The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-10

Edward H. Hartman died at his summer home. Tower Hill. Arden. N. r.. at 3:35 D. m. yesterday. The Farmer was the first newspaper in this city to receive and bulle- tin the news of the demise of the great railroad master. The family physician said that Hartman died be- cause he was worn out and inasmuch as no autopsy will be made the. exact nature of the illness that caused dis solution will never be known. I'm mediate friends of the deceased be- lieved that death was due to a can cerous affection of the bowels.
 NewsYork, Sept. 10.-In an interview on his return from Europe. B. H. liar rirnan declared the affairs of the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific had been 50 systematized as to prevent the posnfbiiity Of trouble in the event of the death or absence of any of it's of flcfaIs. He added that the men in line of succession on these roads had been go well trained that they could step Forward into the shoes Of the men over them without the slightest h1tcn. This is to-day conceded by business interests, but their all-absorbing Ques- ton Is this too:
 While there may be a man to fill every subordinate position on these roads. is there a man big enough to fill the shoes of Edward H. Harr1- man?"
 The operating of the roads can be carried on by capable men, and the business policy. once outlined. success fully pursued.
 But what the dnancters and invest ors are asking is:
 seWho is going to map out the poli- cies, now that Hartman is dead What master mind can pick out the roads necessary to the upbulld1ng of |. the Hartman system. and what mas ter mind can get hold of these roads from rival ownerS?
 L. F. Loree. president of the Della ware & Hudson Railroad, and MT. liar riman,s personal representative on the directorate of a number of the liar rinan lines" is the most prominently mentioned successor of the dead mag nate Before Hartman took Loree up and made him president of the D. 6. H., and his personal representative, he had been president of the B. 6 O., and Rock Island.
 Others mentioned as probable suc- cessors are ex-Judge Robert s. Lovett, Y vice president of the Union Pacific and Harrimans personal counsel; Julius Kruttschnitt. director of maintenance and operation of the Hartman lines. ! Erie Railroad. . MT. Hartman himself did not own controlling interest in any of the great railways that went to make up the Harriman system" By his great ability. he placed himself at the head of pool that controlled these roads. Whether any other man can show the strength to hold these pools together Is pfoblematical.
 Hartman made himself potently heard in the operating and manage ment of 64.O00 miles of railroad, having an aggregate capitalization of. $5,200, 900 in stocks and bonds.
 Here are the Hartman lines: \ rSAbsolutely Controlled by Hartman.
 Roads. Stocks. Bonds Southern Pacific. 272,712,55S 454, ,1o5 .OOC So. Pac. of Mexico 75,0OO,000 .O0t San FILA. & S.L- 25,0O0,Oo0 40,000.00C st.Jo.& Grand Ind 1s, 300 100000 Ill.s Central 1O9, ,296, 900 176,O53,2 EYE Central of Georgia 5.000,0o0 50.473 ,00C Dominant Interest Held by Hartman
 Clique.
 Balto-& Ohio. PIP, 2,175, ,829 266, ,641 5O1 Della & Hudson. 42,400,O00 76,641, ,00C Important Interests Held by Hartman
 Clique.
 Erie ........ 176, ,271, 300 PIG, ,463, ,00C N. r. Central. 41s.7Ss.600 SO4, ,s26 .67z w. & L. E.. P. T. 46,979,500 76,301,5 ,50t Lesser Interests Held by The Harri-
 man Clique.
 Atchison .......... 235, 1885, 800 BIO, 000, ,0oC Chicago & N. W. 122.013.6oo 164 s,0Ot St. Paul .......... 2,623, 100 125, ,679, ,5O( According to good authority, Harri- man owned outright or held as trus- tee, stocks to the value of $235.O ,000 A list of his personal stock holdings includes 17,000 shares of Delaware & Hudson. valued at s3,247.000; 100, ,oOC oh Al 11T1in Pacific valued at $10, 400, GOO; 4,324 shares of the Guaranty Trust Company. of New York. valued at $325 900; 800 shares of the First National Bank of Chicago Illinois Trust & Savings Company 7 valued at $130,000.
 Stock owned outright or held by him as trustee. reported to the Interstate June 30, 1908: Union Pacific common 104,150 shares, valued at $20 621,7O0; Illinois Central 14,130 shares, valued at g, ,161, ,899; Northern Pacific, 28 8O5 shares. valued at s4,4o7, ,165; New York For Central, 15.oO0 shares. valued at s2.055,- 900: Great Northern, 67,773 shares valued at $10, ,233, ,723; Southern Pacific common. 759.950 shares, valued at $95,- 375.700i Southern Pacific preferred, 300,- GOO shares, valued at $30000, 900; Oregon Short Line, 273, SOY shares, valued al $27, $50. zee.
 Personal investment in Erie Rail- road in stocks. bonds, and notes, $18,- COCO GOO; investment in Central of Georgia $3,O00, 900; county estate at Arden, $4, ,000; city residence. $1.000,- 600.
 Harriman's personal estate is to-day estimated at between $75,O0O 900 and $200, GOO, GOO. Conservative fnanciers say MT. Harriman's personal fortune will not fall short of $1O0,0000O0, and may exceed $150,000,000.
 
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