. Morton memorial; a history of the Stevens institute of technology, with biographies of the trustees, faculty, and alumni, and a record of the achievements of the Stevens family of engineers. ertised for proposals. Edwin made a bid and got the contract. Previous to thattime all soil removals were made by the one-horse dumping-cart. But Edwin then de-vised the two-horse dirt-wagon with loose sides and bottoms of narrow planks, now inuniversal use. Pilot-houses and dumping-wagons are now as common as pegged boots, but althoughLeonardo da Vinci is known to fame as the inventor of the wheelbarrow
. Morton memorial; a history of the Stevens institute of technology, with biographies of the trustees, faculty, and alumni, and a record of the achievements of the Stevens family of engineers. ertised for proposals. Edwin made a bid and got the contract. Previous to thattime all soil removals were made by the one-horse dumping-cart. But Edwin then de-vised the two-horse dirt-wagon with loose sides and bottoms of narrow planks, now inuniversal use. Pilot-houses and dumping-wagons are now as common as pegged boots, but althoughLeonardo da Vinci is known to fame as the inventor of the wheelbarrow no one seems tohave preserved the name of the inventor of the dumping-wagon. For further reference to the achievements of John, Robert L., and EdwinA. Stevens, see Appletons Encyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. V, A SUMMARY OF THE ENGINEERING WORK OF THE STEVENS FAMILY President Charles King, of Columbia College, writing of John Stevens in1852, said: Born to affluence, his whole life was devoted to experiments, at hisown cost, for the common good ; and the same may be said in substance as tohis sons, Robert L. and Edwin A. Stevens. Ill THE TRUSTEES, FACULTY, AND ALUMNI. W. W. Shippen THE I Trustees, Faculty, and Alumni THE biographies given in the first section of this book are Hmited to thosewho have not been, or are not now, connected Avith the Institute in anyother capacity than that of Trustee. For example, that of PresidentMorton, who was a Trustee for sixteen years, is placed at the head of the biogra-phies of the Faculty. In accordance with this plan those of President Humphreysand Mr. Wolff, both Permanent Trustees, are placed, one with the Faculty andthe other with the Alumni; and the biographies of the Alumni Trustees whohave served or are now serving limited terms of of^ce are also given with those ofthe Alumni. The names and portraits of all are, however, given here in the orderof their appointment, first the Permanent Trustees and then the Alumni T
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