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the first engine through the tunnel. He was engaged on the Troy & Greenfield railway until 1877 and in 1879 was consulting and acting chief engineer of the Northern Pacific railroad. He was president of the Boston society of civil engineers, a member of the New England his- toric, genealogical society and of numerous other organizations. As early as 1873 he proposed a compressed air power plant to do away with the boilers and fires used in cities. He died at West Townsend, Vt., Oct. 22, 1897.

DOANE, William Croswell, first bishop of Albany- and 92d in succession in the American episcopate, was born in Boston, Mass., March 3, 1832: son of the Rt. Rev. George Washington and Eliza Greene (Callahan) Perkins Doane. He was graduated at Burlington college, N.J., in 1850, studied theol- ogy, was ordained a deacon in St. Mary's church, Burlington, N.J., by his father, March 6, 1853, and was elevated to the priesthood in 1856. He was adjunct pro- fessor of the English language in Burling- ton college, 1854-60; was assistant and rec- tor of St. Mary's church, Burlington,

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church, which he founded,. 1856-60; of St. John's, Hartford, Conn., 1860-64, a"nd of St. Peter's, Albany, N.Y., 1867-69. He was chosen to he the first bishop of the newly erected diocese of Albany in December, 1868, and was conse- crated at St. Peter's church, Feb. 2, 1869, by Bishops Horatio Potter, Odenheimer, Neely, Robertson and Littlejohn. In his new diocese he began a vigorous work. He founded the sis- terhood of the Holy child Jesus for educational and charitable work; St. Agnes's school for girls; a children's hospital, and other houses for the care and training of children. He also built the Cathedral of All Saints, erected at a cost of over $500,000, besides securing funds for the building of numerous charitable institutions, churches and rectories throughout his diocese. Bishop Doane was lecturer on English literature at Trinity college, Hartford, Conn., 1863-69 ; regent and vice-chancellor of the University of the state of New York from 1892 until 1903, when he became chancellor. He was trustee of Hobart college, 1870-79 ; visitor at Hobart from 1869 and honor- ary trustee from 1890. He received the degree of M.A. from Burlington and Trinity in 1863 ; that

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of S.T.D. from Columbia in 1867, from Trinity in 1886, from Oxford, England, in 1888, and that of LL.D. from Cambridge, England, in 1888. He was a leading member of the committee appointed by the General convention of 1892 to prepare the standard prayer book and hymnal for the use of tlie cliurch. He became a trustee of the Peabody Education Fund in 1903. Ho published : Life and Writings of the Second Bishop of New Jersey (4 vols., 1860-61) ; 3Iosaics for the Christian Year; Addresses to St. Agnes Graduates (1891); Sunshine arid Plaijiime ; a volume of verses for children, and numerous addresses and sermons.

DOANE, William Howard, philanthropist, was born in Preston, Conn., Feb. 3, 1832; son of Joseph Howes and Frances (Treat) Doane; grandson of Capt. John and Eunice (Howes) Doane, and a descendant of Deacon John Doane of Plymouth and Eastham, Mass. He was edu- cated at Woodstock academy and engaged as a clerk in a cotton mill for three years, and then with J. A. Fay & Co., manufac- turers of woodwork- ing machinery. In 1856 he took charge of the Chicago busi- ness of the firm. In 1861 he became the leading member of the firm and general manager of the busi- ness from its ofiices in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1866, on the incor- poration of the enterprise as J. A. Fay & Co., Mr. Doane was elected its president and general man- ager. He retired from business in 1892. In 1894 he donated to Denison university Doane hall, a substantial academy building. He was made a fellow of the American society of mechanical engineers; of the American society of mining engineers; of the American geographical society ; of the American association for the advancement of science, and of the American archaeological so- ciety ; and a chevalier in the Legion of Honor of France. He was married Nov. 2, 1857, to Fran- cis, daughter of James Stanton and Frances (Witter) Treat. He was an accomplished musi- cian and received the degree of Mus.D. from Denison universit}^ in lb75. He composed and published: Sabbath School Gems (1863) ; Little Sun- beams (1864) ; and Silver Spray (1867), of which last, 300,000 copies were sold. With the Rev. Robert Lowry he edited : Pure Gold, Royal Diadem, Temple Anthems, Tidal Wave, Brightest and Best,

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