Bay County, Michigan - The whole text, 1883 (part 10 of 20)

A. E. Bousfield is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and for some time was in the same business in that city. His father is one of the oldest wooden ware manufacturers in this country. The works here were brought to their notice and were purchased in 1875, and at that time Mr. A. E. Bousfield came here to operate the business, which he has done with marked success.

James Potter, foreman of the works, is a native of Lapeer County. When about six years of age his parents settled in Portsmouth Township, where they still reside. In 1869 he began work in the wooden ware works, and has held the position of foreman for the past seven years. Most of the works have been rebuilt under his supervision, and, although only about thirty years of age, his judgment and ingenuity have much to do with the success of the business. In 1881, he had the misfortune of losing one of his hands while fixing a machine. He has a wife and four children.

N, Howell is a native of Canada, and settled in Bay City in 1866. The first three years he worked in saw mills, and in 1869 went into the wooden ware works, and has remained there ever since.

Patrick McCrickett, engineer at the wooden w^are works, is a native of Ireland. In 1869 he emigrated to this comitry from England, and remained four years in Detroit. In 1873 he came to Bay City to take his present position.

Valley Iron Works

These works w^ere started in the Fall of 1866, hy the firm of Like, Ellsworth & Campbell. The following Spring Mr. Bergan bought out Mr. Campbell's interest, and in May, about a month later, the entire works were destroyed by fire. There was no insurance on any of the property burned, but by July the buildings were rebuilt and the works in full blast. For some time the business prospered and gave employment to an average of fifty men. About 1871 the property passed into the possession of D. C. and William Smalley, of Seneca Co., N. Y., who were experienced and practical business men. The firm at first was Smalley Bros. & Catlin, and afterwards, Mr. A. D. Catlin being succeeded by C. E. Lewis, the firm was changed to Smalley Bros. & Lewis. About 1875 Mr. J. S. Smalley succeeded Mr. Lewis, and in 1878 he retired and w^as succeeded by his son, Mr. W. T. Smalley. The firm name is now Smalley Bros. & Co. They manufacture steam engines and saw mill and other machinery, and deal extensively in gas pipe, tubing, etc. They do a business of upwards of $175,000 annually, and employ on an average about eighty men. The capacity of the works has been greatly increased, and further enlargements are being continually made. The works now occupy six lots and every inch of space is thronged with activity. The proprietors are gentlemen of great business energy, and their sagacity is demonstrated in the pronounced success that has attended their operations, which contribute a liberal share to the growth and prosperity of Bay City.

William Smalley, who gives his personal attention to the practical part of the business, is a machinist of long experience. He is a native of Seneca Co.,N. Y., and for several years was superintendent of the Silsby Manufacturing Company's works, at Seneca Falls. In 1871 he came to Bay City and engaged in business as above stated. Mr. Smalley attends closely to the management of the manufacturing. He is a member of the Board of Water Works Commissioners, but as a rule pays less attention to public affairs than to the interests of the firm.

D. C. Smalley is a native of Seneca Co., N. Y., and followed farming in his native county for several years. In 1871 he came to Bay City to engage in business with his brother William. In carrying on the affairs of the establishment he has given his attention to its financial management, in which branch of the business he is particularly efficient. He has held the office of alderman from the Fourth Ward, and for several years has been a stockholder and director in the Second National Bank.

William T. Smalley is a son of Mr. J. S. Smalley, formerly a member of the firm. He is also a native of Seneca Co., N. Y., and came to Adrian, Mich., with his parents in 1855. In 1874 the family came to Bay City, the father succeeding to an interest in the firm, and William going into their employ as book-keeper. In June, 1878, he succeeded his father in the business as above stated. He still has charge of the books of the firm, and is a young man of thorough business habits.

The institution of this firm is an important factor in the industrial interests of Bay City, and in amount of w^ork turned out is one of,- if not the largest, in the Saginaw Valley.

This is one of the important institutions of Bay City, and one that has much to do with the building up and architectural beauty of the place. This company was founded by Tennant Bros. & Co., in 1872. In 1879 the name was changed to the Bay City Stone Company. The gentlemen composing the company are James H. Tennant, Edwin Pryer and Abraham Bate. They do every description of stone and marble work, and keep a large force of men continually employed. The office and marble works are on Water Street, corner of Eighth, and the stone works occupy a large area on the dock. This company have done the stone work on all the principal buildings in the city, and have contracts on public buildings in various parts of the state. Their works at the dock present a busy scene throughout the year, and are suggestive of an extensive and prosperous business. The gentlemen who compose the company are practical and energetic men, and have built up a business that they may well feel proud of.

James H. Tennant is a native of Yorkshire, Eng., and emigrated to America in 1857. In 1872 he came to Bay City from Canada, and engaged in business as above stated.

Abraham Bate is a native of England, and came to this country in 1870. For about two years he was in charge of an extensive stone yard in Detroit. In 1872 he settled in Bay City, and became a member of the firm of Tennant Bros. & Co.

Edwin Pryer is also a native of England, and came to this country in 1862. He learned the marble and stone cutters' trade at an early age, and has followed the business ever since. In 1870 he settled in Bay City, and has been a member of the above named company since it first started in 1872.

Braddock & Bateman

manufacturers of cigars. South Bay City, succeeded Bebee & Braddock in July, 1882. They employ about forty hands, and do an extensive business throughout the state. They manufacture only about one-half the cigars handled by them.

Edward B. Braddock is a native of Essex, Conn., and settled in Bay City in 1859. Prior to that time he was in business in Connecticut, but having an uncle in Bay City, or Lower Saginaw, as it was then called, he concluded td try the new country. When he came here the firm of H. D. Braddock & Co. was carrying on a general store where Symons, Smart & Co. are now located, and he went into their store, remaining in their employ about three years. He then became a member of the firm of Dunham & Whipple, and they purchased the store of H. D. Braddock & Co., and did business under the firm name of Whipple, Braddock & Co. He continued in the mercantile business four or five years, and then was away from the place about five years. In 1876 he went into the cigar business, the firm being Bebee & Braddock. In July, 1882, F. Bateman succeeded Mr. Bebee, and the firm became Braddock & Bateman. Mr. Braddock was married August, 1863, to Miss Mary J. Stevens, daughter of Appleton M. Stevens, of this city. In 1865 he built his present residence on South Center Street, now a handsome street with numerous attractive homes. At the time Mr. Braddock built, that part of town was a pasture, and it was thought very strange that he should select such an out-of-the-way place for a residence. Verily, the desert has blossomed as fche rose. Mr. Braddock has been a busy man during the twenty-three years of his residence here. He was treasurer of Portsmouth for six months, and town clerk for three years.

F. Bateman is a native of New York State, and followed railroading for several years, working his way up to the position of passenger conductor. When the Michigan Central Company finished its line to Bay City, he came here and run a |)assenger train until the Summer of 1882, when he determined to leave the road and settle down in some local business. In July, 1882, he succeeded Mr. Bebee in the firm of Bebee & Braddock, and is Low doing a prosperous business.

EoBERT Harrier, foreman of the manufacturing department of Braddock & Bateman's business, is a native of Pennsylvania, and came to Bay City in 1875. He was manufacturing cigars for a time, but in the Summer of 1881 sold to Bebee & Braddock, and has since held the position of foreman of the works.

In 1871 the Northwestern Gas and Water Pipe Company was estabhshed in Bay City. The business of manufacturing wood pipe with the Wyckolf patent augur Avas first started in Chicago, by Thomas B. Farrington and J. F. Temple, and in 1869 a stock company was organized, and extensive works started here. In January, 1881, this company was succeeded by the Michigan Pipe Company. The officers are I. H. Hill, president; C. E. Jennison, vice-president;

H. B. Smith, secretary and treasurer. These gentlemen are all well known citizens of Bay City, and the works are now doing a very extensive and successful business. The pipe which they manufacture is being used in nearly every state, and the past year they have been crowded to their utmost capacity to fill orders. They manufacture water pipe, steam pipe casing and gas pipe, also chain pumps and tubing. Their works cover about ten acres, and give employment to an average of fifty men. In the Spring of 1882 the present salt block was built. The well was sunk by the old Atlantic Salt Company, and was one of the first salt wells sunk here. This institution is now one of the important contributors to the prosperity and wealth of Bay City.

M. F. Wilcox, superintendent of the works, came to Bay City with the original company in 1871, and has held the position of superintendent ever since. He is a native of Ohio, and has been engaged at some kind of mill work for the most part of his life. He was with the company at Three Oaks, Mich. He is a very competent, man, and when the present company was organized the managers very gladly retained him in the place he had filled so many years.

A. A. Archer, engineer at the Michigan Pipe Works, came to Bay City with the Northwestern Gas and Water Pipe Company, having been in their employ at Three Oaks. He is a native of Oneida Co., N. Y. When thirteen years of age he shipped aboard a whaling ship, and for nine years followed sailing, visiting nearly every part of the world. In 1859 he returned to his native land, andm 1862 went into the service, where he remained two years, as Captain of Company C, One Hundred and Eleventh Ohio Volunteers. In 1871 he settled in Bay City, and has held his present position since the works first started. He has a wife and three children.

The Braddocks

The name of Braddock is prominently associated with the early business history of Portsmouth, and in a sketch of their operations are contained many items of interest.

