Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-10-28

out of the way of creditors but he will
call upon me soon. If you have given
any TO parties in Washington or disposed
of them to others, it is no concern Of
mine, and of course must be accounted
for in settlement hereafter | remain,
yours, etc. w FISHER, in.
MS CONTRACT FOR bonds.
AUGUSTA Me J, November S, 1871.
Ny Dear Mr.. Fisher | am pressed
daily for the bonds, which up to this
time / have never been able to deliver.
Let me assure you that if | were suffer.
ing in this matter alone | would not
bother you, but wait in silence the issue
Of events. But how can | do this with
parties who have paid their money,
earnestly demanding of me the considcra.
ton promised by me, but which | am
not able to give because do not receive
the bonds to which / am entitled by con
tract? am ready to receive any reason
able proposition you may make. 1t is not
q question of money making with me. 1t
is simply question of saving my word
with others. l will sacrifice great deal
to get settlement. | feel assured of
your friendly disposition toward me, and,
therefore, do not wish to seem importu-
nate and troublesome, but if you knew
the agonies have suffered in this matter
during the past six months, you would
pity me, | am sure and make n great
effort to relieve me. Pray let me know
what | am to expect.
Yours very sincerely, j. G. BLAINE.
Warren Fisher, Jr.
his TRANSACTIONS WITH TOM SCOTT.
BosroN, Nov. 10, ISL.
Ny Dear Blaine | am in receipt of
your favor of the Sth instant, from which
| am led to infer that the contracts
made through you to your Eastern
friends have not been fulfilled on my
part, but such is not the fact, as ! have
delivered each and every one of them all
the securities, in accordance with the
contracts, and they have surrendered to
me my obligations. You are well aware
of the condition of the road, and that
you have received your full proportion of
the bonds to which you are entitled un-
der the Eastern contracts, when you con-
slider the length of the road only com.
pleted. | think you can readily see that
| can make no proposition further than
as the road progresses to deliver you
bonds in accordance. | know but little
of your obligations to deliver bonds to
others, but taking into account the $780,.
600 bonds you sold to Tom Scott, and
the amount of money you received ON the
Eastern contracts our relative positions,
financially, ON the Little Rock and Fort
Smith Railroad bear a wide contrast.
Mr. Caldwell is here but | have not seen
him; still | presume he has paid proper
attention to your letter addressed to him.
| remain, with kind regards,
WARREN FISHER, JR.
The following was in reply to Mr..
Blaines letter of April l3, 1872, already
published:
BLAINEs RAILROAD GRABS.
BosroN, April 6, 1872.
Ny Dear Blame. Your favor of the
18th instant reached me this morning. |
am surprised at its contents. | have
loaned you at various times, when you
were comparatively poor, very large sums
of money, and never have you paid me
one dollar from your own pocket, either
principal or interest. have paid sundry
amounts to others to whom you were
indebted, and these debts have been
allowed to stand unpaid like the notes
hold. | have placed you in positions
whereby you have received very large
sums of money without one dollar of eX-
pense to you, and you ought not to forget
the act ON my part. OF all the paroles
connected with the Little Rock and Fort
Smith Railroad no one has been so fortu-
nate as yourself in obtaining money out
of it. You obtained subscriptions from
your friends in Maine for the building of
the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad
Out of their subscriptions you obtained
large amount, both of bonds and money,
free of cost to you. | have your own
figures and know the amount Owing to
your political position you were able to
work off all your bonds at very high
price, and the fact is well known to
others as well as myself Would your
friends in Maine be satisfied if they knew
the facts? Are my associates satisfied to
have you obtain S25, 900 for Northern
Pacific railroads and you not make the
investment as per agreement? The course
you have thought proper to take in re-
gard to my request is rather poor one,
taking your relations with me, and again
ask you to reconsider and grant it, You
will find it much easier to pay by obtain
ing the credit, and | selected that course
thinking it to be the best If you again
decline | shall be obliged to use the
notes or sell them to outside purchasers.
Necessity knows no law. Whatever bonds
are still due to you will be delivered as
the road progresses. To the other por-
tions of your letter | make no reply.
You know the facts. 1t is sufficient that
| know them, and it is useless to mention
them at this time. Please answer at
once. am, respectfully yours,
WARREN FISHER, JR.
In reply to this letter is Mr. Blaines
letter of April IS, 1872, already pub
lished The expression .'obtained the
credit - in the above letter refers to a re-
quest by Mr.. Fisher that Mr. Blaine
would give him letter OF credit to be
drawn against Mr. Fisher during pro
posed European trip-Mr. Blaine being
at the time indebted to Mr. Fisher for
borrowed money, for which Mr. Fisher
held Mr.. Blaine's demand promissory
notes.
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