Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Chase, Robert Sherman February 5, 1879 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, published by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

ROBERT SHERMAN CHASE, Contracting Engineer. As a professional bicycle racer, 
during his early youth, prospector, miner, mill construction engineer, 
metallurgical chemist, assayer, railway construction engineer and mill 
superintendent, Robert S. Chase had a varied career before coming to Honolulu, 
where he is now established in the contracting business. He was a familiar 
figure in mining circles in Colorado, Nevada, Utah and Idaho for fifteen years.
  Making a tourist trip to Hawaii in 1911, Mr. Chase decided to locate here 
and began working for the Lord-Young Construction Co. The next year he went to 
Hilo and engaged in the construction of the railway line from Hilo up the 
Hamakua coast. Then joining the Volcano Stables as construction engineer, he 
directed the building of the highway over the 1907 lava flow from Mauna Loa, 
connecting Kahuku Gate with Papaa.
  In 1914 Mr. Chase returned to Honolulu, worked for A. A. Wilson, contractor, 
for a brief period, and for the Spalding Construction Co., in the paving of 
Kalakaua Ave. from John Ena Road to Kapiolani Park, and the construction of 
the reservoir and pump lines of the water works for Schofield Barracks. He 
then engaged in business for himself, and since 1917 has specialized on 
concrete buildings, directing the construction of the Union Trust building, 
the Philip building, Love’s bakery, Hawaii building and many other large 
structures. For a period just preceding the World War, he was engaged in 
government work as construction superintendent for the coast defense 
engineers, and directed the building of Black Point fort.
  He is a sportsman, keenly interested in hunting and angling, and has a fine 
collection of old guns. He is a Mason, Shriner, Knight Templar, Elk and a 
member of the Chamber of Commerce, American Association of Engineers, 
Commercial and Honolulu Auto Clubs.
  Born in Chicago, Feb. 5, 1879, Mr. Chase is the son of Noah Clark Chase, a 
wholesale coffee dealer, and Estelle (Sherman) Chase. The Chase family traces 
its ancestry back to old England in the time of the Crusades, and it was 
established in New York state three hundred years ago. Mr. Chase attended the 
public schools of Chicago and Shattuck’s School in Minnesota. In 1913 he 
married Ethel Hunter of Honolulu.


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