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James Copper Bayles was born on July 3, 1845, in New York, son of James and Julia Halsey (Day) Bayles.
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James Copper Bayles was born on July 3, 1845, in New York, son of James and Julia Halsey (Day) Bayles.
James Bayles' education in the public schools was terminated by enlistment in the Union army.
In 1862, at the age of seventeen, James Bayles entered the 22nd Regiment of New York and was soon commissioned an artillery lieutenant. He served eighteen months when his health became impaired. After a year's illness he did some work for the Delamater Iron Works of New York and later was on the engineering staff of the Raritan & Delaware Bay Railroad. In 1865 he formed a connection with Gen. Charles G. Halpin, proprietor of the New York Citizen, and during the illness of Halpin he acted as editor of the paper. From 1868 to 1869, Bayles was editor of the Commercial Bulletin, from which he resigned to accept the editorship of the Iron Age. For twenty years he remained editor of the Iron Age; the position gave him a standing among engineers and business men. In 1874 he assisted the publisher of the Iron Age, David Williams, to found another trade paper called the Metal Worker (later changed to the Sheet Metal Worker), and he acted as its first editor.
Bayles was president of the American Institute of Mining Engineers in 1884 and 1885, although he was not strictly a mining engineer; his actual work in that profession was confined to editorial writings on metals and iron ore and a little research in electro-metallurgy and the microscopic analysis of metals. When the American Society of Mechanical Engineers was founded in 1880 he was a prominent charter member. His sincerest interest in engineering, however, was in sanitation and water supply. He lectured eloquently on these subjects and wrote a textbook on House Drainage and Water Service (1878) that passed through several editions.
In 1884 Bayles became president of the New Jersey State Sanitary Association. During 1887-88, he was president of the Board of Health of New York City, having been appointed by Mayor Hewitt although he was not a politician. In 1886 he wrote The Shop Council to reconcile employers and wage earners; his advice to workers urged moderation and reason. During the same year he served as non-resident lecturer on labor problems at Sibley Engineering College of Cornell University. Upon his resignation from the Iron Age in 1889 when he was forty-four, he engaged in manufacturing ventures but was unsuccessful. He became a member of the editorial staff of the New York Times and subsequently engaged in consulting engineering practise in connection with city departments and public utilities. He was a brilliant and versatile editor of the old school, an accomplished speaker, and a refined gentleman. He was not a specialist in the modern industrial sense. His death, which occurred on May 7, 1913, was due to pneumonia.
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James Bayles was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Bayles served as president of the American Institute of Mining Engineers (1884-1885); the New Jersey State Sanitary Association and the Board of Health of New York City (1887-1888).
In appearance James Bayles had the distinguished look of a professional man, with a small pointed beard and mustache.
In 1870 James Bayles was married to Ianthe Green, daughter of a New York lumber merchant.