H. D. Braddock, and his son, H. A. Braddock, came to what is now Bay City in the Spring of 1855, from Essex, Conn., and organized the firm of H. D. Braddock & Co. Mr. H. D. Braddock, as the principal member of this firm, at once began the manufacture, and engaged in a general lumber and timber business. In 1857 he built the three-masted schooner "Essex," the first vessel of any size built in Bay County, and the following year he built the brig "Bay City." The firm also carried on a general store in connection with their lumbering business. They were located at Portsmouth, and Mr. Braddock was instrumental in securing a re-establishment of the Portsmouth postoffice, which had been discontinued some years before, and was appointed postmaster. He was one of the organizers of the Portsmouth Salt Company, the first one organized in Bay County. In 1860 he, with his sons H. A. and L. W. Braddock, organized the firm of H. A. Braddock & Co., for the purpose of carrying on a general lumbering business. In 1863- '64 they built the mill known afterwards as the Watrous Bros. Mill, on the Middle Ground, it being the first mill built there. About 1868 they went out of the lumber business, and Mr. H. D. Braddock returned to Connecticut, where he is still living. After the dissolution of the firm his sons, H. A. and L. W. Braddock, -remained here, and have been engaged in various pursuits. H. A. Braddock was twice elected supervisor of Portsmouth before its annexation to Bay City, and was trustee and afterwards president of Portsmouth Village. In 1868 he was elected county clerk, and was continued in that office eight years, when he dechned to again accept the office. He is still a resident of Bay City, and for the last three years has been with the lumber firm of Gates & Fay. L. W. Braddock is engaged in lumber inspecting, and is in ihat business at the present time. Jesse N. Braddock, a brother' of H. D. Braddock, came here, accompanied by his son, C. S. Braddock, in 1855, and was engaged with the firm of H. D. Braddock & Co. He was also interested in the Portsmouth Salt Company, and was its superintendent for several years. He died in 1864. His son, C. S. Braddock, was afterwards engaged in the planing mill business. He held the office of treasurer of Bay City two years, and afterwards removed to Connecticut, where he still Jives. A. C. Braddock, another brother, came here in 1861, and began the erection of salt works, known as the New York Salt Works, of which company he w\as a member and general manager. He continued the manufacture of salt about twelve years, and then, with his two sons, went into the planing mill business, under the firm name of A. C. Braddock & Sons. Afterwards they converted their works into an oar factory, which they operated about three years. A. C. Braddock is still a resident of Bay City, and a member of the Board of Pubhc Works.

Capt. J. P. Philips was born in Herkimer County, in the state of New York, September 6, 1808. He remained there until he was twenty years of age, with his parents, farmers, when he began to look out for himself. He was in Sullivan County about three years, and about 1832 went West, to Ohio, and soon after went to Akron, Ohio, and remained there until the Fall of 1836, when he came to Michigan and settled in what' was then called Newport, now Marine City, St. Clair County, where he was engaged in a general goods and supply trade. In 1844 and 1845 he built the side-wheel steamboat "Oregon," for the Bufi'alo and Chicago trade, and commenced business with her, starting on his first trip about the latter part of July, 1845. In the "Oregon," Capt. Philips had the first compound engine on the lakes, which, as well as the boat, proved a success He used the ''Oregon" that season and three years longer in the Buffalo and Chicago trade, and then sold her to Capt. Chapman. In the meanwhile, he had built the steamboat "America" at Port Huron, in the years 184:7-'48, to be run in the Buffalo and Chicago trade for a short time in 1848. He then arranged to run between Buffalo and Sandusky, in the Buffalo and Cincinnati railroad line. The "America" was run in that connection the season of 1849 and a part of 1850, wdien he bought the unfinished hull of the steamboat "Buckeye State," from Capts. How^e and Jones, had her completed, and placed in her a second compound, low pressure engine, at large expense, which also proved a success. The "Buckeye State" w^as run between Buffalo and Cleveland, in the Cleveland, Columbus k Cincinnati Railroad Line, and afterwards in the Michigan Central Railroad Line in connection with the Plymouth Rock and Western World, but soon the passenger business, for which all those boats were adapted, w^as largely monopolized by railroads, and all those large and expensive boats were comparatively worthless.

In 1853, Capt. Philips turned his attention in a limited way, on account of means, to pine lands and lumbering, mostly in Bay County and on tlie tributaries of the Saginaw River, in w^hich business, and some other enterprises in Bay City and County, he has been engaged to the present. His business headquarters are at Bay City, while his family and residence remained at Detroit until quite lately, w^here he still owns a fine and valuable residence property, on Fort Street West, corner of Sixth. The life and business career of Capt. Philips furnishes a model for young men to imitate, no matter what their pursuit. He has been all his hfe a man of great industry and courage. His philosophy is, and always has been, that any legitimate business, properly managed, w-ould pay, and he has achieved success where most other men w^ould have failed. Although now upwards of seventy years of age, he spends no time in idleness, but still adheres to his notions of industry as a matter of principle. His habits of life have been exemplary in a high degree, never allowing himself to acquire habits that w^ere harmful or w^asteful, and as a consequence, he still possesses a rugged constitution. Few men have a more eventful business career to look back upon than Capt. Philips, and all along are the evidences of an ingenious mind, indomitable will, and wdse philosophy.

Mitchell & Boutell

The firm of Mitchell & BouteU began business in the year 1867, when Smith & Westover and D. H. Van Valkenburg w^ere their company. The following year they purchased the tug "Annie Moiles," and tw^o years later, in 1878, their company retired. In December, 1871, the tug "Union," a very fine craft, belonging to them, was destroyed by fire. During the next tw^o years they purchased the tug "Laketon," and in 1875 the propeller "Music." In 1876-77 they built the side-w4ieel steamers "Luther Westover" and "Sea Gull," and purchased the barges "Seminole" and "Sylvia Morton." The largely increasing business of the firm in later years necessitated the purchase of the steamer "Emerald," barges "Roscius" and "Favorite," and schooners "Emma A. Mayes" and "Nelson." In 1882, the tug "Cora B." came into their possession. The principal business of the firm is the towing and delivering of logs to Saginaw^ River and ports along the Huron Shore, which they carry on very extensively.

Daniel Boutell was born in New Hampshire in 1800. When a small boy he moved to Syracuse, w^iere he lived for some years. While there he married Betsey Adams, of that place. He was one of the first settlers of Deerfield Township, Livingston Co., Mich., where he cleared a large farm. In 1858 he moved to Birch Run, and kept the hotel caUed the Half-Way House, between Fhnt and

Saginaw. In the Winter of 1859 he moved to Bay City and bought the old Sherman House, which he rebuilt in 1862, naming it the Boutell House. It was burned in June, 1865. Shortly afterwards he contracted a severe cold, which was followed by dropsy, from which he died in the Spring of 1866. Mrs. Boutell died in November, 1880.

W. A. Beebe w^as born in Norfolk County, Canada, September 26, 1847, When fourteen years old he learned the stove-plate moulding trade, but only followed it two years. In 1863 he moved to Pontiac, Mich., w^here he remained a short time. From there he w^ent to Big Rapids and engaged in lumbering. In May, 1864, he came to Bay City, wdiere he followed sailing and saw milling until 1870. That year he took an extensive trip to Texas and Florida. On his return he stopped in Illinois and had charge of a saw mill at Horse Shoe Landing, on the Mississippi River for F. A. Vallette, of St. Louis, with whom he remained about two years. He was married on December 26, 1871, to Molhe Holmes, of St. Louis, Mo. In 1872 he paid a visit to his old home in Canada. In the Fall he went to New Orleans for the purpose of engaging in some business, but not being successful he returned to Canada. In the Spring of 1873 he again settled in Bay City, working in the mills during the Summers until 1878. In 1875 he had started a fish business wliich he carried on during the Winter, and in 1879, in company wdth J. J. Forcia, he purchased the dredge "East Saginaw No. 1." On March 21, 1880, they purchased the Plumb Island Fishery from John Coryeon. Since that time they have built for themselves an extensive trade, both in the fish and dredging business. They have four large boats and employ nine men on the dredge and about twenty on the fishery. A view of their business, showing their boats and fishery, will be found in this w^ork. Mr. Beebe was elected alderman in 1881 and re-elected in 1883. He is a Knight Templar, Bay City Commandery, No. 26, also Kanonda Encampment of Odd Fellows. Mrs. Beebe died in 1882, leaving four children, two of whom are boys.

Capt. William H. Barse was born in the town of Mayfield, Montgomery Co., N. Y., May 19, 1814. He came to Detroit, October 13, 1832, and found it the muddiest place in existence, and having about 3,400 inhabitants. Capt. Barse engaged in sailing from 1833 to 1852, and in 1836, in the latter part of November, entered the mouth of Saginaw River, and came to anchor. The next morning ice had formed around the vessel, so he remained on board about one w-eek, until the ice was strong enough to walk on with safety, wiien he left the vessel one morning for Saginaw City, w4iere the cargo was consigned to Harvey Williams. Capt. Barse says: - "In passing from the vessel up the river, we found, where the Third Street bridge is now located, Indian Farmer Trombley and Indian Blacksmith Cushaw^ay, and at Portsmouth, or what is now called South Bay City, one or tw^o small frame dwellings, and at Crow^ Island w'e found another dwelhng, v/here w^e took our supper of bread and milk, for w4iich I paid forty-four cents for three suppers, that being the last cent I had or I would have given the poor woman more. We arrived at Saginaw City at 9 o'clock p. m., where I drew wiiat money I thought would pay my expenses to Detroit, and the following mornin.s: started on foot for that city. We stopped at the Cass the first night, and at Flint the next, with a Mr. Beach, who offered to take us to Pontiac for $5. I found that by going without our supper the next night we could indulge in a ride, and so engaged him. We arrived at Pontiac the third day about dark, and as we had a good rest, I told the men w^e would walk on to Birmingham that night. We arrived there about 9 o'clock p. M., and w^ent to bed without our suppers arose early next morning, and w^aiked on about five miles, which gave us a good appetite for breakfast, xlbout noon we took a cold lunch for din- ner, again paying out 'tiie last cent.' We arrived in Detroit about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, foot sore and completely used up. I think the last mile I walked on my heels, my feet were blistered so badly."

