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George E. Waring, Jr. (1833–1898)
Waring, George Edwin. An American sanitary engineer, author and lecturer. Born in Poundridge, NY, July 4, 1833; died in New York City, Oct. 28, 1898. He was colonel of the 6th Missouri Cavalry in the Civil War. He was superintendent of the street-cleaning department of New York City, 1895–98. Soon after the War he published very spirited stories of army experience, and later published many works on drainage and sanitary science; also ‘A Farmer’s Vacation,’ ‘The Bride of the Rhine,’ ‘Village Improvement,’ etc.