimick  &  Co.  and  other  licensees. 

Mr.  Singer  was  a  life-long  resident  of  Pittsburgh,  and  for  many  years  was  known  as 
one  of  the  most  prominent  and  influential  men  there,  not  only  in  business  and  manufac- 
turing activity,  but  in  other  lines  of  commercial  and  home  life.  He  was  well  known  and 
highly  respected  in  Pittsburgh's  social,  religious,  charitable  and  municipal  affairs.  He 
was  known  as  a  conscientious  and  consistent  church  man  and  his  work  along  charitable 
lines  brought  him  many  encomiums,  not  only  from  those  whom  he  directly  benefited  by 
his  philanthropy,  but  also  from  his  co-workers  in  the  worthy  cause. 

He  was  a  leader  in  the  American  metallurgical  industry  and  was  one  of  those  men 
who  recognized  the  importance  of  the  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers.  He  was 
a  member  for  many  years  and  gave  to  it  his  cordial  support,  and  was  not  lacking  in  en- 
thusiasm and  sincerity  when  support  was  essentially  needed.  He  became  a  member  of 
the  Institute  in  1873,  when  the  young  society  numbered  about  200,  and  when  such  names 
as  his  not  only  were  potent  aids  to  its  further  co-operation  between  the  theoretical  students 
of  mining  and  metallurgy,  and  the  practical  managers  of  mining  and  metallurgical  opera- 
tions, to  which  the  usefulness  of  the  Institute  has  been  so  largely  due.  He  supported  the 
organization  to  the  last  in  the  same  loyal  spirit  in  which  he  joined  and  which  he  displayed 
during  succeeding  years.  Mr.  Singer  not  only  was  one  of  those  who  aided  in  the  organ- 
ization of  the  Pittsburgh  Bessemer  Steel  Company,  but  was  president  of  the  concern 
until  it  was  purchased  by  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company.  He  was  74  years  old  at  the  time 
of  his  death,  and  during  that  three-score  and  fourteen  years  he  did  much  in  the  interest 
of  the  iron  and  steel  industry. 

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S.  A.  TAYLOR. 


Samuel  Alfred  Taylor,  engineer 
and  man  of  civic  affairs,  is  a  son  of 
Charles  T.  and  Elizabeth  J.  Taylor. 
He  was  in  charge  of  the  drafting  for  the 
Structural  Department  of  the  Carnegie 
Steel  Company  at  Homestead  until 
1888,  when  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Railroad.  Since  1893, 
when  he  left  the  service  of  that  organi- 
zation, he  has  been  in  private  practice 
of  engineering  in  Pittsburgh.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  leading  national  engi- 
neers' and  forestry  organizations;  he  is 
president  of  the  Engineers'  Society  of 
Western  Pennsylvania,  and  past  presi- 
dent of  both  the  American  Mining  Con- 
gress and  the  Mining  Institute  of  Amer- 
ica. He  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  University  of  Pitts- 
burgh and  Dean  of  its  School  of  Mines. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Duquesne,  Uni- 
versity and  Press  Clubs  of  Pittsburgh; 
president  of  the  League  of  Boroughs 
and  Townships  of  Allegheny  County; 
president  and  manager  of  several  Penn- 
sylvania and  West  Virginia  coal  com- 
panies, and  is  secretary  of  the  Pitts- 
burgh Coal  Operators'  Association. 


W.  M.  PARKIN. 


William  Metcalf  Parkin,  a  me- 
chanical and  mining  engineer,  was  born 
in  Pittsburgh,  December  25th,  1877,  the 
son  of  Charles  Parkin  and  Anna  Dravo 
Parkin.  In  1900  he  received  the  B.  A. 
degree  at  Stanford  University,  Cali- 
fornia, in  mine  engineering.  From  the 
Columbia  University  School  of  Mines, 
New  York  City,  in  1902  he  received  the 
degree  of  Mining  Engineer.  Mr.  Parkin 
has  been  extensively  engaged  in  min- 
ing properties  and  coal  properties,  both 
as  an  operator  and  as  an  engineer.  He 
has  become  identified  with  the  Jones'  in- 
terests in  their  large  properties,  the 
Four  States  Coal  &  Coke  Company  of 
West  Virginia.  In  politics  he  has  been 
prominently  affiliated  with  the  Pro- 
gressives. He  maintains  memberships 
in  the  following  clubs  in  Pittsburgh : 
Duquesne,  University,  Athletic  Associa- 
tion, Stanton  Heights  Golf  Club,  Engi- 
neers' Society  of  Western  Pennsylvania, 
Iron  City  Club.  Mr.  Parkin  is  a  mem- 
ber of  a  family  long  identified  with  the 
steel  and  iron  business  of  Pittsburgh. 


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JULIAN   KENNEDY. 


Julian  Kennedy,  inventor,  engineer  and  expert  steel  manufacturer,  was  born  March 
15,  1852,  near  Youngstown,  0.  His  parents  were  Thomas  Walter  Kennedy  and  Margaret 
(nee  Truesdale)  Kennedy. 

Julian  Kennedy  inherited  from  his 
father  an  intense  love  for  mechanics  and 
unusual  natural  skill  in  handling  ma- 
chinery. After  attending  the  public 
schools  of  Ohio  Mr.  Kennedy  entered 
the  Sheffield  Scientific  School  of  Yale 
University,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
1875.  He  completed  a  post-graduate 
course  in  the  university  and  filled  the 
chair  of  physics  in  the  Sheffield  Scien- 
tific School  for  several  years. 

After  he  left  the  university  Mr. 
Kennedy  was  connected  for  a  short  time 
with  the  Briar  Hill  Iron  Company.  The 
position  was  not  satisfactory,  however, 
and  soon  he  resigned.  Following  this 
Mr.  Kennedy  was  for  one  year  superin- 
tendent of  the  Morse  Bridge  Works. 

Realizing  that  the  Pittsburgh  dis- 
trict was  destined  to  become  the  center 
of  the  iron  and  steel  manufacturing 
business  and  that  it  offered  unexcelled 
opportunities  for  advancement  to  young 
men  interested  in  this  occupation,  Mr. 
Kennedy  went  to  Braddock  in  1879, 
where  he  soon  became  superintendent  of  the  blast  furnaces  in  the  Edgar  Thomson  Steel 
Works,  remaining  in  charge  of  the  department  for  four  years. 

It  was  while  in  charge  of  the  Edgar  Thomson  furnaces  that  Mr.  Kennedy's  genius 
as  an  inventor  developed  practically.  During  this  time  he  invented  the  fluid  cinder  car, 
improved  the  hot  blast  stoves  then  in  use  and  constructed  many  other  devices  of  great 
value  in  the  smelting  of  ore. 

From  1883  until  1886  Mr.  Kennedy  was  in  charge  of  the  Lucy  Furnaces,  and  when 
they  came  under  the  control  of  the  same  company  which  operated  the  Homestead  Works, 
he  became  superintendent  of  both  plants.  In  1886  Mr.  Kennedy  built  an  improved  plate 
mill,  and  during  the  following  year  he  constructed  an  armor  plate  or  universal  mill. 
In  the  construction  of  this  mill  Mr.  Kennedy  made  use  of  many  of  his  own  inventions  and 
original  plans,  including  an  automatic  device  for  charging  ingots  and  tabling  them.  He 
invented  hydraulic  shears  which  can  handle  a  50-ton  ingot. 

Mr.  Kennedy's  next  position  was  chief  engineer  at  the  Latrobe  Steel  Works,  Latrobe, 
Pa.  There  he  perfected  many  devices  useful  in  the  manufacture  of  iron  and  steel.  He 
remained  with  this  company  for  a  number  of  years,  then  opened  offices  as  a  consulting 
engineer  in  Pittsburgh.  At  present  he  is  located  in  the  Bessemer  building.  Mr.  Ken- 
nedy's services  have  been  retained  and  his  remarkable  inventive  genius  employed  in  the 
construction  of  many  of  the  largest  and  most  important  plants  in  all  parts  of  the  United 
States. 

Mr.  Kennedy  belongs  to  the  Duquesne  Club,  the  Country  Club,  the  Pittsburgh  Ath- 
letic Association  and  the  University  Clubs  of  Pittsburgh  and  New  York. 

Mr.  Kennedy  possesses  a  pleasing  personality.  He  is  interested  in  many  philan- 
thropies.    His  wife  is  Jennie  Eliza  Kennedy. 


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JOHN 

EDWARD 

SCHLIEPER. 


John  Edward  Schlieper  was  born  in  Arnsberg, 
Westphalia,  Germany,  August  12,  1860,  the  son  of  J.  L. 
Schlieper  and  Fanny  Schlieper  (nee 
Hachenberg) .  Mr.  Schlieper  attended 
the  Polytechnic  School  in  Germany,  and 
in  1881  removed  to  America,  settling  in 
the  Pittsburgh  district.  He  began  work  in  the  draw- 
ing room  of  the  Iron  City  Bridge  Works,  eventually  be- 
coming constructor  in  the  experimental  and  construc- 
tion work  for  Mr.  George  Westinghouse,  and  later  as- 
sistant engineer  to  J.  P.  Witherow.  He  became  chief 
engineer  for  the  Sterling  Boiler  Company.  In  1893  he 
entered  business  for  himself  and  has  so  continued.  He 
has  patented  and  designed  the  Pittsburgh  feed  water 
heaters  and  purifiers.  He  is  manager  of  the  Schlieper 
Engineering  Company.  For  three  years  he  was  in  the 
Engineering  Department  of  the  German  Navy,  and  was 
one  of  the  crew  saved  from  the  German  battleship  S. 
M.  S.  Grosser  Kurfuerst,  which  was  sunk  May  31,  1878. 


GEORGE  w. 
SCHUSLER. 


George  W.  Schusler  was  born  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa., 
September  26,  1880,  the  son  of  P.  J.  Schusler  and  Hen- 
rietta Schusler  (nee  Hofmeister) .  Mr. 
Schusler  was  graduated  from  Mercers- 
burg  Academy  in  1898,  and  in  1902 
from  Princeton  University,  where  he  was  honor  man 
of  his  class  and  received  the  degree  of  C.E.  He  is  a 
graduate  engineer,  now  employed  as  assistant  engineer 
of  the  city  of  Pittsburgh,  and  was  in  charge  of  the 
"Hump"  improvement.  For  four  years  he  was  en- 
gaged as  an  engineer  with  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad 
Company;  for  five  years  he  was  construction  engineer 
with  James  Stewart  &  Company,  of  New  York  city. 
He  was  in  charge  of  the  construction  of  the  Union 
Depot  and  terminals  in  Washington,  D.  C.  He  has  had 
direct  charge  of  all  bond  issue  improvements,  together 
with  the  designing  work,  since  his  connection  with  the 
Pittsburgh  Public  Works  Department. 


s.  H.  VAN- 
DERGRIFT. 


S.  H.  Vandergrift  was  born  in  Oil  City,  Pa.,  June  30, 
1866,  the  son  of  J.  J.  Vandergrift  and  Henrietta  (nee 
Morrow)  Vandergrift.  He  was  married 
in  1888  to  Miss  Alice  B.  Mercer  in  New- 
ark, N.  J.  They  are  now  residents  of 
Washington,  D.  C.  Mr.  Vandergrift  is  identified  with  a 
number  of  Western  Pennsylvania  interests.  He  is  vice- 
president  of  the  Apollo  Iron  and  Steel  company,  and  a  di- 
rector in  the  following  Pittsburgh  banking  institutions: 
the  Terminal  Trust  Company,  the  Pittsburgh  Trust  Com- 
pany, and  the  Keystone  National  Bank.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Duquesne,  Union,  and  Edgewood  Clubs  of  Pitts- 
burgh; and  of  the  New  York  Yacht  Club,  the  Thousand 
Islands  Yacht  Club,  the  Nittany  Rod  &  Gun  Club,  and  the 
Rebels  Club,  of  Virginia. 


150 


E.  J.  TAYLOR, 

Chief  Engineer,  The  Pittsburgh  Coal  Company. 


151 


PAUL  DIDIER. 


PAUL  DIDIER. 

Principal  Assistant  Engineer, 
Baltimore  &  Ohio  System. 

Mr.  Didier's  headquarters  are  at 
Pittsburgh,  where  he  is  the  highest  resi- 
dent official  of  his  department. 


GEORGE  H.  DANNER. 


George  H.  Danner  was  born  Sep- 
tember 29,  1874,  in  Bloomfield,  N.  J. 
His  parents  were  the  Rev.  T.  Jefferson 
Danner  and  Sarah  Frances  (nee  Mar- 
tin) Danner.  His  parents  removed  to 
Pittsburgh  in  1890.  He  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  the  McConway  &  Torley  Co.  in 
1892,  and  in  1896  accepted  a  position 
with  Best,  Fox  &  Co.  When  Best,  Fox 
&  Co.  became  a  corporation  under  the 
name  of  the  Best  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, Mr.  Danner  was  made  director 
and  secretary  of  the  company.  In  1903 
Mr.  Danner,  with  two  associates,  or- 
ganized the  Pittsburgh  Piping  &  Equip- 
ment Company,  becoming  its  president, 
and  serving  as  such  ever  since.  His 
business  skill  and  acumen  have  been 
largely  responsible  for  the  steady  and 
continuous  growth  and  prosperity  of 
this  company.  He  is  president  of  the 
Hempfield  Foundry  and  director  in  the 
Franklin  Savings  &  Trust  Company ;  di- 
rector and  treasurer  of  St.  Barnabas 
Free  Home,  and  a  director  of  the  George 
Junior  Republic  at  Grove  City. 


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WILLIAM  McCLURG  DONLEY. 

Borough  Engineer  for  the  Boroughs  of  Carrick,  Mt.  Oliver,  St.  Clair  and  Knoxville, 
and  Engineer  for  Baldwin  Township,  all  situated  in  Allegheny  county ;  also  a  member  of 
the  City  Planning  Commission  of  Pitts- 
burgh. Mr.  Donley  was  born  in  the  old 
Twenty-fourth  ward,  now  Sixteenth 
ward,  South  Side,  Pittsburgh,  on  Janu- 
ary 29,  1877.  He  is  a  son  of  Mark  Don- 
ley and  Margaret  Lavake  Donley. 

Mr.  Donley's  rise  to  his  present 
position  in  life  is  remarkable,  consider- 
ing his  early  life.  At  the  death  of  his 
mother,  when  he  was  but  two  years  old, 
he  was  placed  in  an  orphan's  home  in 
Allegheny  for  a  period  of  four  years. 
Upon  his  return  he  lived  with  various 
friends  of  the  family  on  the  South  Side, 
going  to  school  and  working,  three 
years  of  which  he  sold  newspapers  after 
school,  at  the  old  Pittsburgh  Post  Office. 
He  received  his  early  education  at  the 
old  Wickersham  School,  South  side,  and 
at  the  Pittsburgh  High  School,  working 
on  a  survey  corps  during  vacation  and 
taking  up  the  study  of  engineering.  In 
1895  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  City 
of  Pittsburgh,  in  the  Bureau  of  Surveys 
and  Engineering,  placing  himself  under 
private  tutoring  in  engineering,  and  in 
1898  was  rewarded  for  his  hard  work  by  being  appointed  Assistant  City  Engineer.  After 
holding  this  position  for  four  years,  he  spent  a  year  as  engineer  on  the  construction  of 
the  Wabash  Railroad  near  Pittsburgh. 

Mr.  Donley  then  decided  to  go  into  the  engineering  business  for  himself.  In  1904  he 
was  made  Borough  Engineer  for  Carrick  Borough ;  in  1908  and  1909  he  was  elected  Engi- 
neer for  the  Boroughs  of  Mt.  Oliver,  St.  Clair  and  Knoxville,  and  in  1912  was  elected  En- 
gineer for  Baldwin  Township.  His  district  comprises  a  oopulation  of  about  forty  thou- 
sand, being  nearly  all  of  the  South  Hills  of  Pittsburgh.  During  his  short  career  as  an 
engineer  he  has  had  supervision  of  over  three  million  dollars  of  street  and  sewer  construc- 
tion and  other  construction  work.  He  has  an  extensive  private  practice  in  engineering  in 
addition  to  the  municipal  work.  His  struggles  to  obtain  an  education  and  his  early  experi- 
ence with  adversity  broadened  his  character,  gave  him  confidence  and  a  good  supply  of 
common  sense  and  practical  experience  which  has  been  of  great  value  to  him  in  his  engi- 
neering work.  Mr.  Donley  is  a  member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  and 
the  Engineers'  Society  of  Pennsylvania  and  others.  He  also  takes  an  active  part  in  and  is 
a  member  of  many  fraternal  orders. 

In  November,  1911,  Mayor  W.  A.  Magee,  recognizing  his  thorough  knowledge  of 
the  city  and  surrounding  territory,  appointed  him  as  a  member  of  the  City  Planning  Com- 
mission of  Pittsburgh.  His  devotion  and  work  on  this  Commission,  which  is  an  honorary 
position,  is  being  highly  commented  upon  by  leading  men  of  the  city. 

Mr.  Donley  was  married  in  1899  to  Miss  Gertrude  McGovern,  of  Duquesne  Heights, 
Pittsburgh.  He  comes  from  a  family  whose  ancestors  were  among  the  early  settlers  in 
the  Colonies,  and  on  both  his  father's  and  mother's  side  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 
The  whole  generation  always  responded  quietly  to  the  defense  of  the  nation  in  time  of 
war.  His  father,  Mark  Donley,  and  uncles,  Lieut.  Sylvester  Donley,  Col.  Charles  Cape- 
hart  and  Gen.  Henry  Capehart,  all  served  throughout  the  Civil  War  with  distinction,  in 
the  West  Virginia  Cavalry,  under  Generals  Sheridan  and  Custer,  while  his  brother,  Cus- 
ter Donley,  and  cousin,  Lieut.-Col.  Edward  Capehart,  served  in  the  Navy  throughout  the 
Spanish-American  War. 

153 


THOMAS   M.    PEPPERDAY. 


Thomas  M.  Pepperday  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  September  16,  1885.  He 
is  the  son  of  Joseph  Alexander  Pepperday,  a  native  of  Pittsburgh,  and  Mary  (nee  Fox) 
Pepperday.  Before  entering  the  automobile  business  Mr.  Pepperday  received  a  liberal  ed- 
ucation. He  first  attended  the  public  schools  of  New  Rochelle,  New  York.  Later  Mr. 
Pepperday  was  graduated  from  Dwight  College  and  after  that  he  studied  law. 

In  the  month  of  December,  1900,  Mr.  Pepperday  entered  the  automobile  business, 
being  affiliated  with  Smith  and  Mabeley,  pioneer  automobile  importers  of  this  country. 
He  was  located  in  New  York  city.  That  company  started  the  famous  Simplex  car.  When 
Smith  and  Mabeley  went  out  of  business  Mr.  Pepperday  continued  with  the  Simplex  Dis- 
tributing Company,  retailers,  the  new  owners  of  that  machine.  Quinby  and  Company 
purchased  one  of  the  Simplex  companies  and  Mr.  Pepperday,  still  following  the  fortunes 
of  his  car,  went  with  the  new  owners. 

Quinby  and  Company  sent  Mr.  Pepperday  to  Pittsburgh  as  its  representative  for 
Simplex  and  S.  G.  V.  automobiles  (the  most  expensive  cars  on  the  market).  Mr.  Pepper- 
day then  purchased  Quinby  and  Company's  interests  in  Pittsburgh  and  formed  the  T.  M. 
Pepperday  Company,  of  which  he  is  sole  owner.  His  company  is  located  at  Grant  boule- 
vard and  Seventh  avenue,  Pittsburgh.  Mr.  Pepperday  is  married  and  resides  in  the 
East  End  section  of  Pittsburgh. 

A.  S.  McSwigan,  the  son  of  Henry  McSwigan,  was 

born  in  Pittsburgh,  November  5,  1865.     He  attended  the 

public  and  parochial  schools  until  aged  14, 

, s*  when  he  went  to  work  as  office  boy  for  the 

M'SWIGAN.      „T     ,  TT    .         ™  .  .     ~ 

Western  Union  Telegraph  Company,  soon 
becoming  telegraph  operator.  In  1887  he  became  a  re- 
porter on  the  Commercial  Gazette  and  three  years  later, 
city  editor  of  the  Post.  He  continued  in  the  newspaper 
business  until  1902  when  he  became  advertising  and 
amusement  manager  for  the  Philadelphia  Company  and 
affiliated  corporations.  Five  years  later  he  leased  Kenny- 
wood  park  which  he  still  operates.  He  married  Gene- 
vieve Brady  and  they  live  at  217  Tennyson  avenue.  There 
are  five  children.  He  belongs  to  the  Press  Club,  Colum- 
bus Club,  the  Art  Society  of  Pittsbugh,  the  Knights  of 
Columbus,  the  A.  0.  H.,  the  C.  M.  B.  A.,  and  St.  Paul's 
Cathedral  church  committee.  He  is  an  active  worker  in 
Catholic  charities  and  civic  betterment. 

Anton  Lutz,  organizer  of  the  Lutz  &  Son  Brewing 
Company  and   director   of  the   Independent   Brewing 

Company,  was  born  in  Liberty  avenue, 

Pittsburgh.     He  is  the  son  of  Damas 

Lutz  and  Crezentia  Lutz.  He  started  in 
early  youth  in  the  brewing  business.  In  1880  he  helped 
form  the  partnership  of  Lutz  &  Walz,  which  became 
the  D.  Lutz  &  Son  firm  in  1881,  when  he  and  his  father 
went  into  business  together.  This  partnership  lasted 
until  1894,  when  they  incorporated  as  the  D.  Lutz  & 
Son  Brewing  Company,  Anton  Lutz  being  president. 
In  1905  the  company  was  sold  to  become  a  part  of  the 
Independent  Brewing  Company.  Mr.  Lutz  was  made 
chairman  of  the  board  of  directors,  which  position  he 
still  holds.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Elks  fraternal  or- 
ganization and  of  the  Catholic  Church.  Mr.  Lutz  is 
exceedingly  fond  of  horses. 


ANTON 
LUTZ. 


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THOMAS  RODD. 

Thomas  Rodd,  civil  engineer  and  business  man,  was  born  in  London,  England,  June 
13,  1849.  His  parents  were  Horatio  Rodd  and  Anne  (nee  Theobald)  Rodd.  When  a 
boy  five  years  old  he  was  brought  to  the 
United  States  by  his  parents.  His  early 
education  was  in  private  schools  and  in 
the  public  schools.  Few  man  ever  re- 
ceived better  early  training  at  home  and 
at  carefully  selected  schools  than  Mr. 
Rodd. 

For  four  years  Mr.  Rodd  was  a 
student  in  the  United  States  Naval 
Academy,  at  Annapolis.  He  acquitted 
himself  there  with  credit  and  served 
from  1862  to  1865  as  an  officer  in  the 
United  States  navy.  Life  on  board  ship 
under  the  command  of  an  officer  trained 
in  the  naval  service  is  a  hard  but  bene- 
ficial training  for  a  young  man,  and 
through  faithful  attention  to  duty  Mr. 
Rodd  reaped  full  benefit  from  the  serv- 
ice. A  few  years  after  Mr.  Rodd  left 
the  navy  he  secured  a  position  in  the 
city  engineer's  office  in  Philadelphia. 
He  stayed  there  for  three  years,  leav- 
ing in  1872  to  enter  the  service  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company.  He 
started  humbly  as  a  rodman  for  a  corps 
of  surveyors,  but  his  rise  was  rapid  and 
steady.  Within  less  than  a  year  he  became  assistant  engineer.  In  1877  he  was  appointed 
principal  assistant  engineer. 

Skill  in  his  profession,  sterling  honesty  and  steadfast  devotion  to  the  interests  of 
the  company  won  for  Mr.  Rodd  the  supreme  confidence  of  his  superiors,  and  in  1889  he 
was  appointed  chief  engineer  of  all  Pennsylvania  lines  west  of  Pittsburgh. 

Few  men  possess  a  greater  reputation  in  the  engineering  profession  than  Mr.  Rodd, 
and  from  1890  to  1905,  in  addition  to  his  work  for  the  Pennsylvania  Company,  Mr.  Rodd 
was  engaged  in  the  private  practice  of  his  profession.  He  constructed  many  large  plants 
for  manufacturing  and  other  purposes. 

Usually  a  man  interested  in  scientific  problems  cares  little  for  business,  but  Mr. 
Rodd  is  an  exception  to  this  rule.  He  is  active  in  many  business  enterprises,  and  his 
shrewd  advice  and  wise  direction  has  increased  the  prosperity  and  prestige  of  every 
company  with  which  he  is  connected.  Mr.  Rodd  is  a  director  in  the  Commonwealth 
Trust  Company,  the  People's  Natural  Gas  and  Pipeage  Company  and  in  many  railroad 
companies. 

Mr.  Rodd  delights  to  mingle  with  other  members  of  the  engineering  profession  for 
the  study  of  engineering  problems,  and  he  belongs  to  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engi- 
neers, the  American  Railway  Engineering  and  Maintenance  of  Way  Association,  and  to 
the  Engineers'  Society  of  Western  Pennsylvania. 

Few  men  get  more  pleasure  than  Mr.  Rodd  from  social  life,  and  he  is  a  member  of 
the  Pittsburgh  Club,  the  Duquesne  Club,  the  Allegheny  Country  Club,  the  Pittsburgh 
Golf  Club,  the  University  Club  of  Pittsburgh,  the  Metropolitan  Club  of  New  York  and 
the  Chicago  Club.  Mr.  Rodd  lives  in  a  beautiful  and  tastefully  furnished  home  at  5407 
Ellsworth  avenue,  Pittsburgh.     He  was  married  December  23,   1879,  to  Mary  Watson. 


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EDWARD 
H.    UTLEY. 


Among  the  best  known  railroad  men  of  Pitts- 
burgh is  Edward  H.  Utley,  vice-president  and  general 
manager  of  the  Bessemer  and  Lake  Erie 
Railroad.  He  is  a  native  of  Wadsworth, 
Ohio,  but  has  resided  in  Pennsylvania 
since  1869.  Mr.  Utley's  first  railway  employment  was 
in  1867  as  station  agent  with  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee 
and  St.  Paul  Railroad  at  Granville,  Wisconsin.  Then 
with  the  Allegheny  Valley  R.  R.,  from  1875  to  1889, 
during  which  time  he  was  general  freight  and  passen- 
ger agent.  In  1889  he  went  with  the  Carnegie  Steel 
Company  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  as  general  freight  agent. 
Then  with  the  Sales  Department  of  the  same  company 
until  1897,  and  finally  in  that  same  year  under  the  or- 
ganization of  the  Bessemer  and  Lake  Erie  Railroad,  as 
general  freight  and  passenger  agent.  In  1901  he  be- 
came general  manager,  and  is  now  also  vice-president 
and  a  director.    He  is  a  member  of  the  Duquesne  Club. 


HORACE  F. 
BAKER. 


Horace  F.  Baker,  prominent  attorney  and  business 
man,  was  born  April  15,  1878,  in  Mayville,  Chautauqua 
county,  New  York.  He  is  the  son  of 
George  A.  Baker  and  Julia  B.  Baker,  of 
Youngstown,  Ohio.  He  was  educated  in 
the  grammar  and  high  schools  of  Youngstown,  0.  He 
graduated  from  Harvard  College  in  1901  and  from  the 
Harvard  law  school  in  1903.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
January  2,  1904,  in  Allegheny  county.  He  practiced  law 
in  Pittsburgh  for  one  and  one-half  years,  then  was  ap- 
pointed assistant  to  the  general  counsel  of  the  Wabash 
railroad  lines  east  of  Toledo,  O.  Upon  the  appointment 
of  receivers  for  the  Wabash  Pittsburgh  Terminal  and 
West  Side  Belt  railroads  in  May  and  June,  1908,  he  was 
retained  by  the  receivers  as  their  counsel.  December  18, 
1912,  he  became  receiver  of  both  railroad  lines.  He  is  at- 
torney and  director  for  the  Pittsburgh  Terminal  Railroad 
and  Coal  Company.     He  belongs  to  the  Duquesne  Club. 


FREDERICK 

CLINTON 

BAIRD. 


Frederick  Clinton  Baird,  Freight  Traffic  Manager  of 
the  Bessemer  &  Lake  Erie  Railroad  Company  was  born 
in  Erie  County,  Pa.  His  parents  were 
George  W.  Baird  and  Helen  (nee  Powell) 
Baird.  Mr.  Baird  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Erie  county.  In  1888  he 
went  to  work  for  the  New  York,  Chicago  &  St.  Louis 
Railroad  Company  as  a  telegraph  operator;  in  1890  with 
the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  Company;  in  1895  with 
the  Bessemer  &  Lake  Erie  Railroad  Company,  with 
whom  he  has  advanced  to  his  present  position.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Duquesne  Club,  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic 
Association,  the  Union  Club,  the  Traffic  Club,  of  Pitts- 
burgh, B.  P.  O.  Elks,  Scottish  and  York  Rites  in  Mason- 
ry, Shriner     Is  married  and  has  two  sons. 


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JAMES  DAWSON  CALLERY. 

James  Dawson  Callery,  a  man  of  national  reputation  in  street  railway  circles  and 
a  manufacturer  of  note,  was  born  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  November  11,  1857.  He 
is  the  son  of  James  Callery  and  Rose 
(Downing)  Callery.  Mr.  Callery  se- 
cured his  education  by  first  attending 
the  old  Fourth  Ward  (Pittsburgh)  pub- 
lic school.  He  completed  his  education 
by  attending  Notre  Dame  University,  in 
the  State  of  Indiana. 

His  first  business  venture  was  with 
his  father  in  the  leather  manufacturing 
business.  After  attaining  considerable 
success  in  that  employment,  during 
which  he  became  prominent  in  the  busi- 
ness life  of  Pittsburgh,  Mr.  Callery  or- 
ganized and  operated  the  Pittsburgh 
Provision  Company. 

Adding  further  to  his  business  suc- 
cess in  that  venture,  Mr.  Callery 
launched  out  into  the  street  railways 
business  in  1888,  beginning  this  line  of 
activity  as  president  of  the  Second  Ave- 
nue Passenger  Railway  in  his  native 
city.  From  that  time  to  the  present  Mr. 
Callery  has  been  advancing  into  the 
higher  councils  of  street  railways  man- 
agement in  Pittsburgh,  as  well  as 
branching  out  into  numerous  manufac- 
turing fields.  His  interests  in  street  railway  promotion  work  was  provoked  by  his  serv- 
ice as  a  director  of  the  West  End  Passenger  Railway  back  in  1883.  He  is  now  the  presi- 
dent of  the  Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  and  its  underlying  concerns.  In  1889  and 
from  that  time  to  the  present  he  has  been  extensively  engaged  in  the  project  of  promot- 
ing electric  light  and  gas  companies.  In  Pittsburgh  and  other  large  cities  he  is  promi- 
nent in  corporation  and  financial  circles. 

Aside  from  his  high  standing  in  the  circles  active  in  promoting  street  railways,  Mr. 
Callery  is  president  of  the  Allegheny  County  Light  Company;  president  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Light  Company ;  vice-president  of  the  Philadelphia  Company;  director  of  the  Co- 
lonial Trust  Company  of  Pittsburgh;  director  of  the  Diamond  National  Bank  of  Pitts- 
burgh; director  of  the  Diamond  Savings  Bank  of  Pittsburgh;  director  of  the  United 
Railways  Investment  Company;  vice-president  of  the  Excelsior  Express  Company;  di- 
rector of  the  Westinghouse  Electric  and  Manufacturing  Company,  and  director  of  the 
Westinghouse  Machine  Company.  He  is,  moreover,  prominently  connected  with  a  num- 
ber of  other  industrial  concerns  in  Pittsburgh  and  throughout  the  State  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. 

Mr.  Callery  is  a  member  of  the  Duquesne  Club  of  Pittsburgh,  the  Pittsburgh  Coun- 
try Club,  the  University  Club  and  the  Allegheny  Country  Club.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Metropolitan  Club  in  Washington,  D.  C,  and  the  Railroad  Club  in  New  York  city.  Mr. 
Callery  wields  considerable  power  in  shaping  the  business  destinies  of  Pittsburgh.  In 
the  marts  of  his  native  city  he  has  been  unusually  active  for  many  years,  and  his  name 
has  been  identified  with  a  number  of  movements  launched  for  the  purpose  of  advancing 
the  interests  of  the  Smoky  City.  His  ability  has  brought  him  recognition  not  alone  in 
Pittsburgh  and  the  Keystone  State,  but  he  is  a  national  figure  in  various  fields  of  business. 


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J.  R.  LEONARD. 

Jesse  Rose  Leonard,  oil  and  gas 
operator,  was  born  in  Erie,  Pa.,  Sep- 
tember 10,  1848,  the  son  of  William  and 
Nancy  (Prindle)  Leonard.  When  17 
years  old  he  left  the  family  farm  and 
went  to  work  in  the  oil  field  then  open- 
ing up  on  Oil  Creek,  in  Venango  county, 
Pa.  He  soon  became  a  producer  of  pe- 
troleum, and  later  of  natural  gas;  he 
also  engaged  actively  in  the  banking 
business.  He  is  now  a  director  and 
president  of  the  Devonian  Oil  Company, 
a  director  and  vice-president  of  the 
Oklahoma  Natural  Gas  Company;  di- 
rector and  president  of  the  Beaver 
Trust  Company,  and  director  of  the  Co- 
lumbia National  Bank.  Mr.  Leonard  is 
affiliated  with  several  Masonic  orders; 
is  also  a  member  of  the  Duquesne  Club 
of  Pittsburgh.  By  his  marriage  to 
Mary  McGee  (deceased),  of  Clarion 
county,  he  has  five  children ;  and  by  his 
second  wife,  Bertha  Ault,  of  the  same 
county,  he  has  two  children.  He  resides 
at  Beaver,  Pa. 


WILLIAM  A.   MAGEE. 


William  Addison  Magee,  mayor  of 
Pittsburgh,  was  born  May  4,  1873,  in 
Pittsburgh.  He  was  educated  in  the 
grade  schools  of  Pittsburgh  and  in  the 
Pittsburgh  High  School.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Allegheny  county  bar  in 
June,  1895.  Two  years  later  he  was  ap- 
pointed assistant  district  attorney  for 
Allegheny  county.  After  serving  in 
this  capacity  for  one  year  Mr.  Magee 
resigned  and  became  a  candidate  for 
common  council  from  the  Twenty-third 
ward  of  Pittsburgh.  He  was  elected 
and  re-elected  in  1900,  serving  in  coun- 
cil until  he  was  elected  to  the  state  sen- 
ate April  16,  1901,  to  fill  the  vacancy 
caused  by  the  death  of  his  uncle,  Chris- 
topher Lyman  Magee.  In  1909  Mr.  Ma- 
gee was  elected  mayor  of  Pittsburgh. 
During  the  time  that  he  has  held  this 
office  many  millions  of  dollars  have  been 
voted  by  the  people  to  be  expended  for 
civic  improvement.  Many  fine  streets 
and  bridges  have  been  built,  but  the 
"Hump  cut"  more  than  any  other  civic 
improvement  will  become  historic. 


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JAMES  BUCHANAN  YOHE. 

James  Buchanan  Yohe,  general  manager,  the  Pittsburgh  &  Lake  Erie  Railroad 
Company,  was  born  June  24,  1856,  near  Bentleyville,  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania. 
His  parents  were  David  Yohe  and  Eliza 
(nee  Zook)  Yohe. 

An  education  such  as  high  school 
and  college  offers  is  of  great  advantage 
to  the  young  man  who  would  succeed  in 
business  or  in  a  profession,  but  often  a 
man  handicapped  by  lack  of  these  ad- 
vantages will  rise  to  the  very  top  in  the 
struggle  of  life.  The  man  whose  boy- 
hood days  were  spent  in  the  country  or 
in  a  village  where  pure  air  and  plenty  of 
healthful  outdoor  work  caused  him  to 
develop  a  hardy  constitution  and  strong 
powers  of  endurance,  succeeds  oftener 
than  does  the  boy  reared  in  the  city. 
James  Buchanan  Yohe  received  only  a 
common  school  education,  but  he  pos- 
sessed the  alert  mind  and  the  hardy,  en- 
during physique  of  the  country  lad, 
which  has  enabled  him  to  rise  high  in 
the  business  world,  acquiring  a  practical 
education  in  the  school  of  experience  as 
he  struggled  to  earn  a  living  for  himself 
and  those  dependent  upon  him. 

When  but  fourteen  years  of  age,  he 
entered  the  railway  service  as  a  tele- 
graph operator  in  the  employ  of  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railroad  Company,  Pittsburgh  Di- 
vision. This  was  on  February  4,  1871,  and  ever  since  he  has  been  engaged  continuously 
in  the  transportation  business.  Few  men  have  stuck  as  close  to  one  line  of  work  as  has 
Mr.  Yohe,  and  few  men  have  been  as  amply  rewarded  for  their  endeavors,  not  only  finan- 
cially, but  in  the  esteem  and  respect  of  their  associates.  From  the  very  start,  Mr.  Yohe 
has  enjoyed  the  confidence  of  his  superiors.  The  efficient  and  honest  service  which  he 
renders  has  been  rewarded  with  rapid  and  steady  promotions  until  now  he  is  general 
manager  of  the  Pittsburgh  &  Lake  Erie  Railroad  Company  and  leased  lines,  with  head- 
quarters at  Pittsburgh. 

Notwithstanding  Mr.  Yohe's  faithful  service  with  various  railroad  companies,  he  has 
found  time  to  become  actively  associated  with  other  business  enterprises.  He  is  a  di- 
rector of  the  Pension  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  of  Pittsburgh,  and  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  McKees  Rocks.  Both  these  institutions  have  been  greatly  benefited  by 
the  shrewd  business  sense  and  practical  wisdom  of  the  veteran  railroader.  He  is  also  an 
active  member  of  the  Old  Time  Telegraphers'  Association. 

Mr.  Yohe  is  interested  in  all  projects  for  civic  betterment,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Pittsburgh  Chamber  of  Commerce.  Mr.  Yohe  is  a  member  and  trustee  of  Christ  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church,  Pittsburgh,  and  is  an  enthusiastic  worker  in  the  Railroad  De- 
partment of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  being  a  member  of  the  Executive 
Committee  of  the  New  York  Central  Lines'  Federation  of  Railroad  Associations.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Duquesne  Club  and  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association,  and  stands  high 
in  the  Masonic  fraternity.  Mr.  Yohe  makes  friends  readily  and  wins  the  regard  of  every 
one  with  whom  he  comes  in  contact,  whether  it  be  an  humble  employe  or  the  president  of 
the  company. 


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E.  A.  WOODS. 


Edward  Augustus  Woods  was  born 
January  1,  1865,  at  Pittsburgh,  the  son 
of  Dr.  George  Woods  and  Mrs.  Ellen 
Crane  Woods.  He  was  graduated  from 
the  Western  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. He  entered  the  insurance  busi- 
ness as  an  office  boy.  He  became  as- 
sociated with  the  Equitable  Life  As- 
surance Society  in  November,  1880,  and 
10  years  later  was  appointed  manager 
for  the  district  of  Pittsburgh.  January 
1,  1911,  he  incorporated  the  Edward  A. 
Woods  agency  of  that  company,  of 
which  he  is  president  and  manager.  He 
is  also  a  director  of  the  Union  Savings 
Bank  of  Pittsburgh,  a  director  in  the 
National  Union  Fire  Insurance  Com- 
pany, and  a  director  in  the  Western  Na- 
tional Bank.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Duquesne  Club,  Union  Club,  Pittsburgh 
Country  Club,  Pittsburgh  Athletic  As- 
sociation, Edgeworth  Club  of  Sewickley 
and  the  Lawyers'  Club  of  New  York. 
Mr.  Woods  is  an  international  authority 
on  insurance  and  is  a  prolific  writer  on 
academic  as  well  as  practical  issues. 


W.  L.  CLARK. 


William  Lewis  Clark  is  president  of 
the  W.  L.  Clark  Company,  Fire  Insur- 
ance Brokers,  with  a  suite  of  offices  in 
the  Peoples  Bank  building,  Fourth  ave- 
nue and  Wood  street,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
He  is  a  Pittsburgher,  the  son  of  David 
G.  Clark  and  Mary  J.  Clark,  and  was 
born  March  19,  1872.  His  early  educa- 
tion was  received  in  the  public  schools 
and  high  school  of  Pittsburgh,  after 
which  he  entered  the  fire  insurance 
business.  He  organized  the  W.  L.  Clark 
Company,  which  occupies  a  prominent 
place  in  the  insurance  field.  The  com- 
pany is  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Fire 
Underwriters  of  Allegheny  County,  Pa. 
In  the  Club  world,  Mr.  Clark  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Union  Club,  Country  Club 
and  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association. 


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HENRY  WARD  McMASTERS 

Following  a  lifetime  spent  in  railroad  service,  Henry  Ward  McMasters  is  recognized 
as  one  of  the  leading  figures  in  the  transportation  world.  Having  worked  his  way 
through  all  the  departments  of  the  rail- 
road business,  Mr.  McMasters  is  what  is 
termed  a  self-made  man  who  has  won 
exceptional  success  by  force  of  merit. 
Mr.  McMasters  was  born  at  George- 
town, near  Kingston,  Ontario,  Canada, 
September  29,  1860.  His  father  was 
William  Henry  and  his  mother  Martha 
(Hough)  McMasters.  On  both  sides  of 
the  family  he  is  of  Scotch  extraction. 

In  1868  the  family  moved  to  the 
United  States,  and  young  McMasters 
was  brought  up  as  an  American.  He 
received  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Pontiac  and  Grand  Ledge, 
Mich.,  and  as  this  was  a  period  of  rail- 
road building,  he  turned  to  that  field  of 
endeavor.  He  was  only  14  years  old 
when  he  went  to  work  as  a  telegraph 
operator,  in  1874,  on  the  Detroit,  Lans- 
ing &  Northern  Railroad,  now  a  part  of 
the  Marquette  system.  In  December, 
1878,  he  went  with  the  Grand  Rapids  & 
Indiana  Railroad  as  a  telegraph  opera- 
tor, and  from  1880  to  1882  was  a  train 
dispatcher  on  the  same  road. 

