Daily Republican., 1880-02-03
FPsna Delaware Ciiy-A Few wsrds
In Reply tel. q.
DILANARR CITY, Web. 2.

| DbLAHAkk OIff, rep. z'
MRssRs. RDIroRs lin your issue o.
January so We notice an article by your
correspondent, J. g., headed "a few
wsrds to Snap" J. @. had in . pre-
vious article made some mistatsments
in regard to property holders Of Della
ware City, which Snap in subsequent
article corrected, but J. g. will not be
corrected, and seems determined to fix
his false impressions on the reading
public. Knowing that ysur paper has
q circulation through the entire State,
and many copies 90 to neighborins
States, We are not willing that our pro-
perty holders shall be libelled in this
manner and to our injury.
We will In the frst place say that
Snaps letter was in every particular
correct. Mr.. @. in his article says,
"had all the land, needed, been given
to the Taskers and projectors Of the dry
dock, IL would have given an impetus
TO our town that would have surprised
our old fogies." In reference to the
Tasker Co. we would say they never
came to Delaware City to secure loca-
tion, and II they had We hardly think
they desired or expected site to bs
given them. In regard to the Dry
Dock men We will say that we made
them q very liberal offer which they
did not accept, but the facts were,
that they did not want to purchase land
but wanted to sell to Us farm worth
about seven thousand dollars for the
small sul.i Of about ssvsnty-fvs thou |
sand dollars. J. g. may say men Of
straw or chaf, whichever he likes best.
OF the land association, the land was
not bought for the object nor held at
the prices which he states, but the
land has been repeatedly, by adver-
tisement, offered to manufacturing COM
panies, at cost, you may see therefore
that he has been writing very exten-
sively upon a subject Of which he
knows nothing. True some Of eur citi-
zens have moved, and others are about
to move. Some few we regret to lose,
the greater number We will miss, but
nevertheless will be happy to spare,
we have no doubts their places will be
filed by better citizens.
Snaps not store keeper, and spends
more money in Delaware City than he
receives from the people Of Delaware
City, and takes very great interest in
the "rising generation" So you see
the poor fellow Is "at sea again." j.
q. says "the solid men Of the town
agree with him." etc. Now Mr.. Editor,
don't pay too much attention to this
quotation, as 1t is just little joke Of
his, for we are sure he has not COM
muned very Iuuch with our solid men.
In conclusion we will say, real estate
is offered here cheaper than anywhere
else in the State, rents are very low,
provisions cheap, in fact a paradise for
. poor man. We have q warm welcome
and liberal treatment for substantial
but no vacancies for carpet
baggers. Mr.. Guthrie seems to be very
liberal in disposing Of other psople's
Has he ever made any dona-
lions of this kind to corporations !
As the most of our property is held by
persons who have earned 1t by hard
work and strict economy 1t is hardly to
Ds presumed that they wish to give it
away. Pardon us Mr.. Editor for tres
passing on SO much Of your time, but
IS we expect to reply to no more Of his
etters, we have made this article more
engthy than We expected.
OLD FoGIR.