William Hall

As printed in 1909

WILLIAM HALL.

Electricity in all of its adaptable qualities is such a comparatively new element in the working forces of the business world that it seems astounding when one causes for a moment to consider what has been attempted and accomplished through its dynamic power. There is, however, no hamlet or village so small in all America that has not felt the benefit to be derived therefrom. Mr. Hall is numbered among those who are putting this force to practical use in carefully managed and capable directed business enterprise, being now at the head of the William Hall Electric Company of Dayton.

While Mr. Hall has been almost a lifelong resident of Dayton another of the metropolitan centers of the state was the place of his nativity. He was born in Cincinnati in 1860 and in 1865 was brought to Dayton where his youthful days were passed. He obtained his education as a public-school student, continuing his studies until fifteen years of age when he became connected with electrical work and throughout the entire period of his business life has continued in this line. Undoubtedly one of the strong factors of his success is the fact that he has continued in the same department of labor in which he embarked as a young tradesman. In 1883 he began business on his own account and in 1905 the enterprise was incorporated under the name of the William Hall Electric Company, Mr. Hall becoming president. The concern occupies a prominent place in this department of labor, having a well equipped plant and a corps of competent employes under the able direction of Mr. Hall and his associates who are well versed in the business. He is thoroughly familiar with electrical work from both the practical and the scientific standpoint and is thus competent to judge the worth of an employe or to compute the cost connected with the execution of any contract.

In regard to the interests outside of business which constitute forces in the life of the American citizen Mr. Hall is a democrat, although not active in party ranks, and is also a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Masonic fraternity. In the latter he has taken the degrees of the Commandery and the Consistory and with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine has crossed the, sands of the desert. He is in hearty sympathy with the beneficent spirit of the craft and its recognition of the truth of universal brotherhood. He likewise belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is recognized as a dependable man about whom there is nothing minister or anything to conceal and who, on the contrary, is ready to meet any obligation of life with a confidence and courage that come of conscious personal ability and right conception of things.

As printed in History of the city of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio (1909). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.