Talk:E. H. Harriman

Mr. Herriman
We had:
 * It is unknown whether the character 'Herriman' of the children's cartoon Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is a parody of E.H. Harriman. Their last names are near-identical, both wear formal attire, and the whiskers seen on the rabbit closely resemble E.H. Harriman's moustache.

which is a classic example of OR. When someone verifiably knows, or when qualified academics reach a consensus, based on literature searches, that it is unknowable, let's have a discussion of whether that piece of generally accepted knowledge, of whichever kind, is notable. --Jerzy•t 04:34, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Rewards offered for outlaws
I removed
 * Harriman is mentioned in the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as the commercial baron who, annoyed by how frequently the film's eponymous bandits stole money from trains travelling Harriman-controlled frontier railways, sent bounty hunters after the pair and outfitted a specially-equipped train.

and rewrote to
 * Harriman is mentioned in the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, as the commercial baron whose agents become the title characters' nemesis. In the film's second train robbery, a railroad employee ascribes his refusal to cooperate with the robbery to his obligations to Harriman personally, and one of their intimates the hiring of famed outlaw-hunters to track down the gang's leaders.

It should be noted that bounty hunters are by definition not employees, but entrepreneurs hoping to win the bounty (reward) (in competition for a payment offered to all and sundry). (The embedded comments are not pertinent to the article, but rather explain the changes to editors.) --Jerzy•t 02:55, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Legacy
I'd like to add this to the page but need help doing so....

Harriman was a notable philanthropist, and founder of the Tompkins’ Square Boys’ Club, now known as The Boys’ Club of New York. The original club, founded in 1876 and located in the rented basement of the Wilson School in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, began with three boys. Harriman’s idea for the club was to provide a place “‘for the boys, so as to get them off the streets and teach them better manners.’” 1 The club was the “first organization of its kind in the United States, if not in the world.” 2 In 1887, eleven years after its founding, the club was incorporated as “The Boys’ Club of Tompkins Square.”3 By 1901, the club had outgrown its space in the basement of the Wilson School, and Harriman purchased several lots on 10th and Avenue A, and a five-story clubhouse was completed in 1901. By 1907, average nightly admissions to the club averaged over one thousand. 4

1. Kennan, George. E.H. Harriman: Ralroad Czar, Volume I (Kennan, 1922): 26. 2. Ibid., 27. 3. Ibid., 33. 4. Ibid., 30.

http://books.google.com/books?id=4fcZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA57

Conferenceroom (talk) 19:17, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Does anybody know if Harriman might have been the inspiration for D.D.Harriman in Robert A Heinlein's 'The Man Who Sold the Moon' and related Future Universe stories?Philculmer (talk) 18:09, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

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The quotes section should be improved by deletion
The quotes are not indicative of his character. They also aren't pertinent. No reason for them to be included in the article. My great-grandfather was a great man. One quote I do not see attributed to him are any of the kind things he told my grandfather. He was a very supportive and ambitious man. If none of you know enough about him to include the good quotes, just don't have a quotes section. As my grandmother always told me, "if you can't think of anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.62.82.37 (talk) 23:38, 12 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I have deleted them. Wikiquote is the place to list noteworthy quotes, not Wikipedia. --Animalparty! (talk) 19:06, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

James J. Hill
The titles of two of the sources cited in this article refer to Harriman's rivalry with James J. Hill, yet neither Hill nor the rivalry is mentioned in the article. Should they be? Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:37, 4 January 2023 (UTC)


 * I agree their rivalry should be mentioned, as it caused a major market crash.
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1901 Carnevalem (talk) 13:54, 4 August 2023 (UTC)