The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-29
: RESIDENT CASSATT DEAD Executive of Pennsyl- Yania Railroad. DEATH CAME SUDDENLY Noted Railroad Man Had Been
 III Long. Aithough Demine Was Unexpected He Was Physically Ineapacttated
 Fer Many weeks From
 Actual Charge os
 sysfem.

Philadelphia. Dec. 2s,--Aiexander Johnston Cassatt. president of the Pennsylvania railroad company and one of the foremost railroad men and fIn. anciers of the country, died suddenly at his residence here today. Mir. Cas- satt. who was a little more than 67 years of age. was stricken with heart disease shortly before 1 o'clock and died before assistance could be given. tack known professionally as The tack known professionally at Tho stokes-Adams Syndrome."
 Though Mir cassatt's death was en- tirely unexpected. his health had been bad for nearly . year. Hts condition ing cough which he contracted from his grand children while at Bar Harhor in September He neevr entirely recovered from the effects of this attack.
 He was much improved by several weeks rest and early in October he be- gan going regularly to his ofict. but shortly afterwrd he was again strick- en. having contracted heavy cold. During November he was sufficiently ra- covered from his. illness to resume his visits to Broad street station. and he continued to attend to important mat tars until his birthday, December s. After celebrating this event with his family he never returned to his duties.
 Mr. Cassatt spent much of his time driving and was ont last Monday. Sub- sequentlx he was known to have been confined to bed. but even then his com diti0n was net regarded as alarming. While not feeling entirely we'll, Mir, Cassntt arose from his bed this morn ing but remained in his room.
 He seemed to be In good spirits and his family had no thought of his death. Shortly before o'clock while sitting ia chair in his apartments. he suffer cd an acute heart attack and became unconscious. His wife and daughter, Mrs. ". P1unkett Stewart were with him, and his private physician, Dr. J. H. ,Musser. was summoned, but MT. Cas- sat- was dead when the physician arr rived. Dr. 1Easser said that death had hAan. 3a1rnozk IFlakareteotaa.
 The news of Mir. 1Cassatt's death was at once flashed to the financial and business sections of the city, causing much astonishment, since the public were given to understand that he was not seriously ilL
 The announcement of Mir. Cassatt's death caused grief to every official and employe in the Pennsylvania Railroad offices, with whom he was popular. The effect of his death upon the local stock market was not as gerat as might have been expected Pennsylvania was quoted at I3S 1-4 when the news was received, and the stock dropped only 3-4 on the report,
 Mr. Cassatt's condition had not been thought such as to suggest any dean ite Arrangements for the succession to the presidency and the Board of Direct ors will not meet to transact official business until after the funeral for which arrangements have not yet been announced.
 First Vice President Green will hay" charge of the affairs of the railroad company for the present.
 The operation of tho railroad in tho last year, Is said to have had much to do with the breaking down of Mir Cassatt's health. He had just gone to Europe for a rest, when the sensation al developments in the Interstate Com merce Commission investigation of re- hates brought him home, and he threw himself into the breach in an effort to bring about an amicable settlement of the question. Deprived of his rest abroad. he plunged into routine work until he went to Bar Harbor;NwherS' fin his overworked state, he contracted whoopinR cough.
 Aside from being the head of the Pennsylvania Railroad, MT. Cassatt was president of six other companies, and a director in twenty-three con- cerns. principally transportation com panies. banks and trust companies. His wealth is estimated at between $5O,- oO0, ,OO0 and s75.00o,00o.
 Mr. CnsaaIt's Life.
 Alexander Johnstone Cassatt was born in Pittsburg. December IS, 1S3s. His father, Robert 8. Cassatt, was Tor a number of years closely connected with the financial and industrial inter estE of Western Pennsylvania and was the first Mayer of Allegheny City.
 The elder Cassatt removed to Bu- rope and young cassatt took up a course of study in the Oniversity or Darmstadt Upop his return to Amer lea. he entered tho ReuRsselaer Poly technic College at Troy, N. r., from which institution he sraudated in 1853 as a civil engineer. From this time on his rise In the railway world was rapid .,., on the Pennsylvania Railroad. The ability shown in this post attracted the notice of his superiors, and, when in 1864 the Pennsylvania Railroad Company assumed control of the Phil adelphia and Erie Railroad, MT. Cas- satt was transferred to Renovos Pa, and intrusted with the duties of resi- dent engineer of the middle division. He held important positions with the Philadelphia and Erie and Pennsyl- vania Railroad until 1871 when he was made General Manager of all the Penn sylyania Railroad lines east of Fitts- burg and Erie.
 After the death of J. Edgar Thomp- son, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a reorganization of the higher officials became necessary and Mir. Cassatt was on July l, 1874, dvanced to the position of third vice. president, which office he filled until June 1, 1880, when upon the retire. ment of Col Thomas A. Scott then president of the company and the ac- cession to the presidency of George B. Roberts, he became first vice-presi- dent
 On September 30, 1862, he voluntar- fly resignd his office and retired to private life. On September 72. 1ssS.he was elected a director of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad Company and was elected President June 9, 1888.
 Shortly thereafter he was elected President of the Philadelphia. Whining ton and Baltimore Railroad Company, the Northern Central Railway Com pany the Pennsylvania Company, and