Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-21
HARTMAN HURRYING WEST
Railroad Magnate Travelling by Special to
Scene Of Disaster.
HOPES TO HELP STRICKEN COMMUNITY
Immediate Aid the GREAT Need. hut
Future Plans Must BE Made
at once and Acted
Upon.

+. H. Hartman, head Of all the Harri- |
man lines of railroad and interests in this |
country, passed through Omaha last even |
ing, arriving at $40 and leaving at $40, en- |
route from New York to San Francisco to |
lend what assistance he could in helping out |
the distress in the stricken metropolis Of
the west Three cars constituted the spe-
cial which carried Mr. Hartman and ]. c,
Stubs, trafhc manager Of the Hartman
lines.
San Francisco is what we are thinking
about" said Mr. Hartman. mot so much
OF any loss we might have suffered, but
for the homeless people who will surely
suffer in spite Of all help which can be
rendered by the good people Of the coun-
try. Our losses are small matters, but
there are thousands who have lost their
all and of these we are thinking.
Il see the Omaha people have come up
quickly to the help of San Francisco. Well,
let the good work go on. Mr.. Mohler will
haul the supplies as long as we have an
engine to pull them, and they are all at
the service OF the sufferers.
City VIII BE Rebuilt.
yes, that city is sure to build up again,
but our interest now is caring for the suf-
ferers. The rebuilding will be rapid and
the city greater than In the past. l am
going to be on the ground to see that every
thing is done that is possible to help those
in distress. We have been running along
at pretty good clip. Came over from
Chicago in about eleven hours"
After Mr.. Hartman had read bunch
OF kilograms which were handed him by
Mr.. Orr he asked for the newspaper men
and then for a look at Mr.. McKeen's new
motor car, which had been run up from the
/ co. y, :
stood on the private car tracks at the
Union station. together with a truck bear
/ ing the big 2OO-horse power engine which
| will be placed In car No. s. He inspected
both thoroughly and after he came out
| said: She certainly is daisy"
Likes the New Motor.
Mr.. Hartman inspected the new engine
the subdued light effects, the fine seats
with which Mr.. McKeen has equipped this
car, the ventilation and the windows. Mr..
Stubs took little exception to the
| windows, but Mr.. Hartman spoke right
up and said: "They are all right" Judg-
ing from his pleased look, as we'll as his
words Of praise. Mr.. Hartman was I'M
mensely pleased with this car.
Motor car No. Z will be taken to Denver
this morning and put in service between
Denver and Greeley and when Mr.. Harri-
man returns to New York it will be taken
there for trials around Gotham.
AS he walked to the motor car Mr. Harri-
man was asked IL there was any truth II he
was to put S1OO,OOOOOO into the rebuilding
of San Francisco. His reply was charac-
teristic of him when he simply replied,
Where will get the money!"
MOhIer Pledges Speed.
General Manager Mohler accompanied
Mr.. Hartman west, taking his private car.
He said he had contemplated making
generous donation to the Omaha relief fund,
but had communicated with Mr.. Hartman
by wire and received the reply that Mr..
Hartman vas to give 100000 for the Harri-
man lines, and that would be the Union
Pacific donation of money at this time.
He said that quick action was needed and
that he would use every endeavor to get all
supplies through right on passenger time.
He said the nine cars which went out of
Omaha Friday afternoon, five of which
came from Omaha, would be kept right on
the move and would make passenger time,
following No. 3 right through. He said
this could be done, the train would have
to make no passenger stops and would be
hustled right through.
Hartman short of slippers.
Mr.. Hartman was in his private car
Arden, named after his summer home in
New Jersey He was looking well and as
full of life as usual He left New York in
such hurry he forgot his slippers and
wired to Omaha for some A half dozen
pairs were taken to the train, but he did
not have time to try them on and all were
taken along
Nearly all the local officials OF the Union
Pacific were at the station to pay their
respects to their chief, and he seemed
especially pleased to see all. While Mr.,
Hartman is q very busy man he is very
r approachable and always asks for the
newspaper boys who are assigned to try
to get some story from him He is unlike
many whom it is almost impossible TO ap.
proach.
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