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CAPTAIN WILLIAM WADSWORTH

Captain William Wadsworth, was born June 17, 1830, at Sandusky, Ohio. He comes from an old family of many brilliant historical connections in Connecticut, being removed but four generations from Capt. Joseph Wadsworth, whose life was so closely connected with the Charter Oak. His father, Samuel Wadsworth, was for many years of his life a sailor on the Great Lakes, and prior to this career was a master on the salt water. He removed to Sandusky in 1828, and died on the schooner Ligure, at that place in 1832.

The subject of this sketch removed to Huron, Ohio, in 1832, when two years of age, and received a common-school education in that place, and afterward removed to Milan, Ohio. In his fourteenth year he left home and went as cabin boy on the Blue Bell, built at Huron. He remained on her two seasons, and then went before the mast on the Washington Irving, from her to the California, and then to the Buckeye. In 1849 he was on the six-oared government cutter, which was attending to the building of Point Waugoshance lighthouse in the Straits of Mackinac. The following winter he went to New York City and there spent three years in the carpenter’s business, after which he returned to his home in Ohio and went on the steamer Queen of the West, as carpenter. While on the Queen of the West, when she was in Cleveland one night, he saved the life of Philetus Francis, who had been thrown into the river at the railroad pier by frightened horses. This act showed great bravery, being done at the risk of his own life, and deserves mention as an example of well directed service.

In 1857 he sailed as captain of the Berlin, and remained on her three years. In 1860 he went on the Nonpareil; in 1861, 1862 and 1863 he was on the Ironsides, and for the next five years on the bark John P. March, of Vermilion. He then engaged in the lumber business in the firm of Richardson & Wadsworth, at Cleveland, where he remained five years. For a period of five years he was again engaged on the lakes, and then went to Wellsburgh, W. Va., and there carried on the lumber business. Since that time he has been employed the greater part of the time in Cleveland, where he has made his home since 1869. In the winter of 1848 the steamer Baltimore, belonging to Mr. Strong, of Monroe, Mich., but now of Detroit, was lying at the port of Huron. Four men, including Mr. Wadsworth, tried to take her to Monroe, and had nearly reached their destination when the ice prevented further progress, and they were compelled to return. The boat was one that generally required a crew of fifteen men.

Captain Wadsworth was married December 8, 1855, to Miss Nancy E. Balcom, an own cousin to Thomas A. Edison, the noted inventor. A daughter, Marietta, remains at the home of her father; a son, Charles C., born September 20, 1866, is married and resides at Cleveland. The youngest, Percival O., twenty-one years old, is a member of Troop A, First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and with that regiment started for the front during the Spanish-American war.

Captain Wadsworth was a pioneer in the Marquette and Escanaba trade, and is well known by all lakefaring men and in Cleveland, Ohio, has a large circle of friends. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity for over forty years, and is of high standing in that order.

WILLIAM WAGNER

William Wagner, engineer of the fireboat J.M. Hutchinson, was born in Buffalo January 24, 1863, a son of Charles and Margaret (Dower) Wagner. He obtained his education in the public schools of his native city, and commenced his practical life as fireman on the tug W.H.Goodman, owned in Buffalo. He continued for four years in that capacity on various tugs.

In 1886 Mr. Wagner became second engineer on the steamer Moore, which place he held four months. The balance of the season he worked in Chicago, and remained in that city until the fall of 1889, when he returned to Buffalo. On April 19, 1890, he was appointed engineer on the fireboat G.R. Potter, and remained there until June 8, 1893, when he was transferred to his present position, where he has remained continuously up to the present time. Fraternally, Mr. Wagner has been a Mason for four years, and a member of the Firemen's Beneficial Association since January or February, 1891.

CAPTAIN WILLIAM R. WAKELY

Captain William R. Wakely, owner and master of the schooner Antelope, of Port Hope, Ontario, Canada, is one of the best navigators on the Great Lakes, and one of the most popular, being proverbial for his genial, affable and courteous manner.

Our subject is a Canadian by birth, having first seen the light in 1854, at the place known as Cranberry Marsh, in the suburbs of Port Hope, Ontario, in which town he received his education. At the early age of eleven years, in 1865, he commenced sailing the lakes in the capacity of cook's mate, shipping out of Port Hope on the schooner Enterprise, and for two seasons he had charge of the galley, his excellent cooking earning for him a wide reputation on the lakes; while it is even recorded that several of the crew during his incumbency as "chef" were thoroughly cured of chronic indigestion and dyspepsia, although he was three seasons on the Enterprise, during the last one serving before the mast, in other words as able seaman. In 1869 he shipped in the latter capacity on the schooner Otonabee, and remained thereon one season; next year he went before the mast on the brig Cavalier; following year shipped on the Annie Minnes, and was mate of her three seasons. On leaving the Minnes, he went next year as sailing master on the schooner Little Kate, of Oakville, Ontario; from her, next season, he went as mate of the schooner W.J. Suffell; then took charge as captain of the schooner Wave Crest for five seasons, having bought an interest in her, which, however, he afterwards sold, and then retired from the lakes for six years.

In the fall of 1888 Captain Wakely recommenced sailing, shipping on the schooner Delaware, remaining on her during the following spring, and sailed her for two seasons, then going on the schooner Jamieson, which he sailed three years. From the Jamieson he shipped on the schooner Flora Carveth, and sailed her four years in a good coarse freight business. Making an advantageous "deal," he in the spring of 1897 became owner of the schooner Antepole(sic), and is now sailing her as captain, trading principally on Lake Ontario.

During his long experience as a mariner on the Great Lakes, in various capacities, Captain Wakely has on the whole met with good fortune. His principal mishap was when his schooner, Little Kate, went ashore on Snake island, near Kingston, Ontario. As she was loaded with peas, they had little difficulty in lightening her and towing her off, without the loss of any one on board. In fact, only one man in our subject's employ lost his life, a sailor named William Foster, who fell overboard in Oswego harbor, near the drawbridge, while lowering a boat, and was lost in the darkness. On another occasion, a seaman was struck by a sail and knocked overboard while he was out on the boom furling a jib; there was a pretty heavy sea on, and the vessel was pitching terribly, so watching his opportunity, the man, swimming for dear life in the water, grabbed the bobstays as the vessel pitched downward and climbed on deck. On yet another occasion, while our subject was captain of the Flora Carveth, a sailor was struck by lightning, and remained insensible for some time. Captain Wakely put into the nearest port and secured a physician, his prompt and humane action no doubt saving the man's life.

In 1876 our subject married Miss Delilah Gertrude Mix, of Port Hope, daughter of I.N. Mix and Martha Mix, and five charming daughters, all bright, intelligent and well educated, grace this union, named respectively: Annie Maud, Lilian Gertrude, Mabel Vernon, Rose Edith and Tressia Gipsy Pearl. They are great companions to their parents, and in the hot days of the summer months they ofttimes accompany their mother on a short cruise on their father's vessel.

In his political preference Captain Wakely has always been a strong Liberal, and has worked and voted in the ranks of the Reform party ever since he first got his franchise. In religious faith the entire family belong to the Wesleyan Methodist Church, the young ladies being quite a power in the Port Hope church as well as social circles. The Captain owns one of the finest residences and other property in Port Hope, where the family are all held in the highest esteem.

JOSEPH S. WALDER

Joseph S. Walder, assistant engineer in the immense establishment of the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, spent several years in the boiler and engine rooms of lake steamers before he accepted his present responsible position on shore.

Mr. Walder was born near Toronto, Canada, in 1870, his father, Rudolph Walder who was a successful farmer, removing to Sanilac county, Mich., in 1874. Joseph attended school in Amadore, Mich., until he was seventeen years of age. He then spent one season before the mast on the towbarge Bay City, the next year going as watchman on the steambarge Simon Langell, of which he served as wheelsman and fireman, successively, during the two following seasons. In 1892 he became oiler on the steamer Specular; in 1893 and part of 1894 he was again on the Langell, as fireman, afterward making one trip on the steamer H. J. Jewett, as oiler. He now became water tender in the works of the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, holding that position until June 16, 1896, when he was made second engineer, with the entire supervision of the engine room, boiler room and basement of the establishment at night.

R. J. WALDER

R.J. Walder, of Cleveland, Ohio was born May 8, 1868 at Meaford, Ont., and lived at that place for three years. His father, Rudolph Walder, who is a native of Germany, came to America in his youth and settled in Meaford, where he now lives, engaged in farming. In 1871 the family removed to Port Huron, Mich., and there Mr. Walder received his education in the public schools, afterward removing to a farm near by, where he remained until his eighteenth year. At that time his strong inclination for marine life led him aboard the Ogemaw, on which he served one season as deckhand. The next year he spent on the Business and Oscoda as wheelsman, later shipping on the Samuel Angell as watchman, and after six months transferring to the Topeka as wheelsman, there steering with one of the first hydraulic gears in use on the Great Lakes. The following season he served on the Minneapolis as wheelsman, from that boat going on the Kitty M. Forbes and the Cayuga as second mate, and after a year's service in the same capacity upon the John Oades he went upon the Hiawatha and the J. W. Moore as mate. He then engaged as mate of the Andaste, and remained on her during the season of 1896. Mr. Walder is a single man. Fraternally he is a member of the Ship Masters Association, the Masonic Order and the Foresters.

Mr. Walder is a brother of Levi Walder, who is chief engineer of the J. W. Moore; J. S. Walder, second engineer, formerly on the lakes, but now in the employ of the Cleveland Electric Luminating Company, and W. Walder, who is on the lakes as oiler at the present time.

LEWIS C. WALDO

Among the men who have achieved prominence in the vessel business at the port of Detroit is Lewis C. Waldo, who was for several years associated with the late Capt. E.M. Peck.

Mr. Waldo was born in the State of New York, and when he was quite young his parents removed to Milwaukee, Wis., where he afterward attended school and acquired a good education. When old enough to strike out for himself he went to Ludington, Mich., and engaged in lumber business. While at Ludington he had built, at Wheeler's Bay City yards, the steamer George W. Roby, handling the boat from Ludington for some years, in connection with his lumber interests. Mr. Waldo came to Detroit in 1890, and has largely extended his vessel connection, being now manager of the Northwestern & Roby Transportation Companies, and president of the Swain Wrecking Company.

The Northwestern Transportation Company, of which Mr. Waldo is secretary, treasurer, and general manager, owns the steamers H.H. Brown, S.R. Kirby, Fayette Brown and E.M. Peck, and the barge George E. Hartnell. These boats are operated on Lakes Michigan, Superior, Huron, and Erie in the transportation of iron ore, coal and grain.

The Roby Transportation Company owns the steamer L.C. Waldo, built in 1896 at the Wheeler yards. This boat, although not so large as some of her competitors, is one of the finest freight boats on the lakes, being provided with every modern appliance for the rapid and easy handling of cargoes. Mr. Waldo expresses himself as highly pleased at the performance of this boat during her first season.

ALBERT H. WALKER

Albert H. Walker is the eldest of three sons of Captain Kingsbury and Elizabeth (Brown) Walker. He was born at Buffalo June 6, 1856, and attended Public Schools Nos. 2 and 8 of that city. He began his marine life at the age of sixteen in 1872, firing and decking on the tug Syracuse, which was owned by his father. In that capacity he served for two seasons, and the following one remained ashore; in 1876 he fitted and brought out the Ed. R. Vanburen, also owned by his father, which he ran during that season and the next one until she was sold. He then fitted and brought out the new Troy, of which he was a third-owner, and on which he was engineer for the seasons of 1878-79 and early part of 1880, at which time she was also sold and taken by him to Albany. Returning to Buffalo he began building the C.N. Armstrong, which he fitted and brought out, was a third owner of, and ran for about a month of that season, also the following five seasons, retaining his third-interest in her during that time. At the end of that period he sold it and bought a third interest in the Sam N. Sloan, which he still retains, and has run ever since. Mr. Walker has never suffered any serious mishaps, but while on the Armstrong, coming down Lake Erie, near Sturgeon Point, with a raft in tow, he was caught in a storm which laid them over as if the boats were mere feathers, everything being cleared off the deck, they finally reaching port minus their skiff, tow lines and other things that were on deck.

Mr. Walker was married, in 1878, to Ida Thorn, of Buffalo, and they have five children: Elburta H., now (1898) aged sixteen; Kingsbury, Jr., fourteen; Arthur C., nine; Martha, six; and Hazel H., three. Mr. Walker and his family reside in their own commodious dwelling at No. 50 Myrtle avenue, Buffalo, New York.

ABRAHAM WALKER

Abraham Walker, engineer of the Buffalo Gas Works, was born of Scotch parentage, February 8, 1863, his parents being James and Ann (Rothwell) Walker. He came early to this country, being educated in Buffalo at the public schools, after which he spent six years learning his trade, that of machinist, in several shops. The principal part of the time, however, he was in the employ of the Pitts Agricultural Works.

