The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-14
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Standard OH Man Passes Away a. the Home
OF His Daughter In France.

" WI NhNNh y AMNNM W. ~ NAN ASaAN
OF Ills Daughter IN France.
Word was received yesterday in this city
Of the death OF Daniel O'Day, for many
years a well known figure In the affairs o
the Standard OH Company. Mr.. O'Day
died in Rouen, France, at the home OF one
Of his daughters. Mrs. 8. Triara, OF al
hemorrhage Of the stomach.
Daniel o'Day was born in Kildyaart, a
small tow in Ireland. or February Q. is44,.
He was only q very small boy when his
parents left Kldysart and came to the
United States. They went TO Buffalo.
There the boy received his early education
and there he worked until ls6S when be
left Buffalo for the oil fields Of Pennsylvania.
Later in his life he was known az the great
est man in the pipe line industry, for IL
was as q transporter Of oil and petroleum
that he made his start. He was put in
charge Of the first line operated by John
d. Rockefeller, who had taken the South
Improvement Company into the STANDARD
OIL Company.
O'Day at that early time had made q rec
ord for his capabilities in the transportation
Of oil, and once in charge Of the pipe line
be showed TO such advantage that the
stories came to the attention OF Jay Gould.
Mr.. Gould got the young man to help In
the fight between the Erie and the Empire
Transportation Company. and O'Day sue
ceeded in divertinG An enormous amount
Of trsfflo from the Pennsylvania lines 70
the Erie.
That was Just the year before the conflict
between the oil men in Pennsylvania and
the Standard Oil Company. The south I'm,
provement Company was bitterly attacked
and O'Day was threatened with all sorts
OF personal violence. O'Day and Joseph
Co. - Ttk.avVllA NNn1 nnaaEd QUAR- fhA
PROPERTY OF the company and hung on until
after the war was over. After the battle
they were made the chief executive repre-
sentatives Of the Standard interests.
O'Day in 1877 engineered a deal which
gave the Standard OH Company a draw
back on all crude oil shipped over the Penn
sylvania lines, an advantage enjoyed as
well from other railroads. He continued
in his place as general manager OF the pipe
line interests and gradually consoldated
Line system. Later this passed under
the control OF the National Transit system.
OF which he was president at the time OF
his death.
with John D. Rockefeller and others in
| Clarion county, Pa, for conspiracy in at.
tempting to get a monopoly OF the oil
business and with attempting TO control
the price of crude oil by fraudulent means
and devices. Mr.. 0'Day was out OF the
J OIdNC ~ NlO NltAAV MIN ~ @ANJ
sylvania was called Upon to issue a requlsi-
ton for his extradition. The ~requsltlon
was never granted.
It was shortly after this that Mr.. OrDay
became manage Of the STANDARD On COM
pany, and on him fell the duty OF regulat-
ing the rates Of oil transportation with the
various railroads.
Mr.. O'Day went abroad on May 10, after
announcing that his town house, at Us
West Seventy-second street, and his coun-
- -. .a- nrnnnh WaHa in the
market. He went direct TO Marienoad
and after a time to Rouen, where he died.
Mr.. O'Day's place in Long Branch was
! one OF the show places OF the town. ne
named it after his birthplace, kiidysart
At the time Of his death there were with
him Ave Of his twelve children-Mrs Triana,
Geraldine O'Day, Ruth O'Day, Dorothy
O'Day and John O'Day. His other sons
and daughters are Charles O'Day, Daniel
O'Day, Jr., Mrs. A.. j. Stone, Mrs. E;A'
John Hollahan and Frank O'Day. Nearly
all except Frank, whose home Is In Oh CITY
Pa, are residents of this city. Daniel, dr.
has been at the Office daily awaiting news
of his fathers condition, excepting yester-
day. He was out Of town when the news
came and returned at once to New York.
Mr.. O'Day was a member OF the New
York A. c., Lotoe. Lawyers Colonial and
Catholic clubs. He wa connected with
the following companies: Atlantic CosSe
Realty, as president and director; Buffalo
General Electric, as president and director,
and the Buffalo Natural Gas Company as
nresident and director. He was also a d.
rector in the Buffalo. Thousand Islands
and Portland Railroad, Cataract Power
and Conduit Company, Federal Trust Com
pany Of Newark, International Railway
Company, International Steam Pump Com
pany. the New York Transit Company,
the Niagara Falls Power Company. Oh
Citv Boiler Works, the PEOPLES Bank. the
Buffalo Seaboard National Bank and the
Venango Traction and Power Company.
He was a trustee OF the Colonial Trust
Company, the New York Produce E1cnange,
the Safe Deposit and Storage Company
and the Northwestern Ohio Natural Gas
Company, Of which he was also vice-presi-
dent. and OF the National Transit Company.