. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . himgreat success, mak-ing him the foremostman in his line inPhiladelphia, when,three years later, hecommenced businessalone. He was largelyinstrumental in intro-ducing the springwheat flours of theMinnesota region tothe Eastern sea-board. Mr. Addicksafterward becameprominent in real es-tate operations inPhiladelphia. Earlyin 1877 he removedhis residence to Clay-mont, Del., a suburbof Philadelphia, ofwhich place he hassince been a thereafter
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . himgreat success, mak-ing him the foremostman in his line inPhiladelphia, when,three years later, hecommenced businessalone. He was largelyinstrumental in intro-ducing the springwheat flours of theMinnesota region tothe Eastern sea-board. Mr. Addicksafterward becameprominent in real es-tate operations inPhiladelphia. Earlyin 1877 he removedhis residence to Clay-mont, Del., a suburbof Philadelphia, ofwhich place he hassince been a thereafter hisattention was calledto the use of watergas for illumination,then an infant industry. In connection with this indus-try Mr. Addicks has become widely known throughoutthe United States, and has been closely identified withits progress. He built gas works in Jersey City, alsofor the Consumers Gas Company, of Chicago, the lat-ter leading to the formation of the well known ChicagoGas Trust. In 1884 the Bay State Gas Company ofBoston was organized, Mr. Addicks being its originatorand the first to establish water gas works in that BOSTON. H5 ^f?t HENRY MELVILLE WHITNEY is the president ofthe \Vest End Street Kaihvay Company of Bos-ton— a system more comprehensive than any otherstreet raihvay system in the world. He was born in thesmall town of Conway, Franklin County, Mass., Oct. 22,1839. At that time his father, deneral James S. Whit-ney, kept an old-fashioned store, (ieneral Whitney wasa Democrat of the Jacksonian school, and the idol ofhis community. His vote when in the Legislaturedecided the electionof Charles Sumnerto the LTnited StatesSenate; subse-quently, from 1854to i860, he was su-perintendent of theUnited States Armoryat Springfield, andwas then appointedcollector of the portof Boston. His deathoccurred O c t. 2 4,1878. Young Whit-neys home was madehappy and charmingby the presence of agood mother, L a u -rinda (Collins)Whitney, who is stillliving. He acquiredt
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