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Yerkes, Charles Tyson

was born June 25, 1837, in Philadelphia. In 1881 he opened a bank at the corner of La Salle and Madison streets in Chicago. This was operated in conjunction with his house in Philadelphia, the latter managed by his partner. From the time of his advent in Chicago he has had charge of the North Chicago City railway. A recent gift from him to the university of Chicago was a telescope, designed to be the largest and finest in the world, and cost about half a million dollars.