Rash's Surname Index
Notes for George Smedley WEBSTER
In 1877 he entered the office of Samuel L. Smedley, Chief Engineer and Surveyor, and in 1880 was chosen surveyor and regulator for the Tenth Survey district of the City. On Feb. 1, 1892, he was appointed by the Director of Public Works, James H. Windrim, as principal assistant to Samuel L. Smedley, whose health had failed him, and this was followed by the position of Acting Chief, May 1, 1892, and of Chief, Feb. 1, 1893. It may be remarked that these successive advances have been based on merit alone and not upon political influence. Since his incumbency he has had the supervision, not only of the greatly increased volume of public improvement, buy also of some of the most expensive works ever undertaken by the City, including the "Reading Subway,"costing nearly six million, the widening of Delaware Avenue and the erection of bridges over the Schuylkill.
He is a member and treasurer of Frankford Meeting of Friends, and one of the managers of Friends' Asylum for the Insane, at Frankford; is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers; of the Engineers' Club of Phila., of which he was president in 1895; of the Franklin Institute; of the Historical Society of Penn., and of the Union League. He is also ex-officio member of the Fairmount Park Commission, of the Board of Harbor Commissioners, and of the Board of Highway Supervisors.
source: "The Genealogy of the Smedley Family" also contains photograph of George S. Webster.
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