Capt. Barse quit saihng in 1853, and was elected city marshal of Detroit that Spring, and at the expiration of his term of office, engaged in the insurance and collection business. In 1867 he came to Bay City, and engaged in the same business, adding vessel brokerage to it. In 18G9 he took the agency of the Anchor Line, retaining that agency for ten years, when the line withdrew its agency from this city. He is now engaged in the grocery business at 163 Washington Street, between Sixth and Seventh Streets.

Dr. Charles T. Newkirk, of Bay City, was born at St. Wilhams, Canada, December 10, 1841. He early manifested a desire for study, but there being a large family to support and educate, his early opportunities were somewhat restricted. Acting upon the advice of a friend, he taught school when but fourteen years of age, and, with the money thus obtained, was enabled to finish his hterary course at the high school in Hamilton, Canada. He afterwards studied medicine with Hon. John Eolph, and in the twenty-first year of his age, graduated from the University of Victoria College, at Toronto, of which his preceptor was Dean. He practiced his profession for a short time in Canada, when, with his family, he removed to South America. He spent nine months learning the Spanish language, and, immediately on passing his examination, was appointed by the governor director of the province. He was also made doctor to the Argentine Hospital, which position he resigned in three months, to accept a similar one in the Brazihan army. He afterwards became first surgeon with the grade of captain. This position he held for three years, when he returned to Canada. After a brief visit among his friends there he again went to South America, and at Assumption, in Paraguay, began the practice of medicine in connection with the drug business. He passed through several epidemics of small-pox, yellow fever, and cholera. Of the first mentioned, his brother. Dr. Daniel Newkirk, with whom he was associated in practice, died. This event, together with the constantly failing health of his family, so disheartened him that he determined to return to Canada, and engage in quiet practice. With this intention he closed his business in Assumption ; but, on arriving in Buenos Ayres, where he had engaged passage, he learned that the yellow fever had broken out there in the most malignant form. Hundreds were dying daily, and those of the citizens who were able, fled the city. Only a small number of the resident physicians could be induced to remain. Dr. Newkirk, with a degree of heroism and self-denial characteristic of himself, decided at once to remain. Having sent his family on to Canada, he again devoted himself to the work of saving life and alleviating suffering. He was in constant communication with the authorities for the prevention of the spread of the disease ; and, by his advice, many sanitary precautions were taken, which doubtless cut short one of the most frightful epidemics ever known. An idea may be formed of the danger which Dr. Newkirk was compelled to face from the fact that 26,000 persons died in twenty-five days of -this disease alone. He was engaged four months in Buenos Ayres during this plague, rarely working less than eighteen hours daily. His hotel was constantly besieged by hundreds of persons who were anxious to secure his services, some offering the most extravagant fees, but he insisted upon taking them in rotation,the poor receiving the same attention as the rich. His heroic conduct during this time was highly applauded by the press of Buenos Ayres, and the Commission of Montserrat presented him Avith a splendid album in testimony of his services to the sick. The ovation paid him upon his departure was a most distinguished compliment. On his way home he stopped a short time in Rio Janeiro, where he was warmly welcomed by the old army officers and surgeons with whom he had served in Paraguay. Immediately on arriving home he set about finding some good location in which to again enter upon the practice of his profession. After visiting New York, Chicago, and other places, he concluded to settle in Bay City. His previous experience soon secured for him a good practice, which has so increased as to keep him constantly engaged. In 1862 he married Mary Jane Anderson, who was with him constantly during his eventful career in South America. He manifests great interest in young students, and has assisted several through college. He is master of four languages, and is still a great student, although his extensive practice allows him but few leisure moments. He is a gentleman of generous instincts, and no worthy object ever fails of receiving his encouragement.

Dr. Maitland F. Newkirk was born in St. Williams, Canada, November 14, 1852. His father was a farmer, and he remained at home until fourteen years of age. At that age he began teaching school, which avocation he followed for six years. He then came to Bay City, and began the study of medicine with his brother. Dr. C. T. Newkirk, an eminent physician of this city. He graduated at the University of Michigan, in March, 1874, and went to Caro, Tuscola Co., where he practiced successfully three years. After that he went into partnership with his brother. Dr. C. T. Newkirk, in Bay City, where he is still in practice. He is county physician, and also endowment physician, for the Knights of Pythias. Dr. Newkirk is a gentleman of culture, a master of three languages, and is very successful in his practice. He is a sharp student, and a man of great energy and activity, and in every respect a representative man in the medical profession.

M. J. BiALY, superintendent of the Hitchcock Mill, is a native of England, and came to this country in 1863. In 1866 he came to Bay City from Detroit, and has resided here ever since. In 1872 he took the position of book-keeper in Mr. Hitchcock's office, and continued in that capacity for about six years. Since 1878 he has been superintendent of the mill. He is an industrious and honorable man, and well qualified for his position.

H. M. Bradley was born in Lee, Mass., in May, 1824. With his parents he moved to Ohio in 1835, where he lived twenty years - the first six in clearing and working a farm, nine years in a woolen factory, and five years in manufacturing lumber. In 1855 he moved to Michigan with his family, locating in Lower Saginaw, now Bay City, and engaged in manufacturing lumber for other parties. In December, 1859, he bought the Stanton Mill property, at the foot of Tenth Street, and operated the same until 1877. In 1869 he erected a salt manufacturing establishment in connection with this mill, and his connection with the mill and salt works was continued until 1880.

He was elected one of the aldermen in 1859 under the first charter of the village of Bay City. In 1860 he was appointed chief engineer, and organized the first fire department, and acted as chief engineer for about five years. He served as alderman for three years, also as member of the Board of Education for three years, and as one of the commissioners of the Water Board from its first organization in 1871 until 1880, when he resigned, moving from the ward which he had represented. Mr. Bradley is prominently identified with the growth of Bay City, and the development of its interests.

Charles H. Bradley, son of H. M. Bradley, was born in Ohio, November 3, 1853, and came to Bay City with his parents in 1855. He commenced business in 1871 as a lumber merchant, and still continues in that pursuit. Mr. Bradley is one of the extensive shippers of the valley. He was married in 1875 to

Oeein Kinney was born in Cortland Co., N. Y., in 1818. In 1842 he came to Bay County and engaged with James McCormick as engineer in the first saw mill built in the county. In this mill he remained three years. He afterwards spent four years in Saginaw with Emerson & Eldridge and put the engines in the Buena Vista (the first passenger boat on the Saginaw River) of which he was engineer. In 1852 he married Ehzabeth, daughter of James McCormick. They have fonr children, two of whom are married.

Ira McKinney w^as born in Orange Co., N. Y., in 1804. In 1884 he came to Detroit and engaged in the steam saw^ mill of Dr. Rice. He afterw^ards came to Bay City, wdiere he was engaged in lumbering for many years, six of wdiich were spent with James Eraser. He was in the Albert Mill at the time it was blow^n up. Mr. McKinney has been married twice, first to Ehzabeth Somerville, a native of Ireland, in 1828, by whom he had six children, and in 1866 to Sarah Cochrane, of Canada, by w^hom he has one child. They reside in South Bay City.

Dr. R. W. Erwin, of Bay City, was born at LaceyviUe, Harrison Co., 0., May 24, 1842. His early life was spent on the farm, going to school in Winter and working in the Summer. At seventeen years of age, after five months spent in an academy and three in a normal school, he began teaching a district school, and continued teaching, part of the time holding the position of superintendent of the schools in the township, until his enlistment in the One Hundred and Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the late war. After his discharge he entered the Ohio University, at Athens, in February, 1865, graduating in 1868, receiving for continued high standing in all departments, a complimentary scholarship for the senior year. The study of medicine, wdiich had previously been commenced, was continued through the next two years at Bellevue Hospital, Medical College, New York City, graduating in 1870. During this time he occupied the Chair of Geometry in Cooper Institute, New Y^ork. On the 19th of April, 1870, he was married to Miss JuHa E. Carpenter, daughter of Dr. E. G. Carpenter, of Athens, 0., and soon afterwards began the practice of medicine in that place. In 1871 w^as appointed United States examining surgeon, resigned in December, 1878, upon his removal to this city, since which time he has continued to practice his profession, giving it his full time and best energy.

