The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-28

(Coptinued from First Page) l the interests of New Haven and was al- ways ready to give whatever help he
 could whenever this help was for the
 good of the city or for a New Haven en-
 terprse As a man of executive ability
 he was very conspicuous and he had | few superiors in this line in New Ha- | ven. MT Barnes was president and the
 largest stockholder in the New Haven l Trust company, which he organized
 some time ago, and which is at the
 present time one of the leading institu-
 tions in it's field in the city. He was
 president of the Kidder Motor Vehicle
 company of this city, first vice presi- dent of the First National bank a di
 rector of the New Haven Gas Light company and a director in the Connect icut Savings bank. He was interested
 in many other enterprises in New Ha
 ven and in Connecticut, and was a di
 rector of the Kansas City, Fort Scott
 and Gulf railroad. He was one of the
 leading reorganizers of this railroad
 years ago, and his interest in the well
 fare of the road was very great.
 The deceased was part owner of the
 Sutton fleet of coasting vessels one of the largest on the Atlantic coast, and in
 other branches of business he was
 prominently connected. His keen in- terest in the city's welfare was strongly brought out during his term as presi- dent of the Chamber of Commerce and his active work in this body was re- sponsible for many improvements in New Haven in various branches of bus mess. He was a member of the Con necticut Historical society, of the Sons of the American Revolution, the Union league Quinnpiack and Ansantawae clubs, and was member and at one time a vestryman of Trinity Episcopal church
 The sterling business ability of MT. Barnes was duly recognized last fall when he was made member of the eX- ecutive committee of the Yale bicenten- nial celebration. Mir. Barnes was the only member of the committee who was not a graduate of the university. and the honor paid to him in placing him on the committee was one to be proud of. | He represented the city in a manner | that was unsurpassed and no better | choice could have been made in the se- | lection.
 MT Barnes was firm believer in a | participation in politics, and | many times during his life he took an active part in the politics of the city 1 and of the state. He represented New Haven in the legislature during Gover- nor Cookes administration and was chairman of the committee on banking, which made such rigid investigation If banking matters in this state at the .ime His work on this committee was most creditable and his report was one If the most interesting of it's kind ever in Hartford. He served on l. he councilmanic and aldermanic boards II New Haven some years ago and rep esented the Eighth ward.
 MT. Barnes became a member of the New Haven Grays when he was about wenty years of age, and during bis en- istment he proved to be most valued nd influential member of the company. In account of his fine military qualities e was later made a major of the Sec nd regiment, which office he filled in lost creditable manner.
 MT. Barnes received his education in he schools of this city and at the age f twenty-one he was taken into part ership with his father, forming the rm of Amos F. Barnes & Son. This rm was one of the best known whole