Corpus of Modern Scottish Writing (CMSW) - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk/cmsw/ Document : 516 Title: Letter About George Gilbert Scott and the New University Buildings Author(s): Ewing, Archibald Orr Victoria Buildings. 2 West Regent Street. Glasgow. 29 May 1868 GLASGOW UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES My dear DrThomson I am very vexed at what has taken place as to this extra [cutting] and I confess I am not a little uneasy when I see the very great [¿] of our [¿] in providing contracts [¿] estimates for the alterations [¿] additional works _ It is not busineſslike and I fear it [¿] because he does not wish us to carry on the [works] upon the principles we have laid down _ As to the additional cost the enormous additional cost of the Heating Apparatus you should [note] the [¿] [apparatus] to take charge of this and ask them for a [¿] of their proceedings _ their estimate of cost and [¿] before their [¿] costs estimate and ask them for an explanation I certainly [¿] [¿] the ours upon them _ I think the sooner we have this and afterwards a meeting of the Building Committee the better Yours very truly [¿] Dr Allen Thomson