History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution .. . ^^Cv^lA^ C_ To-c>^*-4-<nA^. UL^^t^i^^^, BIOGRAPHICAL 233 salesmen united to organize the Columbia Tool SteelCompany. Coming to Pittsburgh, the center of thesteel industry, to find a man capable of handling theproduction end of this business, Mr. Byrnes was chosen,and was made the first superintendent of this import-ant plant. This was at the time of the St. Louis Expo-sition, and the location chosen was Chicago Heights,then prairie, some thirty-seven miles out of Mr. B
History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution .. . ^^Cv^lA^ C_ To-c>^*-4-<nA^. UL^^t^i^^^, BIOGRAPHICAL 233 salesmen united to organize the Columbia Tool SteelCompany. Coming to Pittsburgh, the center of thesteel industry, to find a man capable of handling theproduction end of this business, Mr. Byrnes was chosen,and was made the first superintendent of this import-ant plant. This was at the time of the St. Louis Expo-sition, and the location chosen was Chicago Heights,then prairie, some thirty-seven miles out of Mr. Byrnes directions the ground was cleared,the mills erected and equipped, and until his death hecontinued in the capacity of superintendent, his longexperience and signal ability as a manager being largelyinstrumental in the success of the enterprise. Mr. Byrnes was a man of quiet personal tastes, home-loving and little interested in public life. He was amember of the Knights of Columbus, and of the Cath-olic Mens Benevolent Association. He was a devotedmember of St. Pauls Roman Catholic Church, havingbeen a pioneer in this parish and o
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