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#33 Ferry Avenue,
Detroit, Michigan,
November 6th, 1905.

My dear Mr. Eyre:- 

Your New York Office forwarded to Mr. Kennedy, under date of November 3rd, a drawing showing the design of glass for diffusing sash. And reported that work on the same was in progress.

The letter, also, said that the glass was being made in accordance with "full sized drawings furnished him." The diffusing sash, as mentioned in my earlier letter to you of October 31st, was changed, making a tangent of the sash from where the curve in side well begins to the peak of the sash. Shall you need a template of the sash as it now is formed in order to avoid the difficulty setting the glass on its arrival here?

I have been contemplating the use of opaque glass for both the upper and diffusing sash. And my attention had not been called to the contract made during my absence in Europe for the diffusing sash glass until a few days ago. Is the glass specified for the outer frame to be opaque? And will you kindly send me a sample of the same. 

I am confident that the appearance of the room will be improved by the use of the glass, as per sketch sent and as per contract already made. But I am wondering if the light will be satisfactory. What is your own opinion of this matter? If it should be too strong we could subdue it by the use of shades or by giving the glass of the diffusing sash a thin coat of white paint on the upper side of the glass. 

At the Buffalo Gallery they have obtained delightful results by using ground glass for both sashes - ground on one side only. 

If you feel that the glass, as ordered, will be all right kindly let the work go forward. But if you have any doubts about it, it would be wiser to stop the work where it is. 

Work on the building is progressing fairly well. The principal delay being occasioned by the non-arrival of the various shapes of ornamental tile required for the roof.