Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-11-01


man came into power and the occasion
arose to put some one into post of
large responsibility Edwin Hawley did
not get the promotion. so he resigned
and started out for himself with feel
ing il his heart net kindly for the new
leader OF Southern Pacific. Hawley's
friends declare that to him rather than
to Hartman belongs the credit for
reurGIni2iug tie Southern Pacific. At
any rate. the two men quarreled, and
they never completely made it up in
after life.
List of Hawley's Roads.
Here is Il list of the roads now cred
tied to Mr.. Hawley, all of which have
been acquired since the quarrel:
Miles.
Minnea polls and St Louis ...... 1,O27
Chesapeake and Ohio .................. 1,Si0
Chicago and Alton Observation-Disclosures. 994
Toledo st. Louis and Western ....... 45l
diochlhS Naliey ..........'.''...'........ oii
Toledo and Ohio Central ............... AL
Operated by the NJ, *. and T......... ~
Total Hawley control .................. 1892
Nothing can keep Iawley and his
friends from the Pacific slope. because
Hawley now controls, in addition to
all the eastern lines, the Chicago and
Alton. which has developed wonder
fully in recuperative powers; the To-
lcdo. st. Louis ana Western. known as
the Glover Leaf: he is as important a
part of the Western Pacific as is
George Gould and as strong in the
Rock Island as Mr.. Hartman was, and
goodness only knows how strong now
since Mr.. Uarriman's death; he and
his associates own the Missouri Kan
sas and Texas-the Katy-and are de-
clared to have made at least traffic
arrangement with the Kansas City,
Mexico and Orient. which will take
their business to the Pacific coast.
Furthermore, they are expected to
build a connecting link in the Mime
apolis and st. Louis which will give
Kansas City another direct line to st.
Paul and Minneapolis.
Big Financial Backers.
These transactions have amazed Wall
street the more because no one knows
just who is behind Hawley. The
crowd knows that the syndicate must
represent vast wealth because Of the
power it wields. 1t is certain that
Hawley and James J. Hill are fast
friends. and that might presage any
thing in creation. Theodore Z. Shonts,
Thomas +. Ryan, Paul Morton, Speyer
& Co., Fisk e. Robinson and others
mighty in money matters in New
York; Henry Walters in Baltimore,
John ]. Mitchell and Joy Morton in Chi
cago are names that stand for every
thing in railroad selling and buying,
names to use in building great schemes.
and all tied to the name of Edwin
Hawley. They are men who have
done big things. men certain to stick
to man who is wizard enough to
take n bankrupt road and place it on
a per cent basis. as Hawley did with
the Chesapeake and Ohio.
And through it all he is silent or ut
least so provokingly uncommunicative
that few know much about him. He
is of that class physically which the
world calls little, rather small in stat
ure. with large head and n forehead
indicating great brain power, great
concentration. He is gray haired has
deep set eyes. a strong face. on which
there is. no beard or muStache to hide
the character lines: clean cut, we'll ar
rayed, quiet mannered-One of the cool
est heads in the financial world of the
country.
Hawley Has Millions.
No one knows how wealthy he is.
1t has been estimated that he Is worth
twenty millions, but owing to recent
successful operations this is believed
to be far below the level. He has no
marble palace. He makes no splurge
in society. No one seems to know any
thing about his home except that it
Is shut away from the curious and in
quisitive in brOwnstone house of
four stories at "a West Fifty-sixth
street, New York. No one has ever
seen anything in the papers about his
family. He belongs to few clubs and
takes live interest in sports, includ-
ing golf, riding and driving and mo-
toring-activities which prove him by
no means mere money grubber or
recluse. He is president of or director
in no one knows how many companies.
He is financially interested in banks.
brokerage businesses. copper mines,
coal mines, bridge building, car coup
lers. lighting and heating, real estate
and railroads. 1t is believed he is the
actual head Of more miles of railroad
than any man except possibly James
J. Hill.
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