In  1882  he  became  a  train  dispatcher  on  the  Peninsular  division  of  the  Chicago  & 
Northwestern  Railroad,  remaining  there  for  two  years.  Then,  from  1884  to  1889,  he 
was  chief  dispatcher  and  train  master  on  the  Oregon  Short  Line  of  the  Union  Pacific  sys- 
tem. From  1889  to  1893,  Mr.  McMasters  was  chief  dispatcher  on  the  Idaho  division  of 
the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad,  with  headquarters  at  Spokane,  Wash.,  and  from  1893  to 
1900  was  train  master  on  the  same  road. 

May  1,  1900,  he  was  appointed  superintendent  of  the  Wheeling  &  Lake  Erie  Rail- 
road, with  headquarters  at  Massillon,  and  afterward  moved  to  Toledo,  serving  until  June, 
1905.  Then,  until  September,  1905,  he  was  superintendent  of  the  consolidated  lines, 
comprising  the  Wheeling  &  Lake  Erie  Railroad,  the  Wabash-Pittsburgh  Railroad  and 
the  West  Side  Belt  Railroad,  at  Canton,  O.  He  then  became  general  superintendent  of 
these  lines,  with  headquarters  at  Pittsburgh. 

From  May,  1908,  Mr.  McMasters  served  as  receiver  and  general  manager  of  the 
Wabash  Pittsburgh  Terminal  Railroad  and  the  West  Side  Belt  Railroad,  his  office  con- 
tinuing in  Pittsburgh. 

Higher  honors  were  yet  in  store  for  Mr.  McMasters,  and  on  January  1,  1913,  he  be- 
came general  manager  of  the  Wheeling  &  Lake  Erie  Railroad  Company,  with  offices  in 
Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Mr.  McMasters  is  a  member  of  the  Duquesne,  Country  and  Pittsburgh  Athletic 
Clubs,  of  Pittsburgh,  and  of  the  Toledo  Club,  of  Toledo,  O. 

Mr.  McMasters  has  been  married  twice.  His  first  wife  was  Miss  Belle  Cobbs,  of 
Cadillac,  Mich.,  who  died  in  1895.    In  1901  he  married  Miss  May  Thoma,  of  Toledo. 

Mr.  McMasters  is  known  as  a  thoroughly  practical  railroader  of  a  high  order  of 
ability. 

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John  Criswell  Hill,  banker,  lumber  and  insurance 
man,  of  Pittsburgh,  was  born  March  8,  1873,  in  Pitts- 
burgh.   He  is  a  son  of  James  B.  Hill  and 
JOHN  ^  Elizabeth  M.  Criswell  Hill.    From  1896 

HILL  to   1900  Mr.   Hill  was  engaged  in  the 

lumber  business  with  the  firm  of  J.  B. 
Hill  &  Sons,  at  Wilkinsburg,  and  from  1900  to  1908 
was  the  head  of  the  John  C.  Hill  Company,  dealers  in 
builders'  supplies,  lumber  and  mill  supplies.  In  1908 
Mr.  Hill  began  the  active  work  of  organizing  the 
Standard  Life  Insurance  Company.  This  effort 
met  with  success,  and  the  company  was  established 
under  the  name  of  the  Standard  Life  Insurance  Com- 
pany of  America,  with  home  offices  in  Pittsburgh,  and 
with  Mr.  Hill  as  treasurer.  He  also  is  a  director  in  the 
Homewood  Peoples  Bank  of  Pittsburgh.  Mr.  Hill  is 
a  Mason. 


S.    JARVIS 
ADAMS,    JR. 


S.  Jarvis  Adams,  Jr.,  general  agent  in  Pittsburgh 
of  the  Union  Central  Life  Insurance  Company,  of  Cin- 
cinnati, was  born  January  9,  1880,  in 
Pittsburgh.  His  parents  were  S.  Jarvis 
Adams  and  Emma  Virginia  (nee  An- 
shutz)  Adams.  Mr.  Adams  was  educated  in  Kiski- 
minetas  Springs  school,  Saltsburg,  Pa.,  and  at  the 
Shadyside  Academy,  Pittsburgh.  He  started  in  the  in- 
surance business  as  solicitor  and  rose  rapidly  until  he 
became  general  agent.  Recently  Mr.  Adams  has  been 
active  in  politics.  In  1912  he  helped  organize  the  Pro- 
gressive Republican  League  of  Allegheny  county  and 
was  made  treasurer.  He  also  was  elected  a  delegate 
to  the  Republican  State  Convention,  and  aided  in  or- 
ganizing the  Progressive  party,  in  which  he  has  held 
important  offices.  Mr.  Adams  belongs  to  the  Pitts- 
burgh Athletic  Association,  and  takes  an  especial  in- 
terest in  lawn  tennis. 


LOUIS  VOLZ. 


Louis  Volz,  president  and  incorporator  of  the  Ger- 
man Beneficial  union,  was  born  in  Germany,  March  17, 
1848.  He  was  educated  in  the  grade  and 
high  schools  of  Germany,  where  he  learned 
the  trade  of  printing.  At  the  age  of  21  he  joined  the 
German  army  as  required  by  law  and  served  with  credit 
during  the  Franco-Prussian  war.  After  this  he  came  to 
Pittsburgh  and  was  for  two  years  with  the  Volksblatt 
Publishing  Company.  In  1874  he  started  a  printing  es- 
tablishment of  his  own,  and  he  was  well  recognized  as  the 
German-English  printer  in  Pittsburgh.  Mr.  Volz  was 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  German  Beneficial  Union, 
and  he  became  its  first  president  in  1892.  At  present  he 
holds  the  same  office,  and  devotes  his  entire  time  and  at- 
tention to  the  interests  of  the  Union.  Its  headquarters 
are  at  1505-7  Carson  Street,  Pittsburgh. 


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R.  L.  O'DONNEL. 


R.  L.  O'Donnel,  general 
superintendent  of  the  West- 
ern Pennsylvania  Division 
of  the  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
road, entered  the  service  of 
the  Pennsylvania  Company 
in  1883  as  a  rodman.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Pitts- 
burgh Industrial  Develop- 
ment Commission  and  is  a 
director  of  the  Pittsburgh 
Chamber  of  Commerce.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Pitts- 
burgh Club,  the  Duquesne 
Club  and  other  clubs  in 
Western  Pennsylvania  and 
elsewhere.  Honest,  effi- 
cient service,  attention  to 
detail,  skillful  organization 
and  handling  of  men  are 
a  c  k  n  o  w  1  edged  achieve- 
ments of  Mr.  O'Donnel. 


J.  c. 
m'kalip. 


James  C.  McKalip,  Auditor  of  the  Bessemer  &  Lake 
Erie  Railroad  Company  is  a  native  of  Parnassus,  Pa.  He 
is  the  son  of  James  T.  McKalip  and  Mary 
Elizabeth  McKalip ;  was  educated  in  Par- 
nassus Public  Schools  and  at  the  age  of 
seventeen  obtained  a  position  in  Accounting  Department 
of  the  Allegheny  Valley  Railroad  Company.  When  that 
company  was  absorbed  by  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad 
Company,  Mr.  McKalip  accepted  service  with  the  latter 
organization  and  located  in  Philadelphia,  later  entering 
employ  of  the  Bessemer  &  Lake  Erie  Railroad  Company 
and  subsequently  was  appointed  Auditor ;  is  a  member  of 
the  Duquesne  Club,  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association, 
Young  Men's  Republican  Tariff  Club.  Traffic  Club  of 
Pittsburgh,  German  Club  of  Pittsburgh  and  Pittsburgh 
Lodge  No.  484,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  Mr.  McKalip 
is  the  type  of  strong,  self-reliant  man  who  owes  his  ad- 
vancement in  life  entirely  to  his  own  efforts. 

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JOHN 

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BRASHEAR. 


John  Alfred  Brashear,  distinguished  manufacturer 
of  the  North  Side,  Pittsburgh,  was  born  in  Brownsville  in 
1840,  the  son  of  B.  Brashear  and  Julia 
Brashear.  He  is  a  graduate  of  Western 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  Princeton 
University,  Wooster  and  Washington  and 
Jefferson  College.  He  married  Miss  Phoebe  Stewart,  of 
Pittsburgh,  September  25,  1862.  He  learned  the  machinist 
trade  and  later  became  a  mechanical  engineer.  Then  en- 
tered his  present  business  as  manufacturer  of  astronom- 
ical and  physical  instruments.  He  was  acting  director  of 
the  Allegheny  Observatory,  acting  chancellor  of  the  West- 
ern University  of  Pennsylvania,  past  president  Western 
Pennsylvania  Engineers'  Society  and  Pittsburgh  Acade- 
my Arts  and  Sciences.  He  is  a  member  of  many  distin- 
guished scientific  societies  both  in  England,  the  continent 
and  America. 


PETER  W. 
HEPBURN. 


Peter  W.  Hepburn  was  born  at  Stratford,  Ontario, 
Canada,  a  son  of  Alexander  and  Jessie  Wood  Hepburn. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  common 
and  high  schools,  and  studied  book-keep- 
ing and  penmanship  in  a  business  college ; 
five  years  later  for  over  a  year  was  tutored  by  an  expert 
mechanical  engineer.  He  served  a  practical  apprentice- 
ship as  a  machinist,  and  then  worked  at  the  trade  for  18 
years,  making  a  specialty  along  the  line  of  water  works, 
pumping  engines  and  all  kinds  of  power  engines.  During 
seven  years  of  that  time  he  was  an  erecting  engineer.  In 
March,  1908,  Mr.  Hepburn  went  to  the  Carnegie  Institute 
of  Technology  as  a  member  of  the  faculty,  and  was  placed 
in  charge  of  the  machine  department.  Since  that  time  he 
has  added  several  features  to  the  department,  including 
instruction  in  automobile  construction.  He  is  married, 
has  three  children  and  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order. 


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John  Wesley  Beatty  is  Director  of  Fine  Arts  Carnegie 
Institute,  Pittsburgh,  and  is  a  native  of  that  city.    He  is 
the  son  of  Richard  Beatty  and  received 
JOHN  his  early  education  in  Pittsburgh.    He  was 

wesley  a  student  at  the  Academy  of  Fine  Arts  and 

beatty.  received  the  honorary  degree  of  A.  M.  in 

the  Western  University  of  Pennsylvania 
1900.  He  married  Miss  Cora  B.  Hamnett  of  Pittsburgh 
in  1883.  He  executed  the  etching  "Return  to  Labor"  now 
in  the  Evans  collection,  Washington.  He  has  served  fre- 
quently as  a  member  of  juries  on  paintings,  advisory 
boards  and  art  commissions.  He  is  a  member  of  well- 
known  art  societies  and  is  an  author  on  art  subjects. 


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WICKLIFFE  CAMPBELL  LYNE. 

Wickliffe    Campbell    Lyne,    Pittsburgh   manager   of  the   Union   Central   and   senior 
ex-president  of  the  Pittsburgh  Life  Underwriters'  Association,  is  a  Virginian  by  birth,  a 
Pennsylvanian   by   residence   and   busi- 
ness interests  for  more  than  forty  years. 

He  belongs  to  one  of  the  oldest  and 
best  families  of  Virginia,  represented 
with  distinction  by  Colonial  and  Revolu- 
tionary officers  and  by  members  of  the 
House  of  Virginia  Burgesses,  Congress 
and  President's  Cabinet.  The  family 
came  originally  from  Bristol,  England — 
the  resident  town  of  William  Penn — and 
brought  with  them  the  family's  coat-of- 
arms,  honored  by  the  character  and 
achievement  of  ancient  Scotch  and  Eng- 
lish ancestry. 

William  Lyne,  his  great  grand- 
father, was  an  ardent  patriot  in  the 
American  Revolution,  serving  on  Com- 
mittee of  Safety,  1775,  and  Colonel  of 
Minute-men,  1776,  and  before  and  dur- 
ing the  Revolution  as  a  prominent  mem- 
ber of  the  House  of  Burgesses,  George 
Washington,  Thomas  Jefferson,  Patrick 
Henry,  Peyton  Randolph  and  Edmund 
Pendleton  being  actively  associated  with 
him  as  fellow  members.  Prominent  also 
in     family     connection     were     Colonel 

George  Baylor,  of  Washington's  staff;  General  Thomas  Dunbar  (descendant  of  Earl  of 
Dunbar),  of  the  French  and  Indian  War,  the  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  British  forces 
in  North  America  after  Braddock's  defeat ;  Sir  Richard  Waller,  "the  Hero  of  Agincourt," 
whose  capture  of  the  French  Prince  of  Orleans  added  the  Ducal  Crest  to  his  arms,  is  in 
the  direct  line  of  descent  on  Mr.  Lyne's  mother's  side — Mary  Dunbar  Edwards.  The  con- 
gressional tariff  leader,  William  Lyne  Wilson,  author  of  the  "Wilson  Bill"  and  Postmas- 
ter General  in  Cleveland's  Cabinet,  was  nephew  of  Dr.  Robert  Baylor  Lyne,  father  of 
Wickliffe  C.  Lyne. 

W.  C.  Lyne,  after  graduating  in  1870  with  honor  in  classics  and  sciences  at  Bethany 
College,  West  Virginia,  engaged  in  educational  work  for  fifteen  years,  serving  with 
marked  efficiency  and  success  as  principal  of  the  Classical  Academy  at  Burgettstown,  Pa., 
Normal  School,  Claysville,  Pa. ;  principal  of  the  Washington,  Pa.,  high  school,  and  for  five 
years  as  principal  of  Park  School  in  Pittsburgh;  and  lecturer  for  several  years  on  litera- 
ture and  history  in  a  normal  college.  His  reputation  for  scholarly  work  brought  him  the 
offer  of  the  chair  of  Latin  and  Greek  at  Bethany  College,  the  chair  of  Belles  Letters 
from  another  honored  institution  of  learning,  the  presidency  of  a  normal  college  in  Ohio 
and  of  a  State  normal  college  in  Pennsylvania.  Declining  these,  he  accepted  the  position 
of  manager  for  Western  Pennsylvania  and  West  Virginia  of  National  Life  of  Vermont, 
in  which  field  his  executive  ability,  unswerving  integrity  and  business  initiative  made 
him  conspicuously  successful.  He  was  recognized  by  the  Governor  of  the  State  as  one  of 
the  foremost  underwriters  of  Pennsylvania.  His  services  were  sought  by  other  larger 
corporations,  and  he  accepted  the  general  management  in  Pittsburgh  and  adjoining  terri- 


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tory  of  the  Union  Central — the  largest  financial  institution  in  Ohio,  and  one  of  the  lead- 
ing great  life  insurance  companies.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Pittsburgh  Life 
Underwriters,  served  twice  as  chairman  of  the  Executive  Committee  and  once  as  presi- 
dent. His  writings  and  discussions  of  life  insurance  attracted  wide  attention  and  were 
favorably  noticed  by  the  European  press ;  and  his  address  before  Alumni  College  Associa- 
tion and  State  convention  were  scholarly  and  forcible. 

He  was  one  of  the  three  Pennsylvania  underwriters  appointed  to  secure  anti-rebate 
legislation  at  Harrisburg,  and  the  successful  passage  of  this  bill  was  followed  by  similar 
statutes  in  over  forty  States. 

Mr.  Lyne  has  been  identified  with  civic  and  public  interests,  serving  on  the  director- 
ate of  a  national  bank,  trust  company  and  insurance  company,  and  as  trustee  of  the  Pitts- 
burgh Art  Society,  the  Mozart  Musical  Society,  board  of  directors  of  Bethany  College, 
Sons  of  American  Revolution,  and  as  a  member  of  the  Academy  of  Science  and  Art,  His- 
torical Society,  the  American  Academy  of  Political  and  Social  Science  of  Philadelphia.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Pittsburgh  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  the  Duquesne  Club. 

Mr.  Lyne's  children  are :  Wickliffe  Bull,  of  Princeton,  1901 ;  Robert  Addison,  Sarah 
Harman  and  Virginia  Brown.  His  wife,  Mary  Winters,  deceased,  was  a  Colonial  Dame 
by  direct  descent  of  Governors  Henry  Bull,  Wm.  Hutchison  and  John  Coggeshall,  Colonial 
executives  of  Rhode  Island  and  founders  of  Portsmouth  and  Newport. 


ARTON 

HAMER- 

SCHLAG. 


Arthur  Arton   Hamerschlag,   educator  and  engi- 
neer, was  born  in  Nebraska  in  1867,  the  son  of  William 
ARTHUR  and  Frances  Hamerschlag.  He  was  edu- 

cated in  the  public  schools  of  Omaha 
and  New  York  and  by  private  tutors; 
and  received  the  honorary  degree  of 
Sc.D.  from  Lehigh  University  and  West- 
ern University  of  Pennsylvania,  and  LL.D.  from  Trinity 
College,  Hartford,  Conn.  He  married,  December  23, 
1901,  Miss  Elizabeth  Ann  Tollast.  He  was  superin- 
tendent of  St.  George's  Evening  Trade  School,  New 
York,  1892-1903;  and  has  been  director  of  the  Carne- 
gie Institute  of  Technology,  Pittsburgh,  since  1903. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Society  for  the  Promotion  of 
Engineering  Education,  American  Association  for  the 
Advancement  of  Science,  Western  Society  of  Engi- 
neers, Pittsburgh  City  Planning  Commission  and 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  of  the  Duquesne  Club. 


BROWN 
CONNELLEY. 


Clifford  Brown  Connelley,  M.  A.,  Sc.D.,  is  a  son  of 
George  and  Elizabeth  Brown  Connelley,  and  was  born 
Clifford  in  Monongahela  City,  Pa.,  March  18, 
1863.  He  is  head  of  the  School  of 
Applied  Industries  of  the  Carnegie  In- 
stitute of  Technology  and  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Public  Education  of  Pittsburgh;  a  mem- 
ber of  the  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers, 
and  other  scientific  organizations.  He  is  president  of 
the  Manual  Arts  Association  of  Allegheny  County,  a 
member  of  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association  and 
Americus  Republican  Club.  He  is  author  of  numerous 
papers  on  industrial  education.  His  past  service  as  an 
educator  includes  his  work  as  principal  of  the  Fifth 
Ward  Manual  Training  School,  North  Side,  Pittsburgh ; 
superintendent  of  mechanical  department,  Western 
University  of  Pennsylvania;  supervisor  of  industrial 
schools,  old  Allegheny  and  Pittsburgh. 


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s.  b.  Mccormick. 


Chancellor  Samuel  Black  McCor- 
mick,  head  of  the  University  of  Pitts- 
burgh, was  born  May  6,  1858,  in  Irwin, 
Westmoreland  county,  the  son  of  Dr. 
James  Irwin  McCormick  and  Rachel 
Long  Black  McCormick.  He  was  grad- 
uated in  1880  from  Washington  &  Jef- 
ferson College  with  the  degree  of  Bach- 
elor of  Arts.  In  1883  that  institution 
conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  Mas- 
ter of  Arts ;  in  1897,  Doctor  of  Divinity, 
and  in  1902,  Doctor  of  Laws.  He  read 
law  with  H.  H.  McCormick,  Esq.,  from 
1878  to  1882,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
Allegheny  county  bar  in  July,  1882.  He 
practiced  in  Pittsburgh  during  1882  and 
1883  and  in  Denver,  Colorado,  from  1883 
to  1887.  He  was  graduated  from  the 
Western  Theological  Seminary  in  May, 
1890 ;  served  as  pastor  of  the  Central 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Allegheny  city 
from  1890  to  1894;  from  then  until 
1897  pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  in  Omaha,  Nebraska ;  president 
of  Coe  College,  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa, 
from  1897  until  1904,  when  he  became 
chancellor  of  the  University  of  Pitts- 
burgh. 

H.  W 


CRAVER. 


Harrison  Warwick  Craver,  libra- 
rian of  the  Carnegie  Library  of  Pitts- 
burgh, was  born  in  Owaneco,  Illinois, 
August  10,  1875,  the  son  of  Harrison 
Eugene  and  Caroline  E.  (Weirauch) 
Craver.  His  early  experience  was  as  an 
expert  chemist.  In  1900  and  1901  he 
was  technology  librarian  in  Carnegie 
Library,  Pittsburgh;  during  1902,  as- 
sistant superintendent  of  the  Allegheny 
Iron  &  Steel  Company;  from  1903  to 
1908,  he  was  again  technology  librarian 
in  Carnegie  Library,  and  from  1908  to 
date,  has  been  the  librarian  in  that  in- 
stitution in  Pittsburgh.  He  is  a  coun- 
cilor and  a  member  of  the  Executive 
Board  of  the  American  Library  Associa- 
tion ;  and  a  member  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Free  Library  Commission;  and  in  1908- 
09  was  president  of  the  Keystone  State 
Library  Association.  Mr.  Craver  is  a 
member  of  the  following  clubs :  Uni- 
versity, Pittsburgh;  Pittsburgh  Golf; 
Automobile,  Pittsburgh;  American  As- 
sociation for  the  Advancement  of 
Science;  American  Chemical  Society; 
the  Engineers'  Society  of  Western 
Pennsylvania,  and  the  American  Li- 
brary Association.  June  17,  1902,  h3 
married  Adelaide  Nevins  Martin. 


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JAMES 

ANDERSON 

KELSO. 


James  Anderson  Kelso,  president  of  the  Western 
Theological  Seminary,  was  born  at  Rawal  Pindi,  India, 
June  6,  1873.  His  parents  were  Alex- 
ander P.  Kelso  and  Louisa  M.  (nee  Bol- 
ton) Kelso.  He  graduated  from  Wash- 
ington and  Jefferson  College  in  1892; 
from  the  Western  Theological  Seminay  in  1896 ;  was  a 
student  in  the  University  of  Berlin  for  two  years ;  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  doctor  of  philosophy  from  the 
University  of  Leipzig,  summa  cum  lauda,  in  1900.  Dr. 
Kelso  was  ordained  in  the  Presbyterian  Church  in 
1898,  and  ever  since  has  been  connected  with  the 
Western  Theological  Seminary  as  professor,  acting 
president  and  president.  Among  the  organizations  to 
which  he  belongs  are  the  Society  of  Biblical  Literature 
and  Exegesis  and  the  Archselogical  Institute  of  Amer- 
ica. He  is  an  author  of  note.  His  wife  was  Miss  Wel- 
helmina  Wise. 


THOMAS 
OVEREND. 


To  be  known  as  a  good  teacher  is  glory  enough  in 
the  estimation  of  Edmund  Thomas  Overend,  president 
and  director  of  the  Reno  Business  Col- 
lege, of  Pittsburgh.  Mr.  Overend  wa? 
born  in  Peel  county,  Ontario,  Canada, 
the  son  of  James  and  Elizabeth  Warren 
Overend.  In  his  early  youth  he  attended  the  country 
public  schools  of  Canada,  graduating  later  from  the 
high  school  of  Caledonia,  Ontario,  and  from  the  Ot- 
tawa (Ontario)  Normal  School.  Mr.  Overend  says 
that  his  best  teaching  equipment  was  obtained  in  the 
"College  of  Hard  Knocks." 

He  spent  his  early  years  on  a  farm  and  taught 
about  three  years  in  the  public  schools.  Since  that 
time  he  has  devoted  his  energies  and  time  to  teaching 
in  private  business  schools,  the  most  of  this  twenty- 
year  period  having  been  spent  in  Pittsburgh. 


W.    WALLACE 
MILLER. 


W.  Wallace  Miller  was  born  in  Pittsburgh  June 
13,  1858,  the  son  of  William  George  Miller  and  Mary 
(nee  Boyd)  Miller.  He  was  educated 
in  the  Pittsburgh  public  schools,  and  at 
the  age  of  15  went  to  work  for  Arbuth- 
not,  Shannon  &  Company,  now  the  Arbuthnot-Stephen- 
son  Company.  Promoted  rapidly,  in  1904  he  was 
elected  president  of  the  company.  In  1909  he  resigned 
and  retired  from  active  business  life.  He  is  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Standard  Life  Insurance  Company  and  the 
American  Sparkler  Company,  both  of  Pittsburgh; 
treasurer  of  the  Pittsburgh  Tile  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, and  treasurer  of  the  Pittsburgh  Theological 
Seminary  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church  of  North 
America.  Since  retirement,  Mr.  Miller  has  devoted  his 
time  to  the  work  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Men's 
Movement  and  Brotherhood.  He  belongs  to  the  Du- 
quesne  Club  and  the  Ben  Avon  Country  Club. 

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R.  A.  HUTCHISON. 


Robert  Alden  Hutchison,  teacher, 
divine  and  author,  is  one  of  the  most 
prominent  ministers  in  the  United 
Presbyterian  Church  in  Pennsylvania. 
Born  in  Claysville,  Washington  county, 
Pennsylvania,  February  8,  1862,  a  son 
of  James  and  Mary  Robison  Hutchison, 
he  attended  Monmouth  College,  Mon- 
mouth, 111.,  was  graduated  in  1888,  and 
took  up  his  theology  at  Xenia  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  Xenia,  0.,  completing 
his  studies  in  1891.  He  began  the  work 
of  a  new  congregation  in  Altoona,  Pa., 
and  remained  there  until  1907,  when  he 
was  elected  by  the  General  Assembly  of 
the  United  Presbyterian  Church  as  na- 
tional secretary  of  the  Board  of  Home 
Mission,  which  position  he  still  holds. 
In  1907  he  received  the  honorary  degree 
of  doctor  of  divinity  from  Grove  City 
College,  Muskingum  College  and  Mon- 
mouth College.  He  was  elected  presi- 
dent of  Muskingum  College,  Ohio,  in 
1904,  but  declined.  He  was  moderator 
of  the  Pittsburgh  Synod  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  Church  in  1901. 


WILLIAM  J.  HOLLAND. 


William  J.  Holland,  Director  of  the 
Carnegie  Museum,  Pittsburgh,  is  a 
world  famous  zoologist.  He  was  born  in 
Jamaica,  West  Indies,  August  16,  1848, 
of  American  parentage,  son  of  F.  R. 
and  Eliza  Augusta  (Wolle)  Holland.  He 
is  a  graduate  of  Moravian  College  and 
Theological  Seminary,  Bethlehem,  Pa., 
Amherst  College,  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary  and  has  been  the  recipient  of 
numerous  honorary  degrees.  Dr.  Hol- 
land married  Miss  Carrie  T.  Moorhead 
of  Pittsburgh,  January  23,  1879.  After 
a  distinguished  ministerial  career  in 
Philadelphia  and  Pittsburgh  he  became 
Chancellor  of  the  Western  University 
of  Pennsylvania.  He  was  naturalist  of 
the  U.  S.  Eclipse  Expedition  to  Japan  in 
1887  and  to  West  Africa  in  1889.  He  is 
recognized  as  an  authority  in  zoology 
and  paleontology,  and  has  contributed 
largely  to  the  literature  of  these  sci- 
ences. Dr.  Holland  has  been  decorated 
by  many  European  monarchs,  and  is  an 
honorary  member  of  many  scientific  so- 
cieties both  at  home  and  abroad. 


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CHARLES 
NEWELL 
BOYD. 


Charles  Newell  Boyd,  teacher  of  piano  music, 
organ  music  and  musical  theory,  was  born  at  Pleasant 
Unity,  Pa.,  December  2,  1875.  His  pa- 
rents were  the  Rev.  A.  Fulton  Boyd  and 
Mrs.  Anna  (nee  Paul)  Boyd.  Mr.  Boyd 
attended  Poland  Union  Seminary,  at 
Poland,  0.,  and  graduated  from  the  University  of 
Pittsburgh  with  the  class  of  '94. 

Few  Pittsburghers  have  attained  greater  achieve- 
ments in  the  field  of  music  than  Mr.  Boyd.  Following 
a  number  of  successful  years  as  a  private  teacher  of 
music,  he  became  instructor  in  church  music  in  the 
Western  Theological  Seminary  on  the  North  Side  in 
1903,  a  position  which  he  still  holds.  He  has  been 
organist  and  musical  director  of  the  North  Avenue 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  since  1894.  Mr.  Boyd's 
business  address  is  6025  Jenkins  Arcade,  Pittsburgh. 


J.  H.  Gittings,  distinguished  pianist,  and  contributor 
to  musical  publications,  is  best  known,  perhaps,  as  the 
H  author  of  his  pamphlet,  "A  New  Musical 

Truth,"  in  which  is  discussed  the  "scien- 
gittings.  tiflc  management  of  all  parts  of  the  hu- 
man mechanism  evolved  in  the  development  of  a  piano 
technique."  Few  Pittsburghers  have  achieved  greater 
fame  in  the  musical  world  than  Mr.  Gittings,  and  his 
home,  at  5535  Ellsworth  avenue,  is  a  meeting  place  for 
the  great  musicians  of  the  country.  Among  the  many 
noted  musicians,  who  have  commented  favorably  upon  "A 
New  Musical  Truth,"  are  Fred  W.  Taylor,  Philadelphia; 
Moritz  Rosenthal,  Germany;  Asa  Yohe  Borchard,  Paris, 
France;  L.  Von  Kunitz,  Vienna,  Austria;  Arthur  Hart- 
man,  New  York;  Leopold  Godowsky,  Vienna;  Myrtle  El- 
wyn  and  Henrietta  A.  Cammeyer,  New  York;  Tura  Ler- 
ner,  Berlin ;  Earl  Mitchell,  Alfred  Calzen,  Chicago ;  Drake 
School  of  Music;  Peter  C.  Kennedy,  Walter  Kirschbaum, 
Toronto,  Canada ;  Katharine  Wilson  Schauffler,  Seal  Har- 
bor, Me. ;  Mary  Ray  Ure,  Pittsburgh. 


MORRIS 
STEPHENS. 


Morris  Stephens,  the  voice  teacher  of  Pittsburgh, 
was  born  at  Dowlais,  Wales,  and  began  singing  in  pub- 
lic at  the  age  of  six,  winning  a  prize. 
He  won  over  fifty  prizes  before  he  was 
fifteen.  At  thirteen  he  led  a  juvenile 
choir  to  success  in  a  large  Eisteddfod,  and  received  two 
diplomas  from  the  Curwen  School  of  Music,  London. 
In  1882  he  came  to  Pittsburgh  and  successfully  directed 
the  Cambrian  Male  Chorus  and  the  Schubert  Male 
Chorus.  After  further  study  in  Europe,  in  1891  he 
became  tenor  soloist  at  the  Shadyside  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  one  of  the  faculty  of  the  Duquesne  Con- 
servatory of  Music.  Later  he  was  associated  with 
many  leading  churches  as  tenor  and  director.  For 
many  years  he  has  been  considered  one  of  the  leading 
voice  teachers  and  singers  of  Pittsburgh. 


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R.  B. 

Ralph  Butler  Savage,  teacher  of 
vocal  music,  was  born  in  Jacksonville, 
Illinois,  September  16,  1870.  His  pa- 
rents were  William  Henry  Savage  and 
Georgiana  (nee  Butler)  Savage.  Even 
while  a  pupil  in  the  public  school  Mr. 
Savage  showed  unusual  musical  talent. 
Parents,  relatives  and  teachers  all 
agreed  that  the  lad  had  a  voice  worth 
cultivating.  So  after  four  years'  study 
in  Boston  with  Hubbard,  Winch  and 
Coolidge  as  instructors  he  went  abroad. 
In  Paris  he  studied  under  Sbriglia  and 
De  Lamarque  until  the  natural  quality 
and  volume  of  his  voice  were  under  per- 
fect control  and  trained  to  express  ac- 
curately and  with  feeling  the  most  diffi- 
cult musical  compositions.  During  the 
last  18  years  Mr.  Savage  has  been  re- 
markably successful  in  developing  and 
cultivating  the  human  voice  and  in  pre- 
paring repertoires  in  various  schools 
and  languages.  Mr.  Savage  has  a  pleas- 
ing personality  with  highly  developed 
musical  talent  and  innate  skill  as  a 
teacher.    He  resides  in  Pittsburgh. 


SAVAGE. 


A.  A.  LAMBING. 


A  unique  figure  is  the  Rev.  Father 
Andrew  Arnold  Lambing,  a  priest  of 
the  Catholic  diocese  of  Pittsburgh,  and 
a  historian  and  writer  of  wide  reputa- 
tion. He  was  born  in  Manorville,  Penn- 
sylvania, February  1,  1842,  being  the 
son  of  Michael  Anthony  and  Anne 
Shields  Lambing.  He  was  ordained  to 
the  priesthood  by  Bishop  Domenec, 
August  4,  1869,  then  went  to  St. 
Francis  College,  Loretto,  and  taught. 
January  5,  1870,  he  was  appointed  pas- 
tor of  St.  Patrick's  church,  at  Cameron 
Bottom,  Indiana  county.  April  21  that 
year  he  was  transferred  to  St.  Mary's 
church,  Kittanning.  January  17,  1873, 
he  was  appointed  to  St.  Mary's  church, 
Freeport.  July  8  of  that  year  he  was 
named  chaplain  of  St.  Paul's  Orphan 
Asylum,  Pittsburgh.  January  7,  1874, 
he  was  appointed  to  the  Church  of  Our 
Lady  of  Consolation,  Pittsburgh.  He 
had  a  remarkably  successful  career 
there,  being  president  of  the  Catholic 
Institute.  His  writings  have  been  man- 
ifold, his  histories  particularly  notable. 


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DR.  F.  M.  SCHRACK. 

Frank  M.  Schrack,  physician  and 
banker,  was  born  February  9,  1879,  in 
Confluence,  Pennsylvania.  His  parents 
were  Singleton  Schrack  and  Elizabeth 
Schrack.  After  finishing  a  course  of 
study  in  the  grammar  schools  and  in 
the  high  school  near  his  home,  Dr. 
Schrack  entered  the  Western  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  graduating  from  the 
medical  department  in  1903.  Since 
then  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice 
of  medicine  in  Pittsburgh. 

Dr.  Schrack  is  actively  interested 
in  all  projects  for  the  civic  betterment 
and  improvement  of  Pittsburgh.  For 
four  years  he  was  school  director  in  the 
old  Sixteenth  ward  of  the  city.  He  is 
president  of  the  Polithania  State  Bank, 
on  the  South  Side  of  Pittsburgh;  be- 
longs to  the  American  Medical  Society, 
the  Pennsylvania  State  Medical  Society 
and  the  Allegheny  County  Medical  So- 
ciety. His  present  address  is  2417  Car- 
son street,  Pittsburgh. 


JAMES  B.  CLARK. 


James  B.  Clark  was  born  in  Pitts- 
burgh February  17,  1871,  the  son  of 
James  L.  Clark  and  Laura  M.  Clark. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Pittsburgh  and  Indiana,  Pa.,  and  in 
the  State  Normal  School  at  Indiana. 
He  is  engaged  in  the  manufacture  and 
distribution  of  motion  picture  films  and 
the  operation  of  motion  picture  and 
other  theatres,  and  is  a  leading  real  es- 
tate dealer  in  Pittsburgh.  He  is  treas- 
urer and  director  of  the  Pittsburgh 
Calcium  Light  and  Film  Company;  a 
director  of  the  Independent  Film  Com- 
pany ;  director  of  the  Pittsburgh  Photo- 
play Company;  treasurer  and  director 
of  the  Feature  Film  and  Calcium  Light 
Company;  president  and  director  of  the 
Cameraphone  Company  of  Pittsburgh ; 
treasurer  and  director  of  the  General 
Amusement  Enterprises ;  president  and 
director  of  the  Arsenal  Theatre  Com- 
pany, and  president  and  director  of  the 
Oakland  Theatre  Company,  and  actively 
connected  with  other  amusement  enter- 
prises.   Mr.  Clark  is  a  Mason. 


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HERMAN  WILLIAM  HECKELMAN. 

Herman    William    Heckelman,    distinguished   army   surgeon   and   specialist   in   dis- 
eases of  the  eye  and  ear,  was  born  August  10,   1848,   in   Lindau,   Kingdom  of  Bavaria, 
Germany.     His    parents    were    Martin 
Heckelman    and    Katharine    (nee    Von 
Fritzhie)  Heckelman. 

When  a  small  boy  Dr.  Heckelman 
was  brought  to  Allegheny,  now  the 
North  Side  of  Pittsburgh,  by  his  pa- 
rents. For  a  short  time  Dr.  Heckelman 
attended  the  primary  schools  of  his  na- 
tive land.  Following  this  he  was  a  pupil 
in  the  public  schools  of  the  old  Third 
ward  of  Allegheny.  Then  he  studied  in 
a  German  academy  for  a  few  years,  fol- 
lowing which  he  entered  the  Jefferson 
Medical  College  of  Philadelphia,  from 
which  he  graduated  with  the  degree 
of  doctor  of  medicine  in  1869.  Not 
content  with  a  medical  education  which 
most  men  would  consider  sufficient  to 
fit  them  for  the  practice  of  their  pro- 
fession, Dr.  Heckelman  spent  the  next 
three  years  in  special  medical  research 
at  Munich,  Vienna  and  Preolia. 

Dr.  Heckelman  was  surgeon  in  the 
German  army  during  the  Franco-Prus- 
sian War  in  1870  and  1871.  He  saw 
much  hard  service  and  was  often  in 
great  personal  danger.  The  army  sur- 
geon usually  stays  in  the  hospital  tent  well  to  the  rear  of  the  army  and  out  of  range  of 
hostile  bullets.  Sometimes,  however,  in  the  bloody  conflict  between  the  French  and  Ger- 
mans the  ebb  and  flow  of  the  battle  would  bring  the  hospitals  within  range  of  the  enemy's 
guns,  and  sometimes  hostile  shells  would  tear  through  the  rooms  where  the  wounded  lay, 
carrying  danger  and  death  to  physicians,  nurses  and  injured  alike.  Dr.  Heckelman  was 
given  an  iron  cross  of  the  second  class  by  the  German  government  for  this  service. 

For  25  years  Dr.  Heckelman  was  a  professor  in  the  Western  Pennsylvania  Medical 
College,  now  the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  of  Pittsburgh,  where  he  taught 
the  diseases  of  the  eye  and  ear.  There  are  few  men  in  Pennsylvania,  or  the  entire 
United  States  for  that  matter,  who  know  more  about  this  subject  than  Dr.  Heckelman. 
He  received  a  bronze  medal  for  an  exhibit  of  anatomical  preparations  and  specimens  illus- 
trating the  diseases  of  the  eye  and  ear,  which  was  shown  at  the  Philadelphia  World's  Fair 
in  1876. 

Dr.  Heckelman  was  the  first  and  only  chairman  of  the  Civil  Service  Commission 
of  the  former  city  of  Allegheny,  under  Mayor  Charles  F.  Kirschler,  and  vice-president 
of  the  first  Civil  Service  Commission  of  Pittsburgh,  under  Mayor  George  W.  Guthrie. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Sinking  Fund  Commission  of  old  Allegheny,  and  of  Pittsburgh 
from  1907  until  1913.  Dr.  Heckelman  is  a  member  of  many  medical  organizations.  He 
is  expert  examiner  of  the  Bureau  of  United  States  Examining  Surgeons.  He  belongs  to 
the  Allegheny  County  Medical  Association,  Pennsylvania  State  Medical  Society  and  the 
National  Medical  Association.  Ever  since  the  completion  of  the  medical  course  in  Jeffer- 
son College,  Dr.  Heckelman  has  been  busily  engaged  in  original  research  work  and  in 
the  practice  of  his  profession. 


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LORENZO 
WATSON 
SWOPE. 


Lorenzo  Watson  Swope,  practicing  general  surgeon 
of  Pittsburgh,  was  born  in  Fulton  county,  Pa.,  May  10, 
1862,  the  son  of  William  and  Lydia  (Hock- 
ensmith)  Swope.  He  received  his  early 
education  in  the  public  and  normal  schools, 
and  his  degree  of  medicine  at  the  Western 
University  of  Pennsylvania;  served  as  interne  of  the 
Western  Pennsylvania  Hospital  and  became  associated 
with  Dr.  Thomas  McCann.  He  succeeded  Dr.  McCann  at 
his  death,  in  1903,  as  general  surgeon  to  the  Western 
Pennsylvania  Hospital.  Dr.  Swope  is  also  surgeon  to  the 
Passavant  Hospital,  consulting  surgeon  to  the  South  Side 
Hospital,  the  McKees  Rocks  Hospital,  the  City  Hospital 
of  Washington,  Pa. ;  chief  surgeon  to  the  Wabash,  Wheel- 
ing &  Lake  Erie  Railways.  He  is  a  member  of  county  and 
state  medical  societies,  and  others ;  of  the  Duquesne,  Uni- 
versity, Country  and  Press  Clubs  of  Pittsburgh,  the  Pitts- 
burgh Athletic  Association  and  the  Masonic  order.  Dr. 
Swope  was  married  to  Miss  Sara  Forsythe  in  1889. 


GEORGE 

CLYDE 

KNEEDLER. 


Doctor  George  Clyde  Kneedler,  of  Pittsburgh,  was 
born  February  22,  1868,  in  Indiana  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania. He  is  the  son  of  John  A.  Kneed- 
ler and  Sarah  C.  (Ritew)  Kneedler. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  In- 
diana county  and  later  the  Indiana  State 
Normal  School.  He  was  graduated  from  the  University 
of  Valparaiso  with  the  degrees  of  bachelor  of  science 
and  civil  engineer.  He  later  attended  the  Western 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  and  from  that  institution 
was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  doctor  of  medicine 
in  1892.  The  doctor  is  also  prominent  in  the  business 
world,  being  vice-president  of  the  Manchester  Savings 
Bank  &  Trust  Company.  He  is  also  a  writer,  being 
the  editor  of  the  ear,  nose  and  throat  department  of 
the  Pittsburgh  Medical  Journal. 


ALFRED 

WILLIAM 

DUFF. 


Alfred  William  Duff,  of  the  Allegheny  county  bar, 
was  born  in  Manordale,  Westmoreland  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, June  6,  1858,  a  son  of  Dr. 
James  H.  Duff  and  Sue  T.  Duff.  He  was 
educated  in  Laird  Institute,  Murrys- 
ville,  and  later  he  took  the  collegiate 
course  at  the  University  of  Pittsburgh,  after  which  he 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Allegheny  county.  He  was 
married  to  Miss  Mary  Boyd,  a  daughter  of  William  and 
Louise  Boyd,  of  Wilkinsburg,  Pa.,  and  has  two  chil- 
dren, William  Boyd  Duff  and  Louise  Duff.  His  resi- 
dence is  at  1200  Center  street,  Wilkinsburg.  The  firm 
of  Duff  &  Carmack,  with  offices  in  the  Berger  building, 
Pittsburgh,  is  well  and  favorably  known.  Mr.  Duff  is 
the  senior  member,  and  the  firm  during  past  and  recent 
years  has  figured  in  many  prominent  legal  cases. 


