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following the results of this meeting, to arrive at something that will be thor- 

 oughly practical and satisfactory. 



Mr. Buller left a few hours after the meeting on Wednesday for Denver, 

 and he will communicate with us immediately on his return from this trip 

 and set a date on which we will have this combined meeting at one of the 

 Pennsylvania tanneries. 



I am quite sure that all the tanners are ready and willing, and even anxious, 

 to settle this pollution problem to the satisfaction of the authorities, and our 

 only fear has been that whatever we might do in the way of installation of 

 any known equipment might not in the end solve the problem. It is more than 

 likely that a test plant will be put in at one of our tanneries on account of 

 its peculiarly adapted location for such work. 



I thought I would write you immediately about this proposed action here 

 in Pennsylvania and ask your opinion whether it would be best for us to wait 

 for the installation of any particular equipment at our Elkins tannery until 

 after we have proved out the efficiency and practicability of the test plant 

 to be installed at the particular Pennsylvania tannery. As this test plant will 

 be the result of the combined thought and judgment of all the Pennsylvania 

 tanners' and the Fish Commissioner's organization, it certainly promises 

 very much better results than would be brought about by a plant built and 

 operated on the knowledge and experience of our own particular concern. I 

 would be very glad to have you write me in regard to this matter, as we 

 want to satisfy you in every way possible, and we appreciate you courtesy 

 in this whole matter and want you to know and feel that we want to do every- 

 thing possible to bring about results that would be satisfactory to you and 

 to the people in the locality about our tanneries. 



Your* very truly, - 



KISTLER, LESH & Co. 



By S. Kistler. 



September 2, 1912. 

 KISTLER, LESH &Co., v 

 Lock Haven, Pan. 



GENTLEMEN: I have your letter of the 30th ult. and note carefully all 

 you say therein concerning the tannery at Elkins, as well as the contemplated 

 conference to be held at one of the tanneries in Pennsylvania, and beg to say 

 in reply thereto, that while I was very anxious to get something done at once 

 towards stopping the pollution of the Tygart's Valley river, of course, I 

 would not desire that you do any unnecessary wcwk, or work that would not 

 in the end prove effective. 



I have given this question more thought and attention than any other 

 matter connected with my department, and am fully aware of the many dif- 

 ficulties to be encountered in working out a satisfactory way of treating there 

 pollutions, and am fully convinced that we need a united effort of all interests 

 concerned, working in harmony to accomplish the ends desired. 



I certainly am willing to await the results of your conference, and if at 

 this conference it is decided that it is necessary to install a test plant to 

 finally determine on the best mode of future procedure along this line, I think 



