Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-23
Miss Hartman Personally Man.
ages 33,000-Acre Estate with
Energy and Skill.
HUGE DAIRY PAYING CONCERN
Three Thousand Acres under CuItivn-
tion---f2,OOO FOR Public Park
Hartman Estntc Inventories
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Tax Of about 81 200. 900.

new YORK, sept. Ill nGor an arrange
nent now being effected for the manage
ment Of the f. II. Herman estate, Miss
Mary Hartman, the dead magnate's cid
est unmarried child. will become the
greatest woman farmer in the United
States. II not in the world She now vir-
tually has control Of Arden farm. consist
ing of 2s0o0 acres
Close by Arden her father quietly ac-
CURED before his death other tracts
amounting TO 1900 acres Tho exact To-
cations OF these tracts Is not now publicly
known. as title to them passed in the
same Of corporation with which Mr.
Hartman was not known to have been
connected. For reasons of their own
members Of the family do not care at
his time to reveal the holdings. This in
formation. however. will necessarily be
made public with the appraisal of the
estate.
There arc now under actual cultivation
1, Arden approximately 1900 acres. The
3ulk OF tho hugo farm Is waste land
Most Of this o. about 1000 acres. will
Be donated by Mrs. Hartman. as was
Me wish Of her husband. TO the State for
great public park
PARK LANDS FTAVILY WOODED.
These acres are heavily wooded and
contain several lakes of marked natural
beauty. This will leave Miss Mar Harri-
man AZ Arden alone a farm Of IA, nD0 acres
10 care for. Altogether she will have SUI
pervision of n farm of 1900 acres.
Already she has taken hold Of tho la k
with Characteristic Hartman energy and
skill. She is directing personall:' the IN
finished work of road-making. the terrace
ing OF hills. landscape gardening cts.
just as had beer planned by herself ar 4
father Jointly. In smat trap drawn by
housekeeping cob, she daily drives over
the farm. giving instruction In detail to
the foremer Of nearly 400 men now at
work
The Arden Farms Dairy company a
corporation with a capitalization of
100000. has her special care. It IL
now paying concern. and II is Miss
Harriman's desire to increase its divi
lends for the coming year. The
Hairy products are derived from $50
registered cows. The butter 10 sold
every day In bulk in New York city
under contracts.
HAS NEVER CARED FOR SOCIETY.
On the 5000 acrea now under Guilt
!.
The principal ones are corn. oats,
wheat and rye Considerable truck
gardening is done. too. onion. being
specially of this branch of the Ar
den farm productions. II Is said to
Se Miss Harriman's intention to bring
1t least another thousand acres at
Arden under cultivation this year
Miss Hartman. from early grlhood
has been extremely fond of country
life. She has never cared particular
ly for society. Although reared in the
circle Of the -Four Hundred" she has
preferred to devote herself to n more
serious career. For several years
she has actively participated in set
Element work in the city. Among her
most notable charities Is the steam
ship in the East river for consump-
tives.
In face and form she is really
beautiful young woman. Her com.
pleXion CLOVIS with robust health Hei
accomplishments are many. She is
both a musician and a lineuist n
Is said that she even has learned 70
converse in Japanese She is 25
years old but does not look to he 20.
ESTATE WILL BE 500, 900 900.
Mrs. e II. Hartman. widow Of the
railroad king ~ America, learned
yesterday that the estate left by her
husband to her exclusive control and
ase tota in value about 800, 00o. 900.
This inakes Mrs. Hartman tho
worlds richest woman. She received
fes'erdaJ an almost complete invcn-
,ory
About half Of the estate is repre-
rented by railroad securities. Anoth-
VI large part Is IN bank, trust COM
pany and insurance company hold
ngs. The rema inder is In real es-
late, The latter consists OF $4,000
'cres in Orange county. New York.
Ind the two Fifth avenue residences
>wned by Mr. Hartman.
II Is probable that 1t will be fully
three weeks before the legal require
ments can be completely complied
with for the appraisal OF the estate
Tor the purpose Of determining the
Inheritance tax to which the State
will be entitled.
Under the terms Of the law Mrs
hartman. as executrix Of the estate.
ViIl be entitled to a full years time
IN which to pay the tax which will
mount to about $1.000,000. She will
be privileged to claim an exemption
u one-third of the appraised valu-
rtion Of the real estate, known as the
Widows dover. Thus, even should
tho fortune left to her care be her
husband be shown to exceed S100. 00O.-
700. as It probably will. the Inherit
,nce tax she will have to pay will be
ess than $1.000,000