The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-09
FUNERAL OF Mr.. COLLINS.
Was the Father of Mrs. j. II. Hughes
of Salt Lake.

The OsWsgo (Ken.) Independent
gives the following account of the flu
neral OF Engineer Joseph Collins, father
of Mr.. ]. H. Hughes of this city:
= The accident on the Frisco railway
which caused the death o. Joseph Col
Inns, one of its trusted engineers for
over % years, not only caused a feel
ing Of sadness among his friends and
acquaintance in this city, but along
the Frisco Ene its employees all regret
his untimely death. Fer aCcommCda-
ton Of those VINO desired to attend
the funeral, a special train was kindly
provided by the 'FaiSco railway. The
funeral party left Neodesha early Mon
day morning, in charge of Superin-
tendent A. O'Hara, who made all ar
rallgennents for the last sad rites and
watched after the interests of the pas-
sengers. When the Oswego friends
had assembled at the family residence
at 10 o'clock, together with the Neo-
desha party, it composed q large
throng of sympathizing friends. Rev.
Elliott of this city spoke briefly con-
corning the life and character of Mr.
Collins, whose religion was above
creed, for he had so lived that when
the death summons came, he expressed
himself ready to die, tina. he had Moth
ing to regret. The choir from OswesO
college sweetly sang a song, after
which the remains were accompanied
to the train by large number of Os-
wego friends, the whole party going to
Peirce city. where the interment oc-
Cured.
The pail bearers were Engineers F.
l.. Street, A. Love, W. H Kennedy,
w. B. Dale, E. Chick and Fireman A.
e. Allen, all Of Necdesha, except En-
gineer Love, who is from Burton.
Mr.. Allen was one of Mr.. Collins fire.
men for many years past, while En-
gineer Street had been associated with
site to each ether as engineers.
The floral offerings were as follows:
A wreath in the sdlape of the, letter e
(the emblem OF the Engineers Brother
hood was from Neodeslla Division No.
270, Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engin-
GERS, of which Mr.. Collins was a de-
voted and respected member; a beau
tiful wreath Of roses in the shape of a
crescent was from Two Rivers Lodge
of the Order Of Railway Conductors of
Monet; a very handsome cross of
flowers was the offering of Monet
Lodge No. 513, Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen. A handsome bunch of white
chrysanthemums tied with purple rib
bon was sent by Mrs. II. c. Hail of
Springfield Another floral offering
was pillow of purple and white vio-
let's.
A special train brought a large num-
Der of friends from Mons'tt, who joined
the funeral procession at Peirce city.
The railway orders were largely repre-
scented and consisted OF the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, the
brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen,
Order of Railway Conductors and
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen-
Each joined in the march to the Gem
etery with wroug'h-up emotions. for
they realized more deeply that death
might again soon enter their ranks and
take one of their comrades, so uncer-
tain is the life OF a railroad man.
At the cemetery, which occupies a
beautiful location and is shaded by
forest trees and evergreens, services
were conducted by the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers.
Among the officers of the road pres
emf were j. r. Wentworth, master of
transportation; j. r. Groves, superin-
tendent of motive power; A. O'Hara,
superintendent, Neodesha; Nj. Kearney,
master mechanic, Springfield; NJ. Saw
age, travelling engineer.
Conductor George Smith of ST. Louis.
and old friend of the deceased, was also
present.
DR.. T. Blakeslee, ]. H Nichols, En-
sineers F. L. Street, W. B. Dale. w.