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

ticence that prevailed during Mr.. Har
riman's Illness was maintained by mos
OF his relatives and associates after hi:
death, Orlando Hartman discussed the
funeral arrangements briefly. He sait
Mr.. Hartman would be buried in tho
family plot in the little graveyard be-
hlrd st. Johns Episcopal church a
Arden. He will rest beside his eldest
son, Edward H. Hartman, Jr, whs
died % years ago.
Although his family and perhaps
two or three associates had known
that Mr. Hartman might die at any
time since his relapse last Sunday, the
news of his death was comparatively
unexpected in the vicinity of Arden.
And in some respects there are indi-
cations that it was unexpected in New
York so early. The best proof of this
was that Judge Lovett, who has spenl
practically every night at the house
since Sunday, returned to New York
yesterday morning as usual and was
mantle he may now wear-for he is
spoken of by some as Mr.. Harriman's :
uccessor-breathed his last. DR..
Lyle issued a statement during the
morning saying the patients condition
was unchanged. But before the after
noon was well under way he was
dead.
was No Operation.
In keeping with the simple arrange
ments for the funeral an undertaken
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road station to Arden, was pressed into
service to perform the last services
that human hands will render to the
dead before interment One of the
men who assisted the embalmers said
that the body bore no sign of any re-
cent operation.
The family's decision in selecting
the little country graveyard on the hill
side near here, far removed from the
scene of Mr.. Harriman's business trl-
umphs. is the first evidence that they
intend to maintain Arden as their
home. The unfinished palace that COW
ers Tower Hill and the great estate
that surrounds it was one of Mr.. Har-
riman's dearest hobbies. During the
last days of his illness he took a great
personal interest in the work, and sit
ting in the sunshine on his great YER
anda, often conversed with the labor
the family, carrying out his wishes,
will complete the work under way and
that the name of Hartman will con-
tinue to be a synonym of bounty in
this part of the Ramapo valley.
All of the late railroad kings en-
ployes are deeply affected by his
death. particularly Charles T. Ford,
of the estate. w. A.
superintendent of Mr.. Har-
riman's dairy, was also greatly moved.
Mcclellan has been in Mr. Harriman's
service for 16 years and was one of his
most trusted employees.
ding party set forth from the Harri-
man residence while the master lay
dead. George Murphy, chief engineer
of the estate was the bridegroom and
the bride was Mary Spalding, a par
lor maid. They alone, of all the en-
ployes on the estate. were not ap-
prised of Mr.. Harriman's death.
A shaft of bluestone quarried from
the steep sides of Tower hill. marks
the grave of the baby Edward and lit
hi "a hot a
modest size will be erected over the
last resting place of his distinguished
father. The service will be held at
$3.50 o'clock on Sunday afternoon
next and it is understood will be
strictly private.
His Rise Dates From 1897.
From early manhood a command
ing figure in a widening circle of Wall
street activity it was in 1897 that Ed
ward Henry Hartman gained foot
hold by which he lifted himself from
the numerous company of moderately
successfuI sue financiers to place
among the half dozen financial giants
of the country.
At the time the Union Pacific stock
was going begging and the road was
ests, whose brains and capital had
faied to place it on a paying basis
backed by Kuhn, Loeb Ss
Company and Standard Oil interests,
the rehabilitation or the
railroad. He secured a controlling
interest reorganized the management
and through his genius converted the
bankrupt company into one OF the
best dividend payers. In TINS re-
and later. when he took
hold of the Southern Pacific, Harri-
mans policy was one of lavish ex-
penditure which made the properties
as near physically perfect as possible:
The matter of dividends was alloMed
to wait upon their perfection rms
policy has been continued on all the
lines. and it has been
added close study of the territories
adjacent to the properties and Whlch
contribute or may be made TO con-
tribute to their welfare.
His Early Struggles.
Harriman's most spectacular per-
'ormance and the one which made his
name familiar to all the reading pub
ic was in May, 1901, when he strug- |
yled with the Morgan and Hill inter-
ests for control of the Northern
historic Northern Pacific corner re-
;ulted in the stock of the company
yoing at $1,000. At the Showdown"
darriman produced SIS, 600, OOo IN
stock out of a total of $155,OOO,oOO
However, the Hill-Morgan people held !
he whip hand through a bylaw of
he company which permitted the re-
irement of preferred stock at any.
ime. Of his holdings $41,000,O00 was
preferred stock, but Hartman secured
compromise and he and some OF ms
associates were elected to the North-
ern Pacific directorate.
Harriman's success was not without
early struggles. He made his debut
Is a railroad man in 1888 when he
was made a director of the Illinois
Central He was then worth mil ,
ion dollars He esta bIished close re-
ations with James Sti1lman and be-
came a member of the banking firm
IF Loeb, Hartman & Company. He
also formed a business alliance with
Jacob H. Schin and his influence In |
Wa IL Straat erreu ranidlY.