Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-10-07
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y copy of the Iona Cit! Daily Pres
received yesterday contains the follow
1 ing interesting sketch Of the life Of tn,
late Gcr cral Clas. W. Irish:
General Irish was ~ ears = age. uut
d" was on" of Iowa city, pioneers. II,
leaves wlf", ian daurhtcrs. Ms,
! Eliz ,bc.h Irish of Iowa Cit, and Mrs
! Ruth y. Preston Of Davenport: one is.
ter, NJ ~ LlbhIs lu-h nf Bwa CITY:
, and three brothers, Gilber, Irish =
| Iowa City; Prof. rnoma- Irish ui Du
Ouquc, principal Of the third ward
-ch"o! III that city; and Hon John =.
IRISH, inspector 81 port ut San Fran
cisco, Thr"" grand children also sur
vive. They are Ena, Abbie and Charles
Preston "f Davenport.
Mr.. Irish WAS one Of the most prumi.
nrni figures IN all Iowa, in the cugin.
ccrnG and surveying world, Tor gcuar.
trI"u. He went from here. ,o states lar
'nd u.nr Ia the wet and uurlhw west, tu
survey for cnrly railroads. aud he WIS
formerly United States surveyor ger.
era; WIS chief ~ the bureau ~ irrig.-
lion and inquiry unicr Persistent Cicvc
land; WAS deputy mining surveyor Of
Nevada, AT the time ~ his death.
II" organized the Iowa Engineering
socint!; and III" Agassiz sncir,y of
iowa CIty.
la Cola Creek Nevada. lie wus the
general manager at III" mines of thu
Coleman Placer Gold Mining company .,
ana hal general supervlsi"n ~ vast
amount of engineering and mining
opcrnli"us.
lie gave great service t" the raiIroud
companies of tho United StaTra lines for
'hc H"r;hwcstcrr, through Iowa; the
Santa r. through ColurndD and Arizona;
the Is. &. K It v, through Iowa; first
surveyed all ;he towns from Cedar Rap
ii. to the Mississippi river, built the
Royal Gorge bridge III Colorado; the
Grand Canon briIgc ~ AriZ ma; sur.
weed lines and built bridges in tie
complisl"d much other work ~ eiumilRr
kin IN 'hc United States. II, hulit the
brItg" over the Miss ,uri at Omahm: sur
ycyrd ihr OH Lyons rnud through Iowa
CITY, wns associated with Hon. Peter \,
D"y ~ Iowa City. Il. the survey "t the
historical |. y G. rond. Ind performed
| other pioneer HCts ~ his field.
IlH wnG city engineer oi loNn City;
| deputy county surveyor nf Johnson
county; and Tamn counil's first county
surveyor.
IIc wns he donor II one u the great.
est nmd most valuable collections ~
floral. mineral and other cuEios the Tn.
ivcraliy OF Iowa ever received.
| Hon. Johu L. Irish has been cummuu
icatcd with by WIRE, and will - t" Ne
vada. Tho fuucmnl arrangements nnv,
no, been learned yet. Tho remains may
br brought back 10 Iowa City tor inter
m"nt.
Mr.. Irish contemplated visit il
Iowa City this month or next. Sad III
decd will he his home. coming. u,
dnuhrlcss VIA not furprI+ci when taken
III, for hc VIVA similarly afflicted a Icul
ago, and scarcely expected in recover.
! In Mr.. Iriahe death. the profession
loses ono of the nblcst mc0 III th'
country. Tho lIawkcyo state lo1cs ,
citizen who has given it magniiicou
service. and tho city ~ Iowa lOscs
truly nOblC.naturcd, upright, honorable
and brlovcd citizen.
To hia wifi, children and other kins.
fulIi, The icndcract sympIthy IL extend
cd, Tor their lots IL grcnicst ~ all--nm,
TINT immcnsurahlr lie was loving
kind and indulgent husband and iathe
and the hearts ~ his bcrCavod widow
aud daughters nrc gri"f pierced. They
uhnvc all othcrp. know whut II sp!cudi,
specimen ~ Americas beat mauhoo,
hna been ruddcnly summoned To hi
fathers.