Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-28

m'srepresent me. Then, If they report me
correctly, the editorial writer always sees
1T to say something nasty. / realize.
however, that the newspapers ought to
be taken more into confidence and I'm
going TO try to do it,
1t will be remembered that ever since
that date Edward III. Hartman has never
denied himself to a newspaper man and
has talked upon every occasion. Pre-
vious to that time he had never had a
ricture taker, and no one had ever sue
ceesfuliy snapshotted him. Now his pho
tograph can be seen in the daily news
papers, and only the other night he kept
dinner party waiting while q newspaper
photographer came to his rooms in the
Auditorium Annex, Chicago, and took a
picture filling the rooms with smoke.
OF Harriman's greatness there can be
no doubt. as there cannot be of the fact
that he has the qualities which attract
men II he chooses to take time to exer-
else those qualities. He Is one of those
anomalies who are terrors In business
and delightful companions out Of office.
Ihe man has a brain that is phenomenal
and the quickest brains cannot keep pace
with him. In directors meetings and in
conversation he grasps great problems
with which he is not familiar even be-
fore the men who have studied them for
lifetime get we'll into the explanation.
This fact mas caused him to cultivate
unconsciously an impatient attitude when
in conversation or when in business rela-
tions.i
Grasps Details Quickly
Yes, yes, ne is wont to exclaim wher
talking over important affairs, II under
stand that thoroughly: go on to something
else. Let us get along and make
progress"
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many. Hartman himself recognizes his
lrnpatience. and he says of himself: 'It is
impossible for me to say thing over.
When 1t is gone the concentration of
thought which brought 1t has snapped,
and / am on to something else" This
fact makes Hartman the difficult man
II his time to interview successfully. He
realizes this, and 1t makes him diffident
IN talking with reporters and as shy as a
woman.
Hartman is exceedingly fond of horses
and loves all animals. 1t has been said
of man that If he loves animals he can
not be bad at heart, and the love of ami
mails and of children is one of the dis
ringuishing characteristics of his make
up. That he is great railway builder,
The greatest in his time, there is no dis
pute. He has done things in the line of
railway construction which engineers
have secuted and have said were i'm
possible, but which have proved the
greatect successes. He has given to the
western world the best transportation
system the world has ever seen. In do
ing this he has beer the victim of con-
jitions and of environment rather than
oS desire and purpose.
Harahan's "Irish Central
There is third and lesser light which
has been sandwiched between Fish and
Hartman in the Illinois Central fight.
Reference is made to j. 7. Harahan,
president OF the road and successor to
Stuyvesant Fish. Harahan Is a true Celt,
and the pride in his nationality is seen
by the fact that he has caused all of his
stations and buildings between Chicago
ana New Ocleans to be painted vivid
green. 1t is also signalized by the fact
that the Ilionis Central is laughingly
called the Irish Central" He is dis
tipctively self-made man, having had
no education except that which is gotten
by hard knocks with construction gangs
and in the machine shop. His lack of
What the world pleases to call educa-
tional advantages and education makes
Harahan clothe himself with a crust Of
6iffidence which is sometimes painful.
By this 1t is not meant to signify that he
is difficult of access. On the contrary,
his door is always open and anyone may
walk into the presidents office almost
unannounced.
Regarding Harahan, the railroad world
differs. Some declare that he should
have remained true to Fish, while others
insist that there was no reason why he
should have sacrificed himself and his
future for man who he believed old
not keep his pledged word. Work Is Har-
ahan's diversion. He travels more upon
his line than any other railway president,
ar there isn't a detail Of any depart
mint with which he is not familiar. He
has the qualities, rough and ready though
they be, which bind men to him. With
educational advantages Harahan would
have been Hartman. Without them
he is one of the most efficient railway
oneratine men In the world today.