The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-15
Took Charge Of the C. & 0. in 1869
and Soon Completed the Road.
BUILT PLANT AT NEWPORT NEWS
Recently Bought Eighteen Hundred
Acres Of Land in Hanover 10 be
Turned Over to the Hcforma-
tory Association-Probab
Made Provision in His
VIII for the Transfer.

Coils p. Huntington. the railroad mag
nate and philnnthropist, who died some
what suddenly on Fasquette Lake, \. j.
Monday night, has for the past thirty-one
years been a potent factor in the H1aterlai
s.,e,onment OF Virginia. The Old Do
,o:nion wns close to his giant heart ana
ever in his mind. In 1861 he entered the
c.o.a and N a few years had almost revo-
,,,,;orizas her railroad interests. Few per-
>, VIRGINIA did not either know h-rn
personally or know of his works. Ihou-
4s can testify 10 his great worth ana
"a. ,,rop6-spirited generosity BY reason OF
,,;s snIendid business sasacity hosss Oh
1TSr,i,,;a,7s have been enabled 20 earn d
oar,,natency for themselves ana ihelt iaiii--
1ias and nv MS courageous business ii-h-
.c;rIes the great port OF Ne"Poi'
and that thriving city have alfaceea a.
rant!on the world over ,,,,,
Nr Huntington was a flcii NO. :, -
he came 10 Virginia in 1869. ana lilousn ~
,,a5A millions out of his enter isso
tl,is State he opened UP lhe a. 49,
s-,,-,7.,~c, - and created establishments III
l,9N-
his nrosuerity, while the state '1oNet
-. ,.-S = a3sa shared the great benehls tiiaS
,,,1,a ,,rown from his work. MI u ms ms
-, ryos widely known IN Richtlohu a4La
aIs.,gbare in the State, while al Ne"tot
News his stately form ana f--tI,''s
- familiar to the children VINO pa
lied upon the streets
BUILT THE c. d ..
,-o,,e,ohar 1G. 1859, the Chesapeake
oA go pathway was II struggling COZ
,,orat.on. extending from f'iciiIi.o'Au l,p'1at.
Tacxsons River, at point neai .,i,..,,,, tils -
o,,t site Of Clifton Forge me z.tsa,, 80,
vas in a desperate nIlahctasi
General w Z. WicknaIn Ssas - = ~
dent and Colonel John 81 ha.o ~ aona
aS1.,r,seI and these gentlemen hao uoNs
all in their power 10 caii
successful completion .,,s+on
~, +1,.s ahaye date Coils p Hunt -hs.oi,
o,,nasrad upon the scene ana com
.,,eo+ietiors whereby he was 10
.,, control of the affairs OF the il eoilt
-, s,,f,ia.t 10 ratification by us stoo
i,aisare b.,li Mr. Huntington on NoVeihoei -
,Sso became president OF 'he sa..
- -o 4e soon made ii posslple 10
.he hopes of the people oL ,.-aa.
sfnia and West Virginia TO De 80 40
a.. completion of the road coli"eo'it9 nj
r,hesapeake with the ONO c,t.e-
80 ,tJ,, over what is known asSthe 80 -,
~ ,,a = y Ohin route was made down
ai'tsi,,iar ri,s---s aud New rivers in hoat, tite
,1aat 4,einr carried around the la'is az az
sanaarous rapids until the canon oA
80 80, was reached. From TINS po.ti,
M Huntington and party had 10 go
foot He completed the road 20 tiis
md founded the splendid young ei's
huntington, ". Va, in 1855.
TO THE PACIFIC.
aering done this, Mr.. Huntington pro
caaded tn extend the connections Oh ttis
,hesapeake and Ohio 10 LousSNiile it.s.
cincinnati. and for years thToush 'i''I.Is Ins
have been running to these poihis-
also established connections from s, l'ouis
vile TO Memphis, via the Chesapeake ai.u
ohio southwestern Railroad, from -Aeiii-
mis- 10 New orleans; from the latter cry, ss
crossing the Mississippi River pS = is'',,ls -
boat, 10 FL Paso and thence ~
Ypr1an ana 10 San Bernadina fass' a.
through lower California TO San fiS,i.e'sse'
uniting there with the great lile i .,,a
oonstructed during his younger days. tiio
Central Pacific. 49,, q
In ,ss, Mr.. Huntington extended the =.
g. q from Richmond to Hampton hoaoa .
and founded the great port OF -Ne"po,
News. This thriving young city vas ~
WAYS very close 10 Coils p. Huniills W.
There he has built the most mas sil,:ei.
dock-yards and ship-buiidins estaot-s-. es"n-.-s
,,,enfs in the world and his uneApeSseo
death occurred just at the time ne "as
on the eve of doubling the great pau.
Sewport News by the erection OF So.
works. that could compete with f'oitte
stead. Pa. of
Mr. Huntington remained president Oh
signed ana was succeeded by AT, ". .,,,,a ~
ingalls,. who resigned only snort l,,re ~.
ago to be succeeded by Mr. George w
Stevens, of this city.
HIS GENEROSITY.
In recent years Mr.. Huntington tooh
deep interest in the colored reioriliase1
in Hanover county, presided over ... ~
John N. Smyth, who was at one niie
minister from this country TO LIBERIA. ! i,ts
Institution was aided in many WAYS "
Mr. Huntington. who only apoue q -, -
ago bought ! $50 acres OF fine lath-ilie i...s
adjoining the 4s3 acres owned os ''ie
formatory association. This vast G".. =.
land Mr. Huntington proposed TO saesu "
the rerormatorv association providing its
work should prove u success, the aeiatiot, on
80 be made at the expiration OF periou
Of two years. In the meantime the ia!aa
was to be cultivated by tae inmates o. iis
reformatory. no rental TO be charged ior
Its use. Whether AR. Huntington lett
deed transferring this property 10 the re-
formatory association or made provision
FOR such transfer IN his will is not known
here. but X Is generally supposed that snch
Is the case. II would but be characteristic
OF the man.
HIS GREAT WORTH
One Who had been closely thrown with
llI3S Sis.as
when told of the death Of the railway mag
na'f ftssteHrtau said that he wa profoundly
affected by it; that of ali the men who
haa risen IN Virginia 10 aid their fellow
men, with their wide. philanthropy, their
profound business sagscsty and their am
PIE fortunes, the one who had done the.
State of Virginia moro good than any
other. was Coils !. Huntington
..fse MI ~. rsa.erahegs4 IS t.slzs . ffaot,o,.
BY those who knew him and ta,nsa h1, haa-