Fryhofer, William
farmer, legislator, was born Aug. 9, 1846, in Seymour, Ind. He is a successful farmer of Randolph, Kan.; and during 1886-87 served as a member of the Kansas state legislature.
FUERTES, ESTE VAN ANΤΟΝΙΟ, civil engineer, was born May 10, 1838, in St. John's, Porto Rico, W. I. In 1861 he was assistant engineer in public works; and in 1862-63 was director of the western district of public works on the island of Porto Rico. In 1863-64 he was assistant engineer in the Croton aqueduct of New York city; and during 1864-69 was engineer to the Croton aqueduct board. In 1870-71 he was engineer in chief of the United States Ship Canal expedition to Tehuantepec and Nicaragua; and in 1871-73 was consulting engineer in New York city. During 1873-90 he was dean of the department of civil engineering of Cornell university; and since 1890 has been director of the college of civil engineering at the same university. He performed a great engineering feat, in preparing the plans for improving the sanitation of the Brazilian city of Santos, which checked yellow fever and other epidemics.