The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-13

New York. March 1s-George West anehouse, engineer and inventor of the airbrake that '-has saved more lives than Napoleon lost in all his battles died of heart disease yesterday in his auartmenNfn the Iangham, in Central Park West. near Seventy third street He was in his sixty-eighth year
 Ills death has beens expected for some days He had been i'll for eigh- teen mNnths, but his mental alc rtness remained unimpaired to the end With him when death came were his WaIe and his only son, George, IT,. and his brother, Herman H.
 It was announced officially that Mir West1nghouSe's death will not cause any change of policy or operation m connection with any of the nuneFo os1s suferpr1ses which he founded and conz trolled A plan had been worked out in anticipation of his death, and the men who worked under him for many wears will take up imm ediately the direction of the enterprises.
 MT. Westinghouse had been with drawing gradually from the various comparies and placing greater respon- abilities on his trusted associates
 LEADER IN RISE OF NATION.
 FrxDerts in the industrial develop inert of fhis country have placed Mr. Westlnghouse among the seven or esefstr men to whom credit must be given for the country's commercial ad- vance TO Sir Henry Bessemer and Westinghouse the exploitation of the resources of America. is due Sir Henry developed the steel rail, Mir Westinghouse the airbrake that now Is zn use on all the railroads through out the world
 MT. Westinghouse made many ad- vances in the science of railway, sig railing. He fathered in this country fhe development of the alternating current system for electric lighting and electric power He invented de- vices for safely and econ omica1ly con xeyinz natural gas over long distances and making 1t available for industrial purposes His air spring for motor vehicles of all kinds has proved i'm knensedy valuable He developed, In r<,I1a aborarion with the late Admiral fzeorge w Melville U- S. N, and his rrartner, John H. MacaIpine, the gear cd turbine system for the propulslon of ships
 Eor his work he received the high esf honors in the gift of technical .r,-5eties and institutions of Europe erd America Distinguished honors wera conferred on him by European sovereigns.- In December last he re- r.e4ved the Grashof gold medal From fT,<. chief engineering society of Ger many.
 zFr Westinghouse was born in the sriIIaze of Central Bridge, near Schen- I s-faf5x N fon October 6, 1846. His Fa+ber also named George, was the s-,veI,tor and maker of farIning i'm D1erreuts. His mother, poetical and fznaganafive. had a great influence m sr,oz1Idiur his mind and character. His mind turned instinctively ro 1n- xenfive work and his eagerness 10 Ioll In the shop was interrupted only by hS<s desire to fight for his country At fine age of IT he joined the Twenty ezxff United States Cavalry in 1S6S, but his love for engineering led to his t transfer to the navy and he was af- haehed to the Potomac hotilla, with which he acted as third assistant en- kfneer until the end of the war;
 Mr. Westinghouse possessed not only the gift of developing implements that ' zere essential to the prosperity of the country. but he had the faculty of or ' zaufzinE companies. of gathering kbout him men of ability and retain ing their loyal services He built up nnauufacturing industries that repre- ksrf1 an investment of much more tI1ara s020 900 GOO and employ 50,ODO men
 There are at 1east nineteen Vest fnghouse companies in the United Efafes. one in Canada three in Great Britain one in France, one in Ger many and one in Russia. Of fifteen < Df these concerns he himself was pres Idsuf The air brake companies alone ba-ra more than l. 800 patents
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