Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-09-10
(By IRWIN G. LEWIS)

| klndest hearted men ever knew
He was one OF the most magnetic
! men ever Knew and had the mos
profound knowledge OF railroadins
ol any man | ever knew.
Small in stature, his clothes poor
~ fitted, his face thin, his complexion
that of the victim OF Indigestion
small hands that We're always moving
bushy eyebrows, the eyes deep-set
and full of fire, huge spectacles, 3
rounded chin-strange to say-Har-
dreamer and the man who drives by
force OF his brain power and drives
alone.
He left New York III special train
OF seven cars the first of March. 1902
for an inspection trip over the TO-
OoOmnes of his roads. He had just
acquired the Southern Pacific lines
and the Rock Island, in addition to
others, and this was his first trip
west Of the Mississippi river.
With him We're his wife and daugh-
rcrs, Or. Cross, Stubbs, kruttschnitt
ana he travelled only by daylight. From
the time he left New Orleans, Julius
iiruttschnitt was his shadow. He
announces when he left New York
that ac would not be interviewed un-
til he had returned to New York and
the newspapers, after varioul ,ar-
tcmptS ~ put correspondent on
board gave up in despair and de-
pended on kruttschnitt tor what news
he wanted to give out.
As Hartman : arrival III California
was significant to California, espe-
cially as he had just bought the ).
+. and all its works, ii was up TO sons
California paper to get an interview
when Ae arrived in California. Spe-
cial men were sent to Phoenix, to r..
Pas to Yuma, and Hartman would
see none of them.
Having known Mr.. Kruttschitt
since 1892, the writer asked his edi-
tor for. and obtained a chanCe to
interview Hartman on his special
train the first time he stopped in
California. This was at Redlands,
where the acquaintance with krutt-
after the special had arrived and
krutt&chilt undertook to put the mat
ter to Mr., Hartman in II way that
would secure thc desired re"u.t.
Shortly after eight O'Clock, aIteI
nner, Hartman sent word tnat nc
" Juld consent To an Interview. as he
was Just entering California and knew
,hc Coast folks would Ike to know
what his plans We're.
His private car, named after his
home place in New York. Arden"
was on the rear sud of the train
In the rean end sat hartman, krutt-
schnitt. DR.. Cross. British stock
holder. DR.. Riley. Harriman's ply
sician. and Harriman's daughter
Maie waom Hartman loved more
than any other human being.
With infinite tact. Hartman re-
moved in a moment very natural
embarrass fe,t i'll meeting for
the .rst time a man who had grasp
ed the reins OF the transportation sit
uation of the United States and he
began to talk.
No specific questions were asked
until far along in the evening. He
lust sat and talked about his aims,
his plans for the Southern Pacific,
his daughter and his two boys, his
friend Kruttschnitt. his struggles
when IA boy. his ideas of the future
and o. hope to take II the flower
festival in Los Angeles.
Nothing impressed lis intimates
as much as his innate kindness. his
born quality of sympathy and his love
for his children. especially MISS Male
The writer was with him that first
night from half past eight Until af-
ter midnight. He never travelled Ii!
the night time and must have been
wearied to death by the trip across
the fearfnily BOT Yuma desert. but
he gave no si%u of it. He was as
polite as could be, much more polite
taan any OF his suborainatcs and he