William Mackintosh, Winn Parish, Louisiana
Contributed by Greggory E. Davies
120 Ted Price Lane
Winnfield, LA  71483
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William Mackintosh


On account of her excellent railroad facilities Winnfield is attracting a goodly number 
of accomplished gentlemen in various lines.  Mr. Mackintosh is among these.  Architect,
contractor and builder and engineer.  He came from New Orleans but has been a busy 
man in various sections having been in his present line all his life.  As an engineer he 
put in water works at Jennings, Abbeville, Rayne, Donaldsonville, New Roads and 
in many places in Texas.  He also put in electric light plants in Abbeville and Rayne, 
La., and built water, light and ice plant in Port Arthur, Texas, and a sewerage system 
in Houston.  In Winnfield already he has built the City Hotel, City Hall, Fisher Dry 
Goods new building and has laid a large portion of our new side walk.  This makes 
a good record and we are glad to have such men among us.  He is a graduate of 
Cornell University and received a gold medal there for excellence in Civil engineering.  
He has planned our water works.  He is a busy, nervous hustler and makes things 
move around him.

(The above article appeared in The Guardian newspaper, Vol. XXVII, No. 8-9, 
published September-October, 1907 at Winnfield, La., and was copied from the 
Watson Memorial Library, Cammie Henry Archives, Northwestern State University,
 Natchitoches, La., and was submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, La.)