Brookline Town (part 5 of 6)

Dana Estes received his early education in the schools of Crorham, and commenced his business experience in IS.55, in Augusta. Maine, Ins lirst training being as clerk in a wholesale and retail general store. In 1S59 he came to Boston, engaged in the book business with Henry D. Degen <V Son. Two years later occurred the out break oi the Rebellion, and the VOUlip man enlisted iii the

Eourt h Battalion Rifles, which was the nucleus of the Thirteenth Regiment. He was in active service until disabled by being three times wounded in the second bat tie of Bull Run, August 31, 1S62, in which engagement Ins only brother. Albeit S. Estes, was killed

Alter recovery from his wounds he took a position temporarily with the bookselling house of William 11. Hill, Jr., where he remained until the re i urn from I he war of his former employer. Henry I ). Degen, with whom he formed a co-partnership under t he name of Degen, Estes & Company, and carried on a small publishing and bookselling business on Comhill. Mr. Estes sold out to his partner and took a position as salesman with bee & Shepard. remaining with them until he formed the partnership with Charles E. Lauriat.

After the death of Samuel Walker, the veteran subscription book publisher, Estes <& Lauriat purchased the publishing plant connected with that I msiness large buildings on Summer Street extension, extending nearly through to < 'ongress Street. These buildings, known as Estes Press Buildings, and fitted with every modern improvement and convenience for the purpose, accommodate some oi t he largest printing and bookbinding establishments

Mr. Estes' experience in an important litigation suit brought him prominently forward in organizing tin.' movement to give foreign authors their rights by an international copyright law, and he acted as chief organizer and secretary of the fnternational Copyright Association, of which ['resilient Eliot of Harvard University, .lames Russell Lowell, Francis Parkman, Alexander 11. Rice and Gen. Francis A. Walker were also executive officers. His connection with this and other literary matters has brought him into pleasant associations with many of the most prominent literary men of i his count ry and Europe.

Mr. Estes has devoted himself very largely to various matters of public and private interest outside of his publishing business, lie is a life member of the Bostonian Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Archaeological Institute, and Maine Historical Society; associate member of the Cecilia and Apollo (musical) clubs of Boston; and member oi the Exchange Club, and the Massachusetts Be form Club. An enthusiastic amateur yachtsman, he is a member of the Eastern Yacht Club. He was a charter member of the Pine Tree State Club of Boston, was its secretary LS87-91, \ ice-president , 1891-94, and president, 1894-96,

Mr. Estes has for several years been a traveller and explorer in foreign lands. In the year 1903 he made a journey of three thousand miles up the Nile to Equatorial Africa, visiting the Sudan and the Congo Country, and reaching Uganda; and returning with many interesting souvenirs of his unique journey. He was the first American to pa-.- through one part of the White Nile.

Mr. Estes was first married April 11. 1867, to Louisa S., daughter of Peter and Mary (Filgate) Reid, uf England. He was married second, November 10, 1884, to Grace D. (Coues) Page, daughter of Samuel E., and Charlotte Haven (Ladd) Coues, of Portsmouth, X. II. By the first marriage there are three children: Frederick Reid, Dana, Jr.. and Philip Sydney Estes.

.1. and Catherine Amnion Schweinfurl h of Auburn, \. Y., was Lorn in Auburn, X. Y., in 1863. Married in 1889 to Mary Prances Bellows, daughter of the late C. L. Bellows, Esq., of Boston, and has one son, Charles, now attending the Brookline

Mr. Schweinfurth studied architecture in Paris. Rome, Florence, London and New ^ ork, and was with Messrs. Peabody <V- Stearns some fifteen years.

In Boston he was architect of No-. 43 and .'104 Commonwealth avenue, NTs. 124 and 426 Beacon Street, the Lincoln Club ami oilier works. In Brookline the Pierce Grammar School, Pierce

Police Station, the residences of Frederick S. Coffin, C. D. 1 la miner. Joseph Homer and others; for Wellesley College .Wilder Hall. Cazenove Hall and Pomeroy Hall. Lor the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Hancock Monument. At Champaign, Ills., the Public Library, and other importanl works in various parts of the country. He has recently been chosen architect of the new Baptist church in Beacon Street, Brookline, near ( !<>olidge Corner.

Bin'gham, Georuk Parker, son of General Geo. B. Hinghani, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February 27, 1854; lie was educated al the public schools of his native city, anil finished his education at the preparatory academy in Milwaukee. \i the age of sixteen years, he entered the shoe business with his uncle, of the firm of Charles \Y. Parker iV Co.; he remained with this firm for se\ eral years. A part nership was formed in 1880, under the firm name of Cloutman & Bingham for the manufacturing of shoes, which continued until 1894, when Mr. Bingham retired. In 1896, he entered the banking business a1 No. '.-'_> State Street, Boston, when' he has been located since. He was married, November 18, 1878, to ( leorgianna Fosdick, of Boston, daughter of William Fosdick,

Mr. Bingham resides at No. 43 Carlon Street- General George B. Bingham, the father "1 the subjee-1 of this sketch, was born in Rochester, X. Y., April 29, 1821. He was for many years a prosperous builder in Milwaukee, and prominenl in the affairs of the city, and was known as a public spirited citizen, so much so, thai at the beginning of tin1 Rebellion, he was the first man to enlist from the State of Wisconsin; he enlisted as Captain, and was promoted to a General, having seen service from 1861 to the close of the war; he was in the engagement at the battle of "Bull Run," and accompanied General Sherman on the ".March through Georgia."

Nathaniel A. Francis. Francis, N \tii wir.i. A., the well known and highly respected lawyer, was born in Brookline in LS59, graduated from the Harvard haw School in 1881. He was married December 12, 1900, to Christiana 1 );i|e. lie w as a member of the board of assessors,

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Bowker. He was a pupil in the public schools oi Brookline, Mass., from 1 870; determining to study for the medical profession, he entered the Harvard I'niversity Medical School and was graduated M. I».. ISni. Hi- practiced in Brooldine and was made a member of the American Medical Association; of the Massachusetts Medical Legal Society and of the Norfolk District Medical Society. In 1898 he was made secretary of the second Pension Board oi I uited States Examining Surgeons and still held the office in 1006. He was a charter member of the Brookline lodge of Elks; associate Medical Examiner for the 8th Norfolk District from 1S98; a member of the Pine Tree State Club i 'I Boston; a member of the Brookline school committee from 1S08 and a member of the Brookline Republican Committee from IS99. Dr. Bowker was married December 3, 1895 to, Lucy \ daughter of William J.Griggs, and their children were: Philip Griggs, Winthrop Harold, Everett M.. Jr., and Eleanor.

William Henry Lincoln. Lincoln, William Henri . was born in Boston, Mass., June 13, 1835, sun of Henry and Charlotte A. (Lewis) Lincoln. When eighteen years of age lie became a clerk in the office el* his father who was a shipping merchant and owner of a line of el ip pel- -hip,-. In IS56 lie was admitted a partner in the management of a line of sailing packets between Boston and the ports of Mobile, New ( Irleans ami Galveston. The secession of the southern states destroyed this trade and the partnership was dissolved. He then formed a partnership with Frank N. Thayer in the ship chandlery I nisi - in- - "ii Lewis Wharf, Boston, and Thayer <S Lincoln established a line of sailing ships, some of which they built at Newburyport, Mass., and Kennebunk, Maine, and acquired others by purchase. The last ship they launched was the John Currier, which cosl $120,000 and was the last wooden ship to leave the stocks in any Massachusetts shipyard. In 1872, they secured the winter agency of the Dominion Line of Steamers to land ai Boston, their summer porl being Montreal. They also secured the American agency for the Leyland Lino of Steamships, between Liverpool and Boston, and subsequently Mr. Lincoln was made the resident director of the line. Mr. Lincoln served as secretary of the Voting Men's Christian Association, 1857-01. and as vice-president in I860. He served Brookline as a member "I the school committee for twenty-two vears.and he was chosen chairman of the board at sixteen annual elections. One "f the largest school Intilings in the town is named for him. the "Lincoln School." He was elected president of the Brookline Savings Bank, in ls77 and 1904. He was president of the Boston Commercial Club, 1SS3 S6: and president of the Chamber from 1900 to 1904; a member of the corporation of the Massachusetts institute of Technology, from 1895; a trustee of Welleslev College from 1S9S; director "I the Bostonian Soeiety. Mr. Lincoln was married, April 21, 1863. to Cecelia Frances, daughter of .lame- W. and Eliza F. Smith, of Boston They have four children.

During the period of the Civil War, Mr. Lincoln was a member of the Independent Corps of Cadets nl Boston, and saw service for a short period on guard duty at Fori Warren, Boston Harbor, lie was a member of St. Andrew's Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons.

Barrus, George Hai.e, expert and consulting engineer, Boston, Mass. ,w a- born in Goshen, Hampshire County, Mass., July 11, 1854; son of Hiram and Augusta (Stone) Barrus. George Hale Barrus as a boy took special interest in the use of wood working and other funis, preferring to spend his leisure time at work with these, rather than at play with other boys. As he was brought up in the country he was accustomed to manual labor about the house, barn and garden, assisting his parents who were dependent upon a small income : These boyhood hardships fortified a naturally healthy body and served to build up a self reliant character. He was educated in the public and high schools of Reading, Mass., and was gradual ed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, department of Mechanical Engineering, S. B., 1S74, and lie remained at the Institute as assistant in the designing and construction department of a Steam Engineering laboratory, the first of its kind in any polj-technic school in the United States. The laboratory was fitted with a 1"> horse power Corliss engine, a superheater, a surface condenser, indicators, tanks and other appliances as necessary for t he purpose of actual experiment, lie served as judge of power exhibits at the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association hairs repeatedly; as judge at the Franklin Institute Electrical Exhibition in Philadelphia, and as t he Massachuset ts judge, and on power exhibit- at the Columbian Exhibition at Chicago in 1S03.

