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"Whitey" was raising hell with Rudy because we hadn't started the Southern Pacific yet. I finally got some dope from Maurice but never got a chance all day to look at it although when I went to the office this morning, I thought I was all cleaned up and ready to start the S.P. study.

A bundle of New York Central Specs. came in the mail from Jay Walker on the Auburn locomotive and it is a miniature New York Central job with all the earmarks – this, that and the other things special, inspectors, drawing approval, this dope wanted, etc. etc. And they want a bid October 5th! I called Jay and told him it was impossible. The service data was so vague, I couldn't tell even if our "standard" doodle bug electrical stuff could do it.

Then Hoddy called from Canton, O and wanted me there Thursday to help with a 50 ton diesel to Timken – special job with Hercules engines, prices, dope, etc. etc. I handed that to Shapter who was too busy to do it but it stayed there, and I guess it will stay there much as I'd like to handle it, having started it last summer.

Then a wire came in from Harvey to Doc Gillilan, who is away on some Alco work in Duluth for Rudy, asking for prices on 1000 HP and 750 HP locomotives for Ford PDQ. I'd hardly read the wire when Harvey calls me up and we talked 10 minutes about that. Then it was a long battle trying to decide what the 750 HP job should be – the GT-534 or the GT-545 ie gip Henry Ford and unload some GT 534's Electro-Motive left on