The Secretary noted that no other firm had complained, that the Hobbs mechanism had not been widely sold, and that the changes demanded-a clear space around the rim and the flattening of the Indian's cheekbone-would affect the artistic merit of the piece.
After he issued his decision, MacVeagh learned that the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Company, which Hobbs claimed had enthusiastically received his device, was actually removing it from service as unsatisfactory.