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The cortege was very lengthy, and included the Mayor and City Council, university, Military and marine representatives; most of the merchants and leading citizens, and clergymen of all denominations. The bearers were employees of the Lake Ontario & Bay of Quinte Steamboat Company: Captain John Jarrell of the NORTH KING, Captain William Bloomfield of the CASPIAN, Chief Engineer O. J. Hickey, Second Engineer Robert Vince, Engineer D. McSorley and Joseph Doyle, Master Shipwright. The service at St. George's cathedral was conducted by the Bishop of Ontario, assisted by the Dean of Ontario and Canon Starr. **** His generosity and kind-heartedness, referred to in all the quoted expressions of sympathy, had been among Mr. Gildersleeve' s strong traits of character. It is recalled a favorite saying of his was: "Well, if we are going to err, let us err on the side of generosity." It was the final dictum, in case of perplexity, when a request for courtesy or favor was up for consideration. And, there was ample evidence, found among his private papers, that he had been "erring" for many years. So, the "Old General," as he was affectionately referred to by those who had spent years in his employ, who through life had been, "like the compass in its brazen ring, ever level and ever true to the toil and task he had to do," reached his desired haven. Henry H. Gildersleeve Takes the Helm. Henry Herchmer Gildersleeve (1865-1933) - popularly known as "Harry" - was born at Kingston and received his education at the Grammar School; after which he entered the employ of the Merchants Bank, serving in the Kingston branch and elsewhere. In this manner he received a good training in banking, gaining a knowledge of the value of detail and system, as well as of accounting generally. Besides being so equipped, he inherited a full measure of the family trait for industry, and had early evinced his preference for steamboat operation, into which he entered actively about 1890, under his father. He assisted in the office and took over the duties of General Passenger and Freight Agent. When his father became Manager of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company, in 1894, he assumed full material control of the family steamboat interests. Among his first endeavors, as regards the lake route, were the improvement of relations with the Grand Trunk Railway on the Canadian side, and the several American railroads converging at Rochester, N.Y. including particularly better arrangements with the Hew York Central for the routing of passengers, baggage and express over their branch line between Rochester and Charlotte (lake port of Rochester), the only existing rail connection. The other railroads were then enabled to issue through tickets to their patrons, with the necessary transfer and passage coupons. The connection with the Grand Trunk Railway was made at Port Hope, not only for points east and west on the main line, but, which was of more importance, with the Midland division train service going north for Kawartha Lakes and Lake of Bays points. -40-