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pected Mrs Harriman'S lawyers will eX-
nedife the appraisal of the estate in every

pected Mrs. Harriman's lawyers Will ex-
pedite the appraisal of the estate IN every
possible way.
The first step will be for the lawyers
to petition the courts to designate for-
mally the treasurer of Orange county
as appraiser and he will then call upon
Mrs. Hartman to furnish him win an
affidavit of the assets of the estate diso
an affidavit of its debts.
The affidavit of assets must include
an itemized list of everything Mr. Har-
riman died possessed OF. not oflE pal
cells of real estate and stocks ana poIius
but silverware. jewelry, paintings std.-
uary. horses, carriages, yachts ana du-
tomobiles
Every group of bonds and stocks he
owned must be detailed. and the mar
ket value given as of the day OF ias
death. Inactive or unlisted securities
he owned will be valued by the apPidls-
err, either by taking the quotations
given by some recognized financial pun
LEGATION or by gathering data concern
ing the companies issuing them.
All mortgages and promissory noles
held by Mr.. Hartman must also De
detailed in the affidavit of assets ana
the balances he had in banks ana us luz,
companies at the time of his death. Inc
appraiser must be furnished win tne
names of the safe deposit companies III
which he had strong boxes, and ii Ist
of their contents.
Affidavit as to Transfers.
Mrs. Hartman will also have to furnish
an affidavit on this point.
state whether deccdent made any
transfer or conveyance of real or personal
property in contemplation of death, or 10
take effect at or after death If so, what
property and of what value
SbouId any dispute arise between the
states appraisers and Mrs. Hartman or
her representative as to the value of any
parcel of real estate, such AS the twenty
tiye-thousand-acre estate at Arden. out
side disinterested real estate experts
would be called in to decide what Is falr.
In the matter of estimating the value or
securities there is little chance for dis
agreement.
The fact that Hartman drew his re-
markabse will June s. 1908, and never
saw fit to alter it in any way, although
in the past six years he must have added
at least ${0,0OO,G0O to his fortune. caused
much comment downtown.
He signed the will the day before he
sailed for Europe, June 9, 1903 on the
steamship Kronprinz Wilhelm. With him
on that trip went his daughters, the
Misses Mary and Carol Hartman, and his
eldest son. W. Averill Hartman.
A month before he signed the Will Mr..
Hartman had a slight attack of appen-
dicitis while on an inspection trip over
the Union Pacific lines. but was brought
through the sickness without having to
undergo an operation
BY her husbands will Mrs. Hartman
becomes the largest individual sharehold-
err of the Union Pacific and the Southern
Pacific roads. Wells, Fargo & Co. and a
multitude of smaller companies.
U. P. Employees Disappointed.
There was keen disappointment among
some of the old employees of the Union
Pacific in the offices at No. 12O Broad
way when they learned the contents of
Mr.. Harriman's will. Some of those who
had been associated with him for many
years in confidential capacities expected
to be substantially remembered in the
will. The managers of the East Side
Boys Club. for which Mr.. Hartman pro-
vided twenty -five-thousand-dollar home.
were also disappointed; but a friend of
Mr.. Hartman said it would probably be
found that he had arranged with Mrs.
Hartman to provide for that institution
and for many individuals.
If Mrs. Harrimans inheritance is but
500, 900, 900, she will be very much richer
than either Mrs. Russell Sage or Mrs.
Hetty Green. Mrs. Sage inherited $685.
GOO, 900, but since her husbands death she
has made so many philanthropic gifts
that her fortune is not much more than
half the original amount. Mrs. Hetty
Green's wealth is about $4,000, 600