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| place Of Mr. Perry, and the undersigned Of
tbe other In the place OF III. Fremont,
Ny convictions Of the *unquestioned title
of the parties elect ting me. to ten.thfrteenths
Of tie entire full paid stock !; Of the iecon-
potency OF any Of the asseseable stock to be
regarded otherwise than a. delinquent and
| by the Charter as beIett of all voice for non-
payment OF assessments called by both or
Earizations, and Of the entire regularity and
validity Of the organization Of which am
PTeaident7 impel me to invoke the careful
consideration Of your Department, Of the
facts IN The case, and respectfully to protest
against any aud all acts which may In any
manner compromise the fanchiaes, rights Of
interests Of the company, or of the parsone
who, as lsbtcckholders arc interested there.
IN, OF which aha1 recognize, indosse or Aid
any persons or parties who may seek to In
palr such interests Or usurp such chs: tered
privileges or the Government subsidies apper.
ta!nipg thereto.
Before closing this communscatton-.l
thorgh not strictly pertinent to the duty de-
yolved npon you By the act Of Congress.
beg to aliude TO an alleged transfer, 81 Ere
mont to the Perry party, Of the stock before
referred to: as having at one time belonged
TO him, and to aay that shall be prepared
when required To produce the verified dec!ar'
tieation herein before named. which will con
clusi7ely settle In favor Of the parties whom
claim 10 be the owners thereof, any cues.
tions Of equity or otherwise Connected there
with. And also further, to submit as an ap.
pehoed paper he1eto. . copy Of letter writ.
ten BY samue! Hallet::, Ia which he Eaunt-
ingly boasts Of some Of The means and force
used, and By which he obtained possession oi
certain Of the road way, and property Of the
company, yielding to our contestants alt ad-
vantage to which they may pc lawfa1ly CO.
Titled for Possession thns acquired, denying.
however, that any such possession Of on.
road. bed Or property, OR the construction Of
any ltDgth Of q TaQrodd In or ont OF
! Kansas, on or along our line, gives them n
shadow Of claim to be considered the
leaTenWorth, Pawnee and Western Railroad
Company, or tho Union Pacific Railroad G an
| pa1y, Eastern Division, or to be entitled to
my Of its giants, franchises, lands Or prop.
er.y.
| In coEc1uslon, I hare to assure you that
the declarations herein made, cannot Ia euc-
| cekkfnlly controyerted, as ne shall ba pre-
pared to establish when called upon before q
proper judicial tribunal, and until then We
shall continue most earnestly, yet respect
fully, to protest against and resist any other
adjudication of our rights preludiclal to our
Interests.
] have tie honor to be. your obcdient
servant. EDWARD LEARNED,
President Of the Union Pacific Railway
Company.
HxrRAcTs 1S T3,F FRoX " wR,TTEN ,9q i STATEMENTS
"MAY Il, 1851 have taken possession of
all the works. ues,-all by force, and shall
keep them. No time for long recite1s.
have nearly all steele's men now at work
for us."
row with CRster-a battle On tho works aad
9 sharp 'pitch.ln' to got possession-wo
drove them back and int3 tho river. until
they cried enough. 8. 8. Sharp, my foreman,
Eecflcn No. !, led Carter to the river bunk
By tho collar, and but for bis begging, he
would hare ducked hun. expect Steele
and Carter on again with reinforccments.
Let them come; We will put them Into tho
We have had to ose strong fotce-qusck
and bold-,r hare taken al M<ir tiet, houses a.sd
trorks, and shau hold the,n."
AFFIDAVIT OF E R,MEADE.
DISTINCT or COLUMBIA, L..
WARRINGTON CIT. f77'
Edwin r. Meade, being duly swoEu, depo-
tes mud says, that he Is 30 attorney and
counsellor at law, residing In the city Of
New York, and Is acting as such for the rail.
read organization Of which Edward Learned
Is President, and has been for some time fa-
Union Pacific Railroad Company, f. D. and
deponent further says that he has read ths
statement ef said Learned, hereto annexed,
and knows the contents thereof. and that the
same is true OF Ills Own knowledge. except
as to the matters which arc stated on info.
nation md belief and as to these matters that
he believes the same; thst conceraspg msny Of
the tbtngs sta:ed III said paper. signed BY
slid LenFucd ,deponent ayera personal knoWl-
edge, and as 10 other things that bis knowledge
derived either from examination Of original
documents or admissions OF interested par
ties. E. R. MEADE.
1865. LOUIS ScuApE, Notary Public.
tL.s.] Istamp]
E.. II. MEADE To THE PRESIDENT.
To Ills Exeellency, Andtew johnson, President,
s1a-Respectspg the matters of the ap-
potntment OF Commissioners under the Pa
ci6c Railroad act, or 20 much thereof Us re-
1ates to what is commonly known rs the
Kansas Brunch, and also respecting The report
Of said Commissioners, ~ well Is all official
action based theseupJu, desire to submit
the following:
-F1rst. The gentlemen represented By john
P. Usher or John D. Perry as President, are
In no sense the Board Of Directors Of the
Union Pacifc Railroad Company, E. p, for
me1ly known as the Leavenworth, Pawnee
and Western Railroad Company, nor are they
otherwise qualified to speak or act for said
company, and all psctenafons on THAR part
to the control Of its franchises, property and
privileges are predicated In fraud and violent
rsutpatiob.
!Scond. That the only persons in any man
ner entitled to BE- recognized in the manage.
ment Of said company are the Board OF D.
rectore Of which John G. Fremont wa3 for
merly, and Edward L.a1ned now is, the Pres
id.nt, and Of which the undersigned is one
Of counsel.
1Afri. That the Hon. john P. Usher, while
a cff the !rfpricw d{H taf,e IN ror
In bis office knowledge Of the election OF off.
Gers and Directors Of said company and the
names Of the same, and that since that time
We hive held no correspondence, until re-
Gently, with said Office, and betu unappriscd
OF all acttcn there respecting our interests;
pclntment Of Commieslon,rs that all n
lion respecting the SAINT has been
without our conetnt or knowledge,
and that unless heard before finsl approval
Of the report Of said Commissioners, We shut
be greatly gstjudteea thereby:
other peltons have completed forty miles Of
said KansAs Branch, as required BY law.
FInaVy, That we believe the public Int
rests, a. well as the interests Of the stock
holders and creditors Of said company. de
maud that careful Investigation should b.
had as regards the matters relating 10 said
report, before t1Ial Executive action.
We therefore respectfully solicit that time 4
may be accorded to rs in which to sEhs.an@
tiate By afliday1ts and documentary evidences
the several points Of objection a. above
stated, and that In the meantime the E1ecu-
tive sanction TO said report may be withdrawn
ind other notion stayed.
I haya the honor to be your obedent scr
SAnt, Z. II. MEADE
63 Wall street, New York City. OF counsel for
the Union Pacific Railroad Company, East
err DiyIsion.
WASHINGTON, June ~, 1866.
TIE PRESIDENT TO SECRETARY HARLAN.
EXECUTIVE OFFIcR,
WAsu,kdroN, D. C., June u, 1865.
Hon. James HARLAN, Secretary Of the Interiot:
S1R-I am directed By hts Exceslency. the
President, to request that you will afford the
bearer an opportunity to examine the records
and papers IN the case of The Pacific Railroad