Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-15
EDW. II. HARTMAN DEAD.
Death Sewers MuIti-NiilIionairc from
His Colossal Railway Empire.

Ills tOllOSEaI iGtilway Fnlplfc.
New York. Sept. 9.--Edward II.
Hartman died at his home in Ar
lie was born at Hampstead, Long
Island, February 25, 1S48.
Mr.. fIarriman's death had been
expected for several days. On last
Sunday he suffered serious relapse,
due to an attack of acute indiges-
tion, and he was unable to rally
from the critical condition which
then threatened his life. With him
at the time Of death were all the
members Of his immediate family
and DR.. Lyle.
Harrilnan'S Great Achieve :ncnt.
The great achievement Of Mr.. Har-
riman'S career as II tinancicr and
railroad manager was the rehabilita-
ton OF the Union Pacific and South
ern Pacific railway systems.
Mr.. Hartman undertook this Her
Culcan task when he was nearly ilty
years old, and after he had once
practically retired from business.
Other inanCierS had failed Signally
to put these properties on paying
basis, but Mr.. Hartman, following
the organization of the Union Pa
citic in 1897, began systematic
plan to place the properties in the
best condition for their maintenance
at high standard of efficiency.
AZ Work Near Death.
MIR. Hartman worked up until an
hour and Il half of his death. Early
in the morning he talked personally
on the telephone to one Of his sec
retarieS i'm his New York Office, in
Structing him to proceed to Arden.
The secretary reached Arden at
l0.l3 a. m. and for an hour and 20
minutes Mr.. Hartman dictated let
tcrS and Instructions to SubOrdinates
TO the secretary. AT noon, Mr.. lIar-
riman still had mass of work be-
fore him, but his physician. DR.. Lyle,
ordered him to rest. A few minutes
later, II is understood, the fnancier
suffered paralytic stroke, which
affected his heart, and death follow
cd quickly.
1t is commonly believed that Mr..
Hartman died at l.3O o'clock and
that the fact was withheld from the
public until 3.35 y. m, after the New
York Stock Exchange had closed
Estimates Of Mr.. IIarrimans es-
tate vary widely.
$4,000, 200 to 5000, 900, 900.
There is Il consensus Of opinion
that 1t is in excess Of $50, 900, 900,
while one authority places it as high
as 5000, ,OOO, 900. He was president
or sixteen great corporations and a
director or trustee Of 27 others. He
was president and director of the fol-
lowing:
Union Pacific Railroad Co, South
crn Pacific Co., Oregon Short Line
Railroad Co., Pacific Mail Steamship
Co, Southern Pacific Terminal Co.,
Central Pacific Railway Co., Louisi-
ana Railway Co., Louisiana Western
Railroad, Louisiana Steamship Co.,
tMorGan linc). Oregon and Califor-
MIA Railroad Co. Oregon Railroad
and Navigation Co.. Portland Asiatic
steamship Co., Railroad Securities
Co.. Rio Bravo Oil Co.. Southern Pa
citic Coast Railway. Texas and New
Orleans Railroad Co.
He was director in 27 other rail
way companies.
Hartman Had Cancer.
Vienna, sept. l0.-PrOf Adolf
Strcumpcll, the NicnncSc specialist
whom the late t.. II. Hartman came
TO Europe to consult, now admits
that when he saw MIR. Hartman in
JuiE he diagnosed his complaint as
cancer.
Prof. Strcumpcll sent the follow
ing signed statement to the Associat-
cd Press:
II diagnosed Mr.. lIarriman's COM
plaint as carcinoma Of the stomach
the END OF July. | could not, Of
course, communicate this diagnosis
10 private inrN.ircrS, but | informed
Alr. llarriman'S American physi-
clans that the conditions did not in
dicate that an operation was hone
less. FASTENED MIR. Harriman's de-
parturc homcward"