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superintended the construction of the old via- 

 duct over the Harlem Flats and bridge over 

 the Harlem Eiver in 1853. In 1857 he was 

 engineer of the company, and in 1863 he was 

 made superintendent. He designed the Grand 

 Central Depot, as well as the improvement on 

 Fourth Avenue. "When the charter for that 

 work was granted, the Legislature appointed a 

 board of four engineers, one of whom was Mr. 

 Buckhout, and the members elected him as 

 the superintendent. "When Mr. Vanderbilt ob- 

 tained the charter for building an underground 

 railroad to the City Hall, Mr. Buckhout made 

 the plan which received the approval of all the 

 other engineers, and was declared the best sub- 

 mitted. He also designed the plan for the 

 underground railroad in Brooklyn, which was 

 also adopted. Mr. Buckhout was a personal 

 friend of Horace Greeley, and superintended 

 the improvements about Mr. Greeley's resi- 

 dence at Chappaqua. About two years ago he 

 was requested to make a plan for a depot at 

 St. Louis. This plan, when completed, was 

 declared to be the best one submitted, and 

 adopted, and it was reported that an offer was 

 made to him by the officers of the road to take 

 charge of the building and the road. Mr. 

 Buckhout was also in charge of the improve- 

 ment at Sixtieth Street and North River, 

 where an elevator is being constructed for the 

 Hudson River Railroad Company. Here he 

 exposed himself to the damp, standing for hours 

 on the marshy ground, and it is supposed that 

 he contracted a malarial fever ; his constitution 

 was undermined, and he returned home with 

 an acute attack of inflammatory rheumatism 

 and pneumonia, which changed into typhoid 

 fever, of which he died. As an engineer 

 Mr. Buckhout was a man of great practical 

 and theoretical ability, his advice being often 

 sought by other engineers. As an employe he 

 was skillful, energetic, persevering, indefati- 

 gable, and careful in details. He was invalu- 

 able to the directors of the road,- who frankly 

 say that they do not know how to replace 

 him. Toward his subordinates he was kind 

 and even affectionate. Every one who was 

 employed by him will mourn the loss of a per- 

 sonal friend. 



Sept. 27. Hows, JOHN A., a young artist 

 and journalist of remarkable ability ; died in 

 New York City, of consumption, aged 43 

 years. He was a son of the late Prof. John 

 W. S. Hows, and a graduate of Columbia Col- 

 lege. On leaving college he studied a short 

 time for the ministry in the Protestant Episco- 

 pal Church, but subsequently studied law in the 

 office of Dennis McMahon. He was at one time 

 associate editor of The Churchman, and of 

 The Home Journal during the editorship of that 

 paper by the late N. P. Willis and George P. 

 Morris. He finally adopted art as a profession, 

 studying with Messrs. Greatorex, A. D. Shat- 

 tuck, and the late James H. Cafferty. The first 

 important picture exhibited by him at the Na- 

 tional Academy was entitled " Vanitas Vani- 



tatum." He was elected an associate of that 

 institution, and contributed to its exhibitions. 

 His chief prominence in the art-world was 

 achieved by his drawings upon wood. Among 

 the books illustrated by him exclusively were 

 " A Forest Hymn," " In the Woods," "Forest 

 Pictures in the Adirondacks," " A Christmas 

 Carol," and Coxe's " Christian Ballads." He 

 had also contributed to Appletons 1 Journal and 

 The Aldine, for which he had nearly com- 

 pleted, at the time of his death, an interesting 

 series of pictures of Pennsylvania scenery. 



Sept. 28. GANSOX, JOHN, an eminent law- 

 yer and political leader in Buffalo ; died there, 

 in his 57th year. He was a native of Le Roy, 

 Genesee County, where he received a good 

 education. After graduating from Harvard 

 College, in 1839, he studied law and was ad- 

 mitted to the bar. Finding after some time 

 that the field for advancement was too limited 

 in his native county, he removed about thirty 

 years ago to Buffalo, and immediately resumed 

 the practice of law in that city, his first legal 

 partner in Buffalo being the Hon. Elbridge G. 

 Spaulding, and his second Judge James M. 

 Smith. Both firms acquired an extensive 

 reputation, and were for many years solicitors 

 to the Central Railroad. In 1861 Mr. Ganson 

 was elected State Senator on the Democratic 

 ticket, and in 1862 was elected to Congress, 

 -receiving 3,415 more votes than Mr. Spaulding, 

 his opponent and former partner. At the ex- 

 piration of his term Mr. Ganson declined to be 

 again a candidate, and devoted himself sedu- 

 lously to his profession, of which he was very 

 fond, and in which his abilities were of a very 

 high order. He was, against his wishes, elected 

 to the State Senate again in 1871, and was in 

 1874 proposed by the party in the western part 

 of the State as their candidate for Governor. 

 His death was very sudden, occurring in his car- 

 riage while being conveyed from the Superior 

 Court room to his house. 



Sept. 30. BREWER, GARDNER, one of the 

 wealthiest and most liberal of the Boston mer- 

 chants ; died at his beautiful villa in Newport, 

 R. I., aged 68 years. He was the son of a 

 Boston merchant in the West Indian trade. 

 After attaining his majority, he was for some 

 time engaged in the distillery business, but af- 

 terward turned his attention to the dry-goods 

 trade, and founded the house of Gardner, 

 Brewer & Co., which represents some of the 

 largest mills in New England, and has branches 

 in New York and Philadelphia. In this busi- 

 ness, by accurate method combined with great 

 sagacity, he accumulated a fortune which is 

 estimated at several millions of dollars. Mr. 

 Brewer at one time took an active part in pol- 

 itics as a Republican. He was also a strong 

 protectionist, and showed great interest in the 

 industrial development of the country. He 

 used his large wealth liberally for the public 

 good, and a few years ago gave to the city of 

 Boston a beautiful fountain, which stands in 

 the angle of Boston Common between Beacon 



