Acquired the Uhler Furnace along with Garrett B. Linderman and H. Green. The furnace name was changed to the Lucy furnace in honor of Lindermann's wife, Lucy Packer Linderman.

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Elisha Packer Wilbur, ex-president of the Lehigh Valley Railroad (a position which he occupied for many years by virtue of well tried merit), was born in Mystic, Connecticut, January 31, 1833, and was a son of Henry and Eveline (Packer) Wilbur, natives of that state, and both belonging to families long settled in New England. His father was a sea captain and followed that calling until 1838, when lit came to Pennsylvania and settled at Mauch Chunk, where he remained in the employ of Asa Packer until his death in 1863. His wife, a sister of Judge Packer, and the mother of our subject, died in 1868.

In the meantime Elisha Packer Wilbur had obtained his education, principally in the school, of Mauch Chunk, and in 1847 went to Nesquehoning, then a coal and mining town, where he remained about five years in the employ of Mr. Packer, in the store which supplied the miner, and the people scattered throughout the region for miles around. In 1852 he joined as rodman the corps of engineers who made the first survey for the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and so began in a very humble way his connection with the great corporation of which later he became the head. Very soon after taking this position he placed in charge of the accounts of judge Packer, who was the contractor for the Lehigh Valley, and as paymaster was entrusted with the disbursement of its monies, and in that capacity he acted until the completion of the railroad in the fall of 1855. During all this time he was he employee of Judge Packer, who was the originator and master mind of the Lehigh Valley Railroad project, and he obtained his knowledge of business methods and management from the great general whose forces developed the valley of the Lehigh, and placed its products before the world. The business discipline which he obtained under this great creator and organizer of transportation facilities was the foundation of his ability and success -- the needful and proper school for the development of his native talent for the management of large affairs.

In the spring of 1856 Mr. Wilbur went to Philadelphia and entered Mr. Packer's office, and in that capacity he had charge of all accounts and acted as confidential clerk and private secretary for judge Packer. This intimate business relationship was maintained until the death of Judge Packer in 1879, and during the long intimacy thus engendered Mr. Wilbur had the best of opportunities for gaining a thorough knowledge of the railroad business and a minute acquaintance with the affairs of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Upon the death of Judge Packer, Mr. Wilbur was made one of his executors and one of the five trustees of his vast estate. He was appointed by that body acting trustee, and in that capacity has had almost supreme control of the money and property of the deceased railroad maker and manager - a position the bestowal of which was complimentary alike to his business judgment and integrity. He has had charge of all the affairs of the estate, and administered them to the entire satisfaction of the people interested. From the time of Judge Packer's death Mr. Wilbur was virtually the manager of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and served officially as a director. Early in 1884 he was elected to the presidency of the company, which office he held many years and until he resigned on account of business cares. The varied duties he performed for the company, the several positions he occupied, and his close relation with the projector of the Lehigh Valley Railroad fitted him for the place of honor and responsibility which he held as its chief executive, and his administration was highly satisfactory to the stockholders, directors, and all concerned. In fact, his management resulted in an increased prosperity of the road, and an extension of its line which was probably never contemplated until he was placed in control of the business. He also developed many tributaries of the main line which have largely increased its profits. He was president of the Eastern & Amboy Railroad, the Lehigh Valley, the Pennsylvania & New York Canal and Railroad Company, the Geneva, Ithaca & Sayre Railroad, together with numerous tributaries, all now included in the great Lehigh Valley Railroad system.

In addition to his duties as president of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, Mr. Wilbur has carried many other business burdens, being identified with several large corporations in some official capacity. He was for many years one of the directors and chairman of the advisory and finance committee of the Bethlehem Iron Company, now known as the Bethlehem Steel Company, and one of its largest stockholders. He is and was from its organization the president of the Coplay Iron Company, which had an extensively plant in the Lehigh Valley above Allentown; and is a director of the Northampton Iron Company, and a leading owner of the Lucey Furnace. He has also large coal interests, and is president of the Jefferson Coal Company, owning valuable lands in Jefferson county, Pennsylvania, is likewise interested in the Franklin Coal Company, and is the president of the Packer Coal Company, whose property is now under lease to the Midvalley Coal Company. He is president of the Wilbur Coal and Coke Company, owning thirty thousand acres of land in West Virginia, and is a director in the Valley Coal and Coke Company of Belington, in the same state. He is president of the First National Bank of Sayre, New York; and of the Sayre Land and Water Company, and a stockholder in the Thousand Island Bank at Alexandria Bay, New York. He was president of the South Bethlehem Gas & Water Company from its organization until about 1902. He is at the head of the house known since 1887 as the E. P. Wilbur Trust Company, which was originally organized in 1870 as the F. P. Wilbur Company Banking House, and was one of the directors of the Lehigh Valley National Bank of Bethlehem.

Mr. Wilbur has a beautiful home in South Bethlehem, and takes a deep interest in the welfare, material and moral, of that flourishing borough. He was for several years burgess of the borough, and is now its treasurer. There is probably no more popular citizen in Northampton County, and the enviable position in which he stands has been attained by numerous good deeds benefiting directly or indirectly the town. Deeply interested in educational affairs, he has long been a most active and efficient member of the board of trustees of Lehigh University. (See sketch of Asa Packer): He is also a trustee and treasurer of St. Luke's Hospital of South Bethlehem, an institution which has been a peculiar object of his benefactions. Besides his home in South Bethlehem, Mr. Wilbur maintains a magnificent residence on Sport Island, in the St. Lawrence river, adjoining Little Lehigh Island, of which he is also the owner. He was one of the firsts to settle on this famous region, having built here in 1876, since which time it has been his summer home.