Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-21
The Central Pacific Railroad and the
Big Four.
Mr.. HUNfINGTON'S INTERESTING STORY
Shares Received by Stanford, Hop
kIns, Crocker and Himself.
PROUD OF HIS ENEMIES

The Senate committee ON Pacific railroads
was, in session today, with Mr.. Huntington
still on the stand and Senator Morgan act
ing as interroga tor-in-chief The inquiry
was continued on the lines of the report
made by the Pattison commission. Mr.
Huntington asserted that many OF the
suit of mere street talk in San Francisco.
in the late Senator Stanford's testimony
before that commission, that Huntington.
Stanford, Hopkins and Croker had caci,
received s13,OUo.JO0 in stock after the com
pletion of the Central Pacific, and replied
that this statement did not accord with his
recollection. The four had received $45-
100000 in stock in the aggregate AMI il
had been divided equally.
Senator Morgan pressed the inquiry in
regard to the destruction of the books of
the Contract and F.ncnce Company and
quoteI the statements of Witnesses who
had told the Pat:ison commission that the
books were then existence. Mr. Hunt
inRton declared the.' We're not and said
the witnesses who had given this testi-
mOny were not reliable.
Are .you," asked Senator Morgan, in
different to public opinol.''
Il am satisfied" Mr.. Huntington replied,
IF one man thinks we'll of me, and that is
Large Dividends Declared.
Mr. Huntington said IN reply to ques-
tions that the Central Pa cific had paid div
idends to its stockholders for several
years after Its completion, and that, ac-
cording to his recollection the four Drin-
ctpal stockholders. himself Stanford,
Crocker and Hopkins had each received
about s2,oU,Do0 as dividends. These dtvi-
dends We're. he declared legitimate, and
in no way forced.
Speaking of the San Francisco mass
meeting On January 1S last, at which
strong memorial % Congress against the
Huntington management was adopted, anu
at which 1t was sad there We're 13,tW
people. NJ Huntington declared that there
We're only f'fty-two persons there.
Ih: committee adjourned until next Fri
day to give Mr.. Huntington an opportun-
fy to examine the Patterson report, with
the view Of making his statement On the
points developed in this document
Proud OF His Enemies.
Senator Morgan remarked that he want
ed to give Huntington an OPP ortunity 10
answer Che aspersions cast upon him. but
MIR. Huntington replied that it would take
one hundred ye1rs to reply to all thai his
enemies had said of him.
i have a great many enemies" h., said
and L am proud of them, for | have al
ways hewed to the i.ne. and where there
were HhserS IN tEe way they We're pretty
sure to be cut"
He said that while he was satisfied TIA,
tne Pattison comm ssion had done the best
II could, he still regarded it as SO ,naay
WORDS throWn into the ar and he was sat
ished that the public at large would Judge
nm by the work he had done rather than
ny the reports put out against him Sena-
tor Morgan told Mr.. Huntington, in reply to
u Is, that he felt confident that Congr .ss
would accept the statements made by the
commission unless he could refute mem
Mr. Huntington prom sed to read the re-
pert and make mis- reply at the next sitting