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

favorite habit was a baggy sack suit
and a SLOUGH hat pulled down over
| his eyes.
Although the fnancier appeared II
be always deeply engrossed in his vast
| business affairs, he found time occa-
sionalIy for an expression of humor
| 'fNow, that have the financial follow
| ing which goes with success he once
said, quietly, ST don't have so much
trouble to get the money to carry out
nv ideas. But L like opposition. It
develops one"
Following his we'll known financial
battle with James ]. Hill over the
Northern Pacific matter, Mr.. Harri-
man came upon picture of Mr.. Hill
in magazine and he said, with a
twinkle in his eye:
ANY way, he calls me Ed
No Ticker in q. p. Offices.
tt was Mr.. Harriman's boast that
there was no stock ticker in the Union
it was the other fellows who were
hanging the tickers, wondering what
he was going to do next. Mr.. Har-
riman worked in his offices only four
days a week, and then he was there
from o'clock in the morning until
days neither Mr.. Hartman nor any
of the officials or employees ate lunch.
On the other three days of the week,
Mr. Hartman played. His hobby in
of the great estate at Arden.
His best known benefaction is the
Boys club, on New York's East side.
1t is a club for boys, where they can
find healthful recreation without re-
gard to religious belief or social
standing. He started it some thirty
years ago and not long ago gave it a
$250,000 building He went to all its
theatrical entertainments, helped the
club financially and did not do it os-
tentatiously.
His Home Life.
In his home life Mr. Hartman
dropped his brusque, imperative man
ner and was known as genial compan-
ion, a good neighbor and a kindly en-
ployer His domestic relations were
delightful. He was always very fond
Of fine horses and kept a magnificent
stable, which furnished his choice
amusement when at his country
home. He enjoyed good literature
and travel and cared comparatively
little for formal society.
Asked once what satisfaction he got
from his life work. he said:
Don't you think it some satisfac-
ton to- have stopped the overflow OF
the Colorado river when the govern
ment couldn't. and saved the lives and
property of hundreds of families
Don't you think that is some satisfac-
ton? Don't you think it some salts
faction. when. after the San Fran
O-@~O
move 100000 persons out of the
city without one accident?
Isn't it some satisfaction to have done |
that?"
But it was not alone the satisfac- |
ton of personal feeling for those he |
had saved. 1t was also the pride of
the master mechanic in the perfect |
he had created.
He Liked a Joke.
The masterfuI little man had a |
keen relish for a joke. One day |
when the Sidney Webster incident |
was on. he ran across a newspaper
man he knew well. Hartman ap-
preached from behind. The news |
paper man felt a sudden tug at his /
arm and looked around.
Say" said the master Of the Union
Pacific, '1f that fellow in Washing
ION had my job and I had his job. I
wonder If I would make as big a
ness of his and he would OF mine?"
On another occasion. a reporter
rom a paper that had published the |
most scathing editorial attacks upon
hartman and his railroad financing
vas sent to ask who were the two
greatest railroad men in the world.
I'm one of them" came as quick
Is a flash. land the other in his own
Is the editor of your
leWspaper"