174 


ELGIE  LA  VERNZE  WASSON. 

Elgie  La  Vernze  Wasson,  famous  surgeon  and  business  man,  was  born  in  New  Cas- 
tle, July  12,  1874.  His  parents  were  William  J.  Wasson  and  Samantha  Jane  (nee  Run- 
baugh)  Wasson.  His  father  is  an  archi- 
tect and  contractor  doing  business  in 
Butler,  New  Castle  and  Grove  City. 

Dr.  Wasson  obtained  his  early  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  Butler 
county,  later  attending  Sunbury  Acade- 
my. After  graduation  from  the  acade- 
my he  taught  school  for  three  years. 
Dr.  Wasson  then  entered  Baltimore 
Medical  College,  from  which  he  gradu- 
ated with  the  degree  of  doctor  of  medi- 
cine in  1898.  He  afterward  entered  the 
University  of  Johns  Hopkins,  finishing 
from  that  institution  in  1902. 

The  first  field  he  chose  for  practice 
was  Callery,  Butler  county,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  general  medical  practice.  In 
1904  he  went  to  Butler,  where  he  be- 
came a  specialist  in  surgery  and  gyne- 
cology. During  his  residence  in  Butler 
he  was  connected  with  the  Butler  Coun- 
ty General  Hospital,  of  which  he  is  now 
head  surgeon.  Dr.  Wasson  has  taken 
several  post-graduate  courses  in  his  specialties 
abreast  with  modern  theories  and  discoveries. 

Dr.  Wasson  is  a  member  of  the  county,  state  and  national  medical  societies.  He  has 
held  the  presidential  chair  in  the  county  organization.  His  fame  for  skill  has  spread 
throughout  the  surrounding  districts.  His  practice  has  been  unusually  large  owing  to  the 
prominent  position  he  holds  in  the  surgical  profession.  He  is  company  surgeon  for  the 
Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railroad  Company  for  Butler  district. 

Dr.  Wasson  has  risen  to  prominence  in  politics.  In  1908  he  was  elected  representa- 
tive to  the  State  Legislature,  and  was  re-elected  in  1910.  During  his  four  years  of  service 
he  was  a  member  of  many  important  committees,  including  the  Health  and  Sanitation  com- 
mittee, of  which  he  was  chairman  during  his  second  term.  Other  committees  to  which 
he  belonged  are :  Banks  and  Banking,  Mines  and  Mining,  Good  Roads,  Educational,  Mili- 
tary Affairs,  Fish  and  Game,  and  Congressional  Apportionments. 

Dr.  Wasson  has  held  interest  in  oil  lands  for  the  past  10  years,  and  has  been  for  that 
length  of  time  actively  engaged  in  the  oil  producing  business.  He  is  a  director  in  the 
Evershed  Land  and  Improvement  Company,  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y. ;  the  New  York  Subur- 
ban and  Realty  Company,  of  New  York  city ;  director  and  vice-president  of  the  Western 
Slope  Copper  Mining  and  Smelting  Company,  of  Grand  Junction,  Col. ;  of  the  California 
Touring  and  Land  Company,  of  Pittsburgh,  and  of  the  Sun  Film  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, of  Pittsburgh. 

Few  men  stand  higher  in  the  Masonic  order  than  does  Dr.  Wasson.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Harmony  Lodge,  No.  429 ;  Butler  Chapter,  No.  273 ;  Loraine  Commandery,  No.  89 ; 
Syria  Shrine,  of  Pittsburgh,  and  the  Pittsburgh  Consistory,  in  which  he  holds  the  thirty- 
second  degree.  He  belongs  to  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  Lodge  No.  170,  of 
Butler;  the  Butler  Country  Club,  the  Oil  Men's  Carnival  Association,  and  others. 

Dr.  Wasson  was  married  twice.  The  second  wife  and  one  child  are  living.  Both 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Wasson  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 


He  is  a  wide  reader  and  has  kept  fully 


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EDWARD  L.  DAWES, 

Second  Vice-President,  Standard  Sanitary  Manufacturing  Company. 


176 


FRANCIS  J.  TORRANCE. 

Francis  J.  Torrance  is  an  example  of  Pittsburgh's  self-made  men.  A  man  of  un- 
usual stability  of  character,  independence  of  action,  large  philanthropy,  and  great  busi- 
ness ability,  Mr.  Torrance  has  been  a  factor  in  the  moral,  business  and  financial  uplift  of 
his  native  city. 

He  was  born  on  the  North  Side  June  29,  1859,  the  son  of  Francis  and  Jane  W.  Tor- 
rance. Mr.  Torrance  has  spent  the  entire  period  of  his  life  in  the  one  neighborhood.  He 
was  educated  in  the  Allegheny  public  schools  and  later  in  Western  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania. 

In  1875  he  organized  the  Standard  Works,  River  avenue,  North  Side,  and  is  still 
identified  with  the  same  company,  although  it  was  consolidated  with  many  other  smaller 
companies  into  the  Standard  Sanitary  Manufacturing  Company  later.  Pittsburgh  is  the 
home  of  the  "Standard"  plumbing  fixtures  and  supplies,  the  original  place  where  they 
were  first  manufactured,  and  it  is  to  Francis  J.  Torrance,  with  his  impressive  personal- 
ity and  exceptional  business  principles  and  foresight  that  Pittsburgh  today  owes  its  stand- 
ing as  the  chief  manufacturing  center  for  these  supplies. 

When  Mr.  Torrance  organized  his  company,  36  or  more  years  ago,  there  was  only  a 
small  building  to  work  in.  Now  the  Standard  Sanitary  Manufacturing  Company  has  five 
plants,  employing  6,000  men.  In  addition  it  has  numerous  showrooms,  warehouses, 
branches  and  agencies  in  the  principal  cities  of  both  hemispheres. 

Mr.  Torrance  founded  his  business  on  one  principle,  "cleanliness."  This  is  in  opera- 
tion and  in  ethical  conception.    His  supplies  are  world-known. 

During  the  years  of  the  existence  of  the  company  as  a  consolidated  business,  Mr. 
Torrance  has  been  actively  engaged  in  supervision  and  direction  of  the  manufacturing 
interests.  He  has  served  in  all  capacities  under  the  company,  having  been  vice-presi- 
dent and  chairman  of  the  executive  committee  for  more  than  13  years. 

Aside  from  the  gigantic  and  specific  work  of  the  manufacturing  plant,  Mr.  Tor- 
rance has  closely  identified  himself  with  all  the  charitable  and  philanthropic  labors  of 
the  State  and  his  own  city. 

He  is  a  central  figure  in  every  philanthropic  movement  that  has  been  propagated 
within  the  last  decade  and  a  half.  He  has  given  money  for  the  support  of  uplift  en- 
deavors, and  has  given  his  personal  services  and  supervision  to  the  direction  of  all  the 
great  and  small  charities  of  the  State.  His  private  philanthropies  are  most  extensive. 
In  Pittsburgh  charities  he  is  a  prominent  factor.  He  has  been  president  of  the  State 
Board  of  Public  Charities  for  many  years,  and  has  served  continuously  as  Commissioner 
of  Charities  since  1895. 

For  many  years  his  river  interests  were  extensive,  and  he  continues  to  hold  stock  in 
river  companies.  The  Francis  J.  Torrance,  the  largest  excursion  boat  ever  operated  in 
local  waters,  was  owned  by  Mr.  Torrance.  Because  of  its  immensity  it  was  finally  sold 
to  a  Cincinnati  company  for  use  in  the  lower  Ohio  and  Mississippi  rivers. 

Mr.  Torrance  is  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Pittsburgh  Exposition  Company,  and  has 
been  one  of  the  promotors  of  the  exhibit  and  publicity  for  Pittsburgh's  annual  show  for 
many  years. 

Mr.  Torrance  is  a  stanch  Republican  in  politics.  He  represented  his  ward  and  party 
for  three  terms  of  four  years  each  in  council.  He  was  president  of  the  select  council  of 
Allegheny  when  that  city  consolidated  with  Pittsburgh. 

As  a  clubman  Mr.  Torrance  has  a  national  reputation.  He  has  been  a  member  of 
the  Duquesne  and  Union  Clubs  since  their  inception.  He  also  has  membership  in  the 
Pittsburgh  Country  Club  and  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
New  York  Club  of  New  York,  the  Strollers,  the  Fulton  Club,  the  Manufacturers'  Club  of 
Philadelphia,  the  Pennsylvania  Club  of  Washington,  D.  C,  and  the  Pittsburgh  Press  Club. 

He  was  married  in  1884  to  Miss  Mary  R.  Dibert,  of  Allegheny,  and  is  an  active 
member  of  the  Sandusky  Street  Baptist  Church. 

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W.  A.  MYLER. 


William  Albert  Myler  of  Pittsburgh 
is  the  son  of  John  A.  and  Mary  Jane  My- 
ler. Mr.  Myler  received  his  early  educa- 
tion in  the  Fourth  ward  public  school,  of 
old  Allegheny.  He  was  connected  with 
the  wholesale  dry  goods  business,  in  the 
firm  of  T.  T.  Myler  &  Company,  in  Wood 
street,  from  1866  to  1875 ;  associated 
also  with  Auday,  Myler  &  Allison  in  the 
dry  goods  business,  and  with  Myler 
Bros,  in  the  flour  and  feed  business  in 
old  Allegheny  for  two  years.  For  nine 
years  he  was  with  the  Standard  Manu- 
facturing Company,  then  Dawes  &  My- 
ler started  in  the  foundry  and  enamel- 
ing business  in  New  Brighton,  and  Mr. 
Myler  became  identified  with  them. 
January  1,  1900,  Mr.  Myler  joined  the 
ranks  of  the  Standard  Sanitary  Manu- 
facturing Company  as  secretary  and 
treasurer,  this  company  being  a  consoli- 
dation of  Dawes  &  Myler,  the  Standard 
Manufacuring  Co.,  Ahrens  &  Ott  Mfg. 
Co.  and  several  other  plants.  Mr.  My- 
ler is  a  member  of  the  Duquesne,  Union, 
Oakmont  Country  and  the  Beaver  Val- 
ley Country  Clubs. 


A.  A.  FRAUENHEIM. 


August  A.  Frauenheim,  banker 
and  manufacturer,  was  born  in  Pitts- 
burgh November  10,  1866.  He  was  edu- 
cated at  Duquesne  University  of  Pitts- 
burgh, and  St.  Vincent  College,  at 
Beatty,  Pa.,  graduating  from  the  latter 
institution  in  1884.  His  parents  were 
Edward  Frauenheim  and  Mary  Meyer 
Frauenheim.  Mr.  Frauenheim  is  presi- 
dent of  the  Iron  City  Sanitary  Manu- 
facturing Company  of  Pittsburgh, 
manufacturers  of  iron  enameled  sani- 
tary ware ;  president  of  Epping-Carpen- 
ter  Pump  Company  of  Pittsburgh, 
manufacturers  of  pumping  machinery; 
president  of  Zelienople  Land  Company; 
vice-president  German  National  Bank 
of  Pittsburgh;  director  Pittsburgh 
Brewing  Company,  Wheatly  Hills  Land 
Company  of  Long  Island  and  Pitts- 
burgh Hospital.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Duquesne  Club  of  Pittsburgh,  Pitts- 
burgh Athletic  Association,  Pittsburgh 
Country  Club,  Press  Club  and  German 
Club.  He  was  married  in  1890  to. 
Marie  A.  Dietrich.  There  are  no  chil- 
dren. 


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FACTORIES  OF  THE  STANDARD  SANITARY    MANUFACTURING  CO. 


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STANDARD  SANITARY   MANUFACTURING   CO. 

The  first  "Standard"  Porcelain  Enameled  Bath  was  made  in  1875,  in  the  River  Ave- 
nue plant  of  the  Standard  Manufacturing  Company,  Allegheny,  now  a  part  of  Pitts- 
burgh, Pennsylvania.  The  capital  of  the  company  was  $75,000 ;  number  of  employes, 
100;  and  daily  factory  capacity,  two  baths.  The  public's  appreciation  of  sanitation  was 
not  then  awakened  nor  developed,  and  the  production  of  two  bath  tubs  per  day  was  con- 
sidered remarkable. 

The  first  attempts  to  apply  a  white  enamel  coating  to  an  iron  body  were  found  to  be 
extremely  difficult  and  costly.  However,  the  difficulties  were  thought  to  be  eventually 
possible  of  solution,  and  the  "Standard"  product  of  today  is  ample  proof  of  this.  What 
has  been  accomplished  has  been  the  result  of  long  and  diligent  labor,  research  and  study, 
and  the  expenditure  of  large  sums  of  money. 

From  a  very  small  organization  the  Standard  Sanitary  Manufacturing  Co.,  of  Pitts- 
burgh, has  grown  to  the  largest  in  the  world  in  its  line,  and  its  product  is  sold  and  used 
in  every  part  of  the  civilized  world. 

The  present  company  was  incorporated  in  the  year  1900  with  a  capital  of  $5,000,000, 
which  has  since  been  increased  to  $10,000,000.  The  number  of  employes  is  over  5,500, 
and  the  combined  daily  factory  capacity  is  2,000  bath  tubs,  2,000  lavatories,  2,000  sinks, 
and  a  large  output  of  miscellaneous  fixtures,  plumber's  brass  and  wood  work. 

The  original  "Standard"  plant  of  1875  occupied  only  two-thirds  of  an  acre  of  ground, 
with  buildings  containing  60,000  square  feet  of  floor  space.  Today  the  factories  cover 
over  forty-seven  acres  of  ground  with  buildings  having  2,200,000  square  feet  of  floor 
space. 

There  have  been  sold  over  3,000,000  "Standard"  Bath  Tubs,  3,000,000  "Standard" 
Lavatories,  and  over  10,000,000  miscellaneous  fixtures,  and  while  the  quality  has  con- 
stantly increased,  the  selling  price  to  the  consumer  has  steadily  decreased,  until  today 
genuine  "Standard"  Plumbing  Fixtures  are  within  the  reach  of  every  builder. 


A.  E.  ARROTT. 

Albert  E.  Arrott,  director  in  the  United  States  Sanitary  Manufacturing  Company, 
was  born  in  old  Allegheny  City  November  7,  1877.  He  is  the  son  of  J.  W.  Arrott,  Sr., 
and  Isabella  Waddell  Arrott. 

Mr.  Arrott  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Sewickley  and  in  the  Law- 
renceville  Preparatory  School  of  Lawrenceville,  New  Jersey. 

Mr.  Arrott  is  identified  with  several  railroad  companies,  holding  large  interests.  He 
is  vice-president  and  director  of  the  United  States  Sanitary  Manufacturing  Company, 
which  is  noted, for  the  manufacture  of  enamel  ware  and  plumbing  supplies. 

Aside  from  his  railroad  and  manufacturing  interests  Mr.  Arrott  is  interested  in  the 
National  Guard  of  the  State.  He  is  a  member  of  Company  F,  Fourteenth  Pennsylvania 
Volunteers  of  1898,  and  also  of  the  German  Club  of  Pittsburgh. 

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DAVID  HERBERT  HOSTETTER. 

David  Herbert  Hostetter,  president  of  the  Hostetter  Company  of  Pittsburgh,  is  the 
son  of  a  distinguished  manufacturer,  railroad  builder,  oil  and  gas  pioneer  and  banker  of 
Pittsburgh.  From  his  father  he  inher- 
ited vast  holdings  in  a  large  number  of 
profitable  enterprises,  but  of  late  years 
he  has  resigned  his  offices  in  those  insti- 
tutions. All  of  his  attention  is  being  de- 
voted to  the  manufacture  of  the  prep- 
aration that  brought  to  his  family  fame 
the  world  over. 

Mr.  Hostetter's  grandfather  was  a 
physician  of  Pittsburgh,  and  it  was 
from  him  that  the  recipe  for  the  famous 
Hostetter's  Bitters  was  obtained.  His 
son,  the  father  of  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  associated  himself  with  George 
W.  Smith,  of  Lancaster,  and  the  two,  by 
extensive  advertising,  brought  their  pro- 
duct in  demand  in  every  part  of  the 
country.  With  the  increase  of  the  elder 
Hostetter's  fortune  he  decided  to  invest 
heavily  in  some  of  the  enterprises  then 
beginning  to  interest  the  people.  He  be- 
came a  pioneer  in  oil  and  natural  gas, 
and  financed  several  companies.  He 
was  instrumental  in  the  founding  of  the 
old  Fort  Pitt  National  Bank  and  was  a 
director  in  the  Farmers  Deposit  Na- 
tional Bank.  He  promoted  railroad  construction  and  did  much  toward  the  building  of 
the  P.  &  L.  E.  Railroad.  For  a  period  of  time  he  was  the  president  of  the  Pittsburgh, 
McKeesport  &  Youghiogheny  Railroad,  and  had  an  interest  in  the  Pennsylvania.  At 
the  time  of  his  death,  in  New  York,  November  6,  1888,  his  son  had  been  married  to  Miss 
Miriam  R.  Gerdes  just  one  year.  He  immediately  took  hold  of  the  interests  left  by  his 
father  and  has  since  then  been  in  general  charge. 

David  H.  Hostetter  was  born  in  Allegheny,  August  31,  1859.  After  studying  under 
private  tutors  he  began  a  preparatory  course  at  the  Western  University.  In  1877  he  went 
to  Germany,  where  he  studied  for  one  year  at  Heidelberg  University.  Upon  return- 
ing to  Pittsburgh  in  1879,  he  graduated  from  Duff's  College,  and  then,  for  the  sake  both 
of  adventure  and  his  health,  he  engaged  in  ranching  and  wheat  raising  in  North  Dakota 
and  the  Red  Lands.  He  remained  there  one  year,  then  returned  to  Pittsburgh  to  help 
his  father  with  the  burden  of  his  many  duties.  There  he  took  up  work  in  the  railroad 
and  gas  business.  A  short  time  previous  his  father's  extensive  oil  holdings  had  been 
absorbed  by  the  Standard  Oil  Company.  But  the  railroad  and  banking  interests  kept  him 
well  occupied,  and  when  his  father  died  he  was  left  to  manage  the  large  manufacturing 
plant  here.  Several  years  ago  his  duties  became  too  manifold  and  he  relinquished  his 
position  on  various  boards  of  directors. 

,'•"•  In  a  social  way  Mr.  Hostetter  is  thoroughly  well  known,  not  alone  in  Pittsburgh  but 
in  other  large  cities  of  the  country.  He  is  a  member  of  the  New  York  Yacht  Club,  the 
Larchmont  Yacht  Club,  the  Duquesne  Club,  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association,  the  Alle- 
gheny Country  and  the  Pittsburgh  Country  Clubs,  the  Oakmont  Club,  the  Eqwanok 
Country  Club,  and  several  others. 


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D.  L.  CLARK. 

David  L.  Clark  is  one  of  the  fore- 
most men  in  Pittsburgh,  or  in  fact  in 
this  country  who  saw  the  fortune  to  be 
made  from  the  sale  of  specially  treated 
popcorn.  Mr.  Clark  was  born  in  County 
Derry,  Ireland,  September  26,  1864,  the 
son  of  Samuel  and  Jane  Clark,  and  came 
to  this  country  with  his  parents  when 
he  was  but  six  years  old.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Pittsburgh. 
He  is  the  inventor  of  the  famous  Zig- 
Zag  confection.  Besides  being  presi- 
dent of  the  D.  L.  Clark  Company  at 
Pittsburgh,  Mr.  Clark  is  president  of 
the  following  companies :  Youngstown 
Candy  Company,  at  Youngstown,  0.; 
LaBelle  Candy  Company,  Steubenville, 
0.;  Jewell  Candy  Company,  McKees- 
port,  Pa.;  Fayette  Candy  Company, 
Uniontown,  Pa.,  and  several  others. 
He  is  half  owner  of  the  Model  Candy 
Company  at  Beaver  Falls,  Pa.,  and  is  a 
director  in  the  First  National  Bank  of 
McKeesport.  He  is  the  father  of  13 
children  and  is  a  32nd  degree  Mason. 

M.  G.  BRYCE. 


Marion  G.  Bryce,  president  of  the 
United  States  Glass  Company,  and  a  de- 
scendent  of  James  Bryce,  pioneer  glass 
manufacturer  of  Pittsburgh,  was  born 
March  6,  1861,  in  Pittsburgh.  His  pa- 
rents were  John  P.  Bryce  and  Elizabeth 
(nee  Griffin)  Bryce. 

Mr.  Bryce's  ancestors  came  from 
Scotland.  His  grandfather,  James 
Bryce,  a  shrewd,  far-sighted  pioneer, 
who  settled  south  of  the  Monongahela 
river  in  what  is  now  the  South  Side  of 
Pittsburgh,  started  in  the  manufacture 
of  glass,  a  business  in  which  his  sons 
and  grandsons  have  followed  ever  since. 


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GEORGE  S.  WARD. 

George  S.  Ward,  vice-president  of  the  Ward  Baking  Company,  a  concern  that  is  one 
of  the  largest  and  best  known  in  the  Pittsburgh  district,  was  born  in  Allegheny  City,  and 
as  a  boy  attended  the  old  Sixth  Ward 
public  school. 

While  still  a  public  school  pupil  Mr. 
Ward  learned  the  baking  business  with 
his  father,  Hugh  Ward,  who  was  the 
original  founder  of  the  now  famous 
Ward's  bread.  His  later  success  in  this 
business  is  due  in  no  small  degree  to  the 
training  he  received  so  early  in  life 
from  his  father.  At  the  elder  Ward's 
death,  Mr.  Ward  succeeded  him,  taking 
charge  of  the  business  despite  the  fact 
that  he  was  but  seventeen  years  of  age. 
At  this  period  he  attended  the  night  ses- 
sions of  Duff's  College,  taking  a  course 
in  bookkeeping.  When  21  years  old  he 
removed  from  Allegheny  to  the  East 
End,  Pittsburgh,  and  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  his  brother  there,  the  firm  be- 
ing known  as  R.  B.  Ward  &  Company. 
In  1897  this  company  was  incorporated 
under  the  name  of  the  Ward-Mackey 
Company,  of  which  George  S.  Ward  was 
made  vice-president,  and,  owing  to  his 
thorough  understanding  of  the  business, 
general  manager. 

In  later  years  the  Ward-Corby  Company  was  organized,  with  Mr.  Ward  as  vice-presi- 
dent. This  concern  installed  bakeries  in  the  cities  of  St.  Paul,  Chicago,  Boston  and  Provi- 
dence. In  1905  Mr.  Ward  secured  control  of  the  Ohio  Baking  Company,  of  Cleveland, 
and  in  addition  to  the  caring  for  the  operations  of  the  Pittsburgh  company,  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Ohio  concern,  directing  its  business  affairs. 

In  1911  the  Ward  Bread  Company  was  organized,  installing  plants  in  the  cities  of 
New  York  and  Brooklyn.  In  1912  all  of  the  above  mentioned  companies  were  consoli- 
dated and  merged  into  the  Ward  Baking  Company,  a  New  York  corporation,  with  head- 
quarters in  New  York  City  and  operating  bakeries  in  New  York,  Brooklyn,  Boston, 
Providence,  Pittsburgh,  Cleveland  and  Chicago,  having  fourteen  plants  in  all,  and  being 
the  largest  producers  of  bread  in  the  world. 

In  the  fall  of  1912,  because  of  the  location  of  the  general  offices  in  New  York  City, 
Mr.  Ward  moved  to  New  York  City  from  Sewickley,  Pa.,  where  he  had  resided  for  a 
number  of  years.  He  and  his  family  are  members  of  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  of  Sewickley,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Duquesne,  Pittsburgh  Athletic  and  Oak- 
mont  Country  Clubs. 

Mr.  Ward  is  a  life  member  of  the  Americus  Republican  Club,  life  member  and  Past 
Master  of  Duquesne  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M.,  Pittsburgh  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.,  Past  Commander 
Duquesne  Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  and  a  member  of  Syria  Temple,  Nobles  of  the 
Mystic  Shrine. 

183 


FAMOUS  BISCUIT  COMPANY. 


A  firm  which  has  earned  a  flattering  amount  of  success  and  has  received  the  good- 
will of  the  public  is  the  Famous  Biscuit  Company,  established  at  Nos.  1801-9  Forbes 
street.  It  is  a  corporation  with  a  capital  of  $500,000,  organized  for  business  February  1, 
1905,  by  Thomas  R.  Mackey,  John  A.  Simeral,  Frank  Wilbert  and  C.  F.  Crelier.  The 
company  manufactures  crackers,  cakes  and  biscuit.  It  was  chartered  under  the  name  of 
the  Thomas  R.  Mackey  Baking  Company.  The  company  began  active  business  Febru- 
ary 1,  1906,  and  for  four  years  was  managed  by  Mr.  Mackey.  In  1909  the  name  of  the 
company  was  changed  to  the  title:  "Famous  Biscuit  Company,"  and  John  A.  Simeral 
was  elected  the  new  president  and  general  manager,  filling  the  office  with  rare  discre- 
tion. During  the  present  year  the  company  has  added  to  its  manufacturing  output  a 
Sugar  Wafer  equipment,  and  the  company's  product  has  met  with  a  steadily  growing 
demand.  The  company's  plant  was  erected  especially  for  the  purpose  designed,  and  has 
a  capacity  for  baking  150  barrels  of  flour  daily.  There  are  90  men  and  140  women  em- 
ployed, with  45  salesmen.  Although  in  business  only  seven  years,  the  Famous  Biscuit 
Company  has  had  unparalleled  success,  selling  its  product  in  five  States.  The  quality  of 
its  cakes  and  biscuits  is  responsible  for  the  company's  remarkable  growth.  There  are 
branches  established  at  Altoona,  Pa. ;  New  Brighton,  Pa. ;  Youngstown,  O. ;  Wheeling  and 

Fairmont,  W.  Va.  Charles  F.  Crelier,  a  baker  of  40 
years'  experience,  superintends  the  manufacturing; 
Frank  Wilbert  is  the  city  sales  manager,  and  John  A. 
Simeral  the  general  manager  and  the  country  sales 
manager. 

John  Archibald  Simeral  (originally  and  correctly, 
Simrall),  president  of  the  Famous  Biscuit  Company, 
was  born  in  Bloomfield,  Jefferson  county,  Ohio,  but 
spent  his  young  manhood  at  Steubenville,  Ohio.  His 
parents  were  William  Ferguson  Simeral  and  Nancy 
Davis  Simeral.  Mr.  Simeral  was  educated  in  Steu- 
benville's  public  schools,  and  the  old  Steubenville  Grove 
Academy,  and  at  a  Pittsburgh  business  college.  Mr. 
Simeral  came  to  Pittsburgh  in  1877,  and  entered  the 
Auditing  Department  of  the  Panhandle  Railroad.  In 
1881  he  connected  with  a  wholesale  grocery,  continuing 
until  1906,  when  he  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the 
now  Famous  Biscuit  Company  of  Pittsburgh.  His  wife 
died  March  15,  1895,  leaving  five  children,  who  have 
been  Mr.  Simeral's  pride. 

JOHN   A.    SIMERAL. 

Earle  R,  Marvin,  manufacturer  of  food  products, 
was  born  November  26,  1874,  in  Fayette  street,  Alle- 
gheny. His  father  was  Sylvester  S. 
Marvin,  of  the  S.  S.  Marvin  &  Company, 
now  a  part  of  the  National  Biscuit  Com- 
pany. His  mother  was  Mathilda  (nee  Rumsey)  Mar- 
vin. Mr.  Marvin  was  graduated  from  Andover  in  1893 
and  from  Yale  in  1896.  He  became  superintendent  of 
the  Pittsburgh  branch  of  the  National  Biscuit  Com- 
pany. In  1905  he  resigned  and  organized  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Chocolate  Company,  of  which  he  is  manager. 
Mr.  Marvin  is  director  in  the  Commonwealth  Trust 
Company  and  the  West  Penn  Hospital,  and  belongs  to 
the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  the  Theta  Xi  fra- 
ternity, the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association,  the  Auto- 
mobile Club  of  Pittsburgh,  Pittsburgh  Board  of  Trade 
and  the  Masonic  Order. 

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EARLE   R. 
MARVIN. 


HENRY  J.  HEINZ. 

Henry  J.  Heinz,  president  of  the  H.  J.  Heinz  Company,  well  known  throughout  the 
United  States  and  foreign  countries  as  packers  of  the  "57  Varieties"  of  pickles,  sauces 
and    other    condiments,    is   the    son   of 
Henry  Heinz  and  Anna  M.  Heinz.     Mr. 
Heinz     was     educated     in     the     public 
schools. 

During  boyhood  days  when  Henry 
J.  Heinz  was  not  in  school  he  assisted 
his  father,  who  was  engaged  in  brick- 
making  and  contracting.  There  was  al- 
ways a  deep  bond  of  sympathy  between 
the  elder  Heinz  and  his  son.  As  the  lad 
grew  towards  manhood  this  bond  be- 
came stronger  until  at  last  the  father 
came  to  depend  almost  entirely  upon  the 
son  for  the  management  of  the  little 
contracting  business.  At  length  the  son 
was  taken  in  as  a  partner.  After  this 
and  upon  the  suggestion  of  the  son  a 
market  garden  was  added  to  the  con- 
tracting business.  Soon  the  garden  be- 
came the  most  profitable  enterprise  of 
the  two. 

In  1896  the  son  started  a  modest 
business  of  packing  horseradish.  This 
was  the  real  origin  of  the  H.  J.  Heinz 
Company.  Soon  the  packing  of  pickles 
and  other  appetizing  foods  began.     The 

cleanliness  and  purity  maintained  when  Mr.  Heinz  worked  in  the  first  kitchen  with  his 
own  hands,  and  which,  perhaps,  was  the  initial  secret  of  his  success,  is  continued  today  in 
what  is  one  of  the  largest  establishments  of  the  kind  in  the  world. 

The  parent  plant  is  now  located  in  the  North  Side  of  Pittsburgh.  There  are  branch 
establishments  in  six  States  of  the  country  and  in  three  foreign  countries.  Branch 
warehouses  are  maintained  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Mr.  Heinz  is  president  of  this 
company. 

Mr.  Heinz  has  few  business  interests  outside  of  the  preparation  of  foods.  He  is 
president,  however,  of  the  Winona  Interurban  Railway  Company,  and  a  director  of  the 
Union  National  Bank  and  of  the  Western  Insurance  Company. 

A  beautiful  mansion  in  the  East  End  of  Pittsburgh,  furnished  with  a  large  library 
and  many  collections  of  quaint  and  interesting  relics,  is  Mr.  Heinz's  home.  He  belongs 
to  the  Duquesne,  Union  and  Country  Clubs,  of  Pittsburgh,  and  the  Automobile  Club  of 
New  York.  He  devotes  less  time,  however,  to  amusements  than  do  most  business  men. 
The  close  application  necessary  during  his  early  life  to  win  success  has  apparently  be- 
come a  habit  from  which  it  is  difficult  for  him  to  break  away.  Much  of  his  time  is  de- 
voted to  religious  and  educational  work.  Nowhere  is  Mr.  Heinz  more  at  home  than  among 
the  boys  and  girls  of  his  Sunday  school.  Rarely  does  he  miss  a  session  and  the  subject 
under  discussion  for  the  day  is  always  thoroughly  familiar  to  Mr.  Heinz.  He  attends 
many  church  and  educational  conventions,  and  is  president  of  the  Pennsylvania  State 
Sunday  School  Association. 

Few  business  men  carry  the  religious  precepts  taught  in  Church  and  Sunday  school 
into  the  office  or  factory  on  week  days  as  conscientiously  as  does  Mr.  Heinz.  Libraries, 
reading  rooms,  bath  houses  of  the  most  sanitary  and  modern  type,  lunch  rooms,  a  large 
swimming  pool  are  maintained  in  his  North  Side  plant  free  to  all  the  employes. 

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JOHN    H. 

SMITLEY. 


John  H.  Smitley  is  one  of  Pittsburgh's  well-known 
business  men.  He  is  president  of  Reymer  &  Brothers, 
Inc.,  of  Pittsburgh,  a  company  which 
stands  among  the  foremost  candy,  con- 
fectionery and  cigar  companies  in  this 
section  of  the  country. 

It  was  under  Mr.  Smitley's  official  guidance  that 
the  Reymer  Company  has  grown  and  expanded  with 
its  success.  The  concern  now  has  a  model  factory  in 
Forbes  street,  Pittsburgh,  probably  not  excelled  for  its 
purposes,  and  its  products  are  known  the  country  over. 

Mr.  Smitley  also  is  a  financial  power,  and  no  little 
of  his  prominence  and  esteem  accrues  from  his  mem- 
bership in  the  directorates  of  the  Commercial  National 
Bank  and  the  Commonwealth  Trust  Company,  both  of 
Pittsburgh.  Mr.  Smitley  is  a  well-known  member  of 
the  Duquesne  Club  of  Pittsburgh. 


WILLIAM  w. 
WARREN. 


William  W.  Warren  was  born  in  Drennen,  Pa., 
September  22,  1869.  He  is  the  son  of  Perry  D.  and 
Eliza  C.  WTarren.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  and  at  the  Iron  City 
College,  Pittsburgh.  In  1886  Mr.  War- 
ren removed  to  Pittsburgh  and  early  became  identified 
with  the  ice  manufacturing  business.  He  first  became 
affiliated  with  the  Bruce  Ice  Company  in  1887  and  he 
remained  with  that  concern  until  1891.  During  the 
period  covering  1892-98  he  was  prominently  connected 
with  the  Eureka  Ice  Company.  In  1899  he  became 
general  manager  of  the  Pittsburgh  Ice  Company  and 
he  continues  in  that  position  today.  Mr.  WTarren  is  a 
director  of  the  East  End  Savings  &  Trust  Company 
and  of  the  Pittsburgh  Board  of  Trade.  He  is  a  Mason, 
a  member  of  the  Pennsylvania  Country  Club  and  of 
Pittsburgh  Lodge  No.  11,  B.  P.  0.  E.  He  is  a  resident 
of  the  East  End  district,  in  Pittsburgh. 


THOMPSON 
DISTILLING 
COMPANY. 


A.    J.    STJNSTEIN. 


The  Thompson  Distilling  Company  was  purchased  by 
A.  J.  Sunstein  in  1889.  This  distillery  makes  only  pure 
rye  whisky,  which  is  sold  in  all  parts  of  the 
country.  Sam  Thompson  is  one  of  the  old- 
est brands  of  whisky  produced  continuous- 
ly in  Pennsylvania.  The  distillery  was  es- 
tablished in  1844.  It  is  located  on  the  Monongahela  river 
at  West  Brownsville.  The  Sam  Thompson  whisky  is  pro- 
duced exclusively  from  choice  rye  and  malt.  There  is  no 
purer,  better  flavored  or  richer  bodied  whisky  manu- 
factured. 

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JOHN  FRANCIS  HOWLEY. 

Business  and  horse  fancying  do  not  usually  go  together.  The  two  occupations 
make  what  is  frequently  regarded  as  a  bad  combination.  However,  there  are  a  few  rare 
instances  on  record  in  which  business 
men  attended  to  their  business  and 
their  pleasures,  too,  without  making  a 
failure  of  either.  One  man  who  has 
done  this  and  is  still  doing  it  is  John 
Francis  Howley,  of  Pittsburgh.  Mr. 
Howley  is  now  the  vice-president  of  the 
Pittsburgh  Provision  &  Packing  Com- 
pany, and  the  vice-president  of  the 
Pittsburgh  Union  Stock  Yard  Com- 
pany. In  addition  to  that  he  is  known 
as  the  owner  of  a  fine  string  of  horses 
and  a  breeder  of  choice  stock.  It  was 
by  slow  degrees  that  he  worked  his  way 
up  in  life  until  he  reached  the  eminence 
he  now  enjoys. 

The  son  of  John  C.  Howley  and 
Mrs.  Catherine  (Malloy)  Howley,  Mr. 
Howley  was  born  in  Pittsburgh  January 
6,  1869.  He  began  his  studies  at  the 
public  schools,  attended  high  school,  and 
entered  the  Iron  City  Business  College, 
where  he  graduated  in  1875.  His  first 
position  was  obtained  two  years  later 
with  the  Crescent  Tube  Works,  located 
in    the    Fourteenth    ward,    Soho.     This 

firm  had  formerly  been  the  Evans,  Dalzell  Company,  wrought  iron  tube  manufacturers. 
Mr.  Howley  began  work  there  as  a  timekeeper  and  paymaster.  He  remained  steadily  with 
this  company  until  it  was  absorbed  by  Joshua  Rhodes  &  Co.,  which  merged  it  with  the 
National  Tube  Company. 

The  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company  next  claimed  his  attention.  He  applied  for 
and  obtained  a  position  with  that  corporation  in  June,  1882,  and  was  put  in  the  account- 
ing department  of  the  lines  running  west  of  Pittsburgh.  Two  years  later  he  was  made 
traveling  auditor,  with  headquarters  in  Indianapolis.  He  remained  in  this  position  for 
ten  years,  and  during  that  time  he  was  married  to  Miss  Anna  Norton,  of  Louisville, 
Kentucky. 

June  15,  1894,  he  resigned  his  position  with  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company  and 
accepted  the  position  of  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Pittsburgh  Provision  &  Packing 
Company.  Later  he  was  made  a  director  and  vice-president  of  this  concern.  October  2, 
1909,  he  was  elected  to  serve  in  the  same  capacity  with  the  Pittsburgh  Union  Stock  Yards 
Kentucky. 

Mr.  Howley  is  known  as  a  lover  and  judge  of  a  good  horse,  and  can  be  seen  almost 
any  fine  day  driving  a  blue  ribbon  winner  on  the  boulevards.  He  is  known  as  a  breeder 
and  owner  of  some  of  the  best  and  fastest  trotting  horses  bred  in  the  State  of  Ken- 
tucky. He  is  the  owner  of  "Prince  Axworthy,"  and  his  daughter,  Miss  Frances  Howley, 
has  placed  some  of  his  stock  in  the  Sewickley  Horse  Show  and  the  Schenley  Horse  Show 
and  has  drawn  prizes  in  both. 

Even  though  his  business  connections  take  up  most  of  his  time,  Mr.  Howley  finds  oc- 
casional hours  for  his  clubs.  He  belongs  to  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Club,  the  Pittsburgh 
Driving  Club,  Schenley  Matinee  Club,  the  Pittsburgh  Press  Club,  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce and  the  Pittsburgh  Board  of  Trade. 

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EDWARD   E.   BAKER. 


Edward  Enzer  Baker,  founder  and 
president  of  the  Baker  Office  Furniture 
Company,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  was  born  on 
a  farm  near  Morgantown,  W.  Va., 
March  18,  1860,  the  son  of  Henry  C. 
and  Eliza  J.  Baker.  At  the  age  of  17 
Mr.  Baker  began  teaching  in  the  coun- 
try schools  during  the  winter  seasons ; 
during  spring  and  fall  he  attended  the 
West  Virginia  University  for  several 
years.  At  the  age  of  21  he  came  to 
Pittsburgh  and  later  went  on  the  road 
for  six  years.  On  January  1,  1889, 
Mr.  Baker  came  back  to  Pittsburgh  and 
started  the  first  office  furniture  store, 
for  the  exclusive  sale  of  office  furniture 
and  specialties,  in  this  country.  He  has 
invented  a  number  of  articles  that  are 
now  on  the  market  in  his  line  of  busi- 
ness. Mr.  Baker  is  numbered  among  the 
few  expert  office  furniture  men  of  the 
country.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce,  the  Pittsburgh  Ath- 
letic Association  and  the  Duquesne  Club. 
He  is  a  Knight  Templar,  a  thirty-second 
degree  Mason  and  a  Shriner. 


CHARLES  A.  GLOEKLER. 


First  class  dealers  the  country  over 
have  the  Gloekler  products — enamel 
fixtures — in  stock,  and  their  popularity 
contributes  in  no  small  measure  to  the 
good  name  of  Pittsburgh  as  a  manufac- 
turing city.  The  Gloekler  store,  Penn 
avenue,  Pittsburgh,  handles  exclusively 
the  goods  brought  there  from  the  Gloek- 
ler factories.  Between  the  factory  and 
the  store  there  is  no  middleman,  so  that 
people  dealing  there  enjoy  the  good  for- 
tune of  carrying  the  jobbers'  profits 
away  with  their  purchases.  This  big 
store  is  known  far  and  wide  as  the 
Bernard  Gloekler  Company,  and  was 
founded  some  years  ago  by  the  father  of 
the  present  president  of  the  concern, 
Charles  A.  Gloekler.  Mr.  Gloekler  is  a 
Pittsburgher,  and  has  all  the  "push" 
and  "go"  in  him  for  which  Pittsburgh- 
ers  are  generally  noted.  He  was  born 
in  the  Iron  City,  July  19,  1864,  and 
after  the  business  on  Penn  avenue  had 
been  established  he  worked  there  under 
his  father.  When  the  elder  Gloekler 
died  his  son  took  charge. 


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WILLIAM   H.   MOORE, 

Manager,   Pittsburgh   Branch,    The    White   Company, 
Craig  Street  and  Baum  Boulevard. 


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EDWARD 

JUDGE 

THOMPSON. 


A  career  varied  and  interesting  is  that  of  Edward 
Judge  Thompson,  of  Pittsburgh.  Beginning  as  a 
printer  he  has  also  been  a  lumberman, 
soldier,  a  leading  man  of  drama,  oil  pro- 
ducer and  automobile  builder.  Mr. 
Thompson  was  born  December  9,  1871, 
at  Logansport,  Indiana,  a  son  of  Charles  F.  and  Eliza- 
beth Twells  Thompson.  With  his  father  and  brother 
he  developed  timber  lands  in  Wisconsin,  traveling  the 
Great  Lakes  on  the  company's  lumber  vessels  when 
very  young.  After  serving  with  honor  in  the  National 
Guard  of  Illinois  and  Wisconsin  for  seven  years  he 
entered  upon  a  dramatic  career;  after  which  he  oper- 
ated in  the  oil  fields  of  West  Virginia  for  several  years. 
He  came  to  Pittsburgh,  where  he  is  now  president  and 
general  manager  of  the  E.  J.  Thompson  Company, 
manufacturing  automobile  equipment  at  Forbes  Field. 


THOMAS  F. 
DUNN. 


