An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., The
Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, pages 300-301
	
	SKAR HUBER, civil engineer, is one of the most popular and rising young men
of Spokane. He has made a legion of friends by his jovial and amiable
characteristics, while his strict attention to business, and his superior
ability have won for him a most enviable reputation.
	Mr. Huber was born in the canton of Saint Gall, Switzerland, in 1859, fifth
in the family of J.J. and Barbara Huber, natives of that country. His father was
one of the Supreme Judges of the canton of Saint Gall for thirty-one years, also
served as a member of the House of Representatives, and at this writing is Mayor
of the city of Wallenstadt. His mother died when he was five years old.
	Mr. Huber was educated in his profession at the Polytechnical School of
Zurich, Switzerland, and subsequently attended lectures in the Polytechnical
School at Paris, France. These world-renowned institutions of civil and
hydraulic engineering have produced some of the greatest engineers known to the
present time. After a thorough course at these universities Mr. Huber came to
America in 1880 to assist in the improvement of the Mississippi river near St.
Louis, where he was engaged under the United States engineers. He then received
the distinction, in the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army, to serve
as Topographical Engineer in the Military Department of Arizona, and in that
capacity accompanied Generals Crook and Miles against Geronimno and Natchez into
Mexico. He took part in the battles and encounters with the red men, but when
the military headquarters of that department were transferred to Los Angeles he
resigned his position and there entered private business as civil engineer. He
appreciated the fact that the Northwest afforded better opportunities for his
profession, and, after two years' residence in that city, removed in 1889 to
Spokane. Soon afterward he was elected City Engineer and at the expiration of
his term was re-elected. Under his direction many of the public improvements in
this city have been made, namely, the Monroe street bridge and the Division
street bridge, and he had charge of the sewer and water system now under
contemplation. He was engineer of the Northwestern Industrial Exposition, and
was also the consulting engineer in the construction of the water-works at
Tacoma and various other hydraulic undertakings. Mr. Huber is recognized as one
of the ablest and most highly educated civil engineers in this section of the
country. He is now doing a private engineering business, under the firm name of
Maxwell & Huber. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce.
	Mr. Huber was married in 1892, to Miss Sherlock, daughter of William
Sherlock, one of the oldest and most prominent citizens of Portland, she being a
native of that city.
	
Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in September 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer
	
	
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