Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Buss, Don Alfred October 19, 1880 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, The Honolulu Star Bulletin, Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Editor George F. Nellist

DON ALFRED BUSS, Engineer. The raising of the sunken United States submarine F-
4 in Hawaiian waters was one of the engineering accomplishments of Don A. 
Buss, who was sent to Hawaii as a crane superintendent in 1912. During the 
subsequent years he has been largely engaged in construction work.
  Born at Coneaut, Ohio, Oct. 19, 1880, he is the son of William G. and Emily 
J. Buss. He received his education in the grammar and high schools of Coneaut.
  He arrived at Honolulu, Sept. 25, 1912, to erect a 150-ton floating crane 
for the navy as superintendent for the Wellman, Seaver & Morgan Co. He had 
been with this concern for more than 12 years, rising from water boy to 
erecting superintendent on hydraulic, mechanical and electrical plants, mostly 
in the Great Lakes region. He resigned Oct. 15, 1913, to accept a position at 
the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard in charge of the 150-ton crane. His civilian 
ratings in the naval service were changed several times and he had charge of 
wharfs, the railroad, grading, underground oil tanks, all concrete work and 
the coal basin at the yard, as well as being in charge of raising the F-4 in 
1915.
  He resigned from the naval service in 1919 to become erection superintendent 
for the Honolulu Iron Works and built the Hawaiian-Philippines sugar factory. 
In 1921 he left the iron works to become associated with R. E. Woolley in 
general contracting, particularly on wharf work at Hilo. 
  On June 11, 1900, Mr. Buss married Daisy E. Mann, who died in 1910. They had 
three children, Mildred, Emily and Edna Buss. On Sept. 15, 1913, he married 
Millie C. Williamson, who died in May, 1923.


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