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were taken out of the game and seated with a cop between them until they cooled off. Fights were common I am told and I should think they would be - such a bruising, brutal game I have never seen - worse than football if anything, and fast! You can't follow the puck frequently.

Boston, Mass.
Wednesday, Jan. 11, 1939. 
Went direct to the B&M this morning and went into a session with Corcoran and Sears (the B&M [[Neiswanger?]]) and they swallowed the 43 ton possibilities hook, line and sinker. They proposed a half dozen other possible spots, a couple of which I was sure are no good, but their enthusiasm was very heartening. When I told Jack Tobin about the new spots, he said, "Look out! Look out for places those guys tell you about!" And I think he's right. They are statisticians and probably don't know the actual operating conditions & application fundamentals like someone tied up intimately with operation. They named one however, Laconia-Lakeport up on Lake Winnipesaukee, which even Jack admitted had distinct possibilities.

Spent most of the remainder of the day with Corcoran digging out information including a session with Ernie Bloss on servicing facilities, etc. Took Corcoran to lunch and he regaled me with stories of the hurricane. I never appreciated the B&M was so hard hit. The Fitchburg Division was closed for a month with washouts and freight from the west was routed Central Vermont, Grand Trunk, Canadian Pacific and Maine Central via Portland. One bridge on the Fitchburg Division they finally located with a "divining rod"