Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-07-29
9n11rma1 and Courier,
The Oldest Daily Paper Pub
ished In Connecticut.
HENRY 8. DAWSON,

Henry S. Dawson, who died yesterday
has been to and fro In New Haven TO,
many years, as years go In the lives Of
men. He was conspicuous figure as he
walked the streets, and noticeable figure
everywhere. In his later years he had the
look of patriarch, and his long life, his
keen observation, his wide experience, his
power to reflect and reason, and his good
common sense. gave him the quality as
well as the appearance of a patriarch. He
was wise man and an efficient man, and
his wisdom and his efficiency were never
more strikiDgly shown than during the
latter years of his life, at an age when
most men are not efficient even If they
happen to be wIse
Mr.. Dswson's great work in life was for
and with the New Haven Water company,
Of which he bad long been the president.
he had grown with the company as the
company had grown with and through
him. And no public or private business
ever had more loyal and devoted servant
and manager than the Water company had
in him. How indefstigably, how wisely
and how efficiently he has labored for it.,
and how shrewdly, persistently and VIC
toriously he has fought for 1t is known to
many of the people of New Haven in a
general way. And few know what q
veritable tower of strength and what a
mine of resource he has been in the
troublous times which the company has
seen. He put his whole heart and mind
aud strength into the contests which
he has made in its behalf, and
his zeal and his faith never tagged. He
always had confidence in himself and in
the future of the company, and its stock
holders learned to have the confidence in
him which his work and his success merit
ed. And that confidence was never be-
trayed or nisused. He deeply felt his
responsibility and he was ever ready to
bear the full weight of 1t. His strong
personality, his thorough knowledge of
the company's affairs and needs, his skill
in the management of difficult men and
difficult matters, his boldness in action,
and his unswerving confidence in the re-
suit of his work, made him the president
of the Water company in fact as well as in
name.
But Mr.. Dawson had other claims to the
respect and confidence of his fellow men
than his great success in the chief business
of his life. He was very human kind of
map. He was unusually sympathetic and
kindly. He believed in what are called the
psople, and he liked them. He never for
got that he was once workingman and
he was always thoughtful for those who do
the rough work of the world. He was be-,
nevolent and naturally religious and did
many good deeds. He had faith in God
and man. and his long life had not slain
his hope. He was intensely patriotic, and
glorled In the privilege of being a citizen
of such country as this. He was fond of
good literature, especially of poetry and
the bible. He was apt in quotation
from what he had read, aud he had
read much and we'll. He was a good
writer, as many timely and excellent COM
munications to this and other papers tes-
tify. He could make an effective speech,
and what he had to say was worth listen
ing to. He was good conversationslist
and his talk showed his ssgscity, his good
sense and his deep feeling.
"Count no man happy until he is dead" "
said the sage. We now count our old
friend happy, for he acted we'll his part
throughout long, useful and successful
life, and he died in the full faith and hope
of blessed resurrection. The grave was
not to him "the lone couch of his everlast.
ing Sleep" but his place of rest until the
glorious morning.