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Briefly, as you know we are still exceptionally pre-occupied with putting out the last fires throughout Ireland (in some cases, literally),
Marston: Have been thinking about our last meeting in August and the issues you raised, including many points with which, as I said at the time, I did not disagree, but saw no nearby horizon in which the circumstances giving rise to your complaints might change.
Well. The events of the last week do somewhat alter the picture, do they not? Have a proposition for you. If you can spare Miss Blishwick or any other of your senior engineers, the damage in Galway, Dublin and Belfast needs assessment. There shall commence a bidding process for the rebuild, of course, but arriving today - tomorrow at latest - would give you a head start on surveying the wreckage and taking preliminary measure of what might be proposed for the reclamation. Perhaps that, in some wise, would compensate for your firm's losses in the spring?
Understand that I can in no way offer assurance at this time. Others will naturally wish to compete, and indeed, you know as well as I that the Ministry is obligated to consider all incoming proposals on their merits. However, an early view, before the unaffiliated hopefuls are cleared to travel, could make a significant difference to your rough estimates.
Of course, once the initial survey is complete would assume that your party would return to British soil, since surely you have projects underway which require your engineers' attention. But things are calm enough that appropriate documentation can be provided to allow access to the sites.
I mention Miss Blishwick only because I seem to recall that waterfronts and bridges are a specialty of hers. Both Galway and Belfast sustained significant destruction on their seaward vistas, which shall require reconstruction.
Let me know if you decide to accept the offer and shall contact MLE for the travel parchments. Until then I remain
-LM, &c.
Marston: Have been thinking about our last meeting in August and the issues you raised, including many points with which, as I said at the time, I did not disagree, but saw no nearby horizon in which the circumstances giving rise to your complaints might change.
Well. The events of the last week do somewhat alter the picture, do they not? Have a proposition for you. If you can spare Miss Blishwick or any other of your senior engineers, the damage in Galway, Dublin and Belfast needs assessment. There shall commence a bidding process for the rebuild, of course, but arriving today - tomorrow at latest - would give you a head start on surveying the wreckage and taking preliminary measure of what might be proposed for the reclamation. Perhaps that, in some wise, would compensate for your firm's losses in the spring?
Understand that I can in no way offer assurance at this time. Others will naturally wish to compete, and indeed, you know as well as I that the Ministry is obligated to consider all incoming proposals on their merits. However, an early view, before the unaffiliated hopefuls are cleared to travel, could make a significant difference to your rough estimates.
Of course, once the initial survey is complete would assume that your party would return to British soil, since surely you have projects underway which require your engineers' attention. But things are calm enough that appropriate documentation can be provided to allow access to the sites.
I mention Miss Blishwick only because I seem to recall that waterfronts and bridges are a specialty of hers. Both Galway and Belfast sustained significant destruction on their seaward vistas, which shall require reconstruction.
Let me know if you decide to accept the offer and shall contact MLE for the travel parchments. Until then I remain
-LM, &c.
