The sun., 1907-11-23
new MAN TO CLEAN STREETS
FOSTER CROWELL NAMED TO
SUCCEED DIR. BENSEL.
Henry smith President % the Park BEARD
in samuel Parsons's Place CrOwell an
Engineer OT Long ExperSence--Ne
Members Or Board OG EdueatloD.

in samuel ParsOns's Piace-CrOwell an
Engineer OT Long ExperSence-New
Members Or Board Or EducStIoO.
These appointments were announced
yesterday by Mayor Mcclellan:
Foster Crowell. 20 be Street Cleaning
Commissioner. to succeed Dir. Walter Benz
sci, who will resume his former place a.
Sanitary Superintendent Of the Beard Of
Health.
Henry Smith, to he president Of the Park
Board. to succeed Samuel Parsons, who
will resume his position az Landscape
Architect to the Department Of Parks
To be members Of the Board OF Educa-
ton:
Max Kstzenberg Ou Park avenue, Man
haitian. leather goods. vice Randolph Guggens
heimer deceased.
Frederic r. Coudert. I2I East Fifty-sixth
street, Manhattan, lawyer. vice William N.
Wilmer, deceased.
Dr. Charles u. Bruce. East I27th street.
Manhattan. physician. to succeed Frank L.
Polk. resigned.
Francis W. CrOwninshield. MURssBs Md0a-
,inc 10 succeed John A. Wilbur. whose term
of ONCE has expired.
Arthur Somers. 9ss ~ erling place. Brooklyn.
secretary. TO succeed Grosvenor ~ Bacxua.
resigned
Alexander Ferris. SJI Quincy street. Brook
lyn, publisher. to succeed George ID. Hamltn.
whose term of Office has expired
NJ. J. sullivan, 59a East ilIst street. The
Bronx lawyer, to succeed John J. Barry.
resigned
Bernard Suydam. Elmhurst, Queens. to
succeed George T.. Payne. whose term Of
/, once has expired.
The following were reappointed:
Francis p, CunniOn. Manhattan; A. Leo
Everett, Manhattan; W. Samuel stern, Nam
haitian: George J. Gillespie. Manhattan;
| John Greene. BROOKLYN n. A. sherman. The
Bronx
DIR. Bensei who has been Street Cleaning
| Commissioner since the resignation Of
MacdOnough Craven some months ago, and
Mr. Parsons, who has served az president
of the Park Department since Moses Herr
man was appointed Magistrate. have
both retired at their own request. DR..
Bensel and Mr.. Parsons only consented to
take charge of the departments temporarily
and on the promise made to them that they
should be returned 10 their old places as
soon as Mayor Mcclellan could find suitable
| men 20 take the commiesionerships.
In accepting yesterday the formal resig-
nations Of Dr. Bensel and Mr.. Parsons the
Mayor sent to each a warmly wOrded letter
of thanks for the services he had rendered
TO the city as commissioner.
Foster Crowell Ia a member Of the Amer
| lean Society Of Civil Engineers. Engineers
| Club and the Institution Of Civil Engineers.
He was graduated from the Polytechnic
College Of Pennsylvania as a civil engineer
at the age of IS and three years later took
a masters degree in the same institution
His first five years Of professional life
were sDent in the service Of the Fairmount
Park Commission at Philadelphia. In 1872
he became a civil engineer attached to the
| United States Nicaragua surveying expe-
ditiOn and made the first surveys for the
interoceanic canal in Nicaragua and also
in Panama In 1875 he was appointed
principal assistant engineer Of grounds and
buildings Of the United States Centennial
Exposition at Philadelphia. A year later
he became consulting engineer for the iron
firm Of j. r. 4 j. NJ Cornell. taking an ac-
tive part in the construction Of the Sixth
avenue. Third avenue and Second avenus
elevated railroads In 1882 he was APP
pointed chief engineer Of the Elizabeth City
and Norfolk Railroad He built that line
with his own force from Berkeley. Va. to
| ruenLOWn, ~ y.
From 1891 until 1850 he was associated
with the Pennsylvania Railroad, first as
assistant engineer OF construction and then
az engineer Of construction. having entire
charge Of the work Of widening the main
line and rebuilding the road az four track
and FIVE track line He also had charge Of
the location and construction Of branch
! lines in development Of the entire system
both east and west OF Pittsburg During
the same time ne served as an expert en-
| cheering adviser to the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad in convert
ing that line between New York and Boston
to standard similar to the Pennsylvania.
Henry Smith is a lawyer. with Offices at
1872 Nassau street He was born In Albany
a years ago and is the son of Henry Smith,
who was Speaker Of the Assembly in 1877
He was graduated from Phillips Exotsr
Academy in 1882 and has prsctised law in
this city for twenty years.
Mr. Smith is a member Of the lawyers.
Lambs Union League. New York Athletic.
Atlantic Yacht and Tamarora clubs. He
lives at 1872 Riverside Drive and is a Tem-
Der Of the general committee Of Tammany
Hall of the Nineteenth Assembly district