The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-10

spect. Good and evil mlngle III ali
men. This is the good Of Hartman.
It 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 3d.
600 miles of steamship lines, max
ing $4,000 miles Of transportation in
all; that one could go from New York
to Hongkong 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
cific Coast railway, president Of the
Oregon and California Railroad CON-
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 Mail
Steamship company, president of the
Railroad Securities company, president
of the Southern Pacific Terminal COM
pany, president of the Portland and
Asiatic Steamship company, president
Of the Union Pacific, chairman Of the
executive committee of the Wells Far
go company, director of the Illinois
Central Railroad company, director Of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad COM
pany, director of the Erie Railroad
company, director of the Colorado Fuel
and Iron company, director Of the
Western Union Telegraph company, di-
rector of the National City Bank of
New York. director of the Chicago and
Alton Railroad company, director of
the Pere Marquette Railroad company,
director of the San Pedro, Los Angeles
and Salt Lake Railroad company, di-
| rector of the Susquehanna and West
ern Railroad company, director of the
New York Central Railroad company
| and many more, to say nothing of the
Equitable Assurance society, of which
he was once a director, but from which
he resigned during the Hughes investi-
cation.
Controlled Whatever He Touched.
After reading all that list one can
wonder not only that he died so soon,
| but that he lived so long, for be it
understood that Edward H. Hartman
was no mere perfunctory director.
Whatever he touched he controlled
| either that or something broke. He
was not dummy. Nor could he have
controlled all these properties, only a
| fraction of which he could have owned
| ates reposed the greatest confidence
in his integrity and ability. {. 1t was
! his power of organization, of cOnStruc-
! ton, his intimate knowledge Of the
| whole country as it related to railroad
| ing, his daring methods and his sue
cess that won him their allegiance.
He became far and away the greatest
railroad power Of his day and perhaps
J of any day that the country has yet
! known. There may be railroad kings
in future that will control more mile
age, but none up to his own time.
His latest dream Of making the New
| York Central a part of his gigantic
system was coming to fruition only
J when death snatched him away from
it. Even as it was, the greatest of our
railroads was listed as a Hartman
| property, and it's stocks moved in sym
patty with his group. To combine
| that old and rich system with his Pa
| cifc roads into one gigantic whole was
the work of a financial titan. 1t was
| not a thing that small man would
even have dared to plan.
Another cherished dream of a more
intimate nature was on the eve of &C
complishment, but was never to be
realized. For more than a score OF
years Mr. Hartman had owned an es
tate of $4,000 acres near Arden over
looking Tuxedo Park. Here, on the tor
of one Of the Ramapo mountains, he
was finishing a great castle that was
to have been his home in old age
Here he went for the "after cure
when he returned from his vain health
seeking in Europe. and here, amid the
sound Of hammers as workmen com
pleted the last wing Of the house, he
breathed his last. It was a fitting