Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-21
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the beach company - the manager Of the
road The road is only open to the public
from May 30 to the middle of September,
but during each of these three and a half
months its earnings for the past ten years
Fave amoupted to $4,000. The operating
expenses are not over So 800, which means
clear profit of s46.50O year.
The road was built just fifteen years ago
at a cost of $1,000. During its existence
it has earned from s697 900 to s7O0.000. which
is pretty big moEcy for such Il small rail-
way to make in so short time.
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c. p. Huntington, forty fifty times a
millionaire, owner of railroad lines, steam
ship lines and shipbuilding works. was in
Washington a few days ago. The Their
mometer was at 9S and Mr.. Huntington
was asked by newspaper man why he
didn't go to the mountains or the seashore.
Il never took six consecutive days of va
cation in my life, said the multi-million-
aire. Il haven't time, and again 1 don't
think so much vacation is necessary. 1 &C.
casionally go up in the Adirondacks and
take my secretary and typewriter, but 1
am at work most of the time; in fact, 1
can't find time for rest"
Mr.. Huntington is seventy-eight years old
and still attends to the mammoth interests
that have made him so rich. The party of
which he was member was talking about
horse racing and games of chance Il never
Won or lost dollar at a horse race or in
any game of chance in my life, said Mr..
Huntington. In answer to question
whether some of the gigantic enterprises
he had headed were not virtually games of
chance when he went into them, he said:
You refer to the Pacific railroads and
other investments? No, 1 did not consider
any of them games of chance. 1 figured
them out carefully, taking into censidera-
ton the miles of road, the and the
population, together with the business that
could be done
During the talk Mr.. Huntington said he
never went fishing or hunting day in his
life. He declared that he never eats meat
in the summer, it is too much fuel and
too heating to the body. If he ever yields
to temptation. it is a little piece of fish, not
over two ounces at that.
Mr.. Huntington likes tea and drinks six
small cups Of hot tea each day. He makes
it himself when he is at his home or Of
fee He said friend in China sent him
some tea that was valued at So per pound
He didn't like it. and for years had bought
a tea in New York that cost him 63 cents
pound He uses a teaspoonful of this for
four small cups of tea and allows 1t to
draw not quite two minutes Just long
enough to get the aroma of the tea" he
said.
why Is that tramp shaking his foot?"
inquired pedestrian of a park Waterman
last night. when he noticed the occupant of
one of the benches moving one foot.
That man." answered the guardian of
the peace, lis a genuine hobo, and his out
fit is under the bench. He passes through
this city twice year, and he never ne
elects to rest in this park. Like most
other tramps, he has an idea that he can
not be arrested so long as his foot is
moving
But how does he manage to get any rest
when his foot is continually moving?" in
quired the interested citizen.
He manages that all right" answered
wafPhnan ha 10 Far
asleep as any man ever is when he is at
home in bed, and no slight noise will arouse
him"
The officers club had to be used on the
sleeper's foot several times before the lat
ter could be aroused, and the citizen admit
ted that he had learned something of the
habits of tramps.
See this Din? said man in one of the
downtown hotels. whose bronzed face and
rugged frame indicated that he was
miner. well, paid 500 in gold dust for it.
You will notice that it is an ordinary pin
with a safety catch. such as is sold for 10
cents dozen. 1t looks like gold. but it Is
merely plated, and l carry it as souvenir
II was. the Yukon, stalled by the Ice
last winter, near Forty Mile. Every one of
the buttons on my overcoat had been torn
off. and the only way could keep the coat
fastened about my body was with a rope
man in our party had this large brass
pin. Needles and thread or buttons were
not to be had in the arctic. L offered him
so in gold dust for it He said he would
not sell 1t for less than 500. / wanted the
PIN more than / did the money then, so
gave him a small nugget worth about $780,
When got to Seattle this spring with my
pile l had the pin plated. 1t is probably
the most expensive brass pin in the world
1t paid for itself over and over again. Mon
ey Is cheap when you can't spend it."