The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-13
VOORHEES,, HEAD OF
READING, DIES AT SO
Noted Railroad Man Succumbs
Suddenly ut Elkins
Park.
RECENTLY OPERATED on

PHILADELPHIA, March 12.-Theodore
Voorhees,, president Of the Philadelphia
and Reading Railway. died suddenly
early to-day at his home in Elkins Park.
He was 50 years oil. The funeral will
take place on Tuesday.
Mr.. Voorhees,. who had returned last
week from Rochester, Mimi. where he
underwent an operation. was in his office
on Friday, but was taken suddenly Ill
on Saturday night.
MIR. Voorhees, was born June 4. 1877.
In New York city. the son OF II. T. ana
Margaret Voorhees,. lie received ms
education In private schools ana 20.
lumbia University and his technical
training at the Rensselaer, Polytechnic
Institute at Troy. n. u. from which he
was graduated In 1859. one month after
| receiving his diploma and his degree OF
civil engineer young voorhees, entered
| the service of the Delaware, l%Ackawaniie
| and Western Railroad AS engineer on the
extension from Great BEND to bihs-
| hamton. Four years later his superiofS
| made him superintendent OF the Syia-
| clsc. ~Binghamton and Oswego division
| OF the Delaware. Lackawanna ana west
ern. He held this post for TWO years
| and then returned to the engineering de-
partment OF the main a
| Nv this time Mr.. voorhees, had become
| no mean figure in railroad engineering
| and operatiug, and In December, 1919,
| ne entered the transportation department.
| Of the Delaware and iiuhsoh ,ana'
| Company ~ put into better play ne
| faculty for operating. which was De-
coming more and more evident. Three
months later he was made superintend-
en-, of tn, Saratoga and thamplaih NJ
vision of IN. Northern Railroad depart.
ment of the Delaware and HUDSON lanai
COMPANY, which post he held for Ten
years. ,e.. 60
become assistant general superintehdeh
of the New York Central 'eld iiu"so.
River Railroad. March /. 1890, fouhd
him risen to the general SUPPLEMENTARY
# this road and in 1891 he was airo APP
po,ni.d general superintendent of the
! H,u.. Wttcrtuwn and ogd"nsburg lstll-
road Conpauy. While In the hist named
p~osition Mr.. voorhees, saw hls ROAD w.
stall til. controlled manual BLOCK slehai
system ON It's main live from Sew ORR
ritv Ia Buffalo. This wds one ~ th'
mos, radical advances ia railroad signal
practice mad. mp I" that tiinc
Tn. railway world WAS now turning ~
ewes ON the general superintendent of the
! ~ - faA'
Railroad. ~. was already an iuthort!
uu operating problems. requiring expert
cugin,cring ability. ON February !
1898. H.. was made - vic"-pr,-idenf "i
the Philadelphia and Reading tIiil"'N
and he Jumped to his new duties WITH
an energy and u vim that brouHht re-
suits almost Immediately. Largely
through h.S un,irlng Efforts the Reading
WIS made one OF the finest roads IN In,
country.
Mr.. VOORHEES, Vas elected I" succeed
Mr.. Ba,r after the %itttcr's death and wa
reelected pr,sid. NJ by the s~t"Ckholi'r IA
Oh October II. l;li.
Mr.. Nuurr.c- Ma married ~ >yrd'
,u.. To- Mss Mary T.. thitt"nd",, Wh.
surNi y,- uIm. as al" do four s'is 'n,
three. daugatcr-. He wa 4 member o.
tn. American Society OF tiNtl Engineers
the It. Nl,hola Spc'tty. IN" Holland So
,irty. ta- century cub. the tnivcIsit>
Clun and the Manhattan Athletic Gu,
of New York ci'y,