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Addicks, John Edward

capitalist, was born Nov. 21, 1841, in Philadelphia, Pa. Works for the manufacture of gas were built by him in Jersey City and for The Consumers' Gas Co. of Chicago, and the competition which he engendered led to a union of the gas companies in Chicago into the now noted Chicago Gas Trust. In 1884 he organized and became president of The Bay State Gas Co. of Boston, which constructed large works.

In 1892 he bought a majority interest in The Brooklyn Gas Co., becoming its president, and is now largely interested in other gas companies in Brooklyn, N. Y.

These operations have brought him large wealth. He has also established a gas making plant in Wilmington, Del.