HADEN, WILLIAM D.
William D. Haden is the largest contractor of Galveston for furnishing brick, building sand and shell to the various construction enterprises undertaken in this part of the state. He furnished the sand used in construction of the Galveston seawall, the total amount being about 70,000 cubic yards. The total amount of his contracts during the last five years, outside of the sea wall contract, would represent about 150,000 cubic yards. To one familiar with the quantities which such figures represent, the furnishing of such an amount of material is seen to represent a great and well-organized industry. In fact, Mr. Haden uses an entire industrial plant for carrying on his business, including a dredge, tugboat, barges, unloading rigs and all other equipment necessary, and also employs a well-trained force of workmen.
Mr. Haden has developed this business from his own energy and resourcefulness. He began his career at common labor, and by the results of his own efforts reached a position at the head of a large industry. He was born at Cedar Bayou, Harris County, Texas, August 31, 1866. His father, Richard Haden, was a native of Mississippi and a physician of that state. His mother, whose maiden name was Annie Eliza Woodall, was born in Alabama and is living at Cedar Bayou.
After finishing his education in the public schools at Cedar Bayou, he worked for six years in a brickyard. For the following ten years he was a boatman on the waters of Galveston Bay and its tributaries, and then purchased a half interest in a tugboat and for about fifteen years was engaged in the business of general towing. In the meantime he bought his partner's interest in the tug and also purchased another boat, the "Clara May," which is still in service in connection with his contracting business. He first began the contracting business in 1892, in connection with his other line, and since then the boating business has become entirely subordinate to the much more important contracting work. In 1909 an entire new dredge boat was constructed at a cost of $20,000, and a purchase was made of the tug "Zoe" in Mobile, Alabama, at a cost of $15,000, and these have been added to the fleet. Also a traction engine, costing about $ 5,000, for use in hauling shell, was purchased. The firm is now equipped with every up-to-date device for its contracting work.
Mr. Haden is a member of the Galveston Business League. He is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, a member of Cedar Bayou Lodge, No. 321, A. F. & A. M., and El Mina Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Methodist church. In 1895 he married Miss Lucy Lawrence, a daughter of S. F. Lawrence, of Cedar Bayou. Their children are: Edna and Edgar (twins), aged thirteen; Cecil, aged seven; Lila, five, and Violet, aged two. Historical Review of South-East Texas, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
William D. Haden is the largest contractor of Galveston for furnishing brick, building sand and shell to the various construction enterprises undertaken in this part of the state. He furnished the sand used in construction of the Galveston seawall, the total amount being about 70,000 cubic yards. The total amount of his contracts during the last five years, outside of the sea wall contract, would represent about 150,000 cubic yards. To one familiar with the quantities which such figures represent, the furnishing of such an amount of material is seen to represent a great and well-organized industry. In fact, Mr. Haden uses an entire industrial plant for carrying on his business, including a dredge, tugboat, barges, unloading rigs and all other equipment necessary, and also employs a well-trained force of workmen.
Mr. Haden has developed this business from his own energy and resourcefulness. He began his career at common labor, and by the results of his own efforts reached a position at the head of a large industry. He was born at Cedar Bayou, Harris County, Texas, August 31, 1866. His father, Richard Haden, was a native of Mississippi and a physician of that state. His mother, whose maiden name was Annie Eliza Woodall, was born in Alabama and is living at Cedar Bayou.
After finishing his education in the public schools at Cedar Bayou, he worked for six years in a brickyard. For the following ten years he was a boatman on the waters of Galveston Bay and its tributaries, and then purchased a half interest in a tugboat and for about fifteen years was engaged in the business of general towing. In the meantime he bought his partner's interest in the tug and also purchased another boat, the "Clara May," which is still in service in connection with his contracting business. He first began the contracting business in 1892, in connection with his other line, and since then the boating business has become entirely subordinate to the much more important contracting work. In 1909 an entire new dredge boat was constructed at a cost of $20,000, and a purchase was made of the tug "Zoe" in Mobile, Alabama, at a cost of $15,000, and these have been added to the fleet. Also a traction engine, costing about $ 5,000, for use in hauling shell, was purchased. The firm is now equipped with every up-to-date device for its contracting work.
Mr. Haden is a member of the Galveston Business League. He is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, a member of Cedar Bayou Lodge, No. 321, A. F. & A. M., and El Mina Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Methodist church. In 1895 he married Miss Lucy Lawrence, a daughter of S. F. Lawrence, of Cedar Bayou. Their children are: Edna and Edgar (twins), aged thirteen; Cecil, aged seven; Lila, five, and Violet, aged two. Historical Review of South-East Texas, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
HADEN, WILLIAM D.
