The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-29

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GERS of The Company
BY analyzing yom letter it would soon
TO contain the following propositions.
ist That you have beou advised by
persons ,n position TO know hat our
contract with tfe city IS ureair and exc
tortiorate.
End. That the contrast IS Illegal be
cause it goes beyond the poNer Of the
city TO make it
3rd And FOR many other good and
sufficient reasons which you do not
ltemize
tth. That the contract has expired by
lapse Of time
In addition you state that you have
not had the time to give the matter "A
fair investigation. but that YOU d. mean
TO Investigate fully. and st YOU satisfy
yourself that the contract Is unfair TO
tine city and in addition to that is IL
icgai FOR any reason you VIII take such
steps as the law may permit to annul
lit
10 would seem from careful reaiing
Of your letter that the burden Is that
I
excessive. knowing you to be "a fair
minded man and having the best inter
ests ot the city az heart, we feel satis-
fled that yorr fun investigation cf that
matter viii develop the fact that the
terms OF the contract are reasonable
There are a great many cities In me
country the size Of Guthrie and larger
who are contracting for the pumping OF
their water We do not believe there
is "a contract anywhere for such service
under anything like similar conditions
which is as low as ours.
our company has already expended In
cash approximately twenty-one thous-
and dollars TO carry out the terms OF this
contract and comply with lis conditions.
The city. in making this contract With
us. was careful TO specify this kind OF
pump which should be used b. us r.
performing the service. however stat
ing that we might use others If equally
as good We think In that the judg-
ment OF the city was most excellent. We
We're unable to discover. after using the
greater diligence. that any other pumps
equally as good were made or on the
market II Is the very latest develop
mcnt OF pumping machinery and the
most expensive. Imr,edlatey upon se-
curing this contract. rsprcsen; ;atives OF
our company went to sairt Lofts and
Chicago TO arrange for manufacture and
delivery OF machinery Wo found that
these series Of pumps were so new on
the market, OF such apparent recent in
vertion. that the manufacturers them-
selves were not able to state az cnce
what we needed or would answer the
purposes Of this city. The general Of
hcers and agents Of the Worthington
Pump Company the largest concern in
the country in that business. took the
matter w personally and as soor as it
could be determined agreed 10 furnish
these pumps. but never at any time
would give us dehnite date Of delivery
We were unable 70 enter inio a contracc
OF that kind They promised delivery
as soon as it could be done. and we
were compelled to bu satisfied with that
as these people made the best pumps
specified by the City IN their contract
and We we're compelled TO get them :roni
them.
Realizing ;has the del'verv &as being
ielayei. 'nohsh W. We're using our best
efforts by letter and wire. one Of the Of
hcers Of the company finally went 10
New York and remained in tho factory OF
the General Electris Company. who were
making the lypamos 10 Dc attached 10
the pumps, and remained until they
We're completed and personally went will
the dynamos 20 the factory of the
Worthing On Pump people and stale in
the pump factory day after day while
these pumps We're being built and hur
ried the construction In every possible
way and finally secured their shipment
ln special car load lot from New York
on Apiu -9lh The shipment was imme-
dlately traced by letter and wire from
both ends ard kept W until it arrived IN
Guthrie the night Of May lst We have
done everything that could be done to
hurry the delivery ana installation. We
now have one pump Installed which is
furnishing the water for :he CRY and
has capacity TO furnish more thaU
twice as mucsh water as .ho city win
use under any circumstances. TO proper
ly carry out this contract with the city
our company vas compelled 20 eNrend
over ton thousand dollars at the power
plant in securing larger and duplicate
machinery SO that this service TO the
city woGld never fam under any reason-
able circumstances
So far AS The power of the city @ make
this contract IS concerned. under the
law. we are satisfied that fl is ample.
The aecessiues OF the city I'm the judg-
ment Of the council require, such ron
tract as This at tie time q was made
rho city seemed 90 have no available
resources with which 10 Install this
machinery and the Same vas absolutely
necessary 20 maintain the efficiency Of
the service.
ln amy estimate YOU may make OF
what 60 would cost tte city 10 pump this
water wa tink IL bat fair for yoa 10
include the outlay which ws have made
and which the city would have been
compelled 10 make otherwse.
ln addition 10 the above our contract
requires Che company 90 build sand-
pine at some point 20 be selected by the
city on the hill I'm the west part OF town
luis win cost uom five Co six Thousand
dollars additional We are bound t0 do
tuis whether -he city lays suflcieu,
mains 20 This new standpipo So that the
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