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La* Vegas - March 5* 19&8 W 1-4-1 Hr. James f, Cox: ( CO - Mr, Frank Strong Mr. L. C. Hills) Your letter January 31» file re® g&rdtng damage to Studebaker Sedan, driven by 6. H* Christensen, at Las Vegas December 1, 19&7 * In accordance ?with last paragraph of your letter, Hr. Tritle, President of the Community Chevrolet CoBjpanv, addressed an Air Mail letter to Mr. Christensen at Watertown, South Dakota, but has not received any re­sponse and advised me a day or two ago that he did not expect to as long as the man had received the repairs* He also stated the t if he had had any idea that the Water Company would not stand back of the bill he would not have permitted the Studebaker to leave his garage until the bill had been paid. He feels that the Water Company is letting him “hold the sack* for the coat of repairs, which he made in good faith. In all fairness, I feel that we should re­imburse him for this expense. There was no contributory negligence on the part of the driver of the Stw’ebaXer, as he was stopped in the traffic line when our truck ran into him, end while the accident wag unavoidable because of oily streets, clusively our s I baenld ietvo e ftuhratth ert hed erfeesrp opanysmiebnitl itfyo r iss erexv­ices rendered over 90 days ago will only endanger our present relations with Chevrolet Company, who have always been very friendly to u«* Will appreciate your authority to voucher the bill. A, M. Folger