Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1884 — HUNTINGTON'S LETTERS. [ARTICLE]

HUNTINGTON'S LETTERS.

Uext «f His Correspondence with Colton Given to the World. Relations with Jay Gould, Who Was a Very Bad Man. The Corruption of Congress and Legislatures Fully Set Forth—The Texas Pacific. ’ [From the Chicago Tribune.] Following are some of the more interesting of the letters written by 0. P. Huntington, the Central Pacific monopolist, to "Friend Colton,” which show clearly the methods employed to strengthen the old road and push the interests of the newest monopolistic scheme—the Southern Pacific railroad: NEW Yobk, Oct. 8, 1874.—Friend Colton: Yonrs of Sept. 30 is received. * * * I want yon to be sure to get some one to see Luttrell and Hager and get them to work to change the line of the S. P. to the Salinas Valley and give the company more time to build that road than they now have. We want the land granted to remain ns it is; that is.it was withdrawn on a certain line. Now, what we want, as I understand it, is to remove the fine on which the road is to be bnilt and let the land grant stay where ittf.B. I would suggest that yon get some Democrat that has interest on the line of onr roads that can convince Luttrell thaHt is for his interest to work for the C. P. and S. P. interest, for that would be in the interest of the whole people. Do attend to this and let me know what has been done. Yours truly, C. P. Huntington. FIXING UP OUB CONGRESSMEN. Nsw Yoke, Nov. 8, 1874.— Friend Colton: Yours of Nov 27 is received with inclosures. _it certainly was a shabby thing in Vining to write such a letter Towne wrote me and sent me a copy of the letter. , I saw Dillon and he soemed very much offended at V. for writing it, and said nothing of the kind should happen again. I think I shall show yonr letter to Gould, but they are not our kind of people, f have sent out some copies of Tom Scott's bill as amended by . me. Read it carefully and let me know what yon think ot it. Of conssethe San Diego people may not like it unless yon agree to build a road from their place out to connect with our road, and yon may think best to do that, It certainly is very important to 8. F. that we build the S. P. into julzona, and it would be well for you at once us write some letters for the influential men of S. F. to" sign, to send to all our M. C. and Senators, to go for the bill as we want it, and if non do not think it right as it is fix it and send' it back; but if we could get it as it is I would be satisfied. Storr says It will make Scott very mad, and be thought it best not to send it, and may be he is right ;butif Scott kicks at it I propose to say to Congress: “We wiH build east of the Colorado to meet the Texas P. without aid," and then see bow many roembcrs.will dare give him aid to do what we offered to do without. My only fear then would be the cry that the C. P. and the 8. P. was all one and would be a vast monopoly, etc., and that Is what we must guard against, and that is one reason why yon should be in Washington. I send cony of my letter to Scott on sending the bill; he sent it for me to fix to suit me. The U. P. people are not yet ready to order steamers, Yours truly, s C. P. Huntington. INTENDS TO SEE LUTTRELL. New Yobk, Nov. 18, 1874.—Friend Colton: Yours of the sth inst. is received. * * * X never have spoken to Luttrell myself, but when he comes over I will see him. There is a large field to be worked over in California to bring about good feeling between ourselves and opr enemies, and as you are a new man )n the firm I think yon are the party to do this. * * * Yours truly, C. P. Huntington. ON lAJTTRELL’H TRAIL. New York* Nov. 17, 1874.— Friend Colton: Yours of the 7th and 9th inst. are received. I notice that you are yet on Luttrell's trail. I hope you will get some one to convince him that we are good fellows—and that shonld not be a hard thing to do, for I have no doubt of it myself. I notice what you say about getting control of the A. <fc P. franchise by getting a majority of the stock. * * * Yonrs truly, C. P. Huntington. LUTTRELL UNDER COLTON’S CARE. New York, Nov. 20. 1874.—Fiiend Colton: Yonrs of the 12th is received, and I am glad to learn that-yon have Luttrell under yonr charge, but you must be careful and not let him get anything to strike back with, as be is a cuss, and I db not think it safe for Stanford to talk with him on. -our matters, as it would be just like him to get up in Congress and lie about what S. said to him. He must have solid reammß or he will go back on you. Yours truly, C. P. Huntington. intriguing against SCOTT. New York, Nov. 20, 1874.—Friend Colton: Herewith I send copy of bill that Tom Bcott proposes to put through Congress this winter. Now I wish yon would at once get as many of the associates together as you can, and then let me know what you want. Scott sent me three copies, fixed as he wants them, and asked me to help pass them through Congress, and if I would not do it as he has fixed it, then he asked me to fix it so that I will, or in any way that I wfll support it. Now do attend to this at once, and in the meantime I will fix it here and see how near we are together when yours gets here. Scott is prepared to pay, or promises to pay, a large amount of money to pass hs bill, but I do not think he can pass it, although I,think this coming session of Congress will be composed of the hungriest set of men that ever got together, and that the d— only knows what they will do. Yonrs truly, C. P. Huntington. MEN WHO MAT BE “CONVINCED.” New York, Dec. 1, 1874.