Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-04
"PoP" HARTMAN AT HOME
Estate and SURROUNDINGS of the Rail-
road MaRnRtc Mt Arden,
Now York.

Twenty thousand acres comprise the
country seat OF f. H Hartman at Arden.
Orange county, y. Y. His present home.
Arden house, is about q mile back from
the railroad station. Two miles further
back in the rough. almost mountainous
country. he is building fine country homes
1t will stand on commanding height, and
as far one can see in every direction
Mr. Hartman owns the lsnd.
Every man who lives in Arden. except
the station agent and train dispa tcher Is
directly in the employ of Mr.. Hartman
and probably no railroad man who was dis
tasteful 20 him could hold his place there.
The postoffice is i'm grocery store in
which Mr.. Hartman owns an interest
The public school is in building which
stands on his property. Tho rest OF the
citizens of Arden work on his estate. Many
of the young men are employed to look
after the game. The young women find
work about the creameries.
Uncle Hank and Pop" are their favor
lite names for the railroad man. and he
seems to like them. When he is at homo
he spends a good bit of his time giving
the Arden youngsters rides in his auto
mobile, big red touring car. into which
he has crowded many as twenty at one
time.
"Mr. Hartman in New York and pop
Hartman in Arden are two very different
men,, said one of the leading citizens.
out here he forgets that he has millions
upon millions and is Just a good, kind
friendly neighbor He won't talk to you
about railroads or finance or public affairs
He will talk for the hour about the crops
the cows, the condition of the timber. the
presence of game or anything that has to
n xrit he
Mr.. Hartman is president of the Happy
Life club, which is a social organization for
the grown-up folk of Arden. His daughters
are members of the Worth While club, the
basket ball organization Of the girls of the
village. His son belongs to the Arden
Jockey club, a hunting organization, the
membership of which is confined to the
young men of the state. ti.--
The ruler of principality has not more
power over a settlement than Mr.. Harri-
man has over Arden, yet no subjects in
the world are are more content than his
retainers For instance, he only allows
two New York newspapers, one morning
and one afternoon issue to be sold in Ar
den He will allow no liquor there milk
being the principal beverage. There is
plenty of milk and. as one little girl OK
pressed IT. ''Cause OF the milk we get SO
cause tnefe 3 no water IN II.
The new home that Mr. Hartman is hav-
ing built is a never-failing source OF wonder,
not only TO the people OF Arden. but to
others for miles around. who are in any
way familiar with it,. The site is probably
one of the most commanding TO be found
near New York. On the crest Of Harri-
mans mountain. one Of the highest peaks
in the Rsmapo range gang of workmen
are engaged in blasting out OF the solid
rock cap Of the mountain the site for the
new house. The location is nearly four
miles from the Arden railway station, and
IL seems three times that distance 70 the
person essaying to make the ascent of the
mountain. There is a fine maoadam road
leading to the summit. but so abrupt is the
rise that 10 make the road at all suited TO
travel 1t has been necessary to take Il up
the face OF the mountain in a series of long
zig-Zags. In several places IL turns about
and curves under and over itself In a man
ner to remind one Of the loop the loop"
Big plscards warn automobiles Off il. and
It is well; for an automobile would have an
extremely anxious time making the descent
Indeed II is no easy work for a horse to
get down the mountainside. especially II
there is much Of load behind the animal
Some familiar with Mr. Harriman's plan TO
build a castle on the mountain said when
they learned OF It: why how absurd!
What time he will have getting up and
down from there"
But Mr.. Hartman has made ample pro-
vision for reaching his mountain home with
ease, and there il now building up, the side
OF the mountain some distance above the
Arden station. an Inclined railroad While
the construction work Is in progress this
railroad will be used for the hauling OF
building material, but when the house is
finished the road is to be equipped with
cars on which a team OF horses and the
vehicles they are drawing may be driven
at the same time and taken up or down
the mountain. I'D.
The house, which is to be of stone. will
command beautiful view OF the Hudson
Highlands on one side, the broad stretch OF
the Ramapo valley below and the whole Of
Orange county beyond which loom the
ranges Of the Shawangunk and Catskill
mOuntains.-New York Tribune.