His invention-' include a variety of forms of the steam calorimeter, a coal calorimeter, a draught gage and a steam boiler. In the American Society of Mechanical Enghieers of which he was a member, he served on the several committees of thai society for devising standard met hods for treating boiler--, engines, pumps and locomotives, and as chairman of t he commit tee on Standard Tests of pumping engines. He was elected to membership in the Society of Naval Architect - and Marine Engineers; of the Boston Societ} ol Civil Engineers and of the New England Waterworks Association. His club affiliations include the Engineers Club, the Technology Club, and the Boston Club of Boston, and the Allston Golf Club. As an expert his professional services were employed by over one hundred of the leading manufacturers and other users of steam ami power m all parts of the United States and ( 'anada. In his professional capacity he multiplied his tests ol various kinds on boilers, engines, pump.- and allied machinery by the thousands.

While a resident of Reading in 1SS6, he was active in effecting a union between the two Congregational Churches of that town, long separated While a resident of Dorchester he was a member of the vestry of St. Ann's Protestant Episcopal Church and also served a.- treasurer of the corporation.

On removing to Brookline lie made St. 1'aul's ami Trinity churches in Boston his church homes. In national politic- Mr. Barrus was always an ardent Republican. lie was married October -'. 1897, to Louisa C. Williams, daughter of Dyer and Louisa (Burnett) Williams, of Syracuse, New York. His professional book- include; "Tabor Steam famine Indicator." lstiti: "Boiler Tests." 1891; "Engine Tests." 1900; "TheStar Improved Indicator." 1903, and his contributions on engineering subjects to the technical pre-,- and the "Transactions" of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, were frequently and largely road

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Week" he was made president of the committee, :i]nl the affair was eminently successful. In L905 he was elected treasurer of the Boston Club.

Pieiiler, Otto J., furrier, was born in Boston, Mass., ( >ctober 28, 1S64. He was educated in I he public schools and t ooka course of prh ate tutoring, and then engaged as an apprentice in the fur trade and in this way acquired a thorough knowledge of the business; and through this knowledge he has established the largest exclusive fur importing and manufacturing house in New England and made the handling of fine furs a specialty. He resisted the temptation to increase trade by adding other goods that might be demanded by customers, until the year 1906 at the earnest solicitation of his patrons, a department for the sale of the well-known Knox Hal has been added. He was fortunate in obtaining a location on Tremont Street opposite Park street and the entrance to the subway, and his customers include the best and most fashionable New England families. He was married August 11, 1SS7, to Anna E. Vickery of Boston, and they have one son and two daughters.

Their home is on the Beacon Boulevard, No. I7.V1 Beacon Street, Brookline. His summer home is at Bayside, Hull, and in 1903 when that ancient town celebrated its first "Old Home

Horn, Isaac, Van, the young Boston banker and well Known resident oi Brookline was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, in IS65, and is a descendant from one of the old and well known Holland Dutch families in that sect ion of Pennsylvania, his grandfather, Isaac Van Horn, after whom he was named, having; keen one of the best known characters in that section.

His boyhood days were spent in the city oi Philadelphia where he resided until nineteen years of age, when he removed to the West, where he was prominently identified with financial and political affairs until 1S95, when he took up his resilience in the city "f Boston, and established the banking firm of Isaac Van Horn it Co.

In 1SS6 he married Miss Clara Callanan of Omaha, Neb., a niece of the Hon. James Callanan of DesMoineS, la., lately deceased, one of the best known financiers and philanthropists of t he \\ est.

Mr. Van Horn's business interests are largely in t lie Slate of Wyoming \\ here he is interested in the construction of a railroad, banking institu- tions.etc. Since the passage of the bill by Congress, authorizing the building of the Panama Canal, he has become interested in a large project at San Diego, Cal., at which poinf is located practically i he first enclosed harbor north of the canal <>n the Pacific coasl , and which it is expected upon completion of the canal will become an extremely prominent point in the world's shipping.

While of domestic habits, lie is a member of the New Algonquin, Boston and Home Markel Clubs, the Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange, as well as a number of other social and charitable institutions.

Sri \' u,\ Charles A. \Y .. was born in Clarei n< «nt . X. [{., May 27, ls.51 \ resident of Brookline, since 1S79: Town Auditor for nine years, from 1SS4 to 1890. and 1S94-1S95, when lie resigned. Printer and publisher; owner oi the Riverdale Press, and Editor of the Chronicle;

Johxso.y, George H., Chief of the Eire Department of Brookline.anda prosperous business man, was burn August is. 18/51, in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Me., sun of George I. Johnson. The latter, who was born in Freeport, Me., during the earlier year- oi Ins life was engaged in shipbuilding. In 1S.5C he came to Brookline where he was employed at carpenter's work for some time. He subsequenth served on the police force for a number of years, after which he resumed his trade, becoming foreman of the shop established by his son, George II. He is a strong supporter of the Republican party, and for some time has been constable of the town.

By his wife, Frances, who is a daughter of .lames Chase, of Litchfield, Me., he became the father of three children, namely: George II.. the special subject of this sketch; Rosa, the wife of Mathev Burns; and Frank, a member of the police force. Both parents attend the Baptist ( 'hurch.

George II. Johnson having been but five years old when his parents removed to Brookline, he was educated in both the common and high schools, lie had a natural aptitude for mechan- ics from his youth. Having learned the carpenter's trade he worked as a journeyman for thirteen years. In 1S82 he embarked in business on his own account. Besides making a specialty of jobbing, he does considerable building in this locality. In 18S4 he was elected to the Board of Water Commissioners for a term of three years; and he was re-elected in 1SS7, 1S90, 1893, and 1896. In these years the water-works and sewer system were greatly improved, and are now the equal of any other New England town.

and six companies; and a fine alarm system has been established. < )n thr 'casions the department responded to alarms from Boston, and there gave valuable aid in extinguishing fires.

Mr. Johnson is a member in high standing of the the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Beth-Horon Lodge, A. F. and A. M.. of Brookline; to St. Paul R. A. Chapter of Boston; and to lie Molaj Commandry, K. T., of Boston. He is likewise a prominenl member of Laomia Lodge, I. O. 0. I.. of whirl i he was for a number ol years the treasurer; of the Knights of Honor of this town; of the

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Board of Engineers connected with the fire department, and m the following years he was made chief of the department, a very important position which he has since efficiently filled. Jlr has been connected with the depart men I . with the exception of two years since 1869; and with but entire force in poinl of service. In the past twenty years the equipments and force of the department have been increased from one hand engine and two companies to two large steamers

Massachusetts Charitable Association of Boston; of the Si a i e Association of Fire ' 'hiefs; and of the I ireman's Relief Association of which he has hern the presidenl since its organization.

In December, 1880, he married Miss Calista Longfellow, one of the nine children of Mr. and Mrs. Gates Longfellow. Mrs. Johnson who was born and reared on a farm in Machias, Me., where her father was engaged in agricultural pursuits, is an active w< irker in religious circles and a member (if t he Universalist Church.

(in. LETT] . King < '.. inventor and manufacturer of the well-known Gillette Safety Razor, was I huh at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, January 5, lS5o;son of George W. and Fanny I.. (Camp) Gillette. The family removed to Chicago when he was four years old. He was educated in the public schools of Chicago, and left school al the age of 1 7 \ ears. At an early age he engaged inthe hardware business, and afterwards travelled extensively, both in tins country and abroad. For a tunc he resided in London, but returned to this country and now makes his home in Brookline, having bought the beautiful Lombard estate on the Beacon Street Boulevard. His father, George VV. Gillette was engaged some years in the manufacturing and selling of a patented invention of his own ; his two olilcr brothers were in business with him. In tunc, invention connected with the particular industry to which his father's patents applied, dominated and directed the united ability and inventive powers of Ins father and brothers. They were a family knit together by close bonds of affection and mutual interest. Ii was only natural that he should be attracted by the possibilities of invention, and finalh became absorbed

The flower may wit her and I lie stalk be blasted, but the routs once firmly plained will send forth new stalks, and new ideas will blossom as long as i here is lite and i he brain is active. Invention is a creative instinct, the crowning attribute of the Creator of all things. Cpon invention or discos ery, which are synonj mous terms as used here,

I here wen- t imes when they were obliged to lay aside the development of ideas of invention, for the reason that necessity demanded that they should obtain employment in order to tide over financial distress, and for this reason Mr. Gillette secured employment at intervals covering the period from the time he was seventeen years of age until he was forty-nine, when he became directly interested in the manufacture of his latest invention, the now well-known razor.

i'i. ment, I'jiw \ni> Henry, son of Cyrus and Rebecca Fiske (Short ridge) Clement, was born in Chelsea. Mass., April 19, 1843. lie is a descendant of Robert Clement, who came from Coventry, England, in 1643, who was chosen to buy and survey the territory of Haverhill; afterwards he represented the town in the General Court. His mill was the first in the town, and the marriage of his son was the first marriage in Haverhill. Edward 11., was educated in the Chelsea public schools and at Tufts College, from which he graduated in 1S64, leading his class. Subsequently he received from Tufts the honorary degree of A.M. He began his professional life as a reporter and assistant editor of an army-post newspaper, st ailed with the deserted plain of the ''Savannah News" by two correspondents of the "New York Herald" stationed at Hilton Head, S. C. In 1S67 he returned to Boston, and for a month was chief proof-reader of the "Daily Advertiser".

ever, John Russell Young, then the managing editor of the " Tribune," gave him a place as a reporter. Soon after lie was promoted to the position of exchange editor, then advanced to the telegraph editor's desk, and thru to that "1 night editor. Subsequently lie was for a short time managing editor of the "Newark (N. .1.) Daily Advertiser," and in 1871 he became one oi the editors and proprietors of the "Elizabeth (X. .1.) Journal." in ls7"> he was railed to Boston to take the position of assistant editor oi the "Transcript," which at that time was under the editorship of William A. Hovey. Cpon Mr.