—Friend Colton: * * * I would like to know what is being done with the California Pacific extension bonds. Has any of our people endeavored to do anything with Low and Frisbie? They are both men that can foe convinced. * * * 1 will see Luttretl when he comes over and talk with nim, and maybe he and we can work together. But if we can brush him out it would have a good effect, and then we could, or at least would try to, get some better material to work with. * * * Yonrs truly, *•> C. P. Huntington. DISTRIBUTING FREE PASSES. New York, March 3, 1875.—Fiiend Colton: Yonrs of the 2d Inst, have just come to band, also dispatch that you have received two dispatches from George E, Gray. What is up? Have received no letter from C. P. H. for three days. Have you sent passes and money? Tho HiWtey TBatf'ndt sent, for the reason I did not know you wanted it until to-day. The passes have gone as fast as they have come in from Dillon. I have just sent over for the last lot, and if they come will send them with this. I also send SI,OOO as requested. I notice a bill passed the House a few days since, called np by williams, of Michigan. I forget its title, but it called for reports, etc., etc., from the Paciflo roads. Of course it was something ugly or it would not have passed. * * * Yours truly, C. P. Huntington. TRYING TO GAVE DOWN THE BANK. New York, March 19, 1875.—Friend iColton : If yon could get some well-written articles published in the S. F. papers showing up the great value of the country traversed by the 8. P., and the vast business that road must do to take into market the product of the country; in fact, such articles as would tend to induce people to buy S. P. bonds and lands, I should get the articles republished in the newspapers on this side to as great an extent as I could, which is a very effective and cheap way of advertising. Will you attend to thiß? Yours truly, C. P. Huntington • THE WORST MAN HE EVER SAW. New York, April i 5, 1875.—Friend Colton: • * * The U. P. <fc P. M. people have talked with me, and it is best we do not forget the same parties control botn, brill said to them that I did not have tbe data here, and if I had, was not familiar enangh with the details of operating the road to make or enter into a contract with them, etc. I quite agree with yon that the rise in freights, and I may say the general business of the Pacific, or I perhaps should say the V. P: road, has beoome so notorious of late, and I think it is quite liable to hurt ns veay much in onr settlement with the Government. In fact, there is where I think we are likely to be most harmed. I think I understand onr position here and know that to get just what belongs to ns may cause us mueh trouble and perplexity so long as Jay Goold controls a link in the overland line and also a line by sea. For I think him the worst man to do anything with T ever knew. But I think, .while no doubt not the worst, but almost the worst, thing we can do as matters stand today is to quarrel with him, and I do not propose to have a quarrel if I can well avoid. Yon know something of him and can tell the other California associates what you think of the situation here. Tt is night and { will quit Yonrs truly, ” “ CTP. "Huntington. Send my letters to S. , Nos. 499 and 607. ■ MANIPULATING THE NEWSPAPERS. ——— New York, April 7, 1875.—Friend Colton: Yoffrs of March 27, No. — -.As received. * * • I send sllp from Evening Post The same thing has been in the other papers, some of which got (1 per line for publishing, so I do not think they are doing flits for fan or to bay stock. As you have no doubt noticed by overland telegraph, the Panama railroad has elected a new Board of Directors and left P. Ml and U. P. out, and them |a evidently a nrisnndeistandrag between Gould and Timor W. P„ but don't bet money on it. tt P. Huntington. INCAUTTOUSNB3S DP STANFORD. NfeW YORK, May 28. 1875.—Friend Colton:

Yonrs of the 20th is received with N. P. cllpm —Gov. S.—some good things to tho Chronicle ,P., as that is the only weapon our enemies have to fight us with in Congress. * * * Yonrs truly, C. P. Huntington. : GOULD'S PROBABLE WEAK POINT. NEW York, May 3, 1875.—Friend Colton: 1 called at Gould’s house last night and Rad a long talk with him on various matters; showed him your letter No. 3,6. * # * If he has a weak point I believe I have found it... • * * * Yonrs truly, C. P. Huntington, AN ALLEGED WILD HOG. Friend Colton: * * ? I notice what you say of Luttrell; he is a wild hog; don’t let him come back to Washington; but as the House is to be largely Democratic, and if he was to be befeated likely it would be charged to ns, hence I think it would be well to beat him with a Democrat; but 1 would defeat him any way, and if he got the nomination put up another Democrat and run against him, and in that way elect a Republican. Beat him. * * * Yours truly. C. P. Huntington. CAVING PICKERING AND FITCH DOWN THE BANK. New York, Sept. 17, 1875. —Friend Colton: Yonrs of the 9th inst., with inclosures as therein stated, are received. It looks ss though you would be able to cave Fitch and Pickering down the bank. * * * Yonrs truly, C. P. Huntington SLIPPERY WALKER. New York, Oct. 19, 1872,-Fnend Colton: * * * I have given Gilbert C. Walker a letter to you. He is a member of the Forty-fourth Congress, ex-Govemor of Virninia, and a slippery fellow, and I rather think in Scott’s interest, but not sure. I gave him a pass over C. P. and got one for him over U. P.; so do the best vou can with him, but don’t trust him much. Yours truly. C. P. Huntington. ■ DANGERS OF INTERVIEWING. Oct. 26, 1875.