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SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES AND SALT LAKE RAILROAD COMPANY Special Committee. Dear Sirs:-- All of our residences at Las Vegas sure constantly occupied and there is still more or less demand on part of employees that we build some additional ones as some of them have difficulty in finding suitable quarters. I have discussed this with Mr. Bracken and Mr. MoUamee and we are very strongly of the opinion that it would be very much more satisfactory to the men as well as of benefit to the Company, to loan money to employees who may desire to build a house, rather than for the company to build and rent any more houses there. factory and has acquired clear title to one or more lots, we will loan him a reasonable sum to be used for building a house, the character of which must meet with our approval, but the plan and the method of construction to be determined by the employeej the amount of money to be spent upon the house to be subject to our approval and to be deter­mined somewhat by the earning capacity of the employee. \ GENERAL ftjjklAGER, C. J. BALCH, ASSISTANT TO GENERAL MANAGER, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. ft t A Beoember 3, 1912 Mr. W. H. Bancroft In a general way we would suggest the following arrangement: Whenever any employee, whose character and services are satis-