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l , l have today sent you the £oll>tin, wire: A d i
_ i lnsaedd oi buildin; lest three eiecutivo houses would, _ `
advise putting bctements heating plant; and generally ,
V fi ishing doctor'; mine ?orcmn;‘¢ and Sclellenger house V · i
This »ould mcke six e ecutive houses in Lest location also _
X. _ A much more economical than movinr mouse; to provide sizes
‘ , zhis is by_fnr the belt thinr to do ldjuatments with ·
· contractor mill be mode setisfncorilg Bnlnnce comin; to
_ us will Co into extrn sott:;e;“ ,’
l ° In lookin? over the ;roun£ wit? the les: oi movin; the three ?outos - d
wvioh we talked of the ot er dag I find it it Ioinr to be more difficult uni . ,_
more expensive tru: we tl;¤gnt due to tre fact that we heven't tie metexinl ° _ ’
nor the men to a complisi tii; ai thi: tire. and the contractor is ver; in- ,
sistent that we locate these nouso; so thu; he-cnn get started. He 1; now -\
orepured to go sheen with tiwcand it will be gt thu hott ; couple oi weeks V
_ before Ee could prepare a.; of these sites fox Lit. · t _
1 he hnve lone into this discu¤;io4've1y carefully with the contr4ctor· · R
and nr. Aeizcr und undue; ionntly the Lest thin to do would bc to out in bnse~
ments under the doctoa'; wouto. mine Inre.nn'l Loose, and the house fomuerl.
_ occupied by_mr.*SchellenLer. Tnis eoild ,ive _`v— us the lost three executive houses _ ».
und rould take care of the men wyo ere livin; in these senses und who would be ~_
in line for one o; the executive houses, all except of course the ochelleo;er~ _
hou-; tkdch is new occucieu by the time keeper but which .ill ue mud; zvviloole e.
for an executive after it it com letod. Furthermore. these nousesr when fin- _ t _
isheu ns proposed, l»nid reel-; tc r tore uesi elle house tnun the sin that ‘. - _
we nre figuring on building und in ever; ley I consider thnt•this is·a fer oet— _
T ter move thnn nttemytin; to cove other nouucs ond build the housos which wee — ,
‘ had planned on. We will make the proper adjustments wit? the contractor ond
— cite: zeconstructinc the Louzos refe red to there will he materiel end lobe:
estimates remaining adequate to builo probably three or iour more cottn;es, l ·
tne idea bein; that we will utilise LUG cumin; covering these three houses ,nd
will det ns good value without cny extrns. _ · ‘;
r ‘ t 1 rebrct thnt-it nns,oten necessgri to ooeu this discussion again,
but I feel it is·well worth v ile und that we will be nhend in every wcy by
carrying out the plan which J hdve outlined\ fleece wire reply. _
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ALL TELEGRAMS TAKEN BY THIS COMPANY ARE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS'
'I`n guard against znir=tal, that is, telegraplied hack to the r:»:·i:inatin;; ofiiee for
cornparisnn. For this, ·»ne·I1aii the tttt:‘i·;>v ehargetl in addition, l'nle:»$ otht·rwi>e indieatevl on its faex. 'YIIIS IS AN l'Nl:
1. 'I`I1e Company shall not he Iiahle for mistake; or delays in the transmiasion or delivery, or for nzin-tlelivery, ni any L`NI{I{PlC.\’I`1€D ttleurant. he-
yund the atnnttnt reeeivetl for >entIing the smut; nor for llli>l(IIiQS ur delays in the transinissinn or tlelivery, nr for :it»n·rielivery, of any Rl·jl’l`·f.\'I`I·]l> tele-
gram, lieymnl titty tinns the cunt received for sending the >an1e. unlmzr .rj·ueia//y rn/rmt]; nor in any ea>e for delays ari—in;r from un:1voi·lal»le interruption in
the wnrI;ing of its line>; 110r for errors in vip/ter cr abscnrc Ic/egrnnnr.
J. Tn any event the Cumpany shall not he liahlc for dainages for any inizétakes or delays in the transniission ur delivery, or for the ntnmleliveiy, of
tI1i> ttltgrzun, whether eaustd I»y tlze negligt.-nee of its Servants or otherwise. Iieyond the Stun of FIIi'I`\' D()I,I,.\IiS, at v.hit·h znnount thi\ tt-leeixtan i-;
In-rr-by valued, unless a j`{1`t'(lIt‘l" value is stated in writing liereon at the time the telegrrzant i< ntierenl to the Company for iI'(tT`I¥ll}i>SI4\1I, and azt adtlitional >\ITll
paid or agreed tu he paid based on such value equal to one-tenth of one percent. thereof.
3. 'I`he (`rnnpany is herehy tuade the agent of the sender, witlmut liahility, to t"e»rward this telegram aver mln- lin;-s wi any otltt-r t`i·n1p::ny when
necessary to reach its destination.
I. 'I`<·Iegr:un< will he delivered free within one-—h;tli mile nf the COl`t`t]l(lll)'_* ntiiee in town; nf $,000 population or l·;t<. and v:F2I:°ii ··:¤·· :*ii`¤· ei rueh
ofliee in other Cities 0r towna. lit-gsontl these limits the Company dne< not undertake to make tlelivery, lint will, without liahiEity. at the S r¤={tn·~t. a=¢
his agent and at his expense, endeavor to eontraet for hint for sueh delivery at a reasonable priee.
5. No re$pnn; and if ;t tilverztnt
is sent lu vurh etliee liy one of the Ct»inp;tny'5 1ne>sengers, he aets for that pnrprtse as the agent wi the sendtr.
6. The Company will not l»<· Iiahle for damages or Statutory penalties in any e:tSe where the claim ii not pr<·ixty days after
the telegratn is tiled with the Lioinpauy for transtni>5i<1n.
7. No ont/·Ioym· nf the (>if¤U1]‘tlYt].‘ ix mrtlrnrizml In :·ur_t· f/is foregoing.
THE LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY.

