Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-11

The secretary reached Arden at 10:40
a. m, and for one hour and twenty
minutes Mr.. Hartman dictated letters
and instructions to subordinates to the
secretary At noon Mr. Hartman still
had a mass of work before him, but his
personal physician, DR.. Lyle, ordered
him to rest. A few minutes later, 1t is
understood, the financier suffered
paralytic stroke which affected his
heart, and dissolution quickly followed.
Estimates of Mr.. Harriman's estate
vary widely. There seems to be con-
sensus of opinion that it is in excess
of $50 100000, while one authority places
it as high as $500,000,000. He was pres
ident of sixteen great corporations ana
a director or trustee of twenty-seVen
others. He was president and director
of the following:
Harrlman's Interests
Union Pacific Railroad company.
Southern Pacific company.
oregon Short Line Railroad company.
pany.
Pacific Mail Steamship company
Southern Pacific Terminal company.
Central Pacific Railway company.
Louisiana Western railway.
Louisiana Railroad company.
Louisiana steamship company (Mor-
Oregon and California Railroad COM
pany.
Oregon Railroad & Navigation COM
pany.
pany
Railroad Securities company.
Rio Bravo Oil company.
Southern Pacific Coast railway.
Texas & New orleans Railroad COM
pany.
He was a director in the following:
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad COM
pany, Brooklyn Heights Railroad COM
pany, Brooklyn Rapid Transit COM
pany, Colorado Fuel and Iron company,
Erie Railroad company, Guaranty
Trust company (and assistant treas
urer), International Banking company,
Ilwaco Railway and Navigation COM
pany. Lake Shore and Michigan South
ern Railway company, LeavenWorth,
Kansas and Western Railway COM
pany Michigan Central Railway COM
pany Louisiana and Texas Railway
and Steamship company, National city
Bank of New York. New York Central
and Hudson River Railroad company,
New York, Susquehanna B Western
railroad, Day and Night bank. Pacific
Coast company, Pere Marquette Rail
road company, San Pedro, Los Angeles
and Salt Lake railroad, st. Joseph and
Grand Island Railroad company, Union
Pacific Land company, Wells, Fargo d
Co. (also chairman executive commit
tee), Wells Fargo Nevada National
bank, Western Union Telegraph COM
pany.
other Holdings
He was member of the board of
managers of the Delaware and Hudson
company and a trustee of the Equitable
Trust company of New York.
While Mr.. Harrimans name was
known throughout the world, his per-
sonality was largely mystery because
of his unobtrusiveness. He seldom ap
peared in public. He was a little man
not imposing physically, but his slight
frame was a wiry one with a nervous,
aggressive, commanding way of NOV
ing about. His big eyes behind the
spectacles and the high forehead be-
longed to a giant, and those who in
terviewed him soon ceased to see any,
thing else He cared little for his per-
sonal appearance. His favorite habit
was baggy sack suit and slouch hat
pulled down over his eyes.
Although the financier appeared to be
always deeply engrossed in his vast
business affairs, he found time oc-
casionally for an expression of humor.
Nov that l have the financial fol-
lowing which goes with success" he
once said quietly, 'I don't have so
much trouble to get the money to
carry out my ideas. But 1 like opposi-
ton, 1t develops one."
Following his we'll known financial
battle with James ]. Hill over the
Northern Pacific matter Mr.. Hartman
came upon a picture OF Mr.. Hill In a
magazine and he said with a twinkle
in his eye:
Called Him "Ed"
Anyway, he calls me Ed"
1t was Mr.. Harriman's boast that
fhaFo tNraG 13n CT In, ba Tr,iO
Pacific office in New York. He said
1t was the other fellows who were
hanging over the tickers wondering
what he was going to do next.
Mr.. Hartman worked in his offices
only four days week, and then he
was there from o'clock in the morn
ing until late In the evening. During
those days neither Mr.. Hartman nor
any of the officials and employees ate
luncheon. On the other three days of
the week Mr.. Hartman played. His
hobby in late years has been the con-
struction Of the great estate at Arden.
His best known benefaction is the
boys club on New York's East Side
It is a club for boys, where they can
find healthful recreation without re-
gard to religious belief or social stand
ing. 1t was started some thirty years
ago and not long ago he gave 1t a
$250,000 building. Mr.. Hartman helped
the club financially and did not do 1t
ostentatiously.
In his home life Mr.. Hartman
dropped his brusque, imperative man
ner and was known as a genial COM
panion, a good neighbor and a kindly
employer. His domestic relations We're
delightful. He was always very fond
of fine horses and kept a magnificent
stable, which furnished his chief
amusement when at his country home.
He enjoyed good literature and travel
and cared comparatively little for for
NAL society.
His Satisfaction
Asked once what satisfaction he got
from his life work. he said:
do you not think 1t some satisfac-
tion to have stopped the overflow of
the Colorado river when the govern
ment could not, and saved the lives
and property Of hundreds of families?
Don't you think 1t was some satisfac-
ton, when after the San Francisco
earthquake we were able to move 200,-
900 persons out of the stricken city
without one accident? Isn't it some
satisfaction to have done that?'
But 1t was not alone the satisfaction
of personal feeling for those he had
saved 1t was also the pride of the
master mechanic in the perfect ma
chine he had created.
The masterful little man had keen
relish for a joke. One day when the
Sidney Webster incident was on he
ran across a newspaper man he knew