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has JUI3 0 Ye©2s,gxa*s ,is ;;Hemda 29. la?. 0. II. Bloce, Secretary Lae Yogas Land and TMter Company 1 m Angeles, Cal# Dear Siri Acknowledging receipt of your letter of Juno LGth, file 9315-60 la reference to construction of shod on rooming house property* X note you. say that aooordins to qy letter of April the Oth the oil truck has never boon stored in a garage and this Is an error as over since the purchasing o f this oil truck it has been housed in the shod built good years ago but when completing work orders, oopooially the last c m ¥&*?¥% vro had about ?00 ft* of 4W pip© with fittings which had to be stored under look and hey and at that time the oil truck was taken from tho shod and has been standing in th© yard eves? nine©* Shis oil truck ® i an old, second­hand 1-Ton Ford truck, purchased sows years ago at a cost of $80, and if X an not mistaken was manufactured in 1923* Its“condition ip very poor, although we are able to keep it in romir sufficient for our work and the present value of this truck were'wo to throw it on tho market would bo nil. but it will bo impossible for us to bo without this • or similar way of transporting oil from the shop yards to oil task at rooming house# The shod in question was not to be constructed solely for protection of this oil truck but for other materials which w© have in a rented garage across the alloy, such as a number of bods, some furniture, water pipe valvos and a few matrosses and springs, ©to* Free the present outlook X believe it possible to construct shod sise~ as shown on blue print attached to your letter, for (1359 or less, as during tho street paving here £ sal­vaged sufficient number of redwood slabs 12 x 20, 4” thick, which will bo all that is needed for tho floor* However, if it is going to cause any consaont with officials of Omaha I am perfectly willing to got along just as we are now, without building tills additional shed* Yours truly. Yio©-President and Agent