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''b A* ."•. ^^ 0'^ c»"'. "^b A* PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT SAINT LOUISANS IX 1916 A PORTRAIT WORK OF ITS MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS, BANKERS AND PROFES- SIONAL MEN, THE MEN WHOSE ENERGY AND ABILITY HAVE CONTRIBUTED LARGELY TOWARD MAKING ST. LOUIS THE METROPOLIS OF THE GREAT MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY S.MXl' l.Ol IS lll•,^R^ BROWN c^ COMPANY n^ Publisher's Announcement N PRESENTING this volume to the pubhc the compiler ftcls that his work is of such patent worth that it calls for little introductory explana- tion. His text teems with interest, every page is instruc- tive and full of incentive and of history in the making. We are living in a Golden Age. an age when changes come rapidly and are of intense moment. We are living in a wonderful country, a country where traditions are being made and customs established, a country of opportunity, where the man who can do things has a chance to do them and can hope for a seat among the mighty. And St. Louis is alive to all the activity and progress which permeates our country and is doing her splendid share in the work. St. Louis is the vital, throbbing heart of a wonderful section, with its beat vast districts are strengthened and on it thousands upon thousands are dependent. There are places where greater concentration of activity exists, but none where the spirit of upbuilding, the spirit of the Nation, more generally prevails among a people. Though an old city, as the New World reckons, the St. Louis of today has been builded during the last quarter of a century. No less rapidly do the actors of the St. Louis drama change, each decade multiplies those who play principal parts and stages new persons in familiar roles. Individuals who continue in active work for an extended period, and families who give their identity to a work through generation after genera- tion, make possible the individuality of our city. St. Louis is proud of her many men of advanced years who have been familiar figures in the hum of things for better than half a century; she has pride as well in the descendants of the pioneers who, in continu- ous line, have been active from the birth of the city. But St. Louis has also the vast army of newcomers who speedily adapt themselves to our ways and become one with us. It is fitting that the faces of these men should be known to all of us and to the out- side world, preserved in enduring form that future generations may associate the faces with the records of great accomplishment. The love of posthumous fame is inherent in most men. Those who attain to distinction in life are rightfully solicitous that such dis- tinction be transmitted, as a legacy, to their descendants, and to posterity outside the bands of consanguinity. This is a noble instinct, one which prompts men to higher ideals and deeds, and brings out of each his best and utmost endeavors to deserve the approbation of his fellow men. This is a book of the men who are doing things in St. Louis today. The list, though representative in every way, does not com- pletely cover the ground. It would be im- possible to compile a volume to cover so large and active a population as is ours which would not be voluminous beyond all practical purposes. As things are the rapidity of change is testified to by the fact that during the time of compilation a few of those whose faces we present have passed on to their last reward. The compiler has purposed in the volume the making familiar the faces of many men whose names are household words, to asso- ciate the name with the face; but his primal purpose has been the perpetuation of these faces, he appreciates that the volume will increasingly have historic value with the passage of years. At the same time he is not blind to the practical business adaptations which it may serve, which will at once be apparent to any business man. The portraits are uniformly good and are from photographs taken expressly for this wo^k by Mr. J. C. Strauss, who made a special sitting of each subject, with but few exceptions. The half-tone engravings are the work of the Mound City Engraving Com- pany