| Show HUfllSGlOS IX SAX FRAZVC1SCO The Pnuifln MnM Company anti the Piinnmit KiisinenK Carlos P Huntington president of the Southern Pacific changed his mind thel did not pass through Utah on his way west on account of his fear of getting in a snow blockade He has just reached reach-ed San Francisco over the southern route accompanied by his wife IT E Huntington A N Towne G E Miles secretary to President Huntington Prince and Princess Hatzfeldt Miss Campbell a relative of Mrs Hunting ton I Miss Carrie Huntington sister of jH E Huntington M L Requa of Oakland and B A Worthington sec I rotary to Mr Towne I Mr Huntington received a Call re porter on the evening of his return but stated that he was feeling so ex t liausted from the long journey just ended that he was not disposed to sub mit to an extended interview t Regarding the position of the Pact lie Mail company in the present strug I gle for the Panama business and the I likelihood of any contract being made I between that company and the Panama Pan-ama railroad Mr Huntington declined II to esxpress an opinion contenting himself him-self with the assertion that the former company was in a good position I But for the opposition which was brought to bear against the company I said he three new 10000ton steamers steam-ers would now be engaged In That I trade The plans for these vessels had boon drawn and all the necessary arrangements I ar-rangements for Lieir construction made when the unexpected turn which I events took upset all our plans I Private Secretary George E Lilies 1 was seen at the Palace and freely gave expression to such information as he I was at liberty to disclose He stated i first of all that there were to be no j changes made among the official heads of the various departments in the offices offi-ces at the corner of Fourth and Townsend il Town-send streets Every time Mr TIuu tington comes to the coast the same i rumor gains currency said he that I i extensive and important changes are i to be made We have had a good deal of experience with the rumormakers lately in New York One of them recently re-cently I approached me with the remark that he had a leading question to ask I and then stated that a report was be jag circulated on the street that Rockefeller was squeezing Mr Hun I tington and when I asked him in what manner this was reported as being done he said that the former was foreclosing fore-closing a mortgage on some railroad property which Mr Huntington owned I in Africa I told the gentleman that the report Jacked two essential fea tures in point of fact and those were I that Mr Huntington was not being squeezed by Mr Rockefeller neither I did he own any railroad property in Africa Our trip has been a long one continued I con-tinued Mr Miles as it vas over three weeks ago that we left Washington The time has ben passed by Mr Hun tington in making a thorough inspec tion of the Southern Pacific lines The rumor about Mr Townes al leged coming retirement is the veriest rot imaginable as Mr Huntington considers con-siders him one of the best transporta tion men in America That about the trouble said to exist between Mrs Stanford and Mr Huntington is made of the same cloth as the report about Mr Towne Mr Huntingion has not sold his New York residence re for 1000000 as reported in the newspapers this morn lug The h 1UF won1 prolif hi u posted of if the price asked for it could be obtained but it lias nut vet been sold S Mr Huntington as you know has parted with allliis railroad properties in the east and propoes to devote1 his i1 r time and energy to the Southern Pacific Pa-cific system in the future You may state decidedly that the present trip of the gentleman named to the coast will be productive of no sensations least so far as I am aware Railway Notes Superintendents Bancroft Young and Colvin came up from the south yesterday and announce that everything every-thing is clear Receiver Trumbull of the Gulf linl sand s-and exGovernor Evans has gone to Galveston in the interests of making clever traffic alliance with lines reaching reach-ing tide water The Western Passenger Association has amended its rules on the certificate certifi-cate plan allowing delegations of less number than formerly to take advantage advan-tage of the same By request of the Southern Pacific the Union Pacific has issued a circular circu-lar cutting off round trip tickets to San Diego after February 28th This tends to augment the now inevitable strife P R Gabel general superintendent and John Denair master of transportation transpor-tation for the A P areputting up much of the capital for the erection of a ten stack smelter at the Needles California The Santa Fe is to the fore now with an answer to the Southern Pacific circular cir-cular boycotting them on tickets beyond be-yond Los Angeles It says that prior to March 1 all connecting lines wilt be duly apprised of the methods taken to protect Its California traffic The Rock Island has given it out cold that it will not agree to allowing the Union Pacific 250 per passenger as its share of the emigrant clearinghouse clearing-house This ultimation further adds to the difficulties of the rate situation wherein the different roads all talk boldly on what they will and will not doThe The Union Pacific receivers have filed a formal petition for a hearing in the Gulf case in the United States court on the ground that the division was contrary to law General Solicitor Solici-tor Thurstori is evidently in the meshes and entanglement makes him desirous of beginning all over again Some eastern capitalists are now in Kansas and propose to help out the Populist railroad which Is intended to run from Manitoba to the Gulf They offer to build the first sixty miles ana take in return transportation certificates cer-tificates and income bonds at actual cost provided they can have one fourth interest in all the townsites along the route Nothing small about those Populist railroad schemes The Florence Cripple Creek road will have rails laid March 15 to within with-in fifteen miles of Cripple Creek On the other hand Levi T Moore has taken a subcontract from Clough T Davidson of the Midland Terminal and will at once put 800 more men to work This means a race with the rival roads with the latter people a sure winner at the outcome President Collbran is personally looking after nil the field details with a view of getting get-ting there speedily |
