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Lakes Lose Prominent Leaders Capt. W. C. Richardson, P. H. McMillan, Head APT. "WHSLEN C ARDSON,' 'dean: "of Great Lakes vessel managers and one of the widest known men actively connected with lake commerce, died suddenly at his home, 11309 Wade Park avenue, Cleveland, on the morn- ing Of Oct.; 2. Death "was idu6 te heart failure. He remarked the previ- ous day while at his office that he had never felt better in his life and iis death. came -as.-a: distinct. blow to his host of friends. Captain Richardson's long, active life serves as a monument. to the success which is attained through per- RICH- CAPT. WESLEY C. RICHARDSON Sistent effort in the face of difficulties. For more than half a century he was actively connected with Great Lakes activities. He was born in Union- ville, O., June 10, 1840, of English Parentage. His father was a mer- chant and lighthouse keeper, a fact which did much to shape the son's Career, Captain Richardson was educated _in the schools at Ashtabula, O. When 16 years old he decided to become a lake sailor and shipped before the mast on a sailing vessel. Possessed of the student mind in a marked degree, he studied navigation and in 1863 he held chief mate's papers. Two years later the business ability inherited from his father asserted itself and with his brother Chauncey, he purchased PORT, > che chief mate. During 1880, Captain Richardson left the lakes to accept a position with Briggs, Hathaway & Garrison, wholesale grocers, Cleveland. His previous interest in lake commerce, however, still asserted itself and about 1895 he became a member of the firm of H. J. Webb & Co., vessel brokers and managers. Upon the death of Mr. Webb, who was the vessel broker on the Great Lakes, the firm name was changed to W. Cc. Richardson &. Co. Captain Richardson directed 'the business affairs of a number of com- panies of which he was the head, operating about 15 vessels. He also managed a number of other bulk freighters. He was a director and a member of the managing committee of the' -Lake:. -Cartiers'. association, -- in which he always took an active inter- est.. He /also was. treasurer' and a member of the advisory committee of the Great Lakes Protective associa- tion. He enjoyed the distinction of be- ing one of the best friends vessel crews had. He looked after their in- terests continually. While an execu- tive of the highest efficiency, he also possessed the ability to grasp details and. to work them out satisfactorily. He seldom missed visiting his vessels on their arrival at' port Captain Richardson in 1863 mar- ried Miss Calista M. Sykes, of Ash- tabula. He is survived by his widow, a daucliter; Mes. Tracy H.: Paine, a grand-daughter, Mrs. D. W. Mitchell, and a nephew, Charence E. Richard- son, who is a member of the firm of ¢. Richardson & Co., Cleveland. His funeral took place at his late home in Cleveland on Oct. 4. Ship- ping men from all branches of the TRANS- vessel as the schooner sailed on_ this trade were present, including ship- pers, shipbuilders, vessel owners, manufacturers, dockmen and sailors, for Captain Richardson pa a host of friends. Philip H. McMillan 1872-1919 Philip H. McMillan, president of the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co., died suddenly at his home at Grosse Pointe, Detroit, on Oct. 5, of heart 543 pioneer | -Hotel. Cot Operator of Large Freight Fleet, and of Passenger Line, Called by Death disease. Mr. McMillan was born in Detroit Dec. 28, 1872. He was the son of the late United States senator, William C. McMillan. He received his education at Phillips academy, Andover, Mass., and later received the degree of A. B. at Yale college, New Haven, Conn. He also studied law at the Har- vard law school, Harvard university, Cambridge, Mass. He first practiced law in New York City, 1897-1898. The following year he moved to Detroit, soon afterward be- coming a member of the law firm of Wells, Angell, Boynton & McMillan. For the past few years, Mr. McMillan was PHILIP HAMILTON McMILLAN not actively engaged in law practice. He was president of the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co., vice president of the Detroit Free Press, and vice president of the Packard Motor Car Co. Other business interests included -- connections with the Detroit Seamless Tube Co., the Michigan Malleable Iron Co.; Michigan Steamship Co., Monarch Steel Casting Co., and the Pontchartrain He was married in 1899 to Elizabeth Anderson, a daughter of Gen. N, L. .Anderson, "WaShington,...D. © Mr. McMillan was a member of the following clubs: Country, Detroit, Uni- versity, Yondotega, all of Detroit; Chevy Chase and Metropolitan, of Washington; Essex Country club, Man- chester, Mass., and the University and Yale clubs, of New York.