The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-07-27
ENGINEER
OF HONOLULU DIES
AT NUUANU HOME
Carl Sheldon Holloway, Promi-
nent In Business and Club
Life, Passed Away ST.
Possessed Rare Ability In Pro.
tession and Managed Vast
~ John Il Estate & l,E "

Carl Sheldon ("Tommy'O Holloway
died yesterday forenoon at ten.forty,
O'Clock at the Holloway home In
Nuuanu valley after a short illness
He had been In i'll health for many
months but last Tuesday night Was
down town. Thursday night he suffer
ed from commissions and physicians
were summoned. Relatives and friends,
however, felt no alarm until Saturday
night when he began TO sink gradually
until the end yesterday. Cause oil
death Is given as general breakdown
resultant from affection of the kid.
neys .l(s $50
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at four o clock nj the faIhii
" home, with Rev. II. II. Parker, pastor
Of KawaiahaO church, officiating. After
the services the remains will be taken
to Nuuanus cemetery for ererhatiSn.
The pail bearers will be E. f. Bishop,
p. ID. Tenney, Frank Woods, Arthur A
Wilder, Frank E. Richardson, J. r..
Gait, j. M. Dowsett, AlonEo Gartley,
George II. Carter and II. H.: Walker.
Final disposition Of the remains will
nwait word from the mother OF the
deceased, who was yesterday advised
by cable of the death Of her son. =,
Death Shock 70 Friends W. "'E'
While 1t had been, known for some
time that Mr.. Holloway was not in
robust health, the announcement of his
death came as a shock to his legion OF
friends In Honolulu as undoubtedly IL
also will be received in all parts Of
the Territory. Quiet in demeanor; q
delightful companion, "squars with
everyone whom he met, Tommy, y
Holloway made friends very-where he
turned and everywhere was esteemed,
Including social and business. circles
Mr.. Holloway came to Honolulu in
1898 to install a branch office and be.
come local consulting engineer for the
Henry r. Worthington Company Of
New York, at that time one of the
largest pump manufacturing concerns
in the world. d, .,
He quickly established himself as an
engineer of originality and ability
He had graduated. from Cornell Uni.
versity in the engineering course and
later served an apprenticeship in thu
mammoth Worthington works of. which
his father was superintendent and one
OF the chlef inventors. D., i,sr .
Among his first achievements were
the intalling of the pumping systems
on the Rahuku. and Oahu plantations
About twelve years ago when the
Worthington company decided to close
up its branch here, Mr.. Holloway en-,
tered into partnership with Frank &
Richardson in the machinery business,
Headed Public Works Bureau ,.y
His engineering ability had attract
ed public attention and when. George
R. Carter became Governor of the Ter,
ritOry the chief executive appointed
Holloway as superintendent of publif
! works. At that time all engineering
work in the Territory was under tht
supervision of that office. il not beinp
until the next gubernatoria1 term that
Honolulu became a separate munich
| pality. Mr.. Holloway relinquishea thu
POSITION by resignation when Walter
F. Ffear became Governor in 1907. ~
During his ineumbency. many public
improvements were carried out, amonc
them being the construction of tn
Kalihi reservoir, many miles Of waite,
mains, work started on athe Nuuam
reservoir, the erection aof the Roya'
anu NOIWdl sSDOOlb, BdTUuB0. creuld
tory, electric light station and mans
other building improvements. ) ~ 80
Also during his tenure, Of office w0rl
was begun on the dredging of the new
Alakea docks and when he retired
work was in progress on the wharf
and shed construction. tHarbor ant
channel dredging according TO plans a
that time determined were completed
The Archives building was one of hi
last monuments. At the instance 81
Mr.. Holloway, H. Milford Robinson
came here to make plans for the pro
Dosed "Honolnlu beautiful i
MsnaPer OF II Estate ..-. X,
On June 20. 1901, Mr.. Holloway wal
married to Mrs. Irene Ii Brown, wht
survives him. There are no children
For three years Mr.. Holloway wa
manager of the immense John Ii Es
tate and was president of the corpora
tion up to the time of death. ~, ~
Mr.. Holloway was born on May Q
1874, at Cleveland, Ohio, and hi
mother, Mrs. Anna Holloway, ana J,
sister, Mrs. Edmonson, still reside II
that city, His father IL dead. ~ =:
Deceased was member of Hawaiian
Lodge No. 81, F. A. M; Shriners
Elks, Pacific Club, Country Club ans
| Commercial Club z WY a. -',aa' w.. -