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Webb, William Steward

president of the Wagner Palace Car company, was born Jan. 31, 1851, in New York city.

He was doing well at the Stock exchange when, in 1883, at the request of William H. Vanderbilt, his father-in-law, he retired from Wall street to accept the presidency of the Wagner Palace Car company. This corporation needed an energetic head, and he took hold of its affairs with great earnestness, improved its rolling stock, extended its territory, and largely increased its earnings. He is yet its president and maintains the company in a highly prosperous condition. He is also president of the Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railway company; and built two hundred and thirty-three miles of track in the northern part of this state.