. 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. he went as cabin-boy on avoyage to Santiago, Cuba. At the ages of17 and 18 he went to England and the WestIndies as ordinary seaman. He learned themachinists trade, and entered Cornell Uni-versity with the Class of 1875; then enteredStevens Institute in January, 1873, with theClass of 1875, but left college at the end ofthe Junior year to install an outfit of Woodsrock-drills and an air-compressor in Plu
. 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. he went as cabin-boy on avoyage to Santiago, Cuba. At the ages of17 and 18 he went to England and the WestIndies as ordinary seaman. He learned themachinists trade, and entered Cornell Uni-versity with the Class of 1875; then enteredStevens Institute in January, 1873, with theClass of 1875, but left college at the end ofthe Junior year to install an outfit of Woodsrock-drills and an air-compressor in PlumasCounty, Cal., where he ran a small remained on the Pacific Slope until 1883,working at tunnelling, shaft-work, hydraulicmining, and general mining work in variouscapacities, from British Columbia to Mexico. In 1885 he became a member of the firmof Denton, Breuchaud, & Co., contractors onthe new Croton Aqueduct, New York, 1885-86; next was constructing engineer with theUnited Gas Improvement Co. and other gas companies, also acting as expert on gas-holder-tank masonry, 1887-92; assistant su-perintendent of the Omaha Gas Manufac-turing Co., 1892-97; and superintendent of. I. N. Knapp the Omaha Gas Co., 1897-1901. Since 1899he has spent part of his time prospecting forand developing a production of petroleumin southeastern Kansas, where he became asuccessful oil-producer 1899-1902. He wasassigned to the task of making a valuation ofthe gas plant of the Peoria Gas & ElectricCo., Peoria, in their suit in the United StatesDistrict Court against the city of Peoria,1901. In 1902 he was appointed engineerfor special work in the general superintend-ents department of the United Gas Improve-ment Co., Philadelphia, Pa. In December, 1901, the Stevens Instituteconferred upon Mr. Knapp the full degreeof Mechanical Engineer. He read a paperon Notes on Cement Masonry before the30th Annual Meeting of the American GasLight Association in October, 1902, in NewYork. This paper was prin
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