Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-12-06
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AEEs5Es. EDTToHs s--In yonr last issus AiE.
Evans appears 70 have lost his temper not
- 1A-el. oel-t-1s L-as oAAtee-a q - -
he could furnish them 5u5 because lle work
was not given 20 EETaE. Tuless q price -
The justification. OF tHe COMMITTEES was
enIy written in reply 70 a former article Of
AE EFa1s'-sC that Mr.. Evans began the
eontroversys and II the facts are against
quel wiz show that what he calls his nasty
note" was written in TOO great Ahast5-"
this matter for the purpose Of casting any
I Eeelecttons upon any one but only IN self
/ stFuctfo7l OF my article convey the impres-
sion that castings at home cost about n1fV
\ per cent more man Lileg a9 az Eltls2 ~ IL
- may con Vey the lfn E3lssslo4 e1ldb sleg can
I be had much cheaper ct E'iftsi3urg than Mp.
Evans olIered % 90 mem IoE' otlI lot e15sz
I er than they could pc MADE mere ~ pLneEA
at fair and living profit. At the time these
I posts were purchased there was no coapet-
1ons so that Mr.. Evans may nave lnougnL
l he could compel the Council to take his
posts at his own price, but since the new
1 foundry OF Messrs. Burnham, Miller & Co,
who are all practical machinists, and hon
l oEable and slCillful business men, and who
have regular prices-T7II IIErIIE1. IEEEE Is
4 COMPETITION or soI-has been started, ]
have no doubt work can be done here as
cheap and IS WeH as at P1ttsourg OF any
There was no change in the price OF cast
fng1 between the time SIR. Evans bid was
obtained and the time the Plttsburg con-
ste1I was cLusea- ana am eIsA.olg IL
formed that the price Of castings has not
4
tle lacts- On the TN Gay OF July last A4rs
Wells the Marshal, called uron Mr. Evans
to ascertain what he would make the posts
$3.50 per post, land that was just about the
sum the Council paid for one OF his posts
about that time-) On the eth day Of July I
wrote to the Pftfsburg house 10 learn their
prices On the 10th day OF July they an-
swered my letter, giving their price, SI4,50
them at thas price Thus the taX-payeus
VIII see that the Council instead Of paying
SI9,50 for their posts got them at $3.50, thus
saving 500 per post, and after deducting
freight, at least s250,0 on the contract. WIN
81. A1Es57s please say on lgfieh Of these three
z l+43s 1el4 nom eight 70 nve cents per
pound 2 Did he himself discern the castings
.dellvered3 He cunningly says, now, he
viii do them as cheap as the others BE
viii bear In mind that the contract was not
made Eows but in July LAST. Now Mr.. G
Evans, In giving the price he would make [
them for either named q fair price at that /
Time OF ne named an UNFAIR goug1ngs e1-
hoTb1tanb price, and only asked 1t because Z
there was no competition. II the former I
he ought not to complain, for the Council i
did procure them some $4,000 cheaper than 4
he offered TO do them for; IL the latter. then 4
HE should not complain but the less said by \
However much might desire to patronizs /
home manufacturers ana ~ mechanics, (Which Il
have always dOne) my official oath would n
not allow me TO take $4,000 from the tax
payers to crafty the feelings or the fatl1ngs
note was too "hasty." AS to the quality"
of the PlGtsburg post as compared with that
made by Mr. Evans those competent to /
Judge pronounce them decidedly superior,
and il Is plain to every one that the Pittsburg
post has certainly three advantages over the L
Evans post viz:
: 1. They are in two sections; so that If one
section is broken it can be replaced without
buying new post
3 They have a large base or rim at the
bottom, to keep them steady, which Mr..
Evans has not.
g. They are heavier at the bottom and
lighter at the top. all which keeps them
from tOppling over, as the Evans posts are
vi al u Hna = ~ sHnNn
see by inspection. ]. d. VAN UE1IAN.
On or about the 9TH day OF July, 1867 I call
ed upon blr. Evans, at the request of the
Mayor, and met him on the steps of the
freight house. remarked to him, 'fAIr
Evans, the Mayor sent me to you to ask
what YOU would furnish the corporation the
gas posts at. He replied, ssI9,50 per post. -
then said, ais not that a little steep2" He
replied, f.They are worth it. and walked
away. JOSEPH WELLS.