The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-11
THE TALLEST Man.
Altitude of Some Of the Anakim
Of Seattle.
JOSEPH KERR TAKES THE PALM.
Relative Height aud Weight OF Men asd
Women-spokaue Can Boast Of .
Giant Polieeman.


sEscEs from q Constant Reader. asking
height and weight OF men and women IN
the United States. their comparative
weight of brain. etc, and the heigh. OF the
taiiess man III Seattle, raises some inter
esiing points. and inquiry has produced
Interesting results.
Fosters Physiology" says that
"woman is lighter and shorter than the
man. the limits IN the former being l.iff
TO i.740 meters of height, and from 3s.s
to s3s kiIos Of weight; in the latter from
l. ~ To l. $50 meters of height and from
-. to 9s kilos OF weight. The
woman's brain is lighter and smaller than
that of the man, being about l,232
grammes 10 ]. 424. Her strength
is TO that of man as about 10 8, and the
relative length of her step IS 1000 TO
Ii57"
These figures as TO height and weight
transformed into American measurements
mean that the average man Is feet
inches high and the woman feet 4
inches. The weight of the average m an is
l45 pounds and the woman I'D pounds.
1t is rather difficult to ascertain the
identity of the individual who is willing
to boldly lay claim to the honor of being
the taliest man in this city. There are
several men who stand feet and
over. but they will not say positively that
there are not others who are taller. 1t 10
believed, however. that Joseph Kerr, of the
firm of McKennen & Kerr. the piledriving
contractors, will carry off the palm for
height, being 6 feet inches tall. He looks
very thin. and in proportion to his i'm
mense height he Is thin, but he pulls down
the scales above the oJ0-pound notch.
Aside from Mr.. Kerr there are good
many men in public life in Seattle who
would be prominent alone because OF
their extraordinary height and splendid
physique. Principal among these are John
Wiley, II. Bostwick. Edmond S. Meany
aud Daddy" Peer, Long John" Kelly and
Cap" Barr. Of the police force. Mr.. Wiley
is feet pa inches high. Mr.. Bostwick
feet pa inches. Mr.. Meany feet inches.
Officer Peer 8 feet 3ls inches. Kelly 6 feet
inches and Barr feet $50 inches. BY
good many it was believed that George
Espiin. carpenter, was the tallest man in
the city. but though he stands 6 feet 5t5
inches, it will be. seen that Mr.. Kerr can
look down on him from q still greater
height.
In this city of 81. 900 people are a great
many stalwart young men, who. though
having attained their majority and stand
ing over six feet high, are still growing
and there's no telling when they will stop.
X. s. Cox and w. 0. Came, the we'll known
club men, are tall specimens of young
manhood, both being in the neighborhood
oil feet 3 inches.
1t is supposed. from the information
now at hand. that the tallest man in the
state is Samuel Hutcheson. a Spokane
policeman, who is I feet "a inches high.
An idea of this mans height can be realized
when il is understood that he could with
perfect ease stand in front OF an ordinary
door and look down into the room over the
transom. John Wiley. and everybody
knows how tall he looks. met Hutchinson
several months ago and so impressed vas
he with the policeman's height that he
made his acquaintance and the two are
now friends. Hutcheson is just twelve
inches taller than Mr.. Wiley and comes
from a family of tall men and women.