The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-04

Money Demanded from the Centrai fhcinc
Railway Company In Order That Uncle
Sans Case May Not he Prejudiced In the
Future-The Reply Expected i'm n Few
Days-What President Requa of the
Central Pacific Says of the Matter.
San Francisco, March 4.-Campbell L.
Berry. assistant treasurer of the United
States stationed in this city, started out
on a quest a day or two ago Tor Ss'-
6O5, ,210O6, but so far he has failed to
make the collection. Under instructions
from the secretary of the treasury, bear
ing date Of Feb. II, Assistant Treasurer
Berry was instructed to demand or
Isaac L. Requa, president of the Cen
trail Pacific Railway company and or
the treasurer of that company, the sum
mentioned in order that the govern
ment's case might not be prejudiced in
the future by failure to formally de-
mand the exact sum claimed to be due
from the railway company. The gov
ernment did not expect the demand to
be met, and was not disappointed.
| Within a few days the railway COM
pany, through it's resident attorneys,
will make a detailed reply to the gov
ernment, setting forth the offsets and
| counter claims.
Has Many Judgments.
1t will be maintained on behalf of the
road that il has many judgments which
affect every department of the govern
ment, and that the aggregate OF these
claims more than counterbalance the
demand of the United States. The de-
| @l.a In 1ttri inp
last month of a block of twenty mort
gage bonds of the railway company
held by the government as security fol
subsidy bonds. An act of congress
passed in 1878, prescribes procedure
where the bonds were sold, and by III
terms implies that a specific demand II
requisite to the governments role o
"angeT' to the railway corporation
When sold the railway bonds did no
yield the amount of the bonds issued b.
the government The deficit is tn
amount for which the demand in ques
ton was made. The sum claimed b,
the government includes interest money
and il is said that the railway com
pany will base it's resistance to the de
mand upon the acts of congress reg
ulating the relations of the governmer
and the railway, and providing that
interest shall be deemed to be due unit
the entire Indebtedness is determine
and adjusted.
,N President Requa Is Interviewed.
9 President Isaac l.. Requa of the Cer
a trail Pacific was seen at his Piedmoi
home. His own knowledge of the sit'
@ alton was meager, he said, inasmuo
as only a formal request for the emo
:, nous sum involved in the matter hs
a been received by him and filed for col
. sideration when the officials OF the ros
should assemble.
IT was notified on Saturday last,
: | said. "by the assistant sub-treasurer
" J San Francisco, that my road would
: ! expected to pay over nearly S1O,OOO,Ot
; When received the notification L SIN
Il ply placed ii in shape to be conslder'
; when we next gather as officers or q
"a road to handle our regular buslnes
> and I passed the information, of cours
n TO those best entitled to know 1T. / a
compelled to deny you any detailed e
plantations of what we may do In Z
matter. but only for the reason that
myself. am not aware of the course
shall pursue There is no telling VIII
will be done, but it is safe to presur
ie that the road will accept the situat
n as ii now stands, and by no means
it tagonize the government. 1 have abs
j. lutely no views to express In the matte
ny and know that no one else connect
st with the road could tell any more.