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put someone in there to look after our interests
for the time being. Had a couple picked out
but they could not come anyhow. I stayed
at the Hooper's during that time and went
foraging with Frank and Oscar Beatty. Mr.
H. was taking things very cool-like and the
family could not make him go to the ranch.

The kitchen chimneys will be the first thing
to be fixed all over the city, by an agreement of
the contractors - ours soon after J. A. Hooper's.

Have seen Mr. [Peering?] {Above the line: "(Wells Fargo Bank)"} at his home and told him what was to be done - am writing him to
make it official - the chimneys and glass must
be done at once, the balcony can wait pending
your decision. I was afraid of that old bulkhead
at the rear, and found there had been some settle-
ment there, but nothing very serious. I don't
know how the lease reads, but imagine that if
the house is habitable, they are bound to hold it.
It can be made so, easily.

By waiting from 2:30 to 7:00 I got a train
from 3rd & Townsend to Palo Alto.

It isnt necessary to tell you all what
the Nob Hill end looks like - the blackened
Fairmont (structurally intact) and the hollow