The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-21

1 We will take in exchange one Advanc, | traction engine for $500
 l Warrant to be issued payable on tn, Fist day of January, 1914, for s2,21O. l Yours respectfully, A. T. NEWELL & BROS. l By A. T. Newell.
 l We afterward sold this Advance engine for $SOo, and no one knows peter about this than Jerry Gwin, as he loaded the ole traction engine for us after using it or the tar road below West End, as we had loaned it to the county for heating the tar We lost practically all our profit or this deal in getting rid of the old trac- tor. This is the order referred to in after noon papers of 17th by Jerry Gwin as the traction engine sold Jefferson county for $27l0 Why in the name of high heaven man who has held the position that you, Jerry Gwin, held should stoop so low as to mislead the people as you have in this instance? But these facts are no more ab- surd than the ones that you have made regarding the Lower Columbiana road. Do I have to ask the people of Jefferson county do they believe what you have to say? And will they not, congratulate them selves to know that such man has been relieved from service of Jefferson county? ? This is enough to prove that Gwins state- ments are absolutely false, but we will tax your patience little further. We have signed orders, but on account of the limited space we cannot copy in detail, but will refer in casual way to few of them.
 Colbert county order signed by the pro- bate judge and all of the commissioners for one 15-SO oil pull complete. with con tractors equipment Russell Traction Special, with fanged wheels, engine tongue and one Russell Traction Special scarifer for s3O0O.
 Elmore county order signed by Judge M. D. Still on November 13, 1913 for one i5-30 oil pull tractor complete, two Trac- Specials complete, and one Russell Trac- tion Specials complete, and one Russell Traction scarifier for $315O. This order was duplicated some four or five months later.
 Calhoun county order on October 15, 1913 signed by all the commissioners, was for one Rumely 15-30 ''F'' tractor com plete for $200O f. o. b. factory. This tractor was embraced in an order from the coun- ty for $7lS6, but was itemized at 5000.
 Evangeine parish, Louisiana, one type ''F'' oil pull tractor, two Russell traction special graders, chains and cables, for $3000.
 Chiffon county order on November 4, 1913, signed by the probate judge and all the commissioners was for one 15-30 type "Fs' tractor and two special road graders, cables, etc, for $2S00 Eight months later this order was duplicated. N
 We could go further and tax your pa tience with numerous other orders TOT traction engines, road machines, wheeled scrapers. drag scrapers and rollers com bihed in the same order, but 1t is useless to do so. However, would like to come little closer home and name the city of Bessemer, who on 9-1S-13 gave us an or der for one Rumely Contractors Special traction, 15-30 h. D., complete, and one Russell Traction Special and one Russell scarfier complete for S2950 The city of Birmingham purchased 30-d0 h. D. tractor and also Jefferson county for identically the same figures. Call up the city officials of Bessemer and Birmng ham and we feel sure that they will substantiate in every particular what we have said. It does not cost but 2-cent stamp to write to any of the county of ficials. Jerry Gwn, get your affidavits from any county officials in Alabama, Mississippi or any other state where we have sold engines for less than we have sold to Jefferson county and then you
 
 So much for the road machinery busi- ness.
 As to the cast iron culvert pipe sold Jefferson county, will say that we have sta cks of signed orders from the probate judges and county commissioners, all prices based on Birmingham prices. In a few instances these prices vary from the Birmingham prices on account of the freight being added in. We feel 1t would tax your patience and be an imposition on the public to print full and luminous amount of evidence showing the signed contracts with~prices for pipe sold in Ala bama, Mississippi and Louisiana. There are two instances where we sold pipe cheaper than the Birmingham prices, a2d one of these was on our own work and It only varied a few, cents per foot We did this because we knew that to install an other mans pipe would cost moF than the difference in OUT prices. In these ex- captions, and these exceptions only. our prices were lower than the Birmingham prices.
 City of St. Joseph, La:
 15-inch ....-....&-36
 Identically same as Birmingham.
 Crenshaw county: