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WILLIAM J. KRO\IE. HO:SIES1EAn, FLA.
Wm. J. Krone• civil engineer. fruit get and business
man, was horn at Edwardsville, Ill., on February 14th. 1876.
His parents were \Vm. H. and Medora Cillham Krome.
He was educated at the public schools. Northwestern lini- •
N ',• p y versity, Depauw University and Cornell University.
.-,.::-A4k,!.-' .i, Mr. Krome was t::np•oyi d on railroad location and construe-
404tion in the South and Middle West from 1899 to 1909. Uur-
iµ, ? ing 1902 and 1903 he had charge of exploratory work in the
1 Horida Everglades. making the first connected surveys through
that region from coast to coast. Since 19(4 he has been en-
gaged upon the construction of the Key West Extension of
the Florida East Coast Railway, with which company he holds
3}` the position of Constructing Engineer. He has been a fruit
grower and farmer since 1904. He is president and manager
..;'.':'.. of the Coral Reef Nurseries, president of the Rockdale Co.,
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director of the Florida Citrus Exchange and was a member
*a•. of the Advisory Committee of the State Plant Board from
1915 to 1916.
., Ile is vice•president of the Florida State Horticultural
101 So,icl V. and member of the American Societe of Civil En•
gincern.
\1r. Kr , has been prominent in the development of the
citrus and tropical fruit interests of South Florida and has
devoted much of his time to the improvement of conditions
• in that business. He is one of the leading citizens of Home-
stead, Florida, and Dade county.
He was married to Isabelle G. Burns in November, 1910.
Their children are Mary E., William H.,Robert G.,and John E.
I His business address is Homestead, Florida.
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WILLIAM E\I.\1O\S IIIIO\\\. MIA..iii I31•:Acu, FLA. •
William Emmons Brown, civil engineer, was born in North
Hampton, N. H., April 14th, 1880. His parents were Emmons
T. and Annie M. Brown. '_ ,
He was educated in the grammar school and Newburyport,
Mass., High School.
His first work in a profession was as rodman on the I
Pennsylvania Lines from 1903 to 1905. In 1905 he was
transitman, on a railway survey in Michigan and for the South-
side Elevated Railway, Chicago. In 1906 he spent six months
on location surveys in Montana for the Chicago, Milwaukee \_,: '
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and Puget Sound Railway. From 1906 to 1909 be was Resi-
dent Engineer, Key West Extension. Florida East Coast Rail-
way. From 1910 to 1911, lie was President and General Marr , • *e .
ager of the Biscayne Engineering Company, Miami, Fla. From
1914 to date he has been Chief Engineer for the Alton Beach y>
Realty Company, Miami Beach Bay Shore Company and the t ._° "
Peninsula Terminal Co., and now also is practicing as a
Consulting Engineer. •
He is a member of the American Association of Engineers;
Florida Engineering Society; James Carnell Lodge No. 223, ,
F. & A. M.; Miami Consistory No. 5 Scottish Rite Masons;
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and A. A. 0. Nobles of Mystic Shrine. He passed the ex-
amination and was accepted for commission as Captain in the ,.-
U. S. Engineers, but the armistice was signed before the com•
mission was received. He was councilman for the City of , .
Miami Beach, Fla., from 1917 to 1920. and is now President i
of the City Council.
Mr. Brown has given, freely of his time toward the re- J,.
markable development of Miami Beach. He is a man of .
remarkable vision and sees the City of Miami Beach as one ,
of the most beautiful in the world.
He was married to Gertude Wensley, June 1st. 1907. r ,�
His business address is Miami Beach. Florida. 'r
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