The story of StreatorBeing an account of the growth of its institutions civic, social and industrial, with special reference to its manufacturing and business interests; together with an outline of its early history and life sketches of some of its leading citizens . town alone thatMr. Ilundis nnirk is observ-ed. Ihe imjirint of hishand is .seen in the be;i;in-ninfj;s «)F every important in-dustry in the town. In theearly days iie was interestedin coal ;, and whenhe with ) eye fore-saw the ]iossible exhaustion of thai intlnstry,he was one of the pioneer experiiiienlei-s witht
The story of StreatorBeing an account of the growth of its institutions civic, social and industrial, with special reference to its manufacturing and business interests; together with an outline of its early history and life sketches of some of its leading citizens . town alone thatMr. Ilundis nnirk is observ-ed. Ihe imjirint of hishand is .seen in the be;i;in-ninfj;s «)F every important in-dustry in the town. In theearly days iie was interestedin coal ;, and whenhe with ) eye fore-saw the ]iossible exhaustion of thai intlnstry,he was one of the pioneer experiiiienlei-s withthe clays of the town, and then with the mak-inif of i^lass in Streator—the two industrieswliich later came to be the towns nniin indus-trial reliance. Later he invented the PlumbSteain Tile Ditcher, one of the lirst powerditchers on the market. lli^ interests have been wonderfully varied,ami no movement or enterprise for the good ofStreator but has felt the push of his strone; andstimulatinii: hand. Liberal to a fault, lie hasi;iveii largely of land and money to help thenew industries wliicli it was sought to plant inStreator; and in all movements for the ad-vancement of tlie town, whether economic, civicor social, he has lieen among the lirst to be call-. ed on for assistance and one of the most gen-erous in response. Mr. Plumb has been an independent repub-lican in politics, and conse(|uently not in theline of political promotion. But in 1872 he waselected to the state senate as an indepemlentby a coalition of democrats and greenbackersand served for four years. He held the olTice ofjiresident jiro teni of the senate, and was one ofa group of three who held the balance of ]iower,which th(\\ used to elect Judge David Davisinstead of (Jen. John A. Logan to tlie FnitedStates Senate. He served as ]irivafe secretary to his Halph Plumb, during the civil war, laterstudied law and was admitted to the bar inAlbany. X. Y. in 18()7. Came to Pontine andbegan the practice of
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