THE NOKFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 17 1109
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Wizard of Railroads Whoso
Conceptions Wcro as Wldo as
the Continent , Whoso Plans Com-
prchcndcd Millions and Who
Organized Systems. : : : :
Dy JAMES A. CDGCRTON.
have been few Hlnglo fig
ures In the world of finance the
mere rumors of whoso illness
would radically nffect so tunny
Block-i as dlQ that of the late Edward
Ilenrj Ilirrlman , On his recent re
turn from Europe the great Stock Ex
change in Wall street spent nearly
one whole day In suspense. Buying
nnd Belling were at a standstill. Ev
erything depended upon tbo health of
the llttlo man coming up the bay. If
ho should prove to bo on the road to
recovery , up would go Union Pacific ,
Central Pacific , New York Central nnd
other securities under his control. If
he was seen to be In a bad way , they
would tumble. Until one or the other
wna definitely known there was noth
ing doing ,
Ills arrival satisfied the brokers that
the railroad king was far from n well
man. After his retreat to Ardcn the
rumor was noised about that he in
tended virtually to retire. On this
mere breath his stocks were hammered
down , down till Union Pacific fell off
0 or 7 points , Southern Pacific , New
York Central and others sharing in
the decline. It was a striking tribute
to the man's power , a testimonial to
the estimate put upon his financial
mastery by Wall street There was no
sentiment in it. There never is in these
bull and bear raids. They are as ut
terly merciless as an earthquake or a
Constructive Genius of the first
Order , Who Was a Director
and President of Many Corpo
rations , Controlled Whatever He
Touched. : : : : : : : : : :
and even this pittance ho turned over
to his father.
Friend of Children.
'Perhaps the only beings with whom
Edward II. Ilarrlman the man ever' '
entirely unbent were children. In New ,
York ho was the head of n great boys'
institution , a sort of combined gym
nasium , club and debating society , for
more than n quarter of a century.
At Arden he was never BO happy as
when ho had an automobile load of
little ones and was spinning about the
countryside. To them he was not the
cold business machine known to the
world. He was "Pop" Ilarrlman , their
comrade nnd friend Perhaps ho was
so unreserved with the children be
cause they did not ask him leading
questions and try to take away his
money. In the country ho was ns God
made him. In business ho was as Wall
street made him. There is a differ
ence here , one that will appear greater
the more it Is contemplated.
Great Constructive Genius.
The best two things about Mr. Ear-
rlmun were that liu was constructive
and had a national view of things. Ha
was not alone a stock manipulator ,
but a builder. History must glvo him
this credit. It is questionable if wo
have had any greater railroad build
ers than he. The manner in which he
took the rundown and bankrupt Union
Pacific , went over the ground and saw
N
EDWARD H. IIARRIMAN.
cyclone. There is not a heart beat In
the whole high finance body , how
ever many there may be in the indi
viduals who compose it. And when
the bears pounded down those Harriman -
man securities in the days when their
master lay ill at Ardeu they merely
advertised that they had been afraid
of the man nnd showed what they
would do when the fear was even a
little abated.
There arc many popular misconcep
tions concerning Ilarrimau. One is
that ho was a man with nu abnor
mally large brain , which sapped the
life from his undersized body. Harri-
man's head was not large. It was un
der rather than over the normal size.
It was quite well proportioned to his
Bmnll stature. His body gave the im
pression of sllghtucss , it is true , but It
was not emaciated , except in his last
Illness. It was wiry and quick as a
Btcel spring. He was stooped , as are
most men who think much. Ho was
never a careful dresser nnd was quite
commonplace in appearance. But the
Idea that his brain ate up his body Is
u mere flight of fancy. It might be
said as truly of any man who is at the
head of big things in this day of gi
gantic undertakings.
Smartest Boy of His Class.
Another mistaken notion is that Mr.
Ilarrlman was born in New Jersey.
Ho was born at Hempstead , Long Is-
Jand , in the state of New York , Feb.
