The San Francisco call., 1909-09-10
RAILROADM[N
PAY TRIBUTE
TO HARTMAN
E. E. Calvin Says Death Is Not
Only Loss to United States
but World in General
Local Southern Pacific Officials
Mourn the Demise of
Famous Financier

Many were the tributes paid to Har-
rimsn by railroad officials in this city
when they were informed of his death
yesterday afternoon.
The Flood building. the home of the
Southern Pacific company and in which
building nearly every railroad company
in the United States has an office, was
practically deserted when the news OF
the death OF the greatest of railroad
ers" was flashed across the continent
E e Calvin, vice president and gen
eraI manager of the Southern Pacific,
received the news at his office on the
tenth floor OF the building. which he
had entered only five minutes before.
His information was more brief than
that at first received in the press dis
patches. II was a telegram of only nine
words. saying that Hartman had ex-
pired at s:s5 o'clock, and was signed by
Judge r. s. Lovett. Harriman's legal
adviser.
Tt was a terrible shock" said CAL
win shortly after he had heard the news,
because we were so confident that he
was going 10 get well Every indica-
tion was in favor of his pulling through.
We all feel il very keenly.
DID MUCH FOR COUNTRY
We who knew Mr.. Harriman-that
is. knew him perhaps better than 9TH
ers-feel that We have lost very dear
friend besides having lost an employer.
There were few people that understood
Mr.. Hartman. They never were really
acquainted. What he did for this coun-
try viii probably never be known"
Orders were issued from Calvin's Of
fee that all Southern Pacific Offices be
drsped in mourning and that the flags
on the buildings fly at half mast. The
same order was transmitted TO captains
OF all Southern Pacific vessels. The
order was wired TO every Southern Pa
cifc oficial. from general agent down
10 sta ton master.
". r. Scott, assistant general man
sger. while much affected by the
news of Harriman's death was Cal
win. felt more like talking and declared
that the world had lost one OF its great
est men. He said:
The world has lost one OF its great
est men and the United States one of its
greatest benefactors. Mr.. Hartman has
not been understood and he has there
fore been misjudged in many cases. I
think that his stsnch determination
and his actions during and following
the recent panic did more than any
thing else to restore confidence and
again start the country on the up
grade. His ordering Of equipment and
cars with the returning good times was
Immediately followed by similar orders
from all sections Of the country.
POSSESSED MASTER MIND
He believed IN having the best of
everything for the railroads under his
Jurisdiction He was constantly max
ing improvements looking to the reduc-
tion in. the cost of transportation and
Improvement in the service TO the COM
munities through which his lines passed.
He had a most wonderful grasp Of the
operating details of railroads, and his
was truly master mind.
He was always considerate of the
men in his employ. from the officers to
the humble laborer. all OF whom have
suffered . personal loss in his demise"
James Horsburgh Jr.. general passen-
ger agent of the Southern Pacific, who
only recently returned from a trip
throughout the east, told of the feel
ings Of the people in the eastern states.
He said that while they did not under
stand Hartman in the east any more
than they did in the west they felt his
Importance much more.
CONSTRUCTIVE GENIUS
Peter z. Dunno, attorney for the
Southern Pacific company, praised
Harriman's abilities as a great rail-
roadman and a great businessman,
who. he said. would be remembered as
a. great builder OF great railroads" :"
He said:
Mr.. Hartman. whom ! had the
pleasure of knowing personally. was a
man Of exceptional ability and force
of character. he was man of busi-
ness and a fnancier. but he was not a
stock jobber nor railroad wrecker. On
the contrary, his genius was conserv-
stive and constructive and il is as
great upbuiider Of great railroad prop
critics and of the industrial conditions
that surround such properties and de-
velop along with them that he will be
best known TO history.
In the general return of prosperity
10 the country and in the better under
standing in the public mind of corpo-
rate agencies and enterprise il is to be
regretted that his life could not have
been prolonged"