The New York herald., 1872-12-20

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us President watson m with Mr. Barlows" again
queried the scribe.
The apathetic public can poorly appreciate the
Joy that nutters In reporters heart when he has
..ouarry'' | sS indeed The attendant consented
Watson but he sU was sos too Sqsy
waited In the anter0Om In the course OF fifteen
minutes several other reporters dropped In on the
but ali had to .wait." In 6ve minutes more
TWO GENTLEMEN IN OvERCOATS
walked into the ansero0m pusned open tne WICK the
large doors OF another apartment stll further
on, and were lost to. to view: The @
medium me IN size, with features q q sangune binous
cast, keen, inquisitive looks and with black eyes
the the council Of capitulation, and the gentleman who
accompanied him, short, sharp. wondrouly acute
looking man, with spectacles and decisively formed
mouth, was his private attorney, Thomas q. Shear
man.
Here then, in that inner apartment were the
ranging their little individual Yorktown. The re-
porers all became decidedly nervous. 1t is an easy
mater to intefyew one man a. q time ne h VIII
Of these potentates as each, II disengaged at all,
would 1s at leisure ss nnned sns same tm
the reporters pleasure while the other was
s'BHiNG PUT THROUGH"
oocE sna aox Mr. TyS q BroW vss
ONCE, expressed the belieftha no interviewing"
could be done there, as Mr.; Barlow Mr.; Gould, Mr..
lessly at work since Wednesday morning and had
been up till three O'Clock yesterday morning
ARRANGING PRELlMlNARIEs.
In few minutes however, Mr.. Barlow appeared
and the journalistic mitrailleqse was discharged
directly at him. All the reporters pumped qhes
tfonS Into him. He smiled with his usual courtesy
and gave them such information as he deemed
proper to make public at present, expressing at
the the same time grave doubts as to whether Messrs.
the Inclination TO be interviewed.
Mr.. Barlow said ;-''rhe facts IN the matter are
Erie Company property OF the full nominal value
OF the claims against him-$9 0sd O0o-in considera-
on Of full discharge Of all his to
poses to transfer consists OF real estate.
stockg and bonds, and would realize at an
but 1t is worth to the company the full value for
which 1t is 0ered-that ts, 1t Is worth more to the
or owner. The conditions and necessary papers
are now being arranged and prepared and VIII be
finished tonight. but cannot say how soon."
4 LIST OF THE PROPERTY
transferred by Mr.. Gould, Mr.. Barlow ?" asked the
mot at present." replied Mr.. Barlow, "and
think 1t will be doubtful whether you will be able
to get that list until the transfer has been consum-
''Wnen was this settlement nrst approachedsn
again asked the reporter.
Wednesday the conditions which Mr. Gould sug.
gested were submitted to the special committee OF
against him. That committee consists OF Governor
Morgan, President Watson, w. K Travers. William
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Board OF Directors at the meeting this morning.
There was full attendance OF the directors to-day
and the report OF the committee was adopted
unanimously, and Mr.. Watson was instructed to
carry out to completion the negotiations for the
complete settlement OF the claims, which he is now
s.Do you attribute this action Of Mr. Gould to any
sudden ebullition OF contrttion on his part, Mr..
~ am not prepared to Judge Of his motives,n re.
piled Mr.. Barlow, "butI presume
HI 6EsiRRs T6 FREB HIMSELF
ir0m the embarrassment OF these ntigations. he
is under bail in the sum Of 81, 100000 now and we
intended to commence still other proceedings
against him on this account which might have EN-.
IN slOOoooO 1t is very likely that he would not like
the trouble OF furnishing bail In any additional
amounts, as 1t might seriously interfere with his
At this juncture Mr.. Barlow was called to the
council room, where the negotiations were being
sased car on and MI Iaysr shortly ssarReH q T4t
the members Of the press that he was really too
during the evening to see them.
STILL THE REPORTERS WAITED
was closed, and meantime Mr.. Gould and Mr..
Shearman once or twice passed ont of the oflce In
eacn instance returning after few moments ab-
Presently Mr.. Watson ventured ont, and was
tSs tackled n6y ..,r reporter but but It was Of no
Stance the hes set,lemens aS got anS 1as saS sse
whole story was SO very long that he had not time
to relate It, MI. Barlow also, in these intervals,
made one or two visits to the anteroOm, but he
had NO further Information which he could furnish
the press except that the negotiation was pro.
crossing satisfactorily.
where this consultation and gigantic restitution
with Sreensh caps pscR %anas
furniture and o CHEEKY fire burning in the
gSste s6s as the door
usually noticed sitting at the desk writing or read
ing papers, Mr. Gould at times walked the noor IN
again, shortly before six O'Clock, when the con- con-
tract and agreement had been concluded he sat on
chair dir directly IN 'front.' Of the CRATE looking
appeared to he little or no discussion, and every.
thing was extremely harmonious
Gould during the day both IN Wall street and at
Mr. Barlow's ONCE, but he evidently did not desire
considered probably that his letter conveyed ali
the Information that the public ought to know
about his private concerns.
and form. OF the settlement had been concluded,
and Jay Could with his oyercoat buttoned to his
neck and accompanied by Mr.. Shearman, passed
rapidly out OF the offices, entered hfs coupe and
was driven TO his residence In Fifth avenue.
Mr. Barlow then furnished the foregoing corre-
the documents relating to the settlement had been
SEALED AND SIGNED AND DULY WITNESSED,
IT..
will formally hand over 10 the Erie Railway Com
pany the deeds to the real estate to be surren-
dered, together with the bonds and certificates OF
stock designated in the articles OF settlement rep
resenting In the aggregate over nine million dol
lars.
"when do you think you will be able to furnish
the press list OF the property embraced In the
low.
II cannot say-perhaps tomorrow though l
think II doubtful" he replied 1.-THE fact Is that
MT. Watson will use his own discretion about
that; but the Erie Company / believe, is de.
sir0us OF purchasing certain property adjoining or
adJacent TO some OF this real estate to be trans.
ferred by Mr.. Could and the company win very
naturally endeavor to make these purchases before
making their Intentions or the particular drift
and object Of those intentions known.
In reply to question as to the
VALUE OF THE OPERA HOUSE
and the property adjoining IL, which is to be con.
veyed, Mr.. Barlow said he understood that Fisk
and Gould paid about one million three hundred
thousand dollars for it.
In brief conversation which the reporter had
subsequently with President watson as to the mo-
fad Mr An