New-York tribune., 1909-09-12

work and sought rest his active mind was still
\ at work on plans for his railroads. A few years
ago he took trip by automobile through the
| smaller cities OF Europe. On his return he told
his associates that the automobile had suggested
to him only railroad ideas. During the whole trip
he was thinking constantly of the adaptabilitv Of
automobile motors and running gear to railroads
The first thing he did on his return was to order
seven types Of sef-propeling built for expert
| menttng on his lines. That vacation was one Of
! the busiest periods of his life.
What impels your enthusiasm for railroads? Is
| 1t love OF money!" he was asked.
mo. not at all; II is the economics of the s+Yd
that is interesting 1t is simply the spirit which
drives the man to undertake a proposition and
bring it to successful conclusion That is the ss
cret OF anything in life I could not give up the
| struggle If wished to-"
On another occasion he replied petulaptIv n =
1 Eimiar question:
ambition to be a financial sovereign? I'd give
| 1t all up tomorrow II could"
| When the time came to turn his work over 70
others at the doctors orders he spoke of It with
/ Los Angeles:
My work will be carried on bv others Tba
plans are we'll outlined and thoroughly under
STOOD don't want to call it retirement but
must yle!o 70 the advice Of the doctors shall be
| consulted on some of the larger affairs but the
| details will be attended to by my good friends"
MI Hartman then told of his ambition to pIav
the game and win" He said he went into the
| he
coming master OF the nations transportation faciIi
ties for the love of winning over obstacles erd .
restless desire to master the difficult problems thar
were involved.
he iald his success as much TO sheer daring as
! he dld 10 his remarkable knowledge of conditions
When commenced to reorsanize the Trnior De
clhc in 1885, he once remarked there was no
reason why any OF a dozen men shouId nor
have done it, but nobody else seemed to have the
nerve" ~
| agn
coterie of Western capitalists bought so much
Union Pacific that they thought they were entitled
! TO q place on the board Of directors and went 70
MT hartman 10 arrange ii. He asked them how
much stock they had, and when they told him re-
FUSED their demand point blank, adding: II YOU
| try to break in I'll issue another hundred millions
! Of stock and dump it on the market I guess that
will hold you for while"
They tell a story Of time when the fortune of
z. H. Hartman hung in the balance. and for once
! he was genuinely worried. It during the cur
rency famine of 1888 At an acute stage of the
trouble the bankers in the Clearing House Associa-
ton met secretly et the city home Of Frederick D.
| Tappan then president of the association The
: house had been boarded up for the summer ana
! the shutters were kept closed that news OF
| the meeting should get After an aIl-day
meeting it decided TO issue Clearing House
certificates TO relieve the situation
Just after the meeting broke up and Mr. Tappan
| was left alone he was startled by a prolonged
ringing at the front door. On the threshold. show
| ing every evidence of extreme exhaustion and OF
/ nervousness almost beyond control. stood E. II.
Hartman. His eyes were red. his hands tremu-
lous and when he spoke his voice was low and
uncertain. Mr. Tappan asked him IN and offered
Kim seat but Hartman. in his excitement. still
standing. began 70 tell his story.
Mr.. Tappan.' said he. in effect. I have
consciously slept in seVenty-two hours l am des-
perate but am perfectly solvent ! have ample
securities Of the gilt-edged sort 70 cover all my
liabilities and leave a largs surplus. But bank