Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-09-10
HARTMAN SUCCUMBS TO
THE GRIM REAPER AT LAST
HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AND A
BIT Or HISTORY

continent died yesterday afternoon al
ter an illness of nearly ten years. al
illness that became acute three
months ago. The fact OF his demis'
was Kept secret until after the stoCl
market had been closed Tor nearly al
hour.
Ills private fortune is huge. Iii:
interests dominated more than ST.,
900, 900 900 in investments, cdichl
railioa Starting later than any o
the great railroad men he cohtrohet
traCkagc between the Atlantic ana the
Pacific oceans, the dream OF all the
big railroad builders.
lie controlled absolutely nearly
10000 miles OF traCkase. He had a
personal knowledge of every mile oi
that track and OF almost every man
among the 500 900 that drew salaries
from his paymasters.
Hartman leaves three daughters
TWO sons and his wife to mourn the
loss of Kind and indulgent father
aud husband.
Born ol poor parents young Harri-
man had very rudimentary educa-
lion. lie. was tac second son Ol an
EuiScopaI minister vino never had an
important parish until after his son
Edward grew up, ainaSSed hllllohS
and settled him in Il comfortable NV
lns III New York.
Orlando Hartman dIst ussed the III
neral arrangements briefly last hlsht'
lie said Mr.. Hartman would be bur-
led in the family plot III the hltle
graveyard behind st. Johns Episcopal
churcn AT Arden. He whl rest beside
his eldest son. Edward II. Hartman,
Jr.. VINO died 80 wears ago. soon al
ter the family first came 10 Arden.
Hartman went to New York IN
wall street aS Il htOkcr, lir Was Il
thin. dark, nervous, indciatiSable
young fellow who executed his buy
ing and selling orders with fidelity
" and understanding. He was never
caught in slump or rise. He was
always Il bull when he went into the
market himself, and James k"ene, W.
h. VANDERBILT. Jay Gould. FISK and
stuyycsaut r'ish soon learned that
there was a student ON railroad al
ialrs taat hnew more than they all
about the financial end oi railroadins.
I'm lrss than fifteen years he had
acquired Il million OF his OWE by his
operations III the street. Ihth ne
beran to branch out. Hartman was
The greatest optimist III the United
States He never doubted that the
transportation problem contained the
Industrial welfare OF the United
States and American and he set ann
self to tnr task ct dominating abao-
uu,ly the transportation business oi
.Nolth America.
10 do this hr worked day and night.
NJ table OF statistics was too small
or too complicated for him To digest
financial NAV every great interest IN
the country his stomach Went back
ON I'M. Living Tor years ON his
nerve aud II frail body. his monstrous
brain exhausted Ais puny body ana
IN. began to die. Like all men oi his
Ilk, including John ID. Rockefeller,
he WAS unable 10 feed mis- own body
after devouring the financial bodies
Of more than hal the TRANSPORTATION
world ol America.
Yesterday he died. Financicrs are
withheld ON account OF money mat
tcrs. All ais wealth could not pro
cure for nim u whore day OF rest IRON
care. lie .lved on oxygen Tor weeks
Finally oxygen would keep him alive
no longer and ne was compelled to-
,cL go.
His associa,cs will gradually close
out the Hartman holdings in al.
these great enterprises, Il new COM
uany 10 hold the securities will be
formed and his name will disappear
a5 tie head.
The work he did will never be
rqualled. lie was til" greatest or
ganiz,r that ever lived III America
Most of his work was done before
any one knew what he was doing
The son of poor preacher became
the greatest transportation man oi
any age and he did IL IN less than
twenty years.