The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-08-17
VIM. IL. Newton Dead.

But few Of our citizens we're pre-
pared TO hear last Tuesday morning
that Mr.. Newton was dead. For some
time past Mr.. Newton has been living
on his farm few miles cut Of town.
On Tuesday, the 9Th inst, he came to
town with his wife and the hired man
for driver. On the way is bad piece
OF road and when going home Mrs.
Newton insisted upon walking over
this bad place but Mr.. Newton kept
his seat, the hind one of a two seated
light wagon, and in going over this
place the seat tipped backward and
Mr.. Newton Wssa thrown to the
ground, and received such internal
injuries as caused his death just a
week later. Mr.. Newton was SO well
known at the head of the lakes that
we can say nothing of his virtues and
standing which is not already known.
He was brother to Mrs. Hiram
Hayes, of Superior, and TO Mrs. III. NJ.
Payton, of Dultth, who with host OF
friends mourn his seemingly untime-
~ death. The funeral took place from
the Episcopal church at II O'Clock
Thursday morning, Rev. ii. II. Van
Dusen, officiating, and the remains
were followed to the cemetry by
large concourse of our people fully at
testing the high esteem III which the
deceased was held Below we give a
brief outline of Mr.. Newton's busl-
ness career through life:
Mr.. Newton was born about seventy
years ago near Schenectady, n. Y. He
was educated for the profession of civil
engineering, and as such his early life
was devoted to railway building and
laying out town sites, making the
latter somewhat a specially. About
1914 he located and built the first rail
way into Toledo, Ohio, building
through what was known as the black
Swamps. He was for a number of
years superintendent and general
manager of the road. He came to
Chicago i'll 1850 and after remaining in
that city two years came to st. Paul
in 1852 or 1853. lie took a claim Of
100 acres III what is now the very cen
ter of Minneapolis. He also owned
forty acres where Summit avenue in
st. Paul has since been laid out. He
borrowed largely upon his Minneapolis
and st. Paul property for investment
in Superior IL 1858 4, having the most
mbounded faith in the future of this
city. The panic of 1857 found him as
it did many others too heavily loaded
with unproductiye property and he lost
his Minneapolis and st. Paul property.
He was associated with Judge Nelson
and Col Robertson of St. Paul, Jas.
Stinson of Chicago and others in
founding and laying out the town
site of Superior. Mr.. Newton in fact
laid out the town site. He was one
of the trustees and general manager
of the company's affairs in Superior
from 1854 to 1857. He afterward be-
came interested in the st. Paul &
Pacific railroad NOW the Manitoba
systeml in the interest of which he
went to England in 1862, there secur-
ing funds for its building. In 1866 he
was appointed engineer to the Auxil-
liary Sanitary Association OF New Or
leans, and planned and established the
water publication system of that city
which has done somuch to render New
Orleans comparatively free from the
epidemic of yellow fever which has
devastated other southern cities. Mr.
Newton has been quite prolific in
yentor among which may be mentioned
suction dredge by which he rendered
navigable some of the most important
bayOus in Louisiana. He also invented
winged float for creating artificial
currents to remove sand bars collect
ing in rivers, which were also extern
sively used to open drainage canals
at New Orleans. lie was the owner
of several valuable patents upon his
various inventions, Mr.. Newton re-
| turned to Superior about eight years
ago and has resided here most of the
time since having been engaged for
the past three years IN the real estate
business as a member of the firm of
/ Z. r. Otis & Co,