Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-07-23
ARTHUR sEWALL.
NOMINEE FOR NONRESIDENT.

Me-, November rs, 1885, Of q stock
long prominent and honored in his
State and identified with the demo-
cratic party from its birth. He iE-
herited a capacity for large business
interests, as did also bis brother
Edward, and while yet a very
young man, with his brother he as
sumed the management Of the large
shipbuilding plant which had been
developed by his father and grand
father. Through the combined
energies and abilities Of the two
brothers che business grew and the
ships multiplied until, when Ameri-
can shipping had reached its hey
day, there were few ports in the
world in which there could not be
seen at any time at the top OF a
lofty mainmast the navy blue
square supporting the white 49,"
His brother met his death in New
York city several years ago by
fall over balustrade in hotel to
the corridor below. Mr.. Sewall
continued the business, the son of
his brother, Samuel, becoming as
ISOLATED with him.
No family in America has done
more for the merchant marine"
than the Sewall family has. Its
list OF ships shows a steady and
almost unchecked line Of progress
covering a period of seventy-gve
years. Ship after ship has slid
from the Sewall way into the Ken
nebec river, and the Sewall collect
ION of models, ancient and modern,
is superior to any thing of the kind
in this country.
The Sewall family has always
been democratic, although as a
family it has seldom or never
sought TO control in any way party
action either in municipal or State
affairs. Twenty years ago this fall,
when Indiana swung into the demo-
cratic column for Tilden, the Sew
all satisfaction found expression in
the bestowal of the name of Indi-
ana upon one of the. largest and
finest ships ever built in the yard,
and which was about ready for
the launch.
Arthur Sewall is about the only
man in the country who has per-
sisted in building wooden ships in
the face of what others builders
have considered disaster. Mr..
Sewall, believing that a turn for
the better had would or soon
come, resumed building, and
with greater earnestness than ever
before. There followed in quick
succession four monsters. each rep
resenting a sum beyond $125, 900.
These were the Rappahannock,
Shenandoah, Susquehanna and
Roanoke, all wooden vessels, aver
aging about three thousand tons
net each, capable of carrying easily
a tonnage in cargo of half as much
more.
In addition to his large fleet of
square-rigged 'deep-water' ships
Mr.. Sewall has constructed and
manages large fleet of three and
four-masted schooners which are
engaged in the coal, ice and lumber
trade on the Atlantic coast.
Besides his extensive interests in
shipping, Mr.. Sewall is interested
IN railroads, the Bath Iron Works,
which built the United States gun
boats Castine and Machias and the
ram Katahdin, and other enter
prises. A few years ago he was the
president of the Maine Central
Railroad. He is now president of
a bank in Bath. He is reputed to
have made large sum in leather in
New York City some months ago.
Mr.. Sewall has always lived in
Bath. His wife was also born in
Bath. He has two sons-Harold
Nj. and William ID. The latter.
the younger, is associated with his
father in business. Harold Sewall
was consul-general at Apia, Samoa.
under the first Cleveland adminis.
tration. His recall by Secretary
Bayard was because bis course IN
the Germaa-English- American con-
troyersy there was considered more
aggressive than safe. President
Harrison made him secretary to the
Samoan Commission and later re-
appointed him consul at Apia.
About two years ago he left the
Democratic party and became a
Republican, so that now father and
son viii be arrayed against each
other.
The wealth of the vice-presiden-
tial candidate is estimated at very
nearly million dollars.