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Show II PROFOUND SORROW EXPRESSED I EN BUSINESS CENTER OF NEW YORK NEW YORK, Sept. 9. The anuounce-ment anuounce-ment of Mr. Harriman's death caused an ijmuenso sensation throughout New H York City, particularly in Wall street H and in financial circles where Harriman H had been a dominating personality. The H stock exchange had cloned and throngs H of bankers and brokers wore moving j H homewards as the first word of the H financier's death spread with lightning H like rapidity among them. At first it H was received with incredibility, as a H repetition of similar reports in circu- H lation recently, but vciification came HH ((uickly aiid soon the cry of "Extra" ilong'Wall street carried the details of the financier's death. Everywhere the news was r&civcd with evidence of dee) feeling and with the recognition that the career of one of the world's greatest financial powers had come t(i a close. The .same profound impression was reflected in uptown' business quar-ters. quar-ters. and the sentiment of sympathy k uud. regret was universal. His Great- Work. ' H The great achievement of Mr. Hum- H man 's career as a financial and railroad manager was the rehabilitation of the Union Pacific, railway system, Mr. Harriman undertook this herculean task when he was nearly 50 years of ago. and after he had once practically retired once from business. . Other financiers had failed signally to put these properties on si paying basis, but Mr. Harriman. following the reorganization reorgani-zation of the Union Pacific in ISt), "began "be-gan a systematic plan to place the properties in the best possible condition condi-tion for their maintenance at- a high standard, of efficiency. H was his policy to keep his railroads in . the best workable condition, confident that sooner or later the question of dividends divi-dends would take care of itself, To the task ho had undertaken, Mr. Har-riniiip Har-riniiip gave unflagging industry and on which hiu constant work that, brought on the final breakdown in his health. Stomach trouble developed more than a year ngb nnd medical treatment gave no relict. This summer he went to Europe to consult the greatest specialists special-ists there, but he jwa.s not benefited. On his return to this country, he went at once to his magnificent countrv home at Arden. where death occurred". |