The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-20
Financial Giants Who Suffer as Much
As the Ordinary
Mortals.
Coils P. Huntington Not as Strong
as His Appearance Would
Indicate.
The Great Viking Of Finance Troubled
With = Chronic Throat Affection
Pierront Morgan's Vertigo.

NEW YORK, April 19.-[ Special. Seem
inRly as sturdy as an ancient Norseman, in
spite of his seventy years, that Viking OF
finance, Coils p. Huntington, still skins
the monetary seas seeking new conquests in
the realm Of gold. Will efforts really be
made to unity the whole Southwestern sys-
tenn and the Gould and Huntington inter-
ests? How would it work when Texas ia
reached, seeing how largely Mr.. Hunting
ton is interested in the Southern Pacific
and the carrying of freight by way of Gal
weston or by way of the Chesapeake, Ohio
4 Southwestern and the Chesapeake g. Ohio
to Newport News2 As soon as they cross
the Mississippi river Jay Gould and Coils
T. Huntington compete to greater or less
extent in business. 1t becomes con-
test between two modern railroad Ii
tans. The Southern Pacific comprehends
fully six thousand miles of railroad within
its system and Mr.. Huntington unquestion-
ably is still largely interested in it's sscuri-
ties. He undoubtedly sold big block of
his stock in the Chesapeake & Ohio to
Drexel, Morgan d Co., who now act as the
transfer agents in New York, but he
squelched Leland Stanford and is king of
Southern Pacific, man who can cross
swords with Jay Gould to some purpose.
But speaking of Mr.. Huntington and Mr..
Gould and remembering what dire pre-
dictions concerning the health of Mr..
Gould have recently been SO freely in
dulged in, it is of interest to notice. in spite
Of IN appearance Of sturdiness, MIR. Hunt
ington's health is declared to be bad. He
is troubled with chronic affection of the
In hnr <,1r >s.>s.r
solution constantly at hand, and after
speaking few moments in ordinary con-
versation he gargled his throat many times
during the day. He presents q picture of
an old man worth thirty or forty million
dollars, railroad czar over vast stretch
of territory. who would probably be willing
TO part with ha.f of it for son, yet child
less as Leland Stanford is and as A. T..
Stewart was; man of not a few genial
traits, lover of pictures and the owner of
one, the figure of beautiful child, which
he looks at every morning as he might at a
child Of flesh and blood because this painted
suggestion, this thing of oil and canvas,
seems to say to tho childless millionaire:
Good morning, sir. am very glad to see
YOU" Stern in business, rapacious as
William the Conqueror in railroad invasion,
wherever it ls possible the man has his
is once reached in his Office in the Mills
building he is geniality itself, though of
course it would be unsafe to presume upon
this. lie and his wife are very charitable.
He spends large sums annually in bene-
factions of all sorts. He is great lover of
very dramatic in his tastes. His name is
sometimes associated with the Atchison,
Topeka q Santa Fe's railroad but he does
not worry himself much about it, though lie
says he owns 10000 or 10000 shares.''
Mr.. Huntington has always shown great
rl~nn fT~ss
sight. the energy, the courage with which
he pushed through the original scheme for
a trans continental railroad when it seemed
almost quixotic, revealed statesmnnlike
cast of mind. But as Achilles was vulner-
able in his heel 80 g. p. Huntington has his
weak point and that is in the publishing OF
newspapers. He says he sunk $6O0,00O in
publishing the illfated Star. Mr.. Hunt
inRton's annual income has been estimated
at all the way from $4,000, 900 to 81. OOO, 900.
but publishing an Improbable newspaper
will make big hole in even such colossal
emoluments.
Another "Red Rover'' of finance is J.
Pierpont Morgan, of Drexel, Morgan g.
Co., who is in London to consult with j. s.
Morgan, who has been requested to take
hand in settling the Argentine muddle.
If the two decide to embark in the under
taking it will mean big commissions, for
these men do not work for nothiug. Sam
uel J. Tilden once received $50O0O for
drawing up railroad mortgage that was
nothing to what fnanciers like Pierpont
Morgan want for financial services. Like
Mr.. Gould and Mr.. Huntington, Mr.. Pier
pont Morgan is reported to be in poor
health. He suffers from vertigo, and one
night last fall he fell in dead faint at the
Union League club, and had to be taken to
his country seat on the Hudson, to recu-
parate. He is also troubled with erysip-
eralas, and this gives rupicund look to
his face, especially his nose. which is some-
what famous in Wal: street. ana concern
lug which he is reported to have remarked:
THAT nose cost me $500, 900, and it was all
llxaxr.