Deacon Thomas < Iriggs was born, April .">. 1788, on the Griggs farm, where he resided until the death of his fat her. He had a pari of the original farm; later he purchased more land, and in 1845 buill upon his property the house now standing. Some time alter he removed to a house on Washington Street, situated on a part ol the -a me farm, and i hen- -pent the last years of Iris life, dying at

Eiovey's retirement, in 1881, Mr. Clement was promoted to the position of chief, which he held until 1905, being retired at his own request; he is still connected with the staff. He has ably maintained the paper upon the lines laid down by the long line of eminent editors of this favorite Boston institution.

H,e has been connected with a number of local organizations, among them the Boston Memorial Association and the Philharmonic Society; and he was one of the founders of the St. Botolph Club, of which he is still a member. In 1869, Mr. Clement was married in New York City, to Miss Gertrude Pound; they have three children.

the age of ninety-nine year-. He served the town in various capacities. He was selectman for m:iii\ yea rs and o\ cr-cer of the poor and assessor. His wife, Harriet, was a daughter of Jonathan Fuller of Needham; She died August 13, 1867, at the age of seventy years. Deacon Thomas Gi and his wife had a family of seven children; they were: Caroline, deceased, born January '_'7, 1820, married David Sullivan Coolidge; William J., the subjeel of this sketch; Man Jane, born September 18, 1S22; Ellen, deceased, born May .">. 1824; Thomas B., born May 1, 1826; Amanda, deceased, born May 26, 182S;and Francis Henry, born November 14, 1834.

William .1. < iriggs all cut led the common schools and later Worcester Academy. From Worcester he returned home to help Ins father; when the latter removed to the house on Washington and sinne fifty acres of land, which lie cultivated as a vegetable garden. He subsequently sold a number of building hits and had lefl aboul t wenty acres of 1 he original farm.

Forbes, Fayette Frederick, superintendent nl the Brookline Water Department, was born in liuckland, Mass., May 9, 1S51, son of Frederick and Mary Ann (Richmond) Forbes, lie was educated in the public schools of his native town and took an academic course in Ashfield, Mass., then entered the scientific departmenl in the Willis! mi Seni ma n ui' East Hampton, from which he acquired a full knowledge of civil engineering; he w a- at i hi- i urn nineteen years old.

In 1S65, Mr. Griggs was united m marriage with Mary E. Gipson, a native nl' South Boston; four children have been born In Mi', and Mis. < iriggs, three of whom, Sarah, Waller A. and Lucy A. are living. Mr. < Iriggs died in Brookline in 1906.

a- civil engineer I'm' a short time, titter winch he was employed on the Troy & Greenfield Rail- Road during its relocation of the work, after which he was engaged mi special work for the Boston & Albany 1!. R. December '.K 1S73, he entered the engineering department of Brookline, constructing t he water works under Mr. I 'In I brick. In 1S76 he was appointed superintendent of the Brookline Water Works, being the first in occupv that position which he nov holds (1906). He has served i he town faithfully and longer than any nilnt official. Ii is a well known fact that no town in the United States has a better water service, and it is often the reason why householders have selected Brookline for a residence; its importance is such that the town has no hesitancy in appropriating whatever sum of money is necessa r\ for the maintenance of such a necessity.

Before closing this article a few words may be said about his grandfather, Daniel Forbes, who was a remarkable man in his day; he lived to be years of age, and during lus time lie taught H7 terms, including singing and writing in the public schools of Buckland, Ashtield and Hawlev, Massacllll-el I s.

Mi'. Clarke served nine months in the Rebellion with i he 44 1 h Mass. Regiment. He is a member of the Masonic order of Andover, Mass. He is i reasurer of the \\ nil limp Mills ( Company of Winthrop, Maine, and ( 'lint on Mills of Norwich,! !onn., manufacturing dress goods, carriage cloth, broadcloth, billiard cloths and blankets.

His father was a prominent physician of Andover, Mass., and his mother was the daughter of the first woolen manufacturer in this country. Mr. Clarke obtained his education in i he public schools of Andover and ai Phillips Academy. On leaving school In' was engaged in the wool business tor some time after which he became associated with Mr. John 1 >. Sturtevant, ami mi the death

Baker, Benjamin 1'., was a well-known and honored citizen of Brookline. He was horn August 28, 1820, in Kennebunk, Me. Came to Brookline 111,1843, and settled in the town as a painter, purchasing a business that was established in 1S15. He represented the town in the State Legislature, and in 1852 was elected town clerk, a position which he was elected to continuously until his death September in, 189S. He was a member oi the hoard of trustees of the Brookline Public Library; member of the Historical Society; Beth-horon Lodge of Masons; Royal Arcanum; Master Painters Association, and trustee of i he Brookline Savings Bank.

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I i; \ \i is.'l" uta x Ei stis, physician ill Brooklinei was horn in Boston, Mass., August -V 1S23; son of the Rev. Convers (1795-1863) ami Abbe\ Bradford (Allyn) Francis, grandson of Convers and Susanna (Rand) Francis ami of the Rev. John Allyn, D. !>., of Duxbury Mass., and a descendant from Richard Francis, who came from England and settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1636. llis father was graduated at Harvard College V I . 1815, A. M.. ISIS, S. J 1 1.. 1837; completed a course in the Harvard, Divinity School in ISIS; pastor of Unitarian Church, Watertown, Mass., 1S1S-42; Parkman professor of pulpil eloquence and pastoral care Harvard University, 1S42-63; overseerof Harvard 1831-43; member of the Massachusetts Historical Society; author ami biographer, l.ydia .Maria ( 'In Id. t he distinguished author, was a ,-ister of the Rev. Dr. Convers Francis. Tappan Eustis Francis was graduated from Harvard, A. B., 1844, M I)., 1848; practiced in Roxbury, Mass., when that town included the territory now comprising the town of Brookline. He was the town physician of Roxbury, removed to Newton Lower Falls and thence to Brookline. He was recognized as one of t he leading physicians of Massachusel is. He was married May (', 1n.v>. to Helen daughter of I >r. Augustine Shurtleff of Brookline, and a descendant from William Shurtleff who came from i orkshire, England, to Plymouth, Flymout h Colon} in 1628, and on his removal to Marshfield was familiarly known as "William Shurtleff of Marshfield," ami a brief notice of this earl)' emigrant was prepared by his descendant, Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff (1810-1874). See "Brief N'otice of William Shurtleff of Marshfield" I L850). The children of Dr. Tappan Eustis and Helen (Shurtleff) Francis were: George Hill- Francis, M. D.. (q. v.); Dr. Carleton S. Francis and Nathaniel A. Francis, Lawyer, (q. v.)

Goodspeed, Mi x i ; i > i : , livery and stable keeper ai 383 Washington St.. Brookline, was born in Montgomery, Vermont, July 15, 1842. lie is the son of Salvia and ( 'arshenia (Johnson) Goodspeed. lie attended the public schools until he was fourteen years of age and then went to work on his father'.- farm. At the age of twent} years, being desirous of improving his condition, he came to Boston with a determination to succeed, and u orked for a conl racl or for a short t ime. I le t lien returned to Vermont to help his father, remained a year, then returned to Boston where he secured a position with the International Telegraph ' oiii pany, which position he held for some lime. He then resigned in order to enter a more lucrative business; the Company offered him a great inducement to sta\ . bill lie declined h do so. lie came to Brookline in 1863, and was employed by the Collins & Chase Express Company; in 1870 he became one of i he partners in the firm. He -oil out liis interest in this firm and in 1873 he became a partner of Stone & Williams of Brookline, in the stable and liven business; eventually the firm became Stone & Goodspeed. In 1n7!» Mr. Stone died and Mr. Goodspeed became sole proprietor. It is quite natural that Mr. Goodspeed should finally enter t his business ; as a boy he was always fond of horses, ami when on his father's farm he traded horses quite frequently, to a substantial profit ; his knowledge of horses is well known to the leading dealer- and owners of l he country.

He was married October 1, 1S71, to Martha R. Kimball, daughter of Sylvester Kimball of Brookline; they had two children, one daughter and one -on . Carl M. Goodspeed, who was educated in the schools of Brookline, graduating from the high school, after which lie took :i course ;it Bryant iV Stratton's Commerci;il College. He is now the owner i if the stable business, having succeeded his father, who felt that in justice to himself, he should enjov rest .

Bkmis, Albion F., of Brookline, a direct descendant in seventh generation from Joseph Bemis who came i<> tin- country from England and settled in Watertown in 1640, and from whom all of the various families of that name have sprung, was born in Brookfield in 1856, and spent In- early boyhood mi a farm. He early acquired a thirst For knowledge and succeeded in earning his waj through the Springfield high school and Amherst college, where he graduated in 1SS0 with high honors, being one of the eight commencement speakers, and being elected to the Phi Beta Kappa society.

Hi' immediately entered upon a business career which lie pursued with uninterrupted success for 20 years, becoming one of the largest manufact urers of st raw goods in the country. The loss of his plant by fire in 1900, and a combination among the straw goods manufacturers making it inopportune for him to re-enter business at the time, left him free, and he was prevailed upon to accept a i luminal ion for t he House ol Representatives in 1'. Kin. ami was duly elected and served for two years, lie was placed upon the committee of public lighting which held the public attention at the time, and early assumed leadershipof that committee, as well as federal relations, before which new political theories were constantly being exploited. lie was an ardent admirer and supporter of Governor Crane and sunn came to lie looked upon as one of the House leaders. He was i wo years and t here continued t lie success in legislation which hi' had sn well begun in the House. Senator Bemis showed such a capacity lor hard work that in hi- second year, besides being made chairman of metropolitan affairs, lie was placed upon live other important committees, making a record probablv unequalled in the annals oi that honorable body.

Senator Bemis was the champion ol the manufacturing interests of the state during his four years at t ho state house, and has by voice and vote aided all measures that looked inward good government . tempera nee and a proper observance of the I.< in!'- Day.

Senator Bemis, notwithstanding having led a very busy and active life, has found time to take two extended trip- abroad and to assume Ins full share of church and civic dune- He was for several years chairman of board of selectman and school committee of the town ol Foxboro, and al-o served as chairman of its important building committees. A life-long Republican and party worker, personally ho is agreeable and pleasant to meet , and has a host of friends. He i- a 32d degree Mason, an Odd Fellow, Grange Grand Knight oi 11, mill'; a member of the Home Market chili. Republican club of Massachusetts and Norfolk club, and belongs to many social club- in New Vork and Boston, a- well a- the Thursday club of Brookline.

