Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Gartley, Alonzo October 14, 1869 - April 21, 1921
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

ALONZO GARTLEY, Industrial Engineer. Concerning ships and shipping there is a 
glamour of romance that eludes definition. There is attached to a career 
started at sea a marked distinction. Such was the early career of the late 
Alonzo Gartley.
  Prior to his arrival in Hawaii in 1900, when he abandoned the sea to enter 
the field of engineering and business directing, Mr. Gartley was an officer in 
the United States Navy. Locating in Honolulu he became manager of the Hawaiian 
Electric Co. and at the time of his death was vice-president and manager of C. 
Brewer & Co., a firm founded by early pioneers who also were seafarers and who 
shaped the future prosperity of commerce in Hawaii.
  Born Oct. 14, 1869, at Cedar Falls, Iowa, the son of Robert and Jenny M. 
(Floyd) Gartley, Mr. Gartley received his education at the United States Naval 
Academy, Annapolis, graduating from that institution in 1890. Followed two 
years spent on the U.S.S. Charleston at San Francisco and Honolulu. For a 
short time he was attached to the U.S.S. Pensacola.
  In 1892 Mr. Gartley became associated with the Cramp Shipyards, 
Philadelphia. From 1897 to 1900 he commanded the Pennsylvania Naval Reserve. 
During the Spanish-American War in 1898 Mr. Gartley was commissioned a 
lieutenant and commanded the converted yachts, U.S.S. Aileen and Sylph. At the 
same time he was affiliated with the United Gas Improvement Co., Philadelphia, 
as an engineer.
  The final period of Mr. Gartley’s life was spent in Hawaii. He served the 
Hawaiian Electric Co. as manager until 1910, when he went to C. Brewer & Co., 
as a consulting engineer and director. He rose to the post of vice-president 
and manager in 1920, continuing in that office until his death, April 21, 1921.
  Mr. Gartley married Miss Ada Jones, daughter of P. C. Jones of Honolulu, in 
Boston, Mass., June 12, 1894. Their children are Eleanor, Ruth, Richard Hall, 
and Alonzo Gartley, Jr.
  Mr. Gartley was a member of the University, Commercial, Country and Pacific 
Clubs, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of 
Electrical Engineers, American Gas Institute and University Club, Philadelphia.


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