William D. Haden is the largest contractor of Galveston for furnishing brick, building sand and shell to the various construction enterprises undertaken in this part of the state. He furnished the sand used in construction of the Galveston seawall, the total amount being about 70,000 cubic yards. The total amount of his contracts during the last five years, outside of the sea wall contract, would represent about 150,000 cubic yards. To one familiar with the quantities which such figures represent, the furnishing of such an amount of material is seen to represent a great and well-organized industry. In fact, Mr. Haden uses an entire industrial plant for carrying on his business, including a dredge, tugboat, barges, unloading rigs and all other equipment necessary, and also employs a well-trained force of workmen.
Mr. Haden has developed this business from his own energy and resourcefulness. He began his career at common labor, and by the results of his own efforts reached a position at the head of a large industry. He was born at Cedar Bayou, Harris County, Texas, August 31, 1866. His father, Richard Haden, was a native of Mississippi and a physician of that state. His mother, whose maiden name was Annie Eliza Woodall, was born in Alabama and is living at Cedar Bayou.
After finishing his education in the public schools at Cedar Bayou, he worked for six years in a brickyard. For the following ten years he was a boatman on the waters of Galveston Bay and its tributaries, and then purchased a half interest in a tugboat and for about fifteen years was engaged in the business of general towing. In the meantime he bought his partner's interest in the tug and also purchased another boat, the "Clara May," which is still in service in connection with his contracting business. He first began the contracting business in 1892, in connection with his other line, and since then the boating business has become entirely subordinate to the much more important contracting work. In 1909 an entire new dredge boat was constructed at a cost of $20,000, and a purchase was made of the tug "Zoe" in Mobile, Alabama, at a cost of $15,000, and these have been added to the fleet. Also a traction engine, costing about $ 5,000, for use in hauling shell, was purchased. The firm is now equipped with every up-to-date device for its contracting work.
Mr. Haden is a member of the Galveston Business League. He is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, a member of Cedar Bayou Lodge, No. 321, A. F. & A. M., and El Mina Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Methodist church. In 1895 he married Miss Lucy Lawrence, a daughter of S. F. Lawrence, of Cedar Bayou. Their children are: Edna and Edgar (twins), aged thirteen; Cecil, aged seven; Lila, five, and Violet, aged two. Historical Review of South-East Texas, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
William D. Haden is the largest contractor of Galveston for furnishing brick, building sand and shell to the various construction enterprises undertaken in this part of the state. He furnished the sand used in construction of the Galveston seawall, the total amount being about 70,000 cubic yards. The total amount of his contracts during the last five years, outside of the sea wall contract, would represent about 150,000 cubic yards. To one familiar with the quantities which such figures represent, the furnishing of such an amount of material is seen to represent a great and well-organized industry. In fact, Mr. Haden uses an entire industrial plant for carrying on his business, including a dredge, tugboat, barges, unloading rigs and all other equipment necessary, and also employs a well-trained force of workmen.
Mr. Haden has developed this business from his own energy and resourcefulness. He began his career at common labor, and by the results of his own efforts reached a position at the head of a large industry. He was born at Cedar Bayou, Harris County, Texas, August 31, 1866. His father, Richard Haden, was a native of Mississippi and a physician of that state. His mother, whose maiden name was Annie Eliza Woodall, was born in Alabama and is living at Cedar Bayou.
After finishing his education in the public schools at Cedar Bayou, he worked for six years in a brickyard. For the following ten years he was a boatman on the waters of Galveston Bay and its tributaries, and then purchased a half interest in a tugboat and for about fifteen years was engaged in the business of general towing. In the meantime he bought his partner's interest in the tug and also purchased another boat, the "Clara May," which is still in service in connection with his contracting business. He first began the contracting business in 1892, in connection with his other line, and since then the boating business has become entirely subordinate to the much more important contracting work. In 1909 an entire new dredge boat was constructed at a cost of $20,000, and a purchase was made of the tug "Zoe" in Mobile, Alabama, at a cost of $15,000, and these have been added to the fleet. Also a traction engine, costing about $ 5,000, for use in hauling shell, was purchased. The firm is now equipped with every up-to-date device for its contracting work.
Mr. Haden is a member of the Galveston Business League. He is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, a member of Cedar Bayou Lodge, No. 321, A. F. & A. M., and El Mina Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Methodist church. In 1895 he married Miss Lucy Lawrence, a daughter of S. F. Lawrence, of Cedar Bayou. Their children are: Edna and Edgar (twins), aged thirteen; Cecil, aged seven; Lila, five, and Violet, aged two. Historical Review of South-East Texas, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
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