Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-05
Vast Estate to be Administered
BY Her Personally From AIS
Fifth Avenue.
TO CARRY OUT HIS PLANS,
sharing Great Magnate's secrets for
Thirty Years, His Faith in Her l.
shown In His Actions.

MrH' MARY Averill Hartman. widow
OF Edward Henry Hartman and sole
iegatee of his estate. which makes her
one OF the wealthiest women m the
world, viii take charge OF and personal
~ direct the management Of this great
fortune Of more than 500 100000, and
possibly twice that amount. says the
New York Herald.
While Judge Robert :. Lovett may
represent her IN the boards of the Union
Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads.
ana he or some other man may repre-
sent her in the directorates OF the
other great corporations N which Mr.
| Hartman was Interested. il will be this
woman. sitting in her Fifth avenue Of
nee, who viii direct the destinies OF
These great properties and who will
give the final decision on all disputed
questions that may arise.
Mrs Hartman has leased offices AT
NO so Firth avenue. between Fortieth
and Fofty-hrst streets the first floor OF
which Is occupied by the uptown branch
81 the Farmers Loan 4 Trust company
ana which Is directly opposite the now
public library. Her offices will occtYnv
the greater part OF the second floor.
She Is the largest individual stock
holder in the Union Pacific and south
ein Pacific railroads, the Wells Fargo
Express company and a large stock
holder IN many Other. COMBINATIONS
While the details of the MANAGEMENT 81
these properties will be LEFT to others
u VIII be Mrs. Hartman al one end
or the telephone who win give orders
on important matters.
WIDOW HAS FULL POWER.
No man has ever paid higher trib-
ute 70 the ability Of woman than did
Mr. Hartman In his will Of 80 words
When he gave his entire estate 20 his
wife and appointed her sole executrix
Ihat he had the utmost faith In her
soOu judgment was shown when he did
not make single trust and gave her
full power to do as she pleased No |
one knew better than he that mis-
management OF the property he had |
peen aecumulating would mean the |
ruin OF thousands OF persons. but no |
one Knew better OF his plans for the
iuture than this woman who for 20 /
years had shared his secrets and had
been his adviser.
Mrs Hartman comes naturally by
her interest in financial and railroad
matters. Her father was William Il
e y. /
T., who with her brothers built a Iarss
part OF the Rome, Watertovn and
Dgdensburg railroad. now a part of
NE New York Central system. She
Inherited = fortune, which came TO Mr
Hartman At a time when he needed
money the most, and which. small as Il
vas compared with the great estate he
alter accumulated, formed part OF ths
'apital which enabled him TO get start
81 IN the acquisition OF railroads and
which enabled him to become the DOM
mating factor In the control Of mora
niles Of railroads than any man m the
world.
RETAINS SOCIAL LEADERSHIP.
For many years Mrs. Hartman has
cen one of the social leaders OF this
ity, ana il Is not believed that the |
management OF the large estate Will in |
NY way interfere with her social plans
he offices which she has rented are
onVenient 10 her Firth avenue home.
nd wath the telephone. which Mr. Har-
imam SAID was his greatest servant |
he can keep in touch while az her desk
lth the men who will represent her
the directorate OF the corporations
Judge Robert $. BOvett. who was
ounsel and adviser OF Mr. Hartman
All railroad matters and who sue
.eded MIN AZ president and chairman
|
acific and Southern Pacific railroads
sfused last night TO talk about the
ians Of Mrs. Hartman 10 manage the
state.
II viii not talk about the affairs Of
ne Hartman estate az any time" lac
lid
Charles A. Peabody. who was mar
'nal counsel for the dead anancier ana
ne Of the witnesses 10 the will. which |
declared by lawyers 10 be proof
sainst al contests. was out of the city
81 evening, as was Mrs. Hartman.
no was said 10 be at Arden
MT and Mrs. Hartman had FIVE sur |
wing children. They are Mrs. Robert '
Gerry William Averill Hartman
q Misses Mary and Caroline and Ro-
nd Hartman None OF these was -
entloned IN the Will. and only Mrs r
au1man knows the plans her hus-
ma made for the future u the two
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