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<br /> � S� ,Original Town of Grand Island,in 1911 ,and about that time �resident P:�onler very kindly
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<br /> i yielded to our request and wrote us a very informal letter saying th�.t he had authorized
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<br /> a track to be run across the nortn edge of our premises above described for our exclusive
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<br /> ;, use ,and that the Union Pacific reserved the right to take up this track off of our land
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<br /> 'i at any tirne upon thirty da,ys notice to us ,or if�desired to use the ground that we could
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<br /> j; notify tue com}?any to remove the track within thirty days and it would be done,and within
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<br /> '; a few days thereafter the s ectio�I men brought in the ties and rails and in a few days we
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<br /> !� had a track alongside our building.�te have made constant use of this track and shipped
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<br /> �� in and out carloads of monuments anci our salea for the first three months of this year run
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<br /> " hi�her than they have for a long time ,�,nd we except to continue to ship in lots of stone
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<br /> � add granite.
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<br /> i My father ,who is eighty-One years vld and rather nervous about business matters ,has
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<br /> ,� asked me a number of times about c�ur record in this matter ,and I told him that I would
<br /> � get Mr.D�ohler� s letter and attach it to our abstract b� �itle ,but upon looking for the
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<br /> � original letter from Mr.Mohler I have failed t� find it ,and I am writin�; you this letter
<br />• to ask you if you will kindly have one of �aur stenographers Iook through the file s in the
<br /> �' president� s office under Paine Granite Com�any of Grand Island during the fall of 1910 or
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<br /> �� early spring of 1911 and send us a carbon copy of the origirlal letter that Mr.Mo�ler sent
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<br /> � us ,as tne matter v�as handled informally out of his office �nd that is the only rec�rd that
<br /> I we would have of it . I shall be �aery glad to p.ay any fee necessary for the time of the eten-
<br /> � ographer in making ti�is search and in making me a copy of the letter for the Paine Gran�te
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<br /> Co�mpany. Very truly y�urs.
<br /> j, Bayard H. Paine. "
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<br /> I� That in response to this letter President C.R.Gray wrote to this affiant a Ietter under
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<br /> �� date of April 2,192� ,which Ietter is attached hereto and marked �xhibit '�A" and mde a pe.rt
<br /> ? af this Affidavit the same as though copied at length herein.
<br /> `' That thereafter and under date of April 10,192� ,President C.R.Gray wrote an additional
<br /> �� letter stating tlaat he had found a letter of Mr.R.L.Huntley ,Assistant General Manager. That
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<br /> the letter of President C.R.Gray is marked �xhibit "B'� and that letter of R.L.Huntley,Ass-
<br /> ' iatant General Manager ,iis marked Exhibit "C" ,and that each of said letters are attached here-
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<br /> i to and made a pa rt hereof the same as though co�ied at length herein. That in response there-
<br /> to this affiant wrote President Carl R.Gray a letter readin� as follows;-
<br /> � '�Gra.nd rsland,Nebraska ,
<br /> ;i , April ?� ,192�.
<br /> � �' Ca.rl R. Gray , ��
<br /> i; President ,Union Pacific System,
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<br /> j; Om�.ha,1lebraska .
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<br /> ;± Dear President Gray;-
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<br /> ii Your letter of the lOth reached Grand Island while I was holding court in Hyannis ,Mullen
<br /> ;; and Thedford,and I have just �eturned to my desk today and thank you very much for your (
<br /> iF examination into the spur track of the Paine-Fishburn Granite Comr�any ,and you say that in
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<br /> ' the Cnief Engineer� s office tnere is a copy of a letter written by Mr.R.L.Huntley on 3ep-
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<br /> j� tember � ,1910 ,and a formal agreement which was entered into on September 1 ,1910 ,and that
<br /> ?� you v�ill be very glad to have a photostat copy made of this letter and agreement . �
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<br /> I appreciate this offer on your part very �nuch indeed,and upon receipt of the s ame if
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<br /> ; you kindly give me the expense of making them I shall be glad to send you the check of the
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<br /> �i paine Granite Corapany in pa� ment of the cost .
<br /> _! Very cordi�,Ily yours ,
<br /> ' BHP-A�T HAYARD H�PAINE. "
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