The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-10

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derstood by tae insiders. l do not be-
lieve that any other single man VIII
ever again occupy the position Whlcn
Mr.. Hartman has held. Peculiar COM
| binations of circumstances made pos
sible his one-mand domination OF the
! interstate railway situation. rms OPP
portunity is not likely to come again.
| especially in view of the demand Tor
! new and more stringent federal laws.
James Stillman, chairman OF the
board of directors of the Natlonal
City bank, spoke feelingly or the loss
of his close personal friend and bust
ness associates.
"Mr. Hartman" he said, was the
most remarkable genius that has ever
upbuilder, and has left a permanent
in- pl essiop on the map ano IN the oeVel-
opment of the country. The world mas
known few minds that have mad sucn
lens and at the same time such firm
grip upon details and such ablnty Tor
successful execution"
w. c. Brown, president OF the New
York Central railroad. of which MI
Hartman recently became a director,
cent the following statement from his
summer home:
One of Worlds Greatest Men.
Zone of the worlds greatest men has
gone. The great Union and southern
Pacific railroads transformed by his
master hand from financial and physl-
cal wrecks to the magnificent proper
ties they are today, Will be his enour-
ing monument.
but there was another side to Mr..
Hartman which the world does not
know so well. His warm, open heart
ed charity-always unestentatious-
has frightened the lives of thousands,
few of whom have ever known whose
the hand was that gave.
Hundreds of victims of tubercu-
1osiS have come to the Ad1rondackS
and have returned to happy, useful
- y, fT-fh IIffn T1a
continued year after year by Mr.. Har-
riman with no conditions save that
the benefactor's name should in no
way be made public"
Frank A. Vanderlip, president of
the National City bank said:
HE was a genius of the first rank.
believe that the work which he did
will endure. His death cannot halt
made possible. The nation owes a
greater debt to Mr.. Hartman than to
any other of those upbuilders whose
names have spelled prosperity"
Mr.. RipIey's Estimate.
E. P. Ripley, president of the Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad
said:
Mr.. Hartman was a great man.
Beginning his railroad activity with
out special railroad training, he ac-
CURED rapidly the underlying princi-
pies of the transportation industry
and, although burdened as few men
have been burdened with the conduct
of affairs of all kinds he mastered
many of the details as well as the gen.
eral principles. That his undertakings
were too vast for any one intellect
and that their colossal proportions
cut short his life is probably true; yet
one can but admire the indomitable
courage and will power that animated
the slender body and which endured
to the last. Altogether he was a re-
markable man whose departure leaves
a great gap in the financial and rail-
road world"
Mohler Makes a Statement.
Omaha, Sept 10.-Mr. Mohler has
given out statement in which he |
says he has no idea as to what policy |
will be followed in the future manage |
ment of the Union Pacific.
In the course of this statement he |
Omaha and the various states
through which the Union Pacific oper- |
ates, have lost. in the death of Mr.. |
Hartman, one of their very best |
friends He was prodiga1. almost, in |
the way of expenditures, in the i'm
provement of the property and i'm
proved conditions for the public and |
naturally his enormous expenditures |
have enhanced the values of every |
thing surrounding it.
He was generous to a fault, ex-
ceedingly kind hearted, never resent |
full. no matter to what extent pro-
voked. and during my entire acquaint- |
ance with MIN L never heard him
speak ill of any person.
HE fully appreciated the friendly |
sentiment expressed by the people of |
the great west to whose interest he |
devoted his great abilities and sacri- |
feed his life.
"As to the future management of |
the Union Pacific and the Hartman |
lines, am in no position to give any
information as I have no knowledge, |
but one thing is definitely certain |
that a property having such wide in
f1uence and in such fine physical
condition and with such magnificent
future prospects, can do nothing else
but maintain it's credit and be a vast |
benefit to the country which it
traverses in the future as Mr.. Harri-
man has made it in the past
One year ago last night Hartman
and his wife celebrated their twenty
fifth wedding anniversary at the L
Omaha Field club where they were
guests of the Commercial club of this
city
The news of the financier's death
caused shock to the men here who
knew him so WELL
TEMPORARY SUCCESSOR.
TIL III