The Sentinel=record., 1914-03-13
GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, INVEN. TOR OF AIR BRAKE, IS A VIC
 TIM OF HEART DISEASE.
HIS CAREER AS INVENTOR
Resulted in the Perfection of Many Safety Devices That Practically ReVoIutonized Modern Railway Traffic All Over the World.

New York. March 12 George Westinghouse, a foremost figure la the engineering world, and inventor of the air brake that bears his name, died late today at his residence Tn this city Heart disease manifested itself about fifteen months ago and the end came a few hours after It became publicly known that MT West inghouse was seriously ill. He was in his sixty-eighth year. Funeral services will be held Saturday.
 Westinghouse became an inventor at the age of IS, when he produced rotary engine. Four years later he constructed a device for replacing de railed steam cars. Then, when 21 years old. he sought the financial backing of the late Commodore Cor nelus Vanderbilt for his now famous air brake, perfected after three years of labor
 Do you mean to tell me you can stop a railroad train by wind?" de- manded the commodore.
 Well yes, inasmuch as air is wind, I suppose you are right spoke the youth.
 q have no time to waste on fools said the commodore, thus abruptly terminating the interview
 Westinghouse sought and found capital elsewhere, manufactured h5 invention and made high speed pos. sible on railroads. He revolutionizei traffic systems and inauguratad not able era of railway development.
 Mr Westinghouse did net co1finc his genius to railroading. For half a century he continued to make other contributions to electrical as we'll as engineering advancement. His inven- tions and improvements had to do with railway signaling and power de- vies for safety and for economically conveying natural gas over long dis tances and using it for industrial an1 domestic fuel; air springs for motor vehicles of all kinds, and a geared turbine system for the propul- sion of ships, developed in collabo- ration with the late Admiral George w Melville, l. S. N, and John H. MacAlpine.
 In return for his many achieve ments, the highest hou0rs in the gift of technical societies and institutions of Europe and America were bestow- ed upon Mir Westinghouse. European sovereigns cOnferring distinguished orders. As recently as last December he received from the principal engi- neering society of Germany the cele- brated Grashol gold medal
 MT Westinghouse founded many manufacturing companies in this country and abroad, including great plants at East Pittsburg. Wilmerding, Swissvale and Trafford City. Pa. and others in Hamilton, Canada: Man chester and London, England Havre, France: Hanover, Germany; St. Pet ersburg, Russia; Vienna, Austria, and Vado, Italy In these industries some 5000 persons are employed and many companies have a capitalization az. gregating $200000,000.
 MT. Westinghouse mental alert ness and activity remained unimpair- ed to the last. The final years of life were among the most productive. For several months, however. he had i'm ited his activities. It was stated to- night on behalf of his many interest," there will he no change of policy in connection with any of the industries which he operated
 Mir. Westinghouse and his various ventures suffered severely in the pan. ic 1907, In October of that year the Westinghouse Electrical X Manufac- turing Go. went into bankruptcy from which it was released year later. after creditors had accepted a plan of reorganization. Following that cpl. sode the control of the Westinghouse Company and some of it's subsidiar- les rested with a group of New York. Hosto1 and Pittsburg banking inter- ests
 Westinghouse common, which had raid 1 ner cent yearly from 1904 to lS61. suspended dividends altogether from the latter part of 1907 until 1912, when they were resumed on per cent basis, and last year per cert was paid According to some of his business associates Mir Westing- house never recovered from the shock he received when control of his nu- merous enterprises was taken out of his hands
 The reorganization plan was con. ceiyed by Mir. Westinghouse who urged it's adoption in preference to plans submitted by eminent fnanciers TAe inventor Insisted his idea was the best and according 10 his asso. ciates it proved to be an achievement in constructive 0nane.