In the spring of 1882 Mr. Walker started upon the lakes as greaser of the steamer Delaware, of the Anchor line, but did not remain on her all of the season. His next employment in connection with the lakes was in Buffalo harbor, where he worked as engineer on various tugs from 1882 to 1886. In the latter year he went as second engineer of the steamer Passaic, remaining one season, after which he became chief of the D.M. Wilson, where he remained until 1889, at that time taking the position of second engineer of the John F. Eddy for a season. The next season he remained ashore in the employ of the Buffalo Gas Works for a year, and, beginning with 1891, he acted as chief engineer of the Erie County Alms House and County Hospital for three years, in 1894 returning to the Buffalo Gas Works. Mr. Walker has been a member of the I.O.O.F. for twelve years, and of the Royal Arcanum three years.

At Buffalo, April 19, 1892, Mr. Walker was married to Levina Lampshire, and they have had two children: Annie and James Raymond. Isaac Lampshire, the father of Mrs. Walker, was an old sailor, and in the early history of the lakes was mate and captain, respectively, of many sailing vessels.

CAPTAIN EDWIN C. WALKER

Captain Edwin C. Walker, second son of Kingsbury and Elizabeth (Brown) Walker, is a native of Buffalo, the date of his birth being March 14, 1859.

After attending Public Schools Nos. 8 and 6, our subject chose as his life occupation a seafaring career, in which it will be noted he has been most successful, becoming as well, the virtual successor of his father. The Captain, when fifteen years of age, began firing and decking on the tug Ed. R. Vanburen, which was owned by his father and which he remained for two seasons. The two succeeding seasons he worked in the same capacity on the Troy. In 1878 he went on the lakes on the propeller Passaic as second cook, and he remained on her four months at the end of that time shipping on the government supply boat Haze, finishing the season on her as second cook. The following season he remained ashore, fishing, etc., and in 1880 he built the two tugs Jessie P. Logie and John H. Westcott, which he sold, and also ran an engine on the Oscar Folsom, which was engaged in towing for the Cable Company between Tonawanda and Lockport. The next season he and his father built the tug Sam Darling, and ran her until the first of September, when she was taken through the Erie Canal to New York and sold to the government. During the winter of the same year, he built the Sam N. Sloan, and he ran her engines for the five seasons of 1882-83-84-85-86. He then sold his interest in the Sloan, and was master all of the next season of the tug George D. Gillison. In 1888 he built the David B. Hill, of which he was both master and owner for that and the following season, at the close of which he sold her and built the tug Albany, of which he has been master and owner the past seven years or so, up to the present writing.

In 1882 Captain Walker was married to Mary Schuster, of Buffalo, N. Y., and three children have blessed their union, namely: Elizabeth C., now (1898) aged fourteen years; Leroy N., twelve, and Edwin C., Jr., eight. The family resides at No. 46 Myrtle avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. Captain Walker is a membe rof the Buffalo Harbor Tug Pilots Association.

CAPTAIN GEORGE A. WALKER

Captain George A. Walker, third and youngest living son of Kingsbury and Elizabeth (Brown) Walker, was born at Buffalo, September 15, 1865. He attended Public School No. 6, during his boyhood, and at the age of sixteen chose as his occupation a marine life, as his fathers and brothers had done before him.

His first berth was firing and decking on his father's tug, the Sam Darling, where he remained about two-thirds of the season, until she was sold. He finished that season and part of the next on the C. N. Armstrong, in the same capacity, and then went on the Sam N. Sloan, remaining on her a year, and following with a four-months' stay on the steam canal-boat Neptune as engineer. The following season he went on the Delos Gardner as her chief, and was subsequently on the David B. Hill one season in the same capacity. Next season he was wheelsman on the tug Oneida, and the following one held the same position and also served as engineer of the John Howe, leaving her to take a position of master of the Sam N. Sloan, on which he has been on ever since.

In March 1892, Captain Walker was married to Miss Lottie Drake, at her home in Olcott, on Lake Ontario, and by her has one child, Victor Hubert. The family resides at No. 42 Myrtle avenue, Buffalo N. Y. The Captain is a member of the Buffalo harbor Tug Pilots Association.

JAMES L. WALKER

James L. Walker is a son of George and Elizabeth (Turnbull) Walker, both of whom were born in Scotland, the former in Selkirk. The father was a mason and road builder in his native country, and after coming to America in 1848 farmed for a time. He died in Buffalo in 1889, his wife passing away in 1882.

The subject of this sketch was born in Waupun, Wis., September 10, 1849. He obtained a common-school education at Thorold, Ontario, some years later, and learned his trade in the Archibald Dobbie Machine Shop in that place. In 1870 he became employed in the repair work, pile drivers, tugs and dredges at the St. Clair ship canal, thence removing to Erie, Penn., and entering the employ of the Erie City Iron Works, where he remained three years. He was next employed on the tugs James Griffin and Wadsworth on the Welland canal. During 1873-74 he was employed by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company at Sandusky, Ohio, as a machinist in their shops, and in 1875-76 was an engineer on the steamyacht North Star at Mackinac island. In 1877 Mr. Walker became second engineer on the steamer Ohio for a season, and during the winter following was engaged in the shop of Knight, Sisson & Co., at Buffalo. In 1878 he was second engineer of the Delaware, of the Anchor line, and remained with her in that capacity until the close of the season of 1879. The next season he was second of the Wissahickon until August, and chief of the Juniata until the end of the season, continuing on her during the seasons of 1881-82. In 1883 he became chief of the Clarion, on which boat he served five seasons, until the close of 1887. During the winter following he worked for the Anchor line, repairing machinery, and in 1888 went to Cleveland to bring out the Scranton for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western line, and was her chief engineer for two seasons. During 1890 he was ill until September, when he accepted chief engineer's berth of the Robert Mills for the rest of that season. Illness during the next season prevented him from sailing until October, when he was made chief of the George D. Hadley, remaining with her until the close of the season of 1893. In 1894 he remained ashore, and the following spring he was made chief of the Badger State, in which he remained until the close of the season of 1896. During the season of 1897 he was chief in the Montana, of the Western Transit Company's line (same line as the Badger State was in).

Mr. Walker has been a member of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association since 1880. In January, 1898, he was elected a member of the M. E. B. A. No. 1, of Buffalo, for that year, and under his administration the association has been most prosperous. He is a single man, and resides with his brother at No. 115 West avenue, Buffalo, New York.

JOHN D. WALKER

John D. Walker is a native of Scotland, having been born in Aberdeenshire, August 5, 1868. At the age of sixteen, in May, 1884, he came to the United States and located at Detroit, Mich. He then completed his education in the night schools of Detroit, the elementary principles of which had been acquired in his native country. After his school year he apprenticed himself to the Detroit Dry Dock Engine Works for the purpose of learning the machinist's trade. His time at the shop covered a period of seven years, he thereby becoming a thorough machinist. At the age of twenty-one he went to Merced, Southern California, and worked on a canal, and shortly after was given a hoisting engine to run, which was used for the purpose of hoisting water to irrigate the land in that region. In 1890 he returned to Detroit and went to work in his old shop. During the season of 1891 he shipped on the steamer F. H. Prince, finishing that season and the one following in the capacity of oiler. The two following seasons he shipped in the same berth on the E.C. Pope and Selwyn Eddy. In the spring of 1895 he shipped on the steamer George King, as second engineer, finishing the season on the steamer Gladstone. In 1896 he was appointed second engineer, and with John Kirby on the steel steamer Alva, which positions he has held during the seasons of 1896-97-98. During the winter of 1897-98 Mr. Walker again visited his home, having an uncle who is captain of the Campania.

During the winter of 1896-97 Mr. Walker paid a visit to his old home at Crombie-Marnoch, Banffshire, Scotland, and enjoyed a sociable time with his friends and relatives. He is a member of the I.O. O.F., of the Order of the Knights of St. Andrews, and of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, Lodge No. 1, at Buffalo, New York.

CAPTAIN KINGSBURY WALKER

Captain Kingsbury Walker, one of the oldest and best known tug men of Buffalo harbor, was born at Ithaca, N. Y., October 6, 1829. His parents were Elias and Mary (Reddington) Walker, natives of Massachusetts, the former of whom was a carpenter and farmer, one of the old settlers. At the age of nine years Captain Walker began driving on the Erie canal, at which labor he was engaged until twelve years old, when he moved with his parents to Pittsfield, Mass., and there attended school for about two and one-half years; this was his first schooling and all he ever received. He has been a great reader, especially of Shakespeare's works, while his school has for the most part been the "school of experience"; in fact he is a typical self-educated, self-made man. After this short term of study, he again went on the Erie canal, this time as a master of the Kinnebec, where he remained three years. In 1863 he commenced his career as a tug man, as master and owner of the N. Britton for that and two months of the following season, when he sold her and built the Idaho, of which he was master and owner for about a year. He then built the C.N. Farrar, which he ran for two seasons, selling her and building the Ed. A. Vanburen, of which he was master for about two and a half years, at the end of which time she was also sold. He next built the Troy, of which he was master and owner the three succeeding seasons, when he sold her, and the next season built and ran the Jessie P. Logie and George H. Westcott. In 1881, the following season, he and his son Edwin built the Sam Darling, running her until September 1 of same year, when they took her to New York and sold her to the government. She was sent to Georgia. Returning to Buffalo, they built the Sam N. Sloan, he having a two-thirds and his son a one third ownership, and Captain Kingsbury Walker was master of her for nine succeeding years, being in the tug business for about twenty-seven years. At that time he sold his interest, and retired from that line to enter the bond, mortgage and general real estate business, in which he is now engaged.

Captain Walker was married September 12, 1855, to Miss Elizabeth Brown, a native of Buffalo, N. Y., born in 1833, and their union has been blessed with five children: Albert H., a prominent tug owner and engineer; Edwin C. and George A., both well known tug masters and owners; and Mary and Sam, who are both dead. The family residence is at No. 215 Swan street, Buffalo, N. Y. Captain Walker, during his career, has experienced and witnessed a number of interesting incidents. He never has had any serious mishaps out of the ordinary, excepting a collision, in which his tug, the N. Britton, was sunk; the tugs Britton and Sarah Swift were racing to catch a tow, and when the Britton was ready to turn and throw her tow line the engineer, for some unaccountable reason, failed to heed the Captain's signal, and as a consequence she plunged into the intended tow, stove a hole in herself and sank, the Swift picking up her crew. Captain Walker has had the pleasure and honor of saving two human lives. Fraternally, he is a member of Harmony Lodge, A.O. U. W., and No. 1, Central R. T. of T.

ROBERT E. WALKER

Robert E. Walker was born in London, England, November 20, 1846. He came to America when quite young and located in Buffalo, N.Y., where he obtained his common-school education, and commenced to learn his trade, that of machinist, at the old King Iron Works, where he was employed about three years. He also worked for five years at Rouseville, Penn., in the machine shop of his father, Samuel B. Walker, who was well known among machinists, having been in the employ of the Shepherd Iron Works fourteen consecutive years, and who now resides in Crawford county, Pennsylvania.

Robert E. Walker commenced life on the lakes as second engineer of the steamer Raleigh, and was with her in that capacity part of the seasons of 1871 and 1872. In the summer of 1873 he worked at his trade in the rolling-mill of P.P. Pratt, at Black Rock, and in October was enrolled in the ranks of the Buffalo police force, as patrolman No. 117, station No. 1. From here he was transferred six months later to station No. 5, where he served one year, and at the end of that time becoming dissatisfied with the work, he returned to his trade, obtaining employment in the Boston Iron Works, located at Franklin, Penn., as foreman.

Later returning to Buffalo, he worked for a time in Pratt's iron works under Robert Learmonth, the present chief engineer of the Anchor line, and was next with the King Iron Works for a while. He left then to take the position of chief engineer on the steamyacht Huntress, which he held part of the season of 1880, finishing as second engineer of the Lehigh, of the Anchor line. During the season of 1881 he was chief engineer of the small passenger steamer T.S. Faxton, which plied between Grand Traverse and Mackinac, and for the season of 1882 he was second engineer respectively of the Robert A. Packer, and Tacoma, and chief of the Oceanica, all of the Lehigh Valley line. In 1883, he was chief of the excursion steamer A.J. Wright for part of a season and of the steambarge D.M. Wilson for the remainder of the season following. During 1885-86 he was chief engineer of the Dean Richmond, his employment on that boat continuing during the winters of 1886-87, the steamer being in line between Grand Haven and Milwaukee. The following two seasons he was chief engineer of the Starrucca, which was lost on the morning of November 15, 1888, about seven miles east of Grand Marais, Lake Superior, in a snowstorm, the vessel grounding on a bar on the beach. With the exception of a small part of the machinery, she was a total loss, but the men were taken off by the crew of the Deer Park Life Saving Station. The cargo was composed of assorted merchandise. In 1889 Mr. Walker was chief engineer of the steamer Rochester, and, for the season following, of the H.J. Jewett, being thus in the employ of the Union Steam Boat Company continuously from 1885.

