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Frank Martin Williams was born on April 11, 1873 in Durhamville, New York, the son of William and Ellen L. (Sterling) Williams.
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Frank Martin Williams
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He attended the district school at Durhamville, the Oneida High School, and Colgate University, where he received the degree of A. B. with honors in 1895. Upon graduation he engaged for a while in highway and sewer construction in Oneida, during his spare time studying law. He then took a course at the Syracuse University Law School, receiving the degree of LL. B. in 1897.
Career
In 1897 he was admitted to the bar. Thereafter, until April 1898 he was rodman for the New York state engineering department, and in November became resident engineer for the Stanwix Engineering Company of Rome, New York, having charge of the construction of the water system and electric-light plant at Charlotte.
In April 1900 he reentered the office of the state engineer, and advanced through the various grades from rodman to resident engineer.
His political career began when he was elected state engineer and surveyor of New York for 1909 and 1910. In this capacity he supervised the preparation of plans and estimates and the awarding of contracts for some $30, 000, 000 worth of work in the construction of a barge canal to supersede the old Erie Canal.
He also served as chairman of the Barge Canal Terminal Commission, making exhaustive studies of waterway terminals in Europe and the United States.
In 1911-12 he was chief engineer of the Coleman Du Pont Road, Incorporated, being in charge of the preliminary work - plans, surveys, and estimates - for the proposed Du Pont Boulevard in Delaware; the following year, 1912-13, he became chief engineer of the Portage County Improvement Association, thus assuming the supervision of extensive highway improvement in Eastern Ohio.
In 1915, for the second time, he was elected state engineer of New York and retained the office, through reelections, to the end of 1922. During his administration most of the difficulties involved in the building of the barge canal were overcome, including the problem of railroad crossings and the location and design of terminals. The entire barge canal system was opened for service on May 15, 1918.
After he left the state engineer's office, Williams formed a firm for private engineering practice. His services as consultant were immediately demanded for huge projects, such as the Holland Vehicular Tunnel under the Hudson River, connecting New York City with Jersey City, the Sacandaga Reservoir, and a hydro-electric development in Oswego, New York.
Shortly before his death he received the high honor of appointment by President Hoover as one of five engineers on the Interoceanic Canal Board, to examine into a waterway across Nicaragua. He died in Albany.
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Report Of The Board Of Conference Relative To The Proposed Improvement Of The Harlem River
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The Story Of The New York State Canals (1916)
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Report Of The Board Of Conference Relative To The Proposed Improvement Of The Harlem River
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He was married, June 4, 1907, to Lucy Mary Sterling. They had one son.
