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paid as agreed. Mr. Parrott says he has had no pay. 

 Please answer at once. Yours truly, 



C. P. HUNTINGTON. 



NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 1874. 

 Friend Colton: 



Yours of the I2th is received, and I am glad you have 

 Luttrell under your charge, but you must be careful and 

 not let him get anything to strike back with, as he is a 

 cuss, and I do not think it safe for Stanford to talk with 

 him on our matters, as it would be just like him to get up 

 in Congress and lie about what S. said to him. He must 

 have solid reasons, or he will go back on you. 



Yours truly, C. P. HUNTINGTON. 



AN EXPENSIVE FIGHT. 



NEW YORK, February 26, 1876. 

 Friend Colton: 



I have been in Washington most of the time for sev- 

 eral weeks past, which, with my .other business, has kept 

 me so very busy that I have neglected my correspondence 

 with you. * * I do not write you much about matters 

 in Washington, but I am having the biggest fight I ever 

 had there, and expect to win it. Scott is doing his best, 

 and has an army of men in the lobby to help him. He told 

 me this week that he is sure to pass his bill. He said he 

 would give us enough to do to take care of what we had 

 without meddling with his. I said to him, with a smile, 

 that I hoped he would do nothing that would interfere 

 with my helping him on his Texas and Pacific. I have 

 sent H. S. Brown with Judge Evans, (Mr. E. is a citizen 

 of Texas,) to Texas to set the State right on the S. P., 

 and I sent Doc Gwin to Mississippi, Louisiana and Ala- 

 bama to set some back fires on Scott. I expect to weaken 



