The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-11

If ]. George Eisele the new appointee
to the board of health, carries into that
office the fathfulness and energy
which have characterized his work in
other spheres of usefulness, Mr.. Horn
will have a worthy successor. Mr..
Eisele is never content to do anything
otherwise than thoroughly and well.
No man in the Delaware and Hudson
company's employ, it Is safe to say, is
considered more valuable in his posi-
tion than the head of the sales depart
ment; as city controiier he gave 10
Scranton a system of accounts ana
audits which for eight years have re-
mained as model for his successor
and which will doubtlessly continue to
be such for many years to come; as
secretary of the board of directors or
the Lackawanna hospital, he has for
years borne the brunt of the executive
work of that busy and noble institu-
tion, and atop of all his other activity,
he spared time and energy sufficient to
make for himself a reputation as
political worker that called his talents
into the service of the Republican eX-
ecutive committee in almost every cam
paign of any importance that has been
waged during the past decade.
Mr.. Eisele is the soul of affability
and seems happiest when he is given
an opportunity of doing some one a
favor He is the kind of man who
should be welcomed into public life, and
Mayor Moir's good taste in selecting
and good fortune in securing his SER
vices, call for congratulation.
That Attorney James II. Torrey has
been retained to assist the lawyers Of
the Mems union, of Green Ridge. in
prosecuting it's cases, is in itself an
earnest of the unions seriousness of
purpose, for these prosecutions are not
a matter of q week or a month, and
| the time of a lawyer of Mr.. Torreys
standing is worth something. While
Mr.. TOrrey's practice is largely in the
| civil courts, his shrewdness, readiness
and other qualities entering into the
makeup of a successful trial lawyer
result in his being frequently retained
| both directly and-which is most com
| plmentary-as associate in many i'm
| portant criminal suits.
| 1t is safe to assert that when the
cases brought by the Mems union come
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will be fought within the walls of the
court house The defendants will have
as good legal talent as the county at
fords at their table and when these
meet Mr.. Torrey and his able associate,
f. c. Newcomb, the fight will be well
worth the watching. Lackawanna has
been the scene of many brilliant legal
battles during the comparatively few
| of har isto hut iy
full if they equalled the battles that
will be fought while the cases that
We're brought with a view to improv-
ing the moral atmosphere of the city
hold the boards.
| .
Frank Washburn, of the lumber and
| manufacturing firm of Washburn, Will
Jams e Co.. bears a name that was well
known in this region before the city
itself was named. The mills and yard
now occupied by the above firm were
owned many years ago by Nicholas
Washburn, the father of Frank. 1t was
there as a boy that he started in the
lumber business. Unlike most men en-
gaging in this business, he began learn
ing the manufacturing side rather than
the buying and selling of lumber He
could be aptly termed a "woodworker,' ~
for he is an expert in all that the name
implies. To perfect himself along this
line he served an apprenticeship in a
machine shop in Scranton and also in
Boston in the largest woodworking
machine shops in the world.
After this preparation young Wash
burn was ready to take charge of any
lumber mill. For a number of years
he was foreman of Joseph Ansley's
mill. Finally there came a time when
the old mill formerly occupied by Mr.
Washburn's father was for sale. This
was his opportunity. With his savings
he was enabled to form a partnership
and buy the old place. The firm then
was Washburn & Zerfass. In the course
of healthy business growth the firm
took on its present name and is one of
the most solid in the CITY, with an
ample capital of cash, brains and en-
ergy.
Mr.. Washburn has many attractions
on his social side, and is well read in
the general thought of the day. Mr.
? Washburn will probably blush from
modesty to read this, but he is an en-
couraging example for the boy to con.
template who wishes to reap success in
life by learning a trade.
At the recent meeting of the Society
of the Army of the Potomac, held al
Fredericksburg, Va, Captain P. De.
, Lacy, of this city, was honored by be.
! Ing elected first vice-president of the
, society, which next to the Grand ARMY
of the Republic contains more unior