Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-12-03

Nhe Lnndmnrk OF fho etntc kemoNoo
The Great Lovelsr has stricken down The
towering old Oak whose branches have drop
red blessings all over Ohio. ALrRxD KrtLry
is dead lie fell asleep at Columbus the night
Of Desember LET, eyed about II years.
The nome Of ALFRED KELLEY stands promi-
nsntly hrst in the history and prosperity Of
Ohio. He early identified himself with the
system Of Internal Improvements which inau-
gurated a new era in the development and
growth of Ohio and OF the West, and became
the master mind and the master hand in the
construction Of the Canals uni,iug Lake and
River The great work Of the Ohio Canal is
a monument to his sagacily, enterprise, energy,
and integrity, He was the Acting Commis.
sioner Of its construction, and with such econ
omy and fidelity was the onerous and RESPONSE
BILE duty performed, that the actual cOst did not
exceed the estimates. The labor, in the then
condition Of the facilities for conducting i'm
portant public enterprises, was Herculean; but
Mr.. KELLEy's indomitable will and iron eonsti.
tuition and physique triumPhol over all difficult
ties. When the time arrived for the locomo
tive to measurably supercede the canal boat,
Mr.. KELLEY was among the first to push on the
modern improvement, now so indispensable to
the humiliation Of distance in travel and traffic.
He was the active and ever working President
in the construction Of the Cleveland, Columbus
and Cincinnati Railway, and Of the Lake Shore
Road from Cleveland TO Erie As Fund Com
missioner, Member of the Legislature, and
other important and responsible official posts
tions, Mr. KELLEY has also rendered the State
invaluable service, and with such honeSty that
the bittereSt breath of party never EulIied his
integrity by suspicion lie literally wore him
sell out in the service of the State aud the
Public Enterprises which have placed Ohio in
the front rank Of the Confedersey.
To ALFRED KELLEY our city owes large
and constantly accumulating debt of gratitude.
he was pioneer settler of Cleveland in 1909
or 1910, and with the vigOr of early manhood
helped lay tho foundations on which the Forest
City has risen to the second in Ohio Some thirty
years ago Mr.. KELLEY removed to the Capital,
but his interest in the progress and prosperity
ofCleveland continued with life He ever enjoy
ed the confidence, respect, and warm regard oi
our citizens, and was one Of the first officers oi
the Cuyahoga Courts.
The Journal Of the Court of Common Pleas
of this county, of November term, 1910, shows
that on November 9TH, "on motion Of Mr.
Hitchcock, (the late Chief Justice Peter Hitch-
cock) the Court ordered that Alfred Kelley,
Esq, be admitted to practice as an Attorney
in tbs Court of Common Pleas for this coun-
ty."
And the same day that, "the Court have this
day appointed Alfred Kelley, Prosecutor Of th'
Pleas until the end of March term. next"
He was the second Prosecuting Attorney o.
this eounty-Peter Hitchcock, the first one
having been appointed June 9th, 1910, fol
that (June) term.
The funeral Of Mr.. KELLEY will be attended
in Columbus on Sunday, Dec. 4th, at one 2
NJ The Executive Committee of the Q. c. 4
G. Company, with their usual courtesy, have
placed special train at the service of our eiti
Eens who may desire to pay last tribute O.
respect to their departed fIiend. The train
will leave Sunday morning at half past seven
returning after the funeral services