Thomas  F.  Dunn,  automobile  dealer,  is  the  son  of 
Richard  Dunn  and  Mary  Dunn.  After  spending  a  few 
years  on  the  farm  with  his  father  Mr. 
Dunn  engaged  in  the  bicycle  business, 
and  was  one  of  the  pioneer  racing  men 
on  the  Eastern  Circuit  in  both  track  and  road  racing. 
Mr.  Dunn  entered  the  automobile  business  with  the 
Mobile  Company  of  America  at  Tarrytown  fifteen 
years  ago.  In  the  season  of  1906-1907  Mr.  Dunn 
brought  fame  to  Pittsburgh  by  making  perfect  scores 
and  winning  all  track  races  which  he  entered.  He  has 
never  been  defeated  in  an  automobile  race  or  tour.  He 
belongs  to  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association,  the 
Columbus  Club,  the  Rotary  Club  and  the  Automobile 
Club.  The  Painter-Dunn  Company,  of  which  he  is  the 
vice-president  and  general  manager,  has  been  entirely 
successful. 


WILLIAM 

NIMICK 

MURRAY. 


Prominent  among  the  numerous  automobile  deal- 
ers of  the  Pittsburgh  district,  and  known  as  a  man  in- 
terested in  the  development  of  the  auto- 
mobile industry,  is  William  Nimick 
Murray,  president  of  the  Packard 
Motor  Car  Company,  of  Pittsburgh. 
For  years  Mr.  Murray  has  been  known  to  Pittsburgh- 
ers  and  automobilists,  not  only  for  his  affiliation  with 
the  Packard  Company,  but  because  of  his  prominence 
in  the  Automobile  Dealers'  Association,  of  which  he  is 
president.  Mr.  Murray  is  a  son  of  Anthony  Short 
Murray  and  Mary  Bailey  Nimick.  His  connection 
with  the  Packard  Company  brings  him  into  contact 
with  automobile  men  all  over  the  United  States,  espe- 
cially with  officers  of  automobile  companies  and  deal- 
ers' associations,  so  he  has  a  wide  acquaintance 
throughout  the  country.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Pitts- 
burgh and  Duquesne  Clubs. 


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HERMAN  H.  MAY 


ROBERT  P.  McCURDY 


EDWARD  C.  McCURDY 


McCURDY-MAY  COMPANY. 


The  McCurdy-May  Company,  Pittsburgh  sales  agents  for  Pierce-Arrow  pleasure 
automobiles  and  commercial  trucks,  was  established  in  June,  1909,  by  Robert  P.  Mc- 
Curdy.  The  present  members  of  the  firm  are  Robert  P.  McCurdy,  president ;  Herman  H. 
May,  treasurer,  and  Edward  C.  McCurdy,  secretary.  The  firm  commenced  business  at 
Baum  and  Euclid  avenues,  and  two  years  later  purchased  a  lot  at  Negley  and  Center  ave- 
nues, where  a  sales  and  service  building  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  $100,000.  The  Mc- 
Curdy-May building  houses  a  sales  and  service  organization  complete  in  every  detail. 

Robert  Perry  McCurdy,  president  of  the  company,  was  born  in  Philadelphia.  His 
parents  were  Robert  H.  McCurdy  and  Mary  A.  McCurdy.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
and  industrial  schools.  He  belongs  to  the  Masonic  order,  the  Duquesne  Club,  the  Oak- 
mont  Country  Club,  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association  and  Pittsburgh  Automobile  Club. 
He  entered  the  automobile  business  in  March,  1899. 

Herman  H.  May,  vice-president  and  treasurer  of  the  company,  was  born  in  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.,  September  24,  1874.  His  parents  were  Adolph  May  and  Caroline  May.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools.  Mr.  May  was  employed  for  14  years  by  the  Pierce-Arrow 
Motor  Car  Company  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  He  was  superintendent  for  Banker  Brothers  Com- 
pany in  Pittsburgh  for  one  year.  He  belongs  to  the  Automobile  Club  of  Pittsburgh,  the 
Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association  and  the  Masonic  Order. 

Edward  Collins  McCurdy,  secretary  of  the  company,  was  born  January  13,  1873,  in 
Philadelphia.  His  parents  were  Robert  H.  McCurdy  and  Mary  A.  McCurdy.  He  was 
graduated  from  the  Central  high  school  and  the  Drexel  Institute,  both  of  Philadelphia. 
He  sold  steam  automobiles  for  the  Mobile  Company  of  America  for  four  years.  He  was 
with  Banker  Brothers  Company,  automobile  dealers,  as  sales  manager  for  three  years. 
He  has  been  with  the  McCurdy-May  Company  since  its  organization.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association,  the  Automobile  Club  of  Pittsburgh  and  is  a 
Mason.  He  belonged  to  the  Pierce-Arrow  crew  which  won  both  the  Glidden  and  Hower 
trophies  in  the  Glidden  tour  of  1909. 


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JAMES 

OTTLEY 

CORBETT. 


James  Ottley  Corbett,  president  and  treasurer  of 
the  Corbett  &  De  Coursey  Company,  of  Pittsburgh,  was 
born  in  Scott  township,  Allegheny  coun- 
ty, Pa.,  January  9,  1883,  and  after  a 
course  in  the  Park  Institute  of  Pitts- 
burgh, he  entered  Pennsylvania  State 
College,  but  left  there  in  1903.  He  served  six  years  in 
the  United  States  government  engineering  service,  and 
had  charge  of  the  building  of  Dam  No.  2,  over  the 
Allegheny  river,  in  1907.  He  also  assisted  in  the  build- 
ing of  Lock  and  Dam  No.  2  in  the  Monongahela  river 
in  1906.  He  spent  eight  and  one-half  years  in  the 
Pennsylvania  National  Guard,  and  was  a  commissioned 
officer  in  the  Fourteenth  Infantry.  Mr.  Corbett  is  the 
district  sales  manager  for  the  various  manufacturers 
the  company  represents.  He  is  a  Mason,  a  member  of 
the  Jovian  Order,  of  the  Pittsburgh  Press  Club,  the 
Washington  Infantry  and  the  Pittsburgh  Rotary  Club. 


William  Leigh  De  Coursey,  secretary  and  manager 
of  the  Corbett  &  De  Coursey  Company,  and  district  of- 
fice manager  for  the  various  manufac- 
william         turers   which  the  company  represents, 
de  COURSEY    was  k°rn  m  Pittsburgh  March  31,  1880. 
After  passing  through  the  academic  and 
commercial  departments  of  the  high  school,  he  spent 
eight  years  in  the  employ  of  the  Carnegie  Steel  Com- 
pany.   Four  years  ago  he  entered  into  his  present  part- 
nership with  J.  0.  Corbett.     He  is  a  member  of  the 
Rotary    Club    of    Pittsburgh,    Pittsburgh    Field    Club, 
Pittsburgh  Credit  Men's  Association,  the  Brotherhood 
of  Magicians  and  the  Jovian  Order.     Mr.  De  Coursey 
successfully  appears  in  the  role  of  a  magician,  as  an 
incidental   business,   at   social  affairs,   including  ban- 
quets, church  affairs  and  lodge  entertainments.    As  an 
entertainer   he   excels    in   presenting   clever   feats   of 
legerdemain  interspersed  with  a  touch  of  humor. 


JOSEPH   A. 
GLESENKAMP. 

Duff's  College, 
business    firm 


Joseph  A.  Glesenkamp  was  born  in  Pittsburgh, 
his  parents  being  Lewis  and  Mary  Riley  Glesenkamp. 
He  received  his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools,  afterwards  graduating 
from  Newell's  Institute  and  attending 
Mr.  Glesenkamp  entered  his  father's 
of  L.  Glesenkamp,  carriage  builders. 
Here  he  thoroughly  acquainted  himself  with  the  busi- 
ness. He  now  is  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  L. 
Glesenkamp  Sons  &  Company.  Mr.  Glesenkamp  was 
one  of  the  originators  of  the  Country  Club  and  the 
Pittsburgh  Athletic  Club,  as  well  as  a  founder  of  the 
old  Pittsburgh  and  Allegheny  Matinee  Club.  He  has 
always  been  exceedingly  fond  of  horses,  and  won  dis- 
tinction as  a  marksman  by  gaining  the  championship 
among  the  live  bird  shooters  of  Pennsylvania.  Mr. 
Glesenkamp  is  known  as  an  all-round  athlete. 


192 


THE  PITTSBURGH  BREWING  COMPANY. 

One  of  the  large  industries  that  enters  into  the  making  of  industrial  history  in 
Western  Pennsylvania  is  that  of  brewing;  and  of  the  various  companies  identified  with 
that  industry  the  name  of  the  Pittsburgh  Brewing  Company  stands  out  most  prominently. 

Not  a  great  many  years  ago  the  breweries  in  this  part  of  the  State  were  many  and 
with  as  many  standards  of  quality,  and  as  many  "best  beers"  as  there  were  breweries. 
In  February,  1899,  twenty-one  of  these  independent  breweries  united,  forming  the  pres- 
ent Pittsburgh  Brewing  Company. 

The  purpose  of  this  combination  was  to  bring  the  various  products  under  one  stand- 
ard of  purity  and  excellence,  to  better  them  through  scientific  and  mechanical  improve- 
ments in  the  various  plants  and  to  offer  to  the  people  under  one  general  name  the  best 
beer,  ale  and  porter  that  it  is  possible  to  make. 

Although  the  Pittsburgh  Brewing  Company  as  a  corporation  is  only  14  years  old, 
yet  the  history  of  the  individual  breweries  covers  a  much  larger  period,  and  the  names  of 
the  men  connected  with  the  present  company  are  well  known  to  all  who  are  familiar 
with  the  brewing  industry  of  earlier  days.  The  following  is  a  list  of  the  present  officers 
and  directors  of  the  company: 

Wm.  Ruske,  President;  E.  J.  Vilsack,  Vice-President;  W.  P.  Heckman,  Secretary;  E. 
H.  Straub,  Treasurer;  A.  F.  Steigleder,  Assistant  Treasurer;  Herman  Straub,  General 
Superintendent;  C.  H.  Ridall,  Manager  Sales  Department;  William  Ruske,  Joseph  A. 
O'Neill,  A.  A.  Frauenheim,  E.  J.  Vilsack,  Herman  Straub,  Edw.  Gwinner,  J.  Z.  Wain- 
wright,  Alois  Winter,  F.  H.  Bruening,  Directors. 

Several  of  the  original  twenty-one  breweries  were  discontinued  shortly  after  the  in- 
corporation, and  at  the  present  time  fourteen  breweries,  located  in  Allegheny,  Westmore- 
land and  Fayette  counties,  are  being  operated.  These  are  as  follows :  Iron  City,  Straub, 
Eberhardt  &  Ober,  Wainwright,  Keystone,  Phoenix,  Winter,  Baeuerlein,  Mt.  Pleasant, 
Connellsville,  Uniontown,  Latrobe,  McKeesport,  Jeannette.  The  first  nine  of  these  are 
located  in  Allegheny  county.  The  Iron  City  Brewery  has  the  distinction  of  being  the 
largest  in  the  State,  its  annual  capacity  being  400,000  barrels.  The  capacity  of  the  four- 
teen breweries  is  1,500,000  barrels  per  year.  Every  precaution  is  exercised  in  the  manu- 
facture of  this  immense  output  to  guarantee  absolute  cleanliness  and  purity.  Only  the 
finest  ingredients  are  permitted  to  go  into  the  making  of  Pittsburgh  Brewing  Company's 
products.  This  is  to  insure  that  the  highest  quality  be  maintained  without  exception,  and 
it  is  this  unvarying  high  quality  that  has  made  Pittsburgh  Brewing  Company's  beer  the 
standard  of  goodness  among  beers. 

As  a  taxpayer  the  Pittsburgh  Brewing  Company  is  an  important  factor.  For  every 
barrel  of  their  products  that  goes  out  of  the  breweries  the  treasury  of  the  United  States 
receives  $1.  This  amounts  to  many  thousands  of  dollars  annually.  In  addition  to  this  in- 
ternal revenue  tax,  the  Pittsburgh  Brewing  Company  has  large  property  holdings  for 
which  they  pay  into  the  coffers  of  the  counties  and  cities  in  which  they  are  located  an- 
other large  amount. 

Of  the  various  Pittsburgh  Brewing  Company's  products  probably  the  best  known 
and  most  widely  sold  is  Tech  Beer.  Every  effort  is  put  forth  to  make  this  the  premier  of 
beers,  and  it  really  is  a  masterpiece  of  the  brewing  art.  None  but  the  choicest  grains, 
hops  and  purest  water  enter  into  the  making  of  Tech,  and  the  same  high  standard  of 
cleanliness  that  is  found  in  all  the  Pittsburgh  Brewing  Company's  breweries  prevails  in 
the  Iron  City  Brewery,  where  Tech  is  made.  Tech  Beer,  and,  in  fact,  all  of  the  beers 
made  by  the  Pittsburgh  Brewing  Company  are  splendid  beverages  for  the  home.  They 
are  high  in  tonic  and  health  building  qualities,  and  their  absolute  purity  and  careful 
brewing  make  them  appreciated  by  all  the  family. 

The  Pittsburgh  Brewing  Company  is  a  home  industry. 

193 


WILLIAM  RUSKE. 


William  Ruske,  president  of  the 
Pittsburgh  Brewing  Company,  was  born 
in  Germany  October  21,  1842.  His 
father,  Johann  Ruske,  sent  his  son  to 
the  public  school  and  a  commercial  col- 
lege. He  acquired  a  knowledge  of  book- 
keeping. He  came  to  the  United  States 
in  1867.  The  following  year  he  came 
to  Pittsburgh,  and  has  made  this  city  his 
home  ever  since.  From  the  time  he  ar- 
rived till  1871  he  worked  as  a  book- 
keeper. In  1871  he  became  a  member  of 
the  Birmingham  Fire  Insurance  Com- 
pany and  was  elected  secretary.  This 
lasted  till  1887,  when  he  became  secre- 
tary and  treasurer  of  the  Keystone 
Brewing  Company.  In  1897  he  became 
president.  In  1899  he  was  made  secre- 
tary of  the  Pittsburgh  Brewing  Com- 
pany, and  since  March,  1912,  he  has 
been  the  president  of  that  concern.  He 
is  also  a  director  of  the  Birmingham 
Fire  Insurance  Company  and  the  Peo- 
ple's Trust  Company.  Mr.  Ruske  is  a 
member  of  the  German  Club  of  Pitts- 
burgh. 


JOHN  JOSEPH  FLAHERTY 

John  Joseph  Flaherty,  art  photo- 
grapher, is  the  son  of  Patrick  Lee  Fla- 
herty and  Margaret  Marie  Flaherty. 
His  residence  is  the  Kenmawr  hotel, 
Pittsburgh.  Mr.  Flaherty  has  been  as- 
sociated with  the  R.  W.  Johnston  stu- 
dios since  1907  and  has  been  the  lead- 
ing spirit  in  making  these  studios  a  suc- 
cess. He  has  taken  a  great  interest  in 
making  a  special  collection  of  old  nega- 
tives of  prominent  persons  and  places 
of  Pittsburgh  and  vicinity.  He  has  fur- 
nished many  of  the  rare  photographs 
reproduced  in  this  volume  and  has  acted 
as  art  adviser  for  the  publishers.  Mr. 
Flaherty  is  secretary  and  treasurer  of 
the  R.  W.  Johnston  Studios  Company,  a 
member  of  the  Photographers  Associa- 
tion of  America  and  director  in  the 
John  C.  Crawford  Company.  A  natural 
artistic  perception  and  appreciation  of 
form  and  shading  together  with  keen 
insight  into  human  nature  and  a  pleas- 
ing personality  are  largely  responsible 
for  Mr.  Flaherty's  success  in  the  dim- 
cult  field  of  photography,  both  from  a 
commercial  and  artistic  standpoint. 


194 


FREDERICK  W.  MUELLER. 

With  the  death  of  Frederick  William  Mueller,  for  12  years  president  of  the  Pitts- 
burgh Brewing  Company,  at  the  Passavant  Hospital,  Pittsburgh,  February  17,  1912, 
there  passed  out  of  the  business  world 
one  of  its  ablest  representatives,  and 
from  the  city  of  Pittsburgh  a  philan- 
thropic and  patriotic  citizen.  Mr.  Muel- 
ler came  to  the  United  States  well 
equipped  for  a  successful  business  ca- 
reer, for  he  had  had  a  university  train- 
ing and  had  little  difficulty  making  him- 
self felt  in  the  commercial  world  soon 
after  his  arrival. 

Mr.  Mueller  was  born  in  Berlin, 
Germany,  in  1847,  whence  after  gradu- 
ating from  college  and  occupying  an  of- 


ficial position  in  the  German  army,  he 
came  to  the  United  States  in  1873.  For 
a  brief  period  of  time  he  lived  in  New 
York  and  then  he  went  to  Cincinnati. 
Later  he  went  to  Hamilton,  Ohio,  where 
he  remained  for  twelve  years.  He  spent 
a  portion  of  that  time  as  a  teacher  in 
the  public  schools  there.  Later  he  be- 
came identified  with  the  Cincinnati 
Brewing  Company,  and  served  that  con- 
cern as  secretary  and  treasurer.  In 
1887  he  was  sent  to  Pittsburgh  to  estab- 
lish an  agency  of  his  company  in  that 
city.  He  remained  with  the  Cincinnati  company  until  the  formation  of  the  Phoenix 
Brewing  Company,  of  which  he  was  elected  president.  In  1899  he  aided  in  the  forma- 
tion of  the  Pittsburgh  Brewing  Company,  and  was  immediately  elected  its  vice-president. 
Upon  the  death  of  the  president  of  the  Pittsburgh  Brewing  Company  in  1900,  he  suc- 
ceeded to  the  highest  office  in  the  company. 

The  new  president  not  only  exhibited  a  rare  technical  knowledge  of  the  brewing 
business  in  all  its  branches,  but  excellent  executive  ability  also,  and  during  the  twelve 
years  of  his  presidency  the  Pittsburgh  Brewing  company  acquired  a  position  of  promi- 
nence among  the  leading  industries  of  the  State.  Mr.  Mueller  was  a  man  of  sound  hon- 
esty and  strict  integrity,  and  enjoyed  the  confidence  of  financial  institutions  wherever  his 
name  was  known.  Among  brewers  his  counsel  was  always  eagerly  sought,  and  he  served 
several  terms  as  vice-president  of  the  State  Brewers'  Association,  and  was  a  regular  at- 
tendant at  the  executive  meetings  of  that  organization.  He  was  also  an  active  member 
of  the  German  Club  of  Pittsburgh.  He  possessed  great  literary  talent  and  was  a  musical 
critic  of  recognized  ability. 

Mr.  Mueller's  health  began  to  decline  several  months  before  his  death,  but  he  had 
attended  to  his  duties  to  within  two  weeks  before  the  end.  He  passed  quietly  away  at  1 
o'clock  in  the  morning.  The  funeral  services  were  held  February  19,  1912,  at  his  home, 
and  were  conducted  by  the  Rev.  Carl  August  Voss,  of  the  German  Lutheran  Evangelical 
Church.  Besides  his  widow,  Mrs.  Louise  Mueller,  he  left  eight  children,  namely:  John 
F.  Mueller,  assistant  to  the  president  of  the  Pittsburgh  Brewing  Company;  Mrs.  C.  D. 
Wettach,  Paul  H.  Mueller,  of  the  firm  of  Mueller  &  Kusen,  of  Pittsburgh;  Miss  Marie  E. 
Mueller,  Karl  E.  Mueller,  Miss  Augusta  H.  Mueller,  William  F.  Mueller  and  Robert  G. 
Mueller,  the  latter  two  local  representatives  of  the  American  Locomotive  Works. 


195 


W.  S.  McKINNEY. 


William  Smythe  McKinney  was 
born  in  Troy,  New  York,  August  11, 
1844,  the  son  of  Robert  and  Mary  Mc- 
Kinney, who  moved  to  Cincinnati  in 
1861.  There  he  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  hardware  in  partnership 
with  his  father  and  Miles  Greenwood. 
At  the  age  of  20,  after  the  sudden  death 
of  his  father,  he  assumed  entire  charge 
of  the  factory.  Later,  together  with  his 
brother,  J.  P.  McKinney,  he  built  a 
small  works  for  the  manufacture  of 
hardware.  Recognizing  the  advantages 
of  Pittsburgh,  he  removed  the  factory 
to  Allegheny  and  organized  the  McKin- 
ney Manufacturing  Company,  of  which 
he  was  president  until  his  death.  His 
engineering  work  was  confined  mainly 
to  the  designing,  building  and  improv- 
ing of  machinery  adapted  to  the  manu- 
facture of  heavy  hardware.  He  died  at 
his  home  in  Pittsburgh  August  30,  1911. 
Mr.  McKinney  was  educated  in  Doctor 
Bull's  School,  Troy,  New  York.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Duquesne,  Mononga- 
hela  and  Country  Clubs  of  Pittsburgh. 


J.  P.  McKINNEY. 


James  P.  McKinney,  president  of 
the  McKinney  Manufacturing  Company 
and  of  the  Columbia  Plate  Glass  Com- 
pany, was  born  in  Troy,  New  York,  the 
son  of  Robert  McKinney  and  Mary  Mc- 
Kinney. 

When  a  boy  his  parents  moved  to 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  he  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  the  city. 
Mr.  McKinney  located  several  years  ago 
in  Pittsburgh. 

Aside  from  his  industrial  interests 
and  his  banking  affairs,  Mr.  McKinney 
is  a  man  of  philanthropic  spirit  and  a 
member  of  important  clubs. 

He  is  a  director  of  the  McKinney 
Manufacturing  Company,  of  the  Colum- 
bia Plate  Glass  Company,  the  Humboldt 
Fire  Insurance  Company,  the  Union- 
dale  Cemetery,  the  Niles  Benert  Ford 
Company,  New  York,  and  a  director  of 
the  Diamond  National  Bank  and  the 
Diamond  Savings  Bank  of  Pittsburgh. 
Mr.  McKinney  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Duquesne  Club  of  Pittsburgh  and  of 
the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association. 


196 


JACOB  LOUIS  KENDALL 

Jacob  Louis  Kendall,  lumber  operator  and  coal  producer,  has  been  one  of  the 
prominent  figures  in  the  development,  during  the  last  thirty  years,  of  the  natural  re- 
sources of  Pennsylvania.  Particularly 
is  he  known  as  a  lumber  operator  and 
developer.  He  has  also  been  connected, 
for  a  number  of  years,  with  the  large 
coal  companies  in  Somerset  and  Fayette 
counties,  being  president  of  the  Meyers- 
dale  Coal  Company,  operating  two  mines 
at  Listie,  Somerset  county,  Pa.,  and  a 
director  in  a  number  of  the  coal  and 
coke  companies  in  Fayette  county. 

Mr.  Kendall  is  an  example  of  the 
self-made  man.  He  was  born  in  Green- 
ville, Somerset  county,  Pa.,  on  Decem- 
ber 29,  1861.  His  parents  were  John 
C.  Kendall  and  Elizabeth  Miller  Ken- 
dall. He  was  determined  to  make  good, 
and  while  he  was  working  in  the  fields 
on  his  father's  farm  he  was  planning 
how  to  get  the  best  education  he  could 
with  his  means.  He  worked  on  the 
farm  while  he  attended  the  common 
schools,  and  after  completing  those 
studies  worked  his  way  through  the 
normal  school  of  the  district,  working 
in  the  summer  on  the  farm.  In  1881  he 
made  his  first  business  venture,  choos- 
ing lumber  as  a  route  to  wealth  and  prominence.  Though  just  twenty,  Mr.  Kendall,  at 
that  time,  possessed  a  rare  business  head  and  he  worked  hard  to  accomplish  the  plans 
worked  out  by  his  active  brain. 

In  addition  to  the  great  value  of  lumber  and  timber  lands,  he  saw  the  value  of  coal 
and  decided  not  only  to  own,  but  to  mine  and  produce  it.  Since  1902  he  has  been  a  big 
coal  operator.  He  did  not  neglect  his  lumber  interests,  however,  and  continued  to  extend 
his  field  of  endeavor.  He  organized  the  Kendall  Lumber  Company,  his  first  enterprise, 
and  he  is  president  and  a  director  of  that  Company,  whose  offices  are  in  Pittsburgh. 

In  addition  to  being  president  and  a  director  of  the  Kendall  Lumber  Company,  Mr. 
Kendall  is  president  and  a  director  of  the  H.  C.  Huston  Lumber  Company,  the  Meyers- 
dale  Coal  Company,  the  Kendall  Supply  Company  and  a  director  in  the  First  National 
Bank,  Connellsville,  Pa. ;  Yough  Trust  Company,  Connellsville,  Pa ;  Evans  Coal  &  Coke 
Co.  of  Fayette  County,  and  the  National  Mines  &  Smelters  Co.  of  Mexico;  he  is  also  a 
trustee  of  Bethany  College. 

During  the  time  he  was  active  in  building  up  the  enterprises  that  later  extended  to 
Mexico  and  Oregon,  Mr.  Kendall  married  Miss  Kathryn  Guiler,  of  Connellsville,  Pa.,  in 
1893.  Four  children  were  born  to  them :  Mary  Willa,  at  Ogontz  School ;  Kathryn,  at  the 
Baldwin  School,  Bryn  Mawr,  Pa. ;  Louis  and  Eugene,  at  Shadyside  Academy.  The  fami- 
ly live  at  5048  Fifth  avenue,  Pittsburgh.  Mr.  Kendall's  circle  of  friends  is  very  large.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Duquesne,  Pittsburgh  Country  and  Oakmont  Country  Clubs,  the  Pitts- 
burgh Athletic  Association  and  Pittsburgh  Automobile  Club.  He  is  an  automobile  en- 
thusiast, and  as  a  member  of  the  Pittsburgh  Automobile  Club  has  been  a  staunch  advo- 
cate of  the  reform  movements  fostered  by  the  organization.  One  of  his  pet  hobbies  is  the 
good  roads  movement,  and  as  a  member  of  the  Automobile  Club  has  done  everything 
within  his  power,  by  influence  and  contribution,  to  advance  this  cause. 


197 


A.   M.   TURNER. 


Andrew  M.  Turner  is  a  lumberman 
whose  experience  includes  his  work  in 
every  department  in  the  business.  His 
parents  were  William  Turner  and  Eliza- 
beth S.  Turner.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools,  and  at  Lessing  Institute. 
Later  he  studied  at  the  Western  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania  and  at  the  Iron 
City  Business  College.  In  1886  he  en- 
tered the  employ  of  a  Cleveland  lumber 
concern  as  a  bookkeeper.  Mr.  Turner 
was  sent  to  Michigan  as  the  company's 
lumber  inspector.  Successful  at  this,  he 
was  made  sales  representative  in  the 
Pittsburgh  district  for  W.  B.  Nurshon  & 
Company,  of  Saginaw,  Michigan.  Later 
he  went  to  the  South,  to  develop  private 
lumber  interests  there,  but  in  1907  he 
returned  to  Pittsburgh;  helped  organize 
the  Allegheny  Lumber  Company  in  1909, 
becoming  one  of  its  directors ;  at  pres- 
ent he  is  its  sales  manager.  Mr.  Turner 
is  past  master  of  Franklin  Lodge,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons.  He  is  married 
and  the  father  of  two  children.  His 
wife  is  Mrs.  Sue  H.  Turner. 


CHARLES  H.  GARLICK. 


Charles  H.  Garlick,  state  steam 
boiler  inspector  of  Allegheny  county, 
was  born  in  Mantua,  Ohio,  March  31, 
1859,  the  son  of  Charles  and  Mary  Gar- 
lick,  of  Canada.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schoools  of  Pittsburgh  and 
Tarentum,  Pa.  Mr.  Garlick  learned 
the  machinist  trade  and  became  a  me- 
chanical engineer.  He  was  chief  engi- 
neer of  the  Pittsburgh  Plate  Glass  com- 
pany and  later  for  the  National  Rolling 
Mills  of  McKeesport,  Pa.  For  15  years 
Mr.  Garlick  was  mechanical  expert  and 
consulting  engineer  of  the  Atlantic  Re- 
fining Company  of  Pittsburgh.  He  was 
national  president  of  the  National  As- 
sociation of  Stationary  Engineers,  is  a 
member  of  the  National  Association, 
the  Universal  Council  of  Craftsmen,  the 
Engineers'  Society  of  Pennsylvania,  the 
Ohio  Society  of  Mechanical  and  Elec- 
trical Engineers,  and  a  well-known 
writer  for  mechanical  journals.  Mr. 
Garlick  is  also  Great  Lieutenant  Com- 
mander of  the  Knights  of  Maccabees. 
He  has  lectured  extensively. 


198 


EDWARD  VOSE  BABCOCK. 


Few  business  men  of  Pittsburgh  possess  a  more  notable  record  than  Edward  Vose 
Babcock,  who  was  born  near  Fulton,  N.  Y.,  January  31,  1864,  the  son  of  Leman  B.  Bab- 
cock,  now  living,  and  Harriet  V.  Bab- 
cock, deceased.  Mr.  Babcock  was  born 
and  raised  on  a  farm  in  Oswego  county, 
New  York.  He  had  the  advantage  of  a 
common  school  education  only,  but  man- 
aged to  teach  school  himself  during  the 
winters  of  his  sixteenth,  seventeenth 
and  nineteenth  years. 

Mr.  Babcock  has  been  in  the  lum- 
ber business  during  his  active  career, 
entering  the  employment  of  the  Mich- 
igan Lumber  Company  when  20  years 
old.  He  came  to  Pittsburgh  at  the  age 
of  25  and  became  busily  engaged  in  the 
lumber  traffic.  During  all  his  stay  in 
Pittsburgh  he  has  followed  this  busi- 
ness. 

Along  with  his  other  activities,  Mr. 
Babcock  is  president  of  the  Babcock 
Lumber  Company,  of  Pennsylvania ;  the 
Babcock  Lumber  and  Boom  Company, 
of  West  Virginia ;  the  Babcock  Brothers 
Lumber  Company,  of  Georgia ;  the  Bab- 
cock Lumber  and  Land  Company,  of 
Tennessee;  the  Tellico  River  Lumber 
Company,  of  Tennessee,  and  of  the  Bab- 
cock Coal  &  Coke  Company,  of  West  Virginia.  He  also  is  vice-president  and  director  of 
the  Columbia  National  Bank  of  Pittsburgh,  and  director  of  the  Colonial  Trust  Company 
of  the  same  city.  He  was  appointed  a  councilman  for  the  city  of  Pittsburgh  by  Governor 
John  K.  Tener  in  1911,  later  being  elected  to  the  office  by  the  people.  Mr.  Babcock  is  a 
member  of  the  following  clubs :  Duquesne,  Union,  Oakmont  Country  and  the  Country 
Club. 

Although  well-known  among  his  business  associates  as  a  highly  successful  man  in 
the  lumber  trade  and  equally  prominent  among  his  social  associates  for  his  pleasing  per- 
sonality, Mr.  Babcock  attained  the  greatest  amount  of  public  notice  while  serving  as  a 
member  of  council. 

His  appointment  to  this  body  by  the  Governor  and  subsequent  election  by  the  people 
emphasized  the  high  esteem  felt  for  the  man  as  an  honest  citizen  and  an  efficient  public 
officer.  His  service  in  council  received  warm  commendation,  as  it  was  always  apparent 
that  Mr.  Babcock  earnestly  tried  to  acquaint  himself  with  the  needs  of  the  city  as  they 
were  presented  to  him,  and  to  work  out  their  solution  in  the  most  practical  and  helpful 
manner. 

Always  "on  the  job,"  Mr.  Babcock  as  a  councilman  is  ready  to  listen  to  individuals 
or  delegations  with  patience  and  willingness,  and  to  consult  with  his  confreres  in  office  on 
small  matters  as  well  as  on  bigger  ones.  He  never  gives  judgment  on  any  proposition 
placed  before  him  without  securing  as  much  illuminating  information  relative  thereto  as 
possible. 


199 


DAVID    L. 
GILLESPIE. 


David  L.  Gillespie  was  born  in  Pittsburgh  October 
20,  1858,  and  attended  the  public  schools.  At  the  age 
of  13  he  began  to  work  as  a  telegraph 
messenger  boy;  two  years  later  he  en- 
tered the  employ  of  Lewis,  Oliver  & 
Phillips.  He  remained  with  them  until,  in  1887,  he 
organized  the  D.  L.  Gillespie  Lumber  Company.  Be- 
sides being  identified  with  the  Pittsburgh  Reduction 
Company,  the  Pittsburgh  Honduras  Company  and  the 
Commercial  Sash  &  Door  Company,  Mr.  Gillespie  is 
connected  with  a  number  of  other  important  enter- 
prises. His  office  in  Pittsburgh  is  with  the  D.  L.  Gilles- 
pie Lumber  Company,  Oliver  building.  On  October  25, 
1885,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Anna  R.  Darlington  in 
Wilmington,  Delaware.  The  Pittsburgh  clubs  to  which 
he  belongs  are  the  Americus,  the  Duquesne,  the  Alle- 
gheny Country  and  Pittsburgh  Golf. 


A.  REX 
FLINN. 


A.  Rex  Flinn,  Pittsburgh  lumber  man,  has  organ- 
ized two  lumber  companies,  is  president  of  another, 
and  is  director  in  three  concerns.  Born 
February  5,  1885,  in  Pittsburgh,  a  son 
of  William  and  Nancy  Galbraith  Flinn, 
he  was  educated  in  the  public  schools.  Later  he  at- 
tended Shadyside  Academy  and  the  Hotchkiss  School, 
Lakeville,  Conn.,  being  graduated  from  Yale  Uni- 
versity in  1906  with  the  B.  A.  degree.  In  1907  Mr. 
Flinn  took  a  position  with  the  firm  of  Booth  &  Flinn, 
remained  with  them  until  1909,  when  he  organized  the 
Pittsburgh  Lumber  Company,  he  being  secretary- 
treasurer  of  that  and  the  Duquesne  Lumber  Company, 
of  which  he  was  an  organizer.  He  also  is  president  of 
the  Freehold  Lumber  Company,  and  is  a  member  of 
the  University,  Pittsburgh,  Duquesne  and  Golf  Clubs 
of  Pittsburgh,  and  the  Yale  Club  of  New  York  City. 


GEORGE 

COLBERG 

ADAMS. 


George  Colberg  Adams,  vice-president  and  general 
manager  of  the  Duquesne  Lumber  Company,  was  born 
August  13,  1884,  in  Pittsburgh,  the  son 
of  Thomas  R.  Adams  and  Anna  (nee 
Colberg)  Adams.  After  leaving  the 
public  schools  Mr.  Adams  secured  a 
position  with  Flint,  Erving  &  Stoner  Company,  remain- 
ing with  the  concern  for  three  years.  His  next  posi- 
tion was  with  the  Forest  Lumber  Company,  and  he  be- 
came manager  of  the  company.  He  was  with  this 
company  for  ten  years.  He  then  went  to  the  Duquesne 
Lumber  Company,  a  newly  organized  concern,  as  vice- 
president  and  general  manager.  Mr.  Adams  is  a  di- 
rector in  the  Pittsburgh  Lumber  Company,  a  member 
of  Milnor  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  the  Pitts- 
burgh Press  Club,  and  a  member  of  the  Benevolent 
Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  was  married  November 
16,  1904,  to  Elizabeth  M.  Kahm.    There  is  one  son. 


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WILLIAM  FLINN. 

Perhaps  no  man  in  Pittsburgh  has  been  more  responsible  for  the  physical  and 
political  advancement  of  the  city  than  has  William  Flinn.  Few  men  of  Pittsburgh  have 
taken  as  active  a  part  in  the  general  de- 
velopment of  this  great  municipality  as 
has  Senator  Flinn.  Although  involved 
in  many  private  business  interests  of 
large  caliber  and  requiring  a  good  deal 
of  time  for  their  management,  Senator 
Flinn  always  has  found  time  to  partici- 
pate in  general  matters  affecting  the 
welfare  and  advancement  of  Pittsburgh. 

Senator  Flinn  was  born  in  the  city 
of  Manchester,  England,  May  26,  1851, 
the  son  of  John  and  Mary  Flinn.  His 
parents  emigrated  to  the  United  States 
during  the  year  of  his  birth,  and  in  look- 
ing for  the  most  promising  place  in 
which  to  locate  they  chose  Pittsburgh, 
whence  they  came  upon  arrival  in  New 
York.  Since  coming  to  Pittsburgh, 
William  Flinn  never  has  made  his  home 
elsewhere.  He  entered  early  into  activi- 
ties identified  with  the  city's  growth 
and  became  a  part  of  them. 

In  early  life,  he  was  given  a  rudi- 
mentary education,  attending  the  pub- 
lic schools  and  getting  as  much  mental 
drilling  in  this  manner  as  it  was  possi- 
ble to  receive  under  limited  circumstances.  The  necessity  of  going  to  work  without  con- 
tinuing his  education  to  the  extent  enjoyed  by  many  other  young  men  led  Senator  Flinn 
to  become  a  brass  finisher  and  a  steam  and  gas  fitter.  He  rose  rapidly  in  the  world  by 
strenuous  endeavors,  and  entered  into  the  big  contracting  firm  of  Booth  &  Flinn,  Limited, 
general  contractors.  In  1877  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  board  of  fire  commission- 
ers of  the  city  of  Pittsburgh.  He  became  a  member  of  the  State  House  of  Representa- 
tives for  the  sessions  of  1879  and  1881,  and  it  was  apparent  he  was  destined  to  rise 
further. 

With  the  support  of  his  friends,  Senator  Flinn  was  elected  a  delegate  to  the  Repub- 
lican National  Conventions  of  1884,  1888,  1892  and  1896.  He  has  been  chairman  of  the 
Pittsburgh  Republican  City  Executive  Committee,  and  was  elected  to  the  State  Senate 
in  1890  and  1894,  being  re-elected  in  November,  1898.  Senator  Flinn  continued  active  in 
matters  affecting  the  political  situation  at  home  and  elsewhere  in  the  country  and  be- 
came known  as  a  power  to  be  reckoned  with.  His  business  interests  growing  to  big  pro- 
portions, Mr.  Flinn  was  forced  to  retire  from  active  political  matters  for  a  time,  engag- 
ing in  the  management  of  his  private  affairs  and  looking  after  interests  relating  thereto. 

Following  this  period  of  political  retirement,  however,  Mr.  Flinn  suddenly  reap- 
peared as  the  champion  of  Theodore  Roosevelt  and  the  active  head  of  the  Bull  Moose 
party.  The  stirring  times  connected  with  the  overthrow  of  the  Penrose  organization  in 
Pennsylvania  by  Senator  Flinn  are  matters  of  history.  Displaying  his  old-time  political 
strategy  and  ability  to  recognize  what  the  voters  wanted  the  most,  Senator  Flinn  was 
able  to  demonstrate  how  easy  it  is  to  establish  new  regimes  in  statesmanship  and  politics 
when  the  public  support  has  been  obtained. 


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J.  G.  FULLMAN. 

John  Grant  Fullman,  one  of  the 
foremost  general  contractors  and  apart- 
ment house  specializers  in  the  country, 
was  born  in  Midland,  Ontario,  Canada, 
December  25,  1879.  He  is  the  son  of 
John  Fullman  and  Margaret  Grant 
Fullman,  by  whom  he  was  brought  to 
Pittsburgh  in  his  early  years.  One  of 
the  modern  lines  of  development 
through  which  Pittsburgh  is  showing  a 
marvelous  advancement  is  the  line  of 
buildings  in  which  Mr.  Fullman  has 
taken  an  expert  interest.  In  fact,  he  is 
one  of  the  principal  sponsors  for  the 
best,  most  up-to-date  of  these  construc- 
tions. His  belief  is  that  apartment 
houses  should  be  well  built.  As  evi- 
dence of  this  principle  his  buildings  are 
so  substantially  constructed  that  they 
are  permanent  additions  to  the  city's 
attractions.  The  Gerber  apartment,  on 
South  Negley  avenue,  the  Gabel,  on 
Ellsworth  avenue,  and  the  Alder  Court, 
on  Alder  street,  are  illustrations  of  Mr. 
Fullman's  skill. 

IRVIN  &  WITHEROW. 

The  firm  of  Irvin  &  Witherow,  Engineers,  is  a  partnership  of  Richard  Irvin  and 
William  P.  Witherow,  founded  in  1910.  The  particular  experience  of  the  partners  has 
been  in  the  design  and  superintendence  and  economical  operation  of  manufacturing 
plants,  mills,  factory  buildings,  machine  shops  and  merchant  and  commercial  ware- 
houses. 

The  firm  has  built  up  an  organization  which  covers  every  branch  of  the  building 
operation,  consisting  of  widely  experienced  architectural,  structural,  mechanical  and 
electrical  engineers.  This  organization  is  particularly  adapted  to  the  design  and  con- 
struction of  modern,  fireproof,  daylight  buildings,  at  an  economical  expenditure,  and  to 
the  complete  equipment  of  such  plants,  including  the  complete  design  of  power  plants, 
manufacturing  machinery,  conveying  machinery,  lighting,  heating  and  plumbing  equip- 
ment. This  organization  approaches  any  new  building  operation  at  quite  a  different  angle 
than  the  usual  architect.  The  first  object  being  to  find  out  and  plan  the  scientific  and 
economical  requirements  of  the  client,  to  lay  out  in  detail  the  various  uses  to  which  the 
building  or  plant  is  to  be  put,  and  the  economical  arrangement  of  the  interior,  and  when 
all  of  this  has  been  carefully  planned,  to  build  a  substantial  modern  fireproof  structure 
around  the  interior  arrangement,  leaving  the  architecture  as  the  last  consideration,  and 
making  the  architecture  conform  and  be  subservient  to  the  economical  needs  of  the  client. 

Among  the  great  number  of  buildings  and  factories  that  have  been  built  under 
supervision  of  this  firm  are:  Complete  system  of  railroad  shops  for  the  Morgantown 
&  Kingwood  Railroad,  wholesale  drug  house  for  the  George  A.  Kelly  Co.,  refuse  utiliza- 
tion plant  for  the  American  Reduction  Co.,  and  a  rubber  factory  for  the  Continental 
Rubber  Co. 

