. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . 1864 he came toBoston and enteredthe employ of Davis& Crosby, flour andgrain merchants. Heshowed early an apti-tude for the voca-tion, and in 1869succeeded to thebusiness of the firm,under the name ofW. O. Blaney. Thisstyle was maintainedfor a few years, whenit was changed toCrosby & 1879, upon thedeath of Mr. Crosby,L. S. Brown was ad-mitted to the partner-ship, and the firmhas since been knownas Blaney, Brown &:Co. This house isto-day pr
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . 1864 he came toBoston and enteredthe employ of Davis& Crosby, flour andgrain merchants. Heshowed early an apti-tude for the voca-tion, and in 1869succeeded to thebusiness of the firm,under the name ofW. O. Blaney. Thisstyle was maintainedfor a few years, whenit was changed toCrosby & 1879, upon thedeath of Mr. Crosby,L. S. Brown was ad-mitted to the partner-ship, and the firmhas since been knownas Blaney, Brown &:Co. This house isto-day probably thelargest dealer in andreceiver of flour andgrain in the city. Mr. Blaney has been and is one of the leading membersof the Chamber of Commerce. In 1869 he became amember of the Commercial Exchange. In 1879, hewas made a director of the exchange and held that officetwo years. He then served as vice-president and after-ward two terms as president. L^pon the consolidationof the Commercial Exchange and the Produce Exchange,in 18S5, under the name of the Boston Chamber ofCommerce, he was appointed chairman of the Com-. WILLIAM 0. BLANEY mittee on Transportation, and afterwards was electedchairman of the Committee on Arbitration. One ofthe proudest achievements of Mr. Blaneys connectionwith the Chamber of Commerce was the ultimate suc-cess of his proposition to erect a building for the asso-ciation. In 1888 a committee was appointed to securea site for a new building, and Mr. Blaney was madechairman of this committee. In the following year hewas appointed chairman of the Building Committee, and the presentmagnificent struc-ture, one of thehandsomest in NewEngland, was com-menced in April,1890, and completedin February, was more orless opposition to thescheme from thestart, but Mr. Blaneyand his associatesovercame this, andthe Chamber ofCommerce to-day asa body unites in giv-ing to him a largeshare of the creditfor what has proveda wise and neededdeparture.
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