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NEW YORK, Jan. 14, 1876. 

 Friend Colton: 



Yours of December 30, and the ist inst, Nos. 120 

 and 12 1 ; also your telegram that William B. Carr has had 

 for his services $60,000 S. P. bonds; then asking how 

 much more I think his services are worth for the future? 

 That is a very difficult question to answer, as I do not 

 know how many years Mr. Carr has been in our employ, 

 or how far in the future we want him. In view of the 

 many things we have now before Congress and also in this 

 sinking fund that we wish to establish, in which we propose 

 to put all the company's lands in Utah and Nevada. It is 

 very important that his friends in Washington should be 

 with us, and if that could be brought about by paying 

 Carr say $10,000 to $20,000 a year, I think we could afford 

 to do it, but, of course, not until he controlled his friends. 

 They could hurt us very much on this land matter, 

 although I would not propose to put the land in for any 

 more than it is worth, say $2.50 per acre? I would like 

 to have you get a written proposition from Carr, in which 

 he would agree to control his friends for a fixed sum, then 

 send it to me. Between the business here and in Wash- 

 ington, I am worked to my capacity. 



Yours truly, C. P. HUNTINGTON. 



NEW YORK, May 2, 1876. 

 Friend Colton: 



Herewith I send you a copy of telegraphic dis- 

 patches that came over yesterday. Who is this Webster? 

 Is it not possible to control the agent of the associated 

 press in San Francisco? The matter that hurt the C. P. 

 and S. P. most here are the dispatches that come from San 

 Francisco. Scott has a wonderful power over the press, 

 which I suppose he has got by giving them free passes, for 

 many years, over his roads. Yours truly. 



C. P. HUNTINGTON. 



