Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-05
4 BIG SCHEME.
7 Continued from lst page.
Maine, have been secured as master car
builder and mechanic.

builder and mechanic.
The people of this place have gwen a
OF William II. Dyer ri Strong, who has
built nearly all the rolling stock in use in
right of way through the city and along the
water front. Tae Maine Central will be
| crossed at the grade, and union station
will probably be established here.
Mr.. Crosby has become SO much inter-
estsd in his pre- ject that he has disposed of
his interest in the Crosby Steam Gauge and
Valve Company. which he started. The
history OF the man to whom the road owes
its construc ion is as Romantic as could b..
desired.
Hon. George II. Crosby was born is Al
bion "a years ago, bis father was in bust
ness mary years ago as contractor and
builder in the maratime provinces of Can
ada, and put up the first bridge across the
St. john yer and rebuilt the government
buildings at St. Johns, N. F., after the
great fire rhere. At the time his son,
George II. Crosby, was Is the boy was at
school at the famous old Quaker school in
China. Mr.. Crosby, Sr., wa ted to appren-
tice the boy to machinist, but the lad ran
away and enlisted on beard British man
of-war and served before the mast through
the Crimean war.
After several years experience as a jack
tar, George returned to this country and
took up the study of mechanical engineer
ing. He worked in tie old Hinkley Loco
motive Works ia Boston. He had a very
Inventive miad and devised many appliances
for use in steam engineering. Later his
genius came TO the attention of the Ashcroft
Steam Gauge Company which engage him
{ r long time. He then branched out for
himself and established the Crosby Steam
Gauge snd Valve Company OF Boston, the
greatest in IFS line.
MIR. Crosby has so patented steam appli-
acces in daily use all over the country. His
steam guages and valves have been exclu-
siveIy adopted in the nayies of all coun-
tries, excep. the United States, where .hay
sre, however. generally used. He also in
vented the familiar chime whistle in use on
nearly all locomotives in the country. He
established branch offices in New York,
Chicago, San Francisco, London and vi
emma az his business grew.
Five years ago he retired from the active
management of the company and within
short lime has sold ont his int rests, in or
der, as already stated, to give his whole
time to the road. Mr.. Crosby is man of
great native ability, business shrewdness
and strength of will. He always intends
t. succeed when h, begins, and. without
exception, has gained his desire.
w. Fred 2. Fogy of Wateryille il the
secretary, treasury and general counsel CT
the road, and is the man who has been
most active in pushing the project. lie
began life without anything except energy.
an iniomitabls will and cool funt of
common sense. He his made himself a
leading po ition at the Maine bar, has bad
large practice, and has accumulated COM
Portable property.
lie has been prominently connected with
the organization AMI construction of the
Franklin county system Of narrow guaye
roads, 50 welt known to the fish aud game
sportsmen of the whole country, and is now
giyiog his VIII lie time to the Wiscasset &
Quebec. ..r
The road will BIZ built without the use of
a cent of money from without the State.
The string pulled in raising the funds wss
that Maine was undeveloped, while mil
lions Of dollars had son, out of the State
to be wholly lost in the South aud West
To place Maine in her proper position the
fret need is to provide lines of communice-
ton from those part, Of the State st pres
ent not connected. The Wis ,asset & Que
bee Rsilroad campagn has shown THAI the
only thi necessary to make these changes
is corporation and energy on the Fart of a
few men.
The W. & Q runs through the part of the
Safe that gives it command of the r,ilrosd
situation. and, owing to its land and water
connections it will at once become an in-
hy IN
have the first tram running in June.