. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . the employ as an apprentice ofGeorge and Robert Stepheuson, the celebrated loco-motive- and engine-builders, at Nevvcastle-on-Tyne,England. He remained with them the full term offive years, making himself proficient in all departmentsof the business. He afterwards worked a few monthsin England, but in October, 1850, embarked fromGlasgow for America. On the second day after hisarrival in New York City he commenced work in theshops of Hoggs & Delamater, and subsequently labore
. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . the employ as an apprentice ofGeorge and Robert Stepheuson, the celebrated loco-motive- and engine-builders, at Nevvcastle-on-Tyne,England. He remained with them the full term offive years, making himself proficient in all departmentsof the business. He afterwards worked a few monthsin England, but in October, 1850, embarked fromGlasgow for America. On the second day after hisarrival in New York City he commenced work in theshops of Hoggs & Delamater, and subsequently laboredin and had charge of other works, finally settling downin the employ of the Old Novelty Iron-Works, wherehe remained ten years. He then assumed charge ofthe erection of engines in the vessels which were fittedout by the Fulton Iron-Works of James Murphy &Co., New York, remaining in that position severalyears. The civil war being then in progress, he hadcharge of all the outside work of that firm, includingthe fitting out of government vessels. In 1864 hewas appointed superintendent of the East River Iron-. It? tut/tUJ crv*~ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. :»-7 Works, Samuel Secor & Co., at that time largely en-gaged in building marine and stationary engines. Itwas here he first became acquainted with the manu-facture of tubing, having built the machinery for theBergen Tube-Mill of New Jersey. In 1869 he enteredinto an arrangement with parties, afterwards incor-porated as the National Tube-Works Company, toerect works for them in East Boston, Mass., and sub-sequently acted as superintendent of the works until1872, when it was decided to erect a more extensiveestablishment at McKeesport, Pa. Mr. Mathesontook entire charge of the projected works, and theywere built under his management. He acted as gen-eral superintendent of this establishment until 1880,introducing several improvements in tubing manu-facture, and successfully operating Siemens gas re-generator furnaces, which had never b
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