The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19

will be held at Il a. m. Wednesday at St. Bartholomew'S church in New York and he will be buried a Tarrytown, N. Y.
 Expressions of sorrow arrived al the estate from the leaders of hi industry and of business. Charlei E. Kittering, vice-president of Gen eral Motors, William s. Knudsen president of General Motors, w. P Brown of the Briggs Manufacturing Co.,, Harlow H. Curtice, president ot the Buick division of General Mot. CTS, were among the many who ex' pressed their regret at his passing
 Mass Production Genius.
 Chrysler's genius for mass produc. ton methods enabled him to entel the industry after 1t had been pion' eered by others and rise quickly k the top.
 He was born in Wamego, Kan. the son of a railroad engineer. Be. ginning at 10, he showed aptitude for making money. He ran CT. rands sold milk and eggs, printed calling cards, and, during his higt school years, worked in the genera store as delivery boy, for $10 6 month. By the time he ha6 finished high school, he had saved more than $100.
 Chrysler's first real job. was wip- ing grease and carrying tools ir the Union Pacific railroad shops al Wainego where he earned sever cents an hour. He was intensely in. terested in tools and motors, anc in what made them go. He went $5,000 into debt to buy his first au- tomobile, and took 1t completely apart and put it together before taking his first ride in 1t.
 Chrysler's "break" came in ar emergency. One day a locomotive pulled into the ship with cracked cylinder head, and the superintend- ent of motive power, who hat watched Chrysler's work, asked him if he could fix 1t in two hours. Ht did.
 General Foreman
 His effort earned him 8 promotio, to general foreman of the Colorado and Southern shops, at Trinidad Cal. There he stayed until he fel he had learned as much as he eve would in the job. He left to become journeyman machinist, ana movd upward through such post as general foreman, master me chanic, until he became superin tendent of motive power of tn Chicago and Great Western systen at 34.
 He went from there to the Amer ican Locomotive Works as massage at $12,oo0 a year. But he believed in the future of the automobile and he quit this job to take a $6, 900 one with the Buick company his first venture into the automo bile industry.
 He quickly rose to the position of president and general manager uitq in 1920 to take over the Willys Overland Company, and a fe' months later, took on, in addition the work of recognizing the Max we'll Chalmers Motors Company.
 He put both companies on 1 sound basis, and in 1924, Maxwell we'll Chalmers became the Chrys Ter Company and the first Chrysle went on the market. In 1928, tn Chrysler Corporation bought ou Dodge Brothers Motor Company Inc, and introduced two new cars the DeSoto and the Plymouth.
 Has 25 Plants
 Even through the depression years, the Chrysler Corporation ex banded. Today, 1t has 25 plants il five states and three foreign coun tries, and has more than 1900 dealers in the United States an 100 foreign countries.
 Chrysler was married in 1901 t Miss Della " Forker, childhoo friend. She died August 8, 1888. H is survived by four children, MT Byron c. Foy, Mrs. Edgar W. Gar bish, Walter P. Chrysler, Jr, an Jack Forker Chrysler.