In 1891 Mr. Walker bought out the Virginia, of the Goodrich line, between Milwaukee and Chicago, and was her chief engineer all that season. The following season he was chief of the Wiley M. Egan, of the Fitzgerald line of Milwaukee, and for the season of 1893 he was chief respectively of the American, Egyptian and the Kitty M. Forbes. In 1894 he fitted out and engineered the E.B. Bartlett, of the American Steel Barge Company. For half of the following season he was chief engineer of the steamer Thomas Wilson, belonging to the same company, and for the remainder was chief of the Shenandoah, owned by James Davidson, of Bay City, and he occupied the same berth on the new passenger steamer North Land, of the Northern Steamship Company, and the full season of 1896.

In 1869, Mr. Walker was married at Buffalo, to Emeline Lathbury, and they have three children, viz.: Horace O., Grace Irene and Florence A., aged respectively twenty-eight, twenty-four and sixteen years. Horace O. and Grace Irene now have comfortable homes of their own while Florence A. attends the Buffalo High School.

ROBERT T. WALKER

Robert T. Walker was born in Waupaca, Wis., February 6, 1852. Two years later his parents removed to Hall's Corners, near Geneva, N. Y., and when he was four years of age they moved thence to Drummondsville, or as it is more familiarly known, Lundy's Lane, Canada. On the trip Mr. Walker crossed the suspension bridge at Niagara Falls, which was then uncompleted, upon a man's back, the man making his way across on a walk made of thirty-inch planks laid lengthwise, the whole width being 106 inches. The family remained at Drummondsville about four years and then moved to Thorold, on the Welland canal, where they lived until Robert T. was about sixteen years of age. George and Elizabeth (Turnbull) Walker, the parents, were both born in Scotland, and came to this country in 1845, locating at Geneva, N. Y.

Mr. Walker was what is known in the old country as a roadsman, and worked upon macadamized roads while there. In this country, however, he farmed for awhile at Waupaca, Wisconsin.

Robert T. Walker, the subject of this sketch, obtained most of his schooling while living at Thorold. In 1868 he entered the employ of John Brown, who had the contract for the building of the canal at the St. Clair flats, and was engaged there for two seasons as fireman of the tug J. H. Doyle. After that, and while fireman of the same tug, he was employed in connection with some dredging work at the mouth of the Saginaw river, later returning to the flats to finish some work there which took about a month. Then he went to Port Huron, where he remained until January, 1870, finishing some dredging work at Muir's dry dock. In the following spring he again went to Port Huron and worked as fireman on the same tug about two months, at the end of that time going to Detroit, where he took passage on the steamer Milwaukee for Chicago, and in that city he obtained employment as fireman on a derrick on the Chicago & Alton canal, near Blue river, about twenty miles from Chicago. After two months of this work he went to St. Catharine's, Ontario, and obtained employment on the Welland railroad, working there in the machine and carpenter shop, as fireman, and as brakeman (extra man on the road) for about three months. In September he went to Brantford, on the Grand Trunk railroad, and from there to Buffalo, in search of employment, finally locating at Erie, Penn., where he had the position of brakeman and flagman on the Erie & Pittsburg railroad. In February, 1871, he entered the Erie City Iron Works to learn the machinist's trade, remaining there until September, 1873, when he went to Toronto, Ontario and worked in the machine shops of Dickey, Neal & Co. until November following. He then went to Detroit and Toledo for a while, and later located at Sandusky, Ohio, where he worked in the Baltimore & Ohio railroad machine shops until August, 1874. At this time he engaged as engineer of the steamer North Star, owned by Captain Bennett, which was employed in the passenger, mail and coasting trade between Mackinaw and Cheboygan. In order to reach his boat he had to cross the Straits of Mackinac on the ice, a distance of eighteen miles, which he did in company with the mail carrier and his dog train. The season that year was very late, boats not getting through the straits until May.

In 1875 Mr. Walker became second engineer of the steambarge Yosemite, owned by Capt. John Estes and Ryan, Johnson & Co., of Sandusky, Ohio. The season of 1876 he was second on the barge Ohio, and in 1877 became chief on the Yosemite, remaining one season. In 1878 he was second on the Alaska, of the Anchor line, for a season, and in 1879 brought out the Delaware as chief, holding that position for four consecutive seasons. In 1883 he abandoned the lakes, in February of that year becoming chief engineer for Lee, Holland & Co.'s planing-mill, where he remained ten years steadily. Beginning with the month of February, 1893, he was chief engineer of the Erie County Bank building, and in February, 1895, he became a partner in the firm of King & Walker, which partnership was dissolved in June 1897.

Mr. Walker has been a member of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association since the fall of 1879, and in 1890 joined the National Stationary Engineers Association, No. 16, of Buffalo. He was president of that association for a year, a delegate to the Omaha convention in 1892, and in 1893 doorkeeper of the national body at the Atlanta convention. In September, 1896, he was also a delegate, and on the executive committee for the fifteenth annual convention at Buffalo.

In January, 1879, Mr. Walker was married to Miss Annie Notter, and they have the following-named children: Bessie, now (1898) aged seventeen years; George, fifteen; Charles, eleven; and Harriet, nine. Mrs. Walker is the second daughter of George H. Notter, who for many years was a tug and canalboat builder at Buffalo. He commenced that line of business in 1846 as partner of the firm of Van Slack & Notter, but for the greater part of his life was alone in business. He died in 1889. He had three sons who are also boat builders, Thomas N. Notter being now with Grady & Maher, tug and boat builders; the other two now live in Chicago, George being in charge of the Delaware & Hudson Coal Co.'s dock there, and Charles, superintendent for Bogle, Notter & Co., who manage a machine shop and coal hoists.

WILLIAM T. WALKER

William T. Walker, a well-known marine engineer, is a son of John and Eliza (Ferguson) Walker, both natives of Scotland, who are still living in Glasgow.

Our subject was born April 2, 1858, in Glasgow, and at that place lived until 1872, when he came to America and settled in Detroit, Mich. He served a four-years' apprenticeship to the machinist's trade in a shop in that city, and after being employed six years in the same line of work began sailing, to which he has since devoted his time. He first went on the tug William A. Moore at Detroit as second engineer, later acting in the same capacity on the Pearl for three years. The following season he spent on the Australasia as second, served as such one season on the Jesse Farwell and Smith Moore, and for four months of the next season on the Gladstone, after which he was given the position of chief on the Porter Chamberlin, on which he remained two years. From this boat he came on the F. H. Hodge for one season as chief, subsequently serving for some time in the C. B. Lockwood, one season on the Nipigon and Rhoda Stewart, and four months upon the City of Genoa; transferring to the Joliet, he remained throughout the season, and in 1896 went on the Griffin to fill the berth of chief.

Mr. Walker was married August 20, 1887, to Miss Julia Knox, of Detroit, a sister of William and Robert Knox, who have both been on the lakes for some time as stewards. Mr. Walker is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, Zion Lodge. No. 1; I. O. O. F., Riverside Lodge No. 303; A. O. U. W., Wolverine Lodge No. 10; and the M. E. B. A., of Detroit, of which he is past president, and by which he has been appointed delegate to two national conventions.

CHARLES W. WALL

Charles W. Wall was born May, 1, 1844, in the city of New York. When one year old his parents moved to Buffalo, where he received his early education. At fourteen he obtained employment in the distillery of George Truscott, and at sixteen he entered the Shepard Iron Works to learn the trade of machinist. Two years later, however, in 1862, Mr. Wall enlisted in Company C, 116th N.Y.V., serving with honor until the close of the war, being attached to the Army of the Gulf and the Army of Shenandoah, and was one of the four members of the company that were not wounded. Mr. Wall was one of the seventy-eight men from the 116th N.Y.V. Regiment (though there were a thousand men in the assault) who volunteered as a "forlorn hope" to assault Port Hudson, La., May 27, 1863. He also participated in the Red River campaign, and was with Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley. At the close of the war he went first to Mobile, Ala., and thence to Fulton, Ill., where he shipped as second engineer on the John C. Gault, towing wood barges on the Mississippi river. Leaving the Mississippi in 1867, he shipped at Buffalo, as second engineer on the propeller Arctic. During the ensuing years he was alternately afloat and ashore, entering the government service as chief engineer of the lighthouse tender Haze, in 1875, in which position he remained some fourteen years, then going ashore to take charge of the Thompson Houston Electric Light & Power Co., at Buffalo, returning to the lakes a couple of years later, in 1891. For a while he was chief of the Cuba, America and Mariska. In the spring of 1892 he was made chief of the Owego, which position he held for the seasons of 1892-93-94-95-96-97, and on February 19, 1898, he was made superintendent of the Erie elevator of Buffalo, N.Y. Mr. Wall has been very successful in his work as engineer, and now holds one of the responsible positions with the Erie Railroad Company.

Mr. Wall was married in June, 1868, to Miss Mary A. Todd, of Buffalo. They have one daughter and reside in their own home, No. 39 Plymouth avenue, Buffalo, N.Y. Socially, our subject is a member of Hiram Lodge No. 105; F. & A.M., and of William Richardson Post No. 254, G.A.R., also of Camp 97, U.V.L. He is past commander of William Richardson Post. He is a member of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association No. 1, of Buffalo.

CAPTAIN DANIEL WALL

Captain Daniel Wall, whose first United States license as mate and pilot dates back to 1888, received his first maritime experience on the Atlantic ocean, where he became a thorough seaman, and is well versed in all the mysteries of the craft. He was born in Richibucto, Province of New Brunswick, on May 10, 1858, and is a son of William and Jane (Beattie) Wall, natives of that Province also. Both the paternal and maternal grand-parents of the Captain were Scotch, James Beattie being an old resident of Lockmaben, Dumfriesshire, and both families came to America about the same time, locating in Richibucto, New Brunswick, but the Walls afterward removed to Marinette, Wis., where the father worked at his trade as a ship carpenter. He died in 1896, since which time his widow has resided in Marinette, Wisconsin.

After receiving a public-school education in his native town, Daniel Wall shipped, in 1872, as boy on the bark Annie McNairn, bound for Liverpool with a cargo of deals, and upon that vessel he made several voyages across the Atlantic, taking oil on the last passage and returning to Richibucto in ballast. The next year he joined the full-rigged ship Wacissa as seaman, spending almost a year on her. In 1874 he shipped on the bark Winona for Charleston, S. C., to load cotton for Liverpool, making two voyages on her. While on the second passage out the mate was murdered by one of the seamen, and Captain Wall was appointed second mate to fill the vacancy. His next berth was on the barkentine Erema, bound for Prince Edward Island with salt and iron.

 On his arrival he crossed the straits of Northumberland, and paid a visit to his parents. He then shipped on the bark Tacoma, having been appointed second mate. On arriving in Liverpool he left his boat and went to Dublin, where he joined the bark Romanoff, bound for Philadelphia. He then sailed on the schooner Bell Russell as mate. After some months in the coasting trade, he shipped in the schooner Hattie Paige, of Bridgetown, N. J., going thence to his home in Richibucto.

In the year 1880 he was appointed mate on the new brigantine Wawbeck, bound for London, England, with canned lobsters. On the way out they had to put in at St. John's, Newfoundland, and discharge cargo on account of foul pumps, there being four feet of water in the hold. The return passage was very rough, the brigantine was disabled, lost her canvas, and was driven out of her course, fetching up on the island of Bermuda after a lapse of five months, the crew subsisting eight weeks on bread and water. Captain Wall then went to St. John's, Newfoundland, and was appointed master of the Alice, passing one season in fishing on the Banks. His next office was mate on the schooner Dasher. This vessel was wrecked on Magdalene island in the St. Lawrence river, and proved a total loss. The crew remained on the island three weeks, when they were taken off by a lighthouse tender. The Captain then passed some time on various small craft, after which he went west and assisted in constructing bridges on the line of the Milwaukee & Northern railroad.

In the spring of 1884 Captain Wall began sailing the lakes as seaman on the Butcher Boy, of the Marinette Barge line, going as wheelsman on the steamer Favorite the next season, and in 1886 as second mate of the same steamer. In 1887 he shipped on the schooner S. A. Wood, and in 1888 he received his license and shipped as second mate of the steamer Michael Groh, closing the season as mate on the S. K. Martin, coming out on the same vessel the following spring, but closing the season on the Ida M. Terrent. During the seasons of 1890-91 he sailed as mate of the steamer Joys. In the spring of 1892 he was appointed mate on the steamer Edward Buckley, holding that berth three seasons. In 1895 he was appointed master of the steamer Frances Hinton, and sailed her two seasons, when she was sold under him. His next boat was the steamer I. Watson Stephenson, of which he was mate. In the spring of 1898 he was again mate on the steamer Edward Buckley.