—Friend Colton: * * * I notice by the Alta of the 18th that some correspondent of the San Diego paper has been interviewing Mr. Crocker. It is very difficult for any one to be interviewed by an infernal newspaper witfiout getting hurt: and Mr. Crocker is not the most unlikely to get hurt of all the men I know. I notice what yon write of the difficulties of getting railroad franchise in Arizona. I wish it was otherwise. Yonrs trnly, C. P. Huntington. GWIN’S SECRET-SERVICE WORK. New York, Nov. 10, 1875.—Friend Colton: Yours of Oct. 23, 1876, No. 85, is before me. Dr. Gwin is also here. I think the Doctor can do us some good if he can work under cover, bui if he is to come to the surface as our man I think it would be better that he should not come, as he is very«obnoxious to very many on the Republican side of the House, and then there is so many things about our business that he does not know, and he has not the time to learn it before Congress comes and g es. It was*very unfortunate that he came ewer in Directors' car with Mr. Crocker. I received a letter to-dav from a party in Massachusetts that said that Gorham and Sargent were very much offended because Gwin was, or rather had, come over to look after cur interest in Washington. I am, however, disposed to think that Gwin can do ns some good, bnt not as our agent, buhas an anti-snbsidy Democrat and also as a Southern man with much influence in the Son'll in showing the Southern people that the Texas and Pacific R. R. is in no way a Southern Pacific road, but a road, if built by the Government, would prevent the Southern States from having a road to the Pacific for many years. Bnt Gwin mnst not be known as our man. * * * Yonrs, etc., C. P. H. GWIN WORKING UP THE SOUTH. New York, Nov. 13, 1876.—Friend Colton: Your dispatch that yon had sent $200,000 gold is received. Dr. Gwin left for the South yesterday. I think he can do ns considerable good If he { sticks for hard money and anti-subsidy schemes, but if it was understood by the public that he was here in onr interest it would no doubt hurt us. When he left I told him he must not write to me, bnt when he wanted I shonld know his whereabouts, etc., to write to R. T. Colburn, of Elizabeth, N. J. * * * Yours truly, C. P. Huntington. , WAKING UP THE SOUTH. New York, Nov. 24, 1875.—Friend Colton: * * * Crocker was in the office to-day, and I spoke to him about the S. P. sending me a special power of attorney to act for the S. P. before Congress, and make any proposition to build the S. P. to meet railroads on this side, etc. Mr. C. said he would attend to it, but I write this to remind him, as he took no memorandum. I want you to make such a proposition as 1 wrote to vou for sdme days since. I am getting tho South well waked up on Scott’s Southern-Northern project Yours truly, C. P. Huntington. GWIN’S LITTLE MISTAKE. New York. Deo. 22, 1875.—Friend Colton: * * * I have just returned from Washington. The Doctor (Gwin) was unfortunate about the Railroad Committee; that Is, there was not a man put on the committee that was on his list, and I must say I was deceived; and he was often with Kerr, and K. was at his rooms and spent nearly one evening. The committee is not necessarily a Texas Pacific, but it is a commercial committee, and I have not much four but that they can be convinced that ours is the right hill for the country. If things could have been left as we fixed them last winter there would have been little difficulty in defeating Scott's bill; but their only, argument Is ip is controlled by the Central. That does not amount to rnupli beyond this: it allows members to vote for Scott’s bill for one reason and give the other; that it was to break np a great monopoly, etc. If- these damned interviewers would keep ont of the way it would be much easier traveling. I send a few clippings. Yours truly, C. P. Huntington. FRIENDLY BRISTOW. New York, Dec. 10, 1875.—Friend Colton: * * * I think we have nothing to fear this winter from the Texas Pacific bill, I had a talk with Bristow, Secretary of the Treasury. He will be likely to help us fix up our matters with the Government on a fair basis. Yours truly, £!. P. Huntington. SARGENT’S NEUTRAL ATTITUDE. New York, Dec. 12, 1875.—Friend ColtonT" * * * You write you are drawing up a hill to introduce in Congress. 