Evening journal., 1914-02-11
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
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A Rich Mans Gift to q
Poor Young Man
By Holland.


In the last two or three years Of
his life, Collins p. Hunting, one
OF the greatest of American construc-
tive forces, permitted himself some
social distractions which his earlier
career, on account of imperative bus
mess calls occupied all his time, did
not permit him to enjoy.
He was very fond of chatting with
men who were of congenial dispo l.
ton of the eailier days Of his career
as a constructive railroad man, and
he would narrate anecdote after an
ecdote which described the person
alities OF the great men with whom
he was sociated--Hopkins. STAN
ford and Crocker who with him built
the railroad east of San Francisco to
The meeting point Of the Union Pa
cific.
Mr.. Huntington was fond of telling
some of his earlier experiences in
the development Of what became the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
of which he was the pre-eminent au-
thority and which Is passing into
tradition as his great constructive
work.
There was something about Mr.
Huntington, his physical build. the
magnificent proportions of his head
and the manner ia which it was
firmly poised upon his shoulders
which sometimes reminded men of
James j. Hill.
was chatting with Mr.. Hunting
ton a year OF two before his dea h
about some OF his experiences. He
said incidentally:
"One OF the chief trials OF a petty
kind which a man who has been sue
cessful and who is deemed to be rich
cannot escape is the appeals made to
him for money or for aid. I discov-
tered that in almost every case where
somebody did something for me there
was expectation that ] would make
munificent repayment, whether the
favor which was done was asked for
by me me or not.
"One incident stands out vividly IN
my recollection. l had given a pres
idents pass for transportation to a
young man and his mother in recog-
milton OF an early friendship estab-
lished between myself and the young
mans father.
"The pass was good for transpor-
taticn to San Francisco. Some months
after the young man called upon me
at my office at New York. He sad
he had come to thank me for himself
and his mother for the courtesy. /
told him that that was a little un-
usual, for although ] had given
passes it was very rarely that the re-
cipient took the trouble to call upon
me after he had used the pass to
make his acknowledgement. The
young man took from his pocket a
clipping which he had carefully past
ed upon three OF four sheets of paper.
He showed It to me, saying that he
had come across IL by accident and
that he thought ] might like 10 see Il.
II was delighted to get that clip
ping. I would have given consider
able sum for Il. | had caused a hunt
90 be made for 1t far and near with
out avail Ii was nothing but q little
article I wrote when I was young
man, before / went to California, and
which was published in a newspaper
which has passed out of existence.
Il told the young man that ! was
willing TO pay him for bringing me
this clipping, and he replied that il
( / offered him all of my fortune he
would not accept It. He was only too
/ glad that it had pleased me TO re-
ceive it. I then said to him that
\ he was the rare exception among
I those who had done something for
me. for he expected nothing. But /
told him that I would give him
something which / thought would be
of great value to him.
My gift was this advice: Always
live within your income, no matter