The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-10

Hartman. I knew him personally.
Just prior to starting for Europe on
his health seeking. trip I had an in
terview with him at his home In New
York City. | went there to talk with
him about the conservation of the
waterways and the portable water sup
ply of northern New Jersey. He had
talked with me before on the subject
when l was at the home of DR.. Prince.
He was favorable in his comments and
said upon his return from Europe he
would take the matter up.
1.-THE Hewitt estate has 80, 900 acres
of ground near the Hartman estate,
with its more than $4,000 acres. He
believed that in addition to most of
this the State government could ac-
quire 22,00 acres In the vicinity. He
advised me to have a talk with Gov-
ernor Hughes about the proposition.
After Mr.. Hartman had gone away
| talked the matter over with Gov
ernor Hughes, and by agreement with
Mr.. Hartman we were to take ii up
with him Immediately upon his return
from Europe. Because of his physical
condition.. naturally we made on effort
to see Mr.. Hartman after he came
back.
Il greatly deplore his death. We
must recognize him as one of the great
est railroad men of the age. 1t would
have done me good and lots of others
good If he had lived ten years longer.
Had he lived. the country, and the
world, probably. would have seen some
wonderful things accomplished in rail-
reading. Not alone this country. but
Europe and the world, lose one of the
greatest men of the age"
Comments from ether eminent finan-
cial and business men follow:
United States Senator John Kean-'l
had known Mr.. Hartman for a good
many years. He vas a great builder
and unquestionably the foremost figure
III the railroad world. Ills policy in
the handling of the great properties
under his control demonstrated how
wonderful was mis- grasp of the prac-
teal and financial side of railroad
ing"
John C. Eisele, of the firm of Eisele
& King, stock and bond brokers-'I
first learned of the death of Mr.. Harri-
man through the Evening Star. | pur-
chased q copy of the extra edition an
nouncing 1t on my way into the city on
a Lackawanna train this afternoon.
Looking at the situation wholly from
a business standpoint. the death { the
railroad King will not nave the effect
on the financial world that the I'M
certainty concerning his physical con-
dition during the last few weeks has
had. I believe that the market will
go off a little in the morning and that
then it will be all right. People will
get back to their right senses after a
few hours and realize that there is no
reason for any break"
Julius s. Rippel, banker and broker
ut is unfortunate that Mr.. Hartman
should have been taken before he re-
allied his great plan for a through SER
vice from New York to San Francisco.
He was just on the eve of success In
his transcontinental railroad plan and
deserved to enjoy the fruit of victory.
| nave no doubt that in the months
that Mr.. Hartman had been in Ill
health he placed the burden of the
control of his great properties in the
hands of others. He was a man of re-
markable mind and must have sur
rounded himself with strong men, who
will carry out his plans. ] suppose
the market will break tomorrow, but
1t will not be long before it will steady
down and get to normal conditions"
David II. Merritt, president of the
National Newark Banking Company
1T do not think the death of Mr..
Hartman Will have much of an effect
on railroad or other securities, for II
has been discounted by the fact that
he has been practically dead for a
week. His Heath was expected by
those who deal in stocks and they have