1 am glad you are. I have been to work on one lor some days, and Mr. Storrs has it in hand now. When yonrs comes I will uso the best one, or, what is more likely though, use the best parts of both. I hope to have it introduced by Thursday, the 23d. Scutt is making a terrible effort, promising everything to everybody, and I promise nothing that 1 do not expect we shall fulfill, and the Southerners being so very poor that many of them will hold to Scott in hopes he may, do something for them. Vain hope. Sargent’as you no doubt have seen, has gone off the Railroad Committee, bnt there is a good man in his place, Eaton of Connecticut. His going off looks as if he did not care to help ns or harm us much. If he did he would, have staid on the committee. I sent you to-day Senate hills Nos. 6 anil 14. I could get control of Atlantic and Pacific railroad at very small cost, bub do we want it as a gift? Yours truly, C. P. Huntington. CARR’S SALARY. New York, Jan. 14, 1876.—Friend Colton: Yours of Dec. 30 and ti e Ist inst.. Nos. 120 and 121, also yonr telecram that William B. Carr has had for his services $60,000 8- P. bonds; then asking how much more I think his services are worth for the future. That is a very difficult question to answer, as I do not know how many years Mr. Carr has been in our employ? or how far in the future we should want him. In view of the many things we have now before /Congress, and also in this sinking-fund which wo wish to establish, fen which we propose to put all the company’s lands in Utah and Nevada, it is very important that his friends in Washington should be with us, and if that could be brought about by paying Carr say SIO,OOO or $20,0b0 per year, I think we conld afford to do it, but of course not until he had controlled his Wends. They conld hurt us very much on this land matter, although I would not propose to put the land in at any more than it hr worth, say $2.60 per acre. I would like to have you get a written proposition from Carr, in which he would agree to control his Wends for a fixed sum, then send it to me. Between the business here and in Washington, I am worked about np to my capacity. Yours truly, C. PI HIJNTINGTON, President. THE WAY BILLS ABE KILLED. New York, .Jan. 4, 1875.—Friend Colton: I have ordered all bills introduced in Congress to be sent to Sanderson that have any bearing on onr interest. Please look them over and give me your view*. Many hills, no doubt, like Senate bill No. 50, will be introduced that are bad; and the only way to kill them will be in committee. Yonrs truly, C. P. H. those damned interviews. Friend Colton: * * * I received three letters from Washington this morning. They all tell me that Scott is there in great force, and say he will pass his bill in spite of Huntington and the Central Pacific. He cannot do it, bnt it was a great mi-take in not letting this matter remain as we fixed it last winter, bnt these d—d interviewers may kill us yet. * * * Yours truly, C. P. Huntington. on TO WASHINGTON. New Yobk, Jan. 17, 1875.—Friend Colton:, -*—*—*- - j have received several letters and telegrams from Washington to-day, all calling me thete, as Soott will certainly pass fits Texas Pacific bill if I not come over, and I shall go over to-night, bnt I think he could not pass his bill if I shonld help him; but, of course, I cannot know this for certain, and just what effort to make against him is what troubles me. It costs money to fix things so that I would know his bill would not pass. I believe with $200,000 I can pass our bill, bnt I take it that it is not worth that much to us. Yonrs truly. *•» tt R HUNTEtOTON. THE MEN WHO WORE THE COLLAR. New York, Jan. 29.— 1876.—Friend Colton: * * * Scott is making a terrible effort to pass his bill, and ho has many advantages with bis ' t

<0 railroads running out from Washington in almost every whicfa^hc^ gives fret hfcnever so little. The Texas Pacific seems to own almost every one in the whole country. I I hear in very many Of the large towns there are parties holding stock In this construction company, end they are all if Washington working for the T. P. bill. Then on onr side we have Sargent, Booth, Jones, Cole, and Gorham In the Senate to help. ns. * * * ScotjtiS working mostly amongst! the> commercial men. He switched Senator Spencer of Alabama and Walker of Virginia this week, bnt yon know they can he switched back with the proper arrangements when thev arc wanted; bnt Scott is asking for so mnch that, he can promise largely to pay when he wins, and you know I keep on high ground. All the members in the Houije from California are doing first-rate except Piper, and he is a hog any way you can fix him. I wish yon would write a letter to Luttrell saying that I say he is doing first-rate and is very able, etc., and send me a pepss * * * * Yours tralv. • „ C. P. HuwfcNGTON. P. S.—l will get yon telegraph passes. H. SCOTT AS A “CONTINCER.” New, York, Feb. 14, 1876.—Friend Colton: * * * Scott is developing more strength "tor his Texas ,& P. than I thought it possible for him to do. He has men all over the country- to bring influence to bear on their M. C. They have considerable luoncy, as they have convinced several parties that I thought we had sure. lam doing all I can, but it is the liveliest fight I was ever in. I sent a man to Richmond, Va., Saturday, and one to Albany to-day, to get resolutions passed by the Legislatures against subsidies. If I can get them it will control two members of the Railroad Committee, and want them very mnch. Of course you will see tiro necessity of keeping such matters to, ourselves. , I have not time to write more, as it is night, and Igo to Washington at 9p. m. Yours truly, C. P. Huntington. A ROUGH FIGHT. "New York, March 4, 1876.