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When I got to Greenfield this time I committed no error; I went straight to Blake and was amazed at the extremely courteous, efficient way he handled my questions. He made a list of them, numbered each 1 or 2, and then introduced me to Ayers, the Master Mechanic, who answered those marked 1 and then to Hamilton, the division engineer, who handled the 2's. And from Ayers, I got dope that makes the Holyoke and North Adams jobs look better yet. Ayers had the most peculiar accent I ever heard - called the diesels "dee-ay-sels." It was half Yankee and half Southern somehow. He was very helpful and easy to talk to. I can't get over the high caliber of these B&M men when it comes to cooperation and decency and friendliness. They are [[underlined]] there [/underlined]] ! Hamilton couldn't give me any of the profile dope I wanted but offered to [[underlined]] survey [/underlined]] the New Haven interchange line grade for me tomorrow and wire me, and as it looks like a limiting feature, I agreed.

Took the 5:15 PM for the seemingly interminable ride back to Boston, but with a magazine it proved to be not so bad and the job was on time. So I was back in the Parker House at 9 PM, weary but feeling I had accomplished something.

Boston, Mass.
Tuesday, Jan.17,1939
Went down to see Walter Barrett this morning on the Yard 13 job but missed him so spent the