Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-28
EDWARD DWELL
DIed ls Drl6sspsrl- Bsl Dssy
 Relatives h Waterbury.

ASuWoiu V Nuiiis ouo VI tho wv known engineers of Bridgeport, who for over thirty years had charge of the big engines operating the works of the Eaton, Cole q Burnham Co, and who was master mechanic with that concern. died last evening at his home, 407 Main street, in that lefty after an illness extending over .. period of two years. He Is survived by'his wife. four sons, John. Charles, James and Joseph, and three daugh-' ters, Mrs Catherine Brundage, Mrs Julia Parker and Mrs Mary Basher; also one brother, Attorney John ONeill and two sisters, Mrs Thomas Coyle and Miss Cordelia O'Neill of this city, four step-sisters and two, step-brothers, Miss Jennie O'Neill, principal of the Mulcahy school, Mrs Bartholomew Buckley. and Charles O'Neill of this city, Sisters St Anne and St Charles of St Joseph's con- vent, Springfield, and Henry O'Neill of Boston.
 MT O'Neill was man of exemplary habits, living a model life, devoted, to his home and family, unassuming and modest. of sterling character and of the str!ctest integrity. Until two years ago he never missed day at the big engine of the concern by which he was employed. He was an officer of St Augustipe's church some thirty years ago and for a number of years a collector at Sacred Heart church, to which parish he moved. He was strict in adhering to the teaching of his religion and devout attendant of the church. In early life. he was teacher of Sunday school classes in St Augustine's church from which several of the present clergy were graduated, and among whom are Father James Dunn now of Texas, Father Robert Fitzger- aid of the Hartford diocese and oth- CTS reared in St Augustine's parish. He was closely associated in religious work in this parish with Father John Coyle, now pastor of St Johns church New Haven, and Father William Coyle, the noted Jesuit. The family have the sincere sympathy of large circle of friends. and acquaintances in their bereavement.
 | The funeral will be held to the Sa- cred Heart church, Bridgeport, Fri day morning.
 MT O'Neill was a native of Goshen, but came to Waterbury in his boy hood and before removing to Bridge port did some stage coach work and appeared to enjoy the novelty of it. But he had taste for mechanics and when a favorable opportunity to fol- low that line of life presented itself he embraced 1t and kept at 1t almost l to the end. He was man of con- siderable ability and wrote some in teresting articles for The Valve World and other magazines devoted to study of machinery. In 1906, when the Eaton, Cole & Burnham Co was dismantling an engine built fifty years prior to that time by Corliss & Nightingale for Horace Greeley, and was first used to drive the press of the New York Tribune, MT O'Neill had an article on it in The Valve World from which we quote the fol- lowing paragraph:
 TUT tWCuLy-C.Sul yCdiS IAc CA6iu0 has been running here, and I've been running her since the first turn her wheel ever took in this factory In all those years she broke down only three times, twice from broken springs and once from snapped bolt. Those breaks only lost three hours When the engine came in we thought she was the finest in the land. She was 14x42 with eighty-two turns minute She was intended for sev- enty-five to 100 horse power, but as the factory grew she had to be push ed harder, and for the last ten years she has been driven to as high as 286 horse power. Tn the days when this engine was considered first class, sixty pounds of steam was high, but now they carry 100 pounds, and some as high as 200 pounds. The old en- zine isn't bad piece of machinery even now, but the times have out grown her."
 MT O'Neilps health has been poor for some time past and yesterday af- ternoon his brother, John O'Neill of this city was notified that the pa- tient was sinking rapidly. MT O'Neill hurried down there and reached his bedside before he passed away. He made a trip home last night, but re-
 turned to the house of mourning again this morning.