Westerly end of the Ueservoii It was first occupied by the Bovlston family, later by the Hyslop famih and at terwards hy Henry bee. Esq., whose «>n, George Lee, resides there at the present time During the [{evolution, Colonial troops were quartered therefor :i time. With the exception of a few trifling alterations the building today presents the same

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Sears. William Barxas, a well-known resident of Brookline, son of Rev. Barnas ami Elizabeth Griggs (Corey) Scars, daughter of Deacon E. Corey, was born in Hamilton, X. V., June 11. 1S32. He received his education in private schools. He was engaged for a time as assistant teacher in the E'ierce Academy, Middleboro, in the departments of German, Latin and Creek, after which he was engaged in mercantile business for eleven vears; in June, 1861, he was commissioned by Governor Sprague. 1st Lieutenant, 2d regiment. Rhode bland Volunteers, and received a captain's commission, October 28, of thai year. He was mustered out of service June 17. 1S64, at the expiration of his Term of service.

He was Senior Vice-Commander of Posl 26, G. A. U.. and an original member of the Post . He was Commander of Posl 143, G. A. R-, Brookline, two yi ars, and has been re-elected twice since. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery, ten years; Roxbury Horse Guards, 1st. Mass. Cavalry Militia, cighl years; Captain of Company C, 1st. regiment, Mass. Militia, during the Boston lire.

He has been a member of the Loyal Legion since 1S71 Served on the staff of General Wm. Cogswell. Department Commander of Massachusetts, ;,u(l ,,n the Staff of Governor Lucius Fairchild, National Department, Commander-in-Chief, G. \ i; He was president of the 2d. R. I. Veteran Associat ion . 1SS1 .

Mr. Sears has Ween a member of the Boston Baptist Social Inion since 1S6S. He is a prominent member of the Masonic Fraternity, 32d degree. His business has been that of Fire Insurance Agent since 1865.

Mr. Sears was married in Roxbury, February 1, 1S63. to Emily A., daughter of Stephen and Rebecca \V. (Langley) Faunce. His second marriage was with Sadie A. Hunt, Oct. 24, 1SS1, in ['rovidence, R. L His children are Wm. B. Sears, Jr.. Langley B., Harry Bowers, Stephen F. and Edward II Sears.

Medical Society. 1800; Massachusetts Homoeopathic Medical Society . 1891 ; American Institute of Homoeopathy. 1892; and Beth-Horon Lodge. 1. A. M.. Brookline.

Wiiii i. Norman 11.. residenl of Brookline since 189(5. son of Henry White and Henrietta Hill White. Was born in Montclair. N. J.. Dec. -_'."). 1S71 ; received a public school education, fitting for Harvard University, from which he graduated in 1S95. While in college he was pres dent and manager of the Harvard University Base Ball Association, and presidenl of the Pi Eta Society. Shortly after leaving college he entered business, becoming treasurer of the Huston Bookbinding Company, one of the most extensive establishments of the kind in the country. Aside from his regular business interests he is interested in the firm of Small. Maynard >v Company, the well-known publishers of Boston. Mr. White was eleete.l in 1905 a director of the Brookline National Bank, he is also a director in the Brookline Friendly Society. In Is'."'' he was married to Miss < iertrude Steese. daughter of the late Dr. l-'.d-

Driscoll. Michael. Superintendent oi Streets and member of the School Board, in the town ol Brookline. was born in Brookline. Mass.. April Is. 1844. He was educated in the public schools ol Brookline. and after leaving school entered mercantile business in Boston for a short tune, and then went to work for hi- father a- contractor. April 10. 1878, he was elected Superintendent oi at the present time I 1906). He is also a member of the school hoard. He was married November, 1873. to Margaret I. Shea. In whom he had five children, four of whom are living; Mrs. Driscoll died in 1883. In January. 1887. he married Ellen O'Hearn. of Brookline (died in 1898). b\ whom had three children. Hi- eldesl son, James M . is Superintendent of Holyhood and St. Joseph's cemeteries in Brookline.

Mr. Driscoll is a member i f Mass. Catholic ' ' ,1,-r of Forresters, Knights of Columbus. Catholic Union "i Boston and the Brookline Historical Society. His long service as Superintendent oi the Brookline Street Department is unequalled by any ,,,w,i or city in the United States, which is an indication that his able administration is appreciated bv the residents of Brookline.

Way. Charles Granville, o real estate dealer of Boston, and a resident of Brookline, Mass., is a descendant in the ninth generation from his Tuntan progenitor in America.

Samuel A. Way (son of Lorin and Lettice C. Way, and the father of Charles Granville Way), 1>, ,111 at Lemster, December 17. 1816, died in Boston, June 4, 1S72. It was he who organized the first bank under the free banking laws of Massachusetts.

He was president of the Bank of Met ropolis, all i lie stock of which he subsequently purchased. His investments in real estate entitled him to lie classed among the largest holders of that kind of property. Way Street and Way Wharf in Boston are named after him.

On August 11, 1836, he was married to Sarah Ann Simpson, who, horn at Boston, January 15, 1821, died in Paris, France, March 2, 1n7C,. Her father, Daniel Simpson, horn at Winslow, Me., September 29, 1790, and who died in South Boston, July 2s. 1886, was the keeper in his .lay of the famous old Green Dragon Tavern, said to have been the headquarter.- of the Revolution. The children of Samuel A., and Sarah A. Way were:

1S37, who died at Naples, Italy, on March Hi, istili; Charles Granville, the sub]ec1 of this -ketch ; and Daniel Simpson, bom in Boston, < (ctober 22. 1844, who died at Roxbury, Mass., August 6, 1S47. Charles Granville Way was educated at the Roxbury Public School-, and at boarding schools jn Jamaica Plain and ( irafton. Mass.; also m Paris, France, where he lived many years. He was a pupil of the celebrated artist . Lambenel .and Dar- Doize. and at the Jardin Plant, under the direction Barze. Heexhibited at the Vienna Exposition, and the Centennial of 1876, returning that year to the Cnited States on business which monopolized all his time lor several years, and lie gradually drifted to the real estate business, which he has followed for the last 30 years, being a holder of real estate in Hyde Park, Mass., including the Post Office Building, also property at Bass Rocks, Gloucester, and president of the Ten Associates, owner of many acre- of land at Long Beach. Gloucester. His most remarkable experience throughout that period ha- been the taking from him. by the Boston Terminal Company, the New York, New Haven A Hartford Company, and the Boston Elevated Street Railway Company, under the law of "eminent domain," of thirty estates, the same being more than these corporations have taken from any other real estate owner. Several -nit- at law were broughl against the corporations mentioned, involving interests amounting from three to five hundred thousand dollar-. Among hi- present possessions are residence m Brookline, Mass.. his summer residence at P.ass Rocks, Gloucester, Mass., said to have the finest situation of any along the North Shore, and the office and apartment buildings, S30 and S32 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. In addition to the management of his own properly, he has the management of several estates m capacity of trustee. He wrote a history of the Way family. In 18S7 he published the pamphlet, "George Way and his Descendants;" he has also on hand a history of the American Colony of Artists at Pont-Aven, France, of which he ami Hubert Wilev were pioneer-.

On November 29, 1S66, in Pari-, Mr. Way was married to Charlotte Elizabeth Fobes, who was bomal Roxbury, Mass., August 15, 1S45, daughter of Edwin and Charlott,. Sophia (Farrington) Fobes. Her father, a native of Oakham, Mass., born September 9, 1814, died in Boston, May 23, 1S79; and her mother, born al Salem. Mas- . May -'1. 181S, died in Brookline. Mr. and Mrs. Way have t hive children : Marie Eloise, ( 'harles Art hur, and Helen ' Iranville.

Charles An Inn- Way married Edyth C, Hanson, at Gloucester, Mass., Dec. 24, 1903; they have I wo children, Charlotte C, born Jan. 27, 1905, and Granville Way, born July 17. 1906, both al < lloucester, Mass.

[mister, Chahles II. \V., sugar raiser, manufacturer and refiner, business man and trustee, was born in Brookline. Norfolk County, Mass., November 30. 1S59, son of ( 'harles < Irin and ( 'aroline B. (Candler) Foster, and a descendant from William Foster, who came from England to Bos- Ion, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1634, and from Fldei- Brewster and Steven Hopkins, passengers on i lie Mayflower, 1620. lbs father was a Boston ligion a lunarian, in politics Mr. Way is independent. The organizations of which he is a member include the New England Historic Genealogical Society, the Bostonian Society, the South Carolina Historical Society, the Boston Art found asylum in New York, locating in New Roehelle, Westchester County, in 1690. He was prepared for college in the Chauncy Hall School, Boston, and by private tutors, and was graduated at Harvard University, A. I'... 1SS1. He accepted

Mr. Way is also a member of the Masonic Fradistincl depart men I until he became master of the business, when he was made assistanl superintenternity, affiliating with Eleusis Lodge, F. and A. dent; and later advanced to a full superinten- crude sugar on a plantation in the West Indies during an entire season, and in LSSS he resigned the position of superintendent to accepl the trusteeship of several large estates, tie was a charter member of the Brookline National Hank, and in 1 8S6 was made a member of the board of directors, and in 1905 became president of the Bank, lie was made treasurer of the corporation of Chiekering A: Suns, piano manufacturers, in lS92,and is now presidenl of the corporation. lie was also president of i he Clayton i\ Sunnery Company, music publishers, and of the Henderson 1 (airy ( Company ; vice-presidenl of the Realty Company ; director in t he Foster's Wharf Company; the Merrimac Chemical Company ;the Plymouth Cordage Company, and of various other business corporations. He was a truster and secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts General Hospital. His club affiliations includes membership in the Eastern Yacht Club, of which he was commodore; Hie Tennis, the Ftacquel and the Union Club of Host on ; i he Country Club of Brookline; the University and New York Yacht Clubs, of Yew York City; the Beverly, Corinthian and Boston Yacht Clubs; and various Polo, Hunt and Country Clubs of the neighborhood of Boston, lie was married < >ctober 7. lSS5,to Mabel Chase Hill, and their family include seven children.

