| Show IRVING M SCOTT MAN WHO s BUILT THE OREGON IS DEAD irving M scott vice president and general manager of the union iron works and known to national fame as the man who built the oregon died at san sari francisco last week prominently mentioned as a candi date for the vice presidency on the ticket with mckinley in 1900 twice a formidable aspirant for the senator ship and for many years a leading figure in the business and political life of cal tornia fornia mr scott was a man whose death is regarded as a distinct loss to the state he was one of the most progressive shipbuilders in the world and besides constructing the oregon his firm built the olmpia olympia ad miral dewey s flagship at the battle of manila the charleston the farragut Fari agut and other vessels of the american navy and filled contracts for the na vies of japan and russia mr scott wa educated at a public school in baltimore finishing his course at mlton academy junius 1 brutus booth was one of his fellow pupils and the vis ts ot of edwin and john wilkes booth to their brother a e among his scho kemem brances in 1857 he was engaged in the mechanical department of an en gine works and in the evenings stud led draugh ting at a mechanics ansti tute in baltimore in 1858 col peter donahue of the union iron worl s san francisco engaged him as special draughtsman and took him west in 1862 he resigned and took up the manufacture of paining mining machinery all those massive engines that developed the great mines of the comstock were the product of scott scotts s ingenuity after his marriage in 1863 scott was again engaged by col coi donahue and returned to the union iron works as superintendent two years later donahue retired putting scott in his place as partner the plant was great ly enlarged becoming the most ex on the coast and capable of turning out anything from a battle ship to a needle mr scott never held a public office of much importance except that of presidential elector and chairman of the california commission to the world s fair at chicago he leaves a widow and two children and his brother henry T scott who is now the head of the union iron works 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 C zy |