of St. Louis. The typography, press- work and binding, by the Con. P. Curran Printing Company, will receive universal commendation. The Publishers. n prominent SJMsms r,' A 4 57887 JEREMIAH SHEEHAN CITY AUDITOR MARTIN R H. WITTER CITY REGISTER EDMOND KOELN COLLECTOR OF THE REVENUE LOUIS ALT LICENSE COLLECTOR CHARLES M. TALBERT DIRECTOR OF STREETS AND SEWERS JAMES A. HOOKE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC UTILITIES ^ ^^^ J ^Ha^ 'M # CLEMENT W. NELSON VICE-PKESIDENT ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RY. CO. JAMES E. TAUSSIG VICE PRESIDENT. IN CHARGE OF OPERATION WABASH RY. CO WILLIAM C MAXWELL VICE-PRESIDENT. 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WALSH WIDMANN » WALSH ARCHITECTS FREDERICK WIDMANN WIDMANN » WALSH ARCHITECTS ALBERT B. GROVES ARCHITECT F. C. BONSACK ARCHITECT WILLIAM B. ITTNER ARCHITECT GEORGE F. A. BRUEGGEMAN ARCHITECT THOMAS F IMBS ARCHITECT WILLIAM H. GRUEN ARCHITECT J. L. WEES ARCHITECT WILLIAM WEDEMEYER ARCHITECT JOHN D PAULUS ARCHITECT WILLIAM P. McMAHON ARCHITECT OLIVER R. S. TRABER ARCHITECT WILBUR T. TRUEBLOOD THEO C LINK AND WILBUR T TRUEBLOOD ARCHITECTS LAURENCE EWALD EWALD ALLEN * TOENSFELDT ARCHITECTS CHARLES N. JACOBS ARCHITECT ROBERT G. KIRSCH ARCHITECT GALE E. HENDERSON MARITZ » HENDERSON ARCHITECTS ED. H. A. VOLKMANN PRESIDENT VICTOR ARCHITECTURAL » BUILDING CO. ! hundred and m hundred and three ANDREW J. O'REILLY CONSULTING ENGINEER EDWARD FLAD EDWARD FLAD » CO.. CONSULTING AND CONSTRUCTING ENGINEERS RODERICK H TAIT PRESIDENT TAIT S- NORDMEYER ENGINEERING CO. REFRIGERATING ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS EDWARD B. FAY BRENNEKE S- FAY CIVIL ENGINEERS ■JCMZ ^ '\dred and four ^ GURDON G. BLACK ENGINEER IN CHARGE OF WATER WORKS ELZLY a bUKKHAM MORENO. BROOKS » BURKHAM CONTRACTING ENGINEERS WILLIAM J. JOYCE PRESIDENT JOYCE SURVEYING CO HIRAM PHILLIPS CONSULTING ENGINEER hundred and five WILUAM S. MERKLE COSSVLTiyC BSGI\EER MAX DORN CONSULTING ENGINEER FRANK H COVLT FULLEP-COULT CO CONSULTING ENGINEERS hundred and eight Li| 1 L ^rx i HIRAM LLOYD PRESIDENT HIRAM LLOYD BUILDING tt- CONSTRUCTION CO. HENRY W. LOHMANN SECOND VICE PRESIDENT JAMES STEWART » CO.. INC . GENERAL CONTRACTORS FREDERICK J REMMERS PRESIDENT F J REMMERS CONTRACTING «- BUILDING CO. WILLIAM C MIEHER PRESIDENT GLOBE CONSTRUCTION CO. one hundred And THEODORE R. TIESLER PRESIDENT ST LOUIS WIRE S- IRON CO. CHARLES A. SIMON PRESIDENT ST. LOUIS ARCHITECTURAL IRON CO. WILLIAM T. KOKEN PRESIDENT BANNER IRON WORKS CHARLES J. SUTTER ELECTRICAL ENGINEER AND CONTRACTOR hundred and ten JACOB P. FREIN SECRETARY FREIN MASONRY » CONTRACTING CO. JOSEPH B. FREIN PRESIDENT FREIN MASONRY » CONTRACTING CO. ROBERT M. GILLESPIE PRESIDENT R M GILLESPIE BRICKLAYING S- CONTRACTING CO. WILLIAM M. WIMMER PRESIDENT WIMMER CONTRACTING CO hundred and twelve DANIEL EVANS VICE-PRESIDENT DANIEL EVANS CONSTRUCTION CO JULIUS H. WISE JULIUS H WISE CONSTRUCTION CO. ISAAC SECEL GENERAL CONTRACTOR CHARLES A. WELSCH PRESIDENT C A. WELSCH CONSTRUCTION CO. one hundred and thirteen CHARLES E. HAMILTON BUILDING CONTRACTOR MEINOLPH J. CREWE SECRETARY JOHN GREWE CONSTRUCTION CO JOSEPH G. LESCHER J G LESCHER CONSTRUCTION CO. HERMAN F. NAGEL GENERAL CONTRACTOR on« -hundred and fourteen WILLIAM C FOX TREASURER ST LOUIS MARBLE S- TILE CO JACOB STOCKE PRESIDENT PROGRESS PRESS BRICK «> MACHINE CO J WILKES FORD Jr PRESIDENT FORD MFO CO ROOFING MATERIAL JOHN H. BROD. Jr JOHN H BROD GRANITE CO GUSTAV A. WITTKER PRESIDENT WITTKER HARDWARE CONTRACTORS SUPPLY CO. FREDERICK A. KOCH PRESIDENT KOCH » HEITNER HARDWARE CO. F. HENRY KOCH PRESIDENT ST. LOUIS HARDWARE MFG. CO. HENRY WAND WAND «■ NIEHAUS TINSMITHS hundred and JOHN M HESSJNC CONTRACTOR METAL FVRRISa AND LATHiyC HENRY F. SCHAEFER PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER JACOB SCHAEFER WRECKING CO OrTO E. RUGG FRESJDEj\T RVGC CONSTRUCTION CO CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION JOSEPH G BOTHE JOSEPH C BOTHE CONTRACTING CO on^ hundred jind eighteen GEORGE F. CRANER PRESIDENT GRANER-MAHONEY CONTRACTING CO WILLIAM H SIMPKINS CONTRACTOR LLWI^ .^ DOYLE SECRETARY H G DOYLE BRICKLAYING CO WILLIAM A PETTY PRESIDENT BENJAMIN PETTY CONTRACTING CO. hundred mnd nineteen dre