New-York tribune., 1915-03-22
HAYWARD, Whitney, Hodge
and Martin Chosen by
the Governor.
FIFTH MEMBER
NOT YET NAMED
yore of Those Selected Has
Reached Fifty Years and One
Member Is Under Forty.

,s,,r Correspondent OF TIC Tr'buael
,,hsrv. March 2t.- Four Of the I'VE
who will be appointed by Governor
wh;,msr 10 the Public Service Com
.;,.;or Of the First District when
c.mr;ssioners Mccall, Cram, Williams,
W,od and Msltbie cease to act in their
,,.,ent capacity have been decided
n,on They are Colonel William Hay
r,,d. Travis II. Whitney Henry W
V.dre and Kingsley L. Martin.
ri.ssid here that the four members
=. ,be Commission against whom
,1.,ces of misconduct, ineficiency and
,.glrct OF duty have been filcd-Mc-
en- Cram. Williams and Wood-will
:. removed this week, if the Governor
a,S. them guilty. They arc TO appear
S.fo,e the Governor TO answer the
charges on Tuesday
Cnionel Harvard, who acted as coun-
al "a the legislative committee whlch
,,rsstieated the Public Service (om-
,nission. will act as prosecutor. lie Is
rs.oysripg from 8 broken ankle and is
novinc about on c-Gtchcc.
Colonel HAYWARD. VINO Is slated Tor
,.s;rnsrsbip OF the Commission, Is
s.~r.sI IN Governor Whitman. Mr..
whitney is secretary to the present
Commission of the First District. MI
Hodge is a civil engineer and was
recommended for the office by the
American Institute of Civil Engineers,
N which he is q member. Mr.. Martin
was Bridge Commissioner under Mayor
Gaynor. ... r
having young men on the board Will be
,srried out: the four members decided
mon arc all under fifty, and one, MI.
Whitney, Is under forty. The fifth man
will be one Of two men now under con
.iierstion. both Of whom are well past
ffty.
M. Maltbic. the only Commissioner
against whom charges were not filed,
is holdoyer. His term expired on
February !.
Mr.. Martin Bridge Builder.
Kingsley l.. Martin was born an
Brooklvn in 1859, and is the son Of the
late {. c. Martin. who was engineer OF
'he Brooklyn Bridge. He studied at
.he BROOKLYN Polytechnic, from which
he vas graduated in 1888. -Four years
stcr he received the degree Of {. +.
rom Stevens Institute Of Technology
n HobokeH. .,
From the time he left college until
he resigned as Bridge Commissioner,
IN 1911, Mr. Martin was identified with
the great bridges Of New York CITY.
After he had managed the Brooklyn
Bridge and had had charge Of the
bridges in Brooklyn and Richmond
Mr. Martin WAS made chief engineer OF
he Department of Bridges, in 1908. At
he urgent request of the late Mayor
Gsynor he gave up this work 10 be
come Bridge Commissioner m 1910 At
reduced salary. A year later he re
signed TO become vice president and
general manager Of the Foundation
Company.
Henry Wilson Hodge. ono Of the best
AaoEn engineers in the city, is q mem
ber Of the firm Of Boiler, Hodge &
Baird. al l49 Broadway. He was born
10 Washington, April IA. 1868. Edu-
csted at Charles 3. Young's private
school in Washington. he was graduated
with degree Of G. L. from Rensselaer,
Polytechnic Institute ln 1855. lie was
chief engineer Of tho Union Iron Works
Of New York, from 1891 TO 1893. Since
1929 he has been consulting engineer
on several of the greatest pieces Of
bridge construction in tho country. lie
Is president of tho POrterilcld Con-
siructon Company.
The fIst work Of Mr.. Hodge for the
City Of New York was a. engineer tor
The Melrosc Avenue Vladuct. lu 1908
MS firm, then known a Boiler d
dodge, was appointed by Controller
Metz to make thorough Investigation
Of the carrying capacity of the Black
Wells Island Bridge after The Tribune
hsd exposed the probable weakness or
ne structure
dc IS consulting engineer for the Brook
yn Rapid Transit Company and various
o'fer corporations and cities.
MIR. Whitney a Lawyer.
Travis II. Whitney was born in In
eana thirty-ninc years ago and took
lCgrees from Baker University and
ile Harvard law School. lie married
Ass Rosalie Loew, a lawyer, and for
several years they practised law un-
lcf the firm name of Loew & Whitney,
WITH Offices III the Tribune Building.
The Public Utilities Commission Of
me lst District appointed Mr.. Whitney
us secretary iu 1901.
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