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Q. 749 Did the Contract and Finance Com=
=pany do that work in pursuance of
written contracts made with these various
Companies?

A. Yes.

Q. 750 Were those contracts [caret]"all" made by the
same parties?

A. On the part of the Contract and
Finance Company I think they were.

Q. 751 Were they on the part of the other companies?

A. I do not remember the other parties
to all of them.

Q. 752 In all the transactions which you
had on behalf of the Contract and Finance
Company, whether in taking any contract
for work or labor to be performed or for
material to be furnished, or drawing
money for the payment for the work
done and material furnished, did you
negotiate or treat with any other persons
than the officers and employes [employees] of the
Central Pacific Railroad Company?

A. We negotiated and treated with
every one that we employed, or from
whom we purchased materials.

Q. 753 I am speaking in regard to the
making of these contracts whereby your
Company undertook to do the work or to

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