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Hazard versus Thomas C. Durant depositons, numbers 1-15, 1859-1880

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A. Representation of the Kansas Pacific and of the Union Pacific.
395 Q. The Kansas Pacific was the same name that was afterwards changed to the Union Pacific Eastern Division?
A. Yes Sir.
396 - Q. What were the arrangements made by these Committees?
A. Those made to secure the Cooperation of the parties in the different portions of the Country in getting around merits to the bill and of reconciling the differences as between the two Corporations and of removing some obstacles in the way from parties who were opposing the bills there.
397 Q. What Amendments to the bill do you refer to?
A. The Amendment, first to double the the land grant.
398 Q. To waht?
A. To double the land grant of the Corporation.
399 Q. To both Corporations? A. Yes sir To allow the Corporations to put a first mortgage on their land, equal to the [illegible] Governments in Amount

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A. Representation of the Kansas Pacific and of the Union Pacific. 395 Q. The Kansas Pacific was the same name that was afterwards changed to the Union Pacific Eastern Division? A. Yes Sir. 396 - Q. What were the arrangements made by these Committees? A. Those made to secure the Cooperation of the parties in the different portions of the Country in getting around merits to the bill and of reconciling the differences as between the two Corporations and of removing some obstacles in the way from parties who were opposing the bills there. 397 Q. What Amendments to the bill do you refer to? A. The Amendment, first to double the the land grant. 398 Q. To waht? A. To double the land grant of the Corporation. 399 Q. To both Corporations? A. Yes sir To allow the Corporations to put a first mortgage on their land, equal to the [illegible] Governments in Amount