New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
Edwin A. Stevens,
Noted Engineer,
Dead at Capital
Associate in Emergency
Fleet Corporation Sue
cumbs to Pneumonia
[Staf Correspondence

WASHINGTON, March S. Colonel
Edwin Augustus Stevens, of Hoboken,
J.. died here to-day in Providence
uosnital, after an Illness Of two weeks
w;th pneumonia. Al his bedside were
his wife, daughter and SIX sons, who
wcre summoned TO Washington when
hs illness became critical.
The body viii be removed to Hobo
tsn to-morro,s. The funeral VIII be
beld Ut the Holy Innocents' Church
there next Tuesday
Colonel Stevens, who was one Of the
countrys foremost engineers. designed
the first screw ferrybo He had been
associated with the Emergency Fleet
corporation. OF the Shipping Board.
Previous tc coming TO Washington he
was an inspector Of shipyards for the
government.
Jonn Stevens, the first Of Colonel
stevens's ancestors - come I. North
America. arrived from England in IG99
NJ the age Of seventeen. He married
fhe daughter of the Colonial Governor
Of New JerseT. Nell Campbell. and had
an active career.
Colonel Stevens was bern in Phila-
delphia on March l., 1898, attended St
Paul's School, Concord. y. H., and en-
tered Princeton University, being grad
mated with 4. 8. in the class OF 10. He
then took n course in Stevens Institute
OF Techno .ogy, which was founded by
mis- father, and obtained the degree Of
engineering.
Entering politics, he served as Park
and Tax Commissioner ard was also
one OF the commissioners who settled
th long standing boundary dispute be-
tween New York and New Jersey Later
ne was appointed commissioner of the
New York and New Jersey Palisades
Interstate Park.
In 1880 he was made adjutant Of the
old 9th Regiment Of New JERSEY, and
was later appointed dc on the staff
Of Governor Ludlow. For six years he
was colonel of the ID Regiment.
In 1889 and ls93 he was Presidential
Elector from New Jersey, and Tor d
number or years vas . member Of the
Democrat state Committee.
He was appointed Commissioner Of
Public, Roads liz 1911 by Woodrow Wiz
son. then Governor Of New Jersey
The Bergen. the first screw fsrrv-
boat, was des gned by Colonel Stevens.
the vessel still being in commission
on the Hudson River between Honoken
and New York. He also mas to his
credit numerous other Inventions.
He was president of T. q Hoboken
Land and improvement Company and
OF the HoDoHen Ferry Company. now
owned By the Lackawanna Railroad.
and q trustee Of Stevens Institute
GoVeFner Waiter Edge. over q year
ago, appointed him q member OF she
State Highways Comm ission. and since
the entry Of the United States into
Inc world war, President Wilson ap-
polrted him as government inspector
Of shipyards
At the time Of his death, he was a
director Of the First National Bank Of
Heooken. Hudson Trust Companv.
Commercial Trust Company Of New
Jerseys Providential Insurance Com
psny and Niagara Fire Insurance Com
pany.
He was life member and vice-Dresi-
cent Of the Association of Naval Archi-
'eets and Marine Engineers. member
q the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers and 3 member Of the Naval
Engineers Institute of Great Britain.
MS ciuos included the LAWYERS and
university clubs, Of New York. and the
soiumbla Club. Of Hoboken. When the
United States entered the war Colonel
s'eVens resigned his membership in
'ae German Club, 4 Heboken.
he was married in 1879 to Miss
Emily Centee Lewis. OF Virginia. He
Is survived by his wife, SIX sons-.John.
sawln j., Bayard. Washington Lewis,
lawrence and Basil M-and one daugh-
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