The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-03
HEART DISEASE FOLLOWING AT
TACK OF WHOOPING COUGH
CAUSES DISSOLUTION.
HEAD OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Remarkable Record Was Made by Great
Railway System Under His Powerful
and Thorough Management.


O'Clock in the following bulletin:
Mr.. A. j. Cassatt, president OF the
Pennsylvania railway, died suddenly OF
heart disease at / p. M today. Inc
SYMPTOMS were those known 20 the pro-
fessiou as The Stokes-Adams syncope'
and as is often the case under the CIR
cumstauccs, death was instantaneous
He Had Whooping Cough
Mr.. Cassatts final illness dates back
two months, when he was taken III
with whoop.ns cough, caught from
graudcbd.
Since then he has been reported serl,
ously i'll, and even near death, several
times However, a denial of the serious,
ness of his condition always follower
those statements He had been III
rugged health previously and close
friends were confident of his r. overy'
Rise in Railroad World.
Mr. Cossatt's rise in brief may be
stated as follows.
iS29- Graduated as ciyil engineer
isG5-Sunerintcndcnt of Warren anu
iT Is76nSc nora superintendent of pcnnsy
"iss7iHGcncral manager Of all Pennsyi-
vauia lines east Of Pittshurg, .,.,..,.,,,
ls74-lhird vice president OF i'hl'S' wanna
ISSo-Frst vice president Of pennsylvania
company. ....,t.,,o -
the Pennsylvania limos. a..
1Sg9-Prtsidcnt Of Pennsylvania road Art
Cr the manner Of Clurlun1tns, VINO NaT
called from the pillow to take up matters OF
state Mr. Cassatt was found on inc t"t'
course when he was asked 90 become pr'Si-
dent Of the Pennsylvania company
Biggest Of Pennsylvania Leaders.
Mr. Cassatt was by all experts named
as the biggest man who ever headed the
Pennsylvania railway system. AZ the
time Of the recent rebate agitation,
when it was said that Mr. Cassatt might
be indicted, one writer said OF him:
There nc sits In his Office In the Broad
street station, In philadelphia, imperturb-
ably calm. There IS CaSsntt the lmpcne.
trablc-Cassatt, the sphinx. CooHy ana
deliberately he is planning the deienSc-aS
coolly and deliberately as he clears his
desk Of routine work every night before
he goes to his home in IIayorford
once before great crisis came TO , tnr
Pennsylvania, when over night A, j. cas-
satt 10y his quickness. his decision ana his
knowledge. gained the victory. one dny'
IN 1872, when the Pennsylvania and the
baltimore a Ohio were bitter rivals, Rob
crt Garrett walked into the office Of George
H. Roberts, then president of the former
road and cxultantIy announced ih soru rnG
control Of the Philadelphia, Wilmington Il
Baltimore, which meant the cutting off of
the eastern connections OF the fchhsyi
yania system. II was as II bomb had
been exploded. Roberts sent for Cassatt,
who was then first vice president,
"CaSsatt.' said Roberts. the II. y.
has gobblrd the Wilmington Robert Gar.
rctt was just hero and told me so. What
would You suggrstF'
Swamped the Opposition
"CuI Il meeting Of the directors IN New
York tonight replied CuSsatt promptly.
''pcrhGps be hasn't as many OF the shares
rs hc thuks he has
Aud that night Cassatt pointed out where
great block OF stock of the Philadelphia,
Wilmington Il baltimore could be Obtained,
which CasSatt knew Just how to put his
hands on. So, at bis suggestion, these
shares were purchased that night, with The
largest chcck-S1i, $40. o. 2O-cvcr drawn at
that time In settlement of any financial
transaction The next morning, at the an
Hunl meeting Of the stockholders Of the
Pennsylvania company. the announcement
was made that tho Pennsylvania controlled
the Wilmington, without fear OF Interior
enc" 10y any other road
The check hangs today on the wall Of the
treasury department of the Pennsylvania
company as a tribute to the sagarity ana
strategy Of Cassatt,
Educated in Germany
President Cassatt was educated Mt
Heidelberg. Bur the influence of Ger
man university life did not overcome his
Unborn preference for a business career
and on his return home he took "a course
IN civil engineering He went first to
Georgia 10 assist III locating railroad
In SCI he returned TO pittsburg ana en-
tered the employ of the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad ms a rOdman. In 1860 he had
risen to become superintendent of mo
tive power and three years later he was
made general superintendent. The rest
Of his rise Las been told
He was a good spcndcr, but knew