Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-12
MRS.HARRINAN BUSYE
! Rumors Are Current that Long Visit
is Contemplated.
VAST ESTATES WELL MANAGED
Aim of widow of Former Union Pa
cifiC President t. 60 Keen the
Property Completely
Intact.

NEW YORK. Sept. u.-Cspecial Tele-
gram.)-On the anniversary Of the death
Of the late f. H. Hartman, the rumor IL
again current that Mrs. Hartman is worn
out by the tremendous responsibilities i'm
posed on her by the great fortune left by
her husband and is shaping her affairs so
that she may take a Ions rest and re-
cuperate When It is considered that for
the past year she has capably managed q
street railway and lighting plant and a
hotel in Georgia. a gold mine in South
Dakota. an iron mine. a dairy farm. bank
and q road building company in New
York. a blast furnace in Pennsylvania
given final Judgment upon huge financial
transactions N Wall street besides direct
ing an army OF workmen at Tower Hill.
at the same time being an old-fashioned
mother to five fatherless children. it is not
strange that she should feel the strain.
Her Sole Aim.
No woman OF the present generation has
taken ovSr the control OF such complex
business affairs as did, Mrs Hartman. Yet
she has approached her added duties WITH
quiet reserve and determination Her sole
aim. covering the last year appears to
have been to perpetuate the things under
taken BY Mr. Hartman for his country
and age. one OF her first acts was &c
lift the mortgage on the building owned
by the Boys club, at Tenth street and Ave-
nue. A. This cost Mrs. Hartman $4,000.
A canvass Of a number Of the properties
OF which a controlling interest Is nov
vested in Mrs. Hartman shows that moi
so much as a single $l2 clerk has been dis.
bod living N
have been increased where possible. anC
in several Instances. businesses are being
conducted without any profit whatever
from purely sentimental reasons on TIN
part OF Mrs Hartman. In the manage
ment Of the vast estate she has had th'
valued services Of Charles c. Tegethoss
twelve years associated with the late Mr.
Hartman in special confidential
capacity. A permanent broker in Wal
street today stated that Mrs. Hartman
had not withdrawn a dollar Of capita
from the great railroad and industrial en-
terprises identified with the name o
Hartman.
Kept Property Intact.
with the exception Of Mrs. Hartman
disposal of 46ls shares OF Guarantee Trus
company stock to a Morgan syndicate re
organizing that banking institution, and tn
sale Of holdings in the Equitable Life In
surance society she has retained, 1t is un
derstood, her stock in Union Pacific
Southern Pacific. Wells Fargo, B & o
railway sureties companies National Cit
bank and other corporations.
In her attitude to the Wall street prop
critics, Mrs. Hartman has received tn
counser ana advice OF Charles a. Peabody
who was Mr.. Harrimans confidential law
yer. Mr.. Peabody is president of tn
Mutual Life Insurance company. Mr.
Hartman has found no time for tri
to Europe this year. Her yacht, .sultans
a modest-craft.corapare .with -othsrs owRe
by the millionaire set. has been In CON
mission since July l, at Morses basin, Ba
Ridge, but Mrs. Hartman has taken onl
two cruises in her, one 10 Bar Harbor an
one to Newport. The old crew man III
} yacht and their wages have gone on jus
the same as IL the boat was the busie'
craft in these waters.
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