The sun., 1883-12-30
BORROWING MONEY To PAY DIVIDENDS.

FRIEND COTTON: Yours Of the 9th. No. %, is
received @ and contents are fully noted and be-,
the first intimation (directl that have ever had
that there had been any dividend declared and
be unwise. on account OF our large floating
debt and our complications with the Govern
without even letting mo Know Of it. YOU went
on and declared the dividend. which l think
was n great mistake.
Now. as to your letter. You write that you
think i wise to mako the dividend. and in
that dishgreo with you. as no company can
ea ens fha
WORKING FOR A BLIND.
pn,..n co, ro,. .NEww Ycnk; Ncy %; 1871.
worse in Washington than they do at this time.
1t seems as though all the strikers in the world
were there. send with this a copy of one OF
thor letters | received yesterday. all of tho
same tenor. Tho one send is from ex -Sena-
C. p HUNTINGTON.
PoMERoYs LETTER.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. 1877.
the Committee on the Judiciary and seen the
published proceedings relating thereto OF
WORTH WORTH noyh"s f s will cost no}has aDa but u am
not sure as You will get anything from the
committee that you can accent, Indeed. ! am
but can you beat itl To that question
address myself First. ] say. not BY propos.
Second. not by having no counter measure.
How, then. can you hone. to defeat lhem2 re-
tee on tho Pacific Railroad such n bill as you
can accept and by pressing report from that
commtte If you rely upon moving il rs an
amendment or substitute you will fail as it
then has the sanction Of no committee Of this
Second. let Mr. Mitchell OF the Pacific Railroad
Committee call his committee, thoroughly
can accept Then nntaGonize tho report Of tho
Judiciary Commitieo with report from tho
Pacific Raroad C2mmitto"; and our friends
mittee against tho other Tho Thurman bill
viii pess if no concerted and determined EFFORT
| often two mcmbersof the Judiciary Committee
and they have another measure to follow their
| by law your roads into tho hands OF n receiver
until and while the ereluircments OF the law are
being fulfilled n 80 ,pi ina! you tHke Ak the ease
Court. In tho mean time your roads and funds
nre controlled by q receiver. | only alIude to
| These suggestions are entirely gratuitous but,
s. e. PoMEnoy.
FOR He Is A SENATOR.
FRIEND Cotton: sny !oHF Whsn Nov yoa 81 is17 ST7ie
Is an unsettled account Of s;sy 10000. j think
s25 900, ms be told me he needed it very much.
| hold tho $70. 900 B. p. that he was TO have In
the trade that is, he is to have the coupons for
| ten years. tnen the bonds. Jones can do us
much good, and says he will. y Yours
| truly. C l.. HUNTINGTON.
IAN NOT HAPPY TODAY"
| NEW YORK. Dec. 8. 1877
ceiysd i'D telegram Ga' from Washington no thai M
Matthews and WINDOW have been pu
on Senate Railroad Committee In place O
the Texas ciic lad control OF tho Senate a,
far as appointing Commissioners 10 concerned
l am not happy to-day. Yours truly.
&. 4. HUNTINGTON.
| MEN WHO WORK FOR READY CASH.
New YORK. Dec. II, 1877.
FRIEND CoLToS: Jay Gould went I,
Washington about two weeks since. and
know saw Mitchell. Senator from Oregon
since which time money has been used yer!
| freely in Washington, as some parties hay
| been hard at work for the r. and p. N. L
| with tina Soils Lake branch that never worl
| except for ready cash. and Senator Mitchell
| Is not for us rs he was although no says h
| Is But know he IL not Gould has larg
amounts OF cash. and he pays IL without stin
to carry his points. He feels that he Ia benz
menaced by the extension OF the D. P althoug
tell him ii is in tho u. p. as much rs the g. i
interest that we take care Of that line. and tina
| he may have half Of tho line east Of tho Col
orado or ten TWEEN seconds of the whole ,!int
| 10. and he says all right. but he doesn't fee
l all III hal ma I