Shaw, Avery A., Pastor of Brookline Baptisl Church since 1900, horn in Waterville, X. S.. Oct. 2, 1870. Educated in Berwick, X. S., Acadia College, Rochester, X. Y. Ordained June I K9(>, at Windsor, X. S.

Daley, Daniel J., Assessor for the town of Brookline, was born there in 1877, and has a 1 wax's resided in the town. He was educated in the Brookline schools until 12 years of age, when he was thrown on Iris own resources. Five years later he attended night school for two years and studied at home.

He was married at the age of 21 . and four years later began the study of law in the Evening haw School, lasi May completed his four vears' course.

His early life was spent in the publishing and printing business, and for six years he was connected with the Brookline Chronicle. From 1900 to 1906, he was employed as Inspector for the Brookline Water Department, and is familiar with every foot of ground in town, a fact which is of ureal assistance to the board of assessors. He

Parsoxs, Thomas, a resident of Brookline from [848 to the time of his death, was born in Boston, Mass., ]ul\' 25, [816. lie was the son of Charles Chauncv and Judith (Parsons) Parsons. His grandfather was Chief Justice Theophilus Parsons of New burvport, Mass., who married Rlizabcth Greenleaf. The mother of Thomas Parsons was the daughter of Capt. Thomas and Judith (Kinsman) Parsons.

In 1850, Mr. Parsons purchased the estate known as the "Cabot Farm" and "Amory Place," upon which was an old house, which he removed in in^:. and erected a house upon the same site, where he resided most of the time, passing the summer months in Mattapoisett, his residence running to the water's edge.

The subject of this sketch was a lineal descendant on both his fat lu'i' and mother's side, from Rev. John Robinson of Levden. As an heirloom he had a side board in his possession brought over to this country by a son of the Rev. John Robinson. Mr. Parsons was educated in the common schools oi Boston, and fitted for 1 ollege in the Publii Latin School of Boston; entered Harvard College at the age of fourteen years, but oUing to ill health was obliged to leave with only a partial course, lie then entered the counting room ol Benjamin l\i< h & Son, Kast India men hauls, where he served his term of apprenticeship, and then entered into business with his father, who was a men haul and owner of freighting ships, where lie remained lill [865. He was interested in manv corporations. He was president and director of the "Lyman Mill" at Holyoke, Mass.

He became a resident of Brookline in [849, and always took a great interest in the welfare of the town. He was selectman from 185810 1:870, 1874 and 1875, many years chairman, member of the school com mittee, the same number of years ai ting as 1 hairman of the same. lie was an original member of the "Brookline Publii Library," and was one of the trustees from 1857 to 1883. Most of the time he was president of the same. IK' represented the town in the Legislature for -i\ years, [857-58-59-61 -02 -07, serving on the Finance Committee five years. He was a member of the Committee on the Revision of the Revised statutes in 1859, on the Valuation Com mittee in 1860. Appointed on the Board of Prison Commissioners b\ Governor Rice, and again by Governor Talbot, and « hairman oi the same for si.\ year In [854 lie was appointed as justice ol the pea 1 e.

In 1S47 he married Martha Watson, daughter of Henry P. and Charlotte (Hi. knell) Franklin. Mr. Franklin was a merchant and wealthy manufacturer in Providence. The children of Mr. Parsons were I ilizabeth, Theophilus (.1 graduate of Harvard College in 1S70, Treasurer of the Lyman Mills of Holyol e, M.i-s. ), ( 'harlotte and Lui y.

Bowditch, William [., one of the oldest residents of Brookline, son of Nathaniel B. and Man | Ingersoll) Bowditi h, was born in Salem, Mas,., August 1 5, 1819. He received his earh education at Chauncv Hall School, fitted for Harvard College and graduated in the (lass of [838. He then entered the office ol Charles P. and 11. R. Curtis after which he engaged in business for himself as a conveyancer and is active in business at the present time (1906.) Mr. Bow ditch ha, held many publii ofti.es in Brookline, servin" as a member of the Hoard of Selectmen in

He was married September 23, 1843, l" Sarah R. Higginson. They have five children: James II., Ernest W., Frederic C, Susan II., wife of II. B. Loring, and Louisa II., who is the wife of Dean Pierce of Brookline. Mr. Bowditch resides at 125 Tappan Street, Brookline.

Hand, James B., was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, in 1832, and received a grammar school education in his native city, lit- became engaged in the paint business at an earh age, and devoted himself sedulously to his trade. When he arrived at his majority, in 1853, he came to Brookline and worked for a few years at his trade oi painting and de< orating. Then seeing that there was a good opening here for such a business, he started in on his own account, founding the linn of Hand & Smith, locating in the

Although a conservative man, and one who ai ted only after the most careful deliberation, Mr. Hand might be considered as the champion of the popular interests oi the town. He always favored a movement which would directly benefit the people and the business interests of Brookline, and no man's opinions were more strongly endorsed by the working and trades men than his. For main years lie was a member of tin- Committee of thirty citizens to whom were referred the articles in the warrant for the annual town meeting, ami he served most willingly and acceptably there. Mr. Hand did much to further the Hath House though he did not live to see his ideas brought to completion. He was a member of the Board of Selectmen continuously from [884 to 1893 with the exception of one year, 1889. As a member of the Overseers of the Poor, he was of efficient service. When the Land League was started some twenty-five years ago in this country Mr. Hand became much interested, and agitated the question in brookline, with the result that a branch was established.

In his official capacity Mr. Hand always enjoyed, to a very ;j;reat extent, the endorsement of citizens ai large, without regard to part)-, although he was a staunch Democrat in politics. He was mourned by a great number of our citizen--, ami his death, whi< h occurred Mayo, 1900, was a distinct loss to Brookline.

His wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Murray, died some two years before his demise. He lett two sons and two daughters. The business was carried on by his 30ns until the death of W. A. Hand in [906, when duty of maintaining the high standard devolved upon Robert \\ . Hand, the surviving brother.

Rennard, Martin Parry, of brookline, long identified with the business men of Boston, and for thirteen years sub-treasurer of the United States in that city, was a native of Ww Hampshire, whence the business, the professional, and the literarv forces of New England metropolis have been so often and so worthih recruited. Born at Portsmouth, X. II., on July 24, 1818, -on oi Oliver Parrv and fane Hoit (Plaisted) Kennard, he received a Fair education in the schools <>t his native town, gained an elementary knowledge of business, and in 1836, with habits well formed, and a youth "I" firm moral principles and loft} ideals, he came to Boston and was employed as a clerk with Lows, Ball & Co., at 123 Washington Street, and as appears from the directory, with a home on Atkinson Street. In 1 s 4 7 . he was established in business as a member of the firm of Bigelow Brothers & Kennard, which later became Bigelow, Kennard iV Co., widely known as one "I" the leading mercantile houses in its line in New England. In [878 Mr. Kennard withdrew from this than, and retired permanently from business. Subsequently, for thirteen years Mr. Kennard served as sub treasurer "t tin- United States at Boston, having been first appointed bv President Hayes and re-appointed bv President Arthur and President Harrison, being retired at his own request in 1890, during President Cleveland's second term. In politics he w.i- a Republican, having been pre viouslv at first an old line Whig, then a free Soiler .iimI strong anti-slavery man. For main years hewas prominently connected with the Boston Men an tile Library Association. He was chairman of Group No. 11 of the judges at the Centenniel Exhi bition at Philadelphia in [876. lie was elected b\ the Boston bo, hi] of Trade as a member of the Rei i procit) Commission in 1878, Paris, [-"ranee, and was president of the Boston Commercial Club and the I li >-t< hi Menu a"ial A^m k iation.

Ili married in [ulv, [846, Caroline Augusta, daughter of fames Wiggin and Eliza (Folsom) Smith, of Exeter, N. II. They had five children: Caroline Therese, Edward Parrv, Linda, Mary, and I'Ycdcrii Hedge. Therese, the eldest daughter, married Ilenrv Bucklv of Birmingham, England. She -lied in 1891, leaving four children. Edward 1'. Kennard lives in New York City, is married and has lour children. Linda Kennard is the wife of Alfred Winsor of Boston and Brookline. They have two sons and two daughters. Mary married Lemuel Hollingsworth Babcock of New York. They have two children, a son and a daughter. Frederick II. Kennard (Harvard College 'S8), landscape architect of Boston, reside- in brookline. lie married Sarah Harrison Eisenbrey of Philadelphia, Pa., and the\ have one daughter. Mr. Kennard died in 1903.

Atteaux & Co. (Incorporated) of I;, .-ton, is the son of Robert and Marion (Wiggett) Atteaux, and was born in Lenoxville, Province oi Quebec, November 28, 1852. He wa- educated at Bishop College in Lenoxville, I'. Q., and at the age of seventeen \ears he came to Boston, connei ting himself with Jordan, Marsh & Co. He remained with this firm for seven years and then became a salesman for I). R. Whitney & Co. of Boston. This firm was engaged in the dye-stuff and chemical business. In [882 he be., une a partner of Beech & Co. in the same line. He continued with them till [887 when, this firm going out of business, he started in for him self as F. I\. Atteaux & Co., Dye Stuffs and Chemicals. In Kjoo the company was incorporated with Mr. Atteaux as president. In volume of business, this concern is one of the most extensive in New England, and its products are used b) nearly all the mills in that set lion.

Mr. Atteau.N was married in 1885 to Caroline E. Willard oi Boston, tie is a member of several business organizations, the Elks, and the Masons, and i- one of the original members of the Boston Athletic Assoi iation.

