Show SOMETHING ABOUT HARRIMAN THE MAN NOW IN CONTROL OF RAILROAD COMBINES until comparatively recently the name of E H harriman was seldom heard in the railroad world while today no name Is mentioned more frequently quent ly mr harriman Is a comparatively young man and Is even now known to comparatively few of the old timers in the realm of finance says the pioneer press he has learned the secret of keeping his counsel to himself and with possibly one or two exceptions he has never been interviewed interviewers finally gave him up his rise has beba very rapid and from comparative obscurity he has risen to the leadership of the greatest syndicate of banking bouses ever created he Is not only the active head of the following system ot railroads but is one of the largest owners in the securities of the roads illinois central union pacific alton kansas city southern chicago Term laal Trai iier and southern pacific he Is after several roads notably the chicago great western and will likely gei most of them he is an extremely wealthy man his holdings hoy dings in union ainne being more than w shares the syndicates roads have a mie age ct miles capital of bonded debt of atoo gross earnings of and surplus after charges of this system traverses 24 states and three territories and is the most important factor in the community of ownership idea now being forwarded by morgan hill bould and rockefeller |