The San Francisco call., 1905-08-12
He eTartIyDiScusses
the Carquinez
Bridge,
Says People of the
State Acted Un-
fairly.
Will Bore Tunnels
Through the
SierraS.


come 70 their senses the Southern Pa
cihc Company may eventually build a
bridge across the CarQuineZ Straits and
greatly facilitate traffic business. AT pres
elt we are held back in this proposed IN
dertsklng by-What shall 1 call il well
say notions
Edward H. Hartman, head Of the gi-
gautic system Of Western railroads that
bears his name. and the steamship lines
operating between LIS port and the
Orient, gave expression TO the above re-
mark yesterday while discussing the
probability Of the Southern Pacific Com
pauys finally securing from the Wash
irgtor authorities the privilege Of span
ming the straits with q bridge. His face
bore its usually stern look, and his tone
plainly suggested tuat ne regards the re-
cent public protests against the construc-
J0n OF The bridge ana TIE interference OF
navigation as Senseless move on the
Ia-- Ct the citizens OF California. He i'm
UeClareIy dismissed the subject and pro-
CecEeG 10 talk Of other little matters"
E- be was pleased to term them-mere
-r.1es. involving sums ranging from
l= tt1 10 So, ,9o0, ,yyJ-matters that have
Tacked the ingenious minds of some Of
rho Cleverest engineers in the country and
have even proved problems 10 some Of
-le noted uuanciers, including himself,
ot Wall street
-le Hartman party, including Mrs.
Hartman. Julius kruJtschnitt, director of
maintenance and operations Of the Harri-
man lines; the Misses Mary, Cornelia and
Clara and Masters Avrell and Roland
Hartman; Hugh Neill, private secretary
rl the railroad magnaUe; Octavius Bates,
Iut0r Of the Hartman boys, and three
maids and valet arrived here yester-
day ar a. m. in a specia4 train from the
north. and have taken apartments at the
ra-a TT-s= T--cz Far Ia
U-l remain until August l6, the date Of
departure for the Orient.
The exact purpose Of President Harri-
man visit TO the Far East is e secret
rL-t he is not cOnhding 10 the American
public. The fact that his family accom-
Tarias him augurs q possible pleasure
tE5-. but the nnancier's friends IN New
York know differently and merely attri-
butte The presence Of Mrs. Hartman and
The children 10 the well known fact that
IT, H. Hartman is, Notwithstanding his
great financial responsibilities, a great
lover Of home life, and a man who is
more content in receiving the cheerful
greetings Of a happy family than raking
i1 the dividends OF his gigantic invest
ueu-s.
talks OF BIG TUNNELS.
President Hartman is going 10 the
Orient on matters Of great moment, and
while there he viii carefully study con-
oItious Of trade that have a mighty
bearing on the Pacific commerce in
which his steamship lines are an i'm
rortaut factor. The report that he
would visit the Philippines with a view
10 looking into the prospects there for
railroad traffic was denied by him yes
e r6ay, as was also the story that after
sitting the orient he and his family
would proceed around the world. On
the contrary, the man OF millions will
return 10 New York by way of San
Francisco. and as he admitted IL yester-
day he added that he would let the peo-
Dle here know when he was coming
That President Hartman shares with
the late Coils p. Huntington the feel
ing that California does not treat his
railroad enterprises fairly was never
more plainly shown than in his refer
cncc TO the bridging Of Carquinez
Straits. He confesses that the Southern
Pacific Company is exceedingly anxious
10 put a bridge over the waters from
Port Costa 10 Benicia, but he also says
t-at it is not purely a selfish motive
FIT has prompted this project, but one
that viii not only greatly facilitate the
transmission Of freight but materially
add 70 the comforts Of the travelling
public and shorten the time OF travel
iug 10 and from san Francisco. Asked
concerning other little matters" more
particularly the long talked Of plan to
tunnel the Sierra Nevada Mountains a
project that the most cautious engi-
ueers. among them William Hood, have
estimated viii cost in the neighborhood
Of S45 600. 900, the same sum which, it
is estimated, II viii cost to construct
the entire Western Pacific Railroad
from salt Lake City TO San Francisco,
President Hartman said:
MILIIOsS ARE INVOLVED.
'Ees. we are considering that prop
ositi0u. n fact I am now on my way
to the Southern Pacific Company office
70 talk over the matter with our Of
fcials. or course, IL is a stupendous
Undertaking. and il is hard to say when
the work VIII be taken UP. Such a
piece Of work entails the expenditure
of "a lot Of money. We are now spend
ing immense sums on improvements in
the West and there is A limit to ala
expenditures. You may. however, state
that the tunnels IN the Sierras will be
bored, but when I am not yet ready
10 say. although I hope that the be-
ginning OF the engineering work is not
many months ahead"
The tunnels are planned for two pur-
poses, one Of which is the overcoming
Of steep grades and the other the do
inS away with the fOrty-one snowsheds
that have been a constant annoyance
to the company for years. President
Hartman said that the work on the
Bay shore cutoff was being hurried
along as fast as possible and that aside
from this work nothing of great i'm
portance TO California was under con-
sideratiOn by himself and associates.
4 mere reference 10 the proposed new
electric line down the coast, which is be-
ing promoted by James D. Phelan, j.
Downey Harvey and several other San
Francisco capitalists under the corporate
name Of the Ocean Shore Railroad, did
not seem TO interest the Southern Pacific
president. Although il is known, that his
company is quietly endeavoring to fore
stall the new enterprise by getting rights
Of way in its very path for another road,
President Hartman remarked with a sig
ulficant sign Of Indifference: "Oh, il don't
matter who builds that road. 1 don't
know anything about the project"
WESTERN BUSINESS GOOD.
President Hartman says business in