The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-29
HENRY s. PARMELEE DEAD.
ONE OF SEW HAVEN'S PROMI-
 NEWT AND LEADING MEN.

President for Years of the Fair Haven & westviIIe R. R. company and Ofthe Wathushek Piano cOmpaBy-His Busi- ness Career and UsefuIess-DIed on His Yacht-The Funeral Services to Take Place Wednesday Afternoon.
 In the death of Henry s. Parmelee, which occurred Saturday, the city loses Q prominent, influential and useful cit izen and able business man, and the news of his death, which Was unex- pected brings sorrow to the hearts of a large circle of friends who had long enjoyed his acquaintance, friendship and companionship. MT. Parmelee died on board his yacht, the Alert, at about 1:30 Saturday afternoon. He had en- parked from this city a week ago, bound on an extended trip for the i1n- provement of his health, which for some months had been impaired, and was expecting to pass the fall in and about Chesapeake Bay and the winter in the West Indies. With him on board the yacht were his wife, his son, Henry F. Parmelee, and his eldest daughter Mary E. Parmelee. He passed away while asleep. He laid down to rest shortly after 1 o'clock and fell asleep, and a few moments afterward it was found by members of his family that he had passed away. Dr. Muchmore, of Bay Ridge, was quickly summoned to the bedside, but all efforts were of no avail His death was due to ex- haustion. The yacht had been lying at anchor off Bay Ridge for a number of days owing to the prevalence of a northeast storm, and it had been the in- tention to start southward as soon as the weather would permit After the necessary legal formula had been pro- ceeded with, the yacht lowed by tug, left for this city, arriving here yester- day noon, and the remains were taken to the home of the bereayed family, No. 2S Hillhouse avenue.
 Mr. Parmelee had spent the greater part of the past year on his yacht, find ing thus relief from the business strain which had told upon his strength to such an extent as to warn him that re- taxation was imperative. He had found continued benefit from life on the wa ter, and when he started from here for southern climes a week ago it was with the sanguine expectation that great and lasting improvement to his health would result.
 The late MT. Parmelee was fifty-eight years old and was born in an Ohio town where his parents were temporarily stopping. His boyhood days were spent chiefly in New Haven, New York and
 
 of Spencer T. Parmelee, who was for many years one of New Haven's lead ing business men and who died in 1875 The late Spencer T. Parmelee was prominent in the rubber business and organized and founded the Castle Mills rubber manufacturing establishment in Edinburgh, Scotland, which is in oper- ation to-day. Previous to that he was in Centerville and this city with what is now the L. Candee Rubber company, In his later life he established the Par melee piano manufactory in this city, and after the burning down of the fac tory, which was on Audubon street, he established the Mathushek piano man. ufactory, which was first located upor Park street and is now the Mathushek piano factory of West Haven, he being president of the company. The late Henry s. Parmlee succeeded his father as the president of the company, con, tinuing it's president until his death having much enlarged the business.
 MT. Parmelee came into greater prom thence perhaps by his connection witt the Fair Haven and Westville Railroad company. He had been a member O the board Of directors of the company since January 8, 1878, of which also hi father was for some years director and upon the death of Hoadley B. Ives was chosen president. He was elected to that office March 2S, 1894.
 With the change in the management of the road and with MT. Parmelee il control a complete revolution in tn methods of street railway transporta ton in New Haven took place. Bein' progressive in his ideas, MT. Parmele at once set to work about to improv the facilities. The old car lines sool gave way to improved service and in troduction of electricity for motiv power This improvement was followe by steps to consolidate all the street ca lines in this city under one manage ment. Through his efforts the Fair Ha ven road acquired the control of tn New Haven and Hamden. or the "ol Huckleberry road'' as it used to be call ed, running from the corner of Churc and Chapel streets to the Hamden lint This road was purchased in 1897 and i the next year the property of the Ne7 Haven Street Railway company wa absorbed. In 1901 MT. Parmelee reach ed out for the control of the Winches ter avenue and after considerable diff culty this road was merged into tn Fair Haven system.
 Apart from his duties as the head ( the road President Parmelee was pel sonally very active in directing the al fairs in various branches. While tn street railway system was undergoin the change and the work going forwar for the transformation of horse cal to electric cars, he personally superir tended the work about the city and q rected the operations in equipping tt road for electricity. He was ma of inventive talent and there are in us to-day in one department or another ( the Fair Haven road some devices il vented by him. He was also the inver tor of automatic sprinklers used b,,;J5iooe fo ho Y,,1rnosa of nneOnhir