George Campbell w^as born in 1881, at Thurso, County of Caithness, Scotland. Thur:o is only eight miles from "John O'Groat's House," the most northerly point in Scotland. When but a mere lad, in 1848, he emigrated to Canada, his first stopping place being at Kingston, wdiere he commenced to learn the trade of a carpenter and joiner. When he landed in that city he was the possessor of but one Enghsh shilhng, save what clothing he had. But he was fortunate enough to get steady employment, and during the first year he w^as in Canada he was economical enough to save some |40, which he sent home to his parents in Scotland, who were in but moderate circumstances. During the two years following he commenced to make payments on some 2,00 acres of land in the township of Zorra, Oxford County. In 1845, having some ten acres cleared, he brought his father and mother out from Scotland and settled them on it, and where they remained as long as they lived. Times being dull in Canada, and thinking that he could make the money to pay for his land easier in the United States, he removed in that year to Cleveland, 0., where he followed his trade. Before he was eighteen years of age he became a contractor, and as a builder became quite noted in that city. He remained there for nearly seventeen years, and at one time was the owaier of some twenty-one buildings, among which was a four-story block of four

In 1861, owing to failure in health, he determined to retire from active business for a time, and spent some months in traveling. On one of his pleasure trips, (on the Hudson River, if his memory serves him right), he met the late James Eraser, who induced him to visit Bay City. On first coming here he had no intention of locating, but Mr. Eraser managed to get him to undertake some building contracts, and afterwards getting interested in some real estate, he decided to make Bay City his home for the future. In those days, 1862, it was but an insignificant village, and some of the best buildings of that day were erected under Mr. Campbell's supervision. He built for Mr. Eraser the first brick business block that w^as put up in Bay City, being the one now occupied by Meeker & Adams, on Water Street. Among the more prominent buildings of which Mr. C. was the contracting builder, may be named the "Eraser House," the high school, school houses in what were then Portsmouth and Wenona, the First Baptist Church of Bay City, (now used as an armory), and a large number of business places and dwellings. In 1867 he commenced building the "Campbell House," which was opened to the public in 1868. He remained proprietor of the house until 1878, part of the timc^ running it himself. It has since passed into other hands.

For a number of years Mr. Campbell had been more or less interested in lumbering operations, but in 1874 he became the managing member of the firm of Van Etten, Campbell & Co., in which position he continued some four years. His headquarters were in Pinconning, where he built tw^o sawmills. He also built what was probably the first iron logging railroad in the state. It was fourteen miles in length, and ran from Glencoe to the lake, and w^as known as the Pinconning, Glencoe & Lake Shore Railroad. It is now under the control of the Michigan Central Ry.

Mr. Campbell has always been knowai as a pubhc spirited citizen, and has lent his aid to all projects which have had for their object the promotion of the growth of the city. In company Yvith James Eraser, William McEwan, N. B. Bradley and Marvin Butman, he helped to 'organize the street railway company, of w^hich he was a director for a number of years, and at one time president. He was also a subscriber to the stock of the Bay City & East Saginaw Railroad, Detroit & Bay City Railroad, the Midland Railroad, and Grand Rapids projects, and as some other citizens know, money paid on railroad stock has been the same as a gift to the companies who now run the roads wdiich were built. He w^as also a stockholder in the Twenty-third Street Bridge.

Mr. Campbell, though always taking a deep interest in public affairs, has never been an office seeker. While in Cleveland he served one term as alderman and also one term as alderman for the Second Ward of Bay City.

Although he has retired from the contract building business, yet he is putting up an occasional building on his own property. He is also interested in farming to some extent, having some forty acres in the eastern part of the city, which he cultivates partially. He possesses some blooded stock. In horses his taste runs to Mambrino Turk breed, and in cattle to Durhams and Holsteins.

Joseph Cusson, state salt inspector, is a native of Canada, born July 22, 1884; remained there until 1848, then moved to York State, where he learned the carpenter and joiner business. In 1851 he came to Bay City and commenced business as a carpenter and builder. In 1867 assumed the management of Eddy,

Avery & Eddy's salt works, wiiicli position lie still retains. Mr. Cusson was recently appointed deputy salt inspector, a position for which he is eminently fitted. He has also held the office of city treasurer for two years. Mr. Cusson helped to organize the LaFayette Society, of this city in 1869, and was its first president. He was married to Miss Z. Owen, who died August, 1880, leaving seven children.

Capt. H. C. Little, proprietor of the Mansion House, corner Washington and First Streets, is a native of St. Clair Co., Mich. When about seventeen years of age he began saihng on the lakes working his way up until he became capttin of a vessel. He followed saihng for about nineteen years. In the Spring of 1882 he came to Bay City and leased the Mansion House. The Captain is a genial gentleman, and is doing a good business.

GusTAv Walk is a native of Germany, and came to this country in 1871. He remained in Saginaw a short time and in 1872 settled in Bay City. In 1880 he went into partnership with Mr. J. George Trost, a hquor dealer on Third Street. He remained there until December, 1881, when he opened a saloon on Saginaw Street, where he still continues in business. Mr. Walk is an active member of the Arion Society and Odd Fellows Order.

J. Madison Johnston was born in Brown Co., Wis., in 1833. In 1845 he joined a club for the purpose of learning surveying. After finishing his studies he remained in Wisconsin till 1853, when he went to Detroit, Mich., and thence after a short time to Lower Saginaw, on the ill fated steamer "Huron," which struck a rock at the mouth of the Saginaw Eiver. He remained in Lower Saginaw, now Bay City, in James Watson's store one year, when he returned to Detroit, stopping there about one year, when he returned to Bay City, where he has since resided, engaged in his profession as surveyor. He married Hannah Bead, of Eichmond, O., who died in 1879. They had five children, two daughters now living, and a son and two daughters having died.

E. W. Oakes was born in Maine, m 1841. His father died when he was three years old. The family then moved to Oldtown. At the age of eight his mother died. At twelve he went to Avork for Eufus Dwinald in the lumber business. He stayed in his employ till the Fall of 1860, when he left Oldtown and went to Pan, in the employ of Phelps & Dodge, lumbermen. He left Pan in the Spring of 1861, and worked for L. G. Brown at contract jobs, building bridges, etc. Soon after he enhsted in the Thirteenth Eegiment, N. G. S. N. Y. In the Spring of 1862 his regiment was ordered to the front, at Suffolk, Va. He remained four months, w4ien the regiment was ordered home. He remained in New York until the Summer of 1863, when he Avent to Maine and enhsted in Company E, Twelfth Maine Volunteers, and served until January, 1865. He was commissioned in the field by Samuel Carney, governor of Maine.

In the Spring of 1866 he came to Saginaw Valley and went to work for Sage & McGraw, in the timber business. In the Winter of 1869 he was elected superintendent of the Au Gres Boom Company. He Went to Au Gres and built the boom, remaining for two years. In 1872 he engaged in lumbering on the Eifle Eiver, in connection with N. B. Bradley. In 1875 he took up a residence in Au Gres, and entered into the dry goods and grocery business. He w^as elected supervisor of the township, and appointed postmaster, and remained until the Spring of 1882. He then came to Bay City, estabhshed an office in the Union Block, Water Street, and engaged in a general lumber business, where he remains till this time.

E. Newkirk, the subject of this sketch, was born in Norfolk County, Ontario, in the year 1836. He lived with his parents until he arrived at the age of fifteen years, when he shipped with Capt. Foster, and remained with him for seven years, being promoted from year to year until he became master of the vessel he first sailed on. Mr. Newkirk followed the lake for sixteen years, during which time he became owner of a small vessel, and was in a fair way of prospering. But in October of 1867, all his bright prospects were blasted by the loss of his vessel; but having a good deal of w^ill power, as well as natural ability, he resolved not to give up, but to try his fortune in another field. Accordingly, in the Spring of 18G8, he moved to Bay City, where everything he touched seemed to turn to money for a few years, until he had got together |16,000 or $17,000 worth of vessel and barge property, when he was again overtaken by adverse winds, which stripped him of every dollar's worth of property and left him in debt. After this last mentioned disaster, Mr. Newkirk embarked in the newspaper business and became the publisher and proprietor of the Michigan Odd J^ellouu which paper he conducted successfully for three years, since which time he has been engaged in the life insurance work, in which he has proved himself a success. During the past ten years JVIr. Newkirk has been an active worker in the temperance cause, and no doubt but he has been instrumental in reclaiming thousands from the slippery walks of intemperance. His work in this direction was purely philanthropic. He took no pay for his business, and no man worked harder to lift up fallen humanity than he. Mr. Newkirk is now forty-eight years old, well preserved, and bids fair to live to good old age.

L. F. EosE was born in Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y., November 7, 1835. He moved with his parents to Pinckney, . Livingston Co., Mich., remamed there until 1869, then came to Bay City and engaged in money loaning and real estate business. He has been a successful business man, and accumulated wealth since coming to the city. He owns considerable real estate and is considered one of the staunch business men of the city. He has a nice residence on the corner of Fifth and Washington Avenue. His office is adjoining his residence. He was married November 18, 1873, to Mary E. Trombley, daughter of Mr. M. Trombley, South Bay City, one of the early pioneers of Bay County.

Capt. Peter Teller was born in Oneida Co., N. Y., April 2, 1826, and remained there twenty- two years. He then went to Toledo, Ohio, where he remained three years, engaged in the machinist business. From there he went to New Orleans and remained in that vicinity a short time, engaged in putting up cotton gins. He then returned to Oneida Co., N. Y., and remained three years. During that time he was contractor on the Seneca and Cayuga Canal. Completing his contract, he went to Buffalo and remained a short time, then went to Chicago, 111., 'where he remained three years. He then came to Bay City and engaged in the tug and dredge business, which he still continues. In the Spring of 1883 he purchased the large three- story hotel known as the "Auscomb House," on the corner of Third and Washington Streets, which he has fitted up with all the modern improvements, making it in every respect a first-class hotel. He also keeps the finest hotel stable in the city. He has an extensive acquaintance and is much respected. He was married February 25, 1869, to Miss Marian Hensel, of Bay City.

