Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-01-11
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G. p. Huntington Dined.
HE TALKS ABOUT THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO
RAILROAD.
Cincinnati Com m .reial Gazette. ]

lClDclnnaCi Com N 3rcfat Gazette
Mr.. M. E Ingalls, entertained pleasant
| company of distinguished gentlemen at q
charming dinner at the Queen City Club
last night. The dinner was given by way of
assuring Mr.. Coils P. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
energy and enterprise have made possible
the completion of the big new railway
bridge and the line of railway stretching
from its Kentucky abutment to the Chesa-
peake Bay-that Cincinnati appreciates en-.
terprise and enterprising men.
MIR. ingalls, then proposed the health
of Mr. Huntington, which was drunk by
the company. Mr.. Huntington, in re-
spending to Mr.. Ingalls, speech. made a
/ very happy acceptance of the compliment
of the dinner. He said, among other good
things, that he was Connecticut boy who
had been induced to take an interest in the
Improvement of the line of communica-
ton In the country. In passing through
New York city, Mr.. Huntington said, by
way of "reminiscences, when he was a young
man he frequently stopped in front Of the
oflce of that staunch old builder of rail-
ways and great merchant. the senior Aspin
wall. and dotted his hat When the
|, gentlemen from Virginia, who had pro-
jected the railway line which had Just
, been completed to Cincinnati, had appar-
emily exhausted their resources, and had
applied to the capitalist of New York for
assistance cooperation rather, he had
been one of the ten who had gone in to see
them through to the Ohio river, and the ten
gentlemen mad, one after another found
some difficulty in proceeding to put
the ent erprise through to its fnality.
First, one had lost 5000, 900, and could
MT afford to lose much more. Mr.. Hunting
ton said, with smile; and he wasn't will
ing to go in deeper, and SO he withdrew
his support. After the others had dropped
their money, according to their ability,
they found the task too big and were
forced to withdraw. Then Mr.. Huntington
found himself alone. He put in So, 600, 600
in addition, and they had succeeded at last
in finding man whoshad the sagaeity sid
courage and the cbeek-with smile at Ir.
Ing, lls-to carry through 50 enterprise of
this magnitude. The discovery, asr. Hunt
ington continued, was zneae in the person
of the host of tha evening, Mr.. Ingalls),
and he had this SlAv Witnessed the triumph
of civilization IN the completion of the
great bridge across the Ohio. He desired
to present his compliments and express his
appreciation for what Cincinnati had done
for them. True, he said, Cincinnati hadn't
done q great deal directly, but then, as she
didn't want anything, it was great pleas
use to give her what she had, proceeding,
Mr.. Huntington said laughingly, that was
according to the Holy Seriptures-taught
him as boy in Connecticut-''Th Lord
helped those who helped themselves, and
gave to those who have" and upon
that great principle this immense and
splendid structure has been pushed
through. and we were now IN oommunica-
ton with the Atlantic and the Pacific. the
Gulf and the Chesapeake, over the lines
that had been projected by the Virginians,