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Show I! INVENTOR QUITS COMPANY I George Westlnghouso, wl o resigns tho prosl-j prosl-j dpney of tho Wostinghouso Electric nnd Mnnufao jjSSv turlng company, having, ho says, virtually been ffr v$k "frozen out" by his business associates, haa been flw rH recognized as ono of tho "country's greatest In- yf' u, VN ventora slnco 18G8, whon ho patented hla air (0t rv brake, now unlvorsally used on rallroada. Ho has feTY .VC mado many other lnventlona of groat valuo. Mr. reVWk r v WoBtlnghouso was born In Schohnrlo county, Now W';EVV1 A York, In 18fC. Ho Is a member of the French Le- tyMtjE&s JV Blon of Honor and holds decoration from Italy , t It was not until af tor tho reorganization of tho fQmmir7WAY company somo years ago, when it wont Into tho 0flwttyWMW hands of a recolvor, that Mr. Westlnghouso first 'wn I A fnrA noticed that ho waB taking a secondary place in ' tho business of tho company not voluntarily. Tho ventlvo genius mado up his mind to retlro entlroly as actlvo head of tho firm which had boon created from his brain und which through many years of hard work on hlB part has become ono of the big corporations of tho world. Mr. Westlnghouse Is a member of tho board of directors whoso torms explro In 1912, and ho will remain as a director until that time. Among tho many Inventions that aro credited to tho master mind of Mr. Wcstlnghousoi besides tho air brnko, aro a device for replacing derailed stoam cars, various pneumatic devices Tor switching and signaling, u complete sys-torn sys-torn for controlling natural gas and conveying It for long distancos, adaptations for otcnih devices and similar creations. Mr. Westlnghouso was rocontly elected president of tho Amorican Society of Mechanical Engineers |