The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-04-19
FINANCIAL COLOSSI
Gould and Huntington in Their
Offices.
HUNTINGTON'S HEALTH is BAD
j. Pierpont Morgan. the Red Rover of Finance
-Gould's Health Much Better Than is
Usually Believed.

New YORK, April 16, 1891 Especial cor
respondence of THE HERALD. Seemingly
as sturdy as an ancient Norseman, in spite
of his seventy years that Viking of finance,
Coils p. Huntington, still skins the none
tary seas seeking new conquests in the
realm of gold. Will efforts really be made
to unity the whole southwestern system
and the Gould and Huntington interests?
How would it work when Texas is reached
seeing how largely Mr.. Huntington is in
terested in the Southern Pacific and the
carrying of freight by way of Galveston or
by way of the Chesapeake, Ohio 81 South
western and the Chesapeake s. Ohio to
Newport News. AS soon as they cross the
Mississippi river Jay Gould and Coils p.
Huntington compete to greater or less ex-
tent in business. 1t becomes contest be-
tween two modern railroad Titans. The
Southern Pacific comprehends fully six
thousand miles of railroad within its sys-
tenn and Mr. Huntington unquestionably is
still largely interested in its securities. He
undoubtedly sold 'as
BIG BLOCK OF HIS STOCK
in the Chesapeake & Ohio to Drexel Nor
agents in New York but he squelched Lee
land Stanford and is king of the Southern
Pacific, man who can cross swords with
Jay Gould to some purpose Mr.. Hunt
ington a few days ago left New York for
California. He will go to Newport News
and Louisville, perhaps to New Orleans,
and he may attend the annual meeting of
the Southern Pacific at San Francisco on
AprilS - go
But speaking of Mr.. Huntington and Mr..
Gould and remem boring what dire predic-
tions concerning the health of Mr.. Gould
have recently been so freely INDUCED in it
is of interest to notice, in spite of an ap-
pearance of sturdiness, Mr. Huntingdon
health is declared to be bad. He is troubled
with chronic affection of the throat. He
has glass containing a potash solution
constantly at hand, and after speaking q
few moments in ordinary conversation he
gargled his throat many times during the
day.
HE PRESENTS A PICTURE
of an old man worth thirty or forty million
dollars, a railroad car over vast stretch
of territory, who would probably be willing
to part with half of it for son, yet child
less as Leland Stanford is and as A. T.
| Stewart was; man of not few genial
traits, lover of pictures and the owner of
one, the figure of a beautiful child, which
he looks at every morning as he might at q
child of flesh and blood because this painted
suggestion, this thing of oil and canvas
seems to say to the childless millionaire
Good morning, sir [ am very glad to see
you" Stern in business, rapacious as a
William the Conqueror in railroad invasion
wherever it is possible the man has his
brighter side. Very inaccessible, when be
is once reached in his Office in the Mills
building he is geniality itself, though Of
i g.
this He and his wife are very charitable
He spends large sums annually in benefac
tions of all sorts. Heis
GREAT LOVER OF PICTURES
and has fine collection. He is very dra.
matte in his tastes.
His name is sometimes associated witt
the Atchison, Topeka G. Santa Fe's railroad
but he does not worry himself much abou
it, though he says ne owns ''20 900 or 30 OO(
shares"
q Mr.. Huntington has always shown great
shrewdness in railroad affairs. The fore
sight, the energy, the courage with which
he pushed through the original scheme fo
a continental railroad when it seemed
almost quixotic, revealed a statesmanlik
cast of mind. But as Achilles was vulner
able in his heel so G.. P. Huntington has hi
weak point and that is In the publishing O
newspapers. He says he sunk $500, 900 il
publishing the Inflated StGr. Mr.. Hun
tington's annual income has been estimate,
at all the way from S2,000,000 to $4,000, 900
but publishing an Improbable newspape
will make big hole in even such colossal
emoluments.
Another "Red Rover' of finance is
j. PIERPoNT MORGAN
of Drexel Morgan & Co, who is in London
to consult with j. S. Morgan, who has bee
requested to take hand in settling the Ar
gentine muddle. If the two decide to EN-
bark in the undertaking it will mean bi
commissions, for these men do not worl
for nothing. Samuel j. Tilden once re
ceived S50,t00 for drawing up railroa
mortgage that was nothing to what tinau
ciers like Pierpont Morgan want for tinar
cial services. Like Mr.. Gould and MI
Huntington, Mr.. PierpOnt Morgan is re
ported to be in poor health. He suffer
from vertigo, and one night last fall he fel
in dead faint at the Union League clut
and had to be taken to his country seat O
the Hudson, to recuperate. He is ais
troubled with erysipelas, and this gives
rubicund look to his face, especially hi
nose which is somewhat famous in Wa
street, and concerning which he is reporte
to have remarked "That nose cost 10
$4,000, and it was all Burgundy
REX.
BABY Is SICK,
The woefrll eypreSsiOn of q Daa Mo;re