The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-05
Hartmann TELl.S |NHYI re re PLANS
TOBUILD.UP MERCHANTNIAR|NE.
Says Ships Necessary in De-
eIopment of National Econ
omic Life.
By :EDWARD M. IHIERRY

U SCopyrtght, The West Virginian)
New York May 5-A new figure
Z Isl rising In the shipping world
saWi11iam GAverell Hartman, son OF
The great railroad king, the late E.
sHasHarriman.
With a heritage Of brains and
The genius for organization that
was his fathers greatest asset,
Chairman is taking the leadership
a In Building an American merchant
marlne.
4 ssSssssss1 is a great constructive
e said, in describing for
ENEA service his ambitions for
American shipping. I'VE are doing
pioneer work
Hartman is only 80. yet in five
years he has become power In
Ship building and ship operation.
Start an Accident
s::.I got into the shipping busin-
ess by accident" he said. And
SI'makeepingf at it,
That lis his M Oldest way of say
jEing5itaswas his keen foresight of
n the need for ships that impelled
him to go into shipbuilding on a
big scaleatwo months before Am eT-
flea entered the war. 1t was this
.ssaccident,' of guessing right, and
saforeseeing the needs of the nation,
That put him into shipping.
4 am Believer in the United
State merchant marine" he said.
when SUCH a necessity as this
comes necessity for developing
our export trade and building a
naval AUXILIARY that is a national
asset, 7 feel that ways and means
viii sbe found to make merchant
marine aESucceSs."
Eyes Like Fathers
Hartman, who is tall, slender
andbroad shouldered, with a wide
firm mouth, dark brown hair
I. brushed straight back, and dark
face and eyes like his father, sits
desk in an office overlooking
lower Broadway and talks in a
grave. serious way-about ships.
#heN dislikes talking of himself.
He didn't say-though shipping
men say so-that he has started
out to bring: into realization one of
the little known dreams of the
late railroad king. A dream of
the ate e. H., when he died in
$50 9,was an American merchant
marine.
There are So. ships of approxi-
matelys 100000 tons gross in the
heetsoperated by the United Amer
lean Zines. They are owned by
the American Ship and Commerce
and the American
8Hawaiian Steamship Company and
eiIs subsidiaries: Hartman is
chairman of the boards of these
companies. and his interests also.
include shipbui1ding companies.
steel foundry and machine COM
apanies,fand. a banking house.
Buys Large Liners
Harrfmanf is proud of his recent
acquisitions, the giant Resolute
and Reliance, former Dutch ships
completed lin 1920 and now start
lngKa &fortn1 ghtly schedule between
New York and Hamburg with calls
English and French channel
ports
Originally -chooled in railroad
ground up, beginning
Immediately after leaving Yale,
Hartman has since learned the
shipping business from the bot
tom. He is married and has two
AT his home IN Arden,
M he farms on large scale.
Hartman is UNFOLDING his
fathers reputation for hard work
Like work he says. II can
not see how anyone could prefer
sto$be idle. I am doing the thing
which believe is the best and the
mostimportant thing can 90 for
the interests or America. An
American merchant marine means
much to the nation.