Bisbee daily review., 1903-07-26
Is King OfElectric Road
HENRY E. HUNTINGTON, BUILDER
 OF ELECTRIC RAILWAYS.
The vastness of His Enterprises ChaI- ienses the Administration Of the
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 Los Angeles. July 25.-The name of Huntington is written in indelible letters across the map of California. Tn the early days Of this great state that of Collis F. Huntington was a household word; in these that of his nephew, Henry F. Huntington. The work of the late Collis P. Huntington in knitting the continent together with rails of steel was a performance likely to live for all time in the an nals of the nation. The yastness of his enterprises challenged the atten- tion of the world and the rich realiza- tion of his hopes bore ample testimony of his farsightedness. the genius of his conceptions, the courage of his convic- tions and his skill and ability as a railroad man and financier Today Henry E. Huntington. his nephew, ha.; followed in his footsteps along indus trial lines, and for miles, from this place, are to be found abundant evi- dences of his genius as railroad man. The late Collis, P. Huntington em- ployed steam, the present Henry E. Huntington employs electricity. The late Collins P. Huntington afforded transportation to populations located at distant points; the present Henry P. Huntingto naffords transportation to populations located in a compara- lively speaking, prescribed area. Both made their business transportation. Each employed such natural agencies. whether steam or electricity, as were pronounced at the time by scientific and mechanical experts the best adapted to the purpose to which they were applied; and in searching for traffic to sustain the carriers they had established each looked for it at the nearest available points. Coiiis P. Huntington established foreign com runication and promoted interior de- velopment; Henry F. Huntington es- tablished interior communication and promoted industrial development Co., hs P. Huntington was king of steam railroads; Henry E. Huntington is T king of electric railroads.
 NIT. Henry F. Huntington was presi- dent of the Market Street Railway company, of San Francisco, and is president of the Los Angeles Street Railway company Of California. One of Mir. Huntingtoz' notable achieve ments was the harnessing of the wa pf ha rfx to furnish electricity to be used for lighting and -otc- purposes. He is also heavily interested in steam rail roads. He is president of the South ern Pacific Railroad companies of New Mexico and Arizona; the Carson and Colorado railroad in Nevada. and vice president of the Southern Pacific Raj road company of California and of the Southern Pacific Coast Railway con- pany. He is also a director in the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company, as well as in other large eastern corporations. By the will of his uncle he was made a residuary legatee of his uncle's vast estate.
 Henry E. Huntington was born ip oneanta, Otsego county, New York, on February 27. 1850. He began life in q hardware store in Oneonta. Later he came to New York and followed the same business. His uncle, noting in him the unmistakable traits of a shrewd and energetic man of business, cont him f0 Ct A1hauc Warf V;ro;p;o to look after certain lumber interests which had, through former shiftless management, run to decay. He ac- quilted himself with credit and his success led to his appointment as su- perintendent of construction of the Chespeak, Ohio and Southern from Louisville to Memphis From this time on his marked executive ability com mended him to the attention of his uncle, Coils P. Huntington, with whom he was ever after closely connected in great business propositions.
 The Huntingtons are of English or igin. In 1892 Simon Huntington came over from Norwich, but died on the voyage. His wife and three sons settled at Roxbury. near Boston. The second son was one of the party of Englishmen who bought from the In- dians the site of the present city of Norwich, Connecticut, and male the first white settlement there. Among these decendants of Simon Huntington were Jabez Huntington and his scr of the same name, who were generals in the Revolutionary army; Ebenezer Huntington, adjutant general and a Connecticut representative for two terms in congress; Samuel Hunt ington, one of the signers of the Dec Iaration of Independence, president of the Continental congress and chief justice and governor of Connecticut, end the most notable of all-the re- gently deceased railroad builder and fnancier, Coils P Huntington.