Captain Gottlieb Hartweg
Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 April 1917, page 15
NEWPORT
Captain Gottlieb Hartweg, 62 years old known to every man in the
river trade between Pittsburg and New Orleans, died last night at his home, 96
Mt Pleasant avenue, Ft Thomas. Captain Hartweg had large interests in the river
trade. He was President of the Pittsburg and Monongahela Coal Company, the
Hatfield Coal Company and also was interested in several coal mining companies
and a salt works at Pomeroy Ohio.
He was a member of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce and was well known among Cincinnati business men. He also was a member of the Board of Trustees of Ft Thomas, where he made his home for many years.
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Cincinnati Times Star, 6 April 1917, page 15
ACCUMULATED FORTUNE FROM HUMBLE START
One of the picturesque careers made possible by the former activities of the Ohio River trade was ended with the death of Gottlieb Hartweg, at his home 96 Mt Pleasant avenue, Ft Thomas Ky. Captain Hartweg died possessed of a great fortune, estimated at a million.
Yet he began his career by picking lumps of coal from the Ohio river, near Bellevue Ky. He would rescue the coal dropped from barges. From that humble beginning he became one of the richest owners in the Ohio valley, well known to river and coal interests from Pittsburg to New Orleans. He was president of the Pittsburgh and Kanawha Coal company, the Hartweg Coal company, and owned a coal min in Kentucky, in addition to harbor property at almost every port along the Ohio river.
He owned a salt works at Pomeroy, Ohio. He had his office in the Mitchell Building, Cincinnati. His most recent activities were connected with the building of a traction line to Cold Spring, Ky. and the opening of residence property at South Fort Thomas.
The funeral will be held Monday afternoon with services at Evergreen Chapel at 3 pm.