Socially, the Captain is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

On August 14, 1880, Captain Wall was married to Miss Annie, daughter of Cornelius and Caroline (Ward) Turner, of Richibucto, New Brunswick. Their children are William Garfield, David Turner, Bertie Childs, Ruthie, and Harry. The family homestead is at No. 1446 Garfield avenue, Marinette, Wisconsin.

CAPTAIN C. H. WALLACE

Captain C.H. Wallace attained to the command of a steamboat when comparatively a young man, rising rapidly and filling every position on shipboard from that of second cook, and he has been master of many good vessels, giving universal satisfaction. Although he has but recently become a citizen of Chicago he has gained for himself many stanch friends in his new field of labor, as agent for the Youghiogheny & Lehigh Coal Company.

Captain Wallace is a native of Oswego, N.Y., born January 7, 1861, and is a son of Samuel E. and Maria (Palmer) Wallace, the former of whom was born in Scotland August 2, 1828, and on coming to the United States located in Oswego; the mother was born in Watertown, N.Y., a daughter Tyler Palmer, and sister of Capt. J.H. Palmer, a ship broker of Cleveland. Samuel E. Wallace, who was a reliable navigator, sailed on the ocean for many years and was also master and owner of several lake craft, among those he commanded being the schooners Grace Murray, Dolphin, George Steel, Saxon, J.B. Penfield, the bark Dreadnaught and the brig Seminole. At the commencement of hostilities between the North and South he enlisted in the navy, his ship doing duty on the coast with the blockading squadron. Soon after the close of the struggle he removed his family to Cleveland, Ohio, where he now lives, retired from active business.

C.H. Wallace accompanied his parents on their removal to Cleveland in 1868, acquiring his education in the public schools of that city. Like his father, he took to marine life when quite young, being only twelve years of age when given his first berth -second cook in the steamer Cormorant. It is thought that he did not possess the necessary qualifications demanded in the culinary department, as he made but one trip with the skipper of that boat. He is next found on the steamer Horace B. Tuttle, with Capt. Smith Moore, and in the spring of 1874 he shipped with Capt. Charles Hearness, before the mast in the schooner J.R. Pelton. The next spring he came out as boy in the schooner Emma C. Hutchinson with Captain Mullen, joining her again the year following, but closing the second season in the schooner Frank Perew, with Capt. John Lowe. In 1877 he shipped before the mast in the schooner William Grandy, and in 1878 in the Bolivia, of Oswego, but closed that season in the William Grandy. In the spring of 1879 he shipped in the schooner Bolivia, and leaving her in October entered the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company as brakeman, following that occupation during the winter months for the next ten years. In the spring of 1880 Captain Wallace entered the employ of J.H. Palmer and remained with him fourteen seasons, his first berth being that of second mate with Captain Davis in the schooner John O'Neil, in which boat he went as mate the next season. In 1882 he was appointed mate of the schooner Lucerne, and in 1883 of the schooner John O'Neil. In the spring of 1884 he was promoted to the command of the schooner C.H. Johnson, sailing her two seasons, and in 1886 transferring to the schooner Brunette as master. Two years later he received his first steamboat appointment, the command of the W.L. Wetmore, which he sailed six consecutive seasons, always with good results. His next boat was the fine steamer George Presley, which he sailed two seasons. It was in the spring of 1896 that he went to Chicago as agent for the O.S. Richardson Fuel Company, and the following year he was made agent for the Independent Fuel Company, which discontinued business, however, on May 1. The Captain then accepted the appointment of master of the steamer F. & P.M. No. 2, sailing her until the close of the season. In the spring of 1898 he entered the employ of the Youghiogheny & Lehigh Coal Company, also doing business in Chicago, as agent.

On March 12, 1888, Captain Wallace married Miss Clara Cooper, daughter of F.W. and Dorothy Cooper, of Cleveland, and they have two children: Meta Gertrude and Kenneth Eugene, both attending school in Chicago. The family reside at No. 574 Fullerton avenue, that city. Socially the Captain is a member of Erie Lodge No. 27, I.O.O.F., Pearl Tent, K.O.T.M., and the Ship Masters Association (holding Pennant No. 294), all of Cleveland.

DAVID WALLACE

David Wallace was born at Loughreascouse, in North of Ireland, in 1833, and received his education at the public schools of the city of Newtownards. He came to the United States in 1852 and located at Black River, now Lorain, Ohio. Up to the time of his leaving home Mr. Wallace ad never earned a dollar; the legend does not say why, but upon his arrival in this country he immediately gave evidence of his indomitable energy and spirit of ambition. He went to work at once in a shipyard, and after a time associating himself with Messrs. W. S. Lyon and Thomas Gawn, they established a shipyard at Black River and commenced to build vessels. Mr. Wallace being a superintendent of quick comprehension, and an ambitious worker, the company launched a large number of vessels in a short time from the Black River shipyard, among them the schooner W. Scott, brig Queen of the Lakes, clipper Wing of the Morning, Leader, William Jones, Alice (which went to California), W. F. Allen, Rawson, Kate Lyons, Our Son, Grace Murray, Sumatra, and numerous others. Mr. Wallace occupied himself superintending government contact work at Buffalo, Detroit and Vermillion. He built the Daniel Clint, at Fremont, and the steamers J. H. Outhwaite and Robert Wallace, and schooner David Wallace, at Mr. Radcliffe’s shipyard, in Cleveland. At Sandusky he built the schooner Pierson, which made a voyage to Europe and was sold. He also built some vessels at Huron and Milan, Ohio.

Although long past sixty years of age Mr. Wallace does not look a year over fifty, owing in a great measure to his iron constitution. He is a man of great firmness and decision of character, and is shrewd, thrifty and prosperous. His discernment regarding the good qualities of a vessel appears to be intuitive, and mistakes are seldom recorded against him. He was instrumental more than any other man in prevailing upon the Cleveland Ship Building Company to remove their plant to Lorain, where space has been allotted for that purpose, together with ground sufficient to build a dry dock 500 x 100 feet, proving himself in this way to be public-spirited in the interests of the community which he represents. Mr. Wallace is manager of the Lorain Steamship Company, the Vega Steamship Company, and owner and manager of the Robert and David Wallace.

In 1859 Mr. Wallace was united in marriage to Miss Martha A. Gilmore, of Lorain. Their children are Capt. William H. Wallace, and Anna, now Mrs. James Hoye. The family residence is on a farm in Black River Township, one and one-half miles west of Lorain.

JOHN WALLACE

For a quarter of a century or more Mr. Wallace was identified with the history of the Great Lakes, and for quite the same length of time has his name been associated with some of the leading business enterprises of St. Joseph.

He was born March 7, 1835, in Dundee, Scotland. Mr. Wallace inherited and brought with him the characteristics which the Scotch seem to possess, and which makes everything they undertake a success. His parents, John and Mary (Reed) Wallace, were natives of Scotland, and when our subject was six years of age came to America and settled in Wayne county, Mich., where the father followed his trade, that of a molder. At the age of sixteen the son was apprenticed to learn the trade of a machinist, and for some years followed it. Later he sailed the propeller Montezuma as second engineer, under the command of Captain Titus, who was master of the steamer Erie when she foundered in Lake Erie. He became chief engineer of the same propeller, and was on her several seasons, when he put the machinery in the propeller Lady Franklin, commanded by Captain Hickie, and was with her several years as chief engineer. He next served in the same capacity on the propeller Ottawa, under Capt. John Warren. He then sailed on the Favorite, of which Nelson W. Napier was master. Mr. Wallace put the machinery in her, and worked on it through its construction in Chicago and at Howard, Wis., where the boat was built. He then went to Buffalo, and built the tug John T. Edwards, which was owned by himself and Mr. Edwards, and an interest in her was taken by Mr. Marion Barnes, and for some sixteen years the firm of Wallace & Barnes carried on the tug business about St. Joseph and Benton Harbor.

Engineer Wallace also embarked in other lines of business, and by carefully watching the details of each, and through good management and close application, he has become a successful business man, and one of the leading spirits of the city of St. Joseph, to whose growth he has contributed no small part of his energies. He had but limited educational advantages in his youth, but by self instruction and reading, and by coming in contact with the world, he has become a well informed man, and his opinions are highly respected.

He has served the people of St. Joseph creditably in different public capacities, having served as alderman of the city several times, and has been city collector, as well as city treasurer. He is a director in the Union Banking Company, and has other business connections, carrying on for many years an extensive lumber yard, and keeps builders' materials in stock, and a line of coal, wood, lath, etc. He is a most reliable man in all his business dealings.

In February of 1860 Mr. Wallace was married to Miss Alice, a native of Detroit, Mich., and daughter of James McMahon, of Irish nativity, and their union has been blessed with the following children: Lewis D., William G., Maud M., James, Alexis J., Edith A., Roy F., Dudley B., John, Jr., and Alice V. In politics Mr. Wallace is a Republican; socially he is a member of Occidental Lodge No. 56, A. F. & A. M.

CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. WALLACE

Captain William H. Wallace is a young steamboat master who has so far succeeded in keeping his vessel out of trouble and avoiding disasters, shipwrecks and other ills attendant on the shipmaster’s life. He was born in 1861 at Lorain, Ohio, and attended the public schools of that city, passing into the high school. He then spent one year at Oberlin College, leaving there to enter the Spencerian Business College, where he took a full course, and graduated at the age of nineteen. Considering himself now equipped with an education that would qualify him for his chosen profession, that of master mariner, as it might be, he directed his energies toward acquiring the practical experience necessary in any calling, and in the spring of 1880, shipped before the mast in the schooner Thomas Gawn, remaining on her one season. In 1881 he transferred to the steamer Robert Wallace, on which boat he remained eight years, as wheelsman, watchman and second mate, being on this vessel in the fall of 1887, when she and the David Wallace went ashore near Marquette, Mich. The vessels remained in a very perilous position for the crews, from Tuesday morning until Friday noon, before they were taken off by the life-saving crew, and, added to the uncomfortable condition of the boats in zero weather, they were without food. In 1889 the Captain shipped as mate of the steamer Vulcan, which berth he held four years, when he was advanced to the captaincy of the steamer. In the spring of 1896 he was appointed master of the steamer Vega, which he laid up at the close of navigation, and of which he resumed command the two following seasons.

Captain Wallace is a son of David and Martha Wallace, the former a prominent builder of lake vessels. In June, 1887, he married Miss Nellie Cunningham, of Clyde, Ohio. The home presided over by his charming wife is at No. 16 Duane Street, Lorain, Ohio.

C. E. WALSH

C.E. Walsh, of Cleveland, Ohio, was born October 23, 1861, at Douglastown, County of Gaspe, Quebec, son of Capt. James and Eliza H. Walsh, the former an old navigator. He attended the district schools in his native place until he reached the age of fourteen, when he commenced sailing with his father, who built, owned and commanded the Undaunted, 150 tons, out of Gaspe, trading between that port and Quebec, and the Island of Anticosti, with fish and oil. He then went on an expedition to Labrador, trading in oil, etc., with the Esquimaux, and during this trip built a boat about twenty-two feet long which he used in cruising along the Labrador coast, making one hundred miles alone, and learning to speak the Esquimaux language quite fluently. He described the habits and customs of that strange people in a very interesting manner, and may, in the near future, write a book setting forth his experiences among them. His little boat was driven ashore on one of the rocky points, but he managed to repair sufficiently to make his way to Esquimaux Point, where he joined his brother and thence they crossed to Gaspe the home port. This expedition was full of adventure, and Mr. Walsh being of an observing nature, profited much by it.

On October 3, 1885, he went as apprentice in a machine shop in Ottawa, Canada, where he remained two years and a half, and after sailing a tug one season he crossed over to the United States and worked in Duluth for about six months. He then went on the Yellowstone division of the Northern Pacific railroad, and was engaged in operating a derrick for bridge and pile work in 1888. This work being completed he returned to Duluth and commenced sailing, shipping as oiler on the steamers George T. Hope and Mariska, after which he served two seasons on the La Salle. In the spring of 1893 he took out engineer's license and shipped as second on the steamer Colonial; in 1894-95 he was second on the La Salle; in 1896 he engaged in the same capacity on the William Chisholm, laying her up at the close of the season, and in 1897 he held chief engineer's berth on the Choctaw.

Mr. Walsh was wedded to Miss Winifred Gaul, of Ottawa, Canada, on December 21, 1894. He is a member of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association.

