History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution .. . or MaxLeslie, as he is familiarly known to thousands in Pitts-burgh, was brought to Pittsburgh, where he attended thepublic schools and then went to Duffs Commercial Col-lege, from which he was graduated. Alert, energetic,resourceful, he soon won recognition, and at the earlyage of twenty-three was appointed chief deputy revenuecollector of Pittsburgh, the responsible duties of whichoffice he ably and efficiently discharged until 1894, whenhe became a member of the Pittsburgh Stock Exchan
History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution .. . or MaxLeslie, as he is familiarly known to thousands in Pitts-burgh, was brought to Pittsburgh, where he attended thepublic schools and then went to Duffs Commercial Col-lege, from which he was graduated. Alert, energetic,resourceful, he soon won recognition, and at the earlyage of twenty-three was appointed chief deputy revenuecollector of Pittsburgh, the responsible duties of whichoffice he ably and efficiently discharged until 1894, whenhe became a member of the Pittsburgh Stock 1909 he was made vice-president of the Donald Mc-Neil Company, general contractors, and of the NationalConstruction Company. Mr. Leslie holds a responsible place among the busi-ness men of Pittsburgh, but he is best known to thepeople of his city because of his long connection withcity and state governmental affairs and because of hisactivity in civic advancement, having been for the pastthree decades a supporter of every movement designedto make the city a better place in which to live. He was. BIOGRAPHICAL 133 a member of the Pittsburgh Common Council from 1896to 1904, serving as president from 1901 to 1902, and dur-ing the same period serving as chairman of the Republi-can Citj Executive Committee; he served as delinquenttax collector for Allegheny county from 1909 to 1913,and in 1918 was elected to represent his section in theState Senate for four years. That the confidence of hisconstituents has not been misplaced is being demonstratedby his faithful and efficient discharge of the responsibleduties of that office. In 1908 he served as delegate tothe National Convention that nominated President Taft,and in 1920 to the convention that nominated PresidentHarding, and since 1904 has been continuously a mem-ber of the Republican State Executive Committee. is a life member of the Americus Republican Cluband of the Young Mens Republican Tariff Club. Heis also affi
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