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afternoon went to fetch the mizzen mast and boom at Morris Heights. They look fine. Main mast nearing completion at Reliance Boat Yard [[underlined in red]] went to Town [[/underlined in red]]
April 6 Lewis working at fittings & varnishing masts etc.
Went to Town late afternoon Rossi notified me [[strikethrough]] there [[/strikethrough]] our [[underlined in red]] wood storage [[/underlined in red]] shed [[underlined in red]] burnt up at factory. [[/underlined in red]] Damage about $2500. About
one [[underlined in red]] month ago I wrote [[/underlined in red]] a long letter to MacDonald [[underlined in red]] calling his [[/underlined in red]] attention to [[underlined in red]] the unsatisfactory [[/underlined in red]] condition
[[underlined in red]] of this shed [[/underlined in red]] absence of fire protection, slovenly [[underlined in red]] condition etc. [[/underlined in red]] and I [[underlined in red]] foretold [[/underlined in red]] him exactly what [[underlined in red]] has happened. [[/underlined in red]] Fortunately there was little wind otherwise our
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phenol storage would have caught fire.
April 7 Early to New York meeting [[underlined in red]] board of [[/underlined in red]] Directors. at 9 A.M. was at Durkees buying switches and other hardware. All directors except Peter were present. Reported [[underlined in red]] lowest [[/underlined in red]] month of sales. May is back. Afternoon
had long session with him and Susan where I told him that in
[[underlined in red]] future Susan must be [[/underlined in red]] kept acquainted with main matters and policy so that we should not be dependent on any one of them. Also ordered reduction of office [[underlined in red]] expenses and cutting [[/underlined in red]] down [[underlined in red]] space of advertising to 1/2 [[/underlined in red]] from what it is now. Told also of organization of Department F and dissolution
of [[underlined in red]] Dane Molding Co. [[/underlined in red]] and removal [[underlined in red]] to Perth Amboy. [[/underlined in red]] Correspondence and bills etc. of Department F will [[underlined in red]] be carried out [[/underlined in red]] in Perth Amboy. May seemed