The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-25
HARTMAN HOME
AGAIN; BUSINESS
WAITS HIS BECK
Stock Tickers Pause as Liner
Bringing Railroad King
Glides Into Dock
Still a Sick. Tired Man, Though
Mentally as Alert and
Keen as Ever

NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-Edward H.
Hartman came back to the United
States today while the financial world
stood on its tiptoes in anxiety and ex-
pectancy.
He came back as he left, on June 1,
last, sick, tired man. seeking health.
Tonight. surrounded by his family and
physicians at his magnificent, though
uncompleted summer home at Arden on
the Hudson, he began the after cure"
which he needs after the enervating
baths and distetic treatment he under
went at the Austrian resort, Bad Gas
tein
Business Halts at Coming
Never has there been a more re-
markable homecoming of private citi-
zen than E. H. Harriman's Great stock
market operations paused as his ship
drew near, the stock market itself
marked time. and the industrial world
turned its eyes seaward, as it were,
eager for glimpse of the man whose
illness abroad has furnished so much
material for stock market rumors.
Hartman remained on board the
docked at Hoboken Then, after be-
ing assisted ashore, he boarded a
Southern Pacific tug and was taken to
Jersey City, where he was assisted to
his private car. From there the trip
was quickly made up the Hudson to
n Al rda hot
Hartman talked freely about himself
his health and his hopes of early re-
covery. Reclining on couch, he
talked to more than score of news
paper men.
Il am entirely satisfied with my trip
abroad. as far as my health is con-
eerned.' he said, and 1 have nothing
on my mind except to come home and
take the after cure lost 10 pounds
while over there and for a little fellow
like me that is great deal.
Photographed Digestion
The doctors advised me to come
home and rest" he said, although they
Intended at first that 1 should rest
abroad. The photographing those doc
tors put me through was worse than
upon my arrival here-they took 16
different photos of my digestive organs
on the skiagraph. And to make the
pictures a success they began feeding
me on bismuth and rice. Bismuth and
rice. 1 understand. show up better on
the plates.
Of fun =
all, but 1 lost three pounds during the
photographing process. and once got a
little shock. The doctors overlooked
little tack in the machine which they
stood me up against; 1 came in con-
tact with it,
Turning to railroad matters, one of the
questions asked concerned his reported
option on controlling interest in New
York Central stock, which would give
him an unbroken line of steel from
coast to coast
That is an easy one" said the
financier, smiling, but would not tell
you if l had. I expect to find more Of
flee holders than stock holders now," he
said. There are more new laws and
they never seem to disp1ace the old
ones; new laws mean new office
holders to administer them
SCOTS at New Laws
do you refer to the corporation tax?'
he was asked.
"Yes-and some new state laws" was
the reply.
T lei, @f1,.
terest and warming to his subject he
sat up on the couch.
Three years ago I was called a spec
ulatory he said. That was when
Union Pacific was placed on a 10 per
cent and Southern Pacific on a per
cent dividend basis. / had a hard time
convincing my associates that the roads
could pay such dividends, but / had
come to realize that we were building,
not better than we knew, but quicker
than we knew. 1t was difficult for me
to comprehend that the development
struction work in the west were so
enormous and so rich.
Il guess the public and the press are
convinced now that 1 am not a specu-
lator.''
Hartman would not say just what
new undertakings he proposed. But"
said he, 'it is in my mind to open up
new territory and to build new tribu-
tary lines. This means new settle
ments and more people
Touching on his railroads in Mexico
Hartman said he had no immediate i'm
provement in mind, "at any rate nos
until new equipment was needed" His
attention was directed to recent mag
azine article which said there was feel
ing in the west against him because of
high short haul rates.
.It is alleged that you exact more to
haul from New York TO Salt Lake City
than from New York to San Francisco,
some one suggested.
Noncommittal on Rates
Il don't want to go into rates at this
time" he said. My method is to serve