25 , 1S4S. He was the fourth child of
a poor Episcopalian minister whoso
salary sometimes amounted to as
much as $200 a year. It was after
the future railroad king's advent that
the family moved to Jersey , settling
In a modest portion of Jersey City
just off the Hackcnsack meadows. It
was not a promising environment , but
there were rich relations on both sides
of the house. The lad went to TrinIty -
Ity school In Now York , walking three
/ mllea each -way , Ho had n reputation ,
which still survives , of having been
the worst boy and the smartest of his
class. At the age of fourteen ho quit
school altogether and entered a bro
ker's office. The first year Ije earned
the magnificent salary cf 5 u week
i .
the business there was for the line ,
coupled with the subsequent courage
and energy he displayed in pouring
hundreds of millions Into straighten
ing and improving the road , showed a
constructive genius of the first order
Kuthlcss he might have been , yet the
fact that he did things , and big things
at that , must be told to his praise
The story of bridging Great Salt lake
and draining the Saltou sea is not ono
that could be told of every man , no
even of every railroad king. He touchet
most of the properties that came under
dor his control only to build them up
Overcapitalize ho probably did , al
though ho called It capitalizing the fu
ture. Used Wall street methods , some
of them of a doubtful kind with this
his enemies charged him. And Ilarrl
man had enemies , bitter nnd big ones
with Theodore Roosevelt , ex-preslden
of the United States , at their head. I
is perfectly true that in the world of
men he had more foes that hated hln
than friends that loved him. Yet when
this is Bald we cannot forget those
cast side boys in New York nor those
shouting children at Arden. A man
that loves a child and Is loved by It in
return cannot be all bad.
Harrlman's national vision was
shown in manifold ways. Though
born near New York city and living
in or about it all bis life , he did no
have the New York viewpoint. Uo
saw America from the angle of the
Taclflc coast nnd of the central west
as well as of the cast. lie had enough
Imagination to forecast the future o
the country , to count on it as a mos
important factor in all his business
enterprises. Ho could see the desir
ability of buying steamship lines
across the Pacific , of planning a rail
road in Mexico. Few men realized
the possibilities of the great empire
building on the shores of the Pacific
ocean with more clearness than liar-
riman. Though small in body and
oven in brain , ho was not small in
his grasp of things. Ho thought in
terms of the continent , planned in
millions , built with systems.
His Greatest Monument.
Harrlman has often been compared
to Jay Gould. In my own opinion , ho
was a bigger man than Oould and n
better one. With all the abuse that
has been heaped upon him he Is en
titled to that which his own deeds
carved out. He wn not as shrewd
a man on the Stock Exchange as
Gould , not ns "foxy" perhaps. If you
like- the term , but ho had infinitely
bigger Ideals and more audacity to
plan and execute great undertakings.
Gould was essentially a financier.
Ilarrlman was that nud more , and It
is the "more" that will redeem him.
The romance of the Pacific railroads
and steamship lines and of his other
great railroad deals cannot be wiped
off the slate. Whatever we may think
of Uarrlman in Wall street or Ilarrl-
man In politics or Ilarrlman in in
surance or Harriman In Chicago nnd
Alton , his work on the Pacific umpire ,
both this side nnd on the sens , will
fire the imagination nnd compel re
spect. Good and evil mlnglo In nil
mon. This Is the good of Uarrlman.
It Is his greatest monument.
It was recently stated that Harrl-
man controlled 18.000 miles of rail
way , or six times across the conti
nent ; that these lines employ 80,000
men ; that , In addition , ho directed 54-
000 miles of steamship lines , mak
ing 72,000 miles of transportation In
nil ; that one could go from New York
to Hongkong without over leaving the
Hnrrlmnn lines nnd that ho could re
turn by another route on Hnrrlmau
lines nearly all the way.
