Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-10
mr.. HARRINAN'S "BIC FOUR
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over the prasnes OF the west and the
southwest were kept busy defending them
selves against suits for damage Tor killing
cows or hogs that had wandered upon the
tracks. Usually the roads tried to settle
amicabiy with the owners, and young
Lovett showed himself a skillful diplomat
list in work of this kind But all the while
he was doing something more than
planning defences for damage suits. Be-
fore he was 3 years Of age ne saw clearly
what Texas was to be as a route for a
transcontinental railway system.
Master Of Railroad Law.
You can picture to yourself this am
bilious young lawyer posting himself up
on alt the details OF railroad law. study
ing statutes. and particularly the way in
which old railroads or great railroads were
legally able to absorb young. weak or
almost bankrupted railroads. Gradually It
came to be said in Texas that young Lovett
was the Smsrtest brightest railroad lawyer
in the state, as gradually he was given
more and more Important railroad work:
and finally IT came to pass that c. p.
Huntington. who always kept his eyes
open for capable young men. made Mr..
Lovett the general counsel for all the
AAAG LbLAAA MuE III AEAhhs
After Mr.. Hartman and his Union Pa
cific railroad bought the control of the
Southern Pacific he took a special fancy to
Mr.. Lovett. who came to him with his
new property. In fact. Mr.. Hartman tied
up with Mr. LOvett. as the saying is
and in business and pleasure the two men
became almost Ike Siamese twins. when
Mr.. Hartman travelled he would not &c
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travelling companionship could be secured
without interfering with business. 1t is
upon Mr.. Lovett that Mr.. Hartman
relied In the main for oounse on delicate
and important legal questions. And when
he was perfecting his now organization he
named Mr.. LOvett general counsel for
what is called the Hartman system. A
far cry from the Texas boy. who q years
before was patiently reading Blackstone
and lingering his way through the Texas
statutes.
II you were to meet Mr.. Lovett. no.
knowing that he is q lawyer. you woul,
never dream that this apparent fun-loving
bright-eyed. qulck-moving man has game
the reputation OF being one Of the mos
clear-headed. subtle and acute OF all IN,
lawyer now in the employ OF railwa.
organizations Of the United States Yor
can Judge his sense OF humor when It :
said that he ciaEsed himself, when aske
for his political affiliations, as a demo
cratic mugwump. There have been lot
of republican mugwumps in the northeast
but not many democratic mugwumps
director Of Maintenance.
MIR. LSvett and Julius Kruttschnit
since their association as lieutenants {
Mr.. Hartmann. have never had an in
portant difference Of opinion. The Law
yer leferE TO the man who is the 81
preme director Of maintenance and operS
ton OF the Union Pacific and nearly a
Z OF the allied Hartman lines. On II
other hand. what the lawyer advises. &
a lawyer. goes every time with JuliI
Kruttschnitt-
Here is a man OF most intense concer
tration OF purpose In business. He think
dreams and lives with the Hartman syi
tenn II is everything 10 him In the wOrl
excepting his family. He is sure that
il the greatest business organization thu
the world has ever known He is as prot
u 4 as he would be u he were the own
OF every dollar Of It's stock.
like Mr.. Lovett. Julius Kruttschni
was born in the far South. in New o
leans, and six years earlier than the da
Of Mr.. Lovetts birth. which occurred
the year before the Outbreak OF the civ