The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . re|)resentedthe Erie Kailroad. theCentral Railroad Com-pany of New Jersey,the Baltimore and (JhioKailroad, and othertrans]>ortation comiian-ies. In 1879 he organ-ized the Domestic Telegraph Company, afterward namiMlthe Domestic Te!egrai)h and Tehphone Company, and laterthe Newark District Telegraph Messenger and Company. He made a number of valuable imjirove-ments in the general development of these enterprises, inwhich he was largely interested 1inanciall\ and in theirsuccessful management as an olticer and diiictor. In 1
The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . re|)resentedthe Erie Kailroad. theCentral Railroad Com-pany of New Jersey,the Baltimore and (JhioKailroad, and othertrans]>ortation comiian-ies. In 1879 he organ-ized the Domestic Telegraph Company, afterward namiMlthe Domestic Te!egrai)h and Tehphone Company, and laterthe Newark District Telegraph Messenger and Company. He made a number of valuable imjirove-ments in the general development of these enterprises, inwhich he was largely interested 1inanciall\ and in theirsuccessful management as an olticer and diiictor. In 1S8S Mr. Fearey invented an im]novcment in railwayfastenings for the abutting ends of railroad rails, iatentsweie secured and a c(nn](any was formed and duly organ-ized under the nanu of the Continuous Kail -loint Companyof America. This ajiidiance is extensividy used, ten thou-sand miles of railroail track in I lie Cnited States beingequipi)ed with llie ronlinnous rail joints. At the WorldsParis Exitosiliou in lllOO .Mr. Feareys rail joint in compe-. FKKDKRICK T. FEAREY. 280 THE PASSAIC VALLEY tition with the leading manufacturers in the United Stateswas awarded a bronze medal, the highest award in the railjoint exhibit. Mr. Fearey married Miss Bertha Louise Kittel, of MountVernon, N. Y., n 1896. They have one daughter, MarieLouise, and reside in East Orange, N. J. He is a memberof the First Baptist Church of Newark, the New JerseyHistorical Society, the Newark Board of Trade, the EssexClub of Newark, and tlie Blooming Grove Park Associationof Pike County, Pa. CHABLES A. WILLIAMS was born in Verona, EssexCounty, N. J., on the ITIli of ;\I;ircli, 1862, and has always resided in that was educated in thepublic schools of Ve-rona, and is one of itsre])resentative citizensand prominent in itsbu-siness community asa member of The firm ofJ. E. Williams & Williams hasserved for three yearsas a member of theTownship Committeeand for eight years as amember of the Boardof
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