File No. 838.51/485

Minister Blanchard to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

Your February 29, 6 p.m. Liquidation of the forty-five thousand clue the Compagnie Haitienne de Construction, comprising forty-two thousand dollars for work performed and three thousand dollars loan to the Government previously, should, in my opinion, come under the category of claims to be covered by loan of two million dollars.

Considering the urgent necessity for an early completion of street paving and sewers in accordance with contract for sanitary reasons and public utility, I recommend that sum of five thousand dollars a month, in addition to the seven thousand dollars now paid, be allowed above-mentioned company to settle for work for that value performed in the first article in addition to the seven thousand dollars worth.

Blanchard