Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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JOHN 5. GRIGGS B ORN in Worcester, November 29, 1862, he was educated in the public schools, leaving the High School to enter the W. P. I. After graduation he went to the Washburn Machine Shop to take charge of the Drafting Department. Six months afterwards he accepted a position in the Keystone Bridge Co., of Pittsburgh, Pa., and was its Inspector of Bridges when he died of typhoid fever, March 13, 1887.

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CHARLES C. HALL F ROM 1882 to 1886 lived in St. Louis, Mo. Was two years Chemist in the St. Louis Ore and Steel Co., and two years Engineer and Draftsman in the City Water Works. From 1886 to 1891 was with Steel Works in Middleport, Ohio, as chemist and Construction Engineer. 1891 to 1895 was in Belleville, Ill., as Superintendent and finally General Manager of Bessemer Steel Works and Rolling Mill. During 1895-6-7 1 was at Alexandria, Ind., building a Steel Plant which sold out to a trust and moved away. Part of 1897 and 1898 I was with a Steel Works in Granite City, III., but returned to Alexandria, Ind., and started the manufacture of Mineral Wool from a local rock, and am still at it. Have neither poverty nor riches; have seen many failures, some successes,—many disappointments, some triumphs. I never drink, am always smoking, never gamble nor speculate, and try not to lie. Have a happy home life, with four living children,—three daughters and one son, —each born in a different state; — another reason for not moving from Indiana.