Sutliffe, Albert
poet, was born about 1830 in Meriden, Conn. He first became known as a writer of verse for the National Era, Washington, D. C., and in 1854 was a contributor to the Genius of the West, at Cincinnati. He published a volume of poems in 1859.
SUTRO, ADOLPH HEINRICH JOSEPH, mining engineer, was born April 29, 1830, in Germany. In 1860 he planned the now famous Sutro tunnel through the heart of the mountain in Nevada, where lay the Comstock lode; and in 1879 the great tunnel was finished and its projector became a millionaire many times over. He was mayor of San Francisco, and has filled numerous public positions of honor.