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THE CAR ACCOUNTANT'S OFFICE.

The Winnipeg & Athabaska Lake Railway Co.,

General Superintendent's Office,

Winnipeg, December 31, 1888.

To John Smith, Esq.,

Supt. of Trans'n, L. & N. R. R. Co., Louisville, Ky.

Sir: Our records show forty-five of our box-cars on your line, some of which have been away from home over three weeks. I give below the numbers of those which have been detained over thirty days, viz.:

Nos.285423421034762294212843729842
346283451629781282743433328873

There is at this time a strong demand for cars for the movement of the wheat crop, and I must beg that you will send home promptly all that you have on your line.

I remain,