The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-09-16
COMMENT.
E. H. HARTMAN.

OF man VINO decides where he Is
going, what he wants, and
makes for the accomplishment
of his object with a determina-
ton that will brook no opposition,
brushing aside as straWs what
would appear insurmountable OBJ
stacles to a weak or vacillating
man. When one is bent on doing
colossal things one cannot stop
to round corners or smoOthe an
giles, so one could not expect a
man who accomplished even a
small part of the large undertake
ings that engaged the attention of
Mr.. Hartman to have always US
ed blameless methods. His life
reads like romance. His faith
er was a poor Episcopal preach
err on Long Island, with a salary
which never exceeded 5000 a
year. The son walked three miles
to school in New York and it is
said that che had the reputation,
which still survives, Of having
been the worst boy and the
smartest in his class" When IA
years old he quit school and went
to work in a brokers' Office at S.
a week, and that he there learn
ed the game from the ground up
is shown by his wonderful sue
cess in the business world. At
the time of his death he controll-
ed $4,000 miles of railroads
enough to cross the continent six
times-employing in their ope-
ration $4,000 men, and directed
81, 900 miles of steamship lines,
making $4,000 miles of transport
tation. He had been a member
of the New York Stock Exchange
since 1870. The following list of
companies with which he wasac-
lively connected will serve to
give some idea of the marvellous
activities of the man: He was
president of the Oregon Railroad
and Navigation Company, presi-
dent of the Oregon Short Line,
president of the Southern Pacific,
president of the Texas and New
Orleans Railroad Company, pres
ident of the Southern Pacific
Coast Railroad. president of the
Oregon and California Railroad
Company, president Of the Cen
trail Pacific Railroad Company,
president of the Louisiana and
Western Railroad Company, pres
ident Of Morgan's Louisiana and
Texas Railroad and Steamship
Company, president of the Pacif-
ic Mail Steamship Company,
president of the Railroad Securi-
ties 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 com.
mittee of the Wells Fargo Com.
pany, director of the IllinoisCen.
trial Railroad Company, director
of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
roadCompany, director of the Erie
Railroad Company, director of thu
Colorado Fuel and IronCompany
director of the Western Unio1
! Telegraph Company, director O
the National City Bank of New
York, director of the Chicago ant
Alton Railroad Company, directo
of the Pere Marquette Railroa'
! Company, director of the Sa
Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt LAX
Railroad Company, director O
the New York Central RailrCa
Company.
And even that does not cor
clude the list. He CONTROLLED it
said, whatever he touched. A ma
> must needs have been of iro
4 frame to stand the strain Whic
s he evidently put upon himsel
/ and it is small wonder that he di
- not live to be more than 62 yea
old.
Since the above was put
type we have read a statemel
to the effect that Mr.. Hartman
parents were wealthy. If tn;
y is true, or if it is true that thu
were poor, matters little. H
career was remarkable in eth
event. 1t is said that he did n
= give evidence of any special t:
ent until he was forty yea
- old. .....