Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Bailey, Charles Thomas April 25, 1883 - 
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Source: the Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by the Honolulu Star Bulletin, Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

CHARLES THOMAS BAILEY, Civil Engineer. Charles T. Bailey, civil engineer, has 
devoted his career in Hawaii to the study and development of the public lands 
and water resources of the Territory, serving as Commissioner of Public Lands, 
Chief Hydrographer and Engineer, and as member and Chairman of the Territorial 
Farm Loan Board.
  After receiving his B.S. Degree in civil engineering from the University of 
Vermont, in 1908, he worked for two years as civil engineer for the Michigan 
Central railroad at Detroit. He then entered the Water Resources branch of the 
United States Geological Survey as junior engineer, 1910-1912, at Newport, 
Ky., being promoted in 1912 to engineer with headquarters at Honolulu. He was 
appointed Chief Hydrographer and Engineer, Division of Hydrography, Department 
of Public Lands, Hawaii, on Oct. 22, 1917, and served until Jan. 31, 1919, 
when he accepted his present position of Commissioner of Public Lands. He was 
made a member of the Farm Loan board in 1919 and was appointed chairman in 
1922.
  Born to Herbert Hamilton and Jane (Patterson) Bailey at Greenboro, Vt., on 
April 25, 1883, his early education was obtained at the Craftsbury Academy, 
North Craftsbury, Vt., from which he entered the University of Vermont.
  Mr. Bailey is a member of Beta Sigma chapter of the National fraternity of 
Sigma Nu, the Honolulu Ad, Honolulu Automobile, and Oahu Country clubs, the 
American Association of Engineers and the Aeronautic Association of Hawaii. He 
married Grace Gilmore, April 17, 1915, and they have three children, Clifford 
Herbert, Barbara Annella, and Phyllis Bailey.


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