The herald., 1896-02-22
President Huntington Before the
Senate Committee
HE'S PROUD OF HIS ENEMIES
The Kentucky Franchise Bill Comes Up
on Tuesday
The A. & p. Railroad Receiver lnaugurates a
System of Retrenchment, Freely
Using the Axe-Notes

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-The senate COM
mittee on Pacific railroads was in session
today with G. T. Huntington still on the
stand, Senator Morgan acting as interro-
gator in chief. Inquiry was continued on
the lines of the report made by the Patti
son committee. Huntington asserted that
many of the statements made in the report
were the result of mere street talk in San
Francisco. He was asked if it was true as
stated In the lats Senator Stanford's testi-
mony before that commission, that Hun
tinGton, Stanford, Hopkins and Crocker
each received $13,000,000 in stock after
the completion of the Central Pacific. He
replied this statement did not accord with
his recollection. The four received $15,-
100000 in stock in the aggregate and it
had been divided equally. Senator Nor
gan pressed the inquiry regarding the de-
struction of the books of the Contract and
Finance company and quoted the state
ments of witnesses who told the Pattison
commission the books we're then in exist.
ence. Huntington declared they were not.
He said the witnesses who had given this
testimony were unreliable.
"Are you," asked Senator Morgan, "in-
different to public opinion"
II am satisfied" Huntington replied, "if
one man thinks well of me; that is &. L.
Huntingdon"
Huntington said in reply to questions:
The Central Pacific paid dividends for sew
eral years after completion, ami according
to his rec objection, for the principal stock
holders, himself, Stanford, Crocker and
Hopkins, each received about So ,000,O
;,,d Il
innate and in no way forced. Speaking of
the San Francisco mass meeting of Janu-
ary 18th last, at which a strong memorial
to congress against the Huntington man.
agement was adopted, and at which it was
said there were $4,000 people present,
Huntington declared there were only fifty
two persons there.
day TO give Mr.. Huntington an opportunity
to examine the Pattison report with view
of making his statement on the points de-
veloped. Morgan remarked that he wanted
to give Huntington an opportunity to au-
swer the aspersions cast upon him, but Mr..
Huntington replied it would take hundred
years to reply to all his enemies said about
him. 81 have great many enemies" he
said, "and ] am proud of them, for al
ways hewed to the line and where there
were fingers in the way they were pretty
sure to be cut" He was satisfied that the
public at large would judge him by the
work he had done, rather than the reports
put out against him.
Morgan told Huntington in reply 10 this
that he felt confident congress would ac-
cept the statements made by the Pattison
unless he could refute them.
Huntington promised to read the report
and make his reply at the next sitting.
THE FRANCHISE BILL
FRANKFORT, KY, Feb. Ex-senator
Goebel called up the repeal bill to the
Southern Pacific company in the senate
before adjournment this evening and had
the measure made special order for
Tuesday evening, when it will be taken up
and discussed from day to day until dis
posed of.
RETRENCHMENT BEGUN
SAN Francisco, Feb. 21.-Receiver c.
W. Smith of the Atlantic and Pacific rail
way has inaugurated a system of retrench-
ment. He spent several days here this
week and made several changes to take
effect March 1st. John ]. Byrno, general
passenger agent, will be retired. The gen.
eral freight agency in this city will be
abolished. H. G. Bush. at present freight
agent, will be given the title of general
agent of tho freight and passenger depart
ments. John l. Trusiow, assistant general
passenger agent, will also be retired. The
general office Of the freight and passenger
departments will in future be located at
New Mexico. Receiver
Smith has gone to albuquerque, where fur
ther retrenchment will he made.
LOCAL RAILROAD NOTES
The AK will be put into operation on the
Atlantic and Pacific railroad, it is said,
about March 1st.
G. w. Smith, the receiver of the Atlantic
and Pacific, is reported to have said that
General Passenger Agent John J. Byrne
will retire OH March LIST, and that after
that date II. c.. Bush, general freight agent,
with headquarters at San francisco, will
no longer be general officer of the road.
A condemnation suit has been begun by
the Southern Pacific against the city OF Po.
mona for right-of-way for their branch line
from Wooden to Pomona.
j. w. Mansfield. travelling freight agent
for the Rio Grande Western, with head
quarters in San Francisco, is in the city for
a few days.
The Santa Fe railroad will transport fifty
Turner's 10 San Diego today.
The Phoenix excursion party will return
home this evening at p. m. over the
Santa Fe tracks.
The students of Ontario and Claremont
aid their friends will arrive this morning
at 9;45 at the Santa Fe depot.
The visiting Masonic bodies from Red.
lands, Riverside and San Bernardino will
arrive at La Grande station in special
train at 10 o'clock.
The Masons of Santa Ana and Anaheim
will arrive by special train at $3.50 am.
The special return train to San Bernar-
dino, Redlands and Riverside and all in
termediate points will leave the Santa Fe
station at IL pm.
Commencing with tomorrow the Santa
Fe train for Santa Ana and Anaheim will
leave this city at 8 o'clock, instead of, as
heretofore, s am.
DebS Declines
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