Evening journal., 1909-09-10
f flesh ho could have demanded.

OF flesh he could have demanded.
When the fight was over Hartman had
S1S.0o0.0O0 OF the Sl55ooooo0 OF stock and
bonds, 100000 more than controlling IN
forest
But even then tho battle was hardly
moro than a draw Some OF his purchases
had been IN bonds OF the railroad. which
could not vote, and which majority OF
the stockholders could order retired. lin
and Morgan controlled the stock; they
could retire Harrimon's bonds. A law
suit was thrcatencd "a compromise e.
foctod. Hartman got representation on
the board OF directors In the Burlington.
Hartman turned back TO his nrst love
tic Illinois Central Fish had been con-
tent to let the property stand as Il was
q great property, without any forward
policy. Hartman wanted II to expand TO
take IN smaller roads, TO be- a power. Fish
did not want TO make the move, and he
and Hartman split a fight followed for
the control OF the road. AZ the end Of n
wild dash 60 Chicago on a special tralnl
in 1906. Hartman won out Fish. his form
or sponsor, was thrown out OF the !. G"
and James r. Harahan. liarriman's man,
was made It's president.
Up to this time Hartman acted With
out the accompaniment OF a brass band
Hartman always worked IN the dark.
Following the taking over OF the III
nols Central from Fish camo the que
announcement that Hartman and his as.
soclatcs had secured control OF tho great
Erie railroad system, with SIS 200 miles
, OF tracks through the coal fields.
Tho Santa Fe was another rich priz
. waiting for someone to seize e. II was ruI
G from the general Offices OF the railroad
instead OF from the ticker" lin, IN
= Goulds and the Rock Island people want
10 cd g. Hartman got Il in 1906. In th
- same yonr he got half interest in th
@ San Pedro line. which Senator Clarl
o built from Salt Lake City 10 Los Angeles
n Hartman evolved a plan whereby III
n directors OF the Union Pacific should Sc
he Sioo.O0o000 worth Of bonds md give hi
tx tho proceeds with which he should DC
n. sonaily buy such stock IN other raiiroa'
rh as nc saw nt Thoro was no blatant "a
Ia nouncemont Of what Harr man intend
IN buying. lie secretly bought his way in
ed the Baltimore and Ohio. the Delaware a
al Hudson. the 81. Paul, the New York @
railroads with which he might make
lst portant connections for his Pacific lines
he The vandorbilts grew tired OF th
ge great property. the New York Cc
IA, tral and the Lake Shore, known !
M the Vanderbilt system. the pride OF o
p- Commodore Nanderbilts heart Hai
riman was admitted to the dircctorai
IN the early part Of 1909, and viii
he steadily refused 10 declare himse
(" I'm the matter. IL Is a matter Of com
~ mon belief that the great system ha
y passed completely under his domir
u alton. one Of the connecting links !
al the railroad dream OF his life, a
ocean to-ocean line.
70 In person Hartman was n vcr
NJ small man, not weighing any mof
an than l25 pounds He wore hl
he spectacles from behind which peered
n. soul-piorcing set Of gray eyes. lie woi
IS his mustache long and curlcd dow
T. while a small "goatee' always ga,
! the cartoonists fine hunting ground f'
I, their caricaturcs. He was a man
few friends and no confdants. =
ny loved soclusion, and was never happi
W. than far away from Wall street. aloi
Ies with his family. for Edward a. Hari
ID man was "a loving husband and fathG
ed But he allowed himself little time
ies his family. His waking hours we
spent at his desk. lie had his lun
res served there, and swallowed his 70
es with never a thought of his digestic
rot The physicians who examined him
Germany declared he was literal
tbe starving himself TO death.