The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-10

man had enemies, bitter and big ones,
with Theodore Roosevelt, ex-president
Of the United States, at their head. 1t
is perfectly true that in the world Of
men he had more foes that hated him
than friends that loved him. Yet when
this is said we cannot forget tklee
east side boys In New York nor thtse
shouting children at Arden. A man
that loves child and Is loved by it In
return cannot be oil bad.
Harriman's national vision WIS
shown in manifold ways. Though
born near New York city and living
in or about 1t all his life, he did not
have the New York viewpoint. He
saw America from the angleAof the
Pacific coast and of the central west
as well as OF the east. lie had enough
Imagination. to forecast the future Of
the country, to count on 1t as u most
important factor In all his business
enterprises. He could see the deslr-
ability Of buying steamship lines
across the Pacific, of planning rail
road in Mexico. Few men realized
the possibilities Of the great empire
building on the shores of the Pacific
ocean with more clearness than Har-
riman. Though small in body and
even in brain, he was not small in
his grasp OF things. He thought in
terms of the continent planned in
millions, built with systems.
His Greatest Monument.
Hartman has often been compared
to Jay Gould. In my own opinion, he
was a bigger man than Gould and a
better one. With all the abuse that
has been heaped upon him he is en-
titled to that which his own deeds
carved cut. He was not as shrewd
a man ON the Stock Exchange as
Could. not as foxy perhaps, If you
like the term, but he had infinitely
bigger ideals and more audacity 20
plan and execute great undertakings.
Gould was essentially a financier.
Hartman was that and more, and it
is the "more" that will redeem him.
The romance of the Pacific railroads
and steamship lines and of his other
great railroad deals cannot be wiped
off the slate. Whatever we may think
of Hartman in Wall street or Harri-
man In politics or Hartman in in
surance or Hartman in Chicago and
Alton, his work on the Pacific empire,
both this side and on the seas, will
fire the imagination and compel re-
spect. Good and evil mingle in all
men. This is the good of Hartman.
1t is his greatest monument.
1t was recently stated that Harri-
! man controlled $4,000 miles of rail
way, or six times across the CONT
nent; that these lines employ $4,000
men; that, in addition, he directed "a,
600 miles Of steamship lines, max
ing 1900 miles of transportation in
all; that one could go from New York
to Hongkon9 without ever leaving the
Hartman lines and that he could re-
turn by another route on Hartman
| lines nearly all the way.
To show something Of the mans
great activities, the mere corporations
of which he was the head or with
which he was officially connected may
| give hint, although little more than a
hint He had been member Of the New
! York Stock Exchange since 1870. He
was president of the Oregon Railroad
and Navigation company, president OF
the Oregon Short Line, president Of the
| Southern Pacific, president Of the
Texas and New Orleans Railroad com
pany, president Of the Southern Pa
citic Coast railway, president of the
Oregon and California Railroad com
pany, president of the Central Pacific
Railroad company, president of the
Louisiana and Western Railroad com
pany, president of Morgan's Louisiana
and Texas Railroad and Steamship
company, president of the Pacific Mai
Steamship company, president Of the
Railroad Securities company, presiden
of the Southern Pacific Terminal com
pany, president of the Portland ant
Asiatic Steamship company, presiden
of the Union Pacific, chairman of thu
executive committee of the Wells Far
go company, director of the Illinois
Central Railroad company, director o
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad com
pany, director of the Erie Railroad
company, director of the Colorado Fue
and Iron company, director of th'
Western Union Telegraph company, di
rector of the National City Bank o
New York, director of the Chicago ant
Alton Railroad company, director o
the Pere Marquette Railroad company
director of the San Pedro, Los Angelo
and Salt Lake Railroad company. di
rector of the Susquehanna and West
crn Railroad company, director of th
New York Central Railroad compan.
and many more, to say nothing OF tn
Equitable Assurance society, OF whicl
he was once director, but from whicl
he resigned during the Hughes investl
cation.
Controlled Whatever He Touched
After reading all that list one ca
wonder not only that he died so soor
but that he lived so long, for be
understood that Edward II. Harrima
was no mere perfunctory director
Vhotavar ha Touched he controlled