The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-09-07

fer TO the West 23rd ST. car which vii
take you to the West 23rd st. ferry
|, You won't have q particle Of troubl,
in getting over there. II you miss thu
Il:25 (Which | have marked with ;
blue X better take the 1925 (Which
have marked 2X). You will motto,
that there are two trains which leave
at 1926. The first is the Congression
al Limited and very fine train but
has nothing excepting parlor cars anc
it would cost you S1.25 extra. The
next train is an hour slower, but a
good train nevertheless and brings you
here at 9;25. But you had better
make the 1;25 if you can as you will
see more of the country and get here
in better season, 7:l0. | will plan to
meet you, and am sure you can get
well located by Tuesday. | will look
about as much as | can for a boarding
place and am sure there will be no
trouble about that.
Miss Buckley, who was with us last
year and whom we expected to be with
US this year, has position at Chat
tanooga and will not be with us. The
Senator went home with the idea of
bringing down his home stenographer
Miss Seymour, but | have not heard
from him as to whether she will come
or not. If she comes he feels that he
ought to pay her enough over what she
is getting at Hyde Park ($l3 per
week. to cover her carfare and extra
board. If Miss Buckley came we plan
ned to pay her SIS per week and give
you the rest-the whole extra month
$3.50. | have done some figuring and
am looking for boarding places for
Miss Seymour and can't tell exactly
just how much more it will cost her to
live down here than at Hyde Park. OF
course | can figure her carfare. 1t
may be that you won't get quite as
much out of it as if Miss Buckley came
back, or if we get a steno. from
Washington; but think the very min
imum that you would receive would Be
$3.50 per week Chat would be equal
division between the two of you) and
my impression is that it will be so the
Senator can raise that a little. ! sug
gested that he pay you SIS and Miss
Seymour SIT.
You see the best | can say is that
you probably won't get less than
$3.50 and that there is an excellent
chance that you will get more.
There will surely be the S120 per
month to divide equally between the
two and then at the end Of the session
there will be the extra S120 to divide
That would practically add $40 per
month to your regular salary although
you would not get it until the end of
the session. The Senator suggested
my writing this to you and said to tell
you he was in no sense going back on
what he told you. think this talk
with you was on the basis of an equal
division. am merely writing all this
so that you will clearly understand the
situation. You will be getting more
than Plumley's second man and more
than Dane got his first year--it will be
about $40 per month, and | hope we
can get Miss Seymour so situated that
you can have little more. She is a
very valuable steno. and of course he
wants to treat her right,
The Senator promised to write me
as soon as he had made a definite ar
with her, and as soon as
hear from him, will drop you line.
But | think matters are just as you
and he talked them over and think it
Is clearly in your interest to come
down. There will be plenty to do but
you will have the best experience you
have ever had, am quite sure.
Shall be very glad to see you.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) William S. Bean,
Secretary.
A. NJ. Rich, Esq.