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the whole Railway would be delayed, and that the big
Tunnel would be completed before they were ready. Mr.
Eves was entirely right in representing this matter to me
but his language and actions had already created a state of
friction and tension. He then without any authority from
me wrote an official letter to the Firm stating as
follows:-
"I have interviewed His Excellency the
Governor who personally inspected the work a short
time ago and he has decided that the best way would
be to take over the works from you, on the ground that
you have failed to comply with the terms of the Agree-
-mont and are unable to proceed at such a pace as will
complete the work in the contract time. The terms on
which payment will be made will depend to a great
extent on yourselves whether you will hand over un-***
-officially by mutual consent or whether you do it
officially with perhaps a large amount of legal
correspondence.
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On my calling upon him for an
explanation he stated in a lengthy minute that from an
interview with myself he "understood that he was authorised
to start the ball rolling and sound Mr. Orange on the
subject"