Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . re-ment, N. J. ; graduated Yale Scientific School, 1870; inoffice of City Engineer, New Haven, 1870-72; in em-ploy of Texas & Pacific Railway, 1872-74; U. S. DeputyMineral Surveyor since 1874 ; City Engineer, Salt Lake,i888-gi; County Surveyor, 1891 and 1892; MemberBoard of Health, since 1890. CHARLES PEri;R ISROOKS, Civil andMining Engineer, was born in Washing-tonville, New York, August 21, 1851, the son of Charl
Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . re-ment, N. J. ; graduated Yale Scientific School, 1870; inoffice of City Engineer, New Haven, 1870-72; in em-ploy of Texas & Pacific Railway, 1872-74; U. S. DeputyMineral Surveyor since 1874 ; City Engineer, Salt Lake,i888-gi; County Surveyor, 1891 and 1892; MemberBoard of Health, since 1890. CHARLES PEri;R ISROOKS, Civil andMining Engineer, was born in Washing-tonville, New York, August 21, 1851, the son of Charles Ivlward and Adeline (Cannon) his father, whose family was among theearly settlers of New \ork, lie is of English-Irishdescent, while his mother is descendeii from Hugue-not ancestors who came to New York after the revo-cation of the Edict of Nantes. He received hisearly education in district schools, and after sometime at the Ciiester Institute, near Morristown, NewJersey, and the .\cademy at New Platz, New York,went to Mt. Retirement, New Jersey, where hefitted for College. He entered the Sheffield Scien-tific School of Yale in 1867, took the course in. CHAS. p. BROOKS civil engineering and was graduated as Bachelor ofPhilosophy in 1870, immediately entering the otficeof the City Engineer of New Haven, where heremained until 1S72, when he accepted a positionas transit-man on the .\rizona division of the Texas& Pacific Railway. Mr. Brooks reached Salt LakeCity early in 1874, and decided to settle downthere as a civil and mining engineer. He has beenUnited States Deputy Mineral Surveyor since 1874,a member of the city Board of Health since 1890,and served as County Surveyor during 1S91 and1892. As engineer of the City of Salt Lake heplanned the present sewerage system of the cityand had charge of its construction, is President of the Lnivcrsity Club of Salt Lake, 424 UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR SONS and is a Republican in politics. September 2S,1876, he
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