Bid well Chapman was born in Pelham, Ont., in 1837; came to Bay City in 1861 and engaged in lumbering for Luther Westover, in company with his brother, George Chapman. For some years past they have been very extensively known in the lumber trade. They remained together up to the time of Bidwell Chapman's death. Having been in poor health for some time, he went South in 1881, hoping the change of climate might improve his health, but on November 14, 1881, he died at Nasliville, Tenn. Mr. Chapman had many friends. As a business man he was prompt. and upright in aU his dealings. He was married in 1876, to Miss Blanche Featherly, of Bay City. He left two children, both girls.

Capt. Leandee DeLand was bom in Ann Arbor, Mich., May 6, 1847. In 1848, with his parents, he moved to Fhishing, Genesee County, and was there until 1861, when he moved to East Saginaw, remaining there one year. He then returned to Fhishing, was there until 1864, then returned to East Saginaw, and sailed the tugs running in the river. On June 21, 1880, he was appointed by Avery & Co. to take charge of the lower half of the river and bay, looking after their logs and tugs. June 9, 1881, while changing tugs the hne parted and struck his legs, breaking them both in two places. He was thrown thirty feet in the air and 100 feet from where he stood, falhng on his head, smashing in his skuh and losing one eye. He has recovered, and is at his old business sailing as captain. He came to Bay City in 1881. He was married November 12, 1874, to Miss Juha A. Blackmore, of East Saginaw, and has two children. He resides at No. 206 Bowery Street.

Feeeman Chute was born near Port Burwell, Ontario, Canada, September 26, 1841. In 1846 his parents moved to Vienna, Ontario, where he hved with them until the Fall of 1860, when he adopted the hfe of a sailor on the lakes. Employed on saihng vessels in the iron ore trade from Lake Superior and the grain trade from Lake Michigan to lower lake ports, he steadily rose from cook to positions of trust. He first came to Bay City in the Winter of 1862-'6B, and made this his home Winters, sailing on the lakes during the Summer. In 1870 he commenced steamboating on the Saginaw Kiver and Bay, following that vocation until July 1, 1877, when he accepted an appointment as keeper of the United States Life Saving Station at Ottawa Point, (Tawas Point), Lake Huron. He served with credit in that position until August 15, 1880, at which time he was obliged to resign his commission on account of failing health, brought on by anxious watchfulness and care for the safety of those exposed to danger in stormy weather on the coast over which he had charge. During the time he was in the service he alone saved from imminent peril the lives of seven persons, and with his crew the lives of twelve others, and assisted in saving a great deal of property by assisting stranded vessels of! the beach. His most memorable rescue was of the crew of the wrecked schooner "Chris. Glover," of Lorain, Ohio, at Au Sable, on the morning of the 17th of April, 1880. After every effort on the part of citizens, fishermen and sailors in the harbor to rescue them by boats, and when one hfe, that of John W. Glennie, had been sacrificed by the bursting of a cannon in trying to shoot a line over the wreck, a messenger was sent to Tawas for the life-boat. News of the wreck reached Capt. Chute at 4 p. m. on the 16th, and at 4: 15 p. m. he, with his crew of six brave men, were on the way with the life-boat to the rescue, hauling the boat overland with team fourteen miles in the face of a driving northeast snow storm, through deep snow and sand along the beach, and through the woods half the distance. Arriving abreast of the wreck at 12:30 a. m., wet, cold, and fatigued, but nothing daunted, he immediately prepared for the rescue, and at 12:45 A. M. launched the life boat against a formidable sea, amid darkness that obscured the wreck from the shore, and with skillful management and the heroic efforts of his crew reached the wreck, and securing the nearly perished crew of seven persons, some being helpless and speechless from the exposure, and with the sea breaking over them (which made the rescue more difficult), he headed the life-boat for the shore, arriving there at 1 o'clock with his load of living freight, being only fifteen minutes in making one of the most daring and heroic rescues ever made on the lakes with a surfboat. After resigning his position in the life saving service, he engaged in saihng again as master and pilot of steam tugs on the Saginaw Kiver and Bay, in which capacity he is still engaged, serving with credit to himself and profit to his employers.

came to this country in 1874, locating first in Detroit, Mich., but afterwards getting an ai3pointment from the Detroit & Bay City Eailroad Company, he came to Bay City, and remained in their em23loy in the capacity of shipx^ing clerk until 1881, when in August of that year he purchased the printing house of Charles C. Gustin, since which time, under Mr. Booth's personal management, the business has developed in a wonderful degree, bidding fair ultimately to estabhsh itself as the center of the printing and bookbinding trades within a radius of seventy-five miles. He has added materially to his facilities by the acquisition of first class labor-saving machinery, ran by steam power, the purchase of everything new and useful in types, etc., and a general disposition to keep up with the requirements of his rapidly increasing business, his latest venture at this date being the establishment of a stereotype foundry in connection with his general business, thus sup]3lying a want long felt by the craft, and one that bids fair under his energetic management to become a great source of revenue. Also in connection with his general job printing and bookbinding business, he is making a specialty of chromo cards and novelties for advertising purposes, no other house in the state carrying so large a stock or great a variety. His business already extends to almost every part of the state, and in the near future the prospects are that it will extend even beyond its hmits, the class of work executed by him being of a superior character, and his facilities for doing the same enabhng him to compete with anyintha land. We feel at liberty to express an opinion that the inhabitants of Bay City and County do not at this writing' reahze the importance of the business being estabhshed by 0. W. Booth.

L. A. L. Gilbeet was born in Oberlin, Ohio, in 1841, and soon thereafter came to Michigan with his parents. In 1861 he located in East Saginaw, where he remained until 1871, when he came to Bay City and has since been a resident of the place. He has had the management of the Singer Manufacturing Company's business for northern Michigan during this time, and in that capacity has been eminently successful. He was married in 1863, to Miss Mehssa Sine, of East Saginaw, and has one child, a daughter.

Henry W. Simms was born in Jordan, N. Y., December 17, 1852, where he remained until 1861. His father was killed in the late war. Mr. Simms enlisted as a drummer boy in Company F, New York Heavy Artillery, and was wounded in both legs at the battle of Cold Harbor, Va. He was mustered out of service at Syracuse, N. Y. In 1871 he came to Bay City, where he has remained ever since, holding different positions of trust. Me was for some time clerk in C. & A. S. Munger's store. He has also for several years had the care of some of the business blocks on Center Avenue, among which are the Westover Opera Block and the First National Bank. He is at present agent for the Jackson Fire Clay Company. Mr. Simms has many warm friends and has been successful as a business man.

The firm of See Bros. & Co., furniture dealers, consists of John A. and James A. See, and John W. Heisner. The See brothers are the active business men of the firm. They are natives of Lancaster, Ontario, Canada, and came to Bay City in 1870. In September, 1882, they began busmess under the above firm name, in the Watson Block, on Water Street, but soon findiug the place too small for their large and rapidly increasing business, they removed to the new Shearer Bros. Block on Center Street. Their new establishment comprises four floors and basement, and is provided with elevator and all modern improvements and appliances of a first class furniture store. Their first floor is 20x100 feet and the other three floors each 40x100 feet. They carry a large and complete stock of goods. A view of the block appears in this work.

time attending school and working on the farm. He then came to Bay City and opened a jDrodnce store, and continued in that business up to 1876, when he engaged with the Michigan Central Kailroad Company, and remained in their employ up to 1880. He was then elected justice of the peace at Bay City, which office he still holds and has filled with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the people of Bay City. He was married October 18, 1882, to Miss Eosa Oghe, the only child of Mr. Leonard Oghe, a prominent real estate man of Bay City.

James J. Miller was born in the parish of Caithness, Scotland, November 28, 1825. At the age of ten years he moved with his parents to Pickering, Canada, and was there four years attending school; then moved to the town of Whitby, and was there up to 1850. While there he attended school, and worked on his father's farm. He then went to Cahfornia, and was there four years, two years working in the mines, and two years engaged in business in San Francisco. Then lie returned to Canada, and engaged in the lumber and mercantile business up to 1862. He came to Bay City and engaged in the lumber trade. He also superintended the building of forty-one miles of the state road from Bay City to the Straits of Mackinaw. He excavated and graded the grounds for the old High School, which is now called the Third Ward School. He excavated for the first gas receiver of Bay City. He was alderman of the Fifth Ward one term. He owns forty acres within the city hmits, and controls 3,000 acres of land. Was married December 8, 1860, to Miss Margaret Ann Adams, a native of Ireland, and has one son, who is employed with Ross, Bradley & Co., as book-keeper.

WiLLLoi W. CuRREY, a son of Charles I). Currey, of Unionville, Mich., was born in the village of Drumbo, Ont.irio, on the 7th of May, 1857. He removed with his parents to Almont, Mich., in 1859, where he remamed for five years; thence to Pontiac, Oakland Co., where he remained three years, and soon after removed to UnionviHe, Tuscola Co. At the age of eighteen he left home, and began business for himself, learning the masons' trade, which business he continued for four years. He then came to Bay City, and engaged with the Domestic Sewing Machine Company, where he remained for two years, after which he engaged with Van Syckle, the music dealer, which business he followed one year. He then engaged with the Singer Sewdng Machine Company, and remained with them for one year. Hi then engaged with his uncle, C. M. Currey, and once more began as a salesman for the Domestic Sewing Machine Company. He was married December 15, 1881, to Miss Hattie Niblack, of Tecumseh, Mich. His present residence is 510 Saginaw Street, Bay City, Mich.

