Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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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.

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HERBERT C. HASTINGS B LGAN working for Hill Tolman, in Worcester, before school closed. In 1884 went to Fitchburg, Mass., to assist Downe in his designing for the Simonds Saw Works. In 1887 went with the Simonds Rolling Machine Co. In 1890 went to Leominster, Mass., designing for a rival rolling machine company. March, 1891, found me in Brightwood, a suburb of Springfield, superintending the Talcot Axle Forge Works. After three years of this took charge of the Machine Department of the Haw¬ kins Iron Works, Springfield, Mass. Remained here until the works were closed in 1897. I then entered the Springfield Industrial Institute, as Instructor in the Machine Depart¬ ment. The school was closed in July, 1898, and in August entered the employ of the Wason Manufacturing Co., and have been in the drafting room ever since. Was married in 1885, and am the father of the Class Boy, and three other chil¬ dren. The Class Boy graduated from the Technical High School in Springfield in 1906, with honor, and is now in the drafting room of the Chapman Valve Co., at Indian Orchard, Mass.