JOHN F. WALSH

John F. Walsh was born in Ogdensburg, N. Y., on February 2, 1855. He attended public schools of his native place until thirteen years of age, when he found employment as fireman of a locomotive on the Vermont Central railroad, remaining in that employ five years. He now took charge of a locomotive on the Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland railroad, holding that position two years, when he began steamboating in the employ of the old Northern Transportation Line, out of Ogdensburg. In 1877 he shipped as wheelsman on the City of New York, and was next appointed second mate, serving as such two years, and transferring to the steamer Oswegatchie in the same capacity. His service as oiler in the steamer Gordon Campbell lasted during the season of 1880, and the following season he was appointed second engineer of the steamer Ontonagon, filling that berth off and on for four years. In 1884 Mr. Walsh took out chief's papers. He engineered the H. C. Schnoor two years, the propeller Newbury two years, fitted out the V. Swain, and brought out the steamer Caledonia, closing the season of 1889 on her. The following season he shipped as chief with Capt. Harry Mills in the steamer Bulgaria, remaining on her one year, and going with the Captain to the steamer Harper the following season, which he closed in the new steel steamer Gilcher. The next season he shipped as chief on the steamer R. E. Schuck, remaining on her and on the steamer G. F. Williams one year each. In 1895 he was appointed chief of the Nahant, continued as such one season, and then transferred to the steamer Britannic, which was lost by collision in the Detroit river. In 1896 he fitted out the Griffin, but finished the season in the steamer Sitka, laying her up at the close of navigation.

Mr. Walsh was united in marriage to Miss Annie L. Smith, of Ogdensburg, N. Y., on December 26, 1881. Five children have been born to them: Annie Lula, Mary Ellen, George P., Edward J. and Sarah E. Walsh.

CAPTAIN P. WALSH

Captain P. Walsh, chief officer of the steamer Modjeska, of the Hamilton Steamboat Company, under Commodore Crawford, is a sturdy specimen of the whole-souled mariner. He was born June 1, 1857, in Oakville, Ont., where his father was a prominent hotelkeeper, and was educated in the separate schools and in De la Salle Institute, in the city of Toronto, receiving a thorough training in all the ordinary branches. For the first years of his active life he was in the hotel business in Oakville with his father, who, with a view of bettering his circumstances, removed to Waterford, a small town near St. Thomas, Ont. Captain Walsh now launched into business for himself, starting a hotel in Burlington when he was about twenty years of age, and thence removing to Hamilton where he conducted a hotel from 1882 until 1886. Tiring of this business, he finally secured a position as timekeeper on the Toronto Street railway, which he held for one year, in 1887 entering the employ of the Hamilton Steamboat Company, with whom he has remained ever since, gradually working up to his present office.

Captain Walsh was married, in 1887, in Hamilton, to Miss Commerford, when he was in the hotel in Burlington. Three daughters have been born to them, Eva, Eulalia and Maggie, all of whom are receiving every advantage for education in the schools of Toronto. Captain Walsh's politics always savored strongly of Liberalism, and he takes an active part in the elections that occur while he is ashore. As a ward scrutineer he is in great demand. Municipal elections make a glorious field for him, and he invariably works and votes for the man whom he considers fitted for alderman or mayor of Toronto. He and his family are members of the Roman Catholic church.

CAPTAIN JOSEPH WALTMAN

Since 1892 Capt. Joseph Waltman has not been actively connected with marine work, but his interests are still in that line, and he is identified with the shipmasters of Detroit, where he resides at the present time. His retirement from sailing was of short duration, however, and he was soon following his favorite occupation again, as he had the greater part of his life.

Captain Waltman was born in Monroe, Mich., in 1847, and in that place he spent the days of his boyhood. Early he had a desire to be a sailor, and when ten years old shipped on a steamer running out of Monroe, as cabin boy. After five years' service in this capacity, he acted as decksweep for a time, then shipped on the tug B. F. Bruce as wheelsman. On this boat he remained two years in that position and then became her mate, after which he took command of the tug Gore. He held this position throughout the season, and the next year acted as mate on the tug John Martin, after which he became master. In 1863 he entered Winslow's employ, and brought out new the Maria Love. She was sold in the fall to the government, and he delivered her for the owners in the Brooklyn navy yard. On Winslow's line he was employed ten years, going on the Kate Williams, and the Winslow, after the Maria Love was sold. He then spent two years on the Gazelle, running between Sandusky, Put-in-Bay and Cleveland, and one season on the W. R. Clinton steamers, and five years in the Dunlap and the Metropolis, of the Bay City and the Alpena line. He spent the next season on the Salina, and then went on the St. Mary, running from Detroit to Toledo, there remaining one season. After one season spent on the J. E. Potts, and one on the yacht Lelia, and the I. U. Masters, he was engaged in the wrecking business on the Kate Williams.

In 1881, Captain Waltman was married to Mrs. Hattie M. Dewey, of Brattleboro, Vt. They reside at No. 56 Howard street, Detroit. He is a member of the Ship Masters Association; is a 32d-degree Freemason, member of Union Lodge, F. & A. M.; of Peninsular Chapter No. 16 , R. A. M.; is a Knight Templar, of Masters Commandery No. 12, and member of Moslem Temple, Mystic Shrine; is also a member of the A. O. U. W. of Detroit.

ANTHONY WARD

Anthony Ward, one of the prominent marine engineers living in West Bay City, Mich., has been exceedingly happy in the choice of his profession, to which he is particularly adapted, and he has advanced rapidly and retained his positions as long as he found them desirable. Mr. Ward was born in Marine City, Mich., September 12, 1860, a son of Hiram and Bridget (Mannion) Ward, the former a native of Dresden, Ontario, the latter of County Mayo, Ireland. The father, who was a farmer by occupation, came to the United States with his family about 1840, locating near Marine City, where he is still living. The mother passed away in 1876.

Anthony Ward received a liberal education in the Star school at Starville, which he attended until he reached the age of nineteen years, engaging in useful occupations during the vacation period. With the purpose of becoming a marine engineer he shipped in the steamer D. F. Rose as fireman, remaining with her until the spring of 1884, when he applied for and was granted an engineer's license at Detroit. He was then appointed second engineer in the same steamer, holding that office three seasons, and in the spring of 1887 he joined the steamer Music as second engineer, following with a season in the Sanilac in the same capacity. In 1889 Mr. Ward was appointed chief engineer of the Sanilac, which he ran for four consecutive seasons, always giving good account of his machinery. In the spring of 1893 he transferred to the steamer D. F. Rose as chief, and after three seasons of satisfactory work he was, in 1896, appointed to the berth he now holds - chief engineer of the steamer Arizona. He is a member of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of Bay City.

On January 12, 1887, Mr. Ward was married in Reese, Mich., to Miss Margaret Ryan, daughter of John Ryan, of Saginaw, Mich., and the children born to this union are Mary Amelia, Margaret Ellen and Agnes Rose. The family residence is at No. 209 Hart street, West Bay City, Michigan.

CAPTAIN JULIUS A. WARD

Captain Julius A. Ward, a prominent and public-spirited citizen of Marine City, Mich., is the son of Peter and Catherine (Esche) Ward, born in Columbia, Tenn., October 5, 1850. His parents were natives of Mauch Chunk, Penn., in which city they were married. The children born to them were: Edward, who married Miss Lucy Landfair, sister of Captain Landfair, master of the steamer Republic, in 1897; Marietta and Susan, who died at the ages sixteen and seventeen respectively; Charles Ezra, who died in Santa Rosa, Cal., in 1880; Ann, who became the wife of Alonzo Landfair, and died in June, 1863; Stephen, who passed away in 1884 at Leslie, Mich.; Julius A and his twin sister, Julia Alice (she united in marriage with Marshall S. Perry, and is now residing in Cuero, Texas); and Eugene J., who made Miss Marietta Williams his wife, and is now living in Red Land, Cal. In the year 1837 the family removed from Pennsylvania to Clinton, Lenawee County, Mich., where a tract of land was purchased and a clearing made; they next went to Leslie, Ingham County, Mich., where they purchased a farm and remained on it for a number of years. About the year 1847 the family went South, locating at Columbia, Tenn., where they acquired considerable city property. In 1863, during the progress of the Civil war, they suffered much damage by pillage and fire from the soldiers of both armies, and their father, Peter Ward, determined to return to Michigan, which he did, locating on his farm at Leslie. He had served throughout the Mexican war under General Scott, and with his regiment participated in many hotly contested battles, where courage was victorious over superior numbers of Mexicans; notable among the engagements were the pitched battles of Cerro Gordo, Chapultepec and City of Mexico.

On September 10, 1864, Julius Ward, then a well-grown lad of fifteen years, enlisted in the First Michigan Light Artillery as messenger boy, his battery being M, commanded by A. H. Emory, and was stationed at Cumberland Gap, under General Cox. [His two brothers, Ezra and Charles, were also Union soldiers, being members of Battery A, First Michigan Light Artillery.] While at the Gap, the battery was on several occasions engaged with the enemy. After serving until the close of the war Mr. Ward was honorably discharged and mustered out of service September 1, 1865, at Jackson, Michigan.

Previous to his enlistment, Julius had acquired a district-school education, but on his return home he went to Lansing, Michigan and attended the old Academy for three winters, and in 1868 he graduated from the high school at Leslie, and took a course in a private school at Flint, Michigan. That fall he entered the employ of the New York & Erie railroad (Eastern division) as fireman on a locomotive, remaining one year. In the summer of 1870 he purchased a stock of groceries and opened trade in Leslie, conducting the business successfully nearly two years. In the spring of 1872 he went to Columbia, Tennessee, to look after the city lots owned by his father, and in the interest of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, as collector. He remained there one year, when he went to Leslie and won his bride, Miss Hattie Rice, later returning to Columbia, where he resided until December 1, 1873, when he again went north, this time locating in Marine City. He then entered the employ of the Toledo & Saginaw Transportation Co. (in which he had purchased stock) as a steamboat painter, David Lester being superintendent of the yard. It was in the spring of 1874 that Captain Ward began his career as a sailor, shipping as watchman on the steamer V. H. Ketcham. The next two seasons he sailed as mate of the schooner Kittie Brainard, and in the spring of 1877 he was appointed mate of the steamer Troy, and held that berth until August, 1879, when he was made master of the A. Gebhardt. The next two seasons he sailed the Brainard and came out in her in the spring of 1882, but was transferred to the new steamer C. F. Curtis, in which he closed the season as master. This was followed by three seasons as master of the schooner Theodore S. Fassett. He then sailed the schooner Minnie E. Orton three years. In the meantime he purchased an interest in the steamer Buckeye State, but sold out in the spring of 1889 and bought the schooner Dayton, which he sailed three seasons. Captain Ward then purchased stock in the Miami Transportation Company, and became one of the directors, and in 1892 assumed command of the steamer Miami. The next season he sailed the schooner Mingo, which had been built that winter; he also owns an interest in the new steamer Mohegan, but did not sail her. In the spring of 1894 he again took command of the steamer City of Concord for the Mills Transportation Company. The next spring he brought out the steamer Miami, but sold his interest in her, and stopped ashore the balance of the season. He was appointed master of the steamer J. P. Donaldson in the spring of 1898.

By industry and good business methods the Captain had acquired considerable real and personal property, including a farm near Leslie, and one near Manistee, Michigan, and has a handsome homestead in Marine City, Michigan. Besides his vessel property he is a stockholder in the Marine Savings Bank. Fraternally he is a Royal Arch Mason and a member of the council, a charter member of the Knights of Pythias, and of the Odd Fellows, a charter member of the Maccabees, of the Newport Club, and carries Pennant No. 783 of the Ship Masters Association at Marine City, which he represented as delegate to Washington two terms and at Milwaukee in 1898.

Captain Ward was married to Miss Hattie Leona, daughter of S. P. and Harriet (Childs) Rice, of Leslie, Michigan. Two daughters, Florence Rice and Grace A., have been born to this union.

WILLIAM WARD

William Ward, senior, member of the firm Ward & Jackson, the leasing shipsmiths and iron forgers of Cleveland, Ohio, has been quite successful in his business, and has the distinction of having ironed the major part of the new vessels built in Cleveland at the various shipyards when wooden shipbuilding was carried on so extensively at that port. He has won the way to his present comfortable condition by unremitting industry and thrift. Mr. Ward was born in Toronto, Ont., January 19, 1842, and is a son of Christopher and Maria (Day) Ward, his father a native of Norwich, England, whose ancestors had for many generations been farmers. At the time of the father's birth the family was nearly extinct, and when a child he went to live with his grandfather, the only surviving member of their immediate family. In 1830 he crossed the Atlantic, and located on Prince Edward Island, but soon afterward removed to Toronto, Canada, where he made his home until January 24, 1868, going then to the Georgian Bay region, where he bought a farm near Owen sound. At an early age William Ward, the subject of this sketch, removed with his parents to Trafalgar, Ont., where he received a fair common-school education, and on leaving that place resided for a short time in Brampton, in the same Province. Later he lived in Streetsville, Ont., where he learned the blacksmith's trade, and on coming to the United States, in 1862, he located in Cleveland, where he soon obtained employment in the agricultural shop owned by Younglove, Massey & Co. Subsequently he worked in the Mahoning railroad shops, and in the marine works of Blish & Gerlack, and spent one year in Youngstown, Ohio, after which he returned to Cleveland. For a time he was also in the employ of the Cleveland & Pittsburg shops in Wellsville, as foreman, and the Lake Shore shops and the Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati shops in Cleveland. On leaving that position he established his present shipsmith and machine forging business, being in partnership with John Blatt for a year. That partnership being dissolved, he has since been connected in business with E.J. Jackson under the firm name of Ward & Jackson, who enjoy an excellent trade, which is certainly well deserved, for both are expert and skillful workmen. They have recently removed their works to more commodious quarters on the same street, a few doors from the old shop. Socially, Mr. Ward is an active and ardent Mason, holding veteran's certificate of Bigelow Lodge, F. & A.M., and fills the office of trustee; a veteran of Thatcher Chapter, of which he is also a trustee, and a veteran of Holyrood Commandery. He is also a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He holds a certificate as a life member of the Ohio Masonic Home, of which he is also a trustee.

