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John Daniel Crimmins was born on May 18, 1844 in New York City, New York, United States. He was a son of Thomas and Johanna (O’Keefe) Crimmins. His father was a well-to-do contractor.
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John Daniel Crimmins was born on May 18, 1844 in New York City, New York, United States. He was a son of Thomas and Johanna (O’Keefe) Crimmins. His father was a well-to-do contractor.
His father gave him educational advantages in addition to what were afforded by the public schools of the period. The lad was graduated at the College of St. Francis Xavier.
He entered his father’s contracting business. At twenty-one he was made a member of the firm, which added building to other forms of construction. Under the son’s management more than 400 buildings were erected, many of which were private dwellings, but public works continued to occupy an increasing part of the firm’s attention.
Most of the elevated railway mileage in New York City was built by Crimmins, and later the subways required for electric wiring in the city streets were constructed under his contracts.
At times as many as 12, 000 men were in his employ at once. Practically all the work that he did was under contracts made with corporations, estates, and individuals, on a percentage basis. His firm did not seek city or county contracts.
He might also have gone far in local politics if he had been inclined to that kind of career.
In 1883-88 he served as Park Commissioner for the city.
He died on November 9, 1917 in New York City, New York, United States.
He was the first to make use of steam drills in excavation work in New York. The fact that he was a large employer of labor, known to have been for years on good terms with his employees, caused him to be sought as an arbitrator in wage disputes. He gave generously of his wealth to religious and charitable institutions, and for services to the Church he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory by Pope Leo XIII, and a count by Pope Pius X. All his life interested in the history of the Irish people in America, Crimmins, as a member of the American-Irish Historical Society, the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, and other organizations, sought to popularize a knowledge of that history. His two books, Si. Patrick’s Day: Its Celebration in Nezv York and Other American Places, 1737-1845 (1902) and I risk-American Historical Miscellany (1905), contain much information not easily to be obtained elsewhere. His zeal in these researches led him to engage in the collection of books and manuscripts on a large scale. At the same time he became purchaser of rare works of art.
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He was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1894, and was appointed by Governor Roosevelt a member of the Greater New York Charter Revision Commission. He was also a member of the American-Irish Historical Society.
In 1868 Crimmins married Lily Louise Lalor (like himself of Irish parentage), who bore him eleven children.
