The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-25
w. s. BOWLING IS DEAD AT 62; ILL
 ONLY FEW HOURS
Well Known Builder Strick- en As He Prepared To
 Go To Office.

I William stephen Bowling president of the Bowling & Bottomley company, builders, passed away at his home on ] Park avenue early this morning, after
 an illness of but a few hours. He was taken sick suddenly about haIf-past eight yesterday morning, while pre- par1ng to go to his office for his daily labors He was enjoying the best of tiring
 MT. Bowling is survived by his wife six daughters. Mrs. John Wheway,
 Mrs. Fred Holbrook of Milford. Mrs Alfred T. Bailey, Mrs. Thomas Pfeif- fer. Mrs. R. M. Beers, and Mrs. R. H.
 osorham; and two sons. William F and I M- Joseph, both connected with him in 1 the business. He is also survived by 1 twelve grandchildren, and numerous cousins, both in this country and Eng land.
 The funeral will be held from his late residence on Saturday morning and from St. Augustine's church, where he was a devout member. Interment will be in St. NdichaeIs cemetery. l William stephen Bowling, president Of the Bowling 6 Bottomley company
 was born in Sheffield. England. Feb- rlary 18th, 1853 At the age of twelve years he began work in his fathers od1ce. who was a prominent architect and builders in that large city for over forty years; under his fathers tuition he learned the different branches of the. building trade, from designing to de- tall work, and also during this time served about seven years learning the practical and theoretical portions of the mason business in all it's branches.
 He left England, in company with his brother. the late Joseph M. Dow ling, and came direct to Bridgeport, where they both obtained employment, the day after their arrival on the High lHehool building on Congress street, the erection of which had just been com meneed. After working at the mason trade for about three years, and be- coming Familiar with the American way of doing things, MT. Dowiing started in partnership with Edward Iseverty, now deceased The firm ex- ecuted several large contracts of nna-y sorry, among them being the large ad- dition to the almshouse, the Second precinct police station, and also pIaal- ned and erected an addition 10 the Pa cidc Iron Works: P. J. Devitt,s block on Main street.; Julius Pfau's block on Middle street; Daniel Fitzgerald,s res- idence; and several other commissions.
 Tn 1888 MT. Bowling for the firm of Bowling G Botfomley, had charge of the erection of ssMarina,'' the last res- idence of P. T. Barnum; also the Sun day school building of the First Pres Ebyterian churcR1; the residenec Of the late Col. F. A. Mason on Park avenue In 1889 Mr. Bowling entered the ser vices of RTessrs. Longstah & Hurd and was employed to superintend the mason work Of the firm During this period he had sole charge of the erec- tion of several important buildings in this and other cities, notably the six story office building at the corner of Cannon and Main streets, owned by Henry Sanford the Barnun-T Thomp- son Staples building: FairfeId county addition on John street, Outside the city jobs were the Sheffield Scientific school at Yale University in New EIa- ven, Conn; the Princeton Inn, Prince ton, N. J.; the Methodist church, 66th stret, New York city; the Wood1awn school for the city of New York, and many others.
 During the time MT Bowling was with LsongstaH & Hurd, the Building Commission was organized in this city. mainly through the advice of the late George w. LongstaH, and MT. Bowling rendered valuable aid to the conamittee who were forming the then building code; and which since that time has made wonderful strides. and become an important part of the city govern
 nent. by protecting and demanding safeguards in relation to all matters connected with the erection of build fngs in the city.
 Afterwards MT. Bowling became member of the firm of DoWIing & Bot tenaley, who have erected a very large
 
 elsewhere, the carrying out of which has been mainly under the supervision of MT. Dowhngs including the follow Ing: Bullard Machine Tool companyss plant; Eaton, Cole & Burnham Co, (now Crane Col West End plant; AEeigs building: Telephone building: Bierne building in NaugatucIx, Conn; Mckinley, Wheeler, Maplewood, Gar field and Lincoln schoolhouses; St. Charles and St. Mary's parochiai sehoolhouses; the Bryan Electric com pany's factnriea: the Salts Textile Mia companyss buildings; the First National and Peoples Savings banks Ion Main street; the H. Q. CandeId oompany's buildings; Clark building corner of Fairfield avenue and Broad street; Bridgeport Brass Co. tube mill and other buildings at the Union Branch on Housatonic avenue. and numerous other johs in and about this city.
 Mir Bowling has served on the Building Commissioners board of the city for three years, from December 1910, until January. 1914. He was ap- pointed by ex-Mayor Edward T. Buck ingha1n- Mr. Bowling is a past-presi- dent Of Magma Charta lodge. No. 16a. 1 Sons of St. George: member Of Cecil Calvert council, K. of C., and also | member of the Bridgeport club. His first vote in this country was cast in 1 1888, for Grover Cleeyland-
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