On February 15, 1870, Mr. Ward was united in marriage with Miss Catherine Ansable, of Cornwall, Ontario, and to them have been born four children: Adelbert V., now in the employ of the McIntosh Huntington Company, and who married Miss Hattie, daughter of Enos Jenkins, engineer of the Penobscot; Elizabeth, wife of Francis P. Martin, of Cleveland; William E., a civil engineer now in the employ of the city of Cleveland, and who, like his father, is an ardent Mason; and Catherine E., who became the wife of Dr. Robert C. Droege, a practicing physician of Cleveland, Ohio. The family homestead is pleasantly situated on Whitman street, Cleveland.

LIBERTY H. WARE

Among the men in public life who have had considerable nautical experience is Hon. Liberty H. Ware, of Cleveland. He is a grandson of John T. Ware, of Philadelphia, who spent his life in building sailing vessels, and who was for a long period head ship-builder in Stephen Guard's shipyard in Philadelphia; he also held a responsible position in the United States for some time.

Samuel Ware, the father of the subject of this sketch, was a farmer who lived at one time in Philadelphia, later removing to Columbiana County, Ohio, where his son Liberty H. was born in 1844. Twelve years later the family made their home at Avon Point, and five years after that they took up their abode in Cleveland. The early life of Liberty H. Ware was spent in school, his spare time being employed in boats for pleasure. After removing to Cleveland, he commenced the study of law in the Union Law College, remaining in that institution three terms. He had been reading law for some time previous in the office of R. E. Knight and H. H. Blackburn, and at the expiration of the third term in the Union Law College he received his diploma. Up to this time he had made many occasional trips with the lake vessels of that day, having sailed in the George H. Ely, as mate of the schooner Patton, in the William B. Ogden, the Black Rover, the Addie, the Geo. W. Holt, the scows-Leo, Dido, Comfort, Ann, Black Swan, and E. K. Kane, the square-rigged scow Gladiator, and the Free Mason. While he was in the Addie, that vessel was wrecked at the entrance to Cleveland harbor by running against the pier, and sunk. The crew took to the yawl boats, but that craft was upset and the men were washed on the beach by the waves.

When Mr. Ware received his diploma, he folded it up and placed it in his vest pocket for safe keeping, then walked directly to the dock where the schooner Yorktown was lying ready for a trip across the ocean. The Yorktown's cargo of oil was on board, and, when Mr. Ware offered to ship as able seaman, his services were at once accepted. His desire to see something of the world was granted, and during the next few months he met many varied experiences. The Yorktown was chased by a privateer on the way over, but being a speedy schooner had no difficulty in getting out of the way. The voyage from Cleveland to Liverpool lasted twenty-eight days, and after spending some time in England, Mr. Ware returned to the ship Damascus. Then he took up the practice of law in what was then West Cleveland, and he has lived ever since in the home formerly occupied by his parents. In the practice of his profession he has been successful, and his fellow citizens have repeatedly asked him to serve them in a public capacity. He was mayor of West Cleveland two terms, has been a justice of the peace, member of the council, postmaster and police justice. He has always sailed more or less. With Capt. J. W. Moore he purchased the fast sailyacht Minx, and later he and Captain Moore built the sailyacht L. H. Ware, which was afterward transformed into a steamyacht. He now owns the single-stick yacht Restless, a very speedy boat of forty feet over all.

Mr. Ware's first wife was Miss Mary Jane Wroath. In 1879 he married Miss Mary A. Cobb, of Stark County, Ohio; they have two children: Liberty Bernard and Frances Alice.

NORTON J. WARNER

Norton J. Warner was born at Medina, Orleans Co., N.Y., April 15, 1830, and there obtained his education. His parents, Charles and Adeline (Jerome) Warner, came from Hartford, Conn., and the father was a millwright by trade. The mother was an own cousin of Leonard Jerome, of Jerome Park fame, whose daughter married recently into the English nobility.

Mr. Warner, the subject of this sketch, worked about seven years during his early life in various machine shops previous to the fall of 1853, when he shipped as second engineer of the steamer Portsmouth. The seasons of 1855-56 he was second of the Adriatic and in 1857 fitted out the side-wheel steamer Empire, but she did not leave port because of the hard times. During that season he made trips as second engineer respectively on the side-wheel steamer Minnesota, propeller Ontonagon, Equator and Potomac, and toward the end was made chief of the Eclipse and later of the Marquette. After a couple of seasons in her he was chief of the Hunter for a season and then followed with seven years in the Government service, during which time he was first assistant engineer of the revenue cutters Commodore Perry, Fessenden and John A. Dix. His next employment was as chief engineer of the Thomas A. Scott, in which he remained for a couple of seasons, and finished his career upon the Great Lakes as chief engineer of the Winslow, continuing on her for seventeen consecutive seasons beginning with that of 1872. He left the lakes in October, 1889, and was variously employed as engineer from that time until July, 1894, when he was made chief engineer of the Fornes building, on the corner of Pearl and Swan streets, Buffalo.

Mr. Warner was married, February 12, 1858, to Margaret Ahren, and they have the following children: Charles J., Walter D., Mary Adeline, Thomas C., Ella Augusta and Margaret Letitia. Charles J. Warner has for seven years been deputy collector of internal revenue at Buffalo, still holding that position; Walter D. is an architect; Mary Adeline is the wife of John Emig, a commercial traveler for the Henry Huber Company of New York; Thomas C. is a ranchman in the northwestern part of Texas; Ella Augusta is the wife of Albert P. Scheu, whose father was an ex-mayer of Buffalo; Margaret Letitia is the wife of Oscar O. Cosack, a lithographic artist, who is a son of Newman Cosack, the founder of lithography in Buffalo.

CAPTAIN HENRY WARWICK

Captain Henry Warwick is a son of Thomas and Mary (Granger) Warwick, and was born in New Baltimore, Mich., February 14, 1848. Thomas Warwick was a millwright by trade, but also worked a farm and kept a hotel at Lakeport, Mich. He had five children, two of whom only are living - the subject of this sketch, and another son, Burt, who was master of the schooner W. K. Moore for the season of 1896; she was owned by A.W. Comstock and hailed from Alpena.

Captain Warwick had very little school education until he was grown up, and at the age of twelve he began sailing the lakes. He shipped first out of New Baltimore as boy with Capt. Thomas Donohue, on the schooner C. Reeves, and was in several vessels in the same capacity immediately succeeding that employment. He was employed on sail vessels about fifteen years, three years of that time as master. In March, 1863, he entered the army, and during his service was confined seven months in Libby prison, being released at the close of the war in 1865. From 1865 to 1883 he was before the mast, and as mate upon various sailing vessels. In the season of 1883 he first sailed steamboats. That season he was mate of the steamer Robert Holland, a passenger and freight boat, out of Cleveland to Mackinaw, in which he remained three seasons in the above position. In 1886 he was mate of the side-wheel steamer W.R. Clinton, in the trade between Sandusky and Mackinaw, and in 1887 he was given master's berth on the tug Ballentine, towing rafts in Lake Superior. The following season he held mate's berth on the steamer Steven C. Hall in the general trade, and in 1889 master's berth in the steambarge Westford. For the seasons of 1890-91-92 he was master of the propellers Araxes, Porter, Chamberlain and Artic, at the conclusion of which period he was compelled to retire from the lakes because of illness. In July, 1895, he was made master of the Buffalo harbor police tug Gov. Morton, and vacated that position in May, 1896, since which time he has remained on shore, and is with Howard H. Baker as solicitor in the boat trade. However, he has no intention of continuing on shore, but will resume the lake service when a favorable opportunity offers. He is a member of the Local Harbor No. 41, American Association of Master and Pilots.

In 1872 Captain Warwick was married at Port Huron to Miss Dora Mitchell, by whom he has two children, Earle, a clerk in New York City, and Sadie, living at home. The family residence is at No. 419 Glenwood avenue, Buffalo, New York.

GEORGE WATERBURY

George Waterbury was born in Hullsville, Walpole Co., Ontario, January 31, 1859, his parents being Canadians. His father was a ship-builder by trade, and built a number of vessels at St. Catharines and Burlington, Ontario. From the latter place he moved to Detroit in 1866, and then to Milwaukee, Wis., on the propeller Lac la Belle in 1868, after she had been raised from the St. Clair river, where she was sunk, and later rebuilt at Detroit. On reaching Milwaukee he engaged with the Engelmann Transportation Company as general superintendent, which position he held for twelve years, or until the line sold out, then removing to Dakota. He remained there a number of years, and then went to Pensacola, Fla., where he built a boat for himself, naming it the E.W. Menefee. Finally he removed to Memphis, Tenn. where he now resides.

At the age of fourteen years George Waterbury, the subject of this sketch, graduated from the public schools of Milwaukee, Wis., and, having a liking for the life of the sailor, he shipped as oiler on the steamer Flora, remaining on her until her machinery broke down, after which he learned the machinist's trade, serving nearly two years in the shop. He then went as oiler on the steamer J.A. Dix, and remained on her four years, the third year being second engineer. In 1879 he was appointed chief engineer of the steamer Cormorant, of Cleveland, following this with two years on the steamer William A. Barnum, finishing the season on the steamer Minneapolis. Both of these vessels now lie at the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac. The next year he went as engineer on the propeller Oneida, and was in her the winter the propeller Michigan was lost on Lake Michigan. He remained on the Oneida two seasons, and she was lost on Lake Erie by fire some time after he left her. He then served two winters on the propeller Roanoke plying between Milwaukee and Grand Haven; the Roanoke was burned on Lake Superior four years after he left her. He was second engineer in the propeller Garden City the last season she was owned by the old Northern Transportation Company, a line of fine boats now gone out of existence, with but a few relics left to distinguish the larger class of boats of those days. The following season he was on the propeller Oneida, and in 1887 brought out the steambarge Missoula, remaining on her one season. She foundered on Lake Michigan in 1895. In 1888 he brought out new the steamer E.P. Wilbur, and remained in her until fall, when he went home sick, but finished the season on the J.C. Pringle. He then went to Caryville, Fla., and assisted his father in the construction of the Menefee, which boat he engineered for eighteen months; later she foundered at Pensacola. Going north again in 1890, he took an appointment in the steamer Australasia, which foundered on Lake Michigan, in 1896, on account of fire. He remained in her part of the season, finishing with the steamer Philip Minch, and continuing in the Minch until June of the following season. He then went as engineer of the Marina, and in the summer of 1892 he brought out the steamer Maritana, in which he remained four years. Mr. Waterbury then went to work for the Cleveland Ship Building Company for some time, and later as chief engineer in charge of the machinery of the large new building in Cleveland, called the American Trust Building. While he has been at one time or another engineer of a number of steamers that have been burned or lost by collision or foundering -these disasters occurred after Mr. Waterbury had severed his connection with these vessels. At this writing Mr. Waterbury is chief engineer of the steamer Pontiac, owned by the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company.

In 1892 he was united in marriage to Miss Susie E. Goff, of Columbus, Wis. Mr. Waterbury is a Knight Templar, and is a member of the Royal Arcanum.

