La région de la cyclopaedia of American Biography : en cours de l'histoire des États-Unis comme illustré dans la vie des fondateurs, les constructeurs et les défenseurs de la République, et des hommes et des femmes qui font le travail et la pensée de moulage de l'heure actuelle, édité par d'éminents biographes, sélectionnés à partir de chaque état, révisé et approuvé par les plus éminents historiens, chercheurs, et des hommes d'état de la journée . t favoredMr. Plan Roachs, ainsi que n'Thomas A. Scott, président de la Pennsylvania Railroad, mais il neverreached le point de l'action publique. Revivedit Garfield sur son accessi

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The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . t favoredMr. Roachs plan, as well as did Thomas A. Scott, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, but it neverreached the point of public action. Garfield revivedit upon his accession to the presidency, and had helived its object might have been accomplished. In1883 Mr. Roach began the construction of the famousdespatch-boat Dolphin, and the three cruisers, At-lanta, Boston and Chicago, under the direction ofthe naval advisory board, authorized by congressand appointed by the President of the United States, composed of two civil engineers and several navalofficers, who drew plans, models and specificationsfor the cruisers. When the Dolphin was completedshe was accepted by the board, after a trial, ascoming up to the conditions and requirements ofthe contract. For some reason the new secretary ofthe navy, William C. Whitney, refused to accept thevessel, and appointed another board to put her tospecial tests. He also decided that Mr. Roachs con-tract would not hold good. Much of Mr. Roachs. 158 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPiEDIA large capital was involved in these contracts, and hisfailure to effect settlement led him, for the protec-tion of his bondsmen and creditors, to stop business.Accordingly, on July 18, 1885, he made an assign-ment. From that day until he lost consciousnesshe never could refer to the subject without uncon-trollable emotion. His career was a marvel ofindustrial labor, and he impressed his genius andindividuality upon the times in which he livedprobably more effectually than any other Amer-ican manufacturer. His life was typical of thepossibiliti

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