To show something of the man's
great activities , the mere corporations
of which ho was the head or with
which he was officially connected may
glvo a hint , although little more than a
hint. He had been a member of the Now
York Stock Exchange since 1870. Ho
was president of the Oregon Railroad
and Navigation company , president of
: he Oregon Short Line , president of the
Southern Pacific , president of the
Texas and New Orleans Railroad com
pany , president of the Southern Pa
cific Coast railway , president of the
Oregon and California Railroad com
pany , president of the Central Pacific
Railroad company , president of the
Louisiana and Western Railroad com
pany , president of Morgan's Louisiana
and Texas Railroad and Steamship
company , president of the Pacific Mall
Steamship company , president of the
Railroad Securities company , president
of the Southern Pacific Terminal com
pany , president of the Portland and
Asiatic Steamship company , president
of the Union Pacific , chairman of the
executive committee of the Wells Far
go company , director of the Illinois
Central Railroad company , director of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad com
pauy , director of the Erie Railroad
company , director of the Colorado Fuel
and Iron company , director of the
Western Union Telegraph company , dl
rector of the National City Bank of
New York , director of the Chicago and
Alton Railroad company , director of
the Pere Mnrquette Railroad company ,
director of the San Pedro , Los Angeles
and Salt Lake Railroad company , di
rector of the Susquehanna and West
ern Railroad company , director of the
New York Central Railroad company
and many more , to say nothing of the
Equitable Assurance society , of which
he was once a director , but from which
he resigned during the Hughes investi
gation.
Controlled Whatever He Touched.
Alter reading all that list one can
wotiiler not only that he died so soon ,
but that he lived so long , for be It
understood that Edward II. Ilarrlman
was no mere perfunctory director.
Wbatover he touched he controlled
either that or something broke. He
was not u dummy. N'or could he huvo
t outr jlled all those properties , only a
fiMcilou of which litPOU il have owned
personal ! . . . unless his business associ
ates , rrposi'd the greatest confidence
In hil"to , rlty and ability. It was
bis power of organization , of construc
tion , his Intimate knowledge of the
whole country as it related to railroad
ing , his daring methods and his suc
cess that won him their allegiance.
He became far nud away the greatest
railroad power of his day and perhaps
of any day that the country has yet
known. There may be railroad kings
lu future that will control more mile
age , but none up to his own time.
His latest dream of making the New
York Central a part of his gigantic
system was coming to fruition only
when death snatched him away from
It. Even ns it was , the greatest of our
railroads was listed as n Ilarrlman
property , nud Its stocks moved in sym
pathy with his group. To combine
that old and rich system with his Pa
cific roads into one gigantic whole was
the work of a financial titan. It was
not a thing that a small man would
even have dared to plan.
Another cherished dream of a more
intimate nature was on the eve of ac
complishment , but was never to be
realized. For more than a score of
years Mr. Ilarrlman had owned nu es
tate of 33,000 acres near Ardcn over
looking Tuxedo Park. Here , on the top
of one of the Ramapo mountains , he
was finishing a great castle that waste
to have been his home in old age.
Here he went for the "after cure"
when he returned from his vain health
seeking lu Europe , and here , amid the
sound of hammers ns workmen com
pleted the last wing of the house , he
breathed his last. It was n fitting
music to toll out the life of one whose
chief claim to men's regard la that he
wns a builder.
Train Porter Out on Ball.
Nellgh , Neb. , Sept , 14 , Special to
The News : After spending the Sab
bath in the county jail , Fred Thomp
son , the porter of the Northwestern
passenger , was released on a $200 bond
signed by J. C. Jenkins yesterday
morning. The preliminary hearing
wns postponed until next Monday ,
when the case will bo heard before
Justice McAllister.
Letter From Ed Dlxon.
Spokane , Wash. , Aug. 3. Editor
News : Something should bo said
through the columns of your good
paper to correct what , I fear , has left
a wrong impression with the public
in regard to the efficiency of the "Sa
cred Heart" hospital of this city.
In your paper of the 13th inst , ( Fri
day ) I was very much surprised to see
In print a letter written to my brother.
This letter was n personal affair and
not intended for the public.
