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L. L. TRACY, engineer at Water-works, Bloomington; was born in Chittenden Co., Vt., Oct. 21, 1818. During his early life, he obtained a good education, and for some ten years was engineer for the Steamboat Transportation Company that plied between Whitehall and St. John, Canada. This gave him a thorough knowledge of engineering. He abandoned steam-boating in 1850, and removed to Janesville, Wis., where he followed milling until 1865; thence to Aurora, Ill., where he engaged in flouring. He came to Bloomington in 1867. He had by his own energy accumulated a large property, but, like many good business men, met with adversity and lost severely; but, being possessed of untiring energy, he resolved to begin anew, and engaged as engineer with William Flagg, machinery manufacturer, and, since 1871, has been gradually returning toward his once high financial standing. He was appointed by Mayor Reed to his present position in 1878. He is a practical engineer, and considered the right man in the right place. He married Miss Elizabeth Hill, of his native county, Feb. 12, 1844. They have four children living.