New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . ved hewould enjoy many more years of usefulness. Mr. Heinzehad eight children, five of whom, three sons and twodaughters, with his widow, survive him. His eldest daugh-ter, Alice, married George W. Watjen, of the old Germanshi|)])ing house of l>remen, D. H. Watjen cS: Co, and thesecond daughter, Lida, is married to William M. Fleitmann,of Fleitmann & Co., New York. The sons are unmarried. The eldest, Arthur P. Heinze, is a well-known practisinglawyer, Otto C. Heinze is his fathers successor in business,and F. Augustus Hei
New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . ved hewould enjoy many more years of usefulness. Mr. Heinzehad eight children, five of whom, three sons and twodaughters, with his widow, survive him. His eldest daugh-ter, Alice, married George W. Watjen, of the old Germanshi|)])ing house of l>remen, D. H. Watjen cS: Co, and thesecond daughter, Lida, is married to William M. Fleitmann,of Fleitmann & Co., New York. The sons are unmarried. The eldest, Arthur P. Heinze, is a well-known practisinglawyer, Otto C. Heinze is his fathers successor in business,and F. Augustus Heinze resides in Butte, Mont., where he isthe manager of the large smelting works of the MontanaOre Purchasing Co. It may be stated incidentally thatboth Mr. Heinzes brothers occu])y leading positions inGermany. As may be seen in the Encyclopedia ofScience, the elder, Rudolph, is a professor of law in thecelebrated Heidelberg Lniversity, while the younger, Max,is professor of philosophy in the equally celebrated Uni-versity of Leipsic. NEW YORK, THE METROPOLIS. 3. 114 NEW YORK, THE METROPOLIS. JOHN J. GORMAN. John J. Gorman was born in New York City, on the stliof October, 1828. He was educated at Public School , in Hudson Street. A typical New Yorker and popularamong his associates, at an early age he became identifiedwith the Volunteer Fire Department, then the citys onlyprotection against conflagration, and soon became promi-nent as one of its most daring and devoted members. OnMay 12th, 1859, Mr. Gorman was elected a Fire Commis-sioner, and on the expiration of his first term of office in1863 he was unanimously re-elected. During the two yearsnext following, he served as President of the Board. Fornineteen years he continued Trustee of the Widows andOrphans Fund, and was finally elected President of thatbenevolent institution. In 1877 Mr. Gorman was api)ointeda Commissioner in the present fire department, and onAugust loth, 1881, he was chosen President of the Board,which
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