—Friend Colton: Yonrs of Feb. 24, No. 142, is received. I have hton in Washington most of the time since Congress met, and yon say truly when you write that you th nk I have had a rough fight here this winter. The Railroad committee of the House was set- up for Scott, and it has been a very difficult matter to switch a majority of ihe committee away from him, but I think it has been done; hut Scott is very able, and then he promises eve y-hinz to everybody, which helps him for the day and in this fight, and just what he may yet do I cannot say. * * * And I think it of so much importance that he is not allowed to build a read parallel to oqrs with Government aid that I shall endeavor to get our bill passed through the Senate this winter, if possible (and the House, too). If we only get it through the Senate, and could then get bnilt some road in Arizona before Congress comes together next winter, I think there would be but little doubt we would win the fight. What do yon all think ot it? * * * Yonrs truly, c. P. Huntington. P. S.—Those memorandums giving progress of the work on S. P. are very interesting to me. H. HE WORKS 365 DAYS IN THE YEAR. New York, March 22, 1876.—Friend Colton: * * * Scott is making a very dirty fight and I shall try very hard to pay him off, and if I do not live to see the grass growing over him I shall be mistaken. Yon know I work 365 days in a year when it is necessary. Yours truly, C. P. Huntington. troublesome settlers. New York, April 18; 1876.—Friend Colton: * * * I send with this petition of Settlers on 8. P. lands. 1 called for copy of the petition ■with the names ot those signing it, and while they gave the petition they would not give the names of the signers, but 1 managed to get them; so yon need not say where you got the list of names; the party who got the names said most of themis inonehandwriting. * * * Yonrs truly, C. P. Huntington. THE “ALTA’S” GOOD ARTICLE. New York, May 1, 1876.—Friend Colton: The article in the AUa is good. It would be -well when you get a good article published on that side to mark it and send it to more important papers on this side and to members of Congress. I think I never had quite so much on my hands at one time as I have had the last two months, hut I think I have disposed. Of the S. P. until December. Scott came to my house last Saturday night, and we both agreed to hold off and do nothing (as above). Scott, no doubt, thinks he will be stronger next. winter than now, bnt I do not think so. * * * Yonrs truly-,-C. P. Huntington. SARGENT’S BLUFF GAME. New York, May 12, 1870.—Friend Colton: * * * I seat Hopkins an article yesterday cut from the Commercial-Advertiser; to-day 1 met one of the editors, Norcutt; he told me Scott paid for having it-published; that he would not have let It gone into the paper if it had been left to him, etc. With this 1 send slip from to-day's Times. Just what is to come out of this fight I cannot say, but I expect to live to sec the grass growing over these fellows. But in the meantime we shall be hurt some * * *, Yonrs truly, C. P. HUNTINGTON. CONTROLLING THE ASSOCIATED-PRESS. New York, May 2,lß76.—Friend Colton: Herewith I send a copy of telegraphic dispatch that came over yesterday. Who is-thift Webster? Is it not possible to control the agent of the Associated Press in San Francisco? The matter that hurt the C. P. and S. P. most here are the dispatches that come from San Francisco. Scott has a wonderful power over the press, which I suppose he has got 'by giving them free passes for many years over his roads. * * * Yonrs truly, C. P. Huntington. THE CALIFORNIA DELEGATION REVIEWED. New York, June 7, 1876.—Friend Colton: * * * lam having the hardest fight ,by a hundred times that I have ever bad in Washington, but we shall not be eat up this time. I hope Luttrell will be sent back to Congress. I think it would be a misfortune If he was not. Wigginton has not always been right, hut he is a good fellow and is growing every day. Page is always right, and it would he a misfortune to Calitomia not to have him in Congress. Piper is a damned hog and should not comeback. It is shannf enough tor a great commercial city like San Francisco to send a scavenger like him to, Congress once. I haye not time to write more. Yours tralv, C. P. Huntington. HUNTINGTON AS A BARGAINER. New York. June 12, 1876.—Friend Colton: Your three letters of the 26th and 27th of May, Nos. —, are received. I notice what yon say of Wigginton, Luttrell, and Piper. The latter should be defeated at- almost any cost., San Francisco cannot afford to have so worthless a fellow represent them in Congress. * * * Yours, etc., C. P. Huntington. THAT ODIOUS DEMAGOGUE. New York, June 21, 1876.