Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Stodart, William  November 7, 1861 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

WILLIAM STODART, Sugar Mill Expert. For more than thirty-five years, in Hawaii 
and recently in the Philippines, William Stodart of Honolulu has been a factor 
in the development of the sugar industry, as engineer, machinery manufacturer 
and plantation manager, touching every phase of the business.
  In March, 1889, Mr. Stodart was engaged in Glasgow by the late Sir William 
Renny Watson of the famous firm, The Mirrlees, Watson Company, Ltd., to go to 
Spreckelsville, Maui, as engineer for the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co., a 
position he retained for almost nine years.
  In 1896 Robert Catton, John Neill and William Stodart formed the Catton-
Neill copartnership and purchased the small foundry and machine shop on Queen 
street from the McVeigh estate. It was not until 1897, however, that Mr. 
Stodart joined Mr. Catton and Mr. Neill in the active operation of the 
business. The following year the business was incorporated under the name of 
Catton, Neill & Co., Ltd., and when it was sold by its owners to the Honolulu 
Iron Works Co. in 1923 it had developed into one of the largest industrial 
organizations of the Territory.
  Mr. Stodart was not long actively associated with Catton, Neill & Co., 
although he retained a substantial stock interest in the firm until it was 
disposed of, for when Alexander & Baldwin acquired the Hawaiian Commercial & 
Sugar Co. from Claus Spreckels, he was induced to return to Spreckelsville, 
now Puunene, to install machinery and supervise the milling of the 1898-99 
crop.
  As a recognized expert on sugar mills, Mr. Stodart’s services were always in 
demand and in July, 1900, he was engaged by the Risdon Iron Works of San 
Francisco to erect the Honolulu Plantation Co.’s factory at Aiea.
  Upon completion of this work, he was appointed manager of the McBryde Sugar 
Co., Ltd., on Kauai, and retained the position until May, 1911.
  In late years Mr. Stodart has been interested in the sugar industry of the 
Philippines, and has made frequent trips there for long stays, having spent 
several years in the Far East. He still maintains his residence in Honolulu, 
however.
  Before coming to Hawaii Mr. Stodart was four years in Singapore, 1884-1888, 
as engineer for the Tanjong Pagar Dock Co. there, which was bought later by 
the British government.
  Mr. Stodart was born at Carstairs, Lanark, Scotland, Nov. 7, 1861, the son 
of Arthur and Marion (Neilson) Stodart. He married Rhoda Hiscox of 
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, in Honolulu, Dec. 8, 1900. They have one 
child, Mrs. Edward R. White of London, Ontario. Mr. Stodart is a Mason and was 
a member of the British Club of Honolulu until its dissolution in 1923.

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