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BY PEFZMISSIOFW     _e¢'I "J»m‘—_ ,19 y I     h'  'j A, J ‘
Surnr Ceunn SAvI~<;s BAr:»<.O;,—4I_~.»¢—=v v x
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W• S • CO  
Make such minor repairs to the €X`b€¢1'j.O r cf the hous ee as is
necessascy before patlrnti ng.
Paint. the exterior of the thre e heme ee us Gillg the paint. on
hand for the ‘l:hx*eeexecx;‘t.iv’e hous ee +LOg<';."b}lC1‘ with such add.i‘bi<>ne.l
material needed.
Al l pluzzxbing material II ec ee sexy fo 1* the three execut. ive houses
The be delivered to you here c
The we rk to be eign     seem   bri. .2}: can be delivered and
rushed te completion.
Youre truly,
G0 2* G on-Ven T in e Company ,
Gem. F\=;.;i·‘b· `

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_] _ _ Benhom. Ky., Deo. 4, 1918. l `
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Supt. of Construction, _ ` I
. Chicago, I1l1no1s.` — ‘ » ‘
Dear Sir: _ l I
- _ I am enclosing you herewith an estimate on the barns and —·
outhouses from Gordon Ven Tino Combeny and we tould like to.have it _
acted pn as quioxly as p0s.iole because the houses that will be» ` ‘ V
ready to be occupied will need the outhouses before they can be used,
_ • and else you will find an estimate that Hr; Batchelder wanted me to
send to you xo chang; the roofs of the oow·berus and outhpuses fn>m
a flut roof to guole roof, not e Lip roof ee xr. Dunbursurote in _
- his letter. That I Mould like to see done for this reason. It will
please Mr. Dunour and it mill also edd to the looks of those bulld~
' · _ ings, which cen oe seen just es eesily from the street as the houses y ‘ ·
  _ themselves. This, of oourte, it ul to y,u es nr. Batohelder says to . ”
eot on whethenyou feel like doin;. that or I`.O'C•4, 4 · _ A
' , I all send you e pro;ress of the building-Friday. I want
to Let as much done as poselblo before I send in the report. I have I
` - . not heard enytning from you up to date in reherd to report I sent you ~
‘ as to whether it is satisfactory or not, that is the blue prints. » <
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oe pentere on up to duto und he e pests more in today. I —
. · 4 Yours very truly, 4
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WISCONSIN STEEL COMPANY
HARVESTER BUu.mNG
” CHICAGO December 6, 191Z»
Mr. F. E. Dunbar, Sup*c,
Benhzxm.
Dear Sic:
we are in raczaipt cf your letter of Zsecsmbcr
Ed., aa,}.-so the phawgzsaphs misnticncci therein 1ll·.m1:xa.t5.ng
Building; Site East, Building Site West and New Office
Bu1l;1ng» Please accept our thamkks   aww.
  very truly,
WI.i—';Y,>`i~E3; Ei Si  CfJ5EE*F·.`f—iY_,
     
Eine Pxcyiyxc; 1:.
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WYE}

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WISCONSIN STEEL COMPANY
HARVESTER BUILDING
MICHIGAN AVENUE AND HARRISON STREET
CHICAGO, ·
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December 6, l9l8¤
Mr. B, We Batohelder§ Gen’l Supte, of Mines, _r`
B e n h e m; Kentucky. E C
’ Dear Sir: -V-MC
Your telegram with reference to the houses
has been answered by Mr. Biggert direct,
I believe Mr. Biggert will be glad to have on hand,
when he returns to the city, e rather detailed
description of juetmhich houeee you will move and what
you intend to do with reference to fitting up the next
street west; also an estimate of the expense involved
ee well ae a etetement as to juet what difficulties
you will encounter in moving a few houses,
Youre very truly,
Industrial Relations
Department
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