William B. G. Moore, of the firm of B. Moore & Son, was born in Prince Edward Island, July 29, 1853, and remained there until he was twenty-one years old. During that time he attended school, was five years clerk in a general store, and learned the carpenters' trade with his father. In the Fall of 1873 he came with his parents to Bay City, and entered into copartnership with his father, under the firm name of B. Moore & Son, as contractors and bailders, in which business he still continues with success. They have built some of the finest buildings in the city. He w^as married November 14, 1877, to Miss Catharine E. Jarmin, daughter of the late George Jarmin, of Napanee, Canada. Has two sons.

EicHARD Kealy was born in London, Canada', May 10, 1845, and remained there until he was about twenty-one years old. During that time he attended school and learned the boot and shoe trade. In 1865 he came to Bay City, and was employed with George Van Etten one year making and culhng staves. In the Fall of 1866 he engaged with J. W. Featherley, as head stave culler, and remained in his employ ten years. Since then he has been

W. H. Culver was born in Norfolk County, Canada, and came with his parents to Bay City in 1867. He attended the High School, and in 1871 was employed in the Exchange Bank of Bay City (now the Second National Bank) as collector, where he remained two years. In 1874 and 1875 he was a student at Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. About 1877 he was employed in the grocery store of Ed. O'Connor; then was salesman in the clothing store of Grow Bros., after which he was employed as bookkeeper in the machine shop of George Ford. He then spent four years on his father's farm. Eeturning to Bay City in the Spring of 1883, he entered the employ of the Northwestern Gas and Water Pipe Company. He was married December 31, 1878, to Miss Grace McDonald, of Bay City, and has one child.

Capt. Willoughby B. Millard was born in Oneida County, N. Y., April 1, 1824. In 1834 he moved with his parents to Marine City, then called Bell River.

In 1838 he shipped on board the schooner "Morning Star," laden with lumber for the fort at Maiden, Ontario. In 1839 he shipped on board the "General Warren," bound for Sault St. Mary, but on the return trip was shipwrecked when off Presque Isle. In 1840 he shipped aboard the schooner "Loraine," under Capt, Poole, bound for Saginaw City. Arriving here they loaded with shingles for Detroit. There being no tug in the river in those days, they w^ere obhged to work their way to the bay, which took them one week. In 1842 he shipped aboard the schooner "Grace Amelia" as master; in 1844 on the "Major Oliver." In 1856 he sailed the first steam-barge that entered the Saginaw River. In 1876 he came to West Bay City, where he still resides. He was married December 30, 1846, to Maigiana Smith.

Capt. Richard ArxAistrong was born in Canada, in 1839, and moved to St. Clair, Mich., in 1850. He engaged in sailing on the lakes in 1855, and on salt water in 1857. Visited Japan and China on the United States frigate "Powhattan," with old Com. Tatnal. He was in California and Peru in 1859. Was twice around Cape Horn, and, fourteen times across the Atlantic, visiting England, France, Italy, and other places. He returned to the lakes in 1862, and enhsted in the One Hundred and Third Ohio Regiment, which command helped to stop Kirby Smith from burning Cincinnati, by stopping him at Covington Heights, and also drove the rebel legislature from the capitol of Kentucky. After being honorably discharged from the United States army, he returned to the lakes, where he has been master and owner of lake vessels since 1870. In 1881 he got up the first fire tug ever on the lakes. Is now manager and owner of the Saginaw River fire boats. Mr. Armstrong was married in 1865 to Harriet E. Scott, of St. Clair, Mich., and has three children, named William N., Cholula, and Paul, who are now attending the Bay City High School.

John W. Featherly w^as born on October 30, 1820, in Wayne County, N. Y. At eleven years of age he removed with his parents to Plymouth, Mich., where he engaged in farming. In 1840 he began railroading, w^hich he continued for about fourteen years. In 1854 he removed to Bryan, Ohio, and estabhshed himself in the hardware business, which he carried on five years, when he sold out and purchased a boot and shoe store and stock in the same place. He afterwards engaged in the produce business, and in 1863 came to East Saginaw. The year following he came to Bay City, and established a grocery, wdiich he run for one year. He then sold out and commenced lumbering, which he is now engaged in. Mr. Featherly has been very successful in his business ventures, and has accumulated considerable property. He has his farm in Hampton Towaiship, and a handsome town residence on the corner

Philip S. Hamilton was born in Eichmond, Ontario, November 25, 1846, where he remained luitil he was eighteen years of age, during which time he attended school and worked on his father's farm. In 1864 he went to Ottawa - the capital of the dominion - and joined the police force. The following March he was appointed chief detective, acting in that capacity up to 1876, when he resigned. He then came to Bay City and engaged in lumbering one year, since which time he has devoted his attention to hotel business, being at present the proprietor of the Moulton House, located on the corner of Fourth k Saginaw Streets, Bay City, where he is having a liberal pati'onage. Mr. Hamilton is a genial, accommodating landlord, and merits success. He was married to his present wife. Miss Emma J. Reid, February 8, 1883. She is a native of Ontario, Canada.

T. G. Metcalf. - The well known confectioner, corner of Third and Water Streets, who having passed through the war with an honorable record, and carrying marks of the strife which would unlit almost any man from active business life, yet Mr. Metcalf came in the Fall of 1867 with all that was left him of physical manhood, but with a courageous spirit and a helpmeet worthy of him, settled in the niidst of the wilds of Iosco County, being with his father and his brother-in-law the first settlers there. Has since removed to Bay City, and engaged in trade, where he has succeeded by honorable and fair dealing in estabhshing an enviable record.

-James Gray was born June 9, 1850, at Toronto, Ont. He is of Scotch parentage, and came to Michigan with his parents in 1855. They settled in the Grand Traverse region. He learned the printing trade with the late Hon. Morgan Bates, in the Grand Traverse IleralJ office. He came to Bay City in 1871, and was at first in the employ of Culbert, Warren k Kroencke. He set up and printed tbe first copy of the Zirmberrncuis Gazette, also How's "History of Bay City." He was for a short time pubhsher of the Bay City Observer. For nearly two years, and until the early part of 1883, was associated with George F. Lewis as pubhsher of the Daily Morning Call, having acted as business manager and local editor. He has been in the job printing business since 1875. Is married.

JosiAH Hoover was born in Jefferson County, N. Y., December 21, 1838, and remained there until he was nineteen years old. After leaving school he worked in a saw miU until 1857, then went to Flint, Mich., and remained there one year with his father, lumbering. He then returned to Carthage, New York State, and run a gang saw mill until 1861. He then enlisted in the Thirty- fifth New York Infantry; was in the service two years; returned home in 1863; re-enlisted in the Fourteenth New York Artillery Company G, as sergeant, and remained until the close of the war; was in thirty pitched battles. He received three wounds during the war, and was ten weeks in the hospital; was discharged at Eochester, N. Y. He then returned to Carthage, New York State, and engaged in the saw mill business up to 1866, when he came to Bay City and now follows the lumber business. He resides on Third Street, between Sherman and Farragut Streets, No. 1107.

Frederick C. Haering, of the firm of F. C. Haering k Son, was born in Weimar, Germany, September 29, 1825, and remained there until he was thirty years old. At the age of fourteen years he learned the tailor trade. In 1848 he engaged in business for himself and carried on that business up to 1855. He then moved to Detroit, Mich.; there worked at his trade up to 1861, when he moved to East Saginaw and engaged in the merchant tailoring business until 1871. He then moved to Bay City and opened a merchant tailoring store, and has carried on the business ever since. In 1881, in company with his eldest son, Kichard Haering, he purchased of C. k A. S. Munger the building and ground on Saginaw Street, between Fourth and Fifth Streets, and fitted it up for their business. The firm is F. C. Haering & Son. F. C. Haering was married November 15, 1851, to Ida Apal, of Germany. He has five children. His place of business is No. 910 Saginaw Street.

Joseph D. Huckins was born in New Hampshire, August 4, 1829, remaining there twenty-two years. He then moved to the state of Ohio, remaining there three years, and engaged in the railroad business. In 1854 he came to Bay City and engaged in the lumber business. He purchased a farm in the town of Bangor, then called Hampton, where he removed with his family. In 1878 he sold out to H. W. Sage & Co. He is at present engaged in lumbering, at Beaver Lake Station, on the Michigan Centi'al Eailroad, and has two mills and a lumber yard. He was married in 1856 to Cordelia Pierce, of Bay City, and has three children.

Chauncey L. Watrous was born in Ashtabula, Ohio, June 10, 1847, and remained there until he was sixteen. He then attended school at Ann Arbor one year. Then he moved to Meadville, Pa., engaged as clerk in a hardware store. In 1869 he came to Bay City, and in company with his brother, A. W., engaged in the manufacture of salt and staves one year. He then disposed of his property to John McGraw and purchased the interest of Southworth k Co., in the mill operated by Watrous, Southworth k Co., which they operated until 1875, when they sold out and built a planing mill at the Twenty-third Street Bridge, which was afterwards burned down. Since that time he has been engaged in the lumbering business. In 1870 he was elected recorder of the village of Portsmouth, and served in that capacity until it was annexed to Bay City, when he was elected alderman, which office he held for four years. He was married in 1870 to Minnie Wright, of Bay City.

