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Show uu SKILLED MAN ON Family of Charles R. Page for Generations in Shipping and Allied Activities. famous Relatives Graduate of Yale Begins Career Ca-reer in Business as an Errand Boy. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Nov. 2S. Charles R. Pago of San Francisco, who has recently assumed his duties in Washington, D. C, as a member of the Federal Shipping board, comes from a family which has devoted Itself to the shipping business nnd its allied activities activ-ities as few American families of the present day and generation have done. During the good old clipper ship days, when the American merchant flag dominated the soven seas, this common Interest of a family in sniping snip-ing activities was a characteristic of many New England households. Mr. Pago's father, the late Charles Page, for years was associated with Milton Andros in San Francisco in tho practice of admiralty law, in which V.l 1. ...... n .nnnlnMnn Thn Tl OW uuwi nun u. niuc ioiuuhiuu. j. hi. shipping board member is a nephew of Arthur and George Page, prominent San Francisco shipbrokers: and he is a brother of Stanley H. Page, vice president of the Union Gas Engine company of Aakland, manufacturers of marine engines. Through his father, ho is related to famous Liljewalch family, owners of the Neptune Salvage company of Stockholm, probably the largest company com-pany of its kind in the world. Mr. Page was born in San Francisco Francis-co on May 24, 187S, which makes him nearly 40 years of age. It was natural that ho should be encouraged to develop de-velop an early interest in maritime affairs. af-fairs. After graduating from Yale with the class of 1900, he shipped from New York as a member of the crew on the Arthur Sewall, of Bath, Mo., a well known sailing vessel. Upon his return, he went to Europe, where he traveled extensively for the better part of n year. Last year Mr. Page, in bohalf of tho Firemen's Fund Insurance company, of which he was general auditor, made a careful trip of investigation along both tho East and West coasts of South America. In view of our rapid trade development with South America, the knowledge of conditions- and customs which he obtained on this trip should be a material asset. Chairman of Adjustment Committee For the last ten years he has been chairman of tho adjustment committee of the San Francisco Board of Marine Underwriters. He was also formerly president of the Association of Marine Underwriters. In 1848 Mr. Pago's grandfather moved 'with tho mombors of his family, fam-ily, including Mr. Pago's father, from tho stato of New Jersoy to Valparaiso, Chile. It waa In 1870 that the latter came to San Francisco to practice admiralty law. After settling here, his father married Miss Sally H. Myers, daughter of William F. Myers, who was then quartermaster general of tho United States army. Mrs. Pago still resides In San Francisco. Mr. Page entered tho employ of tho 4 Fireman's Fund Insurance company In 1902. Despite his college education and his extensive traveling, he began in the role of errand boy in order to learn the business from the ground up. Marries Into Prominent Family His marriage to Miss Louise Hof-facker, Hof-facker, a niece of Mrs. Claus A. Spreck-els, Spreck-els, brought him in touch with another family that is extensively interested in shipping. Mr. and Mrs. Page have five sons, and their home is on San Francisco Fran-cisco bay in Alameda. Ho Is a member of tho Republican party, but, like the average man today, votes independently whenever the occasion oc-casion seems lo warrant. He registered register-ed as a Republican in 1912, but for local lo-cal reasons in 1914 he registered Democratic. Dem-ocratic. Ho was abroad during the election of 1916. aMr. Page is fond of outdoor sports and is a great walker and swimmer. According to his friends, he is by nature na-ture a student, and he is unassuming in manner. He is a member of the Olympic club and the San Francisco Commercial club. |