The New International Encyclopædia/Scott, Irving Murray

SCOTT, Irving Murray (1837-1903). An American shipbuilder and iron-master, born in Hebron Mills, Baltimore County, Md. He entered the employ of the Union Iron Works of San Francisco as draughtsman in 1858. He designed much mining machinery, notably that for the Comstock mine. On his suggestion as general manager the Union Iron Works added in 1884 shipbuilding to the construction of mining machinery, and built for the United States Government the Charleston, Oregon. San Francisco, Olympia, Wisconsin, and Ohio. He was a trustee of Leland Stanford, .Jr., University, and a prominent figure in the Republican Party of the Pacific Coast, his name being urged for the Vice-Presidential nomination in 1900.