. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . his after-life. In I 8 5 2 hemarried Ann R. Bab-cock, daughter ofDexter Babcock,who is now living,an honored, retiredmerchant, in hisninety-sixth children wereborn of this union—a son who died in1863, and a daughterwho survives remained inbusiness with hisfather and brothersuntil 1861, when heopened a large es-tablishment onWashington Street,and it was in thislocation that heamassed the bulk ofhis fortune. He wasin the C o m m o nCouncil of
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . his after-life. In I 8 5 2 hemarried Ann R. Bab-cock, daughter ofDexter Babcock,who is now living,an honored, retiredmerchant, in hisninety-sixth children wereborn of this union—a son who died in1863, and a daughterwho survives remained inbusiness with hisfather and brothersuntil 1861, when heopened a large es-tablishment onWashington Street,and it was in thislocation that heamassed the bulk ofhis fortune. He wasin the C o m m o nCouncil of Boston in1858, 1859, and1861, and in 1862 hewas an alderman. In 1874 he became a prominent director of the Met-ropolitan Street Railroad, and, shortly after, its presi-dent. The Metropolitan Railroad, under his direction,became one of the largest and best managed in thecountry. He worked most zealously for the interests ofthe stockholders. In all labor disturbances it was hishabit to appear personally before the different organiza-tions and adjust matters amicably. In 1885 Mr. Rich-ards became the president of the American Street. Railway Association, composed of the executive officersof almost all the railroads in the United States andCanada. He was almost the first man to predict theuse of electric power for street cars, which he did in amagnificent speech at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, in NewYork, in October, 1884. He was greatly beloved by hisassociates in this organization, and always received anearnest invitation to attend the conventions long afterhe turned aside from railroad life. Mr. Richards be-came associated withthe new West Endorganization underPresident Whitney,but soon a short timeafterwards he wasconnected with theBoston HeatingCompany, but soonretired to private lifeafter purchasing andremodelling the largeoffice building, State Street,which bears hisname. The con-struction of thisbuilding was theclosing act of businesslife, as h
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