BIO: Edward Austin Bond; New York State
surname: Bond

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An Illustrated Legislative Manual
The New York Red Book
Containing the Portraits and Biographies of the U.S. Senators, Governor, State
Officers and Members of the Legislature; also with the Portraits of Judges and
Court Reporters, the New Constitution of the State, Election and Population
Statistics, and General Facts of Interest.
By Edgar L. Murlin
New Constitution Compiled by R. C. Cumming, O. L. Potter and F. B. Gilbert
Published, Albany, J. B. Lyon Company, Publishers, 1909

Copyright by J. B. Lyon Company, 1909

     Edward Austin Bond, Civil Engineer, Chairman of Advisory Board of
Engineers, was born at Dexter, Mich., April 22, 1849. His first engineering
work was for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in 1867 to 1870, and
afterward the Utica & Black River Railroad from 1870 to 1875. He was Chief
Engineer of the latter company until 1886, when he became Chief Engineer and
General Superintendent of the Carthage & Adirondack Railroad. in 1889 he
formed a copartnership under the firm name of hinds & Bond of Watertown, doing
a general engineering and contracting business. In 1898 he was elected State
Engineer aml Surveyor of New York and in 1890-92 was re-elected to that
office, resigning May 1, 1904, to accept the position of Chairman of the
Advisory Board of Engineers in charge of the construction of the thousand-ton
Barge Canal. As State Engineer the improvement of public highways by State Aid
was inaugurated under him, and the work received his personal attention and
was brought to an assured success. He is a prominent Mason; a member of the
American Society of Civil Engineers and the Lincoln League and of several
clubs.