Baker, William L., was born in Syracuse, X". Y.. August 13, 1875. He was a son of John Baker, first mayor of thai 1 it v. He was educated in the public schools of New York, the Universit) of New York, and the New York Law School, subsequently taking a post-graduate course at the Harvard Law School. He was admitted to the Suffolk Bar in [897, and had up to the time ol his death been engaged in the prai - tise of his profession, with an office in Boston. His

Mr. Baker was a Republican and had been identified in state and local politics for some years, and was a member of the Republican state committee for several vears, besides being a member of the town committee. Mr. Baker was also a member of Beth horan Indue of Masons, being an officer at the time of his death. He was a 53d degree Mason, a Knight Templar and Shriner. He was one <>l the charter members of Brookline Lodge of Elks and for some time had the office of Esteemed Lecturing Knight. Mr. Baker, when his time permitted him to do so, was mui h interested in amateur theatric als. As a member of the Criterion club ol Bo-ton he frequently look part and was considered very 1 lexer. In June, igoo, he married Mi-- Fannie Craig, daugh ter of William Craig, chairman of the Board of Selec tmen.

Mr. Baker was an exceedingh popular young man in town. His kind ami affable manner made foi him a host of friends ami he will be greatly misse I

Mi". Baker died November 2, 1906, alter a short illness of typhoid fever. Hi- death came as a great surprise to all hi- friends and close acquaintances, as manv of them were not aware that he had been confined to his home by sickness.

The funeral services were held at' the home oi Mr. Craig on Columbia Street, where Mr. Baker passed away. The large displa) ol flora] ottering- which comprised fort) piece-, showed in very high esteem how Mr. Baker was held in the professional, business and soc ial world. There were present a large number of his former friends ami business assoi iate- including delegations from Beth horan Lodge of Masons of which Mr. Baker was Senior Deacon, Brookline Lodge of L.Iks. Bo-ton Commandery Knights Tent plars, Knights of Pythias. The- pallbearers were officers from Beth horan Lodge. Rev. Oliver D. Sewall, assistant pa -tor at Harvard < hurch, offic iated. The body was taken to Forest Hill- cemetery where it w a- plai ed in a re. ei\ ing tomb.

I'ooi;. Henry Y\rmm. who was a resident of Brookline for a number 1 >l years, was born in Andover, Ma--., December 8, [812. Graduated from Bowdoin College. New York in 1835, and afterwards became a lawyer, wa- Manager of the "Railway Journal'' in [848, ami for mam years editor of ''Poor'- Manual uf Railroads," published in New York by II- Y. and II. \V. Poor. In 1.S41 he was married to Marv \\ ., daughter of Rev. John Pierce of Brookline.

He was a prolifii writer on political and economic topics, among his published works being a "His tory of the Railroads of the United Slate-," "The Monetary Systems of the World."

Mr. Poor died in Brookline fanuan 4. 11)05. His widow, one son, Henn \\ Poor, a New York banker, and three daughters, Agnes \ . I.m\ T . and Mar) M. (Mr- Alfred I). ( 'handler), survived him.

The New England progenitor of the Davis family was William |ia\i-. who came from Wales in his earh youth and settled in Roxburv, where he was married three times, lie was a member of Apostle Eliot's church, as were his wives and most of his children. He died December <j. 1683.

His grandson, Ebenezer Davis, made large purchases of lands in various places and settled upon the Brookline property, which he purchased in 1740 of Thomas Cotton, of Windham, Connecticut. This estate of ninety five a< res was separately desi ribed in

A great-grandson of the Ebenezer Davis who settled in Brookline was named Robert Sharp Davis. This Robert Sharp had the following named children: Samuel Craft, Robert Sharp, (the subject of this sketch), Phineas Stearns. Sarah, and Lucy.

Rob] kt Sharp Davis whose portrait accompanies this sketch, was born in Brookline, January 1, [811, and died in the same town February 23, 1 S 7 5 . He was a life long resident of Brookline.

Robert Sharp Davis was named for several of his ancestors of the same name on the maternal side, who had distinguished themselves in the "id French and Indian Wars. He was the son of Robert Sharp and Lucy Stearns |).i\is. His maternal grandfather was Phineas Stearns of Watertown, Massachusetts, one «'f the famous Boston Tea Party, of Revolu- 1 an memory.

About the year 1825, Robert Sharp Davis, (the subject of this sketch) entered the employment of the well-known publishing firm of Crocker ami Brews ter. After remaining a few years with Crocker and Brewster of Boston, he became a partner in the firm of Lincoln, Edmands and Company, and in [835 succeeded them, and later formed the firm of Robert S. Davis and Company.

He carried on the business of publishing schoolbooks in Boston with uninterrupted success until his death a period of nearly forty years. Among his most prominent publications were the mathematical works of the eminent author, Benjamin Greenleaf, books which are believed to have been in more universal use than any similar works ever published.

In [837, Mr. Davis married Mary Harriet Shannon, of Portsmouth, X. II.. by whom he had the following 1 hildren: Mary Shannon (Mrs. W. E. Webster), Lucy Stearns, Sarah Comstock, Laura Wood (Mrs. T. R. Shewelli, Caroline Elizabeth, and Langdon Shannon.

The Davis family are descended in a maternal line from Robert Sharp, a youth of twenty, who came to Boston in the ship "Abigail," from London, in [635, and beyond that the family is traced to Robert Sharp of Islington, England, as far back as 1534. Robert Sharp, it would seem, lived for a while at Dorchester and then came to Brookline or Muddy River, and in [650 with Peter Aspinwall, he purchased the large trai t of laud, one hundred and fifty a< res. of William ( oiburn, at Muddy River.

John married Martha, daughter of Robert Vose, of Dorchester (Milton). John was a valiant soldier in King Philip's War. and was killed in the Sudbury fight, while lieutenant in Captain Wadsworth's company, in April, 1676. Ill - widow married foseph Buckminster, from whom the distinguished persons of that name were descended.

John Sharp had a son Robert, who perished in an expedition against the Indian- in Canada. This Robert had a -on Robert who was a thrifty man. and became a large landholder in Brookline. He died in 170^. leaving a -on, Robert, and four daughters. The fourth Robert married Sarah Payson of Roxbury, by whom he had ten < hildren, and from one of these children (Lucy), who married into the Davis family, wa- descended Robert Sharp Davis, the subject of this -ketch.

father, and continued the business until 1883, when he disposed of hi- interest and the old firm of Robert 3 Davis and Company ceased to exist.

The same year he opened an office in Boston a= .1 re.d e-tate broker and i- -till actively engaged in that line there. He ha- done much for the real e-tate development oi his native town, a- well a- having been connected with some of the large transactions in Boston.

On November 9, 1880, he married llelene Bartlett O'Leary oi Boston. A -on wa- born to them on February 26, 1885, Langdon Shannon, who died in infancy. I.. Shannon Davis' residence i- on Summer and Clinton Road-. Brookline.

lie was edui ated in Brookline, and on the death of his father he immediately went into the publishing business, with the firm so long established bv his

A hi' 'ail (Shepard) Seaman-, was born in Xew London. X. II. . August 18, [824. He received his education in the schools of Xew London, and at the Colby Academy in that town. Upon reaching hi- majorih Mr. Seamans came to brookline and made hi- first business venture in this town, opening a grocery store under Lyceum II. ill. which was in the lower village. The date of this was Ma) 10. 1845. For several years he held the position of postmaster, the post-office being in his own store.

Some years later the in< reusing trade made h necessarv to seek larger quarters and he moved to Harvard Square, ai the corner of Davis Avenue and Washington Street, occupying a building erected b) Seth T. Thayer, Esq. lie afterwards purchased this property with adjoining land, and in the w.ir t888 built the present brii k blo< k.

For 57 years, and until he reached the age oi 7S, Mr. Seamans continued inactive control oi the business. In [902, feeling that his years of faithful endeavor had earned for him a rest, he retired, lea\ ing the man agement of the firm to his son, Manning Seaman-.

Mr. Seamans has always been held in high esteem, nut onh l>\ his neighbors and those having busines> relations with him, but by die 1 itizens "I Brookline.

l-'nsl IK. Si MM K 11 Mill l< I V I .aw \er and ( 'hail man nf Norfolk Count) Board of Commissioners, the elde-t son of 1 1 at herb and Emma Caroline (Bickford) Foster, was born in Boston, November 5, 1873. He i- descended in ninth generation from Edward Foster of Scituate, who came from England with his uncle, Timothy Hatherly, on the ship "Anne." landing al Plymouth in 1623 ami settling in Scituate in idjS.

Sumner 11. Foster prepared lor college at the Brookline High Si hool and entered the Massai husetts Institute of Technology in [891. He graduated from die Law s.hool of Harvard University in 1895 an. I was admitted to the bar of Massai husetts in the same year and has since practised law in Boston, being associated with Frank T. Benner and Laurence A. Ilrown under the firm name ol Benner & Foster, lie has taken an active interest in publii affairs, having served for several years on the Committee ol Thirty at tin1 Brookline Vnnual Town Meetings ami on the Republican Town Committee oi Brooklinc and as chairman of thai committee in [905 [906.

lie ha, three brothers, 1 lerbert Ira, John VVinthrop, and Hatherh, Jr. The}' have all attended Harvard University and have been prominent in athletics. The\ represented Harvard in Inter-collegiate con lests in baseball, trai k, hoc ke\ and football, I latherly Foster, |r., being the captain of the Harvard Football Eleven 1906.

Sumner Hatherly Foster has been prominenth identified with yacht racing in Massachusetts Ba\ aii.l ha- served a- an officer in several ol the yacht , Ink- i" w hi' h he belongs. He i- Vice President oi the Vac hi Racing Association of Massachusetts.

Lincoln, Albert I, win, Atlorne) al Law, was born in I'.oston April jo, 1X50, graduate of Harvard College, Secretary .,1" the Class of 1X72, resident of Brookline since 1 S56, Selectman [886-1893, Chairman of the Hoard 1888 [893, one of the Auditors of the town 1878 '70 'No. Park Commissioner since 1901.

