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<blockquote data-quote="jdeleski" data-source="post: 2435531" data-attributes="member: 33307"><p><strong>Response to Motorized Sled Proposal from Vittorio</strong></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'">June 21, 1933</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'">Vittorio Liuzzi</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'">The Drake Hotel</span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'">140 East Walton Place, Chicago</span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'">USA</span></span></p><p> <span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'">Dear Vittorio Liuzzi,</span></span></p><p> <span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'">Thank you not only for eagerly volunteering to accompany us on this voyage, but also your proposal of June 16th regarding the Eliason Motor Toboggan. Sir, you must know that you’ve brought a smile to my face, and also that of Dr. Moore! </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'">We’ve discussed your proposal at length and are mightily impressed with the speed and capacity of these units but, as you might expect, we have some concerns about their reliability and application. When questioning Mr. Eliason via telephone about his manufacturing practices, he confessed that each unit is handcrafted and of “no three being exactly alike,” which does not bode well for repairs, particularly in a geographic area to which replacement parts could not even be shipped. Dr. Moore was able to confirm that the toboggans weigh approximately 500 pounds each and are of a size which is within our range for stowing and transporting additional equipment aboard our vessel. I must question whether this weight might be sufficient to break through an ice layer to a dark crevasse below, therefore I will ask for the ultimate caution before using these machines in newly explored areas. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'">Dr. Moore and I agree, however, that they may prove useful to our expedition and are willing to add them to our expedition’s equipment list. That having been said, it is indeed unfortunate that I must inform you that there is an obstacle to this purchase. My accountants have informed me that I have run dangerously low in funds for our voyage and I am therefore unable to approve their purchase using S-ME finances. As you may have noted, I have funded the lion’s share of this expedition from my own personal estate so that we do not find our objectives at the mercy of the whims of an institution or shareholder, but now those resources run low.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'">Your offer to pay for this equipment is most generous. I wholeheartedly accept it and I have identified a few areas of the ship where you might secure the transport of these items. I will review these areas with you upon your arrival in </span></span><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'">New York City</span></span><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'">. Even should you bring these motorized toboggans, however, I’ve decided that it would be prudent to bring our full complement of sled dogs, as originally planned, to ensure that no mechanical failure would threaten the success of our mission.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'">Your planning and extra attention to detail has ably met the gauntlet that has been thrown down before you sir! I see that I’ve gained the services of not only a crack engineer and explorer, but also a leader of men! Your own actions as part of this expedition have now put us at the forefront of the application of engineering sciences, perhaps some day rivaling those of the great Henry Ford! Well done!</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'">I look forward to seeing you at the Amherst Hotel on September 1st.</span></span></p><p> <span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'">Sincerely,</span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'"></span></span><strong><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'">James Starkweather</span></span></strong><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'"></span></span><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'">Expedition Leader</span></span></p><p> <span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'"></span></span></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Goudy Stout'">Amherst Hotel</span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'">8th Avenue</span></span><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'"> and </span></span><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'">44th Street</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'">New York City</span></span><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'">, </span></span><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'">New York</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jdeleski, post: 2435531, member: 33307"] [b]Response to Motorized Sled Proposal from Vittorio[/b] [center][color=white][font=Lucida Handwriting]June 21, 1933[/font][/color][/center] [color=white][font=Lucida Handwriting]Vittorio Liuzzi[/font][/color] [color=white][font=Lucida Handwriting]The Drake Hotel 140 East Walton Place, Chicago USA Dear Vittorio Liuzzi, Thank you not only for eagerly volunteering to accompany us on this voyage, but also your proposal of June 16th regarding the Eliason Motor Toboggan. Sir, you must know that you’ve brought a smile to my face, and also that of Dr. Moore! [/font][/color] [color=white][font=Lucida Handwriting]We’ve discussed your proposal at length and are mightily impressed with the speed and capacity of these units but, as you might expect, we have some concerns about their reliability and application. When questioning Mr. Eliason via telephone about his manufacturing practices, he confessed that each unit is handcrafted and of “no three being exactly alike,” which does not bode well for repairs, particularly in a geographic area to which replacement parts could not even be shipped. Dr. Moore was able to confirm that the toboggans weigh approximately 500 pounds each and are of a size which is within our range for stowing and transporting additional equipment aboard our vessel. I must question whether this weight might be sufficient to break through an ice layer to a dark crevasse below, therefore I will ask for the ultimate caution before using these machines in newly explored areas. [/font][/color] [color=white][font=Lucida Handwriting]Dr. Moore and I agree, however, that they may prove useful to our expedition and are willing to add them to our expedition’s equipment list. That having been said, it is indeed unfortunate that I must inform you that there is an obstacle to this purchase. My accountants have informed me that I have run dangerously low in funds for our voyage and I am therefore unable to approve their purchase using S-ME finances. As you may have noted, I have funded the lion’s share of this expedition from my own personal estate so that we do not find our objectives at the mercy of the whims of an institution or shareholder, but now those resources run low.[/font][/color] [color=white][font=Lucida Handwriting]Your offer to pay for this equipment is most generous. I wholeheartedly accept it and I have identified a few areas of the ship where you might secure the transport of these items. I will review these areas with you upon your arrival in [/font][/color][color=white][font=Lucida Handwriting]New York City[/font][/color][color=white][font=Lucida Handwriting]. Even should you bring these motorized toboggans, however, I’ve decided that it would be prudent to bring our full complement of sled dogs, as originally planned, to ensure that no mechanical failure would threaten the success of our mission.[/font][/color] [color=white][font=Lucida Handwriting]Your planning and extra attention to detail has ably met the gauntlet that has been thrown down before you sir! I see that I’ve gained the services of not only a crack engineer and explorer, but also a leader of men! Your own actions as part of this expedition have now put us at the forefront of the application of engineering sciences, perhaps some day rivaling those of the great Henry Ford! Well done![/font][/color] [color=white][font=Lucida Handwriting]I look forward to seeing you at the Amherst Hotel on September 1st. Sincerely, [/font][/color][b][color=white][font=Lucida Handwriting]James Starkweather[/font][/color][/b][color=white][font=Lucida Handwriting] [/font][/color][color=white][font=Lucida Handwriting]Expedition Leader [/font][/color] [center][b][color=white][font=Goudy Stout]Amherst Hotel[/font][/color][/b][/center] [center][color=white][font=Lucida Handwriting]8th Avenue[/font][/color][color=white][font=Lucida Handwriting] and [/font][/color][color=white][font=Lucida Handwriting]44th Street[/font][/color][/center] [center][color=white][font=Lucida Handwriting]New York City[/font][/color][color=white][font=Lucida Handwriting], [/font][/color][color=white][font=Lucida Handwriting]New York[/font][/color][/center] [/QUOTE]
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