Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-09
HARTMAN, WIZARD OF RAIL
WORLD, HAS PASSED AWAY


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 thoss
east side boys in New York nor those
shouting children at Arden. A man
that loves child and is loved by 1t I'm
return cannot be all bad
Harriman's national vision was
shown in manifold ways. Though
born near New York city and living
in or about it all his life, he did not
have the New York viewpoint. He
saw America from the angle of the
Pacific coast and of the central west.
as well as of the east He had enough
Imagination to forecast the future of
the country. TO count ON it as most
important factor in all his business
enterprises. He could see the desir-
ability of buying steamship lines
across the Pacific, Of planning q 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 i'll
millions, built with systems.
His Greatest Monument.
Hartman has often been comparec
to Jay Gould. In my own opinion. he
was q 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 out. He was not as shrewd
Il man on the Stock Exchange as
Gould. not as foxy perhaps, if you
like the term. but he had infinitely
bigger ideals and more audacity to
plan and execute great undertakings
Gould was essentially 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 magma ton and compel re-
spect. Coed 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 81 :
| coo miles of steamship lines. max
| ing 1900 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
hint. He had been n 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 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 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 COIN
pany, director Of the Erie Railroad
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
rrn 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 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
MADAM FORA,