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Hazard versus Thomas C. Durant depositons, numbers 1-15, 1859-1880
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Qst. No. 96 Didn't you make that statement? Ans. No. 96. I don't remember, but I presume I did. A Direct Examiation, by the (?) Qst. No. 97 In this testimony as regards the engineers. To which you referred, did the testimony have reference to the reports of the engineers as to the location and comparative estimates of grades and curves, or did any other reports go to Whachington? Ans. No. 97 I cannot tell exactly what brought out that testimony at Washington. It was not a matter of costs; what it was I cannot now remember, but it could not have been simply these estimates of (?), and you know that I saw the monthly statements. I know it is true that the Doctor is a very reticent man. Qst. No. 98 When did you first promise to advance money to (?) to pay on his contract -- Look at that subscription of $1,000,000 - I ask you if that was not the first? Ans. No. 98 It is impossible to tell the date this distance back, I showed say somewhere's (?) September or
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Qst. No. 96 Didn't you make that statement? Ans. No. 96. I don't remember, but I presume I did. A Direct Examiation, by the (?) Qst. No. 97 In this testimony as regards the engineers. To which you referred, did the testimony have reference to the reports of the engineers as to the location and comparative estimates of grades and curves, or did any other reports go to Whachington? Ans. No. 97 I cannot tell exactly what brought out that testimony at Washington. It was not a matter of costs; what it was I cannot now remember, but it could not have been simply these estimates of (?), and you know that I saw the monthly statements. I know it is true that the Doctor is a very reticent man. Qst. No. 98 When did you first promise to advance money to (?) to pay on his contract -- Look at that subscription of $1,000,000 - I ask you if that was not the first? Ans. No. 98 It is impossible to tell the date this distance back, I showed say somewhere's (?) September or
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