Richard  Irvin  was  born  in  Pittsburgh  in  1884.  He  was  employed  by  the  Lewis 
Foundry  &  Machine  Co.,  and  later  graduated  from  Yale  University  with  the  degree  of 
Ph.B.  In  1910,  he  engaged  in  business  in  Detroit,  Mich.  Later,  he  moved  his  office  to 
Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  and  in  1910  formed  a  partnership  with  William  P.  Witherow. 

William  P.  Witherow  is  a  Pittsburgher,  a  son  of  William  Witherow.  He  is  well 
known;  was  graduated  from  St.  Paul  school  at  Concord,  New  Hampshire,  and  received 
the  degree  of  Ph.B.  from  Yale  University.  He  was  formerly  employed  with  the  Jones 
&  Laughlin  Steel  Co. 

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GEORGE  H.  FLINN. 

George  H.  Flinn  was  born  March  12,   1875,  in  the  city  of  Pittsburgh.   His  parents, 
William  Flinn  and  Nancy  Galbraith  Flynn,   early  decided  to  give  him  every  advantage 
within  their  power,  and  in  after  years 
fulfilled  this  resolution. 

Mr.  Flinn  attended  the  public 
schools  and  there  received  the  rudi- 
mentary preparation  leading  to  the 
more  extensive  education  which  after- 
ward he  received  in  higher  institutions. 
Pursuing  his  studies  from  the  public 
schools  and  following  a  measure  of  pri- 
vate instruction,  Mr.  Flinn  left  home 
to  become  a  pupil  at  Yale  University. 

During  his  career  at  the  big  uni- 
versity, Mr.  Flinn,  in  addition  to  ex- 
celling in  his  studies  through  the  years 
of  his  course  there,  took  part  in  ath- 
letics and  was  well  known  for  his 
prowess  in  several  branches  of  athletic 
endeavor.  Possessed  of  much  college 
spirit,  Mr.  Flinn  was  a  prominent  fig- 
ure in  Yale's  university  life,  and  con- 
tinued to  hold  this  position  in  the 
esteem  of  his  fellows  through  the  time 
of  his  graduation,  in  the  class  of  1897. 

Having  finished  his  educational 
course  and  decided  to  undertake  life's 
career,    Mr.    Flinn    became    identified 

with  his  father  in  the  latter's  large  contracting  interests.  Displaying  much  ability  and 
capacity  for  work,  Mr.  Flinn  was  made  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Booth  &  Flinn 
Company,  Ltd.,  as  well  as  president  of  the  Pittsburgh  Contracting  Company,  general  con- 
tractors of  Pittsburgh  and  New  York. 

As  the  duties  of  these  offices  required  much  attention,  Mr.  Flinn  showed  a  great  deal 
of  initiative  in  handling  the  work  falling  to  his  care.  His  grasp  of  the  general  needs 
of  the  work  and  his  insistence  on  detailed  efforts  among  the  employes  could  not  produce 
anything  else  than  a  flattering  amount  of  success.  Since  assuming  his  responsibilities 
with  the  companies  in  which  he  is  an  officer  and  active  partner,  Mr.  Flinn  has  been  re- 
sponsible for  the  completion  of  many  thousands  of  dollars  worth  of  highly  valuable  con- 
structive contracts.  His  personal  supervision  of  many  essential  phases  of  the  business 
with  which  he  is  identified  has  given  Mr.  Flinn  extraordinary  qualifications  to  become 
active  in  the  management  of  the  institutions   which  have  fallen  under  his  care. 

While  active  in  the  business  world,  Mr.  Flinn  rapidly  became  a  leader  also  in  the 
social  and  club  life  of  Pittsburgh.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Pittsburgh,  Duquesne,  Uni 
versity,  Pittsburgh  Golf,  Allegheny  Country  and  other  clubs.  In  addition  to  all  these,  he 
belongs  to  the  New  York  Yacht  and  Sail  Club  of  New  York,  and  to  the  Racquet  Club  of 
Philadelphia.  As  in  his  other  activities,  Mr.  Flinn  is  well  known  for  his  excellence  in 
athletics  as  well  as  for  his  success  in  business  fields. 


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JOHN  H.  CRAWFORD. 

Among  the  prominent  master  me- 
chanics in  the  Keystone  State  is  John  H. 
Crawford,  who  was  born  February  7, 
1877,  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  the  son  of 
James  Henry  and  Elizabeth  Eleanor 
Crawford.  He  received  a  liberal  train- 
ing in  the  Rochester  Mechanics'  Insti- 
tute, pursuing  the  full  electrical,  me- 
chanical and  mining  courses.  He  has 
filled  the  following  positions  success- 
fully: Assistant  master  mechanic  with 
the  Rochester  Street  Railway  Company ; 
superintendent  of  the  Saratoga  Trac- 
tion Company;  superintendent  of  the 
State  Line  and  Sullivan  Railroad;  gen- 
eral master  mechanic  of  the  Public  Serv- 
ice Company  of  New  Jersey;  master 
mechanic  of  the  Wheeling  Traction 
Company;  superintendent  of  construc- 
tion and  resident  manager  of  the  Pitts- 
burgh-Buffalo Company  at  Marianna; 
Pennsylvania.  He  has  installed  some 
of  the  most  modern  and  largest  mining 
work  in  the  world.  He  is  a  Mason  and 
an  Elk. 

WILLIAM   KERR'S   SONS. 

Building  enterprises  in  the  city  of  Pittsburgh  are  on  more  extensive  and  magnificent 
scales  than  ever  in  its  history,  and  at  no  time  has  the  city  been  backward  in  the  con- 
structive and  progressive  principles  of  this  trade. 

In  the  city  are  some  of  the  most  expert  builders  of  the  world,  men  whose  work  in 
construction  is  considered  the  acme  of  climacteric  enterprise.  Among  the  leaders  in 
this  line  are  the  William  Kerr's  Sons,  an  incorporated  firm  whose  ability  and  experi- 
ence have  made  them  in  demand  for  all  the  greatest  of  the  building  constructions  in 
the  city. 

Their  work  is  evidenced  not  only  in  dwellings,  in  which  line  of  work  they  are  espe- 
cially proficient,  but  in  magnificent  churches,  in  spacious  and  well  equipped  and  planned 
factories,  in  bank  buildings  that  for  solidity  and  artistry  of  appearance  and  construc- 
tion are  noted  over  the  world.     Their  building  is  of  durable  and  expeditious  qualities. 

The  Carnegie  Presbyterian  Church  and  the  Gates  of  Wisdom  Synagogue  are  last- 
ing monuments  to  the  skill  and  intrinsic  worth  of  the  firm  in  this  particular  line. 

Three  public  schools  of  Pittsburgh  have  been  built  by  the  William  Kerr's  Sons  Com- 
pany. These  are  among  the  show  places  in  the  city  and  are  models  of  first-class  build- 
ing construction.     They  are  the  Woolslayer,  Larimer  Avenue  and  Fulton  schools. 

The  First  National  Bank  of  Connellsville  and  the  Western  Savings  and  Deposit 
Bank  of  Pittsburgh  were  built  by  the  Kerrs. 

Residences  of  millionaires  are  especially  notable  examples  of  their  architecture  and 
construction.  Among  these  are  the  Jacob  Kaufmann  home,  the  Dr.  A.  M.  Speer,  the  V. 
T.  Given,  A.  M.  Moreland  and  W.  H.  Singer  properties. 

Many  buildings  devoted  to  public  works  are  among  their  constructions.  Principal 
among  these  are  the  Ross  Pumping  Station,  the  Aspinwall  Pumping  Station,  the  Mission 
Street  Pumping  Station,  the  Eighth  Street  Engine  House,  No.  2  Police  Station  and  No. 
14  Engine  House.    Many  other  buildings  of  all  kinds  and  sizes  have  been  built  by  them. 


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HENRY  LAWRENCE  KREUSLER. 

Henry  Lawrence  Kreusler,  building  contractor,  was  born  in  Chartiers  township, 
Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1861.  His  parents  were  William  Kreusler  and  Philo- 
mena  (nee  Debold)  Kreusler.  Mr. 
Kreusler  was  reared  in  the  old  Fifteenth 
ward  of  Pittsburgh,  and  attended  the 
Lawrence  public  school  until  12  years 
old.  He  then  learned  the  carpenter's 
trade  at  which  he  worked  for  13  years. 
During  nine  years  of  this  time  he  was 
employed  in  the  mill  of  Carnegie, 
Phipps  &  Company,  at  Thirty-third 
street,  Pittsburgh. 

Mr.  Kreusler  started  in  business 
for  himself  as  a  building  contractor  in 
1886,  and  has  continued  the  business 
until  the  present  time.  The  original 
business  was  located  at  3217  Penn  ave- 
nue, Pittsburgh.  In  1902  larger  quar- 
ters were  needed  and  the  location  was 
changed  to  3301-9  Penn  avenue.  The 
business  grew  from  the  start  through 
Mr.  Kreusler's  efficient  management. 
He  soon  began  to  get  contracts  for  im- 
portant public  and  business  buildings  in 
addition  to  a  profitable  line  of  smaller 
contracts.  Now  some  of  the  best  known 
and  most  attractive  structures  in  Pitts- 
burgh and  other  large  cities  are  being  erected  by  Mr.  Kreusler. 

Not  content  with  one  line  of  construction  work,  Mr.  Kreusler  extended  his  opera- 
tions by  the  organization  of  a  company  for  the  handling  of  stone  and  concrete  contracts. 
The  Thomas  Coutts  Company,  organized  in  1900,  with  Mr.  Kreusler  as  president,  has 
enjoyed  a  steadily  increasing  prosperity.  Knowing  that  steel  and  iron  is  taking  the 
place  of  timber  in  the  construction  of  buildings  of  importance,  Mr.  Kreusler  realized  at 
length  that  if  he  would  succeed  in  keeping  among  the  leaders  in  the  building  business  it 
would  be  absolutely  necessary  to  have  an  organization  for  the  erection  of  structural  iron 
and  steel  buildings,  and  the  result  was  the  organization  of  the  Lawrence  Steel  Construc- 
tion Company  in  1903,  of  which  Mr.  Kreusler  is  president. 

Mr.  Kreusler  is  a  director  of  the  Franklin  Savings  &  Trust  Company,  and  also  presi- 
dent of  the  Salvage  and  Storage  Company. 

Few  persons  are  more  deeply  interested  than  Mr.  Kreusler  in  projects  for  civic  bet- 
terment, and  few  men  are  more  active  in  promoting  movements  for  the  general  good.  Mr. 
Kreusler  is  chairman  of  the  Housing  Committee  of  the  Pittsburgh  Civic  Commission 
and  belongs  to  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  Pittsburgh  Board  of  Trade  and  the  Build- 
ers' Exchange. 

Among  the  clubs  to  which  he  belongs  are  the  Union  Club,  German  Club,  Pittsburgh 
Country  Club,  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association  and  the  Automobile  Club.  He  is  promi- 
nent in  the  Masonic  order. 

Mr.  Kreusler  was  married  January  23,  1911,  to  Miss  Annie  Werner,  a  daughter  of 
Oswald  Werner,  of  Pittsburgh. 


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C.  H.  KERR. 

Among  builders  and  contractors  the 
name  of  C.  H.  Kerr,  of  Pittsburgh, 
stands  out  prominently,  for  Mr.  Kerr 
has  been  a  builder  from  almost  boy- 
hood. As  the  son  of  William  and 
Rachael  Kerr,  he  was  born  in  Pitts- 
burgh September  21,  1872.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  and  graduated  from 
the  Pittsburgh  high  school.  In  1889  he 
entered  the  building  business  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  William  Kerr's  Sons. 
In  1893  he  formed  a  new  firm  that  then 
did  business  under  the  name  of  Kerr  & 
Fox.  This  continued  till  1907,  when  the 
present  firm  of  C.  H.  Kerr  Company 
was  incorporated  with  Mr.  Kerr  as 
president.  Among  the  structures 
erected  by  this  firm  are  the  Washington 
Bank  building,  the  Iroquois  Apartments, 
Vanadium  office  building,  the  Wilkins- 
burg  High  School.  Mr.  Kerr  is  a  di- 
rector in  the  Oakland  Savings  &  Trust 
Company,  and  president  of  the  Oakland 
Amusement  Company  that  operates  the 
Natatorium. 


F.  J.  OSTERLING. 


Frederick  John  Osteiiing  was  born 
in  Allegheny  county  October  4,  1865. 
He  had  the  advantage  of  education  in 
the  Allegheny  public  schools,  and  later 
pursued  a  course  of  study  in  Lessing 
Institute.  In  1879,  when  only  14  years 
old,  he  started  studying  architecture  in 
Pittsburgh.  After  several  years  as  a 
draughtsman,  he  began  designing  build- 
ings of  his  own  accord.  Then  came  fur- 
ther study  of  architecture  abroad.  He 
came  back  to  Pittsburgh  fully  equipped, 
opening  his  own  office  in  1888.  He  has 
since  maintained  offices  in  that  city; 
meanwhile  he  supplemented  and  im- 
proved his  earlier  training.  Mr.  Oster- 
ling  has  been  in  the  van  in  planning  the 
modern  sky-scraper  type  of  office  build- 
ing. Among  such  Pittsburgh  structures 
are  the  Commonwealth  Trust  Building; 
the  Arrott  Building,  Fourth  avenue  and 
Wood  street;  the  Telephone  and  Hussey 
Buildings.  He  has  planned  many  im- 
portant buildings  of  a  public  nature,  be- 
sides many  of  the  most  notable  bank 
buildings  of  Pittsburgh. 


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WILLIAM  B.  RODGERS. 


William  B.  Rodgers  was  born  at  Franklin,  Pa.,  February  27,  1851,  his  parents  being 
Joseph  and  Charlotte  Rodgers.  He  received  a  public  school  education,  then  engaged  him- 
self in  the  affairs  of  life.  He  became  interested  in  the  sand  business,  and  is  president  of 
the  Rodgers  Sand  Company,  Pittsburgh,  as  well  as  president  of  the  Allegheny  Trust 
Company.  Mr.  Rodgers  is  a  member  of  the  Duquesne  Club. 

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HARRY 

SUMMERS 

ESTEP. 


Harry  Summers  Estep,  son  of  Thomas  S.  and  Jessie 
Estep,  was  born  in  Pittsburgh  on  November  18,  1872. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
the  city  and  by  private  tutors.  At  an  early 
age  Mr.  Estep  entered  the  office  of  a  promi- 
nent Pittsburgh  architect  and  from  then  on 
devoted  himself  exclusively  to  the  study  of  architecture. 
For  twenty-five  years  he  studied  the  practical  side  of  his 
profession,  working  with  best  architects  of  the  city.  In 
this  time  he  has  designed  theaters,  school  houses  and 
other  public  buildings,  apartment  houses,  houses  for  fra- 
ternal organizations  and  other  work  of  a  similar  nature. 
His  work  has  distinctive  and  original  features  and  his 
buildings  have  a  reputation  for  art.  Mr.  Estep  is 
familiar  with  the  full  range  of  his  profession,  making 
him  a  thoroughly  practical  architect.  He  is  not  limited 
to  a  specialty,  but  engages  in  the  general  practice  of  arch- 
itecture. 


JOHN  P. 
BRENNAN. 


Among  the  leading  architects  of  the  Pittsburgh  dis- 
trict is  John  P.  Brennan,  a  man  who  has  gained  consider- 
able prominence  as  a  city  architect.  Mr. 
Brennan  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Penn- 
sylvania, January  25,  1855.  He  is  the  son 
of  Dominick  C.  and  Margaret  Brennan.  An  excellent 
education  was  gained  by  Mr.  Brennan  before  he  entered 
the  business  world.  He  was  trained  in  public  schools  and 
La  Salle  College,  Philadelphia.  His  preparation  for  the 
calling  of  an  architect  was  extensive,  he  having  studied 
with  E.  F.  Duran,  a  leading  architect  in  Philadelphia.  To 
his  credit  is  some  of  the  most  expert  and  most  difficult 
architectural  work  extant  in  the  Pittsburgh  district.  In 
Pittsburgh  he  is  a  member  of  the  Young  Men's  Repub- 
lican Tariff  Club,  in  which  organization  he  is  a  prominent 
member.  His  experience  has  covered  a  wide  range  of 
architectural  work  and  has  won  him  much  consideration. 


CHARLES 
J.    RIEGER 


Charles  J.  Rieger,  the  well-known  architect,  is  a 
graduate  of  the  University  of  Pittsburgh  and  the 
Boston  School  of  Technology,  and  since 
he  began  the  practice  of  architecture  he 
designed  some  of  the  most  imposing 
buildings  in  Pittsburgh  and  a  few  other  cities.  It  was 
he  who  designed  the  Washington  Trust  Company  build- 
ing, the  New  Kensington  school  building,  the  Pitts- 
burgh Stock  Exchange,  Senator  Langfitt's  residence, 
the  Western  Savings  and  Deposit  Company's  bank  and 
many  other  buildings  in  different  parts  of  the  State. 
Mr.  Rieger  is  a  Mason  and  belongs  to  all  the  Masonic 
branches,  including  the  Knights  Templar  and  the 
Shriners.  Likewise  he  holds  membership  in  the  Pitts- 
burgh Athletic  Association  and  the  German  Club.  His 
offices  are  located  in  the  Germania  Bank  building. 

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LOUIS  J.  D'ISA. 

Whatever  some  people  turn  their  hands  to,  they  make  a  success  of.  It  rarely  hap- 
pens that  a  man  grown  to  maturity  can  do  three  different  things  for  a  livelihood,  at 
three  different  times,  of  course,  and  do 
them  equally  well.  And  this  applies 
particularly  to  aliens,  for  they  are  gen- 
erally handicapped,  no  matter  what  they 
undertake. 

In  Louis  J.  D'Isa,  president  of  the 
contracting  firm  of  that  name,  Pitts- 
burgh has  a  man,  and  incidentally  an 
alien,  who  has  done  just  this  very  thing. 
Like  hundreds  of  other  individuals  from 
foreign  shores,  he  landed  in  America 
and  immediately  went  in  quest  of  work. 
In  the  course  of  time  he  succeeded. 

By  a  strange  coincidence  the  pa- 
rents of  Mr.  D'Isa  bore  similar  names. 
His  father's  name  is  Angelo,  and  that  of 
his  mother  is  Angelina.  They  lived  to- 
gether in  the  town  of  Formicola,  in 
Italy,  and  there  it  was  that  on  July  24, 
1879,  the  man  that  later  came  to  Amer- 
ica for  a  job  was  born.  Fortunately,  he 
was  given  the  advantages  of  a  good 
schooling  in  Italy.  In  various  schools 
and  colleges  in  that  picturesque  city  of 
Naples  he  was  given  an  excellent  tech- 
nical and  commercial  education  and, 
thus  equipped,  he  crossed  the  seas  to  make  his  fortune  in  rapidly  growing  America. 

It  was  just  11  years  ago,  or,  to  be  precise,  in  November,  1902,  that  he  reached  the 
shores  of  the  United  States.  Upon  arriving  here  he  set  about  to  show  his  good  judgment 
by  not  tarrying  in  the  overcrowded  cities  along  the  coast  line.  He  came  direct  to  Pitts- 
burgh. 

Educated  Italians  were  exceedingly  rare  here  at  that  time,  and  so  he  found  himself 
confronted  with  one  opportunity  after  the  other.  Because  of  his  excellent  equipment 
and  his  good  character  in  Italy,  he  was  appointed  secretary  to  the  Italian  consul  in 
Pittsburgh.  He  remained  there  for  a  time,  but  he  longed  to  be  an  American  in  every 
sense  of  the  word,  and  so  he  sought  and  found  an  opening  with  American  employers. 
The  next  position  that  presented  itself  to  him  was  that  of  clerk  in  the  foreign  depart- 
ment in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Braddock,  Braddock  National  Bank  and  Union  Sav- 
ings Bank.  There  he  was  so  successful  that,  had  he  remained,  he  probably  would  be  hav- 
ing a  bank  of  his  own  today. 

However,  he  kept  his  eyes  open  for  other  opportunities.  He  observed  that  contrac- 
tors were  accumulating  large  amounts  of  money  and  so  he  associated  himself  with  F.  A. 
Masselli  and  went  into  the  contracting  business.  After  two  years  his  business  had 
grown  to  such  proportions  that  he  felt  justified  in  raising  his  capital  stock  and  applying 
for  a  charter.  Accordingly  his  firm  was  incorporated,  and  is  now  doing  a  lucrative  busi- 
ness under  the  name  of  the  D'Isa  Construction  Company,  with  Mr.  D'Isa  as  president. 


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W    *y 

Wk  1 

THOMAS 
H.    SCOTT. 


Thomas  H.  Scott  was  born  in  Washington  county, 
Pennsylvania,  September  7,  1865,  the  son  of  John  H. 
and  Ann  Scott.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Washington  county. 
When  only  22  years  old,  young  Scott 
left  Washington  county  to  seek  a  bigger  field  of  en- 
deavor. He  came  to  Pittsburgh  and  opened  an  office 
as  an  architect,  after  studying  that  profession  for  a  due 
period  of  time.  His  success  was  immediate,  and  by 
hard  work  and  originality  of  ideas,  Mr.  Scott  secured  a 
handsome  business.  Since  establishing  himself  in 
Pittsburgh,  Mr.  Scott  has  designed  the  Machesney 
building,  a  large  downtown  office  structure;  the  Wil- 
kinsburg  High  School,  the  Standard  Steel  Car  Com- 
pany's office  building  at  Lindora,  and  has  been  the 
architect  for  the  Denny  estate  for  20  years. 


ROBERT 

MAURICE 

TRIMBLE. 


R.  M.  Trimble  was  born  in  the  old  Sixth  ward,  on 
the  North  Side,  May  15,  1871,  and  is  the  son  of  John 
H.  and  Elizabeth  McA.  Trimble.  He  at- 
tended the  Sixth  Ward  school  and  Alle- 
gheny high  school,  graduating  in  1887. 
After  a  short  course  at  the  Western 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  he  entered  into  the  con- 
tracting business  with  his  father,  remaining  with  him 
until  1892,  when  he  commenced  the  study  of  archi- 
tecture in  the  office  of  a  Pittsburgh  architect.  He  con- 
tinued as  a  draughtsman  in  this  office  until  1898,  in 
which  year  he  opened  an  office  and  began  the  inde- 
pendent practice  of  architecture.  During  the  active 
practice  of  fifteen  years  he  has  designed  and  erected, 
in  addition  to  a  large  number  of  residences,  many 
buildings  of  different  types,  such  as  banks,  churches, 
apartment  houses,  schools,  commercial  buildings,  hos- 
pitals, etc.,  throughout  Western  Pennsylvania. 


Samuel    Kennedy   Hazlett,    manager   of   the   Du- 

quesne  Marble  Company,  was  born  in  Kansas,  May  ]  1, 

1887.     His  parents  were  Addison  Haz- 

I^tSSU       lett  and  Annie  F-  Hazlett.    To  his  west- 

KENNEDY  ,  . 

hazlett.  ern  Parentage  he  owes  the  vim  and 
vigor  which  he  has  put  into  his  business 
life  in  Pennsylvania.  His  early  education  was  re- 
ceived in  the  Washington  county  public  schools.  He  is 
a  graduate  of  the  Iron  City  Business  College.  His  first 
permanent  position  was  with  the  Ben  Avon  Lumber 
Company,  at  Ben  Avon,  Pa.  He  remained  with  this 
company  from  1904  until  1910,  when  he  secured  a  bet- 
ter position  with  the  Duquesne  Marble  Company.  As 
general  manager  of  this  large  corporation  he  has  done 
much  to  place  the  fine  marbles  which  it  handles  in  the 
walls  of  residences,  banks  and  office  buildings  through- 
out New  York,  Pennsylvania,  Ohio  and  West  Virginia. 
The  plant  is  on  the  North  Side,  Pittsburgh. 


2IO 


STEEL  CONCRETE  CONSTRUCTION  COMPANY. 

The  Steel  Concrete  Construction  Company  was  established  in  Pittsburgh,  June  9, 
1909,  by  E.  E.  Wick,  Don  Rose  and  J.  H.  McCoy  for  the  manufacture  of  monolithic  con- 
crete of  all  kinds.  The  firm  is  comprised  of  E.  E.  Wick, 
who  serves  in  the  capacity  of  president ;  Don  Rose,  who  is 
vice-president,  and  J.  H.  McCoy,  who  is  secretary,  treas- 
urer and  general  manager.  The  corporation  took  over  the 
business  of  John  H.  McCoy  and  largely  operates  the  vari- 
ous patents  of  which  Mr.  McCoy  is  the  patentee.  The  Mc- 
Coy Silo  Form  Company  was  incorporated  the  present 
year  under  the  laws  of  Pennsylvania  to  take  care  of  the 
demands  of  the  trade  for  forms  of  various  kinds.  The 
Construction  Company  caters  principally  to  the  trade  on 
water  tanks,  smoke  stacks,  silos,  etc.,  but  builds  anything 

of  concrete.  From  a  small 

business    the    company 

has    increased    100    per 

cent,  annually,  until  it  is 

now  one   of  the  largest 

corporations  in  the  con- 
crete  trade.      The    com- 

■,  ,,.  ,      .  EUGENE  E.  WICK 

pany    does    nothing    but 

first-class  work.  At  times  hundreds  of  men  are  employed 
in  the  business.  The  engineering  force  is  a  large  one  and 
competent  to  manage  a  contract  of  any  size.  The  age  of 
concrete  building  has  just  arrived,  and  the  Steel  Concrete 
Construction  Company  has  added  greatly  to  the  advance 
of  the  business  through  its  specialties.  Notable  pieces  of 
concrete  contracting  work  are  monuments  to  the  impor- 
tance, skill  and  excellence  of  output  of  this  com- 
pany. 

One  of  the  engineering  staff  of  the  company  is  Oscar 
J.  West,  civil  engineer,  who  is  the  western  representative 
of  the  company,  with  offices  in  the  Peoples'  Gas  building, 
Chicago.  John  H.  Mc- 
Coy, patentee,  is  one  of 
the  most  important 
members  of  the  Steel 
Concrete  Const  ruction 
Company.  He  was  born 
in  Ripley  county,  Mis- 
souri, December  22, 
1870,  of  Scotch,  Irish  and  English  ancestry.  He  is  an  in- 
ventive genius  and  an  expert  in  the  concrete  line.  He  has 
spent  a  large  part  of  his  life  in  perfecting  concrete  patents 
and  in  inventing  new  processes  for  the  use  of  the  ma- 
terial. President  Wick  is  a  member  of  a  well-known 
Voungstown,  O.,  family.  He  is  an  aggressive,  energetic 
member  of  the  firm.  Mr.  Rose  is  the  legal  member 
of  the  company.  Mr.  Rose  is  of  Scotch-Irish  descent,  has 
been  admitted  to  the  Allegheny  county  bar,  and  is  counsel 
for  the  Pittsburgh  Coal  Company,  one  of  the  largest  coal 
corporations  in  the  world. 

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WATER  TANK 

At    Chicago    Junction,    Ohio,    built    by 

Steel    Concrete    Construction    Co. 

for    the    B.    &    O.    Railroad. 


JOHN  H.  McCOY 


PETER  JOSEPH  FURLAN. 

It  has  been  said  that  America  is  still  too  young  and  undeveloped  to  foster  European 
art  as  it  should  be  fostered,  and  that  is  probably  the  reason  why  men  skilled  in  the  use  of 

the  brush  and  chisel  turn  their  talents 
into  more  commercial  occupations.  A 
poet  laureate  would  make  but  a  bare 
subsistence  here.  So  with  the  sculp- 
tors and  mosaic  artists.  Little  market 
for  their  products  is  to  be  found  here, 
but  in  spite  of  that,  stupid  indeed  is  he 
who  cannot  find  some  means  of  turning 
his  talents  to  good  account  after  he 
arrives. 

For  its  art  schools,  and  its  natural 
beauty  that  has  fed  them  and  their  stu- 
dents from  time  immemorial,  there  is 
probably  no  city  in  the  whole  world  to 
compare  with  Venice,  in  Italy.  Its  dark 
blue  skies,  its  grand  canals  and  its  vari- 
colored buildings  of  all  shapes  and  sizes, 
have  been  the  despair  of  artists  for  cen- 
turies. Few  have  been  able  to  paint 
these  grandeurs  as  they  are,  but  none 
have  ever  looked  upon  them  without 
feeling  a  longing  to  reproduce  some  of 
their  glories  in  places  less  endowed  with 
the  beautiful.  No  native  of  Venice  has 
ever  lived  and  come  to  America  without, 
in  some  measure,  contributing  to  the  improvement  of  their  new  land. 

In  that  city,  in  1880,  Peter  Joseph  Furlan,  now  of  Pittsburgh,  was  born.  His  an- 
cestors had  lived  there  for  generations,  and  there  it  was  that  he  received  his  early  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools.  While  still  studying  he  acquired  a  taste  for  works  of  art,  as 
everybody  in  Venice  does,  and  in  his  boyhood  he  spent  much  time  drawing  pictures  and 
sketches  of  the  picturesque  architecture  that  he  daily  looked  upon.  But  he  was  preparing 
to  emigrate  to  America,  and  for  that  reason  was  obliged  to  abandon  what  he  most  loved 
to  do. 

After  he  arrived  here,  however,  he  found  that  his  studies  had  prepared  him  to  earn 
a  fairly  good  income  after  all.  He  entered  into  ornamental  plaster  of  paris  and  cement 
work,  and  as  he  accumulated  money  and  studied  American  architecture  he  gradually 
found  himself  among  the  builders  of  fine  dwellings,  theaters,  churches  and  kindred  struc- 
tures. Appreciating  the  need  of  more  contractors  for  a  city  the  size  of  Pittsburgh,  he  en- 
tered the  business  of  concrete  construction,  and  from  the  beginning  has  made  a  success 
of  it.  He  is  located  in  the  Lyceum  building  now,  where  he  is  constantly  kept  busy 
figuring  on  construction  work  of  a  costly  nature.  Among  some  of  the  buildings  he  helped 
erect  are  the  Margaretta  Church,  at  Carrick ;  the  Pittsburgh  Synagogue,  the  First  Pres- 
byterian Church  of  Bellevue;  the  Kenyon  Opera  House  of  Pittsburgh,  the  Church  of  the 
Ascension  of  Pittsburgh,  the  Carnegie  Technical  Schools,  and  many  others. 

Mr.  Furlan  is  the  treasurer  of  the  International  Commission  Company  and  holds  a 
membership  in  the  Louata  Operaia,  at  East  Liberty. 


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SAMUEL 
HOLMES. 


Samuel  Holmes  has  for  twenty-eight  years  been 
identified  with  the  building  of  modern  Pittsburgh.  The 
Pittsburgh  Athletic  Club  is  an  example 
of  the  stone  work  for  which  Mr.  Holmes 
is  noted.  He  is  contractor  for  all  of  the 
masonry  work  on  the  School  of  Applied  Design  and 
Machinery  Hall,  the  beautiful  buildings  of  Carnegie  In- 
stitute of  Technology,  located  in  Schenley  Park. 
Among  a  wide  range  of  buildings  done  by  Mr.  Holmes 
there  are  over  thirty  churches  to  his  credit  in  Pitts- 
burgh, also  the  Watson  building,  Fairmont,  W.  Va. 
Office  buildings,  bridges,  churches  and  other  structures 
in  large  numbers  throughout  Pittsburgh  and  its  adja- 
cent territory  bear  Mr.  Holmes'  workmanship.  He  is 
the  owner  of  the  finest  stone-cutting  plant  in  the  Pitts- 
burgh district,  located  in  Wilkinsburg. 


PITTSBURGH    ATHLETIC    ASSOCIATION. 


THOMAS 

RALPH 

PITTOCK. 


Thomas  Ralph  Pittock  is  one  of  Pittsburgh's  foremost  capitalists  and  real  estate 
dealers.  He  was  born  in  London,  England,  76  years  ago,  a  son  of  Frederick  Pittock  and 
Susanna  Bonner  Pittock.  His  parents  removed  to  Pennsylvania  when  Mr. 
Pittock  was  a  boy,  and  he  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  the  State. 
Mr.  Pittock  has  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business  for  years,  and  his 
success  through  latter  years  extended  his  business  and  field  of  endeavor 
until  now  he  is  one  of  the  city's  best  known  promotors  and  capitalists. 

Mr.  Pittock  is  a  brother  of  John  W.  Pittock,  who  founded  the  Pittsburgh  Leader,  ir 
October,  1864.  Another  brother  is  the  publisher  of  the  Portland  Oregonian,  at  Portland, 
Ore.  Mr.  Pittock  was  not  a  favored  son  of  fortune  by  birth.  He  worked  for  everything 
he  now  has,  and  is  a  self-made  Pittsburgher. 


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DANIEL 

E.    JONES. 

Pittsburgh. 


Daniel  E.  Jones  was  born  in  Pittsburgh,  a  son  of 
Evan  Jones  and  Elizabeth  Jones.  He  attended  the 
public  schools,  and  was  a  student  at  the 
Western  University  of  Pennsylvania. 
He  was  graduated  from  Duff's  College, 
Mr.  Jones  entered  the  firm  of  Evan  Jones 
&  Company,  of  which  his  father  was  president,  as  su- 
perintendent, and  later  became  manager  and  treasurer, 
which  position  he  now  holds,  being  the  active  head  of 
the  concern.  The  firm  does  general  contracting  for 
public  works,  being  the  pioneer  contracting  firm  of 
Pittsburgh  now  existing  to  undertake  public  work. 
This  feature  of  contracting  was  taken  up  shortly  after 
the  Civil  War,  and  has  been  carried  on  ever  since.  The 
company  is  well  known  as  brick  manufacturers,  also 
making  Ligonier  paving  block,  on  which  it  specializes, 
and  also  handles  contracting  for  railroad  ballasting. 


HERMAN 
RATH. 


Herman  Rath,  general  contractor,  was  born  May  3, 
1878,  in  Germany.  His  parents  were  Charles  and  Anna 
Rath.  The  boy  was  brought  to  the  United 
States  by  his  parents  when  he  was  but 
three  years  old.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Allegheny  county.  In  1893  he  started  in 
the  contracting  business  with  his  father,  and  10  years 
later  took  over  the  management  of  the  entire  business. 
He  was  elected  to  the  State  Legislature  in  1911  and  served 
one  term.  He  was  a  member  of  the  following  committees  : 
Accounts,  Municipal  Corporations,  Military,  and  Public 
Health  and  Sanitation.  Mr.  Rath  is  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  Fraternity.  He  is  married  and  has  three  chil- 
dren. His  present  home  is  in  Pittsburgh,  5223  Duncan 
street.  Mr.  Rath  is  a  staunch  Republican  in  politics,  and 
has  always  been  known  for  the  earnestness  with  which 
he  supports  a  cause,  and  the  thoroughness  of  all  his  un- 
dertakings. 


GEORGE  HOGG. 

A  leader  among  Allegheny  county  Scotchmen  and  one  of  the  most  progressive  build- 
ing contractors  of  the  county,  George  Hogg,  of  Edgewood,  head  of  the  firm  of  George 
Hogg  Company,  has  gained  an  enviable  reputation  in  the  years  he  has  spent  in  this  coun- 
try.    Mr.  Hogg  came  from  Scotland  to  America  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago. 

He  received  a  public  school  education  in  his  native  land,  which  prepared  him  for 
the  building  business  into  which  he  embarked  in  America.  Many  of  the  largest  con- 
tracts for  building  construction  in  Braddock  and  surrounding  boroughs  were  given  Mr. 
Hogg,  who  also  owns  considerable  real  estate  in  that  town. 

He  is  a  director  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Braddock  and  of  the  Braddock  Trust 
Company.    He  is  a  member  of  the  Burns  society  and  a  member  of  several  Masonic  orders. 

The  offices  of  the  George  Hogg  Company,  contractors  and  builders,  of  which  Mr. 
George  Hogg  is  the  head,  are  located  in  the  Keystone  building,  Pittsburgh. 


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FRANCIS  E.  McGILLICK. 

As  an  example  of  success  which  may  be  attained  by  hard  work,  study  and  persever- 
ance, none  is  more  entitled  to  mention  than  Francis  E.  McGillick.  He  was  born  in  Blairs- 
ville,  Indiana  county,  Pennsylvania, 
February  10,  1864.  His  father,  Peter 
McGillick,  came  from  county  Meath, 
and  his  mother,  whose  maiden  name 
was  Bridget  Nolan,  from  county  Wick- 
low,  Ireland;  they  were  of  the  sturdy, 
honest  Irish  type,  frugal  and  indus- 
trious. 

Mr.  McGillick  received  his  early 
education  in  the  parochial  school,  Blairs- 
ville,  conducted  by  the  Sisters  of 
Charity,  and  in  which  they  were  the  in- 
structors. In  the  mornings  and  even- 
ings, young  McGillick  drove  the  family's 
cows  and  those  of  neighbors  to  and  from 
the  pasture  fields,  and  worked  in  his 
father's  garden.  After  school  hours 
and  during  vacations  he  engaged  in  any 
kind  of  work  he  could  find  in  the  town 
or  among  the  neighborhood  farmers.  As 
Blairsville  at  that  time  was  a  small 
place,  positions  were  hard  to  get,  the 
boy  helped  teamsters  to  haul  coal,  lum- 
ber and  other  commodities.  He  worked 
in  a  brick  yard,  in  a  woolen  mill,  on  the 
township  roads,  in  ice  cutting  and  pack- 
ing, and  in  digging  cellars.  He  also  performed  services  as  helper  for  plasterers  and  brick 
and  stone  masons.  A  choice  job  was  that  of  harvesting,  for  which  young  McGillick  re- 
ceived pay  at  the  rate  of  $2  a  day.  For  a  time  he  worked  for  as  much  as  35  to  50  cents 
per  day. 

At  the  age  of  17  young  McGillick  entered  the  employment  of  the  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
road, working  on  a  gravel  or  work  train.  He  made  application  and  was  promoted  to  a 
carpenters'  gang,  the  work  being  to  build  and  repair  wood  and  iron  bridges,  stations, 
water  towers  and  other  structures  along  the  road  from  Blairsville  to  old  Allegheny  City 
during  the  summer  and  in  winter  was  employed  as  brakeman  and  fireman.  After  two 
years  he  got  employment  at  building  houses  and  in  1886  began  business  at  Blairsville  as 
a  contractor  and  builder.  In  nine  years  he  built  over  300  structures.  During  four  years 
of  this  time  he  also  carried  on  a  mercantile  establishment,  selling  groceries  and  hardware. 

Mr.  McGillick  came  to  Pittsburgh  in  1895  and  for  12  years  engaged  in  business  as  a 
contractor  and  builder,  most  of  the  time  having  as  many  as  200  men  in  his  employment. 
In  1907,  he  quit  the  contracting  business,  to  confine  his  attention  to  his  real  estate  and 
other  interests.  He  has  offices  in  the  East  End  Trust  Building,  at  Penn  and  Highland 
avenues.  Mr.  McGillick  was  married  September  2,  1891,  to  Margaret  A.,  daughter  of 
Louis  and  Anne  Botzem,  at  Latrobe,  Pa.  Mr.  McGillick  lives  in  a  handsome  residence  at 
Margaretta  and  St.  Clair  streets,  Pittsburgh.  He  takes  pride  in  the  fact  that  although  he 
was  compelled  to  relinquish  his  school  education  in  early  life,  he  never  has  ceased  to  per- 
fect himself  as  much  as  possible  in  after  years,  even  to  the  extent  of  indulging  in  a  three 
years'  law  course  by  correspondence.  He  is  a  member  of  Duquesne  Council,  Knights  of 
Columbus.  He  has  three  sons — Francis  E.,  Charles  A.  and  Louis  J. — all  at  college,  and 
one  daughter,  Marie  Elizabeth. 


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GEORGE   J. 
HAGAN. 


George  J.  Hagan  has  established  himself  as  one  of 
the  specialists  in  the  manufacture  and  treatment  of 
metals  in  Pittsburgh.  A  large  number 
of  appliances  now  in  use  among  manu- 
facturers bear  his  name.  Mr.  Hagan 
started  work  as  a  contractor,  making  a  specialty  of 
erecting  furnaces.  Next  he  put  up  his  own  gas  pro- 
ducers and  stokers,  rolling  mills  and  steel  plants.  For 
years  he  has  made  a  study  of  fuel  economy  and  has 
perfected  a  large  number  of  appliances.  Among  these 
are  the  Stoker  Fired  Furnace  for  special  high  grade 
work,  where  the  heat  treatment  is  a  special  factor  in 
the  conversion  operation.  Practically  all  manufactur- 
ers making  such  a  product  are  using  his  equipment. 
Mr.  Hagan  is  the  sole  owner  of  the  firm  doing  business 
under  the  name  of  George  J.  Hagan. 


CLARKSON 
TAYLOR. 


Lakin   Clarkson   Taylor   was   born   at   Batesville, 
Noble  county,  Ohio,  November  20,  1862,  the  son  of  Dr. 
LAKIN  John    Clarkson    Taylor    and    Margaret 

Lakin  Taylor.  When  aged  17  Mr.  Tay- 
lor taught  school  and  later  was  assist- 
ant postmaster  of  Cambridge,  Ohio.  He 
organized  and  was  first  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
American  Rolling  Mill  Company,  at  Middletown,  Ohio, 
organized  and  built  the  Cambridge  Rolling  Mill  (now 
Inter-State  Steel  Company),  at  Cambridge,  Ohio,  and 
other  important  mills.  He  has  just  completed  the  or- 
ganization of  the  Pittsburgh  Sheet  &  Tin  Plate  Com- 
pany, of  Pittsburgh,  of  which  he  is  secretary  and  treas- 
urer. He  also  organized  banks  in  Columbus,  Cincinnati 
and  Louisville.  He  is  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
Buena  Vista  Land  Company,  and  carries  on  various 
large  building  operations  in  Pittsburgh,  besides  build- 
ing and  financing  steel  mills. 


P.     M.     PFEIL, 

President,  Iron  City  Sand  Company, 
Pittsburgh. 


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JOSEPH   WILLIAM  BRYAN. 


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JOSEPH  WILLIAM  BRYAN. 

Even  in  so  unpoetic  a  field  of  endeavor  as  banking  and  life  insurance  writing  one 
must  be  talented  in  order  to  be  thoroughly  successful.  To  have  a  natural  fondness  for  a 
particular  occupation  helps  greatly  in  making  that  occupation  never  a  drudgery,  but  a 
well-paying  proposition.  This  has  always  been  recognized  in  the  learned  professions,  but 
in  business  the  impression,  that  has  always  been  most  general,  was  that  a  sound  ground- 
ing in  office  work  was  all  that  was  necessary. 

