Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-10

them carried S25, 600, 600 of earnings
have been paid by population of a
million people, an average of S25 each.
Compared with the earnings of other
roads the figures are astonishing.
Tom SCOTS roads, running through a
population of S, 900, coo people in 1876.
when everybody travelled, earned
500, goo, 600 The earnings of the Cen
trail Pacific in 1878 were half as much
as the earnings Of all the New Eng
landToadS, and half as much as the
earnings Of all the roads Of all the
former Slave States
OF the five men who originated the
Central Pacific, Mark Hopkins and j..
G.. Croker are dead The other three
own most Of the proceeds of that plan
formed twenty-five years ago. Ii Is
said that no agreement in writing was
ever made between them; that IN all
Of this immense business each trusted
the simple word Of the other although
at present Huntington and Stanford
at least are not ON friendly terms.
Huntington, Crocker and Stanford
are each about so years old, and the
two first are still vigorous mcp. Stan
ford is broken in health.
THE LEADING SPIRIT
in all the transactions named was c.
z. Huntington. He is hard. thrifty,
close New England business man. lie
started his business career as a ped
dler During the building of the Cen.
trail Pacific he was the purchaser OF
materials His shrewdness is best il
Illustrated by two of his operations in
! buying materials and getting them tc
! the Pacific coast. Nearly all the rail
road iron had to be shipped from the
Atlantic coast and carried around
Cape Horn to San Francisco. There
was a race between the Union Paci tic
and Central in getting to Salt Lake
/ City, 1t was important that iror
should be brought without delay
/ Huntington knew that If the veSse
owners knew that he was about to shin
such an enormous quantity OF iron
they woule put up the rates on him
/ So he simply gave out that he wanted
one ship aud asked for bids The YES
sci owners made bids, putting the fig
ures rs low rs possible lie accepted
/ all the bids and took every vessel
He did the same thing with iron
mills He gave the iron men TO un
derstand that there would not be mucl
iron wanted Immediately, bat that h
could use few rails They mad
offers at low figures. He accepted al
the offers and exhausted the capacit.
of the mills, Huntington now lives Il
New York in u magnificent palace o.
Park avenue. He has proven himsel
to be match for Gould and the res
of the hard men in that city. He ha
always held his own after a struggi
with all the railroad magnatcs, incluo
ing Gould.
lie Is MASTER OF THE SITUATION
in the Southwest. Among his achieve
ments is the connection of the Gbl
with Newport news in Virgins
through which place he intends tn
commerce of Europe and Americ
shall flow.
Leland Stanford the President of tn
Central Pacific, studied law in tn
office of William H. Seward. He is
man of better education, more refine
manners, and fairer polish than eIthe
Huntington or Croker. He lives
California, and was elected governo
Of the state in 1861. He has a fame
for fast horses, and is the best know
to Eastern people as the owner of o.
cident, who trotted match with Colo
smith Maid, and IS the owner of
stock farm where there there are q
present a few of the fastest youn
trotters in the world.
Charles Crocker, who also lives i
California, was the man who superb
tended the building of the road II
is man of great energy, but of YER
rough and uncouth manners. Ill
share of the money made is believe
to be less than that of the other men
bers Of the combination.