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immediately to J.W. Smith when I arrived this morning and were immediately informed that the B&M had decided they do not want Tarzan Jr. and we can have it anytime. There was no round table conference - only J.W., Roy and I. J.W. said they had decided they want the 4 motor job so as to make a more flexible program, and they will now "shop around" for such a locomotive - that he is now having studies made to see how many they can use economically but it look like five. I don't know why it seemed bad news to hear that by one means or another we had got them worked around to want 5 - $35000 locomotives instead of 5 - $25,000 ones. Our chances are now better than ever of getting the business against a bunch of small builders. But somehow it seemed like my house was crashing around my head. One thing that made me feel badly was that my pride was hurt to have the B&M decide they wanted the expensive locomotive when I have been preaching in Erie that the cheaper one is the real answer. Now I get a different picture and I can see the case for the expensive one where I couldn't before. The old six wheel steamers are nearly worn out and it becomes not a case of justifying the whole diesel cost but a case of justifying only the increased investment over new steam or over expensive rebuilding. The flexibility is another feature I can now see is a valuable one. The upshot is, the B&M is so enthused about this whole 44 ton idea, they are talking about a program far more extensive than anything we ever envisioned in our most optimistic