-—Friend Colton: * * * ■ There is a terrible fight kept up on us in Washington. Bnt while they may bite us they will not cat us .up. Sherrel telegraphed me to coine to Washington in great haste, as Lawrence was to pass his hill at once, so I went over and got the committee to recall it from the House back to the committee, so the demagogue from Ohio eaitoot trouble us before the 6th of July. * * * Yours truly, C. P. Huntington, A BAIT FOB DEMAGOGUES TO NIBBLE. New York, June 24, 1876. Friend Colton: * * * I am doing all I can to have the Government take G,000,000 acres of land and give the railroad company credit for $15,000,000, bnt theprospect of their doing it is not as bright as I wish it was. I wish you would have the newspapers take the ground that this land ought to be taken by the Government and held for the people, so tha' when they wanted it they could have it, etc. Something that the demagogues can vote and work for. Letting the Government take the lands now at $2.50 an acre to pay a debt due them, say In twenty years, is not more than say $1 would be put in a sinking f and at 6 per cent., interest compounded each six months. * * * Yonrs truly, C. P. HUNTINGTON. THE COMPLIANT ASSOCIATED PRESS. New York, July 5, ,1876. Friend Colton: Yours of the 23d and 26th, Nos. 173 and 174, are received. lam glad to learn that the outlook for the coming year is so good, as it will help ns to some of the money to do some of the many things that we onght to do. Our payments for materials this month and next will be very large, and you will need to send all the money yon well can. I have received a telegram that I must come to Washington to-night. I shall go, but I dread it, as it is fearful hot. I wish you would have it sent to the Associated Press here that the contract is let to build the 8. P. R. R. bridge over the Colorado river. Of course: it should be so understood by all there, .that the bridge is to he built. I have had some talk with Scott about a trade. I said to him we were about closing contract for bridge, etc. Steel rails are coming along better than they did. If I had not ordere i any rails until I had received letters from California, as per my letters in January to Mr. Crocker, you would have waited them bad before you had got any. I shall come to California soon after Congress adjourns. When that will he I don’t know. The d may. Yours truly, C. P. Huntington. UNDER ONE AND OVER THE OTHER. New Yobk, Nov. li, 1876.—Friend Colton: Yours of the 2d inst.. No. 2, is received. I am glad to learn that yon will send to this office $2,000,000 bv the Ist of January. About $2,000,000 on the old C. P. on October is good. I hope Luttrell Is elected ifitl “Piper dufeated. as it is generally understood here that our hand was tinder one and over the other. * * * Yours truly, C. P. Huntington. A MEETING WITH SCOTT. New York, Nov. 15, 1876.—Friend Colton: I had a meeting in Philadelphia last night with Tom Soott. We meet again here to-merrow. I do not have my own way altogether, bnt I think that we can agree upon some hill that we can all work tor. We shall have to pro rate on through business more than I would like. And I think there shonld be a bridge company organized (that we are not known in) to Halid over the Colorado river at., say, Arrowsbnry or any other point on the river, t hen build at the point where the railroad crosses, under contract with

the railroad company. In this way we conld tax the through business on this line it we so dc- . IffTIATi —. try- . *C. P ; Huntington. New * * '* I send copy of the bill, although not altogether agreed to yet-. Yon will notice it allows of a bridge outside of the railroad Corporation at the Colorado river; you will sec, the road from the west goes to the rivet and startsfrom the river to go east; but there must be. nothing said about this bridge. If there shonld be, it will kill it, and it is possible wo may need .this bridge outside the railroad company. * * * Yours, etc., C. P. Huntington. ' A BLACKMAIL BRIDGE. New York, Dee. 7, 1876.—Friend Colton: Your letters, Nov. 28 and 29, Nos. 7,8, and 9, have just come to hand. As to the bridge over the Colorado river, it is a matter that I care nothing about, if yon do not. Bnt in fixing up the 8. P. and T. and P. matter it occurred to me that we shonld have to pro rate with the T. and P., as tho' 8. P. would be over mountains and through a country where water and fuel will be * expensive, it occurred to ne that a bridge with an arbitrary wonld be well to help us to get what \vc really ought to have, and protect our interests generally. As I said before, if you don’t want it, I don't. * * * Yonrs truly, C. P. Huntington. KEEP THE COUNTBT POSTED. Washington, D. tt, Dec. 20. 1876.—Friend Colton : lam having the roughest fight with Scott that I have ever had, hue I hope to drive him into something that we can accept. -Ishottld not have much trouble if matterrconld have been left as we fixed them when you were here; hut, since some of onr people has convinced thapnblic that the S. P. is being built by the C. P.. and they have raised*Jkhe cry of monopoly against ns. it makes it vlry hard for ns; but such is life. * * * Yonrs truly, C. r. Huntington, a satisfactory committee. New York, March 7, 1877.—Friend- Colton: * * * TheP. M. S. S. Co. got nb aid. I will tell you some things about that some time. The Siuking Fund bill did not pass;' hut it is in' a much better shape to pass than it has ever been before. I staved in Washington two days to fix np Railroad Committee in the Senate. Scott, was there working for the same thing; bnt I beat him for once certain, as the committee is just as we want it, which is a very important thing for ns. * * * Yours truly. C. P. Huntington. SARGENT'S VALUE. j New York, April 3, 1877.