The record-union., 1895-09-27
RAILROAD COMPANY AND MINERS.
Correspondence Between W. H. Mills
and the Latter.
BIS Response to the Agreement SUBJ
mitted by the Miners State
Association.

On Wednesday w. II. Mills, Land
Agent of the Central Pa ciic Railroad
Company. addressed the following COM
munication to the California Miners AS
sociation:
4. II. Ricketts,, Esq. Chairman Mineral
Lands COnlnlttee, California State Mn
eTS' ASSOcidtiOn-MY 4 DEAR SIR: / have
just returned to the office after an absence
of eight days, and in the accumulated
mail open yours of September 18th.
In the opening of the communication
you say that your committee has unapi-
mousIy accepted the proposition con-
tanned in the letter OF mine dated August
20th, and addressed to John Nj. Wright,
provided 1t be modified by the incorpora-
tion of provisions which are fully set
forth. l have not read these provisions
as presented in your communication be-
yond the first paragraph, in which find
a definition OF the parties TO The agree
ment.
In the first instance you say that upon
one part the party TO the proposed agree
ment shall be the California Miners AS
sociation, and you further advise that
the said association acts in the premises
by this its committee for the protection of
mineral lands" On the other part, you
declare that the parties shall be several
railroad companies, which you enumer-
ate as follows: The Southern Pacific Com
pany, the Central Pacific Railroad Com
pany, the Western Pacific Railroad Com
pany, the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company and the California and Oregon
Railroad Company.
beg respectfully to call your attention
to the fact that l do not represent The
Southern Pacific Company, the Western
Pacific Railroad Company nor the South
ern Pacific Railroad Company. The
Southern Pacific Company has no land
agent that / am aware OF. and does not
come within the category of railroad
companies owning or controlling what
are known as Congressional grants of
land situated within the State OF Califor-
MIA"
The Western Pacific Railroad Com
pauy has never been represented in this
department. The lands granted to that
corporation did not become the property
of the Central Pacific Railroad Company
by the consolidation OF the companies.
The make legal title to the land has re-
manned in the Central Pacific Railroad
| Company, and certain pro forma duties
| have been discharged relating TO it; but
| the administration of the landed interests
of the Western Pacific Railroad Company
has remained in the original incorpo-
! ralors of that corporation and their sue
/ cesSOrS. / sustain no official relation with
| the landed interests OF that corporation
| ana am not authorized to speak on its
! behalf. The Southern Pacific Railroad
] Company IS very ably represented by its
! land agent, Jerome Madden. | have no
official relation whatever with that cor
! poratiOn.
From this you will perceive that the
/ Central Pacific Railroad Company, and
the California and Oregon Railroad Com
| pany, 10 which the Central Pacific Rail-
! road Company is successor by consolida-
| ton, are the only corporations whose
| landed interests are represented by my
! self. l suppose it is well understood, as
/ in fact it should have been, that in the
inception of these negotiations the Gem
! tral Pacific Railroad Company, which,
/ by reason of its consolidation, includes
| the California and Oregon Railroad Com
! pany, was the only corporation contem-
| plated by me.
The presentation of these facts will
| make the amendment to your definition
| OF the parties so obvious that no further
amplitication will be necessary. / can
not proceed with negotiation upon the
| theory that parties l do not represent are
J bound by il, nor do / believe this would
| be exp pected at my hands.
In returning your communication for
amendment in respect OF the mat
/ ters herein presented. L beg to call your
attention TO the fact that my former COM
muniCation remained unanswered for
! twenty seven days, TO wit. from the 10th
/ of August, the date of my communica-
ton. to the 18th of September the date of
! your communication. / viii esteem il a
/ very great favor if the indispensable
amendment suggested in this communi-
cation can have immediate consideration
at your hands. Yours very truly,
| w. Ii. Mills,
Land Agent Central Pacific Railroad
Company.