The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-13
George w estingh
Dies Of Heart Disease
in New York Home.
HIGHEST HONORS
SHOWERED ON HIM
Made Valuable Contributions to
Electrical and Engineering Ad-
vanccments and Perfected the
Air Brake-Founded Many
Companies, Which En-
ploy $4,000 Persons.

New York, March 12-George West |
inghousc a foremost figure in the en- |
glneerins world, and inventor OF the |
mir brako that bears his name died 1
late to-day at his reaidence here |
Heart disease manifested itself about |
fifteen months ago, and tho end came |
a few hours after II became publicly |
known that Mr.. Westinghouse was Sc |
riously Ill He In his sixty eighth |
year. Funeral services Will be hcld on |
saturday.
Mr.. Westinghouse became nm inven- |
tor at the age Of fifteen. when he pro-
duced n rotary engine. -Four years /
later he constructed 81 device for re- /
placing derailed steam cars. Then I
when twcntyone years old. he sought |
,odore Cornelius Vanderbilt for his
now famous afr brake, perfected after
three years of labor
DO you mean TO tell me you can stop |
railroad train by wind?" demander |
the commodore.
We'll. yes, inasrnuch as air Is wind |
suppose you are right" spoke the |
youth.
II have no time TO waste on fools"
said the commodore. thus abruptly ter
minnting the Interview. Westinghouse !
sought iAnd found capital elsewhere,
manufactured his invention and made |
FlSh speed pOHslble on railroads, rcvO- !
lutioniZng traffic systems and inaugu-
rating notable era of railway deyel- !
oprnentH
Busy for IInIf Century.
For half century Mr Westinrhouse |
continued 10 make other contributions
to electrical as well as engineering ad
Nancements. His Inventions and i'm
provemcnts had to do with railway
signaling ana power devices for safety
anu ccononicaliy. conveying natural
gas over long distances and using IL for
industrial and domestic fuel: air springs
for motor vehicles OF all kinds, and :,
geared turbine system for the propul-
sion OF ships. developed in collabora-
tion with the late Admiral George W
Melville. l.. s. y, and John II MacAl-
pine.
III return for his many achievements
the highest horiors in tho gift OF tech
nical societies and institutions OF
Europe and America were bestowed up
on Mr.. Westinghouse, European SOW
eroigns. comforting distinguished
ders. AS recently as last December he
received from the principal engineering
society of Germany tho celebrated
Grashof gold medal
Mr.. Westinghouse founded many
manufacturing companies in this coun-
try and abroad. In these Industries
some $4,000 persons are employed. and
the many companies hav" a capitaliza-
ton agercgating S200. .00O. 900
Productive 70 the Last.
Mr.. Westinghouse mental alertness
and activity remained unirpaired 10
the last. The final years Of life we're
among the most productive. II was
stated night Oh behalf OF his many
Interests that there viii be no change
OF policy in connection with any Of the
Industries. which VIII be operated on a
plan long ago made by the inventor
himself.
Mr.. Westinghouse and his various
ventures suffered severely In the panic
81 1907. In October OF that year the
Westinghouse Electric and Manufac-
turing Company went into bankruptcy.
from which 1t was released a year
later. after creditors had accepted q
plan OF reorganization. Following that
episode. the control OF the WestIng-
house Company and some Of Its subsiti-
faries rested with, a group OF New
York, Boston and Pittsburgh banking
interests. Westinghouse common.
which had paid ] per cent yearly from
1904 to 1907 suspended dividends alto
ecther from tho latter part OF 1907
until 1912. when they were resumed or
: per cent basis and last year per
cent was paid. According 10 some OF
ms business associates. MIR. Wcsting-
house never recovered from the shock
he received when control of his n,iner-
Gus enterprises was taken out of his
hands.
The REORGANIZATION plan was CON
ccived by Mr. Westinghouse, who urged
submitted by eminent tinancicrs
introduced Saturday Hnif-HoIidny,
MIR. Westinghouse was unostcnta-
tious. kindly. helpful and a hard work
Ing man. 1t was recalled to-day that
thirty or forty years ago he introduced
to this country the Saturday half
day.
OF the inventor and his work, Lord
Kelvin said not long before his own
death:
George Westinghouse is in charac-
ter and achievement one of the great
men of our time" OF himself. Mr.
Westinghouse once remarked: II have
always known what wanted to do, and
Tor doing 1t, owe great deal to per-
Slstence, to Il natural fondncss for
mathematics and to the fact that
throughout my youth learned to work
with my hands as well as my head, and
always have kept in practice"
George Westinghouse was horn in
me village of Central Fridge near
attended the public school in Schcnec-
tady He entered Union College. but
left in 1863 to serve in the War Be
tween the States. His love for cngin-
ccr,ng led to his transfer from the army
TO the navy, where he became attached
TO the Potomac, notilla, acting as third
assistant engineer
In August, 1867. Mr.. Westinghouse
married Miss Marguerite t;rSkinc Walk
or. who survives him. together with
their ono child. George, Jr, who lives
near .I.cnoX, Mass. The son married
Miss Violet Brocklcbank, daughter of
Sir Thomas and Lady BroclSlcbank, of
lrton Hall, Cumberland, England.