Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-09-06

asSy-iatssb agreed 10 par; ~.
fhe sakr OF mutual comfort. chief Of
fhss'e may be cred the short lived pres
tdency of G. NJ. Hays Of the Souti ern
Pacific An auiocisiiic win met in
tIayb n itub.rrn pride ana a a;ubpon
a@rss> OF pOw"r. III" rcsl.i was scpa.a-
zion. Mastery OF detail stands IA the
predominant feature OF his character.
kiis r~at!ess mind must cover every IT.
Tie fhIny ia the working II his rail-
roabs- WORK that HJl. moore. Nor
Ean. Could. Vanderbilt or Rockefeller
would leave to clerks Mr.. Hartman
must hirl-A-lf urdrrstnn1 aud coscr Ia
deT1ii- lie ~earB hiu,se'f out and in al
1ifioIi ne does much 10 wear out his as
SociateS ana guhordlnaicH -ven more
than or the Iiill lineA eternal Figilaatc
must II. observed. Tic difference IS
That I'LL attends 10 thee details oaiJ
when they offend hinl. iIarriinau at
tend 10 them al the tine before the
'4ct so 10 speak. Big Positions on his
t-Unras az" ciassed merely AZ biz CLERK
-xhipn- e. III. Hartman i5 tn rai,rpad
company. fhc staff, the operating de-
~partnN'nt. inc executive committee and
the traffic department.
Harrirnaji's enemies. and they are
many and not afraid to talk. aay thai
the principal ingredients of the Harri-
man genius are daring. good luck and
X plentiful supply OF ways that are
dark" Part OF 1t may be true. but 4,
II Impossible. in view of his short rec
ord in lie railway world. to accept It
Ms tine whole unbiased truth.
Mr. Hartman tx distinctly a product
vf Wal street. for he began lie Ia a
brokers' Office. the son of n poverty
stricken jersey minister, who mad
ou enough keeping his own soul
and body together on the salary his
parish afyOrded without trying to shape
out u career for his boy. There are a
few okc of n generation that ia fast
. dis2 r.pea who still recall Hartman
rs IA young man, ana IN 'heir memory
of him there are two characteristics
that dominate everywhere else. One IL
his determination. The other Is h'a
q%uIckneais OF perception. which seemed
To amount almost to a wotran's intni-
stion backed by an entirely masculine
poryfr OF analysis.
T1e1x. pCSsessiuns have stayed by
him TO this day, and now In his later
years no rule his nature that they seem
tn tN. hjy master and he their slave.
Hartman III 50 years old. and while me
last twenty years of hia life have been
1pent sn come branch or another of the
S1iir,oad business. II Ia within ten or Il
<jozen years only that he has made him
self ~ commanding figure In the rail-
road and financial world. More closely.
It could NC figured down TO "A matter of
Elk years. for his advent into real pow
or caTna In 1900. when he managed for
th. s~yndicnted interests that then con-
tYo!led the Union Pacific the purchase
OF the Southern Pacific railroad on
feruas that not only afforded the Union
Pac5f1c lis direct outlet To the Pacific
coast and tile gulf. but gave the rail-
road control 81 II line of steamships
the NErgac linc-running direct from
New Cylcrns to New York.
One Of Hafrinan's earliest and
greatest coupa was the purchase OF the
Chicago and Alton. THO Alton. UNI
der the management or j = lack
stone .spd his friends. r'.i9 - ned II
utx}ority of It's stock. va, :ncn Il free
lance In the railroad world. and u dis
turbinE element in tho adjustment and
maintenance Of rates. Several other
companies coveted Its possession. but
gave up attempts to obtain 1t when
they found that Blackstone would not
snii hin stock unless every shareholder
mas given the privilege to sell at the
uanss. prfcA--a condition which called
for x45. 900. 900 In cash.
Tn terms demanded by Blackstone.
however, did not disturb Mr.. Harri-
mnn, who. after u careful study of the
Neld. formed "A plan for the purchase of
the Alton in The interest OF the several
syutcms to which It would he OF great
est use and value. The Missouri Pa,
Cinc. controlled by George Gould. and
the Missouri. Kansas and Texas. dom
MATED by John ID. Rockefeller. have
Terminals In st. Louis. which Is reached
by the Alton. while the Atoms Kansas
City line furnishes an outlet for the
Ipinoiu Central. The Alton also con-
snects with the southern branch of the
l,pion Pacific. md ITS future was
.shryt.rore Of direct concern to the group
.or <~npifnslsts headed by Mr.. Schiff,
who the year before had entered into
control OF the last named road. Using
this CON mEnity OF interest ns II ever.
AR. Hartman easily persuaded Gould
KLc<.kefeiier Fish, and Schhf To enter 4
.yndlcate Tor the purchase of the AL
ton, control OF which should be re-
tuincd by It's members. or else be held
1o2utly Ia tho interests cf their sew
nxuj rt,atip. He paid $4,000. 900 cash Tor
Ok p>s. cont. OF tho Alton stock. Then
M yCFunded tho ola bonds If the road
ON - 3 Eor cent. hasia, and by the sale
OF new honi; issued 70. improvements
CLEARED 3:.0cG.t0J ..roiii " ~" mani