That  this  is  really  not  true,  and  that  genius  has  much  to  do  with  the  success  of  a 
business  man,  has  been  proved  so  many  times  over  by  one  of  the  younger  generation  of 
Pittsburgh  insurance  men,  that  no  further  argument  is  necessary.  This  Pittsburgher  is 
in  reality  not  a  Pittsburgher,  for  he  was  born  in  that  delightful  section  directly  south  of 
the  Mason-Dixon  line,  that  in  song  and  story  has  become  noted  for  the  beauty  of  its  land- 
scape and  the  hospitality  of  its  people. 

Joseph  William  Bryan  is  a  native  of  old  Virginia.  His  father,  Dr.  L.  W.  Bryan,  was 
a  practicing  physician  in  the  little  town  of  Bristol,  and  there  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
was  born.  To  enter  a  business  career  seemed  to  be  his  early  inclination.  When  he  at- 
tended the  public  schools  in  his  native  town  he  gave  particular  attention  to  his  mathe- 
matical studies,  and  as  soon  as  he  left  school  he  began  to  prove  that  he  was  fitted  for 
insurance  work. 

The  first  thing  of  importance  that  he  started  out  to  do  was  pack  five  years'  work  into 
eight  months.  He  actually  did  this,  and  old,  white-haired  insurance  men  the  country  over 
"sat  up  and  took  notice,"  to  use  a  common  expression.  They  wondered,  and  quite  justly, 
too,  what  this  beginner  in  the  insurance  field  was  going  to  do  next.  They  have  been 
watching  him  ever  since,  and  have  seen  him  make  upward  moves  that  only  one  endowed 
with  a  rich  genius  could  make.  To  be  more  explicit,  Mr.  Bryan  sold  insurance  in  the 
State  of  Texas  for  the  International  Life  Insurance  Company,  of  St.  Louis.  The  com- 
pany was  a  new  one,  and  the  State  of  Texas  was  a  big  State.  However,  in  eight 
months'  time  the  novice  in  the  insurance  business  sold  one  round  million  dollars 
worth  of  insurance.  This  feat  is  usually  regarded  as  a  good  five  years'  work  for  an  ex- 
pert. What  makes  it  particularly  remarkable,  and  more  in  Mr.  Bryan's  favor,  is  the  fact 
that  $800,000  of  this  business  has  paid  a  third  renewal  business.  For  this  wonderful 
piece  of  work  he  was  sent  to  Pittsburgh  to  take  charge  of  the  office  in  that  city,  and 
although  he  has  been  there  only  two  years,  he  has  built  up  an  agency  force  that  is  writ- 
ing one  million  dollars  worth  of  insurance  annually.  Immediately  before  coming  to 
Pittsburgh  he  served  a  brief  period  of  time  as  superintendent  of  agents  for  this  concern. 

Since  coming  to  Pittsburgh  he  has  interested  himself  and  a  number  of  others  in  the 
organization  of  an  insurance  company  that  is  now  doing  business  as  the  United  Mutual 
Life  Insurance  Company.  Eventually  the  company  will  go  on  a  stock  basis  and  operate 
as  the  United  Life  Insurance  Company.  The  concern  will  be  a  $1,000,000  capital  stock 
company,  and  expects  in  a  short  time  to  acquire  the  strength  of  the  older  and  more  prom- 
inent concerns  of  the  country.  Mr.  Bryan  is  the  vice-president  of  this  new  company, 
Joseph  A.  Langfitt  is  the  president,  and  W.  A.  Roberts  is  secretary  and  treasurer.  These 
two  men  are  Pittsburghers.  In  the  board  of  directors  are  men  high  in  the  financial 
life  of  Pittsburgh.  To  Mr.  Bryan  alone,  who  incidentally  occupies  the  position  of 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  West  Penn  Securities  Company,  is  due  the  successful 
launching  of  this  new  company,  and  insurance  periodicals  the  country  over  predict  for  it 
a  career  of  unprecedented  success  as  long  as  it  bears  the  stamp  of  so  efficient  an  organ- 
izer and  vice-president. 

Mr.  Bryan  is  widely  and  favorably  known  as  an  insurance  man  of  great  forceful- 
ness.  He  is  not  quite  28  years  old,  but  is  one  of  that  energetic  kind  that  never  gets  tired. 
Being  a  man  of  splendid  address  and  adaptable  to  all  conditions,  he  is  peculiarly  fitted 
for  the  work  of  organizing  and  successfully  carrying  forward  a  big  general  agency.  The 
sending  of  Mr.  Bryan  to  Pittsburgh  by  the  International  Company  was  in  keeping  with 
its  plan  to  get  hold  of  wide  awake,  experienced  men  who  are  known  to  be  efficient. 

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EDWARD   DAVISON,  JR. 

Edward  Davison,  Jr.,  well-known 
steamboat  captain  and  one  of  the  fore- 
most men  in  the  sand  and  gravel  busi- 
ness in  Pittsburgh,  is  at  the  head 
of  the  firm  of  J.  K.  Davison  &  Brother. 
Steamboating  on  the  Ohio,  Monongahela 
and  Allegheny  rivers  is  a  strenuous  oc- 
cupation, and  by  the  time  a  man  has  fol- 
lowed it  for  a  few  years  he  has  devel- 
oped a  hardihood  and  resourcefulness 
which  will  bring  him  success  in  most 
any  line  of  endeavor,  if  it  be  combined 
with  business  instincts  and  intelligence. 
Mr.  Davison  secured  a  position  on  a 
steamboat  when  a  youth  and  rose  rapid- 
ly until  he  became  a  captain.  Soon  he 
became  interested  in  dredging  for  sand 
and  gravel  and  at  length  embarked  in 
this  business,  becoming  the  active  part- 
ner in  a  firm  of  the  highest  business 
standing.  The  company  was  first  or- 
ganized in  1870  under  the  name  of  J.  K. 
&  E.  Davison.  Later  the  volume  of  busi- 
ness became  so  great  that  a  reorganiza- 
tion was  necessary  and  the  present  com- 
pany was  incorporated. 


J.   TONER   BARR 

J.  Toner  Barr  is  one  of  the  best 
known  civil  and  constructing  engineers 
in  Western  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Barr 
was  born  in  Philadelphia  in  1876.  His 
father  and  mother  were  John  C.  Barr 
and  Mrs.  Sarah  Toner  Barr.  At  an 
early  age  he  entered  the  Western  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania  as  a  special  stu- 
dent. After  this  he  was  given  the  im- 
portant post  of  city  engineer  of  Pitts- 
burgh, and  later  became  identified  with 
much  important  construction  work.  He 
occupied  positions  with  the  Allegheny 
Valley  Railroad  Company,  the  Eureka 
Fuel  Company,  the  Mellon  interests  in 
Pittsburgh  and  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio 
Railroad  Company.  In  1907  he  began 
business  for  himself.  Among  much  im- 
portant work,  he  has  constructed  by  con- 
tract over  15  miles  of  underground  con- 
duit system  for  the  Bell  Company.  Mr. 
Barr  is  a  member  of  the  American  So- 
ciety of  Civil  Engineers  and  the  Engi- 
neers' Society  of  Western  Pennsylvania. 


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C.  C.  HAMILTON 

Charles  C.  Hamilton,  Real  Estate 
man  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  was  born  in 
Northampton  county,  Virginia,  Novem- 
ber 18,  1869,  the  son  of  Thomas 
and  Henrietta  (Bell)  Hamilton.  He  was 
educated  at  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  State.  Beginning  work  at  17,  he 
learned  the  hotel  business;  then  real 
estate  in  Hampton,  Virginia,  and  came 
to  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  in  September,  1900. 
Mr.  Hamilton  is  notable  as  the  origi- 
nator of  the  Penn  Avenue  Produce  Dis- 
trict. The  opening  of  that  district 
where  the  produce  men  are  now 
grouped,  was  rapidly  and  successfully 
accomplished  by  him,  an  achievement 
that  thoroughly  introduced  Mr.  Hamil- 
ton to  the  newspapers  and  the  public. 
Many  Pittsburgh  modern  apartments 
were  built  by  him.  He  is  Third  Vice- 
President  of  the  Real  Estate  Board; 
Blue  Lodge,  Chapter  and  Council  Ma- 
son ;  a  Knight  Templar  and  Shriner.  His 
offices  are  in  the  Union  Bank  Building. 


C.  L.  SAXTON. 

Among  the  most  progressive  real 
estate  brokers  of  the  city  of  Pittsburgh 
is  Clarence  Leland  Saxton.  He  was 
born  November  10,  1877,  at  New  Frank- 
lin Springs,  Beaver  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania. His  parents  are  Samuel  J.  and 
Isabella  A.  Saxton.  For  15  years  Mr. 
Saxton  has  been  engaged  as  a  real  estate 
broker  in  Pittsburgh,  having  been  lo- 
cated on  the  North  Side  for  12  years, 
and  the  last  three  years  having  offices 
in  the  Union  Bank  building.  He  is  a  di- 
rector of  the  Pittsburgh  Real  Estate 
Board  as  well  as  being  head  of  the  C.  L. 
Saxton  Company,  a  realty  organization 
that  has  completed  some  of  the  largest 
deals  ever  made  in  the  Smoky  City. 
From  the  age  of  three  until  seven  years 
ago  Mr.  Saxton  resided  in  Sewickley, 
and  since  that  time  has  had  his  resi- 
dence in  the  East  End,  Pittsburgh.  Mr. 
Saxton  is  a  member  of  the  Pittsburgh 
Athletic  Association,  Allegheny  Lodge 
No.  223,  F.  &  A.  M.,  Allegheny  Council 
and  Bellevue  Chapter  of  that  order,  and 
Pittsburgh  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


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JOHN   E. 
SHAW. 


John  E.  Shaw,  of  Pittsburgh,  was  born  in  North 
Versailles  township,  Allegheny  county,  February  8, 
1851.  His  education  was  started  at  the 
Newell  Institute  at  Pittsburgh  and  con- 
tinued at  Yale,  from  which  he  was  grad- 
uated in  1873.  Later  he  entered  the  law  school  of  Co- 
lumbia University  and  graduated  there  in  1875.  The 
same  year  he  began  the  practice  of  law  in  Pittsburgh. 
Leaving  the  legal  profession,  he  entered  into  real  es- 
tate, and,  in  addition  to  much  other  important  work, 
manages  the  real  estate  interests  of  H.  C.  Frick.  In 
1893  he  organized  the  Provisional  Committee  of  the 
Lake  Erie  and  Ohio  River  Ship  Canal  Company  in  the 
Pittsburgh  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  secured  the  sur- 
veys of  the  canal.  In  1905  he  secured  the  incorporation 
of  the  canal  company.  Mr.  Shaw  is  a  member  of  the 
Union  Club,  the  University  Club  of  Pittsburgh  and  the 
Stanton  Heights  Golf  Club. 


WILLIAM 

WILSON 

GIFFEN 


William  Wilson  Giffen,  only  son  of  Jesse  and 
Rebecca  (Fisher)  Giffen,  was  born  in  East  Huntington 
township,  Westmoreland  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, August  22,  1866.  He  attended 
the  Mt.  Pleasant  Classical  and  Scientific 
Institution,  graduating  in  1884.  In  1889 
he  came  to  Pittsburgh,  entering  the  employ  of  T.  Mel- 
lon &  Sons,  bankers.  In  1891  he  formed  a  partnership 
with  Samuel  W.  Gault  in  the  real  estate  business, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Gault  &  Giffen,  which  continues 
at  the  present  time ;  they  have  since  been  very  actively 
engaged  in  the  real  estate  business,  with  offices  at  442 
Fourth  avenue.  Mr.  Giffen  is  president  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Trafford  City.  Mr.  Giffen's  firm  was 
one  of  the  pioneers  in  bringing  the  modern  apartment 
house  to  Pittsburgh,  and  have  a  large  number  of  this 
class  of  construction  to  their  credit. 


HENRY 

GRAFF 

HUGUS. 


Henry  Graff  Hugus,  eldest  child  of  Paul  and 
Priscilla  Sophia  (Graff)  Hugus,  was  born  in  Pitts- 
burgh April  3,  1847.  He  attended  Ober- 
lin  College,  Oberlin,  0.,  afterward 
studying  at  the  Western  University,  and 
graduating  from  Eastman's  National 
Business  College,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.  Following 
identification  with  the  stove  and  range  firm  of  Graff, 
Hugus  &  Company,  Pittsburgh,  Mr.  Hugus  in  1881  es- 
tablished a  retail  store  on  Smithfield  street  under  his 
own  name.  With  his  brother  he  was  successfully  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of  steel  hollow  ware  and  steel 
gongs.  Mr.  Hugus  retired  in  1895.  He  is  a  Mason, 
member  of  Grace  Reformed  Church,  Pittsburgh  Coun- 
try Club,  Pittsburgh  Board  of  Trade  and  the  Gentle- 
men's Driving  Club  of  Pittsburgh  and  Allegheny.  He 
married  Sarah  Ann  Harrison,  their  children  being  J. 
Harrison  and  Mary  A.  Hugus. 


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WILSON  A.  SHAW. 


Among  Pittsburgh's  chieftains  of  finance  is  Wilson  A.  Shaw,  the  son  of  James  and 
Nancy  M.  Shaw   (nee  Wilson).     Mr.  Shaw  was  born  at  Glenshaw,  Pennsylvania,   Sep- 
tember 18,  1846.    He  received  his  educa 
tion  in  the  public  schools  and  pursued 
his  higher  studies  in  the  Western  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania. 

It  was  March  16,  1866,  that  Mi. 
Shaw  embarked  in  the  field  of  business, 
entering  the  Merchants  &  Manufactur- 
ers National  Bank  as  a  clerk.  His  dis- 
play of  industry  and  judgment  brought 
him  proper  recognition,  and  in  1874  he 
became  cashier  of  that  banking  institu- 
tion. Bigger  honors  awaited  him,  and 
in  1902  he  was  made  president  of  that 
bank. 

The  advisability  of  the  consolida- 
tion of  the  Merchants  &  Manufacturers 
National  Bank,  the  Iron  City  National 
Bank  and  the  Bank  of  Pittsburgh  be- 
came plainly  evident  in  1903,  and  it  was 
effected,  being  one  of  the  biggest  bank- 
ing mergers  in  Pittsburgh  in  years. 
Wilson  A.  Shaw  was  decided  upon  as 
the  man  to  guide  the  destinies  of  the  big 
financial  institution.  He  was  named  for 
President  January  1,  1904. 

Mr.  Shaw  continued  in  that  capac- 
ity until  February  of  1910,  when  he  resigned  as  president  of  the  Bank  of  Pittsburgh.  He 
was  thereupon  elected  chairman  of  the  board  of  directors  and  vice-president  of  that  big 
institution.  Mr.  Shaw  has  not  confined  his  banking  activities  alone  to  that  bank,  but  is  a 
director  of  the  Fidelity  Title  &  Trust  Company  of  Pittsburgh. 

Mr.  Shaw  is  a  prominent  figure  in  the  club  and  social  life  of  Pittsburgh,  being  a 
member  of  the  Duquesne  Club,  the  Pittsburgh  Country  Club  and  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic 
Association.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Railroad  Club  of  New  York  city,  and  the  Pitts- 
burgh Chapter  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution. 

His  entire  life  has  been  one  preponderating  with  unusual  achievements,  and  his  rise 
in  the  banking  business  was  phenomenal.  At  every  turn  he  displayed  great  ability  and 
happily,  in  his  case,  merit  was  rewarded  by  proper  advancement.  Pittsburgh  is  proud  of 
his  record  of  rapid  progress  and  has  showered  on  him  numerous  honors  in  order  to  show 
its  appreciation. 

Mr.  Shaw  is  not  narrowed  by  his  long  continued  promotion  of  banking  interests,  but 
on  the  other  hand,  is  a  broad,  well-balanced  citizen  who  has  a  general  interest  in  the  af- 
fairs of  the  city,  whether  they  touch  his  special  line  of  activity  or  are  directly  opposite. 

For  his  charitable  activities  he  has  won  to  himself  considerable  esteem.  The  repu- 
tation he  has  made  for  himself  is  not,  however,  confined  to  Pittsburgh,  but  throughout 
the  State,  and  even  in  the  busy  marts  of  the  nation  Wilson  A.  Shaw  is  known  and  recog- 
nized as  a  keen-minded  financial  man. 

While  he  was  not  born  in  Pittsburgh,  the  greatest  portion  of  his  life  has  been  spent 
in  that  city,  and  his  brilliant  business  career  has  been  exclusively  staged  there. 


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Louis  G.  Rankin  is  a  leading  real  estate  operator  of 
Pittsburgh.     He  was  born  March  3,  1883,  in  Aiken  ave- 
nue,   Pittsburgh,    a    son    of    Dr.    John    S. 
rankin'         Rankin   and    Louisa    G.    Rankin.     He    at- 
tended   the    Liberty    school     (Twentieth 
ward) ,  and  continued  his  studies  in  the  Pittsburgh  Central 
high  school.    Later  he  attended  Washington  and  Jefferson 
College,  Harvard  University  and  Boston  University. 

After  leaving  college  he  entered  the  wholesale  lumber 
and  later  the  real  estate  business,  at  which  he  has  been 
very  successful. 


EDWARD 
G.    LANG. 


Edward  G.  Lang,  of  North  Side,  Pittsburgh,  was 
born  in  old  Allegheny,  the  son  of  John  Henry  Lang 
and  Caroline  Cole  Lang.  After  leaving 
the  public  schools,  Mr.  Lang  became  in- 
terested in  the  fire  insurance  and  real 
estate  business,  in  which  he  is  now  engaged.  He  is  a 
director  of  the  Second  National  Bank,  the  Ohio  Valley 
Bank,  the  Union  American  Cigar  Company,  the  Peo- 
ple's Land  Company,  the  Monongahela  Oil  Company, 
and  the  Dollar  Savings  Fund  &  Trust  Company.  For 
several  years  Mr.  Lang  was  Director  of  Public  Safety 
of  Pittsburgh  under  the  Mayor  Guthrie  administra- 
tion, and  represented  the  Eleventh  ward  of  Allegheny 
in  Council.  He  was  disbursing  officer  of  the  United 
States  government  in  the  construction  of  the  North 
Side  Post  Office  building.  He  is  affiliated  with  several 
Masonic  organizations,  being  a  Knight  Templar  and  a 
Mystic  Shriner. 


GEORGE  H. 
HERSHEY. 


George  H.  Hershey  is  a  retail  grocer  of  the  East 
End,  Pittsburgh.  He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Board 
of  Trade,  and  has  real  estate  interests — 
residence  property  —  throughout  the 
city.  He  was  born  in  Circleville,  West- 
moreland county,  March  10,  1867,  and  brought  up  on 
his  father's  farm  in  Irwin  borough.  He  attended  the 
common  schools  of  Irwin,  mastered  the  carpenter 
trade,  but  finally  in  1895  engaged  in  the  grocery  busi- 
ness. His  business  and  apartment  building  is  located 
at  Center  avenue  and  Graham  street  and  he  has  built 
a  residence  at  539  Graham  street.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Friendship  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  of  which 
he  has  served  as  steward  and  trustee.  He  was  mar- 
ried February  27,  1894,  to  Miss  Kate  M.  New,  and  they 
have  one  daughter. 


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ROBERT   JAMES  DAVIDSON. 

To  financial  Pittsburgh  the  name  of  Robert  James  Davidson  is  one  big  in  meaning. 
In  fact,  Robert  James  Davidson  is  one  of  the  biggest  figures  in  Pittsburgh's  financial 
circles. 

He  is  an  officer  and  director  in 
three  of  the  biggest  concerns  of  their 
kind  in  the  city,  and  knows  banking 
from  bottom  to  top,  experience  being 
his  teacher,  so  that  he  is  not  only  a 
familiar  figure,  but  is  a  leader  as  well, 
in  his  chosen  field  of  endeavor. 

Mr.  Davidson  was  born  in  Wam- 
pum, Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  a 
son  of  R.  D.  Davidson,  a  prominent  resi- 
dent of  that  place.  He  attended  the 
grammar  schools  there,  and  as  a  young 
man  secured  a  position  with  a  bank. 

Since  that  time  Mr.  Davidson  has 
been  a  banker.  He  has  performed  prac- 
tically every  duty  of  a  bank  employe,  in 
his  various  positions,  during  his  long 
career,  and  points  to  a  long  record  of 
service  with  pride.  For  three  years  he 
worked  in  different  positions  in  a  pri- 
vate bank.  Entering  the  employ  of  a 
trust  company,  he  worked  in  different 
trust  companies  for  nine  years.  For  10 
years  he  has  held  responsible  positions 
with  national  banks,  and  for  years  has 
been  a  bank  president. 

As  president  of  the  Columbia  National  Bank,  and  a  member  of  the  bank's  directorate, 
Mr.  Davidson  found  he  had  more  time  at  his  command  than  his  duties  exacted,  and  he 
became  interested  in  the  Republic  Bank  Note  Company,  of  Pittsburgh,  and  besides  being 
a  big  stockholder  became  vice-president  and  a  director. 

Mr.  Davidson  then  further  proved  his  versatility  and  capacity  to  care  for  widely 
scattered  and  varied  interests,  when  he  became  treasurer  of  the  Fort  Pitt  Malleable  Iron 
Company.    He  also  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  latter  concern. 

Not  only  is  Mr.  Davidson  prominent  in  business  and  financial  circles,  but  he  is  well 
known  socially  as  well.  He  is  prominent  as  a  member  of  the  Duquesne  and  Allegheny 
Clubs,  and  has  a  wide  acquaintance  and  circle  of  friends,  both  in  Pittsburgh  and  through- 
out the  State  of  Pennsylvania. 

Few  people  have  the  capacity  for  winning  friends  who  will  stick  in  adversity  as  well 
as  in  prosperity.  Such  a  gift  is  the  possession  only  of  the  man  of  character  and  pleasing 
personality.  The  multitude  of  men  and  women  who  claim  the  friendship  of  Mr.  Davidson 
is  proof  of  his  standing  in  the  community  which  none  can  successfully  refute. 

Few  men  take  a  greater  delight  than  does  Mr.  Davidson  in  the  society  of  his  friends, 
and  he  is  always  adding  to  the  number.  After  the  trying  routine  of  the  day's  work  in  the 
office  is  over,  Mr.  Davidson  seeks  social  companionship  for  relaxation  and  rest. 

Mr.  Davidson  possesses  a  keen  insight  into  human  nature.  This,  with  his  sterling 
honesty,  optimistic  temperament  and  profound  knowledge  of  the  fundamental  principles 
of  business,  is  largely  responsible  for  his  success. 


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JOHN  A. 


BELL. 

John  A.  Bell,  banker,  was  born 
September  30,  1854,  in  Mansfield  (now 
Carnegie),  Pa.,  a  suburb  of  Pittsburgh, 
where  he  still  resides.  His  parents 
were  John  Bell  and  Phianna  (nee 
Arner)  Bell,  who  both  died  before  he 
was  eleven  years  of  age.  He  received  a 
public  school  education,  and  of  necessity 
started  to  work  early  in  life,  first  taking 
a  position  as  clerk  in  a  grocery  store  and 
later  entering  business  for  himself.  Mr. 
Bell  served  as  treasurer  of  Allegheny 
county  from  1891  to  1893.  He  after- 
wards became  president  of  the  Freehold 
Bank,  which  position  he  still  retains. 
He  is  associated  with  the  Colonial  Trust 
Company  and  the  Columbia  National 
Bank  as  vice-president  of  each.  He  is 
president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Carnegie,  the  Carnegie  Trust  Company, 
the  Burgettstown  National  Bank  and 
the  Grove  City  National  Bank.  He  is 
largely  interested  in  producing  oil  and 
has  an  extensive  coal  acreage. 


JEROME  HILL. 


Jerome  Hill,  banker,  manufacturer 
and  prominent  in  transportation  busi- 
ness was  born  May  5,  1878,  in  Tennes- 
see. His  parents  were  Jerome  Hill  and 
Sallie  Wendell  (nee  Fentress)  Hill. 
When  a  small  lad  Mr.  Hill  was  taken  to 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  by  his  parents.  He  en- 
tered the  South  Academy  of  St.  Louis, 
from  which  he  graduated.  At  an  early 
age  Mr.  Hill  became  financially  inter- 
ested in  the  banking  business.  For 
years  he  has  been  vice-president  of  the 
Colonial  Trust  Company  of  Pittsburgh 
and  manager  of  the  bond  department. 
On  April  1,  1912,  he  started  with  the 
Colonial  Trust  Company  of  Farrell,  Pa., 
in  the  same  capacity.  Mr.  Hill  is  a  di- 
rector in  the  Freehold  Bank  and  the 
Pittsburgh  Bank  for  Savings.  He  is 
president  of  the  Indianapolis  and  Louis- 
ville Traction  Company  and  the  Penn- 
sylvania Clay  Company.  Mr.  Hill  is  a 
member  of  the  Allegheny  Country  Club, 
the  Pittsburgh  Golf  Club  and  the  Du- 
quesne  Club.  He  was  married  Decem- 
ber 4,  1907,  to  Miss  Mary  Brooks  Jen- 
nings, of  Pittsburgh.  There  are  two 
children. 


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PERCY  E.  DONNER. 

To  the  ambition  and  industry  of  Percy  E.  Donner,  Monessen,  one  of  the  rapidly 
growing  communities  adjacent  to  Pittsburgh,  attributes  much  of  its  remarkable  expan- 
sion. Although  a  considerable  part  of 
the  development  of  Monessen  has  come 
as  a  result  of  advantages  obtained 
through  street  railway  rights  and 
manufacturing  plants,  its  success  has 
been  assisted  by  the  untiring  energy  of 
Mr.  Donner. 

Born  in  Columbus,  Indiana,  No- 
vember 18,  1879,  Mr.  Donner  has  spent 
the  major  portion  of  his  life  in  the 
vicinity  of  Pittsburgh.  His  parents, 
Frederick  and  Mary  J.  Donner,  gave 
him  the  early  advantages  of  a  good  pub- 
lic and  high  school  education,  at  Colum- 
bus, Indiana,  where  he  received  train- 
ing fitting  him  for  his  career  in  after 
life.  Mr.  Donner  then  came  East  for 
the  opportunities  he  sought. 

At  the  time  of  the  organization  of 
the  United  States  Steel  Corporation  he 
was  placed  in  charge  of  the  big  plant  at 
Monessen  on  account  of  his  ability,  as 
well  as  for  his  pleasant  personality, 
which  made  the  employes  of  the  mill 
work  in  harmony  with  him.  Mr.  Don- 
ner remained  as  the  general  manager 

of  the  Monessen  plant  until  February  1,  1904.  Subsequently,  he  became  interested  in  the 
development  of  a  number  of  other  enterprises.  Among  them  was  the  Webster,  Monessen, 
Belle  Vernon  &  Fayette  City  Railway  Company,  which  was  being  organized  when  Mr. 
Donner  entered  into  its  activities.  Mr.  Donner  helped  to  finance  the  concern,  and  as  one 
of  its  directors  gave  his  attention  to  matters  leading  to  its  success. 

Although  by  this  time  he  was  exceedingly  busy  through  his  participation  in  the  man- 
agement of  a  number  of  different  enterprises  of  an  important  character,  Mr.  Donner  was 
induced  to  take  part  in  the  conduct  of  affairs  of  the  Pittsburgh  Air  Brake  Company,  of 
which  he  was  made  a  director.  Mr.  Donner  also  became  connected  with  the  East  Side 
Land  Company,  which  was  the  cause  for  a  great  deal  of  the  final  development  of  Mones- 
sen. This  company  really  founded  the  town  of  Monessen.  Mr.  Donner  is  a  director  in 
this  company. 

Mr.  Donner  is  head  of  the  banking  and  brokerage  firm  of  Donner,  Childs  &  Woods, 
being  the  member  for  that  firm  of  the  New  York  Stock  Exchange.  He  joined  the  New 
York  Stock  Exchange  four  years  ago,  and  spent  two  years  on  the  floor. 

Despite  the  fact  that  much  of  his  time  has  been  taken  up  with  the  pursuit  of  busi- 
ness cares,  at  no  time,  however,  has  Mr.  Donner  relinquished  his  hold  on  social  and  out- 
door life.  He  is  connected  with  the  Pittsburgh  Club,  the  Allegheny  Country  Club  and  the 
Duquesne  Club.  Mr.  Donner  likewise  belongs  to  the  Country  Club  of  Pittsburgh  and  to 
the  Harkaway  Hunt  Club,  where  he  has  many  opportunities  for  outdoor  recreation,  and 
the  Pittsburgh  Press  Club. 


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WILLIAM  J.  JONES. 


William  J.  Jones,  president  of  the  Pittsburgh  Bank 
for  Savings,  was  born  in  Pittsburgh,  February  20, 
1866,  the  son  of  Joseph  D.  and  Carolyn  Jones.  He 
has  risen  from  a  position  as  clerk  in  a  department 
store  to  the  dignity  of  the  official  position  he  now 
holds.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  and  high  schools 
of  Pittsburgh,  and  began  his  business  career  as  a 
bookkeeper  for  the  Joseph  Horne  Company.  He  was 
a  clerk  in  the  postoffice  and  later  inspector  in  the  same 
office.  He  has  occupied  every  position  in  the  Pitts- 
burgh Bank  for  Savings  from  a  clerkship  to  the  presi- 
dency. Mr.  Jones  is  a  musician  of  note,  being  conduc- 
tor of  several  amateur  singing  societies.  He  was  one 
of  the  principal  sponsors  for  the  Welsh  Eisteddfod  in 
Pittsburgh.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Duquesne  Club, 
the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association,  the  Oakmont  Country  Club  and  the  Pittsburgh 
Country  Club. 

Mr.  Jones'  advancement  has  been  remarkable.  He  owes  his  success  to  a  pro- 
nounced capability  for  banking,  and  combining  the  qualities  of  tireless  industry,  shrewd- 
ness and  foresight.  Mr.  Jones  has  largely  contributed  to  the  success  of  the  Pittsburgh 
Bank  for  Savings.  His  election  in  1913  to  the  presidency  of  that  institution  has  met 
with  general  approval. 

JOHN  W.  HERRON. 

John  William  Herron  was  born  in 
Pittsburgh  December  1,  1851,  the  son  of 
William  Anderson  Herron  and  Louise 
Jeanette  Herron.  Mr.  Herron  attended 
the  public  schools  of  the  city,  and  later 
was  a  student  at  the  old  Western  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania  and  the  Newell 
Institute.  Mr.  Herron  first  was  em- 
ployed in  the  insurance  office  of  R.  Ed- 
wards &  Son.  He  then  went  to  the  roll- 
ing mill  of  Zug  &  Company  as  mill  clerk 
and  paymaster.  He  later  entered  the 
real  estate  office  of  his  father,  after- 
wards becoming  associated  with  him  in 
the  firm  of  W.  A.  Herron  &  Son.  In 
1900  Mr.  Herron's  father  died  and  he 
formed  an  association  with  A.  J.  Kelley, 
Jr.,  and  George  D.  Edwards,  under  the 
same  name  of  W.  A.  Herron  &  Son.  In 
1902  they  organized  the  Commonwealth 
Trust  Company,  Mr.  Herron  being 
elected  the  president.  This  position  he 
holds  at  the  present  time.  He  is  an  of- 
ficer and  director  of  the  Commercial  Na- 
tional Bank  and  belongs  to  the  Du- 
quesne Club,  the  Pittsburgh  Golf  Club. 

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W.  S.  KUHN. 
Capitalist. 


J.  S.  KUHN. 

Capitalist. 


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W.  M.  PATCH. 


William  Moore  Patch,  managing-di- 
rector of  the  Pitt  Theater,  is  a  son  of 
Captain  Alexander  M.  Patch,  of  Leban- 
on, Pa.,  and  Annie  (Moore)  Patch;  he 
is  therefore  the  nephew  of  Joseph  Hen- 
derson Moore,  senior  partner  of  the 
banking  firm  of  Moore,  Leonard  and 
Lewis,  of  Pittsburgh  and  Boston.  Mr. 
Patch  was  born  in  Tucson,  Arizona, 
July  30,  1887.  He  spent  the  greater 
part  of  his  childhood  in  the  West  and 
Northwest  with  his  father,  who  was  an 
army  officer.  Mr.  Moore  was  graduated 
from  St.  Luke's  school,  Wayne,  Pa.,  in 
1906.  In  January,  1907,  he  became  sec- 
retary to  the  chief  of  the  division  of 
prints  in  the  congressional  library  at 
Washington,  D.  C,  and  in  October  of 
the  same  year,  private  secretary  to  the 
manager  of  the  Victor  Talking  Machine 
company,  in  Philadelphia  and  Camden, 
N.  J.  Mr.  Patch  came  to  Pittsburgh  in 
January,  1909  as  assistant  dramatic  and 
Sunday  editor  of  the  Pittsburgh  Dis- 
patch. He  was  made  dramatic  editor  of 
that  paper  in  September,  1909.  In  1913 
he  became  managing-director  of  the 
new  Pitt  theatre,  projected  by  a  group 
of  wealthy  Pittsburghers. 


J.  A.  KNOX. 


Joseph  Alexander  Knox,  secretary 
and  treasurer  of  the  Dominion  Trust 
Company,  Pittsburgh,  was  born  in  Bel- 
fast, Ireland,  January  15,  1867.  His 
parents  were  Thomas  Knox  and  Agnes 
(nee  Rankin)  Knox.  He  came  to  Amer- 
ica in  1889  with  his  wife  and  obtained 
employment  with  the  Pennsylvania 
Railroad  in  Pittsburgh  in  the  office  of 
the  auditor  of  disbursements.  Later  he 
was  employed  in  the  controller's  office. 
In  1900  he  became  assistant  treasurer 
and  assistant  secretary  of  the  Fidelity 
Title  and  Trust  Company,  remaining 
with  this  concern  until  1910  when  he 
left  to  become  president  of  the  United 
States  Glass  Company.  In  1913,  Mr. 
Knox  decided  to  renew  his  connection 
with  the  banking  business,  and  having 
resigned  from  the  industrial  concern, 
became  the  secretary  and  treasurer  of 
the  Dominion  Trust  Company,  in  Jen- 
kins Arcade,  Penn  Avenue,  Pittsburgh. 
Few  men  have  risen  more  rapidly  in  the 
financial  and  industrial  world  than  has 
Mr.  Knox,  and  few  men  have  been  more 
worthy  of  promotion. 


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FRANK  A.  WESLEY. 

Frank  A.  Wesley,  vice-president  and  director  of  agencies  of  the  Standard  Life  In- 
surance Company  of  Pittsburgh,  was  born  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  January  14,  1875.  He 
was  educated  at  East  Greenwich  Acade- 
my and  Wesleyan  University,  from 
which  he  was  graduated.  After  leaving 
college,  Mr.  Wesley  went  into  the  insur- 
ance business,  in  which  he  has  been  en- 
gaged ever  since  in  various  capacities. 

He  first  worked  for  the  New  York 
Life  Insurance  Company,  leaving  it  to 
become  assistant  New  England  man- 
ager for  the  Bankers'  Life  Insurance 
Company  of  New  York.  Mr.  Wesley 
worked  with  Mr.  Woodbridge  on  plans 
for  the  organization  of  a  life  insurance 
company.  He  has  ever  been  an  energetic 
organizer  and  has  originated  some  spe- 
cial plans  in  life  insurance  work  that 
have  proved  efficacious  in  the  promulga- 
tion of  the  business. 

Mr.  Wesley  knows  every  detail  of  the 
insurance  business,  having  worked  in 
every  department  and  in  every  capacity 
to  acquire  the  foundation  of  knowledge 
that  he  declares  is  required  of  any  busi- 
ness man  and  especially  of  the  insur- 
ance man.  He  has  become  a  factor  in 
insurance  circles  throughout  the  United 

States,  his  completely  equipped  and  splendidly  organized  company  making  him  a  figure  in 
such  circles. 

As  a  director  of  agencies,  his  work  is  comprehensive.  It  requires  the  largest  degree 
of  insight  and  the  most  particular  conception  of  detail  in  its  regulation.  This  branch  of 
the  insurance  business  is  considered  one  of  the  most  important  factors  for  the  upbuild- 
ing of  any  company.  It  is  largely  due  to  the  untiring  efforts  and  splendid  executive  abil- 
ity of  Mr.  Wesley  that  the  Standard  Life  Insurance  Company,  which  he  represents  in  the 
directorship  of  its  agencies,  is  such  an  important  and  successful  firm. 

Mr.  Wesley  and  Mr.  Woodbridge,  together,  worked  for  a  year  and  a  half  on  plans  for 
the  organization  of  the  Columbian  National  Life  Insurance   Company  of  Boston,   Mass. 
before  the  work  was  perfected.    Mr.  Wesley  worked  for  his  company  nine  years,  during 
which  time  he  served  in  almost  every  capacity  of  leadership.     He  was  first  made  Boston 
manager  of  the  company,  and  his  success  in  this  smaller  territory  led  to  his  promotion  to 
be  manager  of  the  New  England  territory.    His  success  in  launching  the  company's  busi- 
ness in  all  of  the  New  England  States  was  the  commencement  of  his  promotion  in  the  com- 
pany, an  advancement  of  marvelous  rapidity   which  was  due  entirely  to  the  activity  in 
service  and  successful  competition  of  the  manager.     Mr.  Wesley  was  next  made  assistant 
director  of  agencies  for  the  Columbian  National  Life  Company,  later  director  of  agencies 
and  then  he  was  admitted  to  the  directorship  of  the  company. 

In  May,  1910,  Mr.  Wesley  resigned  from  the  Columbian  National  and  accepted  a 
position  as  vice-president  and  director  of  agencies  with  the  Standard  Life  Insurance  Com- 
pany, of  Pittsburgh. 

During  his  three  years  of  service  he  has  promoted  the  interests  of  the  company  to  a 
remarkable  extent.  He  is  one  of  the  most  efficient  insurance  men  in  the  city,  and  it  is 
predicted  that  he  will  gain  greater  laurels  in  the  future  than  he  has  in  the  past. 


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A.  E.  SUCCOP. 

A.  E.  Succop,  banker,  of  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.,  is  connected  with  a  number 
of  important  banks  and  manufacturing 
concerns,  as  the  list  of  his  official  posi- 
tions shows.  Besides  being  president  of 
the  Germania  Savings  Bank,  he  is  presi- 
dent of  the  German  Fire  Insurance 
Company,  also  a  director  of  the  Colum- 
bia National  Bank,  a  director  of  the 
Colonial  Trust  Company,  a  director  of 
the  Freehold  Bank,  a  director  of  the 
Parkersburg  Iron  &  Steel  Company,  and 
a  director  of  the  Manufacturers  Light  & 
Heat  Company.  In  a  social  way  he  is 
also  importantly  connected,  as  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Duquesne  Club,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Pittsburgh  Country  Club  and 
a  member  of  the  German  Club. 

He  resides  in  the  East  End,  Pitts- 
burgh. 


W.  J.  ZAHNISER. 


William  John  Zahniser  was  born  in 
Clinton  county,  Iowa,  May  12,  1857, 
being  the  son  of  Jacob  W.  and  Caroline 
(Bolton)  Zahniser.  Since  1883  he  has 
been  engaged  as  a  building  contractor. 
Mr.  Zahniser  is  also  the  president  of  the 
Metropolitan  Trust  Company,  president 
of  the  Butler  Highfields  Land  Company, 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Oakmont 
Land  and  Improvement  Company  and 
secretary  of  the  board  of  managers  of 
the  Allegheny  County  Work  House. 
From  1900  to  1904  he  was  a  member  of 
Select  council  in  Pittsburgh ;  1907-1909 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Oakmont  bor- 
ough council  and  in  1898  he  served  on 
the  Pittsburgh  City  Republican  com- 
mittee. He  is  a  member  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  Church,  a  member  of  the 
board  of  management,  treasurer  and 
chairman  of  the  finance  and  the  new 
building  committees  of  the  Lawrence- 
ville  branch  Young  Men's  Christian  As- 
sociation. He  is  a  Mason,  a  member  of 
the  Oakmont  Country  Club  and  Stanton 
Heights  Golf  Club. 


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GEORGE  MILTENBERGER  McCANDLESS. 

George  Miltenberger  McCandless,  banker  and  insurance  man,  was  born  in  Alle- 
gheny, now  the  North  Side  of  Pittsburgh,  November  21,  1867.  If  a  wise  father  and  a 
good  mother  can  aid  a  boy  in  getting 
started  right,  Mr.  McCandless  certainly 
lacked  no  incentive  in  his  early  environ- 
ment to  the  achievement  of  success  in 
life.  His  father  was  Major  William 
Graham  McCandless.  His  mother, 
Elizabeth  F.  McCandless,  was  a 
daughter  of  William  F.  Johnston,  for- 
merly Governor  of  Pennsylvania. 

Mr.  McCandless  stood  well  in  all 
his  classes  in  the  public  schools,  and 
won  honors  at  Trinity  Hall,  at  Wash- 
ington, Pa.  The  greater  part  of  his 
education  was  secured,  however,  in  the 
great  school  of  business. 

When  barely  18  years  old  he  was 
given  a  position  in  the  insurance  office 
of  W.  G.  McCandless,  his  father,  as  a 
clerk.  Sometimes  it  is  good  for  a 
young  man  to  work  with  his  father, 
especially  if  there  is  sufficient  sympathy 
between  them  to  prevent  friction.  The 
young  man  was  successful  from  the 
start  and  pleased  his  father  so  well  by 
his  thrifty  and  progressive  business 
qualifications  that  in  1898  a  new  insur- 
ance firm  was  incorporated — W.  G.  McCandless  &  Son.  The  son  as  junior  partner  in- 
creased and  extended  the  business  already  established  by  the  father  and  engaged  in  all 
lines  of  insurance. 

Mr.  McCandless'  active  mind,  however,  could  not  long  be  bounded  by  the  confines  of 
the  insurance  business,  and  soon  he  became  interested  in  banking.  He  became  director  in 
the  Commercial  National  Bank,  and  the  Commonwealth  Trust  Company.  Mr.  McCand- 
less' wide  acquaintance  and  shrewd  business  instincts  enables  him  to  assist  materially  in 
increasing  the  business  and  prosperity  of  these  institutions.  He  is  also  a  director  in  the 
American  Window  Glass  Company  and  in  the  Union  Storage  Company. 

