William Brookfield dies

WILLIAM BROOKFIELD PASSES AWAY.

WILLIAM BROOKFIELD died at his home on Madison avenue, this city, on Wednesday, of heart disease. He was taken ill while in Florida some time ago. He came home about a month ago and has been ill ever since. He was unconscious at the time of his death, and did not recognize the members of the family gathered at his bedside.The funeral will be held on Saturday, and burial will be at Woodlawn.

Although the deceased was prominent for many years as a New Yorker, he was a Jerseyman by birth and education. He was born at Greenbank, N.J., on May 24, 1844. His education was obtained in the New Jersey common schools and at Welles College. At the age of eighteen he went to live in Brooklyn and began the manufacture of glass, becoming the owner of the Bushwick Glass Works. For years he was president of the Eastern Association of Glass Manufacturers, and in 1891 and 1892 he was president of the National Association of Glass Manufacturers.

It is said that his father, who in the thirties operated a small glass works at Honesdale, Pa., was the first to use anthracite coal in the manufacture of glass.

Mr. Brookfield took an active part in politics, and was for years a member of the Republican State Committee and a chairman of the County Committee. In 1892 he was a Presidential elector. Under Mayor Strong he became Commissioner or Public Works in this city. His wife and four sons survive him.