I would not do or say anything in
tentionally to hurt the feelings or in
jure the business of anyone. This let
ter was written during my first days
hero , while among strangers and In
much misery , with some fever , nnd of
course nothing tasted good , especially
coffee. To mo now It is nbovo criti
cism , nnd sister tolls mo there
Is absolutely no difference. So , per
haps I wns somewhat hasty In con
demning It
As for the hospital being overcrowd
ed , I was told It was , so was sincere In
my statement that such conditions ex
isted.
Am now , ns I have always during
my stay hero , having plenty to eat
nnd have been quite comfortable. The
sisters do everything to make ono so.
Personally , I regret the whole af
fair very much.
Respectfully , .
Edwin L. Dlxon.
Sacred Heart hospital.
3UARREL GROWS MORE BITTER.
'eary's ' Friends Are Put On the De
fensive Over Eye Witness.
New York , Sept. 14. Developments
i the north polo controversy today
ontain arguments in favor of both
omnmnder Peary and Dr. Cook.
The repeated charge that Peary
made use of Cook's stores is denied
y Herbert Brldgeman , secretary of
he Peary Arctic club. On the other
and the supporters of the Brooklyn
hysician have been quick to seize
> n the intelligence that only one Eski
mo stood by the naval officers' side
when he placed the flag at the ex-
re me top of the earth.
The backers of Commander Peary
iolnt out that while Allan Whltten ,
he boatswain of the Peary auxiliary
teamer Erik In 1905 and 1908 , de-
lares that Peary's people took Dr.
Book's stores at Etnh and Annotook ,
he admits he did not know whether or
not their removal was by arrangement
with Rudolph Francke , Dr. Cook's
iteward who had been left in charge of
he supplies.
Peary "Saved" Cook Stores.
Herbert L. Brldgeman's statement
vlred from Sydney , N. S. , where he is
waiting the arrival of Peary on the
Roosevelt , asserts that Instead of ap
propriating his rival's stores , Peary
nly "saved" them after they had
been abandoned by Francke. Mr.
Brldgeraan says Francke was picked
up by Peary's men in North Bay be
ween Cape York and Etah , while he
was trying to return to civilization
rom the post where Cook had left
him. Francke , says Mr. Brldgeman ,
said he was physically unfit to remain
onger in the extreme north , and after
'eary's ' surgeon had confirmed this
statement Francke was given money
by Peary to take him home.
The attitude of Cook's supporters
hero after hearing that Peary had only
one Eskimo to confirm his statement
regarding the thirty-six hours spent at
the pole , Is expressed by Frederick S.
Dellenbaugh , an explorer and officer
of the American Geographical society.
Mr. Dellenbaugh is quoted as follows :
Two Eskimos as Good as One.
"It would now seem that the prepon
derance of the Eskimo testimony Is in
'avor ' of Dr. Cook. There evidently was
no scientist present In either case to
verify the observations. Perhaps two
Eskimos arc better than ono ( Dr.
Cook says two Eskimos were with him
at the pole ) , but I do know that it
makes any great difference. "
We suppose "Peach" Is the accepted
nickname for girls these days because
their mothers bring them up in fear
and trembling that a frost may get
them.
At what age does the devil develop
In n boy ? We saw a four-year-old
boy spitting on another boy's shoes
this morning , because they had just
been shlned.
Same Jones' Brother at Nlobrara.
NIobrara , Neb. , Sept. 14. Special to
The News : A large gang of laborers
are excavating the chalk rock bluffs
of the Northwestern railroad near this
place. A brother of the famous evan
gelist , Sam Jones , Is directing the
work.
Correspondents to Meet Peary.
Sydney , N. S. , Sept. 14. The govern *
rnent steamer Tyrlan with the news
paper correspondents , left North Syd
ney to meet Commander Peary and
the arctic ship Roosevelt somewhere
off the east coast of New Foundland.
Efforts will bo made to get Corn
mander Peary to board the Tyrlan
which is a much faster ship than the
Roosevelt , nnd come to Sydney.
Snould Commander Peary decide to
remain on the Roosevelt the news
paper men will Interview the explorer
and members of his party , after which
they will hurry back to this port ,
where they will land several hours In
advance of Commander Peary.
Mr. Bridgernan did not accompany
the party.
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