Notwithstanding  the  varied  business  activities  of  his  life,  Mr.  McCandless  finds 
time  for  social  recreation.  After  the  day's  work  is  over  in  the  office  he  loves  to  forget 
the  endless  grind  of  directors'  meetings  and  the  routine  of  writing  and  paying  insur- 
ance, in  social  diversions  at  the  numerous  clubs  and  orders  to  which  he  belongs. 

He  is  companion  of  the  first  class  by  inheritance  in  the  military  order  Loyal 
Legion.  Other  clubs  where  he  seeks  social  diversion  include  the  Duquesne  Club  and  the 
Pittsburgh  Club. 

Mr.  McCandless  is  interested  in  clean  health-giving  sports  of  all  kinds.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association,  the  Allegheny  Country  Club  and  the  Pitts- 
burgh Golf  Club.  The  Americus  Republican  Club  is  the  only  political  organization  to 
which  he  belongs.  Mr.  McCandless  has  attained  high  rank  in  the  Masonic  order,  being 
honorary  member  of  the  Thirty-third  degree,  a  member  of  the  Ancient  and  Accepted  Scot- 
tish Rite  Masons,  Past  Commander  of  the  Tancred  Commandery,  Past  High  Priest  of  the 
Shiloh  Chapter,  A.  Y.  M.  and  Past  Master  of  Crescent  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons. 


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James  I.  Buchanan,  financier  and  author,  is  president 
and  a  director  of  the  Pittsburgh  Trust  Company,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  of  Public  Education  until 
BUCHANAN  recently,  and  vice-president  of  the  fol- 
lowing companies :  Manufacturers  Light 
&  Heat  Company,  Manufacturers  Gas  Company,  Big 
Meadows  Gas  Company,  Blackville  Oil  &  Gas  Company, 
Cameron  Gas  &  Oil  Company,  Citizens  Light  &  Heat  Com- 
pany of  West  Middletown;  Citizens  Natural  Gas  Com- 
pany, of  Beaver  county;  Franklin- Washington  Gas  Com- 
pany, Jefferson  Gas  Company,  Jefferson  Telegraph  Com- 
pany, Montour  Gas  Company,  Natural  Fuel  Company, 
and  of  a  number  of  others.  He  is  also  president  of 
the  following  companies :  Pittsburgh  Terminal  Ware- 
house &  Transfer  Company,  River  &  Railroad  Terminal 
Company,  Taylorstown  Natural  Gas  Company,  Ter- 
minal Trust  Company,  Washington  Oil  Company.  He  is 
trustee  of  several  important  estates  and  of  the  Athalia 
Daly  Home. 


W.    C.    Soles,    bank   president      and    real    estate 

broker,  was  born  in  McKeesport,  March  30,  1848.    His 

parents  were  Louis  Soles  and  Catharine 

w.  c.  soles.    (nee  Cavin)  Soles>     Following  a  rather 

brief  education  in  the  McKeesport  public  schools  the 
lad  entered  the  larger  school  of  the  world  and  obtained 
a  job  floating  coal  down  the  Monongahela  river.  For 
the  next  two  years  Mr.  Soles  lived  in  the  mountain  wil- 
derness of  Arizona.  Upon  returning  to  McKeesport 
he  opened  a  real  estate  office,  which  is  still  conducted 
under  Mr.  Soles'  direction.  Mr.  Soles  has  been  con- 
nected with  the  National  Bank  of  McKeesport  since  its 
organization,  May  7,  1887,  first  as  a  director,  then  vice- 
president,  and  recently  the  president.  He  is  the  only 
surviving  charter  member  of  the  board  of  directors 
now  serving.  Mr.  Soles  was  married  to  Miss  Emma 
Smith,  of  McKeesport.  There  are  five  sons  and  two 
daughters. 


JAMES 
MADISON 
STONER,  JR. 


James  Madison  Stoner,  Jr.,  treasurer  of  the 
Franklin  Savings  and  Trust  Company,  was  born 
March  21,  1870,  in  Second  street,  Pitts- 
burgh. His  parents  were  J.  M.  Stoner 
and  Aurelia  E.  Stoner.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Pittsburgh  and  the  Se- 
wickley  Academy.  When  but  16  years  old  he  accepted 
a  position  as  a  jewelry  salesman.  In  1901  he  became 
purchasing  agent  for  the  Sharon  Steel  Company,  of 
Sharon,  Pa.,  where  he  remained  until  he  accepted  his 
present  position  as  treasurer  of  the  Franklin  Savings 
and  Trust  Company.  Mr.  Stoner  is  director  of  the 
Franklin  Savings  and  Trust  Company,  and  a  director 
and  member  of  the  executive  board  of  the  Salvage  and 
Storage  Company  of  Pittsburgh.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  board  of  governors  of  the  Edgewood  Country  Club, 
is  a  director  and  the  treasurer  of  the  Edgewood  Club, 
and  a  member  of  the  Sharon  Club. 


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W.  C.  BALDWIN. 

William  Collier  Baldwin  was  born  at  Washington, 
Pennsylvania,  January  12,  1858,  the  son  of  John  Sealey 
and  Jane  lams  Baldwin.  He  has  made  a  record  of  rapid 
progress  in  the  business  world.  Mr.  Baldwin  received 
his  education  in  the  Washington  public  schools.  After 
leaving  school  he  became  a  news  agent  on  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad.  He  next  entered  the  dry  goods  busi- 
ness, in  which  he  continued  until  he  was  33  years  old. 
In  the  meantime  he  become  interested  in  oil,  gas  and 
water  enterprises.  In  1893  he  entered  the  employ  of 
the  New  York  Life  Insurance  Company.  In  1895  he 
was  appointed  agency  director. 

He  accepted  a  general  agency  with  the  Canada 
Life  Insurance  Company  in  1902,  and  later  that  year 
organized  the  Pittsburgh  Life  &  Trust  Company.  In 
1907  he  was  elected  president  and  general  manager  of 
the  latter  company.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Keystone 
National  Bank  of  Pittsburgh  and  the  Union  Trust 
Company  of  Washington,  Pa. ;  treasurer  of  the  Waynesburg  Water  Company,  and  presi- 
dent of  the  Murdoch-Baldwin  Oil  Company  of  Washington.  He  holds  a  membership  in 
the  Duquesne  Club  of  Pittsburgh. 


PITTSBURGH  LIFE  &  TRUST  CO. 

The  remarkable  growth  of  the  Pittsburgh  Life  &  Trust  Company,  which  was  organ- 
ized ten  years  ago  by  Mr.  W.  C.  Baldwin,  its  president,  is  a  matter  of  common  report. 
This  company  now  ranks  among  the  leading  life  insurance  companies,  standing  twenty- 
fifth  in  a  list  of  two  hundred  and  thirty-nine  companies.  Its  income  in  its  tenth  year  is 
more  than  that  of  any  other  company  in  twenty-five  years.  It  has  insurance  in  force  of 
more  than  $97,000,000,  and  an  annual  income  of  more  than  $4,000,000.  To  stand 
twenty-fifth  among  two  hundred  and  thirty-nine  insurance  companies  in  a  country  that 
has  more  insurance  on  the  lives  of  its  citizens  than  any  other,  and  where  are  located  the 
largest  life  insurance  companies  in  the  world,  is  a  great  accomplishment. 

Its  production  of  new  business  indicates  the  possession  of  a  strong  agency  force.  Its 
business  has  been  increasing  at  a  rapid  rate.  The  insurance  paid  for  in  1910  was  $11,- 
600,000;  in  1911  $17,700,000,  and  in  1912,  over  $20,000,000. 

It  is  evident  that  the  Pittsburgh  Life  &  Trust  Company  compares  favorably  with 
the  leading  companies  as  to  the  carrying  out  of  the  benevolences  of  life  insurance,  for  in 
the  past  ten  years  it  has  paid  to  living  policy  holders  $6,800,000,  and  to  the  beneficiaries 
of  those  who  died  $6,700,000. 

The  growth  of  the  life  insurance  companies  whose  home  offices  are  in  the  city  of  Pitts- 
burgh is  a  matter  of  exceeding  interest  to  the  citizens  interested  in  the  city's  business  de- 
velopment. Life  insurance  companies  have  enlarged  the  financial  resources  of  other 
cities,  and  it  must  be  true  that  the  life  insurance  companies  of  Pittsburgh  will  add  to 
the  financial  importance  of  their  city.  We  have  but  to  call  attention  to  the  large  number 
of  life  insurance  companies  located  in  New  York  city,  Chicago  and  Philadelphia,  and  in 
some  of  the  smaller  cities  that  have  been  largely  advertised  through  the  fact  that  they 
contain  the  head  office  of  some  great  life  insurance  company.  We  cite,  as  examples,, 
Milwaukee,  Wis.;  Hartford,  Conn.;  Boston,  Mass.;  Cincinnati,  Ohio;  Springfield,  Mass., 
and  Montpelier,  Vt. 


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LEOPOLD  W. 
VILSACK. 


Leopold  W.  Vilsack  is  the  son  of  Leopold  and 
Dorothy  Blanck  Vilsack,  and  was  born  in  Pittsburgh 
February  6,  1872.  Mr.  Vilsack  is  a 
jeweler  by  trade,  and  was  in  the  jewelry 
business  in  Fifth  avenue  for  18  years. 

His  early  education  was  obtained  at  St.  Augus- 
tine's parochial  school,  of  Pittsburgh,  and  in  Holy 
Cross  College  in  the  same  city.  Later  he  took  an 
academic  course  at  the  famous  old  college  of  St.  Vin- 
cent, conducted  by  the  Benedictine  Fathers,  at  Beatty, 
near  Latrobe,  Pa.  He  then  served  an  apprenticeship 
at  his  trade,  after  which  he  went  into  business.  Mr. 
Vilsack  is  the  treasurer  of  the  Devonshire  market, 
Pittsburgh.  He  is  a  member  of  the  P.  A.  A.,  Knights 
of  Columbus,  Elks  and  American  Automobile  Associa- 
tion. Before  her  marriage,  Mrs.  Vilsack  was  Miss 
Nellie  Vetter.    There  are  six  children. 


CARL 

GREGORY 

VILSACK. 


Carl  Gregory  Vilsack,  the  youngest  son  of  Leopold 
and  Dorothy  Vilsack,  left  college  three  years  ago,  where 
he  graduated  in  law,  but  he  elected  to 
enter  the  real  estate  business.  He  was 
born  in  Pittsburgh  April  27,  1887,  and 
after  studying  the  elementary  branches 
at  schools  there  he  entered  Georgetown  University, 
where  he  finished  in  law  in  1910.  Upon  returning  to 
Pittsburgh  he  formed  the  Vilsack  Land  Company,  of 
which  he  is  president.  In  addition  to  the  affairs  of  this 
concern,  he  handles  a  general  real  estate  brokerage 
business-  Mr.  Vilsack  is  a  member  of  the  Pittsburgh 
Country  Club,  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association,  the 
Delta  Khi  fraternity  and  the  Georgetown  Law  Club. 
In  1908  he  was  a  delegate  from  Georgetown  University 
to  the  College  Men's  Convention  in  New  York  City. 
He  is  a  Democrat. 


0.  J. 

VILSACK. 


Banker,  promoter  and  manufacturer  describes  0. 
Vilsack,  who,  with  his  wife,  formerly  Miss  Gladys 
Brace,  and  two  children,  lives  at  374 
South  Negley  avenue,  Pittsburgh.  Mr. 
Vilsack  is  a  son  of  Leopold  and  Dorothy 
Vilsack.  He  was  born  in  Pittsburgh  July  2,  1880,  and 
at  an  early  age  was  a  pupil  at  St.  Joseph's  parochial 
school,  in  Pittsburgh.  Later  he  entered  Mt.  St.  Mary's 
College,  at  Emmettsburg,  Md.,  where  he  graduated  in 
1900.  He  then  took  a  post  graduate  course  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pittsburgh.  He  entered  the  banking  busi- 
ness, and  is  now  a  director  and  assistant  treasurer  of 
the  East  End  Trust  Company,  a  director  and  treasurer 
of  the  Standard  Mirror  Company  and  a  director  and 
treasurer  of  Joyce's  Catering  Company.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  German  Club,  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  As- 
sociation and  the  Elks. 


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HENRY  P.  CIPPERLEY. 

There  was  a  time  in  the  history    of  this  land  when  one  could  go  to  Washington,  or, 
for  that  matter,  the  capital  of  any  State,  and  see  among  the  legislators  there,  men  high  in 
the  affairs  of  the  people  whose  proudest 
boast  it  was  that  they  had  spent  their 
boyhood  days  on  the  farm. 

Law  offices  were  filled  with  honest 
farmers'  boys,  and  clerks  in  stores  and 
offices  needed  offer  no  better  recom- 
mendation than  that  they  had  worked  at 
the  plow  in  their  youth.  Men  of  this 
type  have  of  late  gone  out  of  style. 
Cities  have  offered  so  much  attractive- 
ness that  successful  business  men  have 
become  loth  to  say  they  came  from  the 
country,  whether  they  really  did  or  not. 

That,  however,  is  not  the  case  with 
one  man  of  affairs  in  Pittsburgh,  and 
that  man  is  Henry  P.  Cipperley,  one  of 
the  most  widely  known  insurance  men 
in  this  section  of  the  country.  Mr.  Cip- 
perley was  born  and  reared  on  a  farm, 
and  he  is  glad  to  let  that  fact  be  known. 
Never  once,  through  his  long  series  of 
promotions  in  Pittsburgh,  has  he  for- 
gotten the  joyful  days  of  his  boyhood 
when,  care-free  and  amid  healthy  sur- 
roundings, he  grew  to  maturity  and 
then  gave  a  helping  hand  to  his  father 
in  the  fields. 

Mr.  Cipperley's  father,  William  H.  Cipperley,  and  his  mother,  Mrs.  Emma  Cipper- 
ley, whose  maiden  name  was  Picket,  owned  a  farm  in  Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  a 
county  that  has  later  become  famous  in  more  ways  than  one.  There  it  was  that  the  pres- 
ent Pittsburgh  insurance  man  first  saw  the  light  of  day,  August  19,  1870.  At  an  early 
age  he  was  sent  to  the  public  schools  of  his  district,  and  later  he  went  through  high 
school.  Upon  graduating  he  returned  to  the  farm  of  his  parents,  and  there  he  remained 
till  he  was  25  years  old,  giving  his  father  what  aid  he  could  in  the  summer  time,  and 
sharing  their  rest  during  the  winter  months. 

Having  given  considerable  thought  to  the  subject  of  life  insurance,  which  at  that 
time  was  not  any  too  well  understood  by  people  other  than  financiers  and  bankers,  his 
natural  inclination  was  to  convince  people  that  insurance  was  a  good  thing,  something 
that  no  man  or  woman  should  be  without,  and  then  sell  them  contracts  for  whatever 
amounts  they  could  carry. 

Once  having  entered  the  business,  his  old-time  perseverance  on  the  farm  stood  him 
in  good  stead,  for  he  stuck  to  his  job  in  spite  of  many  discouragements  until  insurance 
heads  began  to  recognize  his  worth.  From  that  day  to  this  he  has  been  in  the  insurance 
business,  sometimes  leaving  one  position  to  get  a  better  one,  but  always  managing  to  rise 
a  little  with  each  succeeding  change.  For  five  years  he  was  the  State  manager  of  one 
company,  and  then,  March  8,  1912,  he  was  elected  president  and  general  manager  of  the 
Bankers  Protective  Life  and  Benefit  Association.  Also,  he  was  elected  to  membership  in 
the  board  of  directors.  In  addition  to  this  position,  Mr.  Cipperley  is  the  secretary  and 
treasurer  of  the  United  States  Finance  &  Security  Company. 


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OSCAR    L.    TELLING. 


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OSCAR  L.  TELLING. 

Oscar  L.  Telling,  former  United  States  bank  examiner,  and  bank  president,  was 
educated  in  the  University  of  Colorado,  graduating  in  1897  with  the  degree  of  doctor  of 
medicine.  As  a  student  in  the  public  schools  prior  to  entering  college  Mr.  Telling  showed 
unusual  aptitude  in  mathematics. 

However,  urged  by  relatives  who  wished  the  young  man  to  follow  a  profession  rather 
than  engage  in  business,  Mr.  Telling  at  length  consented  to  enter  the  university  as  a 
medical  student.  Putting  resolutely  aside  all  thoughts  of  business  and  the  studies  which 
would  fit  him  for  a  more  congenial  occupation,  Mr.  Telling  gave  the  closest  attention  to 
the  study  of  medicine. 

As  a  result  he  graduated  with  credit  and  at  once  started  to  practice  his  profession. 
Notwithstanding  that  the  work  was  not  congenial,  Mr.  Telling  stuck  at  it  for  four  years. 
He  built  up  an  extensive  and  profitable  practice.  Success  came,  however,  not  because  he 
liked  the  work,  but  because  he  was  grimly  determined  to  succeed.  Shrewd  insight  into 
human  nature  and  a  pleasing  personality  backed  by  a  good  education  brought  him  many 
patients. 

Fully  realizing,  at  last,  however,  that  he  would  be  much  happier  and  better  satisfied 
in  some  other  occupation,  Mr.  Telling,  through  friends,  secured  a  position  as  examiner 
for  the  United  States  Civil  Service  Commission.  Here  he  found  a  wide  field  for  the  ex- 
ercise of  his  peculiar  talents.  He  won  the  confidence  of  his  superior  officers  and  soon  was 
appointed  secretary  for  the  Eleventh  district  under  the  Commission. 

Skill  in  handling  money  and  in  keeping  accounts  was  natural  to  Mr.  Telling,  and  he 
was  delighted  when  at  length  he  learned  that  he  had  been  appointed  expert  accountant 
for  the  United  States  Mint  at  Denver.  He  was  brilliantly  successful  in  this  position. 
From  this  time  on  his  rise  was  rapid.  Soon  he  became  clerk  in  the  office  of  the  Comp- 
troller of  the  Currency  and  soon  was  again  promoted,  this  time  to  chief  of  the  division 
of  reports  in  the  Controller's  office.    At  last  he  was  appointed  national  bank  examiner. 

Mr.  Telling's  next  step  upwards  in  the  business  world  was  taken  when  he  was  se- 
lected president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Pittsburgh.  It  was  a  big  promotion,  but 
Mr.  Telling  was  ready  for  it  and  did  not  hesitate  to  embark  upon  the  larger  career  which 
thus  was  opened  to  him.  Later,  when  the  First  National  Bank  and  the  Second  National 
Bank  were  merged  into  the  First-Second  National  Bank  of  Pittsburgh,  Mr.  Telling  be- 
came vice-president  of  the  larger  concern.     He  resigned  from  this  position  July  1,  1913. 

Among  the  other  business  enterprises  in  which  Mr.  Telling  has  been  engaged  is  that 
of  coal  mining  and  the  manufacture  of  coke.  He  is  director  in  the  Thompson-Connells- 
ville  Coke  Company. 

He  belongs  to  the  Duquesne  Club,  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association,  and  many  or- 
ganizations of  the  Masonic  order. 

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H.   P.  TAYLOR  &  CO. 


CHARLES 
EMMETT 
FLINN. 


The  leading  investment  security  house  in  Pittsburgh,  H.  P.  Taylor  &  Co.,  is  a  char- 
acteristic example  of  the  success  that  has  been  achieved  by  Pittsburgh  enterprises  in 
every  direction.  A  large  and  constantly  growing  clientele  has  been  built  up  all  over  the 
United  States  by  this  house,  solely  through  the  thoroughness  and  efficiency  of  business 
methods,  which  largely  explains  the  enviable  position  of  Pittsburgh  and  Pittsburgh  insti- 
tutions in  the  financial,  as  well  as  in  the  commercial  and  industrial  world.  H.  P.  Taylor 
&  Co.  have  franchises  in  New  York  and  Buffalo  from  which,  along  with  the  Pittsburgh 
office,  they  handle  enormous  correspondence  with  investors  in  every  state  in  the  union. 
Their  exceptional  facilities  for  obtaining  reliable  information  regarding  conditions  in 
the  investment  markets,  are  constantly  at  the  service  of  their  clients. 

Safety  first  is  the  motto  of  the  house.  Its  success  has  been  wholely  built  up  on  the 
principle  that  the  amount  of  yield  and  quick  convertibility  are  only  to  be  considered  after 
the  security  of  principal  has  been  assured.  It  is  a  pleasure  of  H.  P.  Taylor  &  Co.  to  keep 
their  friends  and  clients  constantly  advised  in  regard  to  investment  opportunities,  and 
correspondence  from  all  who  are  interested  in  investment  matters  is  cordially  invited. 
H.  P.  Taylor  &  Co.'s  monthly  bulletin,  in  which  subjects  of  timely  character  are  carefully 
discussed,  will  be  forwarded  on  request. 

One  of  the  best  known  of  the  younger  business 
men  of  Pittsburgh  is  Charles  Emmett  Flinn,  son  of 
John  Flinn  and  brother  of  Senator  Wil- 
liam Flinn. 

After  leaving  school  Mr.  Flinn  en- 
gaged in  business,  and  later  was  elected 
president  of  the  American  Reduction  Company,  the 
biggest  concern  of  its  kind  in  Pittsburgh  and  the  west- 
ern end  of  the  State.  His  company  holds  large  city 
contracts,  and  under  his  direction  has  proved  itself 
most  profitable.  Mr.  Flinn  is  known  as  one  of  Pitts- 
burgh's fondest  lovers  of  sports,  which  he  patronizes 
and  encourages  to  no  little  extent.  Mr.  Flinn,  in  addi- 
tion to  being  president  of  the  American  Reduction 
Company,  is  connected  with  a  number  of  other  inter- 
ests throughout  Western  Pennsylvania,  although  he 
does  not  participate  in  the  actual  directing  of  any  of 
the  various  companies. 

William  Young  English  was  born  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa., 
August  23,  1878,  a  son  of  Robert  and  Jane  Boyd  English. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Pitts- 
burgh and  the  commercial  and  academic 
departments  of  the  high  school  from  which 
he  graduated.  He  was  employed  by  the  Kelly  &  Jones 
firm  from  1897  to  1906  as  manager  of  the  plumbing  de- 
partment. Later  he  was  with  the  George  H.  Soffel  Com- 
pany as  secretary,  until  1910.  In  that  year  he  became 
secretary  of  the  Sterling  Sanitary  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, which  position  he  now  holds.  Mr.  English  is  a  Ma- 
son and  Shriner,  is  married,  has  two  daughters  and  re- 
sides in  the  Twentieth  ward.  He  has  worked  constantly 
for  public  improvements,  and  the  Corliss  street  project 
recently  started  was  pressed  by  him,  as  well  as  many 
other  improvements  of  public  importance.  Mr.  English 
was  returned  to  Council  in  Pittsburgh,  November  4,  1913. 
He  expects  to  devote  practically  his  entire  time  to  the 
business  of  the  city. 


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HARRISON  NESBIT 

President  of  the  Bank  of  Pittsburgh,  N.  A. 


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CLAY   C.    C. 
STOTLER. 


GERMAN  SAV- 
INGS AND 
DEPOSIT 
BANK. 


Clay  C.  C.  Stotler,  who  manages  the  title  depart- 
ment of  the  Guarantee  Title  and  Trust  Company  of 
Pittsburgh,  was  born  in  Delmont,  West- 
moreland county,  January  16,  1882. 
His  parents  were  Harrison  Stotler  and 
Mary  (nee  Trees)  Stotler.  Mr.  Stotler  attended  West- 
minister College,  New  Wilmington,  Pa.,  and  graduated 
from  Eastman  National  Business  College,  at  Pough- 
keepsie,  N.  Y.  Securing  a  position  as  bookkeeper  in 
the  Delmont  National  Bank  he  became  cashier  in  four 
years.  For  one  year  each  he  was  cashier  of  the 
Monongahela  Valley  Bank,  at  Duquesne,  Pa.,  and 
financial  secretary  of  Riverview  Park  Association,  in 
Chicago.  He  entered  the  title  department  of  the  Guar- 
antee Title  and  Trust  Company  as  search  clerk  and  was 
gradually  promoted  to  general  manager.  He  belongs 
to  the  Odd  Fellows,  Union  Club,  Pittsburgh  Field  Club, 
Pittsburgh  Real  Estate  Board,  Pittsburgh  Automobile 
Club  and  the  Pittsburgh  Board  of  Trade. 

Prominent  among  the  big  banking  depositories  of  the  Smoky  City  is  the  German  Sav- 
ings &  Deposit  Bank,  located  at  the  corner  of  Carson  and  South  Fourteenth  streets,  on 
the  South  Side.  The  directors  include:  Chas.  E.  Succop,  John  Siebert, 
John  Weilersbacher,  W.  L.  Monro,  Geo.  E.  Lorch,  G.  J.  Bleichner,  Alois 
Winter,  Chas.  H.  Goettler  and  J.  E.  Roth.  This  financial  institution  is  a 
Savings  and  Discount  Bank,  organized  1871  on  a  small  scale.  The  present 
capital  is  $200,000.00,  and  surplus  $450,000.00.  At  the  close  of  business 
March  31,  1913,  it  had  deposits  aggregating  more  than  $4,000,000.  John  P.  Heisel  was 
the  first  president,  and  E.  G.  Scholze  first  cashier.  In  1877  Bernard  Krugh  was  elected 
president,  and  he  was  later  succeeded  by  Gregor  Fox.  January  12,  1888,  J.  B.  Lutz  was 
elected  president,  and  succeeded  by  Frederick  Maul,  who  retained  the  office  until  his  death. 
Thereupon  J.  F.  Erny  was  made  president,  and  Mr.  Erny  was  succeeded  by  J.  E.  Roth. 
The  present  officers  comprise:  J.  E.  Roth,  president;  Chas.  E.  Succop,  vice-president;  A. 
P.  Miller,  cashier,  and  John  McKain,  assistant  cashier.  In  addition  to  the  general  bank- 
ing business  conducted  by  the  German  Savings  &  Deposit  Bank,  a  Foreign  Exchange  & 
Steamship  Department  is  maintained.  Foreign  gold  and  currency  is  bought  and  sold,  and 
letters  of  credit  and  travelers'  checks  issued.  In  addition  it  has  a  thoroughly  organized 
safe  deposit  department. 

John  Loresch,  president  of  the  Allegheny  Valley 
Bank,    whose    residence    address    is    168    Forty-sixth 

street,  Pittsburgh,  came  to  this  country 

when  he  was  20  years  old.     As  the  son 

of  John  A.  and  Katherine  (Schneider) 
Loresch,  he  was  born  in  Detter,  Bavaria,  Germany, 
February  27,  1847.  Arriving  in  America  in  1867,  he 
settled  first  in  Allegheny,  entering  into  the  plastering 
business.  In  1873  he  began  business  as  a  contractor. 
He  retired  from  active  business  in  1909  and  was 
elected  to  the  presidency  of  the  Allegheny  Valley  Bank. 
For  26  consecutive  years  he  was  elected  president  of 
the  Metropolitan  Building  and  Loan  Association  of 
Pittsburgh.  Ever  since  his  arrival  here  Mr.  Loresch 
has  been  a  communicant  of  the  Third  German  Luth- 
eran Church  of  Pittsburgh  and  has,  for  the  thirty-third 
time  in  as  many  years,  been  elected  treasurer  of  that 
congregation. 


JOHN 
LORESCH. 


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WORTH  KILPATRICK. 


Worth  Kilpatrick  was  born  in  Con- 
nellsville,  Pa.,  March  31,  1847.  His 
father  and  mother  were  John  P.  Kil- 
patrick and  Mary  Marietta  Kilpatrick. 
He  spent  25  years  as  a  successful  con- 
tractor, and  also  as  a  manufacturer 
of  fire  brick.  Mr.  Kilpatrick  helped  or- 
ganize the  Second  National  Bank  of 
Connellsville,  acting  as  Vice  President 
till  1904,  since  which  time  he  has  been 
its  President.  In  1893  he  organized  the 
Indian  Ridge  Coal  and  Coke  Company, 
operating  in  the  Pocahontas  coal  fields, 
and  as  President  of  that  company  and 
later  President  of  the  Zenith  Coal  & 
Coke  Company,  the  Kilarm  Coal  and 
Coke  Company,  the  Webster  Lumber 
Company,  and  the  E.  &  A.  R.  R.;  has 
continued  actively  in  the  coal  and  allied 
businesses  until  the  present  time.  He 
belongs  to  the  Methodist  Protestant 
Church,  has  filled  various  offices  in  the 
Odd  Fellows  and  Knights  of  Pythias 
lodges,  served  as  member  of  Council, 
President  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  and  Presi- 
dent of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


HENRY  M.  KEPPEL. 


Henry  M.  Keppel,  of  Corry,  Pa., 
since  coming  to  the  United  States  from 
Germany,  has  done  much  for  the  growth 
of  that  town.  At  present  he  is  the 
president  of  the  Corry  National  Bank 
and  the  Corry  Metal  Manufacturing 
Company  and  is  the  senior  member  of 
the  firm  of  Moore,  Keppel  &  Company, 
of  Randolph  county,  West  Virginia. 
Mr.  Keppel  was  born  in  Germany, 
November  13,  1837,  and  was  sent  to 
school  at  an  early  age.  Upon  finishing 
his  studies  there  he  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1853,  when  only  16  years  old. 
Instead  of  remaining  in  New  York  City 
he  went  direct  to  Buffalo,  where  he 
spent  nine  years.  At  the  end  of  that 
time  he  decided  to  come  to  Pennsyl- 
vania. In  Corry  he  entered  the  manu- 
facturing business  and  has  been  unusu- 
ally prosperous  ever  since.  Mr.  Keppel 
is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  B.  P.  0.  Elks 
and  is  the  father  of  two  children,  Harri- 
son Keppel,  aged  19,  and  Marie  Keppel, 
aged  17. 


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C.  A.  COGGINS. 


The  president  of  the  big  commis- 
sion house  at  56  Twenty-first  street, 
Pittsburgh,  operated  by  the  M.  0.  Cog- 
gins  Company,  is  Clifton  Aubrey  Cog- 
gins,  who  at  the  time  of  the  death  of  his 
brother,  M.  0.  Coggins,  stepped  into  his 
place  and  has  filled  it  ever  since.  As  a 
son  of  John  and  Martha  Coggins,  he 
was  born  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  October  6, 
1877,  and  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  the  Monumental  City.  After 
leaving  school  he  decided  to  enter  into 
the  electrical  supply  business.  After 
carrying  on  this  trade  for  a  brief  period 
of  time  he  retired,  to  enter  the  produce 
business.  Prior  to  his  brother's  death, 
he  identified  himself  with  the  big  Pitts- 
burgh concern  and  was  there  for  several 
years  before  assuming  charge.  Since 
then  the  M.  0.  Coggins  Company  has 
become  one  of  the  heaviest  shippers  and 
distributors  of  high  class  fruits  and 
vegetables  in  the  United  States.  Mr. 
Coggins  lives  at  731  California  avenue, 
Avalon. 


R.  D.  ELWOOD. 


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Captain  Robert  David  Elwood,  one 
of  Pittsburgh's  oldest  and  best  known 
business  men,  is  a  Civil  War  veteran 
and  a  veteran  grain  operator  of  that 
city.  He  was  born  in  Apollo,  Arm- 
strong county,  Pennsylvania,  April  17, 
1836.  After  leaving  school  for  several 
years  he  ran  the  Blairsville  packet  on 
the  historical  old  Pennsylvania  canal. 
He  enlisted  September  16,  1861,  in  Com- 
pany I  of  the  Seventy-eighth  Regiment 
of  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  and  upon 
the  organization  of  the  regiment  was 
made  a  lieutenant,  and  a  little  later  a 
company  captain,  and  as  such  served 
through  the  war.  He  then  returned  to 
the  Pittsburgh  district  and,  in  1866, 
married  Miss  Mary  Llewellyn,  of  Apollo. 
Since  1872  he  has  carried  on  a  grain 
trade  in  Pittsburgh.  He  is  president  of 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Verona,  and 
a  director  in  the  First-Second  Savings 
and  Trust  Company.  He  was  elected 
president  of  the  Pittsburgh  Grain  and 
Flour  Exchange  at  its  organization  in 
1882  and  served  as  such  for  several 
terms. 


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Don  Rose  is  one  of  the  younger  coterie  of  lawyers 

who  has  attained  recognition  as  an  able  trial  lawyer.    He 

was  born  at  Grove  City,  Pa.,  February  8, 

don  ROSE.      1881>  gon  of  Professor  Homer  Jay  Rose 

and  Margaret  (nee  Shaw)  Rose.  The  family  moving  to 
Sewickley,  his  early  education  was  obtained  at  the  com- 
mon and  high  schools  there.  Early  thrown  on  his  own 
resources,  young  Rose  determined  on  a  classical  educa- 
tion, and,  by  his  industry,  graduating  from  Princeton 
University  1902.  He  attended  Pittsburgh  Law  School, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  Allegheny  county  bar  in  1905. 
He  was  attorney  for  the  Pittsburgh  Railways  company 
for  five  years,  resigning  January  1,  1911,  to  become  as- 
sistant district  attorney.  He  served  one  year,  resigning 
to  take  up  private  practice.  He  was  made  counsel  for  the 
Pittsburgh  Coal  company  April  1,  1912. 


peter  G. 

WALTER. 


Peter  G.  Walter,  Pharmacist,  was  born  in  Allegheny, 
Pa.,  February,  1,  1883,  the  son  of  Peter  Walter,  Jr.,  and 
Alice  Macdonald  Walter.  He  received  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  Pitts- 
burgh, Mercersburg  Academy  and  the 
School  of  Pharmacy  of  the  University  of  Pittsburgh ; 
graduated  in  1904,  taking  the  post-graduate  course  in 
1905;  instructor  in  the  Pharmacy  School  until  1907.  He 
purchased  the  pharmacy  at  626  Chestnut  Street,  North 
Side,  this  store  being  formerly  owned  by  his  father  until 
his  death  in  1889.  The  store  is  one  of  the  ethical  phar- 
macies of  the  state,  devoting  their  efforts  entirely  to 
strictly  pharmaceutical  and  apothecary  business.  Mr. 
Walter  is  a  member  of  all  the  National,  State  and  County 
Pharmaceutical  associations  and  societies ;  a  director  in 
the  School  of  Pharmacy,  University  of  Pittsburgh,  and 
was  formerly  vice-president  of  the  National  Association 
of  Retail  Druggists. 


WILLIAM  J. 

TANNEY. 


William  J.  Tanney,  head  of  the  Tanney  Detective 
Agency  of  Pittsburgh,  was  born  in  Elk  county,  Pa.,  in 
1865.  He  is  the  son  of  Patrick  and  Ann 
Tanney.  He  worked  for  the  Berwind- 
White  Company  in  various  capacities 
until  he  was  20,  when  he  came  to  Pittsburgh  and  en- 
tered the  service  of  the  Cochran  &  Free  Contracting 
Company.  In  1890  he  was  appointed  patrolman  in 
Pittsburgh,  in  1893  was  made  lieutenant  of  police  in 
the  First  district,  and  in  1896  for  meritorious  service 
was  made  captain  of  police.  He  remained  in  the  city 
service  until  1900,  when  he  resigned  to  enter  the  hotel 
business  on  the  South  Side.  In  1906  Mr.  Tanney  was 
granted  a  license  to  conduct  a  detective  agency,  which 
business  he  is  engaged  in  now.  He  was  at  one  time  a 
member  of  council,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Duquesne 
Council,  Knights  of  Columbus. 

246 


THOMAS  CLIFTON  JENKINS. 

Thomas   Clifton  Jenkins,   son  of  Thomas  C.  Jenkins  and  Eleanor  K.  Elliotte  Jen- 
kins, is  a  member  of  one  of  the  largest  wholesale  grocery  and  flour  jobbing  firms  in  Pitts- 
burgh or  the  vast  territory  known  as  the 
Pittsburgh  district. 

Born  in  Pittsburgh,  Mr.  Jenkins 
was  educated  in  the  Allegheny  public 
schools  and  in  the  preparatory  school  of 
the  Western  University  of  Pennsylvania. 
He  was  graduated  from  Harvard  Col- 
lege with  the  class  of  1892,  and  from 
Harvard  law  school  in  the  class  of  1894. 

Entering  the  employ  of  his  father 
after  finishing  his  school  studies,  Mr. 
Jenkins  worked  until  he  familiarized  all 
the  details  of  the  mammoth  business  his 
father  had  built  up,  at  the  store  in  Penn 
avenue  where  the  elder  Jenkins  had 
realized  his  dream  of  the  largest  whole- 
sale grocery  business  in  the  Pittsburgh 
district,  after  50  years  of  endeavor. 

It  was  not  until  two  or  three  years 
ago,  however,  that  he,  together  with  his 
brother,  Edward  E.  Jenkins,  was  ad- 
mitted to  partnership  in  the  firm,  the 
father  until  that  time  having  conducted 
the  vast  business  himself.  In  the  year 
that  preceded  the  elder  Jenkins'  death, 
the   sons,   trained   in   detail   work   and 

familiar  with  the  working  of  the  big  enterprise,  were  well  qualified  to  take  up  their 
father's  work. 

Although  T.  C.  Jenkins,  the  founder,  was  modern  as  a  business  man,  and  spared  no 
pains  in  renovations  and  innovations,  his  son,  Thomas  Clifton  Jenkins,  with  his  brother, 
found  many  ways  in  which  to  practice  more  progressive  ideas  in  the  conduct  of  the  vast 
business,  and  he  did  not  fail  to  employ  them. 

Mr.  Jenkins'  skill  and  ability,  represented  in  his  handling  of  the  great  mass  of  busi- 
ness details  attendant  upon  intelligent  and  successful  management  of  the  company's  in- 
terests, are  generally  recognized  in  Pittsburgh,  as  well  as  elsewhere  throughout  the  big  dis- 
trict served  by  the  concern.  This  is  attested  by  the  election  of  Mr.  Jenkins  to  the  board 
of  directors  of  the  Bank  of  Pittsburgh,  one  of  the  oldest  and  best  known  banks  in  the 
city  of  Pittsburgh.  The  Fidelity  Title  &  Trust  Company  also  has  taken  cognizance  of 
his  financial  and  business  managerial  abilities,  and  he  has  been  elected  to  the  directorate 
of  that  institution  as  well. 

The  greatest  part  of  Mr.  Jenkins'  work,  of  course,  is  in  handling  the  big  interests 
built  up  by  his  father.  The  old  six-story  store  in  Penn  avenue,  built  by  the  father,  has 
been  supplanted  by  the  Jenkins  Arcade.  The  firm  now  is  located  in  the  Terminal  Ware- 
houses. The  firm  does  not  supply  only  Pittsburgh,  or  Allegheny  county,  but  covers  the 
whole  territory  from  Center  county,  Pennsylvania,  to  Central  Ohio,  and  from  the  Great 
Lakes  to  Maryland  and  West  Virginia,  though  many  shipments  are  made  by  the  com- 
pany to  points  far  more  distant.  Its  employes  number  far  in  excess  of  200.  while  a  whole 
regiment  of  salesmen  are  busy  on  the  road  at  all  times. 

Mr.  Jenkins  is  a  member  of  the  Duquesne,  University,  Pittsburgh,  Country  and 
Union  Clubs  and  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association. 


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J.  J.  FERRIGAN. 

James  J.  Ferrigan,  president  and 
general  manager  of  the  Skelly  Depart- 
ment Store  of  McKeesport,  was  born  in 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  November  19,  1865, 
the  son  of  Frank  and  Eliza  Ferrigan. 
He  attended  St.  Peter's  parochial 
school  until  15  years  of  age,  leaving  his 
studies  to  take  a  position  in  the  Na- 
tional Tube  Works.  He  worked  in  the 
shops  three  years,  later  clerking  for 
seven  years.  He  then  embarked  in  the 
retail  shoe  business  and  remained  in 
that  line  20  years,  leaving  in  1910  to  as- 
sume his  present  position  with  the 
Skelly  Company.  He  is  president  of  the 
City  Bank  of  McKeesport  and  served 
two  years  in  the  city  council  there,  from 
1892  to  1894.  Mr.  Ferrigan's  political 
career  ended  when  he  decided  to  devote 
all  his  attention  to  his  business  inter- 
ests, which  were  steadily  increasing. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Co- 
lumbus and  of  the  McKeesport  Lodge 
of  B.  P.  0.  Elks.  In  January,  1887,  he 
was  married  to  Annie  M.  Becker,  daugh- 
ter of  the  late  C.  L.  and  Mary  Becker. 

JAMES  H.  OSMER. 

In  the  death,  October  3,  1912,  of  James  H.  Osmer,  of  Franklin,  Pa.,  the  legal  profes- 
sion of  Western  Pennsylvania,  and  particularly  of  Venango  county,  lost  one  of  the  leading 
lawyers  in  the  state,  and  an  exceptionally  fine  speaker. 
Mr.  Osmer,  who  for  years  had  been  recognized  as  the 
leading  lawyer  of  his  county,  was  born  in  Kent  county, 
England,  January,  1832.  As  a  child  he  was  brought  to 
the  United  States  by  his  parents,  who  settled  in  Center 
county.  There  he  received  his  early  education,  but  at 
the  age  of  18  he  found  it  necessary  to  teach  school  in 
order  to  earn  and  save  money  with  which  to  educate 
himself  for  the  law. 

Upon  graduating  from  Dickinson  Seminary,  at 
Williamsport,  he  went  to  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  and  there  reg- 
istered in  the  office  of  Robertson  &  Fassett.  After 
practicing  in  the  Empire  State  for  a  number  of  years 
he  was  sent  to  Venango  county  to  look  over  and  protect 
the  interests  several  of  his  clients  had  purchased 
there.  There  his  practice  increased  to  such  an  extent 
that  he  opened  an  office,  and  continued  in  the  practice 
of  his  profession  until  his  death.  Later  in  life  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  his  two  sons  and  conducted  the  business  under  the  firm  name 
of  J.  H.  Osmer  &  Sons.  With  the  exception  of  a  short  interval  of  one  term  in  the  House 
of  Representatives  in  Congress,  1878  and  1880,  his  whole  life  was  devoted  to  his  pro- 
fession. 


