Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-01-03
UNIQUE RAILWAY KING
Traits of e. H. Hartman, VINO
Led Fight Against Morgan
QUICK. BUT ALSO DELIBERATE

w>u In the Van as . Railroad rowe
r.. II Credited with Practtcai'
u.xt.p Dictated Terms In tn
Northern Pacific C~~tr0versy-Fa'
Horses Hts Fad.
' Edward II. Hartman, who led I'll
rallroad fight against j.. P1erpOht MOI
ron and James ]. Hill, energies froI
the conflict with the reputation OF hay
ing practically dictated the terms o
the peace settlement and will now be
come, 1t Is believed, the dominant liz
IRE I'm the American railroad world
says the New York World. Mr. Nor
gan has heretofore occupied that posi-
! ton. Individually he controlled great
err total of railroad mileage than any
other man. Harriman's power In tie
railroad world ia now believed to ex
coed Morgan's.
ME-. Morgan's position as king OF
finance Is still secure. The man who
comes next to him is James Stillman.
The ambition of StiIlman Is to outr1nk
Morgan as money power, just as 1t
was Harrtmans ambition to outrank
Morgan as railroad power
Stillman and Hartman are the clos
est friends. Each is secretive with ev-
crybody except the other. They are
chums. Stillman practically handed
over the Rockefeller millions to Harri-
man when the latter engaged in the
mighty contest TO wrest the Northern
Pacific road frum the control of Nor
gan and Hill.
That was purely battle where the
side with the most money won. Harri-
man, to all accounts, Won Men close
to him said thar If it had been neces-
sary Hartman cuuld have covered ev-
cry dollar that Morgan and all his pow
arful friends oouL3 have raised with 50. |
Hartman is a. peculiar nan. He has !
, genuine dislike ST being made promi- |
lent He has been nearly thirty years |
II Wall street, ever since be was nine |
cen, but comparatively few know
lin. even by sight, His personality has
'een kept so innpnspicuous that it
would seem that lie has made a scien-
life study Of how to, keep In the back
round.
Nature has aided him i'm this. He is
little man physically. lie is barely !
Get inches tall, aud he dresses with
plainness bordering upon shabbiness.
lie walks with head downward, his
ace half toward the ground. In many
aspects he is the physical counterpart
+ Jay Gould, but is not quite as
warthy. Neither Is be as nervous or
high strung. Hasriman Is quick, but
lso deliberate. He knows lust what
e is going to do at all times, how to ,
D 1t, and everything he does is COM
leted with expedition, without any
low Of haste or furry. He is calm at
i times.
Mr.. Morgan is a hard man to inter
w. ""e oh@o IA wv Lille LIE talkS 10 the
1Dllc through the newspapers. Mr..
Is a harder man to inter
ew' No newspaper man has yet been
de to induce him to utter a word for
lbllcation on railroad or financial
alters. Mr.. Morgan can be seen at
times III his office. Mr.. Hartman
lries himself behind innumerable
ors' partitions and private offices in
Equitable building, where the head
arters Of the Oregon Short Line are I
'ated. He must know all about the. 4
'ltor and the latters business befora.
can be seen.
lie Is the close personal friend If,
llllam' IL. Vanderbilt and practically
PRESENTS the Rockefellers in the rail.
III world. LIS financial associates are.
strongest. His business and per-
lal relations with George Gould are
y eaose' and number of the large
king interests with the most DOW
VI connections abroad are allied
IL MN, notably Kuhn, Loeb & Go.
american representatives of the
l1sch bank of Berlin.
l. other words. the VanderbiIts, tho
ads' the Rockefel1ers and foreign, in
'sts have used Hartman and bis
'teriy qualities as stratepist
inst the stupendous ambition of Mr. -
gan 1t was with the backing Of
'e interests that Hartman was ah,n
neek the Aorgan-Hill plan to ride
shsaod over the rights Of all thu -
tern roads.
arrlman was a poor man, when he n
rcd Wai street about tbirty wears \
lie was the son of a New ,srsov ~
seer who left little in the w,v 81
'th. The family. however. hid rich 4
'ectlons In New York. These roll, \
! made 1t possible for Edward II !
MS brother William to enter tho
ing nrm of Loew, Hartman g. 90
subsequently became, Hartman &, -.
Il years ago e. H. Hartman ra
from the firm to devote all his "A.
TO railroading.. for which bo h.s ~
raj gift. 1t has been sold -. -