Orville a. Watrous was born in Pennsylvania, January 20, 1835. Shortly after he moved with his parents to York State, where he remained until 1865, when he came to Bay City and engaged in the manufacture of shingles with his brother James M. Watrous, they purchasing an interest in the mill there owned by Watrous, Southworth & Co., which they operated for four years. In 1871 they purchased an interest in the Marston Mill, on the Middle Ground. In 1878, James transferred his interest to H. N. Watrous, 0. A. Watrous and H. N. Watrous purchasing of Mr. Marston his interest, and becoming the sole proprietors, which they continued until 1881, when the mill was destroyed by fire. They are at present dealing in pine lands and manufacturing shingles. Mr. 0. A. Watrous was married to Anna J. Starkweather, of Bennington, N. Y., and has two children.

John Buckley is a native of Onondaga County, N. Y. At twenty-one years of age he went to Tennessee and assumed the foremanship of a grist mill. When the war broke out he had his choice of joining the rebel army or leaving the country, and it took him about two seconds to decide upon the latter. He returned to York State and in 1862 came to the Saginaw Valley. Locating in East Saginaw he engaged in building salt blocks and was foreman of tiie first salt block built in that city. At the close of the year he removed to Watkins, N. Y., where he put down a salt well, and afterwards sunk two mineral wells at Barrington, Yates County, in the same state. After some time spent in his native state, he again returned to Saginaw, and in 1877, in company with Samuel Clay, opened as managers the "Saginaw Valley Theatrical Circuit," including the cities of Bay City, East Saginaw, Port Huron and Flint. Mr. Buckley was married

E. S. Fitch was horn in Chippewa, Canada, December 26, 1851. At nineteen years of age he entered a store as clerk, and in 1870 moved to Elmira, N. Y., where he entered a hat, cap and fur store. In 1876 he established himself in business in the manufacture of a salt fertihzer, in Bay City. He is also station agent of the Eleventh Street F.,& P. M. Depot, and holds several agencies. He was married November 5, 1873, to Miss Frances C. Gibson, of Elmira, N. Y., and has one son.

Dk. Fred D. Hiesordt was born in Bay City in 1858; was graduated at the high school of Bay City in 1876; attended the university at Ann Arbor two years; then attended the Detroit Medical College, where he was graduated. He then returned to Bay City and commenced the practice of medicine. He is a fine young man and we predict for him a prosperous future. He is the son of P. S. Hiesordt, who taught the first graded school in Bay City. Dr. Hiesordt's office is in the Bank Block, where he can be found at his regular hours. He resides with his parents at 910 Monroe Street.

George K. Wentworth, of the firm of J. &. G. K. Wentworth, was born in the state of Maine, October 28, 1842. He enhsted in the army July 25, 1862, and served three years. He then leturned to Maine and remained until October 28, 1865, when he went to Tuscola County, Mich., and worked in the lumber woods one year. Then in company with his brother, S. E. Wentworth, and Ordway, he engaged in lumbering operations for one year. His brother then bought Ordway's interest, and the brothers continued the business for two years, after which it was carried on one year by George K. Wentworth alone, he having purchased his brother's interest. In 1869 the present firm was organized, J. Wentworth buying a half interest. George K. Wentworth was married June 10, 1878, to Miss Maggie Hamilton, of Sanilac County, Mich., and has two children. Eesidence 1409 Tenth Street.

Ealph Thompson was born in Simcoe, Canada, March 16, 1842. At the age of eighteen he went to Indianapohs, Ind., and was there employed for three years as clerk in a dry goods store. Then he returned to Canada for a short time, and went thence to Milwaukee, where he was employed two years as a clerk. He was then engaged as clerk in a dry goods house in Detroit; then in Memphis, Tenn., two years in the same business. Being obhged to leave Memphis on account of the cholera, in 1868, he came to Bay City and opened a dry goods store. After several years he sold out his business and removed to Detroit, where he remained six years and then returned to Bay City, where he has since resided. He is at present commercial traveler for Maltby, Page & Co., of Bay City.

Dr. Aaron A. Pratt was born in New York City, September 10, 1847. In 1848 his parents moved to Chicago, 111., where he remained until 1860. During his early years he attended school and clerked in his father's drug store, (his father and grandfather were both physicians with extensive practice). He early attained proficiency in the drug business. He then began the study of medicine and attended medical college. He was three years in Wisconsin studying with different physicians of the best medical practice. Has si^ce then studied with four, and at the same time practiced medicine. In 1875 he came to Bay City and located on Twelfth Street, near Washington. He has a dispensary and puts up his own prescriptions. He has a large practice, and also manufactures a large quantity of the best proved medicines^ in the form of pills and hquids. His manner is pleasant and affable and he has made many friends. Eesidence at his dispensary, corner Fitzhugh and Twelfth Streets.

Ontario Co., Canada. Came to Bay City with his parents in the Fall of 1865. Attended the pubhc schools regularly until he was fourteen years old, when he went into the employ of Whitney & Hallock as clerk and bundle boy in their boot and shoe store in Union Block, and remained with them about three years. In 1873 he went to work for Monroe Bros, as tally-man in the lumber trade, continuing in their employ nearly eight years. He is now shipping lumber from Oscoda during the season, making his home in Bay City during the Winter. He married in Woodstock, Champaign Co., 0., June 29, 1880, and brought his wife to Oscoda, where he was then in business. In less than a year her health began to fail, and after a long and painful illness, she died of consumption, March 7, 1883, at Munson, 0. She was born in Bay City, March 7, 1862.

Dr. H. B. Hulbert was born in Denmark, N. Y., December 8, 1842. At the age of fourteen he commenced the study of dentistry with Dr. S. M. Eobinson, of Watertown, N. Y., and remained with him for nearly nine years. In 1864 he enlisted in the Tenth New York Heavy Artillery, Company E, and served until the close of the war.

In 1868, after having successfully practiced his profession for four years in Union Mills, Pa., and Grand Eapids, Mich., he permanently located in Bay City.

Dr. Hulbert's success in his profession has won for him an enviable reputation in the city and surrounding country and placed him among the first dentists of the state. In 1872 he bought a house and lot on Monroe Street, and two years later built a residence on Lincoln Avenue between Fifth and Center Streets, where he now resides.

The Doctor was married September 80, 1869, to Miss Hattie A. Van CamiDcn, of Belmont,N.Y., who died September 2, 1881, leaving him with two children. He was mariied again February 18, 1888, to Miss Lizzie Lloyd, of Bay City, Mich.

William H. Fitzhugh was born in Baltimore, Md., June 28, 1854. In 1860 he came with his parents to Bay City. Here he attended school until 1872. He then learned the machinist's trade with G. W. Ford, of Bay City, which business he has followed to the present time with good success. He is at present engaged with the Standard Machine Co., on the corner of Water and Twentysixth Street. He is the son of II. M. Fitzhugh, who was one of the original stockholders of the Northwestern Gas & Water Pipe Co., and the first president of the Saginaw Salt Association. W. H. Fitzhugh was married July 8, 1878, to Miss M. E. Carr, of Virginia.

Capt. John H. Anderson was born at Port Dover, Canada, September 12, 1845. In 1866 he engaged in sailing for a number of years, and during his career as a sailor he visited South America.' In 1879 he commanded the steam ship "Campana," laden with mules, sheep and corn, bound for Cape Town, Africa, for the Zulu war. It was a perilous trip on account of the heavy winds. Being short of fuel they were obhged to burn 100 mules and 800 bushels of corn. Arriving at Cape Town they discharged the cargo and returned to America, arriving at New York in 1880. Mr. Anderson then came to Bay City. He is at present engaged in the insurance business. He was married December 8, 1881, % Miss Imogene Eamsdell, daughter of the late James Eamsdell, of Bay City, and has one child. Eesidence, Jackson Street between Third and Fourth Streets.

John Kilduff was born in the County of Sligo, Ireland, June 24, 1812. In 1837 he came to America and settled in the state of Maine. He afterwards hved one year in Boston, five years in Lockport, N. Y., in Pennsylvania two years, then returned to Lockport two years, and then in Saint Catharines, Canada, where he was en- gaged in the eonstriiction of stone roads. He came to Bay City in 1862, and has been street commissioner thirteen years. Mr. Kildiil! is now seventy-one years of age, and is still in his vigor.

E. E. BuKRouGHs was horn in Livingston Co., N. Y., where he was engaged in farming. In May, 1883, he came to Bay City and purchased the livery stable of W. H. Peck, situated at the corner Saginaw and Fifth Streets. The stable is fitted with all the modern improvements, and stocked with from twelve to fifteen fine horses. The stable is one of the best in the city, recently built, and has a very fine office attached for the accommodation of his patrons.

Germond F. Bennett has been for upwards of ten years past one of the most active men connected with the lumbering interests of Bay County. He was born February 25, 1842, at Dryden, Tompkins Co., N. Y., and came to Bay City, Mich., in the Spring of 1872. Since that time he has been in the employ of McGraw & Co. as general foreman, and still retains that position. Mr. Bennett is emphatically a representative lumberman. The responsible position which he holds with one of the most extensive lumbering firms in the valley, requires large experience and good executive ability; all of which Mr. Bennett possesses.

Frank Lafevre was born near Montreal, Canada, July 18, 1881. He remained there until he was thirty-two years old. In 1868 he went to Titusville, Pa., and engaged in the oil business. Was there until 1865, when he came to Bay City, and was employed by Sage & McGraw as engineer, in the mill now owned by H. W. Sage & Co., West Bay City. He remained with them six years. He then engaged in the hotel business at the Saginaw House, on Saginaw Street, between First and Second. There he remained four years and then rented the Portland House on the corner of First and Washington Streets, where he remained seven years, doing a large business. In 1881 he built a large three- story brick hotel on Washington Street near the D. & B. C. R. R. depot. It is a good house in every respect, having all the modern improvements. Mr. L. is a good landlord and well known. He is an enterprising man, and has materially helped to build up the city. He was married January 6, 1868, to Miss Josephine Bartlett, of Canada, and has four children.

