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When I mentioned to Jack Tobin that I had talked to Ayers at Greenfield yesterday, Jack just opened up wide on "that son-of-a-bitch." I gathered Ayers was a very unpopular individual on the railroad. He is the type per Jack who will nourish a grudge for ten years until he can "get" a guy. Used to have Buckpritt's job and they finally eased him out of Boston. Jack says his greatest delight in life is firing somebody. Jack just raved and fumed and sputtered about him. Strange, but I was favorably impressed; thought him very accommodating and agreeable.

Went to the office about 3 PM and Roy and Neil were much disturbed about my leaving Thursday night. They can't handle this industrial locomotive stuff - haven't time to do it and would be glad if I stayed naturally and did it for them. As I see it, most of it is their job, not mine, all the preliminary study to find likely spots and they'll just have to arrange somehow to do it. I practically told Roy so. He hemmed and hawed, but I can't help it. I've got to get back to Erie, write this B&M report and get set for Pittsburg. So far, they have done next to nothing on this stuff. I know, I've had no help on the B&M and I can't see where they've even started the industrial end of it except the letter to the salesmen at last went out.