The Washington times., 1909-08-25
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is a whole lot for little fellow Ike me
20 lose" he added. patheucally
Throughout the railroad mans ordeal
yesterday his friends and bis family
were nervously apprehensive of a coll
lapse. They lowered about Hartman,
begging him 70 be quiet. and trying u
steady him. The indomitable viii OF
the man that wrested the railroads
West from Hi was not TO be gainsaid.
however, and he ran things himself.
Mind Is Clear.
7 have come to get well" he told re-
porters.
His mind, at any rate, is as clear ard
keen as ever He Is ful Of plans for
the Improvement and extension Of his
great railroad systems, buoyent with
confidence In their great future. and in
continuing and increasing prosperity for
the entire country
He declined 10 discuss his railroad
plans in detail and turned aside ques-
tions relating 70 control Of the New
York Central, extra Union Pacific divt-
bends. segregation Of L. p. securities.
and similar matters for answers to
which Wall street has been holding its
breath. But in a general way he intl~
tie development OF territory tributary
10 existing Hartman lines.
How long Air. Hartman viii remain
n seclusion IN his magnificent mansion
on the crest Of Tower Hill overlooking
the Ramapo Valley above Ardei' he said
he could not tell. his plans depending
entirely on the state Of his health
According to DR.. W G. Lyle, Mr.
Harriman's private physician. the fin
ancier passed a good night, arose early,
had good breakfast snd was progress
ing favOrably.
mr.. Hartman had a good nights
rest" said DR.. Lyle. lie retired last
night at O'Clock and slept very vel.
We are sure that all lie needs is a good
long rest, with plenty OF exercise and
fresh AIR, such as he VIII get here,
and then he viii be as well az he ever
was IN his life. ar Hartman, how
ever must be let alone If lie is both
cred too much II might injure him, and
We are insisting that he keep quiet ana
take plenty Of rest
Treated Royalty.
II this pale shadow of a man had been
an Emperor coming home 10 his sub
5eots he could have received no greater
care than was given him on this voyage
or could have been paid greater defer
ence at its end. Even the United States
mail beat waited his decision TO land.
and gave way 10 the Southern Pacific
tug before taking of the mails.
His rooms on board the liner had
been well chosen They were on the
starboard side. almost amidships
A private corridor led 10 the room
Shere Mr. Hartman reclined and 10
the other rooms Of the Hartman suite
The silken hanging Of the square
ports locking out on the promenade
deck were pushed back and a cooling
nTRaEF nrl
broad white deack outside and on the
snowy rail- No one was walking along
that part Of the deck. No steamer
cnalrs were there None OF the pas
seuEers sat opposite the Hartman suite
on this part OF the promenade deck
during the voyage. No children played
near. The deck was kept clear that no
undue noise might feacn Mr- Hartman
or disturb his shattered nerves.
he was as secluded az If he had been
IL his own home At Arden, the room
where Mr. Hartman was lying The
sun cast a ray athwart the blue-veined
hand Of the invalid. He Enclosed MS
eyes as he felt the warmth Of IT,
Questions Fired.
What about your obtaining control
OF the New York Central was the
first question shot at Mr. Hartman by
the reporters
II wouldn't tell you IL had control
Of It. that's quick one" he replied,
with a chuckie-
"WnI you tell Us Of the suggested
plan for segregating the Pacific securi-
lies 50 that Baltimore and Ohio and
ether outside stock holdings shall be
held By a holding company, or some
thing Of that sort - asked Wall Street
expert
i don't know anything about that"
Air. Hartman replied. i am not
thinking anything about segregation
AT rErrsr g ra
side call an after cure That's the
only thing on nay mind. They az first
intended me 70 take the after cure on
the other side, but later they changed
their minds and advised me 70 come
home and take g. They took ten pounds
OF me- and ten pounds of a little fellow
like me IS good deal
The only thing in the way Of bust
ness on my mind" he added, ia reply
10 another QresttOn of similar import.
lis the prospect OF having TO deal
with ofhceholdeFs instead Of with
stockholders. There are more new laws
10 deal with, and they never seem 10
displace the old ones. Every new law
creates lot Of people 10 administer It.
That increases the expense OF govern
menI without gaining anything. For
every new law one OF the old ones hav-
ing similar purpose ought 10 be re-
pealed. but they never seem 10 do that"
Corporation Tax
do yo1 refer 70 the corporation tax2'
he was asked.
yes" he replied. "and to some new
State laws. We shall at once take Up
the Improvement and development Of
the lines We have under our charge,
and take advantage OF the great pros
perity Of the country" he went on.
Eve intend TO DO Il anyway, but we
can do il more quickly now than would
otherwise have been possible. We have
some new lines 10 construct, and We
are going into tributary undevelODed
territory. More money viii be put into
our present lines, too, as well as into
new lines"
How about extra dividends on Union
Pacific that Il IS thought may be de-
c3aFed -
Don't ask me about that" he re-