El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-10
DR.. PEARSON
BODY RECOVERED
Head of Pearson Interests
Goes Down With Lusi-
tania; Wife Also Lost.

DIT. Francis Stark Pearson, head Of
the Pearson interests IL the southwest
and Mexico, vas drowned on board the
steamship Lusitania. together with his
wife.
DR.. Parsons name was carried
among those who were lost when the
lists Of bodies recovered were sent cut
late Saturday evening by the AssO-
ciatd Press Sunday morning j. ..
Crockett vice president Of the Fl PasO
Milling company and the Mexico North
Western railroad, both Pearson COM
panies, received kilograms from Dr..
PearsOn's son, Ward Pearson, and from
h / Miller, saying that the death OF
DR.. Pearson had been confirmed. Later
the body Of DR.. Pearson was claimed
in the morgue at Queenstown by rela-
tives, who were searching Sunday for
the body Of Mrs Pearson. who is also
missing
Had Varied Interests.
DR.. Pearson was one Of the most ex-
tensive development operators in the
United States. In addition to the
Mexico North Western railroad. the FL
PasO Milling company, the MADEIRA Co.
Ltd, which includes the Pearson and
MADEIRA mills and lumber tracts. DR..
Pearson organized the Texas Land and
Irrigation company. which owned
$1,000 acres Of land in the Plainview,
Tex, district. and which was being de-
velOped as q pump irrigation project
He also promoted the Medina dam
project near San Antonio, owned the
100000 acre Del Rio ranch near
Ahumada, Chin, and was at one time
considering a plan Of damming the
Devils river near Del Rio, Tex, TO irri-
gate large tracts OF land.
In addition TO his Chihuahua holdings
in Mexico. DR.. Parsons syndicate con-
trOled the Mexico City tramways,
light, power and heat plants in Mexico
City; the Sac PaOlO railroad in Brazil as
wen as the light. power. telephone and
water plants in the city of Sac Paolo
and the docks at that port. In Bar
celonas Spain, he controlled the light.
power, telephone and tramWays as well
as the power reservoir and irrigation
system 100 miles from Barcelona
He was director in the Denver &
salt Lake railroad and was recently
elected member Of the executive com
mittee OF the railroad
OmIces in Paris and London.
Dr. Pearson, although an American,
had offices in London and Paris as
well as in New York and he gpent
much Of his time abroad financing the
various organizations which he con-
trOled. He visited FL Paso frequently
after getting control OF the lumber
and railroad interests in northern
Mexico and he was in Plainview only
two weeks ago with h l. Miller. his
assistant. TO inspect the development
work Of the Plainview~ project. He
" c1 IN IL daQ last III november CON-
ing here for a conference with his rep
resentatiVes in the southwest.
DR.. Pearson entered the southwestern
development field about three years
ago WIN he gained control OF the old
Chihuahua and Pacific railroad in
Mexico. He then bought the Rio
Grande, Sierra Madre and Pacific rail-
road. combined them and connected
them with a line between Pearson and
Madera which made Up a connecting
link in frH 70
hua- He also took over the Greene
interests in western Chihuahua and
bought additional lu-her tracts in that
district TO supply timber for the
MADEIRA and Pearson lumber plants.
He also arranged for the construc-
ton Of the FL Paso Milling company in
Fl PasO to work much OF the timber
from the Mexican properties and. when
here last. announced that a paper pulp
mill and other additions would be built
here as soon as the Mexican -ouble
was settled
Although one Of the biggest engi-
neering and development men in the
country. DR.. Pearson was most demo-
cratic and he was never hard to
approach when he made his frequent
triDs to FL Paso. He usually Travelled
in a private car for convenience but
insisted upon walking wherever he
went about the city and would even
walk down to the FL Paso mills from
his car. He is survived ~ is two
sons, one OF whom is in New York, an
other in college and a daughter. who
is now in England. He was "a years
old and was a man OF striking appear
ance. being tall. slender. and with a /
heavy head OF gray hair. He was
Matte OF Massachusetts
The FL PasO Milling ComDanys plant I
and the -iadera and Pearson plants I
viii be ordered closed by J. o. Crockett +
on the dav Of DR.. Parsons funeral I
out OF respect for the mer'nrv Of the &
man who made these ~-oiects possible |
What f. GOLDEN ROD2 II Is the
sweetest. purest. cheapest. best feed on O.
the market. Try a sack and be con- /
WINGED. Walter S. Clayton. Agent-Adv !