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April of the following year, he was suc-
cessful in gaining appointment under the
city administration of Worcester, Massa-
chusetts, taking office as supervising engineer
of the Worcester Sewer Department.
As such he remained in Worcester for
two years, then becoming associated with
Professor George Swain, of Harvard University,
in the valuation of the New York
Central Railroad, an important commission.
In the fall of 191 1 he went to West-
field, Massachusetts, as chief assistant to
John L. Hyde, a civil engineer, who in
addition to his municipal responsibilities
also had an extensive private practice.
Mr. Ellsworth devoted much of his time,
while at Westfield, to the making of a de-
tailed map of the town, for assessment
purposes, and also had a responsible part
in the development of Westfield's water
supply. Associated with him in this lat-
ter work was Mr. James Tighe. a consult-
ing engineer of Holyoke, Massachusetts.
Altogether, his theoretical and practical
understanding of civil engineering is ex-
tensive and valuable, and had he held to
his professional work he would in all
probability have quickly advanced to
much greater responsibilities. But in the
fall of 1914 the affairs of the Windsor
Canning Company, of which his father
had been the controlling head for so
many years, had developed so that it became
advisable for the son to take an
active part in its management. He therefore
forsook his profession, at least temporarily,
and returned to Windsor, and
his name has since appeared as one of the
principals of that company, which has an
extensive business in canned foods. And
since his advent the firm has, by improved
methods of handling the products,
very appreciably extended its operations.
The installation of better and more
modern equipment, and the inauguration
of more sanitary and labor-saving meth-
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ods, has caused a marked improvement
in its output and standard of product.
The firm now employs a large force of
men and women throughout the canning
season, and under the junior Mr. Ells-
worth's supervision has every indica-
tion of expanding its business consider-
ably in the near future. In addition to his
activities in the canning company, Mr.
Ellsworth acts as general agent of the
Hartford County Tobacco Growers' Mu-
tual Insurance Company, and during the
winter season he is also busily engaged
in the conversion of native timber into
ties and telegraph poles, and cord wood.
Mr. Ellsworth is unmarried. He is an
alert, aggressive man of business, his
energy probably resulting from his ath-
letic college days, during which he gained
many trophies in various forms of athle-
tics. Fraternally he is a member of the
Masonic order, affiliated with Washington
Lodge, No. 70, Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons, of Windsor, the Evening
Star Chapter, of Westfield, Massa-
chusetts, and the Wolcott Council, No. 1,
of Hartford, Connecticut. His college fra-
ternity is Sigma Alpha Epsilon, which he
joined in Worcester.
NEWLANDS, James Andrew,
State Chemist.
James Andrew Newlands, president of
The Henry Souther Engineering Company,
director of Newlands Sanitary Lab-
oratory, and State Chemist at Hartford,
Connecticut, was born in Edinburgh,
Scotland, April 23, 1877, tna* city having
been the seat of the Newlands family or
clan for generations. Mr. Newlands is
a worthy representative of that sturdy
race of people, noted for their persistence
in whatever they undertake, thorough-
ness in detail, and great efficiency in the
performance of duties and obligations.