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Title: New York State's prominent and progressive men : an encyclopaedia of contemporaneous biography
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Harrison, Mitchell Charles, 1870-
Subjects: Civic leaders
Publisher: (New York) : New York Tribune
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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pulca River in Nicaragua, being the first Americanengineer to do so. In recent years his expert practice has ledhim into the gold-fields of Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island, and Ontario. « . . -a „± Besides his professional practice, Mr. Corning is now presidentof four important mining corporations (among the stock-holdersof which are some of the best financiers of the United States),to wit • the San Cristobal Gold-Mines Company of Zacatecas,Mexico; the Guanajuato Consolidated Mining and Milling Com-pany the Exploration Syndicate; and the Zacatecas (Mexico)Gold-Mines Company, which owns an area of nearly one squaremile He is a member of the Society of American Engineersand has been a frequent contributor to the best mining andscientific journals, a number of his essays having been reprintedin book form under the title of Papers from the Notes of anEnoineer. He has also made a number of inventions m cableand electric traction and mining machinery, upon which he hassecured patents.
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EDWARD FRANKLIN CRAGIN EDWARD FRANKLIN CRAGIN, for more than twenty-five years a resident of Chicago, is a native of Providence,Rhode Island. His father, Benjamin Cragin, Jr., was a descen-dant of the Cragin family, for two hundred years resident inMassachusetts. Mr. Cragin was educated at the Providence HighSchool, finishing his collegiate course with the assistance of pri-vate teachers in Chicago. While New York was preparing for 1887s centennial celebra-tion of the inauguration of Washington, Mr. Cragin conceivedthe idea that Chicago and other centers should depart from theprogram of the Eastern metropolis. Under the organization whichhe perfected, meetings were held simultaneously in several thou-sand cities and towns. For originating and carrying out thisplan Mr. Cragin received an elaborate gold-medal from the lead-ing citizens of Chicago. The history of these celebrations inChicago and the other cities was perpetuated in a handsome vol-ume published by voluntary subscription—

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