Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-14
THEODORE VOORHEES,
BURIED AS MAGNATES
AND TOILERS MOURN
Entire Reading System Halts
During Impressive Funeral
Services for President
of Railroad
SOCIETY WOMEN WEEP

Every train OF the Philadelphia ant
Reading Railroad came to a standstill al
II o'clock today. Every trackwalker stood
silent, with barred head, every track re.
palrer dropped his pick and for one minute
the entire railroad system and office force
ceased to operate and did honor to the
memory Of Theodore Voorhees,, late presi
dent of the company.
At the same moment. the Rev. David
NJ. Steele, rector of the Church Of st. Luke
and the Epiphany, bowed his head in
prayer over the body of Mr.. Voorhees, at
Colony House. the Voorhees, residence at
Elkins Park. About the coffin were
grouped the leading railroad magnates of
the United States. the most prominent
men Of Philadelphia, standing shoulder to
shoulder with conductors brakemen. en-
gineers, nagmen and other employees of the
railroad.
Common grief over the death Of Mr.
Voorhees, created a bond OF sympathy
among these men who represented every
class from the highest to the most hum
BILE. Railroad presidents and other high
officials sidently shook the hands Of mes
sengers. Women prominent in society
wept with the wives Of employees of the
railroad who had known Mr.. Voorhees,. II
was the most cosmopolitan service that
has marked the funeral Of n prominent
Phladelphian.
outside of the Voorhees, residence there
was another group of mourners. They
too represented every rank of society," and
stood with bowed heads during the en-
tire time the service was being conducted.
Most of those who attended the service
came to Elkins Park on a special train
which left Reading Terminal at 1915
o'clock. Among the well.known faces
seen among those on the train was that
of Diamond" Jim Brady.
The Rev Or Steele was assisted at
the funeral service by the Rev. j. Thorn
son Cole, rector of st. Paul's Church,
at Ashbourne. At the conclusion of the
ceremony at the Voorhees, residence eight
messengers who had served Mr. Voorhees,
for years on the fourth floor of the Read
ing Railway Building carried the body to
an automobile hearse. which carried the
body to the yard of ST. Paul's Church,
Ashbuurne. Each of the pallbearers was
in his blue uniform. They were Alfred
Thomas Andis, Michael A. Nor.
ton. Walter j. Bradley. Daniel Peters,
Harry johnson. Matthew Somers and Jo-
seph Cavanaugh.
Among those who attended the services
were:
Il. T. Stotesbury. Oliver Blackwell, pres
ident of the wildwood Steam Railway
Company; former State Senator David S.
Chew. NJ. c. Kennedy, president of the
Cumberland Valley Railroad: II. C. Clark,
Of the American Electric Association;
Diamond Jim" Brady. of New York; G.
T. Schoen, retired capitalist of Philadei-
phia; Daniel r. Willard. president of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; w. j. Rich
ards, president OF the Coal and Iron Com
oany of Reading, Pa Samuel T. Wagner.
chief engineer of the Reading Company
b. d. Hilleary of Harrisburg, and c. II.
Ewing. of Reading.
l.. ID. Townsend, president of the Will
Transport North Branch Railroad: w.
d. Slaughter, general manager of the
and Delaware Bay Railroad
w. j. Crout president of the Union Trans
fer Company w. II. Keffer, superin-
.endent of the Reading Division: |. ].
superintendent of the Harris
lurg Division of the Reading Railroad +;
W. S. Eckert, superintendent of the
Wilmington-Columbia Division of the
Reading Railroad; Charles a. Beach,
of the New York Division
If the Reading Railroad.
j, B. Warrington. superintendent of the
Division of the Reading Rail-
'oad; S. NJ. Falk, superintendent of the
Atantic city Railway; Agnew Il. Dice |
'ice president of the Reading Railroad;
ieorge Ziegler. vice president of the Read
ng Company; j. V. Hare, secretary of the |
Reading Company; II. ID. Paisley treas
Irer of the Reading Company w. G. |
Sessler, of the Jersey Central Railway !
company; w. H. Cruesdale president OF
he Delaware. Lackawanna and Western
ID. H. Smith. president of the !
lew York Central Railroad, and Joseph f. |
Yidener.