Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-10

colors, and We find the young officer
SS9ihiind FOR Tor, special duty In bridge
cies which that situation brought
about. The tenseness OF the condi-
tions Is revealed In AN order which
Which orders crose i-'t to Tepore the
progress OF the work hourly. When
the, Battle Of Waterloo was fought
mi asd 0 wsh ihe ip .ns Of
that field, Crozets military career
may be said TO have ended.
Thoughts Turn to American.
With his beloved Emperor In prison
the young officers thoughts turned
TO America. whose torch Of freedom
night OF European. strife. In prepa-
ration for trying his fortune In the
with simon Bernard, who built and
iant;c coast. he sailed for this coun-
influence Crozct became connected
upon his arrival with the academy 1T
West Point iiertman's Historical
Register and Dictionary of the
United States Ar'nE give, the fol
from October |. 1916, to March G, 1877.
when he became full professor: hold
inE the pos, until April IS. 1879:
From, the very outset his Influence
came marked. During his regime he
Instituted the first system OF instruc-
ton by the blackho method and
,rIgonomStry. diiieTentiai and integral
calculus, civil engineering and the
principle OF machines. Besides this
magnificent esprit de corps and ira
d!tions OF tho LEcolc. Polytech-
niauc, and Il is doubtless due to his
afrcctionate regard for each other,
The nd29r ne Mt At The aG ;1n I,n toia
on This soldier Of the Sramde nrine Sis
thoughts to more healthful occupa-
ton.
Here VIC enter upon his part in the
"'l Tecomes states Chief engineer.
We lind In the eighth annual re-
port OF the Board Of Public WSor sS
S OF ms Stne pGS Arm fs2s croaet
ms principal engineer OF the state Of
Virginia and that he took oath OF
which Very little is known now, vas
created by an act OF Legislature Feb
ruary s, 1915. for the purnoSe OF
provcments, particularly applying to
by-canais the principal rivers. and
S i1nreht pa gy p OF the saate The
Governor OF the Commonwealth was
made eS-oiicio president OF the
nrcr, attorney-gencrai and ten c!ti.
zcns chosen from different points OF
the State.
give Crozet's first report in which
he says he had examined the state
rivers emrtynG into the James,
Tho great cocapahon River, branch
branch OF this river and patterson
Creek. and that he had spent the
remainder OF the time exploring t9s
Roanoke, which later became the
stanton anG Parkershurg Turnpike
He surveyed the road between Rom
virGinia) and Winchester. Over this
road later was to march the immor-
tai Stonewall Brigade. The quarter
brary for April-July 1914. Volume I.
Nos. . and s. gives n list of the
maps relating 10 Virginia in the
fae 9s' to maps by Claude cro oEs
! survey from Winchester to Frank
fort and Romncy with a view Of
This Is filed in the office OF the Wire
ginia State Corporation Commission.
Year by year in the annual reports
OF the board are unfolded the monu-
mental constructive works OF CroZet.
Recommc nds Raiiroad.
In 1881 we ind this brilliant en-
inseT RECOMMENDING the cOnStruC-
ton OF railroa dfrom Lynchburg
10 the Roanoke River having prcvt-
ously in 1896 and 1928 recommended
the building OF a lock and dam" i'm
| provemcnt from Richmond TO Lynch
burg in preference to a canal. because
| the lock and dam plan made posi-
! Die the use of the stream on both
| SIDES OF the river for the benefit OF
| freight ana passengers.
| An! What vision this engineer dis
piaSea-stcnm navigation on the
James River and railroad over the
! h!ue ridge and AlleEhanics. and this
| IN 1890. BY this time Crozet's in
tensive study of the priIncval condi-
! lions in Virginia and his creative
| engineering had awakened public SEN
tiInent and throughout the state and
! the improvements under his guiding
/ genius and skill were the topics Of
! the hour.
Al this junoture that rowing spiri,
| winch Is NJ much the part OF an en-
| eineer as his transit. chain or draw
/ inf instruments took possession OF
Ero2et, and we md him October 2S.
1891 in letter TO John Floyd, then
Governor Of Virginia, declining re-
election and voicing his sentiments.
which c!oQucntly expressed his love
lot MS adopted State. Il cannot. -
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