CAPTAIN L. H. WATERBURY

Captain L.H. Waterbury, who was a prominent steamboat master in the earlier years, but who was retired from active service on the lakes, was born in Middletown, Orange Co., N.Y., in 1831, son of Selick and Hester Waterbury. He attended the public schools of his native town until he reached the age of thirteen years. In the spring of 1843 he went as boy with Captain Waite on the old schooner Constitution, and the following season was on the brig Constellation with Captain Anderson. In 1845 he remained ashore and attended school during the year in order that he might better qualify himself for a master's berth. In the spring of 1846 he shipped as wheelsman on the steamer William Henry Harrison, with Captain Piatt. In 1847 his father purchased for him the schooner Temperance, which he sailed successfully for six years. The Captain received his first papers from C.L. Russell, a well-known Cleveland man, recently deceased. In the spring of 1853 he shipped as wheelsman on the propeller Oregon, of the New York & Erie Steamboat line; he passed the season of 1854 as master of the schooner Fredericks; in 1855 he was appointed mate of the propeller Granite State, of the Northern Transport-ation line; in 1856 mate of the Pacific, of the New York Central line; in 1857 second mate of the propeller Portsmouth. He then shipped on the Lady of the Lake, and was second mate of her when her broilers exploded, causing the death of two of her crew. After this disaster he went as second mate of the propeller Cushman, and in the spring of 1859 was made mate of the propeller Olean, with Capt. Thomas Holland; in 1860 he served as mate of the steamer Tioga with Captain Sisson, and in 1861 held the same berth on the Olean with Capt. Michael Driscoll.

In the spring of 1862 Captain Waterbury was appointed master of the steamer Tioga, 1863, master of the steamer Olean; 1864, mate of the steamer S.D. Caldwell, in the Lake Superior trade; 1865, mate with Captain Rawson on the propeller Brooklyn; 1866, master of the propeller Evergreen City; 1867, mate with Capt. Gil Traverse on the propeller Pacific. In 1868 he again entered the employ of the Northern Transportation Company, then under the management of George Eddy, as mate with Capt. John Brown on the propeller Young America. In 1869 he became mate with Capt. Robert Richardson on the propeller City of Toledo, remaining on her three seasons, when he was appointed master of the Young America; in the fall of 1873 she went through her cylinder, and thus being rendered helpless went on the beach. In 1874 he was appointed master of the City of New York. The following year the boats of the old Northern Transportation line were thrown into the hands of a receiver, but in August, when an accommodation had been made and the steamers released, he again assumed his old command. In the spring of 1876 he was appointed master of the propeller Milwaukee. During the year 1877 he stopped ashore, and the following season again commanded the Milwaukee. He is a member of the Ship Masters Association and hold Pennant No. 193.

In 1879 Captain Waterbury entered the employ of the Cleveland City Forge Company, and has remained in the office of that firm eighteen years as superintendent of weights and supplies. He has gained the reputation of being reliable and trustworthy in all the responsible positions he has held, and has well earned the confidence of the people by whom he has been engaged.

Captain Waterbury was married to Miss Maria Borne, of Cleveland, in 1852, and three children have been born to this union: L.H., who is captain in the Cleveland fire department of engine No. 17; John S., who is lieutenant in the Cleveland fire department of engine No. 8; and Fanny E., now Mrs. N. Clancey. The family residence is No. 62 Portland street, Cleveland, Ohio.

WILLIAM WALLACE WATTERSON

William Wallace Watterson, the efficient superintendent of the Cleveland Ship Building Company at Lorain, is one of the youngest shipbuilders that has ever attained to so important and responsible a position. He was born at Peel, Isle of Man, May 5, 1861, a son of John and Christian(sic) (Wallace) Watterson. His father was also born on the Isle of Man, and was a master mariner and owner of several schooners, among which were the Boomsang, Dart and Mona, the last named being christened in honor of the ancient name of the Isle of Man. The mother was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, a daughter of William Wallace, a lineal descendant of the great and patriotic warrior Sir William Wallace, and this name has been borne by the eldest son of all the descendants through all the generations since the death of that hero.

Mr. Watterson, our subject, was educated in the public schools of his native land, after which he became an apprentice to Thomas Watson, a shipbuilder at Peel, with whom he remained until he was nearly twenty years of age. In 1881 he went to Liverpool and joined the full-rigged ship Elwy, of that city, as carpenter on a voyage to the west coast of South America, touching at Valparaiso, Coquimbo, Chaural and Iquique, then returning to Falmouth, England, thence proceeding to Hamburg, Germany, the time occupied being one year and nine months. He left his ship at Hamburg and returned home where he engaged in shipyard work for two years.

In the year 1885 Mr. Watterson came to the United States, locating in Cleveland, where he found employment with the Cleveland Dry Dock Company as superintendent, and looked after the construction of the steamer Horace A. Tuttle. The next year he was appointed superintending builder in the yards of William Radcliff, the steamers Philip Minch, Maurice B. Grover, Gladstone, Pasadina and Hesper being built under his direction. He remained with Mr. Radcliff and the Ship Owners dry dock until September 1, 1898, on the 10th of which month he was appointed superintendent of the Cleveland Shipbuilding Company, at Lorain, a position he now holds. Since his appointment he has launched the steamers Clarence A. Black and Pennsylvania, and has under construction a large steamer for Capt. Thomas Wilson, one for W. Hawgood, and one for A.B. Wolvin. Mr. Watterson, as a naval expert, has been frequently in demand to act on wreck surveys, etc., but since he has accepted his present responsible position he generally declines these encroachments upon his time.

On October 23, 1893, Mr. Watterson was wedded to Miss Laura McGarvey, daughter of Patrick and Harriet (Crowe) McGarvey, and sister of Capt. William McGarvey. One son, William Wallace, has been born to this union. The family homestead is at No. 8 Watterson street, Cleveland, Ohio. Socially Mr. Watterson is a Master Mason, being a member of Bigelow Lodge in Cleveland.

CAPTAIN JAMES B. WATTS

Captain James B. Watts is a son of Matthew Watts, who died from exposure on Lake Winnepeg while a captain in the employ of the Canadian Government, having been lashed to the bottom of the yacht Keewatin for ten days and nights, in the month of September, 1890. The mother was Fairlina Brotchie, and her family were sailing men.

James was born in Collingwood, Ont., in 1861, and his first sailing was in 1876, before the mast on the schooner Kittie, in the lumber trade from Lake Huron to the Lake Erie Ports. The next season he was before the mast on the schooner Hannah Moore, and in 1878 was mate on the same schooner, going, in 1879, as mate on the schooner Seaman. In 1880 he was before the mast on the schooners Thomas Gawn, Riverside, Selkirk and other lake traders, until the close of 1884. During the season of 1885 he was wheelsman on the steamers Wm. A. Haskell and the Wm. J. Averill, from Ogdensburg to Chicago. In 1886 he shipped as second mate on the steamer India, and the next year, 1887, was made first mate on the steamer Vienna.

During the seasons of 1888-89 he was first mate on the steel steamer Cambria, until July 12, 1889. He then went on the steamer Havana as captain, and sailed her until the close of 1890, and in 1891 he went as master to the steel steamer Norman, and in 1892 joined the United States lighthouse tender Warrington, in the same capacity, but in July of that year he changed to the steamer City of London. The season of 1893 he passed ashore, excepting two months late in the season, when he sailed the steamer Briton. In 1894 he sailed the steamer R. P. Ranney. In 1895 he accepted the position of first mate on the steamer Briton, and during the season of 1896 filled the same berth on the large steel steamer Coralia. In 1897 he went as master on the steamer Briton, and now (1898) is holding the same position on the same steamer. He is still unmarried.

ROBERT WATTS

Robert Watts is a modest young man, but possesses the laudable ambition to be one of the best engineers on the lakes, and to gain this end he is studying hard. His father, Matthew Watts, was a sailor on the ocean and lakes for the Canadian Government, being a master at the time of his death, which was caused by exposure on Lake Winnipeg, he having been lashed to the bottom of the yacht Keewatin for ten days and nights in the month of September, 1890. The mother's maiden name was Fairlina Brotchie.

Robert was born in Port Franks, Ont., in 1873, and his first experience on the lakes was in 1890, as waiter on the United Empire, running from Sarnia to Duluth. In 1891 he was wheelsman on the lighthouse tender Warrington, and the next season he wheeled the City of London, and the following season was oiler on the S. R. Kirby.

In 1894 he became oiler on the Harvey H. Brown, and the next season again became oiler on the S. R. Kirby. In 1896 he had charge of the machinery of the George E. Hartnell. That fall he was given his papers, and the season of 1897 found him second engineer of the steamer E. M. Peck, and the following season, that of 1898, he served as second engineer of the steamer S. R. Kirby. His is unmarried.

WILLIAM WATTS

William Watts was born in Collingwood, Ont., March 11, 1859. His father, Matthew Watts, was a sailor before him, having been in the employ of the Canadian Government as master on the ocean and lakes until his death from exposure on Lake Winnepeg, he having been lashed to the bottom of the yacht Keewatin for ten days and nights during the month of September, 1890. The mother was formerly Fairlina Brotchie. His first experience as a sailor was on a dredge, filling any capacity upon which he was called to fill, and so worked for five years, when he took out papers licensing him to sail as second engineer. In 1879 he went to Detroit, and that season was on the tugs Sweepstakes, C. Champion, I. W. Masters and Stranger as second engineer, without losing a day, all of the tugs being owned by John R. Gillett. The next season he filled the same position on the tug Niagara, for Merrick & Esselton, and remained on her four years, towing six barges in the Lake Superior trade. In 1884 he went into the employ of the Northwestern Transportation Company, where he has been ever since; officiating as second engineer on the Forrest City two years; on the Fayette Brown one year; on the E. M. Peck two years; and of the S. R. Kirby six years. He is a member of the M. E. B. A. He is unmarried.

JOSEPH A. WEBER

Joseph A. Weber, a marine engineer who has come to the front in his profession very rapidly, is an ambitious young man, and has alrady attained to a position of responsibility as chief of the fine passenger steamer Georgia, owned by the Goodrich Steamship Company, of Chicago. Mr. Weber was born March 3, 1868, in Manitowoc, Wis., a son of Peter and Stephanie (Burkhart) Weber. His father, who is a native of Luxemburg, Germany, has sailed the lakes for many years in the capacity of marine engineer, and he is now in the employ of the Goodrich Steamship Company as chief of the steamer City of Racine.

Joseph A. Weber acquired a liberal education in the public schools of Manitowoc. He began at the foot of the ladder, as coal passer in the side-wheel steamer Chicago, of the Goodrich line, for two months, and after firing in the same steamer about three years, he secured his license as engineer, on May 27, 1889, and was appointed first assistant in the steamer Depere; he closed that season in the steamer Mary Mills. In the spring of 1890 he was appointed second engineer in the steamer Chicago, making three trips a week in the passenger trade between Manitowoc and Chicago, and the next season transferred to the steamer Indiana, of the same line, serving as second engineer of her until September, when he joined the wrecking tug Monarch. He finished the year in the steamer Menominee, which has since been rebuilt and named the Iowa, plying all winter. In 1892 Mr. Weber was appointed chief engineer of the tug Arctic, following with a season as second in the steamer Chicago. In 1894 he joined the fine steamer Virginia as first assistant, and the next spring was appointed chief engineer of the steamer Sheboygan, plying between Chicago and Green Bay ports, holding this berth three seasons; when the Georgia was rebuilt and came out in 1898 he was transferred as chief to that steamer, plying between Manistique and Chicago.

Mr. Weber is an honored member of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, and when the branch was organized in Manitowoc he was elected financial and corresponding secretary; he has also filled the office of vice-president, and was president for two terms, performing the duties of that incumbency with ability and discretion. He lives with his parents in Manitowoc.

WILLIAM L. WEBSTER

William L. Webster, who, for several years was prominently identified with the lake marine, but now chief engineer of the J. Q. Adams school on Townsend street, Chicago, was born in Chatham, Province of Ontario, Canada, in 1857, and is a son of James T. and Alice (Butler) Webster, natives of Scotland and Canada, respectively. In early life the father emigrated to Canada, and is now a resident of Florence, Ontario, where he is engaged in the undertaking business the mother is deceased, having died in Canada.

William L. Webster was reared at Florence, and at Chatham learned the machinist's trade, serving a four-years' apprenticeship. Early in life he also obtained a thorough knowledge of the workings of marine and stationary engines, and for eighteen years was identified with the lakes. In 1880 he sailed from Windsor, Canada, as engineer on the old tug Beaver, and the same season was also on the W. F. McRae, after which he was on the carboat Michigan, running her until the winter of 1881. He then filled the same position on the passenger boat running from Detroit, Mich., to Windsor, Ont., and was next chief engineer on the excursion boat Garland, running to Belle Isle and other points, going thence to the E. K. Roberts, plying between Detroit and Duck island, and the next season was chief engineer of the Chamberlin, engaged in the lumber trade out of Saginaw, Mich. He then brought out the steamer Gogebic, which was engaged in the iron and grain trade on Lake Superior, and the following season was chief engineer of the L. W. Palmer, in the coal and iron ore trade. The next season he was chief engineer on the Chemung, plying between Buffalo and Chicago in the grain and package freight business; accepting a position with the American Steel Barge Company, he was on various boats as chief engineer for some time, then joined the Columbia as chief for three years. During the winter of 1895-96 was chief engineer at Cairo, Ill., on the government dredge Beta, plying on the lower Mississippi, and one of the largest dredges in the service. Its machinery consisted of two engines of 1,500 horse power, triple expansion, and four cylinders, 20-1/2, 33, 38 and 38 x 24, and also an engine of 500 horse power, cross compound. On the third official test, this dredge took out 77.984 4-10 cubic yards of measured sand in one hour and ten minutes, and also cut a channel forty feet wide, six and a half feet deep and eight hundred and fifty feet long in one hour and fifty-seven minutes.

