. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . uring this period, he wasinterested in many other enterprises on the Pacific coast and frontier. Amongthese may be mentioned,the navigation of the Columbia andWUlamette was one of the five who controlled what has developed into the Oregon Rail-way & Xavigation Company, with a capital of S24,000,000. He had an inter-est in the banking firm of Ladd & Bush, Salem; in the First National Bank ofPortland and Walla Walla, Washington. At the same time, he was largelyengaged in transportation across the plains. H
. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . uring this period, he wasinterested in many other enterprises on the Pacific coast and frontier. Amongthese may be mentioned,the navigation of the Columbia andWUlamette was one of the five who controlled what has developed into the Oregon Rail-way & Xavigation Company, with a capital of S24,000,000. He had an inter-est in the banking firm of Ladd & Bush, Salem; in the First National Bank ofPortland and Walla Walla, Washington. At the same time, he was largelyengaged in transportation across the plains. He fulh understood the require-ments for merchandise in Ltah, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado. Hefurnished and dispatched large trains from San Bernardino, Cal., to LTtah, andfrom St. Joseph, Mo., to Colorado,and from thereto ^Montana, giving his per-sonal attention to them all. This was no pastime thirty years ago. A coun-try largely held by hostile Indians had to be traversed, and few trains reachedtheir distinction unmolested. Realizing what the great West was sureto. Charles EUiott Tilton. 1848] SKETCHES OF ALUMNI AND PAST CADETS. 441 become, he purchased land in all the territories, which investments provedadvantageous. He engaged in many other transactions which his keen percep-tions led him to believe would be remunerative, so that, in fact, there were butfew enterprises of importance connected with the growth and developmentof the Pacific slope, whether pertaining to its finance, internal^^improvementor its foreign and domestic commerce in which he was not a participator. Hereturned to his old home, now named Tilton in honor of his father. He wasinterested in many business enterprises in his native State; was one of theheaviest stockholders of the Boston & Northern and the Concord & Northernrailways, now part of the Boston and Maine system, serving as director formany years. He was a public-spirited citizen and spent many thousands ofdollars in beautifying his town. Among
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