The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-03-18
NOTED INVENTOR
TAKEN BY DEATH
,GeOrge Westinghouse Is Victim
Of Heart Disease
INDUSTRIES NOT AFFECTED
viii Drawn and Affairs Arranged So
That Confusion Cannot lnjure oper'
alton of Different Enterprises.

George Westinghouse, engineer and
inventor of the airbrake that has
saved more lives than Napoleon lost
in all his battles" died of heart dis.
ease in his apartment in the Langham.
Central Park west, New York city. He
was in his .siyty-eighth year.
His death had been expected fol
some days, for his ailment was getting
worse. He had been i'll for eighteen
months, but his mental alertness re.
mained unimpaired to the end. with
him when death came was his wife
and his only son, George, Jr., and his
brother, Herman H.
The remains were laid away in
Woodlawn cemetery, New York.
Eight veteran employees of the West.
inghouse Airbrake company in vii.
merding, Pa, one of them the first EN-,
ploye of Mr.. Westinghouse, were pail.
bearers, and twenty-seven other veter.
ans acted as guard of honor to the
funeral cortege.
The participation OF the veteran EN-
ployes in the funeral service was a
Difference to the great personal inter
est always manifested by Mr.. West
inghouse in the older employees of his
companies.
George Westinghouse was perhaps
best known as the inventor of the air
brake which bears his name and rev
olutionized railroading in this country
The airbrake which he invented Is
used throughout the civilized world
and in almost every part of the glob,
are great plants which he founded.
He was born at Central Bridge, n
Y, and received his early education
in the common schools. He served II
the Civil war. At his death he wa;
the. president OF nearly thirty corpora
tions.
Some months ago Mr.. Westinghouse
had prepared and executed will in
which he appointed as his executors
his brother, II. H. Westinghouse
Charles A. Terry OF New York, a
friend of long standing, and w. D
Uptegraff of Pittsburg, who has had
charge of his finances for many years
The powers granted to these executors
are the fullest possible and will en-
able them to carry on his estate II
the manner outlined by him.
His mental alertness and activity
remained unimpaired to the end. II
is officially stated that his death viii
not cause any change of policy ol
operation in connection with any Ot
the Westinghouse industries.
A plan which long ago he had care
fully thought out for their contin,l
ance and direction goes immediately
into effect with the aid of able ant
experienced lieutenants.
George Westinghouse was Tho
founder of many industrial establish
ments in this country. in Canada ant
Europe, which gave employment t.
about $4,000 people. The capitalize
tion of the companies which he con
trolled amounted, approximately u
$500, 100000.
Besides inventing and developin,
the airbrake he made advances in tn,
science of railroad signaling anI
fathered in this country the develop
ment of alternating current system TO
electric lighting and electric power
He invented devices for the safety an,
economically conveying of natural ga
over. long distances and making
available for industrial purposes.
Owing to his many achievements II
mechanics, electricity, steam and ga
his name was known the world owe
and he has had many honorable dis
tinctions conferred upon him for hi
inventive achievements and in recog
milton of the services he rendered t,
the various branches o; engineering.
Although he always considered Pitts
burg as his home hs spent consider
able time in New York and in his resi-
dence in Lenox, Mass, and Washing
ton.