The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-14


| wilderness. and consists of dozen or more
buildings. It cost Mr.. Huntington $3.50
| 600. and was. with that of W West Du-
rant. the finest in the Adirondack region
1t was built six years ago, and Mr.. Hunt
lngton passed portion OF each succeed
| ing summer at Lake 5ohican. The camp
| is located fifteen miles from RacquetJe
and Fourth Lakes, and has direct tee
phone communication with this city.
The first news of Mr. Huntington's death
| reached Utica IN this way, but all efforts
| to secure further particulars from the camp
proved unavaiIiug, as the servants refused
10 talk. " West Durant was notified soon
after the desth occurred. and drove at once
70 Easle Bay. from which pcsu
moued Undertaken Garvey. %
remains viii be brouSt
sar- HuHtilg5og rsl.srd at Il q sst
night. ard had not complained o.
III AZ clock this ~.uoGlliug he a. ase4
the AoUsss-oia by his groans. and zen znen-
zses later he died
Coils Potter Huntington was born ia
Harwintou, LitchfieId county. Conn. On
October p. 1921 He had 3 local school
education until he was fourteen years Old
"hS1 als father gave him his fraF7erB
and from that time he supported lz.assIT
In the interest Of the business in which ne
engaged. he travelled for ten years through
the South and West and then settled win
a brother in Oneonta. New York. He
went TO California in 1S49, with a ship
ment OF goods, trading for three months in
the Isthmus the way and SET up a bust
ness in miners supplies in Sacramento.
using tent for a store. Later he opened
Flay-F Ft~.-n- III
with Hopkins, Leland Stanford. and
Charles Croeker. Mr.. Huntington planned
in 1880 a trans continental railroad
Affixed to Mr.. Huntiugton's name in he
"Cyelopedia Of American Biography from
which the foregoing outline is taken, is
the prase railroad builder" For twenty
years and more, from 1860 on. he was
railroad builder Perhaps it is owing more
TO him than to any other man that trans
continental railroads have played so great
part in the development of the country
Stanford. Croker. and Hopkins. with
Mr.. Huntington, betrayed the expenses of
a survey across the Sierra Nevada Noun
taius. and organized the Central Pacific
Railroad OF which Mr.. Huntington was
elected vice president. Congress furnished
aid by bead issue the railroads organ
izeTs carrying on the work of construction
at their Own expense until the bonds be-
came available.
The rest OF Mr.. Huntingtons enterprises
are summarized as follows In the biography
referred to: In addition TO this under
taking, Mr.. Huntington planned and per-
fected the whole California railroad sys-
TEN. which extends over $500 miles OF
track, built on the Atlantic system. which
with the Southern Pacific Railroad and the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, forms d
continuous line. 1000 miles long, from San
Francisco TO Newport News. and develop
ed an aggregate of Ii, 600 miles of steam
water lines including the route to China
and Japan
Mr.. Huntington was at one time active
ly identified with the management of all
railroads with which he was connected
He was worker all his life He used to
say he was an easy worker which accounts
for his ability to keep al his desk though
so advanced in years. He was d powerful
man. over six feet tall and a striking fig
ure in Broad and Wall Streets His for
tune has been estimated at sums ranging
above $50, 600 coo, all or most of it. made
in railroad building and operating and
most of il invested in railroads and Gov
ernment securities Comparatively little
of his fortune represented real estate hold
ings. Neither was he a specuator In stocks
of the Jay Gould kind. Gould. Mr. Hunt-
ington is credited with having said, dealt
in railroads ana he built and ran them
Mr.. Huntington was twice married and
both marriages were cnifdless. His first
wife died in the sos. The second wife is
still living. Two children were adopted by
Mr. Huntington. a boy and a girl. Archer
NJ Huntington, the sen, is between thirty
and forty years old. He is a scholar and
student. The daughter is the Princess
HatZfeidt. and was married to Prince TIE II
els Of that name IN 1889 Her husband
has an extensive reputation as a bettor
The Princess Clara is now nearly forty
years old.
When Mr.. Huntington was asked what
laid the foundation CT his fortune he would
say: Economy and patience. He earned
Ss4 above his board and clothes in the first
year CT his freedom. and he saved every
cent of the money. He would say that he
was as much OF d capitalist then as he ever
was afterward.
At every stage OF his career he exem-
plified the factors which he considered SO
necessary TO success, and when to these
were added an independent spirit. keen
foresight, and daring, the elements IN his
successful career are not hard to separate
Mr.. Huntington was reelected President
of the Southern Pacific Railroad last April
Mr. Huntingtons principal interests of
late had been in the Southern Pacific Com
pany, including its various ramifications-
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co.
Delightful trips daily at $50 p. m to Old Point
Comfort. Newport News, Norfolk. Virginia Beach,
and Ocean View. For -chedule, see puge 5.
Cargo lots of North Carolina boards.