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Chicago. He was a commissioner of the South Park Board from 

 1910 until the date of his death. 



In 1883 he first organized the firm of Edward Tilden & Co., 

 as investment bankers, and from that time on was more or less 

 interested in the banking business of Chicago and other cities. 

 He was a large stockholder in the Fort Dearborn National Bank 

 and the Drovers National Bank of Chicago, and was extensively 

 interested iij many other industries of that city. He was a 

 director of the Chicago & Alton Railroad and of the Toledo, 

 Peoria & Western. 



Mr. Tilden exercised a very broad- financial and political 

 influence throughout the Central West, but his greatest achieve- 

 ment was the upbuilding and development of the Libby, McNeil 

 & Libby plant. He was largely responsible for the variety of 

 its products, and on several occasions saved the company from 

 overthrow and disintegration by bits of bold business judgment 

 and strong financiering. His death in 1915 was a great loss to 

 the packing and business interests of Chicago. 



