Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-12-13

MEssE8s EBrrOlza Tho comm nlcat1ou
I published ln Jour last weeks issue over the
name Of John d. Van Demnn, Mayor Of the
town of DelagFars, is calling for notice Its
flEst demand appears 70 be for estimates and
figures. have taken some pairs to exam
Inc this matter, applying - the proper
sources for Information and the following
1 Is the results
Fifty gas posts bought at Pittsbara
said SfsyoTj -. ..- $3.50
less than ........s....- 800
Freight from Pittsburg to Delaware
on the above, as ascertained from
ire1gl1t Dllls as.s.-+ o@.3l
Drayage at Delaware about..-..-.--- SOC
Paid BurnhaFn, Miller q Co. for Mt
50 cents each. .....,............. :. - - $500
sS9s S3Ss9s5 81 Sc. & 5Fs q S BSss & S each 1899 2SS8
Total........-.................sI,282, ,282,08
This makes the actual cost OF each post
but fraction less than $500. Now agreed
to furnish post and lamp frame and this
includes all except the lamp, for $3.50. This
is as his Honor gives it And the lamps could
have been furnished by one Of our citizens
at s. each, as has been done heretofore so
thal my bid as the Mayor himself gives it.
Is still below the sum he has saddled on the
taxpayers. Let it be borne in mind, also,
as have proved BY the accompanying note
OF MI Williams even while correspond
ence was going on with foreign parties for
the purchase Of the posts, agreed to furnish
them as low as they. could be obtained any
where Now what becomes NJ IN ~ ~ r4f7-
elal 1ustian about patEoniZing @hou6 man
ufacturers and mechanics, asI have always
done 2" Why RLn charged before the
public with asking "an unfair, gouging and
exhorbitant price, merely because there was
competition, and so did the Mayor He had
been writing to Cleveland, Plttsburg and
Philadelphia, when informed him, as Mr..
W1AllaTns test1hes, thatI would furnish them
as low as they could be had elsewhere. Now if
his boasted regard for home producers is any
thing put gas, bad and sulphurous at that,
why did he not advise me Of the lowest price
they could be had at, when ascertafned, and.
see if [ would not fufdlI my promise The
figures indicate that it would have been
necessary for me to come up instead Of down
to it. 1t appears evident that ne never in
tended or desired to get the posts at home, If
by any management he could avoid it.
Then he refers to my worthy neighborsr
orable and skillful business men, who have
uniform prices, y &c in way to insinuate
making charges IS often as erect1ve as 1t Is
mean and cOWardIT. He then assumes an
attitude OF horror &C the bare idea Of taking
ings or 1aIlings,' 2 WlIls he is willing 70 take
more than thai throwing in his slanderous
charges and insinuations to boot, for the
purpose Of gratifying MS Olg7l.. Here we be-
hold the miserable spectacle of q disciple OF
Blackstone talking largely about practical
men who have regular prices the price OF
castings and the patronage Of home me-
chanics. when his own knowledge Of these
things does not probably extend farther than
the duties Of the wOod-sawyeE and barber,
And finally he calls for sympathy upon
the ground that began this public cOntrO
versy with him, and that he is merely de-
Tending himself What a pretense! Whose
communication appeared first in print2-
Was it mine or was It his? and is he defend
ing himself against charges of extortiOn and
dishonesty, or am the one who is compel
led to do so J. G. EVANS.
During the month Of June last called on
Mr.. Evans on some business at his foundry,
and asked him at what price he would 1ur-
niSh the corporation some gas posts, and he
said he would furnish them as low as any
one could, and so informed his Honor the