New-York tribune., 1911-11-29
spEcIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
THE ROMANCE OF AN
EMPIRE BUILDER
cnlLlS P. HUNTINGTON.

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,,.,-i,x the years Immediately preceding
- outbreak Of the Civil War. when the
=. minds Of the North were planning
- they might save from disruption an
,,-s which had been handed down TO
-, nv their forefathers. a hardware
- in Sacramento, Cal. was laying
80 An his dingy little ONCE to build
-, eu,pirs and by means OF great trans
N.-.,-sntal railroad unite II with the old.
-. hardware dealer was Coils Potter
huntington.
tr;s-orv rightly devotes many pages to
49,. terine of the story Of how the original
.{ra was saved. but. comparatively
..r,,r disnisses with a few paragraphs
's. s+o~v OF how the hardware merchant
,-s-0 this very same epoch opened up
-, dorain which has since become one
.f,ss richest sections OF the United States.
~ career OF this wonderful man has
-, sustlv compared 10 that Of Dumass
ssro The Count Of Monte Cristo, so full
rs II OF romance. daring and achieve
~. That the son Of a small Connecticut
s.~ner should be able in a few short years
= accomplish that which others had for
.,.,v wears dreamed of-the bringing of
-. Pacific slope into close union with the
,.ortio-indeed seems almost incredible.
,,- Huntington was once asked 10 ex-
-, how ne did it all-why IL was that ne
- able 10 take the Ions step from behind
~. eornters Of q hardware store into the
-..,a~er7ent Of a transconunental rail-
- His explanation was very simple
-s rerhaps gives one Of the best inslShts
80 his character that could be found.
~ was merely evolution said Mr..
z,r-,irrton. "I had been a trader from
-, youth. began gathering shillngs
,-ben was eight years old and nao "lue
tosiress experience before taking up Iah-
-oad work. IL was not a jump for mo.
.1+ isn't by sudden leaps that healthy
,.,--ess is attained. It's by steady VOTE
i.- ana ,S.-y9 nav lump from one business 10 an
.-t--af, df +erent one and succeed out- ~
IN ~ea5 hard work. and the proodDlhl!es
s-s sSainst him The foundation OF sue
ess esps-o-aar T @ 6fteen and twenty-five most
- era made 4 man can learn more IN
those seven years thal1 ~ any - :. IA tl,af
-.S.,,- ,-0urhs destined by circumstance
80 bv temperament for business ~, -
mend a- college uniting thernSeiE -
commercial pursuits. learning .hI-t9s. - 80
--.- -.f ,7o use 10 tlem-0CruallI pllQ-n5
rr q barrier against success. 4
-..Tha successful man learns tno rudllntIl.s
~ business early iu life. The unsuClsss,lL55 L5
-~sr, is the one who m lls Nolln Wat
+rs c-roi, 10 see that he did nor he6ll
work a minute ahead or Tme ot V''Ll a
-s-1~S behind IT, Those are the noye Wito
are discharged nrst Wlsne .t.i,,-s NJ VvCrk
reduced. bur the boy who tnlnhS ol NoiS -
i-r instead of quitting and looks aIter uls
e-TrIov4~'s interest instead OF ms own la
+be one who IS kept on and goes ahe4~
az i.s----ess Is simple thing. The money
ra-e5 in eariy life grows into fortunes aver
or Tho YOUNG man who can save -' cents
= 5a, fe a man Of sense. Ho IS on the rgad
+o success But the young man " 90 beN'09
+-i1 ID cents for a cigar IS I0oL
There NAV be- cases where fortunes az
made 5v jumps. but great success COIhes
frofn persistent effort II is a ms lahe 20
voi-- rut the accomplished work or sue
eassfu man and ask youns man 20 luLL-
cate ir The immeusitT II such "o'@
't'''3j ''r1 js IKE taking him suddenly 20 the top
nj Il high steeDle 10 see great CITY. ltle
great height makes him diZzy- hNt 10 llg
s+aerfsiack who knows bis business anu
has scaled the steepie, 10 IS quite niue
sTrat is the reason why rising young
men while always keeping IN a. Cilen ~. ~,
The great opportunities ot 'ite. saoGlo Wo.A W!o...AN
FOR TODAY irving 90 do thar Work pelieI
tra- auv one else can do 20. Tor t thel
Fn that faithfully ans .-N- "'tnolncaiiF
,rev will be ready for ll.re comes Oh
tho morrow" ,
En- Huntington then applies his doctrine
20 his own experience. -lN part lh w
0--ra -fzatiou and building or the CeICrel
Pacific" he said. 'cld not seem ON 80
wne.uing task for me. because ny IL -
7s~r business. when I laid iJ down, was
Ear Greater in proportion than my rallroe4
business when 7 took Z up. can u
hardware business; We poueal aIlL no so.I
Kinds OF things-thousands and thousanos
~ dollars worth OF goods that never slW
the inside Of our store. We bought WnVIe
I'd goes and sold them direct from the
.'!rps arr-eeate business done by our drm
amounted. perhaps. % more than @3'e51.vyy
annually. and so the organization on I ..'g
Central Pacific came as eonlpai@1l''''
NJ a study is made Of Mr.. Huntington g
life sta0 nv StrD &c will be- found tnat ne
had diagnosed the reasons tcr lis own ,. SUI
cess most accurately. He did not dllllii
tie HEIGHTS by sudden jumps. and Wndl
appeared +1 others % be d1rln- leaps WaS'
as he said. merely "a prole or eEoi -.Iot. ~,
8 detailed account Ct Mr.. Huntington ;
ne ft is of course impossible to give here
but ir order 20 know the man as ne rea-ly
was a brief review Of the most !mportaiIt {
incidents OF his career should az ieast De
I'm the first place Sc should be noted that
Coils p Huntington inherited some quail
Ties or greatness. A glance over MS lnedee
reyeals the fact that he was descended
from Samuel Huntington. "a siEner or the
Declaration Of Indereuderce, president OF
-he Continental Congress and Chief Justice
0f the state OF Connecticut one memoet
NJ the family. E5enezer Huntington, was a
lrigadier general iu the Revolutionary
army. another. Frederick Huntington. pe-
came Bishop Of New York, and Still an
ether Daniel Huntington, was well known
AS "a PAINTER and az one time served as
president % the National Academy or De-
Eau
Ills parents were Of that sterling Puri-
taa stock characterized by thrift and plety'
Coils was born Ia the little town OF har-
vinton. Conn. on October -. 1871 He was
the ffth OF nine children, and the fatheTs
who Wa. Of an inventive turn Of mind ana
rad Cevelb 'ed improvements on caroins
machine waS ike most inventors, poor
snd unable % provide for so large lam
Gy. All Of the children had 10 work and