The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-10


ocean with moro clearness than Har-
riman. Though small In body and
oven In brain. he was not small In
his grasp OF things He thought in
terms of tho continent, planned In
millions, built with systems.
His Greatest Monument.
Hartman has often been compared
TO Jay Gould, In my own opinion be
was bigger man than Gould and
better one. With all the abuse that
has been heaped upon him he Is en-
titled to that which his own deeds
carved out Ho was not as shrewd
man on the Stock Exchange as
Could not as foxy" perhaps II you
like the term. but he had infinitely
bigger ideals and more nudaclty to
plan and execute great undertakings.
Gould was essentially q fnanclcr.
Hartman was that and more, and 1t
is tho more" that Will redeem him.
The romance of the Pacific railroads
md steamship lines and of his other
great railroad deals cannot be wiped
oil tho slate. Whatever we may think
OF Hartman in Wall street or Harri-
man In politics or Hartman In in
surance or Hartman IN Chicago and
Alton, his work on the Pacific empire,
both this side and on the seas. win
fre the Imagination and compel re-
spect Good and evil mingle In all
men, This is the good Of Hartman.
1t Is his greatest monument.
1t was recently stated that Harrl-
man controlled $4,000 miles of rail-
way, OF six times across the conti-
nent; that these lines employ 10000
men; that, In addition, he directed 3D.
GOO miles of steamship lines, max
Ing 1900 miles OF transportation in
all; that one could go from New York
10 Hongkong without ever leaving tho
Hartman lines and that he could re-
turn by another route on Hartman
lines nearly all the way.
To show something of the mans
great activities, the mere corpora lions
of which he was the head or with
which he was officially connected may
give hint, although little more than a
hint. Hc had been a member OF the New
York Stock Exchange since 1870. He
was president of the Oregon Railroad
and Navigation company, president of
the Oregon Short Line, president of the
Southern Pacific. president Of tho
TeXaa and New orleans Railroad,com-
pany, president Of the Southern Pa
cif1c Coast railway, president OF the
nj 10 Do
pany, president OF the Central Pacific
Railroad company, president of The
Louisiana and Western Railroad com
pany, president OF Morgans Louisiana
and Texas Railroad and Steamship
company. president Of the Pacific Mail
Steamship company, president OF the
Railroad Securities company. president
of the Southern Pacific Terminal com
paDy. president OF the Portland and
Aslntic Steamship company, president
Of the Union Pacific, chairman OF the
executive committee of the Wells Far
go company, director OF the Illinois
Central Railroad company, director of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad COM
pnny. director Of the Erie Railroad
company, director of the Colorado Fuel
and Iron company. director OF the
Western Union Telegraph company, d.
rector of the National City Bank OF
New York, director OF the Chicago and
Alton Railroad company, director OF
the Pere Marquette Railroad company,
director Of the San Pedro. Los Angeles
and Salt Lake Railroad company, di-
rector of the Susguehanna and West
crn Railroad company, director of the
New York Central Railroad company
and many more, TO say nothing Of the
Equitable Assurance society, Of which
be was once a director, but from which
he resigned during the Hughes invcstt
CATION.
Controlled Whatever He Touched.
After reading all that list one can
wonder not only that he died so soon,
but that he lived 80 long. for be 1t
understood that Edward II Hartman
was no mere perfunctory director.
Whatever he touched he controlled
either that OF something broke, He
was not dummy. Nor could he have
controlled all these properties. only
fraction of which he could have owned
personally, unless his business aSSocl-
Qtes rcposed the greatest confidence
in his integrity and ability. 1t was
bis power Of organization, Of consuuc-
tion his intimate knowledge of tho
whole country as 1t related to railroad
ing. his daring methods and his sue
cess that won him their allegiance
He became far and away the greatest
railroad power Of his day and perhaps
of any day that the country has yet
known. There may be railroad kings
In future that viii control more mile
age, but none up to his own time.
His latest dream of making the New
York Central a part of his gigantic
eystem was coming to fruition only
1hen death snatchcd him away from
Il Even as 1t was, the greatest Of our
railroads was listed as a Hartman
property. and It's stocks moved in sym
pathy with his group. To combine
that old and rich system with his Pa-
clfc roads into one gigantic whole was
the work of financial titan. 1t was
not thing that small man would
even have d a to plan.
Another cherished dream of more
intimate nature was on the eve of ae-
complishment, but was never to be
realized For more than a score OF
years Mr.. Hartman had owned an cs-
tate of $4,000 acres near Arden over
Hooking Tuxedo Park. Here. on the top
3of one of the Ramapo mountains. he
)was finishing q great castle that was