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cold weather and the difficulty in getting complete assortments of steel required.
George Hargreaves retired from the service of the American Car & Foundry Company on the first instant and was succeeded by Wesley Mason. It seemed that the difference of opinion concerning the securing of material, salary and other matters could not be adjusted between Hargreaves and McBride so they finally agreed to separate, notwithstanding the fact that McBride spent more than two hours with me in discussing the matter and apparently trying to find a way to arrange for Hargreave's continued service. I think, however, their final decision to disagree was perhaps for the best, but I do think McBride's plan of purchasing materials could be very much improved.

Personally, I am having a very interesting winter and find the days all too short. There has been a great deal of work to be done in connection with my collections, many guests to entertain and the Smithsonian matter has taken up a lot of time. The Committee of the four Regents appointed by the Board spent four days here and had many interesting propositions to make, but none of them were acceptable to me. They made a written report of my offer and what it contemplated to a meeting of the Board of Regents held one week ago today. It happened that a very small attendance was had so a resolution was passed, postponing action until such time as a full meeting of the Regents could be had. This is not likely to occur for some months so the matter will stand as it is for some time. I doubt very much if we can find a way to harmonize our different

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