Ephraim Riker was born in the state of New Jersey, Essex County, April 2, 1815. At an early age he went to New York City, and obtained a situation in a grocery store. At sixteen years of age he commenced learning the trade of a mason, and worked at that business until 1849. Went tlien in the oyster trade. In 1850 he removed to Sandusky, Ohio, and commenced business as a grocer. In 1859 he removed to Toledo, and engaged in the same pursuit. In 1865 he came to the Saginaw Valley, and located at Saginaw. Here he also carried on the grocery and fish business. He then moved his stock of goods to Au Sable, remained there one year, then came to Bay City, where he sold out his grocery stock, and continued in the fish business. Mr. Riker has accumulated considerable wealtli since his advent into Michigan. He was the original owner of Point Lookout, a noted Summer resort, and has considerable property at present. In 1884 he was married to Sally Ann Miller, of New York, who died in 1864, leaving seven children. Mr. Riker resides in South Bay City.

Daniel R. Currey was born in New Brunswick, December 25, 1888, and at the age of eighteen months removed with his parents to Youngstown, N. Y. He removed again with his parents to Paris, Canada, at the age of twelve, and at the age of eighteen began business for himself as news agent on the Great Western railroad, running from Niagara Falls to Detroit. He came to Michigan in 1859, and engaged in the harness business at Almont, in Lapeer Co. From there he went to Rochester, Oakland Co., where he remained three years, after which he came to Bay City, and started the first harness shop here. He did a very successful business for two years, and after selling out to Thomas Luxton, removed to Pontiac, and engaged in the wholesale grocery and liquor trade. He continued there for a couple of years, and returned again to Bay City, and soon after entered upon the business of a journalist, which he continued for eight years. He then sold out, and for a couple of years was a commercial traveler, and is now a special traveling agent for the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company for Michigan. He was married Jaijuary 15, 1868, to Miss Mary E. Jones, of Rochester, Mich., and has two daughters, named May and Grace, the former being sixteen and the latter twelve. His residence is 914 Sixth Street, Bay City, Mich.

Charles E. Rosenbury was born in Petersburg, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., Sei3tember 18,1848. In 1855 he moved to Rhode Island. He then came West to Illinois; remained there until 1877, when he came to Bay City, and engaged in tiie furniture business, which he still continues. His store is situated on Third Street, between Saginaw and Washington Streets. He keeps a first-class stock always on hand, and does a thriving business.

Bernhard Tepoorten is a native of Germany; born March 19, 1824. At an early age he came to America, and settled in Chicago, 111., remaining there two years. He then moved to Wyandotte, Mich., remaining there eight years. He then moved to Lenawee Junction, about four miles from Adrian, and remained there until 1869, when he moved to Bay City, and erected a hotel on the corner of Washington and Eleventh Streets, and named it the Wyandotte House, which he still continues. Mr. Tepoorten has been very successful since coming to Bay City, and has accumulated considerable property. He was married in 1857, in Wayne County, Mich., and has eleven children.

Henry N. Watrous was born in Pennsylvania, July 8, 1887, remaining there twelve years. He moved with his parents to Broome County, N. Y., where he remained until 1862, when he came to South Bay City, then called Portsmouth, and engaged in the manufacture of shingles. In 1864 he moved to Oil City, Pa., and engaged in the oil trade. In 1868 he moved to Broome County, N. Y., purchased the old homestead, and engaged in f aiming, remaining there until 1876, when he returned to South Bay City, and engaged in lumbering. In 1878 he purchased his brother's (James) interest in the mill, and in company with his brother, Orville A., continued the business until 1881, when the mill was destroyed by fire. He is at present engaged in dealing in pine lands and manufacturing shingles. He was married March 18, 1868, to Bettie Redfield, of Conklin, N. Y., and has three ©hildren. Residence 922 Harrison Street.

Hamilton C. Myers was born in Detroit, Mich., November 26, 1845, and remained there twelve years. Then, with his parents he moved to Port Huron ; then to Lexington. In 1861 he moved to St. Clair; enlisted in the United States Navy, remaining there one year, when he received his discharge. He then enlisted in the Eleventh Michigan Cavalry; was Gen. Stoneman's dispatcher. The company consolidated at Pulaski, Tenn., and returned as the Eighth Michigan Company. During twf) years and three months' services Mr. Myers was in thirty-six engagements. He received his discharge at Jackson, Mich., returned home, and commenced the study of law. In 1867 he visited the Western States for the benefit of his health. He then returned home and engaged in the law business, but was obliged to retire on account of his health. After traveling through the Southern States, he retained home, and engaged in sailing for one year. In 1882 he sailed the "Messenger" from Cheboygan to Georgian Bay, and is at present engaged with Murphy & Dorr, as millwright. He was married February 2, 1870, to Maggie Wilder, of Cleveland, Ohio.

In 1850 lie moved to Detroit, and learned the carpenter and joiners' trade. At the expiration of liis apprenticeship he accepted a position from his brother James as foreman. In 185G he went South, and was engaged m different car-shops as master mechanic. In 1860 he returned to Detroit, and entered into a co-partnership with his brother James, remaining here until the war broke out. He enlisted as private in the Second Michigan Infantry, and was promoted to lieutenant; while at Yorktown was discharged, and returned to Detroit. In 1865 he came to Bay City, and took the contract of putting in the machinery in D. G. Arnold's sash and blind factory, after which he engaged with his brother James in the mill.

In 1878 he entered into a co-partnership with H. Watkins in the carpenter and joiners' business, which they still continue. He was married June 30, 1866, to Mary E. Larned, of Ohio, and has three children.

Samuel J. Tripp was born in Essex, Conn., January 31, 1825. He learned the trade of a ship's carpenter, and in 1856 moved to South Bay City, where he commenced work at his trade. He built the schooner "Essex," and brig "Bay City." In 1860 he went South to Mobile, Ala., where he remained until the war broke out. He returned to Connecticut, and afterward came to East Saginaw, and engaged in shipbuilding. He built the barge "Newsboy,'' steamer "Eeindeer," bark "Wenona," steamers "Evening Star" and "Hubbell," and a number of others. In 1873 he bought an interest in the old steamer "Western World," dry dock, and built the barge "E. J. Judd." Mr. Tripp is still in the ship-building business.

Hugh A. Eraser was born in Glengarry County, Canada, October 13, 1846, and remained there seventeen years. After his schooldays he engaged in farming with his father. He then moved to Wisconsin, and remained there until 1869. He then moved to East Saginaw. In 1873 he came to Bay City, engaged as saw-filer for S. McLean & Son; remained there until 1875, when he engaged in the carriage business for himself, which he continued until 1877, when his shop was destroyed by fire. He then returned to S. Mc- Lean & Son; remained there until 1881, when he] moved to Wausau. Wis., and engaged with Clark, Johnson & Co. until 1882. He then returned to Bay City. He is at present manager of the Healng Hand Medicine Company. He was married to Eva S. Kinney, of Bay County. Residence 1010 Broadway Street. Mrs. Eraser's father is one of the pioneers of Bay County, and is still living.

Frank Taylor, one of the old residents of Bay City, is a native of England, and emigrated to this country when a young man. He was in Ohio several years, and about 1857 settled in Portsmouth. He worked at ship-building and in the woods for several years. He built a frame house, on the corner of what is now Harrison and McGraw Streets. That burned and he built a large brick hotel, still standing. In 1882 he built the frame building in which he is now keeping hotel. He has a wdfe and five children.

Helon M. Stark was born in Orleans Co., N, Y. When a small boy, removed to Niagara County with his parents, and remained on the farm, near Lockport, until fourteen years of age. At that time they removed to Erie County, near Buffalo, and remained there until he was nineteen. They then returned to Lockport, or vicinity, where he lived until twenty-two years old, on a farm. He came to Michigan in 1840, and settled in Ionia Co., Mich. He remained there and in Clinton County until 1861, when he removed to Bay County, on a farm, where Messrs. L. L. Hotchkiss & Co's mill and salt works now stand. He remained there about fourteen years, and removed to Bay City, where he has remained ever since. His present residence is 1,009 Grant Street. He was married toEebekah Kilbourn, of Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., on February 2, 1841. They have now six sons and two daughters living. Mr. Stark was born in 1817, and is at present sixty-six years old. His father is still living, and is ninety years old, and lives at Saginaw City. H. F Stark, son of the above, is engaged in the tobacco and confectionery business on Waiter Street, opposite the Campbell House.

Pascal B. Charboneau was born in Sanilac Co., Mich., October 8, 1849, and lemained there until he was twenty-one years old. During that time he attended school and worked in the saw mills. In 1870 he went to Alpena and was there three years. While there he designed an oscillating top and bottom gate for gang saws, which has proved a success, and is in use. In 1877 he came to Bay City and engaged as saw filer for H. W. Sage & Co. ; was there one season. He then worked for J. M. Kouse three years as saw filer; was two seasons with William Peter, as saw filer. While there, in 1881, he invented the combination circular and gang saw swage, and built a full sized model. He built the patterns in the Winter of 1882. He is at present engaged in manufacturing his combined swage machine at the Standard Machine Company's works, on the corner of Water and Tw^enty- sixth Streets.