WOOLWICH AND READING BEDS

argillaceous and sandy deposits of Lower Eocene system. 1919), American merchant; born in Rodman, New York, April 13, 1852; died in Glen Cove, Long Island, April 7, 1919. Educated at a public school and busine college. He opened a “Hive and ten cent store’’ in Utica, New York, with a capital of $300, in February 1879. This was followed by a similar store at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and at the time of his death the corporation he was president controlled of which over 1000 such stores, in the United and Canada, and 75 in Great States His special pride was the Britain. th Building, New York City, Woolwor in the world. Height 792 the highest feet; foundations 120 feet deep.