Obituary

Charles Wallace Hunt, for many years a mechanical engineer of eminence and a recognized leader in every movement for the advancement of the engineering profession died at his home on Grymes Hill, Staten Island, New York City, on March 27, after a brief illness. Mr. Hunt was born at Candor, N. Y., October 13, 1841, and was elected an Associate of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, April 25, 1902. He was elected president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1898, and ably represented that society in various committees, especially upon the joint building committee which carried through the planning and erection of the Engineers´ Building, a work in which he always evinced the deepest interest. At the time of his death he had just entered upon his third term as trustee of the United Engineering Society. As an inventor, an engineer, a manager, and a citizen, he was a man of the highest type grasping intelligently all details of every project with which he might be identified. It would be impossible to estimate the economies effected in the conveyance and distribution of fuel and various materials through the efficiency of machinery and systems, the product of his fertile mind and engineering skill. Staten Island had not only been his home for 40 years, but also the site of his works, located at West New Brighton which had their humble beginning in 1871. His activities, however, were world-wide, and not only coal and ore-handling machinery, but wharves, docks, storage warehouses, power stations, railways, cranes, etc., will exist for years as records of his ability in constructive engineering. His extensive practical experience was supplemented by keen and intelligent commercial sagacity, tempered with conservatism, the result being a progressive yet prudent man whose life was a success in the best sense of the word. Mr. Hunt was twice married, and is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters.