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hardest, to be able to bring the fruit from the Boom by the railroad for this trip of the Wawa, and
from what Mr. Beer tells me, we are going to have at least 1,500 stems. It will certainly be fine if we
can get this fruit over the railroad, as we lost about 500 beautiful stems on the last trip when the
North Star tried to get over the bar towing that small barge, and I do not think that she could do it
this time, as we have been having very bad weather, and there does not seem to be any let-up. So we
are strongly banking on getting our first shipment of fruit over the railroad next Monday. If we are
successful and the weather permits, I want to get a couple of pictures of this, so that in years to
come we can compare it with other pictures that we might have five years from now.
NORTH STAR AND MADELINA: The North Star is the only boat that we are using at present
for handling our merchandise from here to Auyapini. The Madelina has been taken out at the Wawa
bar, and is being overhauled. I have not ascertained from Don Pedro the exact extent of her dam-
age; but I believe that she is undergoing thorough and general repairs. We are going to take the en-
gine here at the shop and work it over and try to get it in first-class condition. Now, after we get this
boat in first-class condition, and we have no use for her, I think that it could be sold to either Mr.
Lehmann or the captain of the Anderson. Mr. Lehmann told as the other day that he would pur-
chase a boat in Bluefields, and I told him that it might be possible that we would sell him the Made-
line. Therefore, he requested that I ascertain what the company wanted for the boat, and if he
thought he would be justified in paying that price, he would be glad to buy it from us. This matter, I
presume, you can take up upon your return here.
I have endeavored to give you as much information on various matters that I thought you would be
interested in as possible could, and as you will be hers in the next few days, as I hope, you will be
able to go over these for yourself.
With kindest personal regards, I am,
Yours very truly,
ACCOUNTING DEP.
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