The Washington times., 1909-08-25

piled quickly. At am not thinking any
thing about extra dividends. segrega-
ton. speculation, or anything ike that
The only thing on my mind IN a BUSH
ness way. as / told you, is the inn
provement Of present lines and the de-
velopIaent Of the new ones"
'svVhat new lines do you refer tops
somebody asked
In other places than where we have
lines at present: don't propose 10 tell
you" he answered. adding. however,
that there was territory In Idaho and
Oregon that might be developed IN the
near future.
Hadn't you better postpone the rest
Of this Interview suggested Judge
Iovett. glancing at the reporters as
much as 10 say that Mr. Hartman
ought 70 be left alone But Ar. Harrl-
man blocked any such plan.
Feels Better
NO. I'm feeling better now" he de-
clared. sitting up for the first time. I
haven't anything on my stomach now,
and that makes me feel better. Won't
YOU ask Mrs. Hartman 10 go away It
bothers me-" he added
The little stateroom at the rear OF the
car was by this time so hot and close
that even a man IN rugged health might
have rebeIled against further confne-
ment there. but Mr.. Hartman seemed
70 stand it as well as anybody else. Be
coming reminiscent. he went on;
Three years ago it was hard Tor me
to convince my associates that UNION
Pacific would pay a 10 per cent dividend
and Southern Pacific 5 per cent I was
Tat n .
pretty hard time for those three yeas
and ] wish ] could wipe them out Iut
have won out. was convinced then,
and the press and public are convince
now. ] think. that it was not a specula-
tive movement It Is 4ay idea that now
we should cinch those dividends and
make them safe and sure.
do YOU mean 10 put the surplus
earnings now into the roads rather than
turn them over to the stockholders7'' he
was asked.
'Weu. that's about Il; that is my
plan - construction and Improvement.
and I guess the public viii now be con
WINGED that / am not Spectator. The
new lines may not pay for time, but
we are going 10 devote time and at
tention in doing for our lines such de
terests uf US all. / came 10 realize
some time ago that we were building
not better but quicker than we knew.
and il was difficult for me TO compre-
bend that the development ana returns
which followed our construction IN the
West were so enormous and so rich.
Wants All to Hear.
you can all hear can your" he
asked. seemingly intent on everybody
hearing fully his statement with re-
gard 20 the present and future of the
lines under hts control and his ex-
PLANTATION Of the rise in the Pacihcs
which, ia his mind. proved that he was
not a Spectator but a builder.
My method is TO serve the public"
he went on. "to give them the best
service for as little as anybody else
can give ito so manage that all the
time the public shall forgetting the
best possible service from Us"
His interest seemed for the moment
20 be exhausted, and as he settled back
into a reclining position on the couch
eX-Judge LOVett again inteTpOsCd.
1T IS getting very warm In here, Mr.
Hartman he limited, but received no
recognition. Mrs. Hartman was seen
10 whisper 10 Judge L0vett. who stepped
toward the couch, but by this time Dir
Hartman was deep IA an account Of
with a comment on mis- trip home.
1T was very toggy, ne said, and
rough, but I ate all my regular meals
and drank my special brew Of Vienna
beer until we got to Quarantine. There
my stomach got upset. and just now I
going 70 stay at Arden until ] get that