Mr. Webster came to Chicago in 1895, and is now chief engineer of the J. Q. Adams school on Townsend street, while his home is at No. 104, same street. Socially, he is a member of the M. E. B. A. No. 4, of which he is acting secretary pro tem, and also a member of the A. O. U. W., of Portland, Oregon, where he resided for three years while in the government employ. He holds an ocean chief engineer's license, besides those for lake marine and stationary engines.

Mr. Webster was married in Florence, Ontario, in 1878, to Miss Margaret Kerr Stewart, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and they have one daughter, Elizabeth A.

LAWRENCE D. WEEKS

Lawrence D. Weeks, who was chief engineer of the steamer J.C. Lockwood during the season of 1896, was born in Vermilion, Ohio, in 1869, his father being Captain Leeds H. Weeks, a well known vessel master. He attended school in Vermilion until he was fourteen years of age, when he commenced sailing. From that time until twenty years of age, he studied in Cleveland every winter, first in the Spencerian Business College and then in the Case School of Applied Science. He continued to live in Vermilion until he was twenty-two years of age, when he removed to Cleveland.

The first vessel on which he sailed was the schooner B.F. Bruce, of which his father was master. Then he became wheelsman on the steamers Horace B. Tuttle, Oregon, and J.C. Gilchrist in turn, later going on the Gilchrist as oiler while his father was master of her. Then for two years he was oiler on the steamer John Craig, receiving his papers as first assistant engineer the winter he was twenty-one years of age. The following season he was second engineer of the Craig, serving during the ensuing winter as mechanical draughtsman for the Frontier Iron Works, of Detroit. During the season of 1892 he was second engineer of the Cumberland. While the World's Fair was in progress in Chicago, he was at the head of the mechanical department of the exhibit of Charles P. Willard & Co. This firm operated eight launches and yachts on the World's Fair grounds, and Mr. Weeks was responsible for the proper operation of all the machinery contained in them. After the close of the Fair, he became second engineer of the steamer A.P. Wright, holding this position through the season of 1894. He went as chief engineer of the steamer A.L. Hopkins, in the early part of the season of 1895, in July of that year becoming chief engineer of the steamer Olympia. That winter he was mechanical draughtsman for the Cleveland Ship Building Co., and in his leisure time he took up the study of electricity and theoretical mechanics. He was chief engineer of the J.C. Lockwood during 1896.

In January, 1896, Mr. Weeks was married to Miss Mary McAulay, of Cleveland.

LEEDS H. WEEKS

Leeds H. Weeks was born in Brownhelm, Lorain Co., Ohio, in 1843, son of Lawrence D. Weeks, a pioneer shipbuilder and owner. Captain Weeks commenced sailing at an early age and when he was twenty-one was in command of the schooner Idaho, which was owned by his father. Subsequently he sailed as mate and seaman in a number of vessels, being the master of the scow H.H. Hines, engaged in the lumber trade between Alpena and Cleveland, in 1880. During the next three seasons he was master of the schooners C.P. Minch, W.S. Crosthwaite, Crosby, and B.F. Bruce, respectively. During the winter of 1883 he rebuilt the Oregon in Buffalo, sailing her for two months of the next season. He sailed the Horace B. Tuttle for a time that year, and then went to Trenton, Michigan, to oversee the building of the steamer J.C. Gilchrist. Captain Weeks was in employ of the Gilchrist for many years, being commodore, captain, and in charge of all the building and extensive repairs. After the J.C. Gilchrist was completed, he took her out new and sailed her until the close of that season, 1890. In 1891, Captain Weeks brought out the new steamer W.H. Gilcher, sailed her all that season and until October 12, 1892, when she was lost with all hands in a storm on Lake Michigan. During his long and active connection with the lake marine, Captain Weeks became interested in a number of vessels. At the time of his death he owned shares in the Gilcher, Craig, Minch, Bruce, Oregon and Hiawatha.

In 1868, he was married to Miss Gertrude Lyman, of Sandusky, who was born in Germany and removed to the United States at the age of ten years. Their children were Hattie, who died at the age of five years; Sarah, now Mrs. W.E. Beely, of Vermilion; and Lawrence D., who is chief engineer of the steamer J.C. Lockwood.

CAPTAIN PAUL T. WEIMAR

Captain Paul T. Weimar, who has been master of the schooner Middlesex since the year 1892, has sailed since he was a boy of fifteen. He has been on the lakes for twenty-eight years, and before he began his work here he had had several years' experience on the ocean.

He was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, December 12, 1852, the son of George T. and Eliza (Gosebeck) Weimar, both natives of Germany. The father was a wood carver and an excellent workman, and in 1866 he emigrated to Chicago, all the family following in 1868, except our subject, who had already begun his career as a sailor. The parents are yet living in Chicago, and it is remarkable that both of their two sons became lake captains, and that both of their two daughters married lake captains. The children of George T. and Eliza Weimar are as follows: Fred T., a lake captain and vessel owner, of Chicago; Martha, now Mrs. Lovdall, widow of Capt. Henry Lovdall; Christina, Mrs. Fred Lovdall, wife of a well-known lake captain who sails and owns the schooner Magill; and Paul T., our subject.

Paul T. Weimar began sailing on the Baltic sea in 1867 on the full-rigged brig Dara, hailing from Wismar, Germany, and making the ports of the Baltic and the English ports. He then signed articles for a two-year cruise on a full-rigged bark, and for that length of time was on the Mediterranean and in the West Indies. Returning to Germany at the expiration of his contract, he followed his parents to Chicago, and in 1870 began sailing from that city, going before the mast on the schooner M. J. Wilcox, Capt. Lyman Miner. For five seasons he remained with Captain Miner. Our subject became mate of the schooner D. R. Martin in 1877, and again in 1879. During the winter of 1879 Captain Weimar purchased the schooner Glad Tidings, and sailed her as master for thirteen years, when in 1892 he sold the vessel, which is still in commission. In 1892 Captain Weimar became master of the schooner Middlesex, a three-mast vessel, owned by the Shores Lumber Co., of Chicago, and engaged in all kinds of carrying trade, but principally lumber. For the past six years, Captain Weimar has remained in command of this vessel.

In 1878 he was married at Chicago to Miss Anna Urban, a native of that city and the daughter of Michael Urban, one of the early business men of the city. Three children have been born to Captain and Mrs. Weimar namely: Martha and Anna, both attending the high school of Chicago, and Grace. In 1882 our subject moved to Lake View, and there on Racine avenue built a handsome residence. Later he sold this and, buying a lot, fifty by one hundred and twenty-five feet, on the corner of Roscoe and Seminary avenues, he erected a three-story brick building, fronting on Seminary avenue, the first floor for store purposes and the upper two for flats. Then on Roscoe avenue he erected a fine two-story flat building. Captain Weimar is a prominent member of the A. O. U. W., and one of the well known vessel men of the Great Lakes.

CAPTAIN FRANK WEINHEIMER

Captain Frank Weinheimer is in the prime of life, and with a good future before him if he is to be judged by his past record. He is a son of George B. and Caroline Weinheimer, the latter now deceased. George B. Weinheimer is a baker by trade, and now resides at Derby, New York. He was formerly a steward on the lakes. The other four children of his family are George, steward of the America for the seasons of 1896-97-98; Edward, mate of the Scranton for the seasons 1896-97-98; Frederick, second mate of the Lackawanna for 1896-97-98, and William, in the wholesale grocery establishment of Race & Kingsley, being all residents of Buffalo. The subject of this sketch was born September 11, 1857, at Buffalo, where he attended school about three years. He then, when about nine years of age, moved to Milwaukee with his parents, in which city he also attended school, leaving school when twelve years of age. He began his sailing career out of the latter city with the well-known Goodrich Transportation line, in the season of 1871, as third porter on the steamer St. Joe, in the passenger trade between Chicago and Green Bay. After three months on the St. Joe, he was transferred to the steamer G. J. Truesdale, of the same company, a passenger boat on the same route, on which he finished that season. During the early part of the following season he was in the Oconto, same line and route, plying also to St. Joe and Benton Harbor, and closed that season on the side-wheel steamer Manitowoc, running between Chicago and Manitowoc. He was next out of Milwaukee in the steamers ironside, Lac La Belle, Bertchy and Messenger for several seasons Ironside, Lac La Belle, Bertchy and Messenger for several seasons, and then went into the service of the Black line on the steamers Amazon and Minneapolis for one winter and part of the summer following. Succeeding that service he was wheelsman of the Argonaut, consort of the steambarge Inter Ocean, for part of a season, was then on the Inter Ocean in the same capacity, subsequently returning to the Argonaut. They were owned by the Detroit Dry Dock Company.

The next service rendered by Captain Weinheimer was in the employ of the Western Transit Co., as wheelsman and second mate of the Fountain City for seven consecutive seasons. He was then second mate, respectively, of the steamers Idaho, Badger State and Colorado, and mate of the Saginaw Valley, Lackawanna and America. In the spring of 1889 he began a period of three seasons as master of the steamer Russia, and in 1892 transferred to the Lackawanna, of which he has been master six consecutive seasons, including the season of 1897. The only accident of any importance that Captain Weinheimer has experienced occurred May 1, 1891, while he was on the Russia, she colliding with the Canadian passenger steamer Celtic in a very dense fog off Morpeth, which is located ten miles from Rondeau Point. The Celtic, which was bound down with a cargo of corn, becoming a total loss, one of the employees on her, the chambermaid, being drowned. The Russia was bound up laden with coal and package freight; her bow was so badly damaged that she was run on the beach and later towed to Buffalo for repairs.

Captain Weinheimer was married at Buffalo, to Miss Anna Black, by whom he has three children: Ethel, Edwin and Madge. The family reside at No. 452 Prospect avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. The Captain is a member of Erie Lodge No. 161, F. & A. M. of Buffalo, and of the Western New York Masonic Insurance. He has received his promotion on his own merits, and is one of the self-made men of the lakes.

ALFRED E. WELCH

Alfred E. Welch, engineer on the City of Rome, is a well-known and efficient marine engineer. He was born in Erie county, N.Y., September 1, 1846, and received the limited educational advantages afforded by the county district schools during the winter months.

In 1870 Mr. Welch shipped as engineer on the tug Mary E. Pierce, of Buffalo harbor, and for seven years thereafter was employed in a planing-mill ashore. In 1878 he returned to the lakes as engineer on the steamer Missouri, Capt. Lyman Hunt, engaged in the lumber trade between Buffalo and Bay City, Mich., remaining in that position for two years. In 1880 he entered the service of the Anchor line as chief engineer on the propeller Conemaugh, running from Buffalo to Chicago, and continued in that vessel for four years. During the season of 1884 he was engaged ashore as machinist, and in 1885 he became chief engineer of the steamer H.E. Packer, of the Lackawanna line, remaining one season. He then shipped as engineer on the steamer Wocoken, belonging to the Winslow line, of Cleveland, Ohio, and for one year afterward was employed in the same capacity by the Buffalo and Lake Superior line. In 1887 he became chief engineer of the steamer City of Rome, of Chicago, engaged in the coal trade between Buffalo and Chicago, which position he still holds.

Mr. Welch was married, in 1873, to Miss Elizabeth P. Harrison, of Buffalo, and they have one son. Mr. Welch is the efficient secretary of the Marine engineers Beneficial Society, which position he has filed with ability for four years. The family reside in Buffalo, New York.

CHARLES S. WELCH

Charles S. Welch is a well-known engineer of Chicago, who spent several years on the lakes, and is now chief engineer of the Occidental building. He was born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1858, a son of Sylvester and Eliza (Hess) Welch. The father, a native of Vermont, was a tug owner in Buffalo, and for a number of years ran a line of tugs at that place, where he still makes his home, having retired from active business. The mother died in that city.

Charles S. Welch grew to manhood in Buffalo, and there obtained his education. When quite young he began sailing on tugs, and was a licensed engineer at the age of twenty-one. In 1876 he secured a position on a tug at Buffalo, and until 1879 served in different capacities on such boats. Receiving his first license in that latter year, he was appointed second engineer of the steamer Leland, running from Traverse bay to Chicago and Escanaba, in the iron ore trade, and was on her two years. In 1881 he accepted the position of engineer on the Monohansett, an ore barge, owned in Milwaukee, and was with her for one season. He was then chief engineer of the Emma Thompson, engaged in the lumber trade from Chicago, and was engineer for other lines until 1882,