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HENRY W. CLARK General Counsel Vice-President UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY OREGON SHORT LINE RAILROAD COMPANY OREGON-WASHINGTON RAILROAD & NAVIGATION COMPANY LOS ANGELES & SALT LAKE RAILROAD COMPANY U N I O N P A C I F I C S Y S T E M A p r il 18, 1937 S / j f ' is A, S. H alsted, Esq., Los Angeles, Cal. Dear S ir : - R e fe rrin g to Mr. Abbey's telegram to you o f the 15th in sta n t s ta tin g th at agreement dated January 12, 1927, between the L.A.& S.L. and Harry S isk in , gran tin g the r ig h t to maintain concrete fo o tin g s , r e c it e s th at the agreement o f May 9, 1924, between the Las Vegas Land & Water Company and S iskin co verin g the sa le o f land bears the R a ilroa d Company's con tract No. 5625, and asking whether th is was c o rre c t and whether the con tra ct audit number was th at o f the Las Vegas Land & Water Company, and to your re p ly s ta tin g th at agreements o f the Las Vegas Land & Water Company are f i l e d under R a ilro a d Company numbers: such as th is con tra ct a r e c i t a l th at so thoroughly id e n t if ie s and t ie s up the su bsidiary w ith the parent company. Since the con tra cts o f the Las Vegas Land & Water Company are f i l e d under R a ilroa d Company numbers the audit numbers are eq u a lly those o f the Las Vegas Land & Water Comp­any, and the con tract r e fe r r e d to would be s u f f ic ie n t ly id e n t ifie d by re fe re n c e to the con tract number without s ta tin g that such number was e ith e r th at o f the R a ilroa d Company or that o f the Las Vegas Land & Water Company. tio n o f fu tu re c o n tra cts. I am not r a is in g any o b je c tio n to the con­tr a c t above r e fe r r e d to . I t occurs to me that i t may be unwise to in s e r t in documents I make th is suggestion fo r your co n sid era tion in the prepara- Very tr u ly youas,