Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-14
WESTINGHOUSE IS
BORNE TO GRAVE
Essex County Men Among Hon.
i orary Pall-Bearers-LocaI
Plants Closed.

NEW YORK, March 14.-Funeral
services for George Westinghouse
were TINS afternoon at the Fifth Ave-
nue. Presbyterian Church The Off {
eating clergymen at the church were |
Kew Dr. j, FL. Jowett, pastor OF the
church, and Rev L. j. Fisher. ID, of
flt9sbufsh, the latter of whom de-
hVefed the address and also affiliated
AT the grave in Woodlawn Cemetery,
where burial took place. The Rev. DR..
flsher became an intimate friend of
MI Westinghouse when the latter first
went 10 Pittsburgh, and the two
young men became boarders in the
same house. The friendship thus be-
gan had ever since been close.
Numerous societies were represented
by delegations at the funeral. Among
THESE were the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers, represented by
the council in a body, and the Ameri-
can institute of Electrical Engineers.
In attendance also was q delegation
OF fofy-seVen veteran employees from
{, the Westinghouse Air Brake Com
Eany, of Pittsburgh. Each of these
forty-seven members of the Veteran
Society was employed in the original
Westinghouse air-bral<e works.
The honorary pallbearers announced
Were: Charles Francis Adams, Horace
T. Andrews, Charles J. Canda, Charles
crane. president Crane Co, Chicago;
george Gibbs. electrical engineer
pennsylvania Railroad; r. A. Giles
pie. of West Orange, n. j., early as
oclated with Mr. Westinghouse in in
stalling first service of natural gas
~ Pittsburgh; j. NJ. Guffy, of Pitts
II
American Society of Mechanical En-
glneers w. s. Hawk, of Hawk &
Wetherbee; e. NJ. Herr, president
Westinghouse Electric and Manufac-
turing Co.; II. 7. Herr, vice-president
and general manager Westinghouse
Machine Co; A. l.. Humphrey, vice
president and general manager West
inghouse Air Brake Co.; DIR. Alex
ander C. Humphreys, president Ste
Vens institute; t. b. Kerr, Walter M.
Mcfarland, Vice-president BabcoclS &
Wilcox Boiler Co; j. r. Mckinley,
president Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co.
William Fl. Newman, chairman of
the board, New York Central Rail-
road; Senator George 3. Oliver, Pitts
burgh;- Admiral Robert E. Peary.
Colonel II. G. Prout, vice-president
Union Switch and Signal Co, Pitts
ourgh; Samuel Rea, president Penn
sylvania Railroad; l.. B. StilWell, for
mer president American Institute of
Electrical Engineers; Charles A. Ter
~, vice-president Westinghouse Elec-
trio and Manufacturing Co.; e. b.
Thomas, president Lehigh Valley Rail-
road; G. E. Trip, chairman of the
board, Westinghouse Electric and
Manufacturing Co.; W. d. Uptegraff,
director Westinghouse Air. Brake Co..
S. L. Wellman, Wellman, Seaver En-
gineering CO., Cleveland; Daniel Will
In. H..
Railroad; Rev. DR.. Denis Workman,
Orange, N. j., the pastor of the church
In Schenectady attended by Mr.. and
Mrs. Westinghouse at the time of
their marriage, and up to the time of
their departure for Pittsburgh in 1867
f. ID. Underwood, president Erie Rail-
road; w. Fl. Marshall, president Amer
lean Locomotive Company.
Officers of the various Westinghouse
corporations which have offices in
New York city, said yesterday that
II. III. Westinghouse will succeed his
brother as head of the many, indus
tries which bear the Westinghouse
name. When his health began to fail,
two years ago, Mr.. Westinghouse
consisting of several of his most
trusted associates, to supervise his
numerous interests and to take charge
of his estate. This board, of which
Charles A. Terry, of I65 Broadway, is
the head, is now fulfilling that func-
ton.
As a tribute to the memory of Mr..
Westinghouse, more than fifty thour
sand employees of the Westinghouse
plants in this country and abroad are
observing a mournful holiday. The
aplant at Orange street., this city, and
the works in the Watsessing section,
are closed,