The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-10
WORKED TO LAST
Hartman Did Not Quit Until
80 Minutes Before Death.
Estate Is Estimated as High as
500 Millions.
Is CORPORATE ONS.
Claimed Him as President and
% in Other Capacities.
His Appearance, Personal Habits
and Characteristics.
16 CORPORATIONS

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been announced that the funeral OF
Edward H. Hartman will be private
many noted persons. among them the
associates of the railroad organizer,
ere arranging to attend the simple SER
vices, which are to be held in the little
church at Arden Sunday afternoon
Until then the body will remain in the
mansion on Tower Hill watched by the
members of the immediate family.
Robert L. Gerry, Mr.. Hartman
eon-fn-law, has announced that NOBODY
knew the cause of Mr.. Harr1mans Ill
ness and that nothing could be rouno
out without an autopsy.
This he said, would not be performed
and therefore, the cause OF death VII WI
never be known. According to Mr.
Gerry and other members of the family,
no operation was performed because the
most noted physicians and surgeons
in the world had failed to diagnose his
case and as they did not know what
was the matter with him. they could 40
nothing fer him.
Mr. Hartman worked up until 80
minutes of his death. Early in the
morning, he talked personally on the
telephone to one of his secretaries in
his New York office. instructing him
to proceed to Arden. The secretary
reached Arden at 10:40 a. m. and for
one hour and 20 minutes Mr.. Harri-
man dictated letters and instructions
noon Mr.. Hartman still had mass OF
work before him. but his personal
physician, DR.. Lyle, ordered him to
rest and few minutes later the imam
cier suffered a paralytic stroke which
affected his heart and dissolution
quickly followed.
His Great Business Interests.
Estimates of Mr.. Harriman's estate
vary widely. There seems to be
consensus of opinion that it is in ex-
oesS of Rffu million dollars while one
authority places it as high as five
hundred million dollars. He was
president of sixteen great cor
porations and director or
was president and director of the fol-
lowing:
Union Pacific Railroad company.
Southern Pacific company.
Oregon Short Line Railroad COM |
Pacific Mail Steamship company.
Southern Pacific Terminal COM |
pany.
Central Pacific Railway company.
Louisiana Western railroad.
Louisiana Railroad company
Louisiana Steamship company |
Morgan lined. asa .3~ SIS ""
Oregon & California Railroad COM
pany.
company.
Portland and Asiatic Steamship |
company.
Railroad Securities company.
Rio Bravo Oil company.
Southern Pacific Coast railway.
Texas & New Orleans Railroad |
company.
Director or Trustee.
He was director in the following: |
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad COM |
pany, Brooklyn Heights Railroad COM
pany, Brooklyn Rapid Transit COM
pany, Colorado Fuel & Iron company,
Erie Railroad company, Guaranty
Trust company (and assistant treas
urer); International Banking COM
pany. IIwaco Railway & Navigation
company, Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern Railway company, Leaven-
worth, Kansas & Western Railroad
company, Michigan Central Railroad
company, Louisiana & Texas Railroad
& Steamship company, National CITY
bank of New York, New York Central
& Hudson River Railroad company,
New York Susquehanna & Western
railroad Night and Day bank. Pacific
Coast company, Pere Marquette Rail-
road company, San PEDRO, Los Angeles
& salt Lake railroad, st. Joseph &
Grand Island Railway company, Union
Pacific Land company, Wells Fargo &
Company (also chairman executive
committee); Wells Fargo-Nevada Ma
tional bank, Western Union Telegraph
company.
He was a member of the board OF
managers of the Delaware & Hudson
and trustee or the EQuls-
able Trust company of New York. &,
Personal Appearance and Habits.
While Mr. Harriman's name was
known throughout the world, his per- |
was largely a mystery, be-
cause of his unobtrusiveness. He sell
1om appeared in public. He was a
little man, not imposing physically,
put his slight frame was a wiry one
With a nervous, aggressive, command
ng way of moving about. His big
Eyes behind the spectacles and the I
nigh forehead belonged to a giant, and
hose who interviewed him soon I
ceased to see anything else. He cared I
title for his personal appearance. His '