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was that they wouldn't let him spit on the cab floor - he was in favor of having a goboon installed. In spite of the fact, they were kicking that Tarzan Jr. wasn't as snappy as #189. Dutton almost never pulled the throttle wide open. At the first opportunity, I judiciously pointed out that the last inch on the quadrant made a big difference and after that Dutton pulled her wide and we did much better. I wonder if the same thing may not have happened at Lewiston.

We went down to Gardiner where Dave Reid, Ernie Bloss and Wood, the Sup't. met us, and we handled 221 tons up the famed Cobbossee Conti Branch which is just one long ramp of 2 to 2½ % grade up the mountain. And Tarzan Jr. just dug in and did it beautifully. But Hueghens was still worried she wouldn't pull the job at the Kennebec Pulp & Paper. Dave Reid said, "How about it? Are you willing to try to haul [[underlined]] 12 [[/underlined]] cars out of there today." We told him yes and when we got there we hauled out 14 instead and even old Hueghens freely admitted there was no complaint about the way she did it. Dutton said, "She done better than I expected she would!" So we got a pretty clean bill of health at Augusta today and I just regret I wasn't at Lewiston to get that whole story first hand. It may be they should have a couple of the $35,000 locomotives up here - that will be our ace in the hole.

It rained steadily all day long and we were out in it most of the time but seemed to be able to "take it" all right. I think to be outdoors so much on these jobs is good for me. Got quite