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Telegram (Copy)
Sept 23, 1887.
Portland Or
C P Huntington Mills B broad St NY
Congress [begin shorthand] hav [end shorthand] directed an inquiry [begin shorthand] into an [end shorthand] equities [shorthand [?]] on Gov & RR Co's [begin shorthand] must be [end shorthand] content to abide [shorthand[ by them as [end shorthand] proof clear [insert] & can not be contraticked[/insert] [shorthand] without [end shorthand] [insert]instead[/insert] Co owing Gov anything {space} Gov equitably [shorthand]is largely indebted [shorthand] Gov [begin shorthand]that ought to take that position [end shorthand] & decline [begin shorthand] to make another [end shorthand] offer [begin shorthand] of [end shorthand] future payment
Portland Oregon, Sept 23/1887.
C. P. Huntington, Mills Bldg - Broad St. N. Y.
Congress having directed an inquiry into the equities between the Government & the R. R. Cos. must be content to abide by them. The proof is clear and can not be contradicted, that instead of the Co. owing the Govt. anything, the Govt. equitably is largely indebted to the Cos. I think
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we ought to take that position and decline to make any offers of future payment.
(signed) Leland Stanford
[upside down] Shorthand note to C P Huntington
Copy of telegram to C P Huntington from Leland Stanford 1887. [/upside down]
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[preprinted] SENATE CHAMBER WASHINGTON [/preprinted]
[large notation: 111]
Jan. 8. 1888
Timothy Hopkins Esq: Treasurer Southern Pacific Co. San Francisco.
Dear Tim,
Your letter of Dec. 23rd, with accompanying tracing, has been received.
The location is satisfactory so far as I am concerned, but whether or no we can at present afford to have a Station so near to Menlo and Mayfield I am uncertain. As I am a great deal interested I think you had better confer with Mr. Crocker. In case
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[notation: 141.3]
T. H.
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[preprinted] SENATE CHAMBER WASHINGTON [/preprinted]
you have a depot. I wish you would provide that no whiskey shall be sold within a certain distance. I think I should object to a depot of any kind if whiskey could be sold near it, as the location is so close to my University. As far as your lots are concerned I think they would more readily find purchasers if it were known that no saloons would be established near them.
The knowledge that no liquor could be sold in the place would, I think, have a
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[notation: 141.4]
T. H.
3.
[preprinted] SENATE CHAMBER WASHINGTON [/preprinted]
very favorable influence upon people wishing for quiet homes where they could raise their children.
yours very truly
Leland Stanford
