Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-05
INQUIRY INTO
HARTMAN LINES
II p, S. p, 0. S. |. and 0. 4. &
N. Companies All Under one
Administration.
ALSO OWN STEAMSHIP cos
-, hartman Reports What He Has
Done and U. p. Executive COM
mlttee Ratifes Pro Forma.


vor,s Ian. 4.-Modcrn methoos
winning and consolidating man'i''osn
m,,av systems and extending .h
-,noinle of community OF iheere'.
~ Investigated here today at great
-. b,, the interstate commerce COM
80, ,s.,on which began an inquiry INTO
.o-colled chairman lines. Inc
'"1 .,.s,or goes next week to Chicago.
so,,oral other cities may be visited pc
80 all the desired testimony Is IN .he
90 tho government representa-
.', chose object 1t is to determine
,r,ather any of the railroads oil lns
,re consolidated or combined
in restraint of trade. ,,+
Al today's hearing it was proush'
~. and admitted that the Union fa-
oiec railway company, the southern
,,1s,ao company, the oregon Short Line
,bo oregon Railroad " NaVlSdtloii
eor,nany are practically unuel 'ne SCI
standardization, Mr.. Hartman appeaa
,nr ms president of each coiil I ot,,ar
only slight variations III ti'e i''' u
officers. a. ..,,,.,, that the South
II was 49, W coInnany owns the Pacific
stan Steamship company, tnat tne
s nslt Pacific and the Hartman IN
,orasts control the Portland * AslaSlo
Steamship company. 1t was say .uH
occidental Is in liquidation, put ~ stiia
operates two steamers; On ~, .ne ea',thern
OCEAN il was shown that the Soutne.ii
Dnatsc owns the line of steamers run
-, bet,yeen New York and New Or
mus mug "S Sor,nerly known as the Morgan
line
SAN PEDRO AGREEMENT
The Union Pacific, by means OF an
agreement signed by Mr.. Hartman an a,
S,srotor William A. Clark, has a tralhc
osr,,,,Sr with the San Pedro, Los
Anreies & Salt Lake railway lasting
90 ears This agreement was entered
IT, in 1909 and by it's terms the san
Pedro cannot raise or lower its rates
without the consent of the southern
Pacific. 90 +bs
After placing in evidence as 70 tne
ownership of the so-called mar l nl.a.
lines" counsel for the lnle, st t,e,.a,,dar
merce commission then mad AleNalluer
MrIar secretary Of the Hartman COM
many read from the minutes of many
Union Pacific executive committees
meetings in which It was shown that
Mr.. Hartman reported various Things
he had done and the committee SIMPLY
voted to ratify and eonnrm ms ac-
tlons. 1t was also shown tnat MI ho I,ot
riman was given authority TO oorroW
money for the Union Pacific company
without restriction.
LETTER TO GOULD.
There was read from the minutes a
copy of Mr. Harriman's letter TO George
Gould acknowledging Mr. Gould's letter
~. Ia told NfF td
rirnan he had determined to support the
construction Of the Western Pacific
railway. Mr.. Hartman told Mr.. Could 4
he would decline TO qualify as direc-
tor Of the Rio Graude Western as he
did not wish to be in any way response
bic for the attitude Of that company
toward the Western Pacific.
The era Of prosperity through
which we are now passing" wrote Mr..
Hartman to Mr. Gould. has been
marked by less construction of de-
structive competitive and non-pro-
ducing lines OF transportation than
any former one; but there has been
great expenditure in providing for i'm
prnvements and additional facilities
10 the already existing lines. thereby
better conserving the interests of the
public and tho shareholder as well.
For myself l shall regret the loss OF
your advice which l have valued in
our affairs. as well as the personal
pleasure OF having you included in |
them"
Mr. Gould had resigned from the
Union Pacific board.
sECY. MILLAR ON STAND.
The first witness sworn was Secy. |
Millar Of the Union Pacific He said |
IN response 70 questions by Mr.. Kel- |
logg that he Is also secretary of the |
southern Pacific railway and of the |
oregon Short line and assistant secre- |
lafy Of the oregon Railway and Navi- |
cation company
seey Mllar said. The four Pacifics"
occupied offices In the same building |
al l2O Broadway. New York. The
principal offices are the same. but |
some departments are separate"
me witness was called on to identify |
various documents which were offered |
~ evidence, among these being proxy |
nianKs showing that President Harri- |
Iah' wee President Cornish and one |.
utner voted the majority of the stock
az the meetings OF the Southern Pa
eHc subsequent TO that company's |
%@quisltion by the Union Pacific or i
oregon short Line.
oepy. Mlll0r, by direction, read |
,,,ulh Jhe minutes of u meeting of the |
enioh Pacific directors, the entry in |
MN certain directors We're named to |
IT, Su Foied for NJ forthcoming meet |
a lIs OF ths stockholders of the South
Asked 10 give him the name of the
II ss TO be printed upon the prox-
~ ue sent out before each meeting |
Co,i I' southern Pacific, the witness
'oaId not recall.
aho, Dia you consult Mr. Hartman
' ~ dt mem e. he WAS asked
lar "'n' think So" replied Mr.. Mil
u considerable time was here taken
~ ~ inc production of transcripts
psaJ,SseoIos OF meetings OF the Union
do ,ris. company, which mostly had to
eba S.'H tng arrangements for the pur-
earlv in nne southern Pacific stock
s,l M Chicago & Alton railway was
oosseNh INTO the Inquiry bv Inc rea1ing
cs "a an abstract from tho record Of nros
~ ts7 OF the executive COMMITTEES
nm Union Pacific This shovod
lns, sept 20, 1904 President Harri
,bar,1 peited he had bought iO8.4S1
,su's OF tho preferred canitai stock
M we chicago d Alton company and
80 nj ae' Was approved. ''u
H. executive committee NJ t6a
nan F5elhe authorized Mr.. HarrI-
r,r, Nv lhree assistants To enteI, into
chleago" with W. 3. Leeds OF the
way ~ n9eH Island g. Pacific rail.
Chlcavo "sn tue stocks held In the
nn lJ ana the Rock Island sho,,id o.
Tr,,u,N and deposited with the rant,aI
a,r, company OF New York
M ~ purpose OF the contract - Gala
troi ~ ,ubs, was TO maintain inint con-
parta VIZ IhlcagO n Altoni fhp If,,io,, 1