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When I returned to New York in mid-June, I had a bunch of miscellaneous chores to take care of, both New Haven and others. Just to give an idea of all the things you got involved in on this kind of a job, I'll report the list in my notebook:

Merrick--Return Grand Central Terminal information?

Hatch--Stalling by compressors, etc. 0901-0910.

Faron--Pass for A.H. Richardson in July to take pix.

Cartwright--Pictures.

Bellairs and Chillington--Instruction books.

Walker--WSHHamilton DEs-3 changeover proposition; radiators and horsepower.

Van Nest--See boys.

Cartwright-Bracken--Boiler ventilation.

Locos.--Get horsepower readings-notches and amps.-transformer temperature-blue to 90°C?-Indicating lamps break?

Patten--Get NH loco. model for H.L. Andrews.

For Bearce--18 cars or 16? Let know by Wed.

J.J. Smith--Give copy of boiler hatch drawing - Ease JR spring one turn, check with slip relay and run one loco this way for comparison. Do to all if troubling too much.(AB shipping 3 reactors to VN for test if required. Hold for AB)

Write Felix Konn line-up of tests soon as possible.

Get load data for Burnham.

Write W.M. Guynes status to reach him 17th and 20th.

AB will be in New York 16th on #6 unless hear to contrary or inform him otherwise. Stop on main field relays and adjust slip relays.

Walker--Cleveland Union Terminal armatures-hold off for Guynes.

Withington--Wednesday 22nd. Call FAF at NH after #8.

Weller--0901-0910.

Rog--sea horse.

These were the various things I knew I had to do, before I left for New York. After I got there, I immediately began picking up additional jobs to add to the list. I believe that by this time Bob Walsh had been granted a leave of absence to try to get his health back in shape (he wound up eventually with TB)so I took on his work in addition to mine, this being largely in connection with improving the ventilation of the cabs as well as the apparatus. On this ten-day trip, I was very heavily involved in these problems and shall dwell on them somewhat briefly because they are pretty technical--but while I"m at it I'd like to record them for my own amusement now and later as I try to recreate this stint in New York and New Haven, which really proved to be one of the most interesting of my career. One of the best things about it was that it didn't drag out for so long that it ceased to be fun.

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