Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-13
HUNTINGTON'S AXE.
MANAGER TONNES
HEAD THE NEXT TO FALL.
Will Assume Entire Control of the
Road-Col. Crocker Pleads Ignorance.

1t appears the president, C. P. Hunt
ington, of the Southern Pacific, is con-
templating further changes in the man
'agement of his road, even more sweep
ing than any he has undertaken thus
far. 1t is intimated that General Man
ager A. N. Towne's will fall next, and
that that veteran will be succeeded by
H. G. Huntington, nephew of the
president. The following from the San
Francisco Examiner is of interest:
The annexed dispatch was shown to
Colonel G. F. Crocker yesterday:
New York, July Oh. E. Hunting
ton, the nephew of G. P. Huntington,
at present general manager of the east
ern division of the Newport News and
Mississippi Valley railroad, with head
quarters in Lexington, KY, will on
September 1st become assistant general
manager of the Southern Pacific, with
headquarters at San Francisco.
1t is also stated that on the first of
next year he will take the entire general
management of the road and succeed A.
N. Towne, who will then retire.
"This Dispatch" said Mr.. Crocker,
contains the same idea as the one re-
ceived yesterday from Cincinnati. 1t is
precisely the same idea, but in different
language. All that have to say about
it, in addition to what l said yesterday,
is that we have not been consulted by
Mr.. Huntington and that we do not be-
lieve it likely that he will take the
course indicated in the dispatch. Gov
ernor Stanford told me this morning
that he knew lothing of the matter
mentioned in the telegram and that he
did not think it would be likely to be
DONE"
eff Mr.. Huntington desired to take
such step without consulting the
other directors, would he have the
power to do SOP" was asked.
EYES," was the reply; "but it is not
likely. could myself, for instance, let
contract for the building of road
from Mojave to Salt Lake without con-
sulting Mr.. Stanford, Mr.. Huntington
or any Of the others who would have to
put up the money, and it would be
binding on them; but it is not likely
that l would do so. could also change
the entire personnel of the management
here, and if reporter called upon Mr..
Huntington in New York and asked
him about it he would not know any,
thing about the matter, but it is not
likely that 1 would do that. We do not
know anything more about this than do
the public at large"
A gentleman we'll posted in railroad
matters said:
''I am not one of those who believe it
is unlikely that Mr.. Huntington would
adopt the course indicated in the dis
patch. On the contrary, Mr.. Hunting
ton has recently been doing things just
as unlikely as that. 1t was extremely
unlikely that when he assumed the
presidency OF the road he would de-
nounce his associate, Senator Stanford !;
yet he did go. 1t was extremely un-
likely that the assistant president of so
powerful a corporation would be de-
graded into the position OF coal buyer
for the company; yet that was done
also.
"On the other hand, what could be
more likely than that Mr.. Huntington
would use the same power that elevated
him to the presidency to help his friends
by placing them in positions of trust in
the company? believe he will make a
clean sweep now that he has taken the
reins into his own hands and manage
the affairs of the company according to
his own ideas and through agents OF his
own appointment. know that there is
great tribulation at the corner of Fourth
and Townsend streets, and even the
calm and confident Mr.. Stubbs is begin
ming to wear crushed tragedian ex-
preston. No one knows where the
lightning will strike next, and they are
all shaking in their shoes when they
hear the thunder. Old man Hunting
ton has the right OF way and the red flag
hangs at every station"