Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed . 822 Mary, daughter of Anthony Newton, of Winlaton, he left thesmithy to join his brother-in-law, Anthony Forster, in the manu-facture of bricks from fire-clay beds underlying the banks of BlaydonBurn. To the development of this business he devoted all his skilland energy. It was only a small establishment, limited to commonbrick-making when he entered it, but, with machines and processesof his own designing, he introduced the manufacture of gas retorts. 646 S//! JOSEPH CO WEN. sanitary pipes, and other heavy goods that had not before comewithin the range of
Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed . 822 Mary, daughter of Anthony Newton, of Winlaton, he left thesmithy to join his brother-in-law, Anthony Forster, in the manu-facture of bricks from fire-clay beds underlying the banks of BlaydonBurn. To the development of this business he devoted all his skilland energy. It was only a small establishment, limited to commonbrick-making when he entered it, but, with machines and processesof his own designing, he introduced the manufacture of gas retorts. 646 S//! JOSEPH CO WEN. sanitary pipes, and other heavy goods that had not before comewithin the range of the brickmakers art. Thus side by side withthe extension of gas-Hghting and the development of sanitary science,the works of Blaydon Burn grew and flourished. In no long timethey had become the largest of their kind in the United Kingdom,and the goods which they manufactured had attained a world-widereputation. The public life of Mr. Cowen began with his appointment in1836 to the office of guardian for the parish of Winlaton in the. SIR JOSEPH COWEN. newly-formed Poor Law Union of Gateshead. Within a coupleof years after his appointment he was elected chairman, and hefilled the office till a more important undertaking induced him, inApril, 1850, to relinquish it. The more important undertakingwhich ended Mr. Cowens twelve years chairmanship of GatesheadBoard of (Guardians, was a movement to withdraw the control of theRiver Tyne from the Corporation of Newcastle, and entrust it toa body of elective Commissioners. Into this great reform, often SIR JOSEPH CO WEN. 647 demanded, but never before within sight of success, Mr Cowenthrew himself with persistent vigour. The struggle was long, andin some of its phases bitter; but, in the end, the reformers werevictorious. On the 15th of July, 1850, the Tyne Navigation Billreceived the Royal assent, and the river, so long neglected, passedinto the hands of men who were directly interested in the improve-ment of its navigation, the developm
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