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.oul'l yot ot'JE'ct ',0 i"'structing your a el1 at t . V to

be ore pr,rtlcul I' ... 111 ,ive our oats a'l ~ e f.e~, t CO r '\lifl1e to

them . or or .(,('('1 E.ninpe'l b~ tile:: .. ..:'ner ate nUl.,erous in t n.; s

" e whe>re freig Its or'.lere'l ShiPrer. oy bor.t have cO.ne Oy reul to ",t • .)~y",~f

I jon ' t • n w th,t tJois lS one Vlil1ful~, if "'at so , it is c r.:-1e-"s

to Sd,)' t € lea ''" esterl_y a c , 0,

ordere1 uy OObt ireR ~t . 6. so contr C.~'l trro ... r , c ,e to ~t .

b J rOill. l'he t'ules ycu hu.v", a'iopte' this season fer tIe .;ui'.<!nce of

oo",,-t Uu.61n€'6B from Io"..t . . ... re .l2ru -Iou, n lor us In cl.ll I'.c.oys without

bel!'e, sWln.eled out 0 ... p",rt l four It'el

ha\e- wrItten to .' ..I tl1l:e aoout b€'tt1ne, you, C[,P oval ,.r

person at ~t . • tc repre~ent our 1nter€'st.

out ;:'8 yet rave u en UI1O-L le to g~. W'l) re lJ fro.a y u • • '1e Pembu1na

.t-rc..rcn h",1;; .. ~ .LIl a 'l('S. IT' your office there • "lUI'S truly,

E. V. ,01 (';oJaoe \/inni e • AUt . IceO

J.J. Hi'l Esq; JJe",r .:..ir:

I hav€' .IU<t receive'l yOur telegr.Il. of <'lst . corrected.

In VIe~ of tIe probaOlllty of yeur acceptin our cffer, ~ su est

tnat while, r . _tephens 11, .. t .. t . t'""u" , YOel , • r . K. a'll' . S . e ch

execute owrers ,cult. "ut.,orisIn; SI'I i fo • ~ 0 cO'1ve} any ami

all SLO(;" sto.n'11r'e, 1"1 y_ ur In'lIV1'lJ 1 'la;nes l n thE cooks of this Lo ,

By .oY p"W 01 our Co . t r ~ ~t'oor ro.l1< • rr1!1 stoc, must ue nere

present nllnsl·l. or oy nlS ..l.tcorl1ey Idl'l!u11y d rc l"'te'l .

transie s ~n. ~;'l t '1~bp061tion _. I Ke 01 t',e lunds . 1 presume a ~O

dc.y note 61 n<::'1 oy 1.yo"'&,

01 . ont!'ec,l nerE , Vloul. oe S tisfuctory f01 the 'je ere! p«rt of the

purcr asE' .nOT'EY .

fr om net', :...n1 1 feel vel'" ~nxiou(. "bO t r . IOU. I 1y,

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J . J . nill LS-i; Dear Sir-

I hope the suuject c1 stealooats won't £et mc~ot ~Uti to

you . There WOU''l not oe the slightest occ;..sio~ [Ot' YL'O';e were it

~ ot that c<rt~in things are pilin~ up 0'" us here that can n~ither

be ignored nor -:iecide':l u ntil we €..et a '1ecisio" from you and .Y0 .... r

frien'ls after whlcn lit' laVOrl:<ule) I shall start olf <it oYce . The

tilJle we n",ve .... 1re 'lY lost . howev .. !. i greatly to our dlsadvantage-

In thls- thclt 1 an infonne. b J tne best ~uthor~ty that carthur

6t",rt6 thlS VieeK for tne state to contract for a new bo t . 1 was

anxious to bet the start of him . lor nlS cler • .lnl\.s, >:;;tYs ne na"

ueen " for sOlRe tiIlle In correspon'1enc witn Rate Davidson - who I:.d -

vises hlIn to uuild a large uoat not les" ~han :'::00 .eet 10 6 ' ~Y oVin

~lal"s J e pret':.y well m- - - -- o"'l'y Wd.ltirb to .ear lrL'IIi .Y''-' ' ille..J]-

time I aSKe'i you to giv: e me he l'efusaJ 01 t<1~ 01'1 ::'elhirk an'l the

bOdtJ ... r'i outxit ~t LTr~,!'l'j .orks I~ cz."se yc '1ispose of then to any-

ore .

Please telegraph .ne the mOl.lene liou C';l." give me anything

certain , hav e "ot seen ;.~r . Smith since you lelt, 'ill leave hi-n for

you to manage. I await you rep'y.

J . J . Hi 11 Es . Gen .1 ",na. er

St . Paul 1)e ... r Si 1':

~ours truly , ,"V. '01 cOr:lbe

"innipeg , AUI,; Hi , 18,0

The "riU'lson' s J3 y Co . " are o:r'lerln ,.. ~w cyl1"".lerS 01'

lar, l' oore for tnelr vascatchuan "teamer ..... n1 for t.hat purpose

have sent Thos . Uonnol1y to La~rosse .

I have taKen the lluerty ,I giving .dr . loonnolly a Fass

over your road on the n.D. Co ' s account taking for granted that it

is a 1 ibitimate use of one of your passes .

Yours truly ,

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