The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11
Mrs. Hartman Said to Be
Breaking Under Strain of
Her Great Fortune.
HAS TACTFULLY MANAGED
LATE HUSBANDS BUSINESS
Multiplicity of investments and
Great Enterprises Have Been
Well Handled.
By Leased Wire to The Tribune.

By Leased Wire 10 Tho Tribune.
NEW YORK, Sept. io.-On the ami
vcrsary OF the death of the late Ed
ward II. Hartman, the rumor is 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 nf-
fairs SO that she may take long rest
and recuperate When IL is considered
that for the past year she has cupably
managed q street railway and lighting
plant and 81 hotel in Georgia. 4 gold mine
IN South Dakota and an iron mine, u
dairy farm. a bank and road building
company In New York, n blast furnace in
Pennsylvania. given final judgment upon
huge financial transactions in Wall street
besides directing an army OF workmcn
at Tower Hill, at the same time being
an old fashioned mother 10 tivc fatherlcss
children, 1t Is not strange that she should
feel the strain.
No woman of the present generation
has taken oyer the control OF such com
plex business affairs as did Mrs. Harrf,
man. Vet she has approached her ADDED
duties With quiet reserve and dctermina-
Iion. Her sole aim. covering the past
year. seems 10 have been TO perpctuate
the things undertaken by Mr.. Hartman
for his country and age
Practical Philanthropy.
Ono of her FIRST acts was TO lift the
mortgage on the building owned by the
Boys club at Tenth street aud avenue
y. This cost Mrs Hartman $4,000.
a canvass of II number OF the porpcr-
ties of which controlling interest is now
vested In Mrs. aIrriman shows that not
so much as II single $l2 clerk has been
disturbed from his living. In fact, wages
have been Increased when possible ana
in several instances businesses are being
conducted without any profit whatever
from purely sentimental reasons on the
part OF Mrs Hartman. In the manage
ment OF the vast estate she has had the
valuable services OF Charles Z. Ieget-
hodd, twelve years associated with the
late Mr. Hartman In IA special coniiden-
tial capacity.
Keeping Capital Intact.
\ prominent broker IN Wall street To-
day stated that Mrs, Hartman had not
withdrawn a dollar OF capital from the
great railroad and industrial enter
prises identified with the name OF Harri-
man.
With the exception OF Mrs. Harriman's
disposal OF 1918 shares OF Guarantee
Trust company stock 10 4 Morgan syndi-
cate reorganizing that banking instltu-
tion. and the sale OF holdings In the
Equitable Life Assurance society-boJh
enterprises being such that only master
Of finance like Mr.; Hartman himself
tanned. II is understood her stock lr-
terest in Union Pacific, Southern Pa
cifc, Wells-Fargo Baltimore & Ohio;
City bank and other corporations.
In her attitude TO the Wall street
Mrs Hartman has received
the counsel and advice OF Charles 4.
Peabody, who was Mr.. Harrimans con-
Iidential lawyer.
Mr.. Peabody is president OF the Mutual
LIT Insurance company. Mrs, Hartman
has found no time for a trip to Europe
his year, Her yacht. Sultana. n modest
craft, compared with others owned by the
set. has been in commission
since July at Morse's basin. Bay Ridge
but Mrs. Hartman has taken only two
,ruises in her, one to Bar Harbor and
,ne TO Newport The old crew mans
he yacht and their wages have gone
,n just the same as II the boat was tn.
busiest craft in these waters.