The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-04-20
JAMES DUDLEH .DEWEl1.

JAMES DUDLEY DEWELL.
 In the death of James Dudley Dewell New Haven loses one of her most dis tinguished, most useful and most hon. ored citizens. And the loss wlll be felt not only in New Haven, but throughout Connecticut and in other places where his ability and character have made !forceful impression. MT. Dewelrs ca- reer was a long and active one-actlve until the very night whose morning saw the sudden and peaceful end of his la- bors. He was most known as busi- ness man, and he was a business man l of large powers and efficiency. For nearly fifty years he has done business in New Haven ably, honestly and suc- cessfully through all the changes and tests that have come in that long period. And there has been no business man in New Haven during his time whose skill knowledge and experience have been more valued or more sought and used by other business men. He has been a tower of strength and wis., dom in many of the business enter- prises of New Haven, and his quality has been powerfully and beneficially felt in banking, insurance, the manage ment of shipping interests, the New Haven Water Company, the State Board of Trade, and many other mat ters conspicuous and influential in the development and prosperity of New Haven and Connecticut. In all these large and varied activities he has shown himself quietly yet boldly saga cious broad-minded, sound in counsel and wise in action. His departure leaves a gap in the business of this region which will not soon or easily be filled.
 But MT. Dewell was not alone busi- ness man. Indeed, it may be doubted if, with all his power and success in business, his natural bent was in that direction. He did not allow business to absorb his life. His mind was active and interested in many ways. He was a great reader, especially of poetry, and perhaps there is no private collection of poetry in New Haven equal to that in his library. Few men kept better ac- quainted with the doings and the prog ress of the world than he. He was publio-spirited to a high degree. He could speak well and write well. He delighted in travel, and he knew how to profit by 1t. He was true and hearty lover of Nature. The birds and the squirrels were his friends, and they found hospitable welcome in the garden in which he took pleasure, and whose resurrection he was watching with un-
  usual interest this spring He enjoyed life, was thoroughly companionable, loyally friendly, generous in the SUD- port of good causes, good politics and good policies, and truly kind and con siderate toward those who needed his favor All these qualities helped to make him the good citizen that he was. and helped to give him the public ap- proval which, without pushing of his own, finally caused him to be made lieu tenant-governor of his State, and would have carried him still higher had he taken the advantage of it that a more and less modest man might ! have taken.
 Mr. Dewells whole life was based on honesty and deep devotion to duty. His character his wisdom, his force and his industry made him con- spicuously successful and uncommonly to the community in which most of his years were spent. New Haven is sorely afflicted in the loss of such a worthy, solid, reliable and en- ergetic citizen. There are too few such n any community.