Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-11
The Morgan Road and steamship Line
g 2 tnn.tngtnn in Court.

NEW YORR Jauulry l1tb. The sun SAYS: The
suit Of William Brady against huntington for $50
GOO for services in negotiating the purchase Of So
600 shares Of stock OF Morgans ,uisana and Texas
Railway and steamship Company, was Continued
before Justice Pratt yesteTd ". LAWYERS crowded
the bar To listen. Being examined, huntington
s1id My attention was first directed to Mcrgans
R,iway and Steamship Company in 1878 In lssI
| o. ened negotiations about the property. st out
to hive a line from san francisco 20 New Orleans
The Dad controlled by the II ryan heirs 1yereJ q
distance OF IA miles, from New Orleans 10 Verm-
lion There was an interview over he mater at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel betw su Nj Wbi,ney Charles
Ciocker, Young Morgan and myself | said We coul !
gise S7,o00,t00 We did not sgree. 4 traffic con
tract however. was made t. extend ove- period Of
eighteen years. 4 final purchase for s. 3 OOO took
place in April, 1888 The tr3de was closed between
Mrs. Morgan, Mr.. Quilt.rd, her sOn-in-law and
yong Morgan. In the transaction 1 never had any
connection with any one except the heirs to the
Morgan estate themselves Il has always been my
habit 70 trade directly with owners Of prOperN
when can reach them. | never authorized Pierce
to negotiate with Brady or anybody else. / never
told Brady to 20 ahead and what he could do.
don't make s. 100000 or $ 100000 purchases iu
that way. never had any knowledge that there
was any contract entered into between Pierce and
Brady about the purchase Of the property. My
business is very extensive. ! have twenty-five
clerks in my office"
During the cross examination by lawyer Hi the
following was elected is there anyone in your
office who opens letters addressed to you end
mari ed personal or c0ntidsntialr'
Not as q rule. Ii anyone were to do it, it would
be Mr. Gates, my assistant
Have you ary recollection Of the Interview with
Brady
"He came to my office with Pierce The inte-.
view lasted not more than twenty minutes. soon
discovered that Brady had nothing to SELL"
You are a lawyer by profession e
Il went 10 school when | was 10 Years of age
and then left, and never again went to school. |
am not lawyer, and have never read twelve pages
of law book in my life"
You had solid reasons for negotiating for the
purchase of this property ?"
Dishonest me1 have misconstrued my meaning
of solid reasons, but honest men have not. These
things have been published in the papers and nv
meaning tortured. Honest men don't mlsconstrue
Are you connected with the Central Pacific Rail
road p
q ] am Vice-President and Manager of the road
the door-keeper, as it were of the concern. have
been connected with It since its organization
" Do you remember that IN 1e74 and 1875 there
We applications for land grants along the line of
your Pacific schemes Were You not engaged before
congress in respect t. land grants 1874 and 1875
and up TO lS57T'
- | was not"
Were You not corresponding with parties from
New York aud Washington on the subjectT'
q" | was opposing grants"
" Did you not, while in Washington fro- 1873 to
ST., write letters 10 various peop e, in which YOU
70 substance, stated that you desired the + ct not t.