The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-10


America Will feel no serious shock
from the passing of one so great In
that field as was Edward Fl. Harri.
man,
The death of this powerful man Is
! az though some one at the head OF
| the affairs Of Ogden had suddenly
ceased TO exist His was the guiding
hand OF all the railroads entering Og-
den, except the Denver & Rio Grande.
! Harriman's first Introduction TO this
community was as the rebuilder OF
the Union Pacific. Later he perform
ed his master piece In railroad recon
structlon by bridging the Great Salt
Lake With piling and bands of steel
thereby eliminating i2 miles Of heavy
mountain climbing over Promontory,
on the old line OF the Central Pacific.
Then he made of the Central Pacific
a new road and finally be welded
those parts OF the Union Pacific, Cen
trail Pacific and Oregon Short Line
centering In Ogden into one road
Later a part Of the Union Pacific was
segregated.
Hartman has given TO Ogden and
all the roads embraced within his
system, the benefit Of a progressive
policy which converted the broken
down lines into modern railroads.
with modern equipment. and made
possible a greatly increased service
which added 10 comfort in travel and
efficiency In business.
The bankers committee and Judge
Robert S. Lovett, who are to direct
the affairs of the Hartman system OF
railroads, undoubtedly will do nothing
TO disturb the present organization of
those roads other than to grant plen-
ary power to julius Kruttschnitt as
director of maintenance and operation,
and j, c. StubbS as traffic director,
making each in his sphere supreme
While Hartman lived many of the
greater problems and some OF the
minor details went over the heads of
those men TO the master mind Now
that will have TO be changed for there
is no one with the same mastery Of
details capable OF directing OF adyis.
Ing, except In matters involving legs
points or financial policies.
With Mr.. Kruttschnitt supreme In
his department, Ogden will continue
to receive just recognition as a ter
mineral point and natural railroad cen
ter
Fortunate II is that the two men on
whom so much responsibility will now
rest arc from the West and know the
needs OF this vast empire OF undevcl
oped resources. Their influence will
do much to hold for the West that
prestige which Mt. Hartman had es-
tablished for il in the councils of the
men of wealth in the East,
There is one serious aspect which
the future presents. Hartman knew
the West better than any other man
in the confidence of the capitalistic
He had faith in this part of the coun-
try and advised the expenditure OF
vast sums of money With his alb
sence, who is to take up this labor and
continue the Hartman policy of rail,
road expansion and improvement?
VIII the operating of the Hartman
system degenerate into stock dealing.
for the promotion OF which the roads
Will be depleted of treasury funds,
drained of resources in general and
allowed to fall into condition of dry
rot or will the broad. farseeing policy
of the dead man be adhered to with
fidelity?
We all recall how certain big east
ern interests fought Harriman's re-
building OF the Union Pacific and Cen
tral Pacific and grew impatient over
the failure TO declare larger dividends,
and how later there came demand
for the division of the surplus in
Union Pacific treasury. after a ten
per cent dividend had been declared.
VIII this false policy prevail, Or will
the improvements and planned extern
sions command that which is due
them?
Our hope at present Is in MT. Krutt-
schnitt. who knows the importance of
keeping pace with western develop
mcnt,
That Mr.. Hartman played a part
so important in the development OF
the West as 10 cause these uncertain.
ties TO loom large even the dav after
his death. is a tribute to the genius
which made him. an eastern man, See
80 clearly the possibilities OF the West
that when he died no section OF the
country had more cause for sincere
regret
In the world of 6nanca Z III IJ,r,I