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personally concerned that I would have no objection to the Water Co having an interest in it if the Water Co would pay for its interest. But it was in a general conversation and with no idea of agreeing to anything that was to control any one. There was certainly no understanding about it that should influence us and Carpenter is after his style assuming something for an effect. If the judge had not as he informed he has written to Huntington I should not think it necessary to say anything to him about this statement of Carpenters, as it is I will write H. immediately.

I did not try to do anything with Durant nor he with me. We had general talk in the main. He was willing we should use his grading at Humboldt wells and as far this way as we coud use his grade before he could lay

Yours truly

Leland Stanford