The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-11-17
|HAH2IMAN LINES
PLEASE EXPLAIN
Commission Sees Evidence of Trust
Like NSrthern Securities.
Stuyvssant Fish Gives the Tip = Aim
Was to NeutraIize Benefits of the
Panama Canal to West by Con-
trolling All Trar scontinent.I Raj
Lines.
THE HARTMAN SYSTEM.


The Hartman system has three mali
I lines between the Missouri River ant
!. the Pacific Coast, which under separate
ownership are natural competitors fol
traffic originating east of their eastern
I termini or destined to points east OF
those termini.
The main line Of the Union Pacific
extends from Omaha to Ogden, where
it connects with the Central Pacific,
extending from Ogden to San Fran
cisco.
The Oregon Short Line extends from
Granger to Poeatello and ,he o. R. C N.
from Pocatello to Portland. These two
lines combined are natural competitors
of the Union Pacific and Central Pa
cifc.
The Kansas Pacific extends from
Kansas City to Denver and is natural
competitor of the Union Pacific main
line.
The Southern Pacific extends from
New Orleans to Los Angeles, and thence
to San Francisco and Ilorth to Port
land, forming natural competing line
with the other lines described.
The acquisition of control of the ILL
nois Central by Hartman gives him a
line from Omaha to Chicago and thence
to New Orleans, thus connecting the |
eastern termini of his several lines and |
enabling him to route traffic from and |
to eastern points by any of them. 1t
practically makes him supreme in the
whole territory west of the Missouri
river and south of the Columbia river
IN the West and of Omaha in the East.
washington, Nov. 10.-A general in.
yestIgation of what is known as the
hartman system of railroads, under the
autnorlty conferred by law, is one of
.he subjects which have been discussed
lor some time by the Interstate Com
nerce Commission, and that body. il ia
'aid, really stands committed to an in
JURY. On III ,
we have been informed.D a men, {
,er OF the Commission said recently.
tnat this system in some of its fea, i
ures IS not unlike the Northern Securi- S
les Company, which was dissolved il
trough the interposition of the Attor- T
ey-ueneral of the United States. -
ANY steps which may be taken bv il
ne Commission along the lines reeefrad s.
VIII be, it is said, in accordance 1v;th d
he general powers of the Comn;ss; a is
oni eiieu Dy law, and not because of u
~ immediate specific complaint of a b
lolation of the statutes. Il
During the Fish Hartman contest fo- s,
70 control OF the Illinois Central Rail-
ay, u was limited that data would be
a In the hands of the Government d
hereby 1t could get the official lack y
re"s under the Hartman system and 81
scoVer many interesting things. The ~
'mmission will begin the task early in 10
Q new year. '"'iy III nj
rms investigation viii be of as mucb IL
'portance, In all probability, as was ..
a' winch the Commission made info u, III
. combination of the Northern Pacific ~ ~
a tne Great Northern, which. as fine s e
'rtnern Securities Company. was dis. NJ NJ
wed by order of the Supreme Court M
uer the antitrust law. In one wav D.
action OF Hartman resembles that ~
.. flerpont Morgan and James T
~ IN allying the Northern Pacifc
'n tne treat Northern. He eontroIs o,
Union Pacific, the Southern Pacific 90
the Oregon Short Line. which ~,
qua be competing roads, in the iudo- os
MT or the Commission, and now he bes
LIMOS Central and the Baltimora e o7ff
10, winch makes him big factor in Ra
ermning transcontinental rates Fol fri
attn 20 4inVestigation of the COM ere
..Lo Oh tne Great Northern and the \
l'reIn racine, the Commission trans Sa,
.; testimony to the Department of bel
'ice winch used it to bring about tior
Company. 'eouri' '-e