Orrice or VAN BRUNT & HOWE, Arcuirects. 
Henry Van BrunNT, Frank M. Howe, 
60 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BayARD BUILDING, 1214 A. MAIN Sr., 
Boston, Mags. Kawsas City, Mo. 
Kansas Crtry, Mo. hein i Aa sek ange iss BBB, 
Wm. Brewster, Esqe, 
Cambridgs, Mass. 
I have just returned from a visit to Boston and Cambridgee 
While there I made a special effort, to see you, and went to Cam- 
bridge for that purpose; I regret that this effort was futile, as 
a personal consultation over the Museum would meet with more 
prompt and more definite results than can be reached by corres- 
pondence. Of course We ar? anxiovs and ready to fda hd ney ire 
professional obligations to you in all respectSe 
I observed at the building that in addition to the building 
of the brick partition wall, and the brick chimneys, both of which 
works seam to me in every way commendable and proper to be done, 
in view of your desiring more fire proof construction, +46 you 
are preparing to have the concrete floor to the Museum; this we 
knew nothing about. It is needless for me to repeat that the 
contract and specification represent clearly my understanding of 
what you were prepared to pay for the Museum, and what we under- 
stood to be your Necessary limitations of expense, confining the 
fire proofing to wire lathing and plastering in the ceiling of 
