Trigo (Adriano Augusto)
He was born in Moncorvo on November 13, 1862, and is a colonel of infantry and a civil engineer, having held the positions of section chief and director of Public Works in the Funchal District. He collaborated in several newspapers in this city, revealing himself as a valuable writer and polemicist. Among the works he has published, we will mention the following: A Iluminação da cidade do Funchal e o Diário de Noticias, Funchal, 1895; Levadas da Modera. Relatório justificativo da proposta, Lisbon, 1896; Breves considerações sobre os melhoramentos de que carece o porto do Funchal, Funchal, 1912; Saneamento da cidade do Funchal... (Rev. O. Publicas e Minas, XXX, 1899, n.° 355 e 356); Saneamento da cidade do Funchal, projecto de esgotos..., Funchal, 1900; Plano geral da distribuição e arrendamento das águas da levada da serra do Fadai, Lisbon, 1911; Roteiro e guia do Funchal, Funchal, 1910; and Guide and plane of Funchal, Funchal, 1910. In these last five works, his brother, the civil engineer Aníbal Augusto Trigo (1921), collaborated.