William Steinway’s diary: “Ernest Hall comes in brings certificate signed by Geo. F. Bristow in Duplicate, as also Statement of Webers Report, I pay him a fee of $750 for his services in the matter as our Counsel Tretbar sends one of them to Prof. Watson of Ann Arbor”. The reference to Prof. Watson is important: Professor J.C. Watson at the University of Michigan has served as the the secretary of Group XXV jurors at the Centennial Exhibition.