Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-14
DEATH OF GEN. HAUPT
Oldest Graduate of West Point
Suddenly Expires.
NOTED CIVIL ENGINEER
DIES WHILE CoNvERSING WITH
HIS SON ABOARD TRAIN.
His Remains Forwarded From Newark,
N. j., Where He Died, to
Philadelphia.

NEWARK, N. J., December 14.-Gen.
Herman Haupt, veteran of the civil war
and noted railroad man and engineer. and
the oldest graduate of West Point, died
suddenly this morning on a Pennsylvania
railroad train between Jersey City and
Newark. He was stricken with heart dis
ease while conversng with his son, Louis
N. Haupt, who was formerly professor
in the University of Pennsylvania The two
men were en- route to Washington, to the
generals former home.
The general and his son spent yesterday
in Jersey City on business They started
from the Pennsylvania depot on the s:25
train. 1t was just after the train left the
station that Gen. Haupt was stricken. He
leaned forward to speak to his son and
fell into the latter's arms dead.
a physician was on the train and exam
ined Gen. Haupt. He declared that death
came instantaneously When the train
reached this city the body was carried into
the station and was subsequently removed
to Holes morgue. County Physician Nc
Kenzie viewed it there, whence IL was
shipped to Philadelphia at 11:29 o'clock to
the residence of the generals son. where
the funeral services will be held.
Sketch of His Career.
Herman Haupt civil engineer. was born IN
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Jacob and Anna Margaretta CWialD. Haupt.
He was educated in Philadelphia and af-
terward at West Point, where he was
graduated in 1885, and was commissioned
second lieutenant in the T. S. army. He re-
signed this position in the fall of 1885 to ac-
cept that of assistant engineer on the corps
of II. r. Campbell in Philadelphia. Being
appointed the following year principal
sistant engineer in the service of the state
of Pennsylvania, he located the Gettys-
burg railroad across South Mountain. In
1S40 Mr.. Haupt became principal assistant
of the York and WrightSVille railroad and at
the same time began to investigate the
strength Of timber and the magnitude and
distribution of strains in bridges and other
trusses, which resulted in a publication of
which he was the author.
In 1S49 he was instructed to inspect the
principal railroads of New York and New
England, with a view of comparing their
systems of bookkeeping and management
ganization Of the Pennsylvania road. This
was adopted without change and Mr.. Haupt
was made Superintendent of transporta-
ton September L. 1S49, and general superin-
tendent in the following year. In 1853 he
was unanimously elected chief engineer,
and completed the Allegheny tunnel and
railroad.
Hoosac Tunnel Construction.
Withdrawing in 1856 from the Pennsyl-
vania railroad he began the construction
of the Hoosac tunnel in Massachusetts, In
1852 he became chief Of construction and
operations Of the military railroads of the
United States, the corps which he organized
became a model of efficiency; accompanied
General Sherman in his famous march to
the sea, and, under the supervision of E.
c. Smeed, constructed a railroad bridge
across the Chattahoochee in Georgia. 80
feet long and ninety feet high, in four and
one-half days, taking the timber from the
stump
Chief Engineer of Railroad.
He was appointed colonel and aid-de-
camp to General Mcdowell, and was SUBJ
sequently promoted to brigadier general for
mertorious services.
He was married in 1888 to Anna Cecilia,
daughter of Rev. Benjamin Kellie, and
they had eleven children, eight OF whom
are believed to be living.