Joseph H. Hoadley

He was president of International Power Co.[1] He was born in San Francisco, California in July 1863[citation needed], to a family of New England descent with connections to mechanical engineering inventions[2] He began his career in 15 as an apprentice in Union Brass & Iron Works machine shop, but before completing his apprenticeship he moved on to Pacific steam liner SS City of Tokio and worked his way over to one of her engineers.

[2] After returning to complete his apprenticeship, Hoadley worked briefly as a locomotive engineer on the Southern Pacific.

[2] He then established himself as a contractor for mining machinery, installing plants across several western states including California, Idaho, Washington, Montana, Oregon, and Alaska.

[2] In 1902 he headed American Ordnance Company based in Bridgeport which manufactured Driggs-Schroeder and Hotchkiss naval guns[3] and negotiated the acquisition of competing Driggs-Seabury.

[5] In 1916 he was sentenced to Ludlow Street Jail, when the police came to detain him at his house, and suspect that he escaped through a secret tunnel.