Show AMONG MINING AND H V croll 0 E and M E the subject of this sketch is a native of the old bay state first seeing the light ot day in boston in 1866 in 1882 he moved to cincinnati where he at onee once entered the employ of lane bodley where he found employment as draughtsman his bis time after business hours being taken up in attending night school 4 H V CROLL where he still further added to his qualifications in his bis chosen that of civil and mechanical enuine engineering ering taking heed of the advice given by horace greeley to young men he advanced as far westward as denver in 1884 where he entered the employ of the hendy meyer engineering company as draughtsman which position he held until 1895 when he came to salt lake city to fill an engagement with the germania lead works as engineer in the designing remodeling and rebuilding 1 of the G germania plant under the direction of superintendent J H tucker in this position he served for a period of six months when he returned to denver and accepted a position ia of the denver engineering ving works remaining with this establishment until jan 1 1897 when he accepted an offer from the edward P allis company of milwaukee after being with this company in milwaukee for three years he was assigned to spokane wash where he was superintendent of the companas comp anys branch office at that place until july 3 1 1901 upon the consolidation of the edward P allis company with fraser chalmers gates iron works and the dickson manufacturing company under the firm name of allis chalmers co mr croll moved to salt lake city and is now in charge 0 the consolidated companas comp anys branch office in zion with offices in the dooly block his territory taking in the mining states of utah montana nevada and southern idaho since his connection with the allis people mr croll has filled quite a number of heavy contracts among utah mining men among them being orders order for blowing and power engines converters and furnaces for the united states smelter blowing engine and coave converter arter plant for the bingham smelter direct connected reynolds corliss engine and generator for the utah fuel company at castle gate the machinery for a ton plant for the ophir mining milling company of stateline Stat eline built by dederichs burke and now in successful operation and buckner cylinders crushing plant engines and boilers for the utah plant of the american smelting smelling Sm elting refining ning company although still a young man mr croll stands high in his profession and is accounted as being one of the brightest and most successful mining machinery men in the we f OIL PARTIAL VIEW OF ALLIS CHALMERS SALT LAKE OFFICE behas he has a large acquaintance in mining and milling circles ana is popular and well liked because of his genial disposition and reco recognized g talent |