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The  East  Liberty  district  of  Pittsburgh  owes 
much  to  John  Peter  Kleman  and  his  progressiveness, 

and  the  hotel  business  is  indebted  to  Mr. 
JOHN  peter  Kleman  for  his  ideas.     Mr.  Kleman  was 

born  November  12,  1861,  in  Pittsburgh, 
a  son  of  Peter  Kleman  and  Anna  Catherine  Steinbach 
Kleman.  Mr.  Kleman  attended  the  public  schools  and 
the  Washington  school  in  Lancaster  county,  Pa.  He 
was  graduated  from  St.  Vincent's  College,  at  Beatty, 
Pa.,  in  1876.  He  served  three  years  in  the  state  mi- 
litia. Since  his  entry  into  the  hotel  business  he  has 
been  a  leader  in  recognizing  all  the  latest  innovations 
and  improvements,  as  well  as  progressive  ideas.  On 
October  3,  1905,  he  married  Miss  Nellie  Regis  Hutchin- 
son, of  McKeesport.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Americus 
Republican  Club,  the  Young  Men's  Republican  Tariff 
Club  and  of  the  Elks. 


FRED 
FICHTEL. 


Fred  Fichtel  was  born  in  Nuremberg,  Germany, 
February  20,  1852,  and  educated  at  the  schools  of  that 
city.  He  came  to  the  United  States 
when  he  was  but  16  and  settled  in  Pitts- 
burgh. He  worked  in  the  steel  mills  of 
the  South  Side  until  he  was  21,  when  he  went  into  the 
grocery  business.  He  continued  in  that  business  for 
16  years,  when  he  changed  its  character  from  retail  to 
wholesale;  the  firm  was  known  as  Behorst  &  Fichtel. 
In  1904  Mr.  Fichtel  bought  out  his  partner  and 
changed  the  firm  name  to  Fred  Fichtel  &  Son,  which 
stands  xtoday.  He  was  a  member  of  Select  Council  of 
old  Pittsburgh,  and  before  that  he  was  president  of  the 
Borough  Council  when  the  South  Side  was  still  a  bor- 
ough. He  is  prominent  in  Masonic  circles;  is  vice- 
president  of  the  Western  Savings  Deposit  Bank,  and  is 
president  of  the  Hill  Top  Savings  &  Trust  Company. 


CHARLES 
ARTHUR 
MUEHL- 
BRONNER. 


Charles  Arthur  Muehlbronner,  president  of  the 
Iron  City  Produce  Company,  president  of  the  Stand- 
ard Ice  and  Storage  Company,  president 
of  the  Pittsburgh  Produce  Trade  As- 
sociation and  a  director  in  the  Western 
Savings  &  Deposit  Bank,  began  his 
business  career  at  the  extremely  youth- 
ful age  of  seven.  Mr.  Muehlbronner  was  born  in 
Philadelphia  May  10,  1857.  After  leaving  school  he 
learned  the  painter's  trade,  but  when  he  got  to  Pitts- 
burgh, in  1878,  he  saw  a  more  prosperous  future  in 
marketing.  In  the  course  of  time  he  worked  his  way 
up  till  he  became  president  of  several  large  concerns. 
In  1881  he  was  elected  to  the  city  council  of  old  Alle- 
gheny, and  held  his  place  six  years.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  State  House  of  Representatives  four  terms,  the 
State  Senate  one  term,  and  was  Secretary  of  the  Re- 
publican County  Executive  Committee  for  three  years. 


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W.  S.  ARBUTHNOT. 


One  of  the  leaders  in  commercial 
activity  in  Pittsburgh  is  Wilson  Shaw 
Arbuthnot,  a  leading  wholesale  dry 
goods  merchant.  Mr.  Arbuthnot  was 
born  in  Allegheny  city,  July  28,  1865, 
the  son  of  Charles  and  Elizabeth  Shaw 
Arbuthnot.  He  secured  a  liberal  edu- 
cation, and  in  1887  was  graduated  from 
Princeton  University.  Practically  every 
progressive  city-wide  movement  in 
Pittsburgh  in  many  years  has  had  as- 
sociated with  it  the  subject  of  this  life 
sketch.  He  is  today  president  and  di- 
rector of  the  Arbuthnot-Stephenson 
Company,  one  of  the  biggest  wholesale 
dry  goods  stores  in  Pittsburgh.  Mr. 
Arbuthnot  has  shown  a  keen  interest  in 
hospital  advancement  in  Pittsburgh,  as 
a  result  of  which  he  has  come  to  be  sec- 
ond vice-president  and  director  of  the 
Western  Pennsylvania  Hospital.  He 
belongs  to  the  leading  city  and  country 
clubs  of  Pittsburgh,  and  he  is  a  member 
of  the  Racquet  and  University  clubs  of 
New  York  city. 


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THOMAS  H.  SHEPPARD. 


Thomas  Howe  Sheppard  is  a  Pitts- 
burgher,  born  in  that  city  amid  all  the 
noise  of  an  Independence  Day  celebra- 
tion, July  4,  1867.  His  parents,  Hamil- 
ton and  Jane  Sheppard,  gave  him  all  the 
advantages  of  a  good  common  school  ed- 
ucation, and  he  was  graduated  from 
high  school  in  February,  1883.  Imme- 
diately he  obtained  employment  with 
the  Arbuthnot  -  Stephenson  Company, 
wholesalers  in  dry  goods,  notions  and 
floor  coverings.  He  has  remained  there 
ever  since  and  has  been  elevated  to  the 
position  of  director,  and  is  now  and  has 
been  since  their  incorporation  secretary 
and  treasurer.  He  is  also  a  director  of 
the  Pittsburgh  Association  of  Credit 
Men,  and  the  president  and  director  of 
the  Rotary  Club.  Mr.  Sheppard  also 
holds  membership  in  the  Duquesne 
Club,  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Associa- 
tion, the  Pittsburgh  Country  Club,  the 
Pittsburgh  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the 
Pittsburgh  Board  of  Trade  and  the  Oak- 
land Board  of  Trade. 


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MORNING- 
STAR. 


In  Pittsburgh  among  her  scores  of  prominent  citi- 
zens, one  stands  out  as  a  figure  of  peculiar  national  note, 
his  wide  reputation  not  being  gained  in  the 
RA  c-  business    or    professional    circles   of   his 

home  city,  but  in  the  great  world  of  sports. 
The  man  referred  to  is  Ora  C.  Morn- 
ingstar,  former  world's  champion  at  billiards,  18-1  balk- 
line,  and  18-2.  Mr.  Morningstar,  as  a  cue  expert,  is  re- 
markably clever.  He  was  born  November  26,  1874,  in 
Rochester,  Indiana,  being  the  son  of  George  and  Sophia 
(Engeart)  Morningstar.  After  finishing  his  education 
in  the  public  schools,  Mr.  Morningstar  became  a  profes- 
sional billiardist.  He  came  to  Pittsburgh  three  years  ago. 
The  brilliant  cueist  learned  billiards  himself  by  going  up 
against  experts  in  the  game  both  here  and  in  Europe.  He 
is  connected  with  the  Harry  Davis  amusement  enterprises 
in  Pittsburgh.  Mr.  Morningstar  is  married  and  has  one 
son. 


EDWARD 
FISCHER. 


Edward  Fischer,  motion  picture  pioneer  in  the 
theatrical  world,  was  born  in  Allegheny,  the  son  of 
Frank  Fischer  and  Katherine  (nee  Beil- 
stein)  Fischer.  He  attended  the  North 
Side  public  schools  and  early  entered 
upon  a  mercantile  career.  He  has  been  active  in  poli- 
tics and  held  a  city  position  under  Mayor  W.  J.  Wyman. 
Mr.  Fischer  is  proprietor  and  manager  of  the  Ideal 
Theater,  at  610  East  Ohio  street,  North  Side,  a  leading 
amusement  place  north  of  the  river.  Mr.  Fischer's 
photoplay  theater  is  one  of  the  finest  establishments  of 
the  kind.  The  pictures  shown  in  the  Ideal  are  whole- 
some and  instructive,  products  of  the  leading  photo- 
play actors  in  the  country.  Mr.  Fischer  belongs  to  the 
Loyal  Order  of  Moose,  and  he  has  made  his  mark  in 
athletics  through  his  membership  in  the  Troy  Hill 
Turnverein.  His  pleasing  personality  attracts  many 
patrons  to  the  Ideal  Theater. 


RICHARD  A. 
ROWLAND. 


Richard  A.  Rowland,  an  officer  and  director  of 
numerous  amusement  enterprises,  was  born  in  Pitts- 
burgh December  8,  1880.  He  lived  in 
the  old  Seventh  ward,  and  graduated 
from  the  Pittsburgh  High  School  when 
he  was  18  years  old.  His  father  died  soon  after  that, 
and  he  took  charge  of  his  business  interests  in  calcium 
light  concerns.  In  time  he  became  interested  in  the 
moving  picture  film  business  and  became  president  of 
the  Pittsburgh  Calcium  Light  and  Film  Company,  with 
offices  throughout  the  United  States.  He  disposed  of 
this  business,  but  is  still  interested  in  various  film 
companies,  and  owns  the  Rowland  Theater  in  Wilkins- 
burg,  together  with  various  other  theater  interests. 
Mr.  Rowland  is  not  yet  35  years  old  and  has  laid  aside 
enough  to  keep  him  thoroughly  independent.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association. 


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WM.    P.    CANFIELD, 
Treasurer. 


JAMES  A.   CAREY, 
President. 


JOHN    W.    NOVAK, 
Vice    President. 


LIBERTY  ENGRAVING  COMPANY. 


It  is  not  alone  in  its  iron,  glass  and  steel  supremacy  that  Pittsburgh  is  able  to  boast 
of  leadership,  for  in  recent  years  there  has  been  developed  by  one  Pittsburgh  company 
an  establishment  which  has  given  the  city  a  prominence  and  a  prestige  in  its  particular 
field  which  formerly  was  accorded  only  to  eastern  houses.  The  company  referred  to  is 
the  Liberty  Engraving  Company.  Their  business  is  engraving,  except  that  in  their 
case  the  word  "business"  is  to  some  extent  a  misnomer,  because  this  house  of  engraving 
superiority  makes  of  their  work  an  art  as  well  as  a  business.  Situated  on  the  corner  of 
Liberty  avenue  and  Wood  street,  and  occupying  the  entire  fifth  floor  of  the  Post  Building, 
they  are  centrally  located  in  the  very  heart  of  Pittsburgh's  business  district,  and  are  thus 
enabled  to  offer  their  customers  a  service  in  the  way  of  quick  attention  to  their  wants 
which  can  perhaps  best  be  appreciated  by  men  who  require  art  and  engraving  service. 
The  Liberty  Engraving  Company  goes  a  step  further  in  the  way  of  providing  service  to 
their  customers,  by  operating  their  plant  night  and  day.  This  is  an  exclusive  feature  of 
"Liberty  service,"  and  is  only  duplicated  in  the  cities  of  New  York  and  Chicago.  As  for 
the  quality  of  the  work  produced  by  this  front  rank  engraving  house,  the  best  testimony  is 
the  record  of  their  wonderful  progress  in  a  few  short  years,  the  constantly  increasing 
number  of  new  patrons,  and  the  confidence  placed  in  them  by  old  friends.  Another  evi- 
dence is  the  half-tone  plates  illustrating  this  volume,  which  were  all  made  by  this  house. 
In  the  production  of  half-tone  work  and  zinc  etchings,  faithful  reproduction  of  the  sub- 
ject and  printing  quality  are  the  watchwords.  An  art  department  for  designing  and  illus- 
trating is  maintained,  as  well  as  complete  facilities  for  all  kinds  of  commercial  pho- 
tography. 

Vincent  D.  Nirella,  band  and  orchestra  leader,  was 
born  in  Italy,  October  19,  1873.  He  is  the  son  of  Carmelo 
and  Angelina  Nirella.  He  was  brought  to 
America  by  his  parents  in  1883,  receiving 
his  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Pittsburgh,  where  they  located.  Mr.  Nirella  attended  the 
conservatory  at  Leipsic,  and  for  25  years  has  been  a  pro- 
fessional musician.  For  15  years  he  has  conducted  Ni- 
rella's  Fourteenth  Regiment  Band  and  before  that  was 
director  of  Nirella's  Band.  He  has  played  at  four  presi- 
dential inaugurations  and  before  many  noted  people.  Or- 
chestras under  the  leadership  of  this  able  musician  are 
playing  at  the  most  noted  hotels  and  clubs  of  Pittsburgh. 
Mr.  Nirella  belongs  to  numerous  musical  organizations  in 
the  United  States.  He  is  noted  in  Canada  and  all  parts 
of  the  United  States  for  his  splendid  bands  and  orches- 
tras and  is  in  demand  for  international  occasions  of  more 
than  ordinary  interest. 


VINCENT  D. 
NIRELLA. 


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ALEXANDER 
LEGGATE. 


HUGH 

ADDISON 

REED. 


Alexander  Leggate,  pioneer  real  estate  and  auction 
man  of  Western  Pennsylvania,  was  born  in  Glasgow, 
Scotland,  March  18,  1833,  and  died  in 
Allegheny,  now  the  North  Side  of  Pitts- 
burgh, July  28,  1897.  His  parents  were 
Alexander  Leggate  and  Janet  (nee  Fraser)  Leggate. 
After  attending  the  public  schools  for  a  short  time 
he  began  work  distributing  newspapers  in  Pittsburgh. 
At  length  he  engaged  in  the  auction  business  on  the 
North  Side.  To  this  he  soon  added  the  real  estate  busi- 
ness, and  he  was  connected  with  some  of  the  largest 
real  estate  deals  ever  closed  on  the  North  Side.  He 
was  in  the  iron  business  with  Henry  Phipps  and  John 
Walker.  He  was  treasurer  of  the  North  Presbyterian 
Church  for  25  years,  and  president  of  the  Waverly  so- 
ciety. Mr.  Leggate  married  Miss  Martha  Reid,  of 
Glasgow,  37  years  ago. 

One  of  the  most  successful  business  men  and  me- 
chanical experts  in  Pittsburgh,  Hugh  Addison  Reed, 

died  April  23,  1912.    Mr.  Reed  was  born 

in  Pittsburgh,  North  Side,  December  25, 

1853,    the    son    of    William    and    Eliza 

Reed.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  old  Allegheny,  and  later  attended  Monoca 
College,  at  Monoca,  Pa.  In  1882  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Amanda  Hartzell,  who  survives  him.  Mr.  Reed 
had  made  mechanical  construction  and  designing  a  life 
study,  and  his  counsel  was  always  sought  by  machine 
builders.  He  was  the  president  of  the  Baird  Ma- 
chinery Company,  president  of  the  Collins  Manufac- 
turing Company,  and  owner  of  the  Acme  Metal  Polish 
Company.  Mr.  Reed  was  a  member  of  a  number  of 
German  singing  societies  in  and  around  Pittsburgh. 
He  was  noted  for  his  charitable  acts  in  connection  with 
two  orphans'  homes  in  Allegheny,  to  which  he  left  a 
substantial  bequest. 

The  Pittsburgh  district  lost  a  representative  and 
worthy  citizen  in  May,  1913,  with  the  death  of  Thomas 
Mellon  Evans.     Born  in  Pittsburgh  on 
October  23,  1875,  a  son  of  James  Evans 
and  Rebecca  Stotler  Evans,  he  attended 
Pittsburgh    public    schools    and    Shady 
Side  Academy.     He  was  graduated  from  Yale  in  1898 
with  the  degree  of  A.B.     On  October  18,   1900,  Mr. 
Evans   was   married   to   Martha   Jarnigan,   of   Mossy 
Creek,  Tennessee.     Two  children  were  born,  Eleanor 
and  James.     For  some  years  prior  to  his  death  Mr. 
Evans  was  president  of  the  National  Bank  of  McKees- 
port,  and  a  director  of  the  Colonial  Trust  Company, 
Pittsburgh.    He  was  a  member  of  the  Pittsburgh  Ath- 
letic Association,  the  University  Club,  both  of  Pitts- 
burgh, and  of  the  Youghiogheny  Country  Club,  an  or- 
ganization located  near  McKeesport. 


THOMAS 

MELLON 

EVANS. 


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PATRICK 

HENRY 

KEEFE. 


Patrick  Henry  Keefe,  president  of  the  Allegheny 
County  Liquor  Dealers  Protective  Association,  was 
born  in  Pittsburgh  February  17,  1863. 
He  is  the  son  of  Patrick  and  Catherine 
Keefe,  who  came  to  this  country  from 
County  Galway,  Ireland,  locating  in 
Pittsburgh  a  few  years  before  the  Civil  War.  Mr. 
Keefe  attended  parochial  school  in  Pittsburgh  and 
learned  the  machinist  trade,  which  he  followed  for 
several  years.  He  then  embarked  in  the  hotel  business 
in  Sharpsburg,  opening  his  hotel  in  1897.  Mr.  Keefe 
has  followed  this  business  ever  since,  becoming  a  fac- 
tor in  the  county  liquor  dealers'  association.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians,  the  Cath- 
olic Mutual  Benefit  Association,  Young  Men's  Insti- 
tute and  the  Order  of  B.  P.  0.  Elks. 


FREDERICK  GWINNER. 

Frederick  Gwinner,  banker  and  general  contractor,  was  born  in  Wurtemburg,  Ger- 
many, and  came  to  Manchester,  now  North  Side,  Pittsburgh,  when  a  very  young  man.    Mr. 

Gwinner  was  first  employed  as  an  omnibus  and  street  car 
driver,  and  later  went  into  the  teaming  business.  He 
gradually  increased  his  facilities  until  he  became  one  of 
the  leading  railroad  and  general  contractors  in  Pitts- 
burgh. Mr.  Gwinner,  while  doing  work  for  all  the  rail- 
roads entering  Pittsburgh,  worked  principally  for  the 
Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne  &  Chicago  Railroad.  He  also 
built  many  of  the  traction  lines  of  the  city  and  laid  many 
of  its  natural  gas  lines.  He  was  a  leading  spirit  in  the 
financing  of  many  of  these  companies,  and  at  the  time  of 
his  death,  September  4,  1909,  was  president  of  the  Hum- 
boldt Fire  Insurance  Company,  a  director  of  the  Pitts- 
burgh Brewing  Company  and  other  corporations ;  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  a  thirty-second  de- 
gree Mason. 


FREDERICK    GWINNER. 


FREDERICK   GWINNER,  JR. 

Frederick  Gwinner,  Jr.,  was  born  in  the  Borough  of 
Manchester,  now  North  Side,  Pittsburgh,  and  died  at  his 
home  April  19,  1910,  at  the  age  of  54  years.  He  was  for 
many  years  one  of  the  leading  business  men  of  Pittsburgh,  being  associated  with  his 
father  and  brother  in  the  railroad  and  general  contracting  business,  as  business  manager, 
in  which  capacity  he  had  charge  of  many  of  the  public  improvements  in  Pittsburgh  and 
vicinity.  He  was  a  director  of  the  Allegheny  Trust  Company,  the  National  Fireproofing 
Company  and  many  other  of  the  leading  corporations  of  Pittsburgh.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Duquesne  and  other  leading  clubs  of  Pittsburgh,  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  being 
a  member  of  Davage  Lodge  and  of  Allegheny  Commandery,  Knights  Templar. 


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GEORGE  W.  RANKIN. 


George  W.  Rankin,  aged  72,  for 
more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  a 
leading  business  man  of  Pittsburgh, 
died  October  31,  1898.  He  was  born  in 
Franklin  county,  and  resided  in  West- 
moreland county  several  years  before 
coming  to  Pittsburgh.  He  was  for  a 
time  connected  with  the  Pennsylvania 
Railroad  in  the  transportation  depart- 
ment, leaving  that  work  to  engage  in 
the  real  estate  business.  He  later  en- 
gaged in  banking  and  was  a  director  at 
various  times  in  the  Masonic  Bank  and 
the  Lincoln  National  Bank.  He  was 
president  of  the  Traders  and  Mechanics 
Bank  for  several  years,  disposing  of  his 
holdings  in  the  bank  some  years  ago 
and  retiring  from  active  business.  Pie 
was  a  veteran  member  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity,  and  was  for  many  years  a 
member  of  Lodge  45,  F.  &  A.  M.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Western  Star 
Lodge  24,  I.  0.  0.  F.,  and  for  more  than 
30  years  a  member  of  the  First  Pres- 
byterian Church. 


O.  H.  WERNER. 


Oswald  Werner,  late  enterprising 
manager  of  one  of  the  largest  Pitts- 
burgh cleaning  and  dyeing  establish- 
ments, was  born  in  Mitweida,  Saxony, 
Germany,  October  16,  1835.  Mr.  Wer- 
ner was  the  son  of  Lebrecht  and  Elinora 
Christiana  Emmrich  Werner.  He  re- 
ceived a  public  school  education  in  his 
native  country,  and  after  coming  to  this 
country  acquired  English  at  the  First 
Presbyterian  Sabbath  school,  formerly 
located  on  Wood  street,  now  on  Sixth 
avenue.  Previous  to  coming  to  America 
Mr.  Werner  learned  the  art  of  dyeing  in 
German  establishments.  Shortly  after 
he  came  to  Pittsburgh  he  opened  a  small 
establishment  in  Fourth  avenue,  near 
Market  street,  which  he  conducted  for 
several  years.  He  was  one  of  the  pio- 
neers in  the  dyeing  business  in  this  city 
and  acquired  a  splendid  business  in  a 
few  years.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he 
was  head  of  the  Oswald  Werner  &  Sons 
Company,  the  oldest  cleaning  and  dye- 
ing concern  in  Pittsburgh. 


256 


J.  M.  GUFFEY. 


WILLIAM 
F.  WISE. 


William  F.  Wise,  attorney  at  law,  was  born  in  Wash- 
ington, Pa.  His  parents  were  Joseph  B.  Wise  and  Sarah 
(nee  Stockdale)  Wise.  Mr.  Wise  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  and  private  schools  and 
in  Washington  and  Jefferson  College,  from 
which  he  was  graduated.  At  an  early  age  he  was  admit- 
ted to  practice  law  in  the  Allegheny  county  courts  and  in 
the  United  States  courts.  Mr.  Wise  makes  a  specialty  of 
civil  and  corporation  law  and  of  the  settling  of  large  es- 
tates. One  of  the  signal  triumphs  of  his  legal  career  was 
his  work  as  counsel  for  the  claimants  in  the  French  Spoli- 
ation claims  litigation.  On  account  of  his  wide  knowl- 
edge of  the  law  and  his  well  balanced  judgment  Mr.  Wise 
has  frequently  been  mentioned  as  a  suitable  person  for  a 
judgeship.  He  has,  however,  always  refused  the  urgent 
solicitations  of  his  friends  to  become  a  candidate. 


257 


JOHN  R.  JOHNSTON. 

John  R.  Johnston,  window  glass 
manufacturer,  is  selling  the  product  of 
30  window  glass  factories.  His  office 
is  in  the  First  National  Bank  building, 
Pittsburgh.  He  was  born  in  Arcanum, 
Drake  county,  Ohio,  April  8,  1867,  the 
son  of  Francis  E.  Johnston  and  Emily 
Wiggs  Johnston.  His  early  youth  was 
passed  there  and  in  Topeka,  Kansas.  It 
was  in  Hartford  City  that  he  started  in 
the  window  glass  manufacturing  busi- 
ness. He  is  president  of  the  Johnston 
Glass  Company  of  Hartford  City,  In- 
diana; president  of  the  Johnston  Brok- 
erage Company,  of  Pittsburgh;  vice- 
president  of  the  Citizens  State  Bank, 
Hartford  City,  and  of  the  Potomac  Val- 
ley Orchard  Company,  of  Pearre,  Mary- 
land. Mr.  Johnston  is  a  member  of  the 
Union  Club  of  Pittsburgh  and  the  Pitts- 
burgh Athletic  Association,  of  the  Chi- 
cago Athletic  Association,  the  Columbia 
Club  of  Indianapolis,  and  the  Pittsburgh 
Chamber  of  Commerce.  He  is  affiliated 
with  the  Masonic  fraternity. 


H.  C.  BUGHMAN. 


Henry  Clay  Bughman,  noted  finan- 
cier, who  died  at  his  Pittsburgh  home 
March  12,  1913,  was  born  in  Ridge  ave- 
nue, old  Allegheny,  March  22,  1848. 
Mr.  Bughman  graduated  from  the 
Pennsylvania  Military  Academy  at 
Chester.  He  began  work  in  the  old 
Keystone  Bank,  Pittsburgh,  in  1868, 
eventually  becoming  cashier.  In  1881 
he  became  a  trustee  of  the  estate  of  his 
grandfather,  James  H.  Hays,  the  coal 
operator.  In  1906  Mr.  Bughman  was 
elected  president  of  the  Second  National 
Bank,  but  later  resigned  and  was  made 
chairman  of  the  board  of  directors.  He 
was  vice-president  of  the  Citizens  Na- 
tional Bank  and  the  Pittsburgh  Bank 
for  Savings;  a  director  of  the  National 
Union  Life  Insurance  Company,  the 
Westinghouse  Airbrake  Company,  the 
Westinghouse  Machine  Company,  the 
Security  Investment  Company,  the  C.  D. 
Postal  &  Telegraph  and  the  Commercial 
Trust  companies.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Duquesne  Club  and  an  elder  in  the 
Shadyside  Presbyterian  Church. 


258 


INDEX 


Adams,  George  Colberg 200 

Adams,  S.  Jarvis,  Jr 162 

Allderdice,  Taylor    125 

Anawalt,  James  White 113 

Arbuthnot',  W.  S 251 

Arrott,   A.   E 180 

Arthur,  Herbert  S 88 

Babcock,    Edward    V 199 

Baird,    Frederick    Clinton 156 

Baker,   Edward   E 188 

Baker,   Horace  F 156 

Baldwin,  W.   C 235 

Balsinger,    Webster    R 108 

Bane,   John   C 58 

Barbour,  John   Baxter 142 

Barchfeld,    Andrew    Jackson 14 

Barnes,  James   R 27 

Barnett,    James    Elder 60 

Barr,   J.   Toner 220 

Bassett,  Ira  S 138 

Beal,  James  H 42,  43 

Beatty.  John   W 164 

Beegle,  Frederick  N 17 

Bell,    John    A 226 

Belsterling,   Charles    S 116 

Benedum,    Michael   L 91 

Bessemer  Refining  Co 8 

Bigelow,   E.   M 18 

Bihler,   Louis    C 112 

Bittner,    Van    99 

Blackburn,  W.  W in 

Blair,    Reed    Fairman 122 

Boileau,  John  W 128 

Bope.  H.   P in 

Bown,  Chas.  Elmer 94 

Boyd,   Chas.   N 170 

Brainard,    Ira    Fitch 142 

Brashear,    John    Alfred 164 

Brennen,  John  P 208 

Brennen,  William  James ^ 

Brown,   J.    D 59 

Brownfield,    I.    H 26 

Bryan,   Joseph   William 218,  219 

Bryce,  M.  G 182 

Bryson,    Charles    R 1 18 

Buchanan,   James   1 234 

Bughman,   H.   C 258 

Burgan,   Robert   Paul 131 

1  '.urke,   James    Francis 14 

Burleigh,   Clarence    67 

Burnett,  L.  H no 

Byrne,   Harry  W 130 

Byrne,  John   R 130 


Gallery,  James  Dawson 157 

Campbell,  James  John 112 

Carnegie,   Andrew   105 

Carnegie   Steel  Co 106 

Carpenter,   James    McF 46 

Carr,  Wooda  N 25 

Carr,  W.  R 24 

Cassidy,   W.   H 114 

Cauffiel,    Joseph    t>7 

Central  District  Telephone  Co 81 

Chalf ant,    George    Newton 84 

Chalfant,  John  W 144 

Cipperley,  Henry  P 237 

Clark,   D.   L 182 

Clark,  James  B 172 

Clark,    James    M 59 

Clark,    W.    L 160 

Clarkson,   W.   B 81 

Coates,  William    98 

Coggins,  C.  A 245 

Connelley,   Clifford   Brown 166 

Cooper,   Henry    13 

Copeland,    Charles    D 39 

Corbett,   James   Ottley 192 

Corey,  William  Ellis 107 

Craver,  H.  W 167 

Crawford,  George  W 89 

Crawford,   John    H 204 

Cray,   Jas.    R 34 

Croft,    Harry   William 103 

Crow,   William    Evans 31 

D'  Isa,  Louis  J 209 

Danner,    George   H 152 

Davis,  Stewart  Archibald 129 

Davidson,  Frederick   15 

Davidson,   Robert  James 22^ 

Davison,   Edward.   Jr 220 

Dawes,  Edward  L 176 

De  Coursey,  William  Leigh 192 

Demi}',   Francis  H 134 

Didier,    Paul    152 

Diehl,  Ambrose  Nevin 119 

Dies.    S.    A 98 

Dinkey,  Alva  Clumer 109 

Dixon,  Samuel  G 16 

Donley,   William    McClurg 153 

Donnelly,  Chas 97 

Donner,   Percy  E 227 

Duff.  Alfred  William 174 

Duggan,  John.   Jr 24 

Dunn,  Thomas  F 190 


Eaton,  Oliver  K 82 

Eaton,  John   101 

Eggers,  Chas.  F 32 

Elwood,  R.  D 245 

Emge,   John   K 3 

English,   W.   Y 240 

Estep,  Harry  Summers 208 

Evans,  Thomas  Mellon 254 

Ewing,    Robert    M 62 

Fag  an,  Charles  Aloysius 82 

Famous    Biscuit    Co 184 

Ferguson,  John   S 54 

Ferrigan,  J.   J 248 

Fichtel,  Fred   250 

Finley,   Thos.   E 72 

First  National  Bank  Bldg.,  The 217 

Fischer,    Edward    252 

Flaherty,  John  J 194 

Flannery,  James  J 77 

Flannery,   J.   Rogers 134 

Fletcher,  J.   Gilmore 139 

Flinn,  A.  Rex .  . 200 

Flinri,   Charles   Emmett 240 

Flinn,    George   H 203 

Flinn,   William    201 

Flowers,   George  W 56 

Fort  Pitt  Hotel,  English  Room 249 

Foster,  S.  D 18 

Frauenheim,  A.  A 178 

Freeland,  Benjamin  N 19 

Freeman,  John   Miller 51 

Frick,  Henry  Clay ic6 

Frisbee,  John  Davis 20 

Fullman,  J.   G 202 

Furlan,  Peter  Joseph 212 

Fulton,  James   A 88 

Fulton,  J.  C 32 

Fusarini,   Henry    36 

Gaddis,  Albert   30 

Galey,  John   H 87 

Garland,    Robert    90 

Garlick,  Chas.  H 19S 

German   Savings  and  Deposit  Bank 242 

Gibson,    John    J 34 

Giffen,    William    Wilson 222 

Gillespie,    David    L 200 

Gittings,  J.   H 170 

Glesenkamp,    Joseph    A 192 

Gloekler,   Chas.  A 188 

Gordon,    George   B 50 

Gosser,    Frank    1 52 

Graft,   J.   Vance 22 

Graham,   Albert    104 

Graham,   Charles   J 112 

Gray,  Alexander   140 

Gray,    James    H 84 

Guffey,  J.   M 257 

Gumbert,   A.   C 100 

Guthrie,    George    W 50 

Gwinner,    Frederick    255 

vGwinner,   Frederick,   Jr 255 


Hagan,  George  J  216 

Hamerschlag,   Arthur   Arton 166 

Hamilton,    C.    C 221 

Hamilton,    Edward   J :  121 

Hammill,   Benj  amin   S 120 

Hancock,  James   D 67 

Hansen,-  John    Morrison 133 

Harton,    George    Maurice 72 

Haverty,    John    M 71 

Hazlett,  Samuel  Kennedy 210 

Heckelman,   Herman  William 173 

Heinz,    Henry  J 185 

Hepburn,   Peter  W 164 

Herron,   John  W 228 

Hershey,    George    H 224 

Higbee,  Edward  Carter 30 

Hill,   Jerome 226 

Hill,  John  Criswell 162 

Hinckley,  W.   D 40 

Hindman,    James    Edward 74 

Hoeveler,  W.  A ' 92 

Hogg,  George    214 

Holland,    William    J 169 

Holmes,   Americus   V 79 

Holmes,  Samuel   213 

Holt,    Richard    Smith 39 

Hostetter,    David   H 181 

Howe,   George  Allaire 73 

Howley,  John   Francis 187 

Hubbard,    John    Winslow 116 

Hudson,  W.   A 68 

Hugus,    Henry    Graff 222 

Hulings,    W.    J 12 

Humphreys,  William  Y 122 

Hunter,  J.   P 58 

Hunter,   Percy  E 130 

Hutchison,    R.    A 169 

Irons,  H.   M 92 

Irvin  &  Witherow 202 

Jamison,  John  M 126 

Jenkins,    Thomas    Clifton 247 

Jenks,    I.    Walter 115 

Johns,  P.  A 29 

J  ohnston,   John   R 258 

Jones,    Samuel   E 214 

Jones,   Thomas   Calvin 36 

Jones,  William  J 228 

Jordan,  John   H 46 

Kahle,  Frederick  L 65 

Kearns,  E.  L 56 

Keefe,    Patrick   Henry 255 

Kef  over,    Chas.    Freemont 28 

Keister,    Abraham    L 9 

Kelly,   A.  J.,  Jr 138 

Kelly,   M.   Clyde 14 

Kelso,    James    Anderson 168 

Kendall,  Jacob  Louis 197 

Kennedy,    David    S no 

Kennedy,  John  Moffitt 41 

Kennedy,  Julian    149 


Kennedy,   O.   W 

Kent,  Edward  J 

Keppel,   Henry   M 

Kerr,  C.  H..." 

Kerr's  Sons,  William..  . 

Kilpatrick,   Worth    

Kirby,    James   J 

Kleman,  John  Peter 

Kneedler,   George'  Clyde. 

Knox,   J.   A 

Kreusler,   Henry   L 

Kuhn,    J.    S.... 

Kuhn,    W.    S 


Lambing,  A.  A 

Lang,   Edward   G 

Latrobe  Connellsville  Coal  &  Coke  Co. 

Laughner,   Perry  Orville 

Leggate,    Alexander    

Leonard,  J.   R 

Liberty  Engraving  Company 

Loresch,    John     

Lowry,   Harvey  A 

Lutz,  Anton   

Lyne,  W.  C 


Magee,   William    A 

Markell,  Frank  Eugene 

Martin,   John   A 

Marvin,    Earle    R 

Mehard.    Churchill    Brown 

Mercer.    H.    Fred ' 

Miller,    J.   J '" 

Miller,   W.    Wallace 

Monro,   George   N 

Moore,  Alexander  P V.'.V.V.  Frontisp 


Moore,   William   H 

Morin,  John   M 

Morning-star,    Ora   C 

Mudge,    Edmuna   Wpi3Ster_ 
Muehlbronner,    Charles    A... 

Mueller,  Frederick  W 

Muir,    William    

Murphy,  Marion  Hayleigh... 

Murray,   William   Nimick 

Myler,  W.  A 


10, 


.    128 

•  64 

•  -'44 
.  206 
.  204 

•  -'44 

•  97 

■  250 

•  i/4 

•  -'30 

•  205 
.  229 
.  229 

■  i/i 
.   224 

4 

85 

-'54 

158 

253 
242 
102 
154 
165 

158 

20 

102 

184 

84 

64 

38 

168 

94 
iece 
189 

11 
252 
135 
•250 


McLeod,   J 
McMasters, 


McCaffrey,  Thomas  

McCague,    Geo.    E 

McCandless,    George    M... 

McClung,  William  H 

McCook,  Willis  F 

McCormick,  Samuel  Black. 

McCoy,  John  H 

McCrum,    Robert    S 

McCurdy-May  Co 

McGillick,   Francis   E 

McKalip,   James    C 

McKay,    Robert   J 

McKean,    William    Cook.. 

McKelvy,   J.   E 

McKinney,   J.   P 

McKinney,  W.   S 


74 
190 

178 

124 
117 
-233 

49 

47 
167 
211 

30 
191 
■215 
163 
114 

28 

54 
196 
196 


"'"    109 

Henry  Ward ifa 

McQueen,    Alexander    S 

McSwiggan,   A.   S 


Natali,  Joseph  

Nesbit,  Harrison  .  . 
Nimick,  Frank  B. . . 
Nirella,    Vincent   D. 


Orr,    Robert    S 

Osburn,   Frank  Chew 

Osmer,  James   H 

Osterling,   F.  J 

Over,  James   W 

Overend,    Edmund    Thomas. 

Overholt,    B.    F 

Owens,  Howard  J 

O'Donnel,    R.    L 

O'Shell,    Thomas    


Painter,  George  E. 

Parkin,  W.   N 

Patch,    W.    M 

Patterson,   Harry   Howard. 


120 
154 


241 
141 
53 


Norton,    Eugene    Trump 20 


118 
78 
248 
206 
38 
168 
124 
100 
163 
95 

132 
148 
230 
120 


Patterson,   Thomas    7g 


96 
7 

86 
154 

53 
216 


Patterson,   W.  J 
Pennsylvania   Paraffine   Works 

Peoples  Natural  Gas  Co 

Pepperday,    Thomas    M 

Perkins,    Frederick    Curtis.. 

Pfeil,   P.   M 

Phipps,    Henry    ~Q6 

Pierce,    W.    T 

Pittock,    Thomas    Ralph 

Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association 
Pittsburgh  Brewing  Co.,  The.. 
Pittsburgh  Life  &  Trust  Co.... 

Plumer,  L.   M 

Porter.    S.    G '.... 

Powell,   A.   W 


70 

213 

213 

193 

235 

63 

12 

16 


96 


224 

214 


RahkftT-   William    N 

Rankin,   Louis   vW. 2^g 

Rath,  Herman "**r"!*~""*-»^, 

Rauh,   Enoch    7T>>^ 

Ray.  J.  A 

Reed.  David  Aiken 7& 

Reed,   Hugh  Addison 254 

Reed,  James  H ^7 

Reed,   John    W 4» 

Reilly.   Eugene   S M2 

Keilly,   Phillip   Brennen 61 

Reynolds,  George   E 62 

Rhodes,   Joshua    243 

Rice,    Cecil    Glenwood ll° 

Richard,    F.    H 136 

Rieger.    Charles    J 2oS 

Roberts.   W.   A 132 

Robertson,   Andrew   Wells 78 

Robinson.   Robert   G xoo 

Rodd,   Thomas    1 55 


Rodgers,   William  B 207 

Rose,   Don    246 

Rowand,   Archibald   Hamilton,   Jr 80 

Rowand,    Harry   H 94 

Rowe,  Wallace  H 127 

Rowland,    Richard   A 252 

Ruske,  William   194 


Saxmax,   M.    

Saxman,    Marcus    Wilson 

Saxton,    C.    L 

Savage,    R.    B 

Scandrett,  Richard  B 

Schiller,   William   Bacon 

Schlieper,   John   Edward 

Schmidt,   John   C 

Schrack,   F.    M 

Schusler,  George  W 

Schwab,    Charles    

Scott,   Fred  W 

Scott,    Thomas    H 

Searight,    James    A 

Searle,    Joseph    M 

Semans,  F.  M . . .' 

Seymour,  Warren  Ilsley 

Shaw,   John    E 

Shaw,  Wilson  A 

Sheppard,  Thomas  Howe 

Simeral,   John   A 

Singer,   William   H 146, 

Smart,    William    H 

Smith,  W.  WT 

Smitley,   John   H 

Snowdon,  Charles  Leidy 

Soles,  W.  C 

Spang,   C.   H 

Spindler,    Alvin    Curtis 

Splane,    Joshua    G 

Standard  Sanitary  Mfg.  Co 179, 

Steel  Concrete  Construction  Co 

Stephens,    Maurice    

Sterling,    Bruce  F 

Stickel,    A.    C 

Stone,   Stephen    .-- 

Stone,  W.  A 

Stone,   William   Arthur. .  - 

Stoner,   Frank   R  •  -  - 

gtonet-r  james   Madison,  Jr 

stotler,  Clay  C.  C 

Sturgis,   H.   G 

Sturgis,   W.   J 

Succop,    A.    E 

Summers,    Edgar   Webster 

Sunstein,   A.    J 

Swope,  Lorenzo  Watson 


5 

4 

221 

171 

60 

123 

150 

104 

172 

150 

107 

72 

210 

22 

98 

33 


223 

251 
184 

147 

36 

66 

186 

35 

234 

143 

102 

75 
180 
211 
170 

3i 

126 

66 

48 

29 

52 

234 

242 

33 
28 
232 
116 
186 
174 


Taxxey,   William    J •. . .  246 

Taylor.    E.   J 151 

Taylor,    Lakin    Clarkson 216 

Taylor,    Oscar    T 71 

Taylor,   S.  A 148 

Taylor  &  Co.,  H.   P 240 

Telling,    Oscar    L 238,  239 

Theiss,  George  W 122 

Thomas.   John  Wilson 74 

Thompson,    Edward   J 190 

Thompson,   Josiah   Vankirk 21 

Tim,   John   Frederick 80 

Torrence.   Francis   J i/7 

Trautman,  Leander   68 

Tredway.   W.   T 69 

Trees,  Joe  Clifton   93 

Trent,   Edmund  Kiernan 80 

Trimble,   Robert   Maurice 210 

Trimble,   Thomas    P 4& 

Turner,   A.   M 198 

Utley,  Edward  H 156 

Vaxdergrift,   S.   H 150 

Vilsack,  Carl   Gregory    236 

Vilsack,  Leopold   W 236 

Vilsack,  O.  J 236 

Volz,    Louis    162 

Wakefield.  James  A 82 

Walter,    Peter    G 246 

Walters,    E.    R 9^ 

Ward,   George    S l&3 

Warren,    William    W 186 

Wasson,   Elgie   La  Vernze 175 

Watson,    David   T 44-45 

Watterson,  A.  V.  D 48 

Weil,    A.    Leo 69 

Weir,    Ernest    Tener 137 

Weller,    J.    S 7° 

Werner,    O.    H 256 

Wesley,    Frank    A 231 

Westinghotisc,   George 145 

Whyel,   George    26 

Whyel,    Harry    26 

Wick,    Eugene   E 211 

Williams,   Homer   D 117 

Wise,    William    F 257 

Woods,    E.    A 160 

Work.    James    Clark 23 

Worthington,   John    83 

Yohe,  James  Buchanan 159 

Zahniser.  W.  J 232 

Zenn,   Phillip .  140 


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