—Friend Colton: We* shonld be very careful to get a United States Senator from California that will be disposed to help ns. Sargent, I ttamk, will be friendly, and there 1b no man in the Senate that can push a measure further than he can. Yonrs truly. C. P. Huntington. DON’T GO ANY MONET ON HIM. New York, May 7, 1877 —Friend Colton. * * I notice what yon say of Conover, the Florida detective. Me is a clever.fellow, but don't go any money on him. We mnst have friends in Congress from the west coast, as ft is very important, I think, that 'we kill the open highway and get a fair sinkingfund bill by which we can get the time beyond the maturity of the bonds that the Government loaned us to pay the indebtedness, and I think if any Republican is elected in Sargent's place he (Sargent) is worth to os, if he comes back as ourtriend*as much as any six new men, and he should be returned. It is fearfully hard to get money here—l’ think never so much so before. Yours truly, C. P. Huntington. Nkw York, May 15, 1877.—Friend Colton: I am glad you are paying some attention to Gen. Taylor and Mr. Kasson. Taylor can do us mnch good in the South. I think, by the way, he would like to get some position with us in California. Mr. Kasson has always been onr friend in Congress, and as he is a very able man has )>een able to do us much good, and he has never lost us one dollar. I think I have written yon before about Senator Conover. He may want to borrow some money, hut we are so short this summer I do not see how we can' let him have any in California. : j, - I have just given Senator Ingalls, of Kansas, a letter to you. He is a good fellow, and can do us much good, and I think is well disposed toward ns. Senator Morton is coming over; also his brother-in-law, Bnrbank. They are good fellows, bntß. means business; not there, but in m Scott is working everywhere for his open highway, but I think we can beat him; hut it will cost money and harder work to beat him with money under the plan of some of my associates—viz.: having it understood that the C, P. and S. P. are, as it were, one property. Then it would be without money if the public could know the facts; that is, that the 8. P. is a separate and distinct property. Yours truly, C. P. Huntington. congressional collars. New York, June 1, 1877.—Friend Colton: * * * There has been quite a number of Senators and members of Congress in the office here in the last few days. They all say Scott Is making his greatest effort on his Texas Pacific (open highway), and most of them think he will pass It. This man Hayes, most people say, is for it to conciliate the South. He may be, hut I hardly believe he is for many things he shonld not be for. Yours truly, C. P. Huntington. KEEP FRIENDLY WITH JONES. New York, Ang. 21, 1677.—Friend Colton: I notice what you write of Jones’ road, that be will be in California in a few days, etc. Of course, in treating with him, understand the importance of keeping our relations with him friendly. lam told that he thinks you did not use him well in some mining or stock matter. I write this so that you can move understandingly. * * * Yours truly, C. P. Huntington, an offer fob a false report. New York, Sept, in, 1877.—Friend Colton: * * * As to Col. Hyde writing a report about the harbor of San Diego, 1 would like such a report as he can write, and if he would write one for $250 I would give it, and if he wonld not we shall have to go without it. * * * Yonrs trnly, C. P. Huntington. New York, Oct. 3, 1877.—Friend Colton: * * * There has been, I think, more work done since Congress adjourned for the T. <fc P. than was ever done before for any interest hi the whole history of this country; but if we spend as much money laying rails east of the Colorado as he spends on his Washington lobby, we shall, in my opinion, surely beat him. I shall do all I can here, bnt I do not feel as well as I wished I did, and somehow dread the coming fight. Yonrs tralv. C. P. Huntington. FIXING COMMITTEES. New YORK, Oct. so, 1877.—Friend Colton: * * * The committees are made np for the Forty-fifth Congress. I think the Railroad Committee is right, but the Committee on Territories Ido not like. A different one was promised me. Sherrell has just telegraphed me to come to Washington to-night. I i>ot, s «vas lam not well, And to always go at Sherrcll’s call wonld kill me or any one else in one session of Congress. I think there never were so many strikers in Washington before, and I think there will be more bills of an unfriendly character offered than ever before. Yonrs trnly, » C. P. Huntington. VERY WEARY. New York, Oct. 31, 1877.—Friend Colton: * * * Igo to Washington to-night, pf all things I do most- dread this Washington business. and I do know that I would not be dragged between here and there for the next ten years as I have been tor the last fifteen years for the whole Pacific road. Yonrs truly, C. P. Huntington. WHY MONEY MUST BE USED. New York, Nov. 15, 1877. —Friend Colton: Yours of the 2d, No. 21, came to hand some days since, and wonld have been acknowledged besore bnt for the reason that I have been very busy in Washington most of the time, and I return there again to-night, as I have a hearing before the Judiciary committee Saturday. You can have no idea’how I am annoyed by this Washington business, and I mnst and will give it up after this session. If we are not hurt this session it will be because we pay mnch money to prevent it, and yon know how hard it is. to get it to pay for such purposes, and I do not see my way clear to get through here and pay the January interest with other biUa payable to J an. 1, with less than S2,OeOjOQO, and possibly not for that. * * * lam striving Very hard to get a hill in such a shape that we can accept it, as this Washington business will kill me vet, if I have to continue the fight from year to year, and then ever year the fight grows more and more expensive, and rather than let it continue as it is from year to year, as it is, I would rather they take, the road and done with it. Yonrs, etc., i C. P. Huntington, for he ib a senator. New York, Nov. 24, 1877.