The record-union., 1891-04-20
C. P. HUNTINGTON'S DINNER.
Thirteen Thousand Miles of Transpor.
tation Lines Represented.
The President OF the Southern Pacific
Company Wines and Dimes
Its Officials.

c. P. Huntington's dinner at the Palace
Hotel, San Francisco, on Saturday night,
brief telegraphic account of which ap-
peared in the SUNDAY UNION yesterday,
was most enjoyable affair. 1t was his
fifth annual banquet and reception to the
officers and chiefs of the Southern Pacific
Railroad. Leland Stanford, who is i'll at
Menlo Park, was unable to be present.
1t was estimated by some of the experts
that the total mileage of road and water
way represented at the dinner was 5000
miles, and the total capital represented
was $500, 100000.
The big dining-room of the Palace was
brilliantly lighted with the new electric
burner, and the wit, music, humor and
funny stories of the evening kept the
merriment ringing until long after mid
night.
Eleven courses were served with eleven
kinds of wine. Masses of exquisite roses
on the table filled the room with the fra
GRANGE of garden. Steward j. w. Young,
formerly of the Manhattan Beach Hotel
at Coney Island, New York, said it was
the best of all the railway banquets yet
served at the Palace.
4 pastry cook from Savarin's, New
York, displayed pyramid and Swiss cot
tages of the latest fancieS in Partisan con-
fectionery.
Mr.. Huntington sat at the head Of the
table with Nice-Presidents CrOcker and
Stubbs on his right, and General Manager
Towne and Land Commissioner Mills on
his immediate left.
The other guests were: G. IL. Lansing,
s. t. Gage, w. G. Curtis, VIM. Mahl, }.
A. Fillmore, w. Z. Browne. Colonel J. D.
Redding, J. G. Martin, j. b. Wright, q.
j. Wilder, F. S. Douty, W. V. Hunting
ton, n. II. Martin, T. L. Wilcutt, Z: f.
VIM. Hood, R. II. Pratt, 7. III. Goodman,
G. E. Green, w. McAllister, r. p.
Schwerin, t. H. Woodward, L. NJ. Glenn
ent, T. B. Ryan, G. w. Fletcher, n. II.
Foster, B. L. Tuttle, II. A. Cummings,
A. o. Shepard. o. II. Haskell, j. II. Wal
tin, j. I. Wilson, w. Sproule, J. Mad
den, Il. D. Wilder, e. c. Wright, J. p.
Meehan, G. L. Crabtree, j. 7. Carothers,
J. w. Dayan, f. L. Vandenburgh, w. B.
Ludlow, L. Fillmore. J. NJ. Hanford, j.
A. Anthony, d. w. Horsburgh, w. Mo-
J. Bryan, II. J. Small, e. L. Craig, r.
Stevenson, J. II. Sharpe, a. C. Bassett,
\. I. Smith, a. B. Ford, a. \. Moore,
II. S. Brown, F. n. Bellisle, G.. c.
Fabens.
Mr.. Mills acted as toastmaster.
Mr.. Huntington delivered few words
of greeting in pleasing, conversational
tone, and was warmly applauded. he
said
MY friends and fellow-workers: I
hardly know what to say to you tonight.
/ am certainly very glad to be with you,
and l can truly say that of all the days
that have spent in long and active life
none others have given me so much
pleasure as the ones that | have spent
with you on occasions like this. | am
sure this will be no exception, but, like
the others, one to be remembered as the
brightest of all. And l do so hope that
you viii all enjoy the occasion as I do,
and if you think of what | say TO you now
in all seriousness (for it Will not be like
the usual after-dinner speech, because
my talents in that direction are not salts
factory to myself, then let it be later
when the hours of our good-fellowship
are past and the recollection of them
comes again TO your minds. The thoughts
will not harm if they linger with you.
Somehow on this and like occasions
shadows dim the pleasures as ! think of
our RESPONSIBILITIES. No man is independ-
lowest rank working upon the track is as
necessary to keep the wheels in motion
as is any gentleman at this table. The
organization that controls the Southern
Pacific is a woof i'll which are woven
many COlOrs; but the warp is without
-
length and breadth of the fabric. In the
warp is its strength. So each and every
one should remember that our organiza-
tiOn is so interviewer, one part with each
and all the others, that all are essential.
Some are much more important than
: Others, hence the greater their response
bilitieS; for those holding lesser positions
than the men ! see here tonight look up
TO you for an example, and will be largely
controlled by you. If you manifest to-
ward each other good will and cordial
unity in your efforts to advance the inter
est of the vast properties you represent,
so you will find those below you emGlal
ing your example and pulling together
aS single man. If, on the other hand,
your daily work is disturbed and its eff
ciency weakened by the dissensions that
come from lack of fellowship and from
secret jealousies, just TO that extent will
the morale of the entire force be affected,
for the rank and file' is the mirror of the
commander.
"a good man once said to a father:
sBe careful of the path you tread, for your
little son IS following you And so let
me say TO you tonight, look not back,
but be careful. for surely some one is
following you. Let us not forget our re-
sponsibiIities nor fail 10 remember that
the degree of happiness or sorrow, of sun
shine or of shadow that lightens or dark
ems the pathway of this great army de-
pends largely upon the way they are
treated Let us treat them kindly. Let
us sympathiZe with them. They will do
3heir work better for it. They will he
happier and they will pay as back in
kind. Nearly all men will ill the niche
you put them in. Place them high and
they viii make great efforts to maintain
their position. Put them low-they will
not disappoint you. When they do well
praise them. When they make mistakes
tell them in a kind way that it is human
70 err; that you know they viii do better
next time. Do this, and you viii have
better service, and what is better than
that? You viii bring more happiness
lnto the lives ofan army of offellow-work-
erS." LLoHg applause.l
After Mr.. Huntington had been ap-
plauded the song He's a Jolly Good
Fellow" was sung with a will, and pres
entity the funny speeches Of the night be-
gan. How TO Build Trunk Line Roads
in Oakland Without Money" was one of
the topics referred to, amid roars OF laugh
ter Judge Harvey S. Brown sent
speech. J. c. Stubbs spoke on The
Power and Influence of Tatfy." Z. b.
Ryan on 'Bashtul Men," and Counselor
Craig gavo the humorous side of legal
controversies Walter Campbell sang a
song, while the orchestra played at inter
TaIs until after midnight.