The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-15
HUNTINGTON'S SMILES.
Employees CANT Play Tricks on the
Great Railway Msguate,
ASKED FOR THE BROOM ACCOUNT
Then ThOughtit Odd That So Many
We're Bought Just Before His An.
nual ViSIt-sOmO Charac.orIstIcs OF
tho MilIIonHIFe-HIs Famous Ak.
Minister Carpet tho Apple Of His Eye.
Nas YOrs PUt.

Ncv Yors Pras
U. Z. Huntington wishes that he
could arrive in San Francisco unan.
nounced, He has a faint suspicion that
iihs cOuldthlnga would look differently.
The employees OF the Southern Pacific in
Sacramento aud San Francisco are
bound to know as soon at his private
car starts from Now YorE that the "old
man" is on the way, which gives them
at least a week to prepare for his reCsp-
ton. As lie goes to San Francisco only
about once year, week isn't any too
long,
When he arrived this year and found
the iloors Of the dOpota aud tho offices
scrubbed until they shone, aud the
yards a. clean as the tagging in front OF
an upper Fifth avenue store, he went to
the purchaser OF supplies and asked Tor
tile broom account, lie looked at It,,
smiled aud smiled, and said he was very
glad that everything could DO kept 80
dean Tor whole year with 80 few
broomJ, and, although he was not up on
uNh0hAHt ~ uNuAAAHA lAAAek NAkNAAAAAANaAI W
him that SO many brooms should have
boon bought in tho month OF SeptOm.
Der, while none were bought in June
and July, Then he smiled aud smiled,
and remarked that perhaps brOOms
were cheaperin September than in June.
TELL-TALE COUPLING Pts.
When he went out into the yards
with ono Of tho superinlendentI, Mr..
Wilder, he was quite ilatIorinG aud OBJ.
served placidly that 4. was most com.
mendable to keep railroad yards clOan.
He came across q coupling pin which
had apparently been buried IN the road
bed for some time, and then ne turned
to u workman VINO was picking up sew.
eral strAWs and remarked dryly and
pleasantly; 81 suppose you had go
much work to do the past two days
cleaning up tho yard that YOU over
looked this coupling pin" This work
man said: "H.y-ySS, cir" and made
up his mind that all was up with him.
Huntington made no further comment
aud helped the workman TO lift tho
coupling pin from the ground. Wilder
aspied five or six pieces Of coal and
called out in great surprise and with
great severity TO one OF the wOrkmen
10 como aud pick them up. Mr., Hunt.
ington smiled and smiled aud smiled
aud said: That's good economy II It's
an everyday rule with you, Wilder"
Mr.. huntington's arrival in San Fran
cisco is big event 1t is about two
times as big for san Franciseo Rs ChRaa.
coy NJ. Dspew's annual return from
abroad is to ne. Armies Of reporters
and artists record his appearance and
movements. When he arrived last week
he avoided tho neWSboys and hackmsn
and didn't contribute five cents to ferry.
boat musicians, but no did what lie
calls "a little work" HeRppointed a
new general manager for the Southern
Pacific railroad bsioro he Wentup to his
residence on Mob Hill. The residence
cost him SajO,0OO, and he has spent
about as much more in making it COM
Portable, as no would say, for his regu.
lar annual two months residence in
San francisco. He never stays much
longer than that.