Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-09
ANDREW J. DULL.
MANUFACTURER, DEAD
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Colorado Springs. The late James ].
Dull was a brother of the deceased.
Through his father Mr.. Dull came
of German stock, but on his mothers s
side was a descendant of Irish an
cestors, thus combining in his per-
sonality two elements which have
been numbered among the most potent
factors in the history and development
of our country.
Andrew Jackson Dull was born Au-
gust %, 1880. near McNeytown, Mifflin
county, Pa. and was a son of Casper
and Jane (Junkin) Dull, the former
descended from ancestors who came
in 1873 from sse-Darmstadt, Ger
many, and settled in Montgomery
county, PENNSYLVANIA, while the Jun
kins, who came in 1740 from the
north of Ireland, made their home In
the Juniata Valley.
The early education of Mr.. Dull was
received in the common schools and
he was fitted for college at Tuscarora
Academy, Juniata county, and at
Strasburg Academy, Lancaster county.
So fully was he prepared that he was
able to enter the sophomore class of
Princeton University in the beginning
of the second session and to graduate
| with the class of 1852.
Made Monitor Plates
For several years after leaving the
university Mr.. Dull was engaged in the
construction of public works and built
part of the Washington aqueduct
under the direction of Captain Meigs
Ultimately. however, he associated
himself with that power in the de-
Velopment of PennsylVania--the iron
industry. In 1863 he Joined in form
ing the firm of Reese, Graft & Dull to
erect mills for the manufacture of
iron in Pittsburgh. The business was
largely extended and before Mr.. Dull
retired from the firm included the
manufacture of all grades of iron and
| steel. 1t was the firm of Reese, Graft
Il Dull that made and fitted the plates
| for two of the celebrated Monitors.
| The firm Joined with Graft, Bennett &
| Co. and Robinson Rae & Co. in or
! ganizing the Grafton Iron Company,
and built large blast furnace at
| Grafton. Ohio. Mr.. Dull was made
| president of the company and filled
the office with an ability which showed
him to be not only an organizer but
also an administrator. In 1870. how
ever, compelled by failing health, the
result of overwork, he disposed of his
| entire interest and retired from busi-
ness In 1871 he was elected secre-
|, tary, treasurer and general manager
of the Lochiel Rolling Mills, in this
| city, and had since been president of
Company, of Indiana, and president
! of the Electric Ore Separator Com.
pany, of Pittsburgh.
Mr.. Dull had also been president of
the Pulaski Iron Company, with blast
furnaces at Pulaski. Va, and coal and
coke works in the Pocahontas region,
| West Virginia.: of the Virginia Mining
Company and Of the Empire Lumber
and Mining Company. He had held
the vice presidency of the Corpus
, Christi, San Diego and Rio Grande
/ Railroad Company, of Texas and of
the Pulaski Mining Company, and was
| a director of the Kansas City, Topeka
and Western Railroad. of Kansas, and
| of the Norfolk and Western Railway
Company, of Virginia Mr.. Dull in
recent years gave less attention than
| formerly to the details of the iron
and coal business and as president of
the Electric Ore Separator Company
| devoted more time and thought to th.
separation of magnetic and nonmag-
| netic minerals.
President of Harrisburg Club
| 1t may well be supposed that man
whose time was so fully occupied as
was that of Mr.. Dull with duties and
responsibilities of the most engrossing
nature had little leisure for social in.
| tercourse or for fraternal association.
| Nevertheless, Mr. Dull, who did not
| believe that ii was true wisdom to
entirely sacrifice the amenities of life
to the demands of business helped to
organize and was for five years presi-
dent of the Harrisburg Club. He was
also member of the Inglenook
and Country Clubs. of Harrisburg, and
of the Union League and Manufacture
ers' Clubs. of Philadelphia. During
his student davs he belonged to Clio
Hall and the Chi Psi fraternity For
many years he had been a member of
the board of managers of the Harris
burg Hospital
MIR. Dull married, lime 3, 1857.
/ Judith Reynolds Of Kittanning. who
| survives.