Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29
LAST HONORS TO
CASSATT MONDAY
Arrangements for the Funeral
Being Perfected Today.
MANY OFFERS OF SYMPATHY
Buildings and Locomotives to Be
Draped With Mourning.
TRAINS WILL NOT BE STOPPED
No Action as to the Successor of the
Pennsylvania President Until
After the Obsequies.
Buildings and Locomotives to Be
Draped With Mourning.
TRAINS WILL NOT BE STOPPED

PHILADELPHIA, December Gar
engagements are being perfected today for
the funeral of the late Alexander Johnston
Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania rail-
road, which will take place Monday after
noon. Every building owned by the COM
pany and all of the locomotives are draped
with mourning. At the company's big Of
flee building in this city work is practically
suspended and the mourning officials and
employees gather in groups and discuss the
| life and character of their beloved chief.
William A. Patton. assistant to the presi-
dent, and o. J. DeRousse chief clerk in
the presidents office. Were with Mr.. Cas-
salts family all morning making arrange
ments for the funeral. 1t decided TO
hold the funeral services at the city home
of Mr.. Cassatt. 202 West Rittenhouse
square, at pm, Monday. 4 special train
will convey the funeral party TO Bryn
| Mawr, a suburb. ten miles from the city,
where interment will be made in the burial
grounds of the Protestant Episcopal Church
of the Redeemer. The names of the Of
floating clergymen. pallbearers and other
details of the funeral will be announced
later.
All the directors ard the higher officials
of the company will attend in a body.
cording to present arrangements. The di-
| rectors will meet late today to make ar
engagements for the funeral on behalf Of
the company.
Trains Will Not Stop
At conference in the office of General
Manager Atterbury it was decided not to
| follow the custom of stopping trains for a
! few minutes when the head of the COM
pany dies, and orders Were issued that
| under circumstances must traffic be
halted ON the day of the funeral.
The official announcement OF the death
of President Cassatt sent to all general
superintendents throughout the system is
as follows
Il regret to announce the death Of
President Cassatt. VIII advise you later
as to details Of funeral. 1t is desired
that flags shops, office buildings ferry
boats or wherever usually dispay ed, he
placed at half-mast from sunrise to sunset
until January 10. 1t is also desired that
the entrances to office buildings, shops and
stations be draped in mourning, this dis
play also to be maintained until January
| TO- l would urge that care be exercised
| that such display of mourning is made
| be of a most moderate and unpretentious
| character. w. w. ATTERBCRY.
Shock Severe on Mrs. Cassatt.
| Hundreds of friends called at the Cassatt
home today and left cards. Comparatively
| few were permitted to See members of the
family to personally express their sympa-
| thy The shock of the sudden death of her
| husband was severe on Mrs Cassatt, but
| she is braVely bearing her bereavement.
She is under the care of DR.. ]. II. Musser
| and is feeling much better than yesterday.
! Besides the stream of callers hundreds OF
letters and kilograms of sympathy We're re-
ceived at the Cassatt home and at the Of
fees of the company. They came from
railroad men, government officials and
other prominent men throughout this coun-
| try and Europe. None of them will be
| made public at this time. The matter OF
| the successor to President Cassatt has not
! yet received the serious attention of the d.
rectors of the company, as they are too
| busily engaged with the funeral arrange
ments to take up the question. While there
| will no doubt be discussion as to who
shall be elected to the vacancy, no official
| action will be taken until after the funeral.
| Under the charter of the company the
| president of the corporation must be resi-
dent of Pennsylvania.
Possible Successors.
| Those who have meen mentioned as pos
| sible successors TO Mr.. Cas- iatt James
| McCrea, vice president and executive head
| of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pitts
| burg, and a director of the Pennsylvania
| railroad; Capt John p. Green, first vice
| president, who has had much to do with
| the finances of the company; Samuel Rea,
| third vice president, on whom Mr.. Cas-
| satt depended to carry out the gigantic i'm
| provements planned during the late presi-
| dents administration, and Henry c. Frick,
who was this week elected director.
| MEETING THIS AFTERNOON
Final Arrangements Will Then Be