. King's handbook of Springfield, Massachusetts : a series of monographs, historical and descriptive. al profession, a large number havebeen active and thrifty manufacturers. Philos B. Tyler, the citys second mayor, was an active, wide-awakebusiness man, who had much prominence, both at home and abroad, as thepresident and presiding genius of the American Machine Works, whichbuilt cotton-presses for the South, and steam-engines and the like foranybody who wanted them. He controlled a large trade throughout theSouthern States before the war, and had much prestige and popularity athome, especial
. King's handbook of Springfield, Massachusetts : a series of monographs, historical and descriptive. al profession, a large number havebeen active and thrifty manufacturers. Philos B. Tyler, the citys second mayor, was an active, wide-awakebusiness man, who had much prominence, both at home and abroad, as thepresident and presiding genius of the American Machine Works, whichbuilt cotton-presses for the South, and steam-engines and the like foranybody who wanted them. He controlled a large trade throughout theSouthern States before the war, and had much prestige and popularity athome, especially so among his employes and immediate business acquaint-ances. Eliphalet Trask knows all about Springfield as a city, from A to Z, hav-ing already passed far beyond the prescribed threescore-and-ten milestoneon the highway of life, having been a prominent actor in both the politicaland business circles of the city. His political predilections won for himthe lieutenant-governorship in the Know-nothing regime, and he served theState in that capacity from 1858 to 1861. His kindly nod of recognition. Cx^Cs^ jS&tZ/H . S A/NGS HANDBOOA OF SPRINGFIELD. 4i and warm grasp of hand for friends are still among the pleasantest featuresof every-day life on the city streets. Ansel Phelps, jun., came to Springfield from Greenfield to practise was well known as the attorney for the Western Railroad, where hisability and industry won for him much fame among the railway magnates ofhis time. William B. Calhoun, a dignified, scholarly, and pleasant gentleman of theold school, was a popular mayor, who left a city full of mourning friendswhen he went out for-ever from among early years weregiven up to the legalprofession; but later inlife he took the presi-dency of the HampdenFire Insurance Com-pany, — then a pros-perous institution, —edited -The Connecti-cut Valley Farmerduring its publicationby Samuel Bowles & and was also, fora few years, an edi-torial writer on TheRepubl
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