\7,dison, Ri v. Daxij i I»i i \\i v, 1'- D., author and clergyman, was born in Wheeling, W \a., March n. 1863. The original Addison in this country and ancestor of Dr. Mdison was an uncle of Joseph Addison, the great English essayist and poet. Another am estor was a signer of the 1 >ei lara turn of Independence. The parents of Dr. Addison tt-ere Thomas Grafton and Marie Eliason (Addison)

He i- a graduate of Union College (iSS;). and of the Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass. He received the degree of D. T). from Union College jn ,,,0i. He was assistant at Christ Church, Springfield, Mass., from [886 to rSSo, rector of St. Peter's Church, Beverly, Mass . from 18S9 to [895, and rei tor of All Saints Chun h, Brookline, since [895 He was president of the Beverlj Hospital from 1892 to 1895, and is at present a trustee of the Brookline Publii Library, examining chaplain to the Bishop ol Massachusetts, president of the N". E. Home for Deaf Mute., a trustee of the College of Monrovia, Liberia, president of the Brookline Educational

Society, a director of The Church Temperance Society, a member of the executive committee, An hdeaconn of Boston, Boston Clerieus, and eice-presidenl of trustees of Donation for Education in Liberia. He was knighted by the Government of Liberia in 1904. He is a member of the Authors' Club and TwenH Round Table.

He i- the author of "Luc\ Larcom, Life, Letters and Hiary." "Philips Brooks," "Life and Times of Edward Bass, First Bishop of Massachusetts," "All Saints' Church, Brookline," "The Clergy in America," and "The Episi opalia."

He was married to Miss Julia de Wolf Gibbs, February :o. [889. Mrs. Addison is an authoress, art designer of ecclesiastical ornament, metal work, mosaii and embroideries. She is a dire, tor of the Brookline School Museum and a member of the Boston Art Students' Association (now The Copley Soi ietv).

Storrs, Ri v. Leonard Kip, D. D . rector of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church, Brookline, was in Vonkers, N. V.. November 4, 's4-- His parents were Henry L. and Elizabeth (Kip) Storrs_

His father, who was also a clergyman, died in Yonkers, in [852. I >r. Storrs was educated at Trinity College of Hartford, Conn., from which he graduated in 1863, and at the Theological Seminary, Hartford, from which he graduated in 1869. After leaving the latter he located in Portland, Me., an.l afterwards in Pittsfield, Mass.

[n [875 he came to Brookline. He is a member of the School Board, Trustee of Walnut Hill- Cemetery and Trustee of the Public Library. His first wife died some years ago, and lit- recently married Mrs. Adeline F. Adam-, daughter of the late George Frost of Newton. Dr. St. in-, has been rector of St. Paul's for thirty-one years, and i- much beloved by his parishioners and mam outside his particular fold.

Mi rphy, Joseph P., M. 1), son of James and Catherine (McCarthur) Murphy, was born in Boston, February 2d, 1865. He received his early education in private schools "I Boston and entered Boston College in 1876, graduating in the eighties. He chose the career of a physician for his life work and prepared himself for his profession at Harvard Medical School, from which he graduated in 1886, taking his degree the same year. Besides these courses, he had bene lit ted by studies in women'- and children's diseases in the Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston City Hospital. In 1894 he went abroad and studied at the Pavillion Trousseau in Paris and at the Maternity Rotunda in Dublin.

I >r. Murph\ began the practice of his profession in brookline in [886, locating first in the house where The Brookline Press some year- later took up its quarters. He was married September 29, [897, to Winifred Richards, daughter of Orrin C. Richards, one of Boston's prominent artists. He has been a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society since 1 886 and was Vice President of the Brookline Medic al Club in nioy Dr. Murphy resides at 37 Harvard Street, Brookline.

MOWRY, Osi \K li., member of brookline Watei Board, i- the son of Warren B. and Hannah A. (Brownell) Mowry, and was born in Woonsocket, R. I., where he spent hi- early life. He was graduated from the Woonsocket High School in 1859, graduated from Brown University, A. B.. 1863, received the degree of A. M. in course in r866. He entered Harvard Law School, took the degree of I.I.. B. in 1865, studied law for a year with C. T. & T. II. Russell, and was admitted to the Suffolk Bar March 17. 1866.

He has devoted himself to a constantly increasing general civil law business which has grown in later years largely in the line of probate and trust matter-. lie i- a trustee of several estates. Mr. Mowry has resided in Brookline since [880, and has been very active and influential in local affairs.

employ of the old house of Seth \V. fuller, Electrical Contrai tor. in 1886, ami made a spe< ialty of ele< trie a] installation as applied to residences.

By dint of hard work in this field, augmented bv courses at night schools in Brookline and evening experimental courses and lectures at the Massachu setts Institute of Technology, he equipped himself to begin an independent business career In [891, opening an office in Brookline in a very modes) way.

Hi- efforts were crowned with such success, that he possesses to-dav, what i- undoubtedly, the most valuable electrical business of it- kind, in Xev. England.

Mr. Fleming now operate- three line- of business, having added in recent years, installation of gas work and automobile storage ami repair-.

Hi- line. new. fireproof business building at the village entrain e of the town, in which he i- located, bid- fair to be only the starting point of more impor taut sui cesses.

Mr. Fleming ha- for several years tilled the office of Sei retarv and Treasurer of the Brookline Business Men'- Association, i- unmarried, and live- with his mother and sisters on Pond Avenue, Brookline. Ma--.

Briggs, Frederick I,., -on of John Hammond ami Marv Elizabeth Briggs, was Born in Weymouth, Ma--.. March 12, 1860. He comes of sturdy New England stock and i- proud of being a -elf made man, having worked up from an office Boy in a real estate concern and employee in a drug -tore to the proprietor-hip of a successful business.

Mi-. Briggs is one of die best known men in Inline of business in Massachusetts. He was a pioneer in the modern method- of embalming and is considered peculiarly qualified for the Board of Regis tration bv his experience of thirty years and his acknowledged expertness.

where Mr. Briggs to-day has his headquarter-. Six year- ago when Mr. Tinkham retired Mr. Briggs SUi 1 eeded him a- proprietor, lie immediately estab li-hed the Coolidge Corner branch of hi- business.

He is a prominent member of Jo.se] ill Warren Lodge of Free Masons, St. Andrew's Royal Arch Chapter, Boston Council, Boston Commandery Knight Tem plai i ml of the National I..

Fish, Fri di rii k Pi rr\ . President of the Amerii an Hell Telephone ( 'ompam , and .1 well-known lawver, was horn in Taunton, Mass., January 1 ;, 1855; he is the m>u of Frederick I., and Mary farvis (Perry) Fish. He graduated from Harvard University in 1875, and attended Harvard Law School 1N75 6. He was married April 7, tS8o, to Clara P. Livermore. He practised law in New York and Boston until July, it 1 That year he ai 1 epted the position of President of the American Bell Telephone Companv h hii li he now i 1906) holds He 1- direi lor of mam and president of several allied companies He is an associate member of American Institute of F.lectrical Fngineers;a member of the Union, St. Botolph University, Exchange Clubs of Boston, and of the University, Union, American Art, Lawyers "I" New York. Mr. Fish resides on Prescotl Street, Brookline.

l'\ 1 1 RSI 1 , F. Josi i'ii. the an hitei 1 1 >1 the Bn >ok line Manual Training School, Bath House and Gvm nasium, was born in Glarus, Switzerland, November 25, 185K. Ilis parens were F. [oseph and Louise (von Riedi) LTntersee, Mr. Untersee received his early education in public and private schools. 1 1 iprofessional training was attained in the Polvtech nikum, Stuttgart, Germany. He married the daughter of the late Philip I). Hammond of Indianapolis, Indiana,

He has been the architect of the Manual Training School, the Gymnasium, and the Bath House of Brookline, churches in Albion, Brookline, and in [amestown, \ Y ; Parochial School in Brookline, Redemptorisl Buildings in Roxbury, and others in New Yi irk. He resides on the corner of Davis Avenue and Keiffer Ko.nl, Brookline

Gardnkk, foHN 1... who was one of Brookline 's most publii spirited citizens, was horn in Boston, November 20, 1837. lie was the sun of one ol Bo toll's old-time merchant princes, fohn Lowell Gard ner. lib mother was a member of the Peabod\ families of Salem. Mr. Gardner filled many important positions during his life. He was chairman of the Hoard of Directors of the Chicago, Burlington .mil < ,> 1 1 i i n \ Railroad Company; a director of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Compam and <>l several other corporations; Trustee of the Suffolk Savings Bank, one of the Trustees and Treasurer oi the Museum of Fine Arts of Boston, and Tru tee and a! one time Recording Secretary of the Humane Society of Massachusetts. He was also a member of the leading club-. Ik- wa- married April to. i86o, to Mi - Isabella Stewart of New York.

He dieil 1 let ember I o. 1N7.X. leaving a widow but no children; other survivors are his brother, George A. Gardner, and a married sister, Mrs. J. Randolph Coolidge. Mr. Gardner was always interested in the advancement of Brookline, and in 1.S71 he donated Sic, 000 to the Brookline Library.

\i \i, Bl'RTON \\ ., well known builder and ion tr.utor, was bom in brookline. November 14, 1866, the -on of Burton \V. Neal. who came to this town from New Hampshire in [853. He was educated in the public schools of brookline and later attend.. I the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since that time he ha- been active]} engaged in the building business, succeeding his father in [891, and ha- built many fine residences and public buildings in the (own and -tate. He served in the Brookline Fire

Department for twenn three years, five years oi which he was on the Board of Engineers, and lor -i.x years he served as Fire Commissioner. He -cawed on the board of Investment of the brookline Savings Bank for four years. Mr. Neal was married to Miss Ida ( 'anipliell. The\ have three < hildren.

Bir nun. 1 t-TARLE? Wesley, was born in Law - rence, Mass,, November 23, r86o. Hi- father was Tempest Birtwell, born in Sabden, and his mother, Sarah Pickels, born in Colne, Lancashire, England.

from the Lawrence High School, class of 1S78, Mr. Birtwell entered Harvard College, class of 1SN2. In his senior year illness interrupted his course, so that he was graduated w iih the 1 lass of 1SS5, re. eiving a degree of " summa c urn laude."

