Imperial Valley press., 1909-03-20


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 A railroad man who is his close as. sociate said of him yesterday liar. riman's great source of strength lies in his ability to grab the very heart | out of every situation. He never seems to actually read letters, he senses them. He works so intensely that he seems to be a human epitome of ev- ! erythiug. His plan as a railroad man has always been to get possession of poor roads, fit them to the highest possible state physically, and then amalgamate them with some big Sys- tenn"
 This quotation is given because liar. riman rather amusingly exempliHed it in the course of short interview given The Times during the day
 What Los Angeles ought to do," he said, "is to bring that Owens River water system to the highest state of perfection, and then annex some town like Riverside, if twas near enough"
 He had little to say, however.
 Just travelling: cant I travel like any one else?" he said.
 He glanced across the tracks where lay the machine by which he travels like any one else"
 The shop mechanics, with much anx- iety, were going over the car wheels as though they were made of glass; Secretaries were anxiously waiting on the platforms; knots of big railroad men were standing in groups waiting his pleasure.
 Railroad changes? Well, boy, if knew what changes were going to be made around here, wouldn't tell you you don't think I would be foolish enough to tell, do you?"
 He spoke with great interest Of I'm perial Valley and the resources of Mexico, from which he has just come; took no interest in the harbor.
 
 At Pasadena Mr. Hartman was in- terviewed by number of newspaper men. who submitted written ques. tions. With one exception he an swered with rapidity and brevity. AL most angrily, he replied to the hack neyed question as to what he thought of Southern California. Straighten- ing with a jerk in his chair, and pushing back his hat he fairly snapped:
 Why don't you get out in the world and see something beyond your little circle here? I would not belit- tie Southern California She has ac- complished much, and will do still greater things. With that river turned in here Los Angeles should control everything in this neighbor- hood. Isn't Pasadena owned by Los Angeles? It ought to be, and probably will be. But you take your map and study it. What do you know of Mex ico? Do you know the Imperial Val ley? Have you ever been there? Here my party has travelled eighteen hundred miles through a country whose possibilities you know prarti- cally nothing about Why don't you ask me for something interesting? Everybody believes in the fellow who believes in himself. You certainly be- live in yourself out here, and you will win great success. When I am in Riverside 1t is what do you think of Riverside? When I am in Pasa- dena it Is what do you think of Pas adena? I tell you that Los Angeles may some day need country to mi grate to. Study your map"
 MT. Hartman professed ignorance of any Spreckels or other proposed line into San Diego from Arizona, and queried:
 What is it? Do you want another transcontinental line to come into Los Angeles by way of San Diego? You want San Diego to be a way station on such a line, do you?" He smiled again and closed his eyes.
 Accompanied by Epes Randolph and E. N. Brown, president of the lines controlled by the Mexican govern ment, Hartman has been on an in- spection tour reaching twenty miles below Mazatlan. Of the 1900 miles of railroad proposed between Guaymas and Guadalaiara and territory north and south, approximately 750 have