—Friend Colton: * * * When vou write pav Jones no part of the $23,000, because there is an unsettled account of say $6,000. I think yon forget his position. I have paid him the $25,000. as he told me he needed it very mneb. I hold the $70,000 S. P. that he was to have in the trade: that is, he is to have the coupons for ten years, then the bonds. Jones can do ns mnch good and says he will. * * * Yours trnly, C. P. HUNTINGTON. PUTTING OX THE SCREWS. New York. Nov. 30, 1877.—Friend Colton: * * * What yon nay of Jay Goitld is too true. He hurt ns in W. Youis truly, rr-T-r-i tt P. Huntington. “I AM NOT HAPPY TO-DAY.” NEW York, Dec. 5, 1877.—Friend Colton: * * * I have jnst received telegram from Washington that Matthews and Windom have been pnt on Senate Railroad committee in place of Howe and Ferry. This looks as though the Texas Pacific had control of the Senate as far as appointing commissioners is concerned. lam not happy to-day. Yonrs truly, .■■ ■< C. P. Huntington. A SUGGESTION TO BRIBE ARMY OFFICERS. NEW York. March 4. 1678.—Friend Colton:

* * • I think It wonld toe Well for ns if we bad more parties in California that were interested thas*4»-tiu> Qakland watax- tsoOU it some of the army officers had an interest In that property Ithlnk .itwoiild be well forthemtoi us, anWWr ev<fylone fcdthns the prosperity of California at heart, for tbe.right improvements there wonld benefit 'win PVaneisco as well as Oakland—as well as all California lor that matter. ..... « .j* i* . * * ,i* h Yours truly, C. P. Huntington. AN AGRARIAN ("AMP. New York, April 19. 1878.—Friend Colton: * * * Thurman's Funding bill has not passed the House yet, but it will, I think, although I am endeavoring to get It to the Judiciary Committee. If I can I think wc can get it amended, bnt even that Is doubtful. There were some mistakes made by ns wnen the bill was in the Senate; the greatest was in Gould going to Washington, but it is too long a story to write now. I will tell you when we meet If we have nothing better to talk of. This Congress is nothing but an agrarian camp—the worst body of men that ever before got together in this country. * * . * Yonrs as ever, C. P. HUNTINGTON. GOUGING THE GOVERNMENT. New York. April so, 1878.—Friend Colton: * * * As I understand the Pacific Railroad company, wc are entitled to pay for carrying the mall at the same rate as we get for like matter of other parties, which I suppose wonld he more like express matter than anything else. Gould told me yesterday that they charged tor express matter more than doable whit tho Government was allowing them for carrying tho mail, and that they, the y. P., were charging np thetr mail matter every day and at the same rate that they got for the express matter, and it wonld amount to more than $1,000,601 per annum. Now, the Government lias started in to rob us, and 1 think, while we should not charge them any more than what Is right, we ought to have the last cent that belongs to ns, and be very snre to get it if it is a possible thing to do. * *. * Yours truly, C. P. Huntington. the trice of a congressman. New York. May 3, 1878.-Friend Colton: * * * The T. fi P. folks are working hard on. their bill and say they are sure to pass it. but I do not believe it. They offered one member of Congress SI,OOO cash down, $5,000 when the bill passed, and SIO,OOO of the bonds when they got them if he would vote for the bllL l have no doubt this offer was made, and I have no doubt they wonld make this offer to enough to carry their bill if they conld get parties to vote,, but no one believes they wonld get anything more than the first sum If the hill shonld pass. Yonrs tralv, C. P. Huntington. HUNTINGTON Afj A LEGISLATOR. New York, June 3,'" 1878.—Friend Colfoic * * * I pnt (something?) in the omnibus bill to kill the T. <fc P., and I think it will do it. I have received three telegrams to come to Washington to-night I go. Yours truly, C. P. Huntington. FIXING FREMONT. __ New York, June 14, 1878.—Friend Colton:. * * * Fremont has been appointed Governor of Arizona. I shall give him passes, and I thinkit important that yon see him on bis arrival, and see that he does not f-11 into the hands of bad men. He is very frieudly to ua npw. Pcott tried hard to beat his being confirmed. I think I will attend to this matter of Fremont’s. I hope to be with yon early in July. Yours truly, C. P. Huntington. “A WILD SET OF DEMAGOGUES.” New York, June 20, 1878.—Friend Colton: * * * I think in all the world’s history never before was such a wild set of demagogues honored by the name of Congress. We have been hurt some, but some of the worst hills have been defeated, bnt we cannot stand many such Congresses. Yours truly.

C. P. HUNTINGTON.