The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27
Financier VIII Not Admit
Visitors At His Home
HIS APPETITE is BETTER
Judge Lovett Has Talk With Hartman
But Will Give Out Nothing Re.
garding Subject of the
Conference.

| Arden. N. Y, August 26.-Whatever
the actual prognosis for Mr. Harriman's 8
| recovery, it is evident that his famil
! has determined that he shall make -
| further sacrifices of vitality in the~er
to reassure the public and buoy up O.
stock market No armed guards : = .
his estate, but for all effective pu
of human intercourse his isolation on
| mountain top is as absolute as any devised
| for an eastern potentate. Except the
| favored few, not a soul sees and nobody
| from the outer world reaches him. His
rest cure is absolute. All approaches
| to the grounds are picketed and admis-
| sion is denied outsiders. The telephone
| operator at Arden, with access ON Sc
eret line to the house, has orders to make
no connections from the outside. The
mountain carriage road and the private
railway to the heights are both forbid
den to everyone but the household. 1t
| is impossible to reach Mr.. Hartman,
either directly or indirectly. until by his
own wish or that of his family, communl-
| cation is established. Mr. Hartmann S
| family physician today said his patient
| had been confined to the house for the
day by the rains that shrouded Ramapo
| mountain. but his inquisitive mind had
been busy with the construction work
now in progress on his new home. And
! then the doctor laughed
| '1f a certain physician would permit =
| he said. "Mr. Hartman would be out on
| the job today, bossing the finishing
touches on the incline railway himself
Mr. I{a cd fe~i, a
| ate hearty breakfast at 10 o'clock this
morning. His appetite is better and he
relishes good food and plenty of 1t. His
| present condition is due to general
nervous breakdown and there is nothing
he needs more than absolute rest
Judge Robert S. Lovett. who has been
mentioned as Mr.. Harriman's possible sue
| cessor, came to Arden this afternoon for
another conference. He refused to dis
cuss his visit 1t is thought. however,
that with Judge Lovett SO often at his
side Mr.. Hartman cannot be wholly out
! of touch with the market or completely
free from business cares. All the Harri-
man children are now here Walter Aver
! i'll Hartman, the last to arrive, came
| today and was whirled away in an au-
| tomoble.
Il am not PUBIC man yet, ne SAID,
In declining an interview. Il have come
on here from the west about the time
! had intended. That is all l can say"
! Then he was taken away In an auto by
| his sister.
| AS chairman in an engineering crew
| on one of his fathers lines, young Har-
riman is learning railroading from the
| bottom up
| Charles T. Ford, foreman Of the estate,
came down the mountain by the funicu-
lar tonight.
II just left Mr. Hartman sitting on
| the veranda," he said. HE is enjoying
| the view of the valley below and the
! fresh air after the rain. In fact, Mr.
! Hartman looks better to me than at any
time I have seen him since his return
He takes lively interest in all the vast
| amount Of work on the place. He dis
cussed with me tonight his plans for the
completion OF the house, the funicular
road and the beautiful granite station
| at the base of the mountain. 1t has to
be a very small detail that gets by Mr.
/ Hartman