I (eliberately 1 noosing philanthropic work when sue h a choice was less common among university men than now. Mr. Birtwell went directly from Harvard into the service of the bo-ton Children's Aid Society, of which, since September 1, 1NX5, he ha- been the exei titive . iffii er.

of the bride, the Governor Weare house, built in 1737, now the summer home of the family. The first year after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Birtwell lived in the Charles Sumner house, 20 Hancock St., Boston, and in October, 1895, moved to Brookline. rheir son Roger was born May 10, 1001, in the house at the corner of Drure Street and Dean Road, built for Mr. Birtwell in 1809. Tms fall Mr. Birtwell changes hi- residence to a house now building for him on Buckminster Road, corner of Seaver Street.

In [S91, Mr. Birtwell visited England and France for the -tml\ ol charities and industrial education. He is one of the lecturers of the Xew York School of Philanthropy, conducted In the Charit\ Organization S01 iety of the City of New York, and of the Si hot)! for So, ial Workers, Boston, maintained by Simmons ( 'ollege and Harvard University.

In r.Sqd 07 Mr. Birtwell was a member of the Advisorv Board on Public Institutions of the Citv of Bo-ton. appointed b\ the Mayor. He has served upon the boards of directors of the Massachusetts Prison Association, the New England Watch and Ward Society, the South laid House, the North End I'nion, and other local charitable and educational organizations and 1 ommittees.

He was one of the two editors ol "The ('are of Dependent, Neglei ted, and Wayward Children, being a Report of die Second Section of the International Congress of Charities, Correction ami Philanthropy, Chicago, [une 1S93 Baltimore, The fohns Hopkins Press. London, the Scientifii Press, 1894; " and was one of the two authors of a "Reporl of the Male Board of Education " by spei ial order of the Legislature of Massachusetts, "relative to School Attendam e and Truancy. House Document No. 1259, Mav, 1 So 7." He w a- an assoi iate editor of the "Charities Review" from [S97 to kjoo.

Mr. Birtwell was president of the " Monda) Evening ( 'lull," a 1 lull of pa ill officers of the charities of Boston and vicinity, November, 1893, to November, 1895. The iluli was organized at Mr. Birtwell's suggestion in March, iSSS, ami he was it- first secretary It- usefulness has prompted the organization of a similar club in each of the larger cities of the 1 nun try. Mr. Birtwell was president of the Charming Club of Boston, Oi lolier. [Sg6, to Oi tober, 1897; and has been secretary of the Unitarian Club of Boston oni e [anuan , 1899.

connected with what i- now tailed the "Social Service Committee" of Harvard University, formed for the purpose of guiding and stimulating student volunteer 1 harity w ork.

Under the will of Miss Belinda Randall, of Boston, Mr. Birtwell served as a member, and by election of In- colleagues served a- clerk of the Randall Board of Managers, to which fell the assignment to -mil educational and philanthropii purposes a- the managers should determine of the sum of S;Sj,ooo.

The burden of Mr. Birtwell's work has been the development of the activities of the Boston Children's Aid Soiieli Erom it men and Women have been graduated i" positions of responsibiIit\ at the head ol various other charitable undertakings in different parts of the country. Mr. Birtwell has given much attention to legislation in regard to i hildren, espei ialh in 1 he development of the law- in rega ril to o impulsory education and truancy, child labor, juvenile courts, and related sul ijei ts.

Mr. Birtwell wa- interested in the opening of our publii libran on Sumla\s, and in securing the up proval li\ the town of the building of the publii gymnasium He i- chairman of the lecture com mi t tee of the Brookline Education Societv.

W'li.iu 1:, .1 m "i: W., a resident of Brookline for a number of years, was Born in New Gloucester Maine. March '_', Isl7. where he received his education. When he arrived in Boston he decided to enter the real estate business and as a result he has greatly improved and developed suburban hind Mr. Wilbur resides in a beautiful residence on Wlnthrop Road.

Brookline Street Department

Few things add more to the appearance of a Brookline were constructed and maintained altnwii than well constructed and well maintained most entirely of ordinary pit gravel. In that streets and sidewalks, and Brookline owes much year a stone crusher was bought, and since then of its attractiveness and its desirability as a place the repairs have been largely made of crushed of residence to the fact thai it has for many years stone, and for some time past have been made kepi its streets and sidewalks in such a manner as and repaired with this material only. It is in promote the comfort and convenience of its generally conceded that for streets of heavy citizens, and to elicit unqualified praise from traffic, granite blocks when well cut and well visitors. laid, form a must substantial and durable pave- Previous to the year 1S71 \\ i >rk on the streets ment, which in the course of years is undoubtedly was dune under the immediate supervision of the the must economical, but on account of the noise selectmen, acting as surveyors of highways. In they are desirable only in streets of the heaviest that year a highway department was organized traffic, and while the roads of Brookline, are by and a superintendent of street- was appointed reason nf its geographical location, subjected to lor the first time. Chapter 98, of the Public an enormous amount Mfthi-kinilnrtratiir.it has Statute- nl' 1SS9, made it obligatory mi towns to not been deemed advisable t < > use this kind of appoint a superintendent of streets, but as Brook- pavement.

line already had such an official, i he effect mi t his Brick pavements, while not as durable as those town was merely to shift certain statute respon- of granite, are largely used in western town- and sibilities. cities, and of late years have been used to a con- The town is divided into live highway districts, siderable extent in t his vicinity, and bv reason of each being under the charge of one member of the their smoothness, and the ease bv which t hexboard of selectmen. The engineering work is en- can be kept cleaned are deservedly popular. The tirely separate and distinct from the street de- Village square al the transfer station and Harvard part ment, and the engineer and superintendent of square and Washington street as far as t he railstreets are both appointed annually by t he -elect - road bridge are paved with bricks, ami the paveineii. and are responsible directly to them. The ment seems to give very general satisfaction, selectmen keep in close touch with the si reel de- \.sphalt is noiseless and comparatively dustless, partment, and are at all limes familiar with its and in some respect is almost an ideal pavement, work, and are consulted when anything more than particularly lor residential sections, but its ?ur the ordinal-} routine is contemplated. The de- face is exceptionally slippery, and repairs are very partment is well equipped with -team roller-. costly. It is, however, extremely desirable for stone crushers, horses , carts, tools etc., and its crowded tenement districts, owing to the tad permanent force consists of as many men as can that 11 can be easily flushed during the hoi sumbe constantly employed. During t he busy season mer days and nights, thus reducing t he tempera -

The question of whal material should be used material when properly treated with a preservam surfacing t he streets has occupied t he attention tive constitute almost the ideal pavement. They

The onlv objection, aside I ruin the cost . to the use of 1 1 1 1 r~ pavement is its slipperiness, which ran be overcome b\ sprinkling liberally with sand. A -i i i;i 1 1 sample of this pavemcnl is laid on the Sumner road bridge. A new pavement known as I >i nil it I or is made of broken stone and bituminous cemenl laid hoi on a foundation of crushed stone, and thoroughly compacted by rolling while still hot. li combines the best features of asphall and macadam, and is free from most oi the objections in the use of either; it is used very largely in all parts of the country, and will doubtless be used more and more as its merits are mure widely known. There arc three pieces of this pavement in Brookline, one on the souther!} approach to the railroad bridge on Washington street on a somewhat heav\ grade, a second piece on Kent street near Harvard square, and a third mi Harvard street, between Harvard square and Aspinwall avenue; it seems in give general satisfaction, and public opinion is favorable to a more extended use ''I ii. Macadam seems on the whole the most suitable pavement for suburban roads, and i- the iiinM popular for road driving. The great - i-M object ions to its use are the dust and the mud, which seem to be almost inseparable from it, bul when the surface is kept in proper condition, and properlv sprinkled in dry weather, and I he mud removed, it gives great satisfaction by reason oi its low cost, its freedom from noise, and the sure foot hold it affords for horses. With the exception of the few short pieces of improved pavement already mentioned, macadam is wlmlh used both in construction and repairs on the streets ot Brookline. In streets of ordinary width, where street railwa\ tracks are laid, macadam is unfit on account of it- rapid wear by reason oi the travel being concentrated on very narrow portions oi the road on either side of the railway tracks, and without doubt Brookline will adopt a hotter and more durable pavemenl for such streets in the very near future, h has been amply demonstrated by the experience of many years that the hea\\ telford foundation is unnecessary except in clave) -nil-, and particularly where the underdrainage is not good. <>u well drained foundations it is found that about eight inches of crushed -lone, put on in two layers and properly shaped, and rolled down to about six inches in depth answer* every purpose. In repairs and reconstructions of old roads which have become well compacted and thoroughly solid by years oi use, even four inches of macadam are sufficient. \" hard and fasl rule is adhered to, but the method of construction and repair.- is adopted which will suit the particular place.

I'mil about twenty-five years ago gravel of fairly good quality could be had in almost every pari of Brookline, but no permanent supply is now available, and the department for some time past has had to depend upon such material as is found in various excavations for building and other purposes throughout the town. The stone used for macadam surfacing until recently was obtained from the conglomerate ledges in Brighton, but this -tone is of very poor quality, and the best results could nol therefore be obtained In 1902 a lot of land adjoining the park lands mi Hammond street, containing about seven a ere- on which there is a very la rue amounl of trap rock, was purchased and repair- are now made almost entirely of this material, which * i in- to give general satisfaction. The supply nf gravel being so precarious it was eviilent thai the railroad would have to lie depended upon for a sure supplv. In 1903 a lot of land on Kent -i reel adjoining the railroad, was bought, and a spur track lias been laid by mean.- oi which not onlv gravel can be delivered, bui broken stone, cement, sand, bricks and other things needed in the work of the department. This lot of land also serves a very useful purpose as a storage lot. In cleaning the streets about twenty-five men are employed who spend their whole time in this work. The town is divided into sections, and each man is held responsible for the condition oi his own particular section. In addition a street cleaning gang, composed of the older men w ho are physically unable in do the heavy work of the department, is -en I periodically over all I he -t reel - of the town, including those which are covered by the ectional method. Litter barrel- for the reception of paper and other refuse are placed in convenient parts of the town, and very general