The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-30
MN VINO CAN'T REMEMBER.
MIR. Iluniineton. of the Central Pacific Rail-
road. before California Tribunal.


c. L. Huntington, the Nice-President OF
the Central Pacific Railroad COMPANY. testified
US to his knowledge Of the aG4irs Of the Conlral
Pacific IA the suit Of John X. Robinson against
the Central Pacific, In Judge Lakes oflice yester-
day The most remarkable fact brought OUT ~
the examination was that man may be afillc Il
with an almost total lack Of memory aud vet
conduct a successful business and attain high
position ia a gigantic corporation. lie dinIy
ization Of the Central Pacific Company he had
subscribed for loo and aiterward 30 shares lie
had receive a great deal Of stock III ulauh ana
VA Do "lh ways, Wnich lac had taken to New
YORK.. but what he had done vl,h .. On re
entirely escaped INN. He did no. deuy
that he had given some OF 1t to memccrs
Of Congrcs. la fact, he really couldn't reno u-
! er what tie had done With It, nor could
lac retuiSc. builug pack central Pdcinc stock
which had been placed ia the hands OF certain
mentors of Congress by some unknown meai s.
stanford, trOcker, Hopkins, aud himself. he
believed. htd been equally interested IN the
! Central i"phc at tine tuc OF Ms organz lilon,
tuf he ,tl'G not rccol,sct whether they had
| heou equally Interested IN the Contract and
! Finance Cumpfny. he held about one-fourth
of the latter company 5 stock, lac bon, we'd. The
| stock VS. manipulated almost entirely here.
| and he was IA NeN lrk at tue time. lie hld
| asked various sohd men To take stock. with
| VARYING success. The Contract ami IInahre
| COMPANY had been formed, lac believed, 10 ia
Cilltate the completion ul the Central PaCih
! road. and To hmt the Liabilities OF the stock
| holders, though how II cnupW-sed the latter
| object ne did lot understand. Who the prnci-
! val shareholders were lie could not recOlltct.
The company uad made money, he believed bui
h. would not tu>e suDh a risk again His utcn-
| ory was Totally at fault with rcgaid e. the dis
| posa OF CIocker's Interest to htmselt IN lstl
! though the transaction involved over S-jy.uIJ.
| As to the stockholders OF the Genital Ia % ,
! he said that there we're n great many ptr-
| s0iS who owned LARGELY u tuc stock wi .
! natuos never aIpcHred ou the books of The CnUI-
IdpY. lhr capital II cls tt urvseut b. 100 Jtrn
| lie could rOt tel how much he Ind made a. a
| ttuCkholdcr of the Contract ana F.uuucc Com
| pauy, tut thoLsht that mis- profits must nave
been lar-e. lie did not rccolloct that any state
! uCnt # tails Numphn! 'e earning, hdu EVERGREEN
n. de To hlm, nor whether he had ever received
| a dividend either, lie had been ia business fuI
Tor v-urt ycurs. lilo could Keep track 81 d tang
| Ion mouth, but beyond TINT his memory wa.
SURE 10 tail MIN. gteHt deal Of Central Pacih.
| stock TODD IA his name winch uid not belong to
| huu. lie had buuSht good many central Pa
| cine Rultodd bonds 10 Keep the market stead
| lie thought that the profits Of the Contract ana
Finan 'c { mpanY should have exceeded SlOU.
| upj What mad become of the company he did
nos know. lie believed u nud been dissolved
| Whether or not me held H. 800 shares he could
| not say. lie was satisfied with his share ut IN,
| profits, ana never asked any questions, but b,
| would not 80 into the same tiausacuon again
| for all le was worth. HIS further examination
was postponed at THIS point until ten O'Clock
| this forenoon.
OWiug to an engagement Of Judge l.he's II
court however, the eK animation Nds continued
uuttl ten clock Tomorrow.