Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-07

| OF the Illinois Central and his lines would
| tend to turn the Omaha extension from
loser OF money into a large Garner OF IT.
The addition OF the Illinois Central 20
| the Hartman system will naturally result
| in the Union Pacific turning over to the
Illinois Central at Omaha the bulk Of the
] enormous cast bound trahic which It
| brings from the Pacific coast and from the
! rich and extensive country which Il trsv.
erscs The Union Pacific would naturally
| turn this trafic over to the Central
| whether Il was bound for Chicago and the
| Atlantic seaboard or was bound for the
! gulf, and that the revenues Of the Illinois
| Central would thus be largely increased
| it is easy to believe
As things are now the Union Pacific
| divides its east bound traffic at Omaha
| between all the lines entering that city
| I'm the way which IL finds most advan-
] tageous to itself, and consequently the
! Central gets only a comparatively small
| portion OF IT, OF course Mr. Hartman
| does not overlook the fact that the COM
| bination would not be as advantageous 80
his present lines as to the Illinois Central,
| for, while the Union Pacific would turn
over it's traffic to the Central, the Central
in turn would turn over a heavy traffic
to the Hartman lines.
The Illinois Central will also give traffic
| to and receive it from the Southern Pa
cifc at New Orleans. From the Southern
| Pacific Il will receive traffic from the
! orient, the Pacific coast, and the SOUTH
| west bound for points in the wide ex-
panse Of country which the Illinois Cen
! tral drains TO the Southern Pacific it
will deliver traffic bound for the south
| west, the coast and the orient from the
| central west and the south.
| Still another angle to the many results
that will flow from the acquisition OF the
Illinois Central by Mr.. Hartman Is the
effects which its connection with his east
ern lines will produce. In possession Of the
Baltimore & Ohio, Mr.. Hartman is in po-
sition to deliver large amount OF traffic
! from Europe the Atlantic seaboard. and
the east to the Illinois Central for trans
portation to the southern and gulf states
and the west and the other hand he
will be able to deliver from the Central a
great deal Of trafic to his eastern lines.
Railway traffic experts declare the re-
suits that are bound to come from the
combination of the great central. north and
south system with the system Mr. Harri-
man has built up in the west and the one
he recently has acquired in the east are In
calculable and that he is now in a position
to exert such an influence upon the course
of the country's trade and industry as II
IS impossible to estimate.
Fish Not Up to Opportunity.
The principal reason the Hartman inter-
ests give for preparing for the deposition Of
Mr. Fish is that he has not grasped the op-
portunity to make trafic combinations
which would have enormously enriched the
road and its stockholders They assert
that he has proved himself poor financier
and that the construction Of the Omaha
extension is not the only mistake he has
made which has cost the stockholders
money.
Mr. Fish credits Charles A. Peabody. the
president Of the Mutual Life, with stirring
up most of the trouble among the directors.
1t is we'll known the breach between Mr.
Peabody and Mr.. Fish grew out OF Mr..
Fishs insistence on thorough investiga-
tiOn of the Mutual Life by an investigat-
ing committee Of which both were members.
other officers to he Chosen.
In the confusion attending the struggle
between Mr. Hartman and Mr.. Fish the
fact has practically been overlooked that
there are other Sfloers TO be chosen at the
\ directors meeting. These other officers are
a vice presidents a second vice president
a third vice president, a fourth vice presi-
dent and secretary and treasurer.
: John c. yelling the head of the account
ing department. has the title of vice pres
ident Despite the fact that he is a Fish
director, so far known there is no dis
position on the part OF the Hartman forces
to disturb him in his present position
]. 4. HarahRn, who is slated for presl-
dent is now second vice president. in
charge OF traffic and operation. It is as
sumed that his son, w. ]. Harahan. who is
fourth vice president, in charge Of opera
ton, will be promoted TO succeed him. This
is not certain, however.
Ira G. Rawn, general manager is in line
Of succession 10 succeed w. J. Harahan
and the logical successor of Mr.. Rawn
would he f. b. Hartman, general superin-
tendent. Mr. Hartman is not related to
f. II. Hartman.
The third vice president is A. G. Hack
stan, secretary and treasurer OF the COM
pany, with headquarters i'm New York. So
far as is known there is no opposition to
his reelection.
It is thought that Mr.. Hartman will
make w. L. Smith. who has been his as
sistant as second vice president for sixteen
years. assistant to the president.
Hartman system, 2S.T4I Miles.
The acquisition of the Illinois Central will
the greatest railroad system that the world
ever saw. 1t will have a total mileage OF
IS al miles. The next largest system, that
OF the Vanderbilts has a mileage of only
| 20 4g3.
The Hartman system will extend from
the lakes to the gulf ana will have two
lines from the Atlantic to the Pacific
ocean. It will enter almost every important
center Of population and industry I'm the
United States, including New York. San
Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans, st. Louis
Baltimore Washington, Portland, Seattle
and Los Angeles.
II will be factor in the coal fields Of
Pennsylvania and the fruit traffic Of Cali
| fUrnia, I'm the suburban trafic of New
Jersey and the lumber and grain traffic OF
Washington and the palSotas in the de-
veiopment of water transportation on the
lakes on the gulf and on the Panama
canal
The lines now controlled by Hartman,