Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-07
ADVERTISEMENT

The Editorial entitled Coal
Assessments that appeared in
the Telegraph on Friday last,
although probably not so in
tended, is an unwarranted at
tack upon the coal companies,
unsupported by any facts or
evidence, and cannot be passed
by unnoticed and unanswered.
Such statements therein con-
tanned, as Commissioners
Slime and Cumbler
should not permit the corpora
tions to bluff them into radi-
cal revisions of the figures
=. The coal companies are
playing to the galleries in their
advertisements" are most GER
tainly unfair. The Coal Com
pany has used the columns of
the paper as an advertising
medium to dispose of its prop
erty and the Telegraph, by this
editorial, undertakes to advise
the public that this advertise
ment does not mean what it
says. Suppose this course of
conduct were to be pursued
with respect to other adver-
tisements, how long do you
suppose they would continue
to use the columns of the Tele-
graph as an advertising medi-
UNI? Suppose similar treat
ment were to be given Dives,
Pomeroy & Stewart; Doutrich,
Bowman e Company, and the
host of other advertisers, and
the public advised in the edi-
torial columns of the paper
that these advertisements were
a bluff" that they were
playing to the galleries." that
it was mere stage play" how
long do you suppose they
would continue to patronize
the paper?
Does the Editor of the Tele-
graph really and honestly be-
lieve that the company is bluff
fing in its effort to dispose of
this property, under the pres
ent circumstances and condl-
tions? If he does, let me as
sure him that he has formed
and expressed an opinion with
out any knowledge whatsoever
of the facts. Let me assure
him, in all sincerity, that the
offer of sale of this properly
for the sum of one million
four hundred thousand dollars
is bonafide, absolutely and pos
itively made in good falth.
Several weeks ago, when the
comfy Commissioners re-
ceiyed an intimation that the
company would be willing to
sell this property for one mil
lion five hundred thousand
dollars, the Patriot published
an interview wherein r. Els
worth Davies, the expert en-
Moved by the County to advise
the Commissioners of the real
value of these coal mines, was
reported to have said that II
such an offer were to be made
by the Company he would
have a dozen purchasers ready
to gobble it up. Well, here Is
an offer not at one million hVe
hundred thousand dollars, as
formerly reported, but one
million four hundred thousand
dollars, or ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS less,
and this is his opportunity.
Let him come along with his
dozen purchasers. The Com
pany has made the offer and
is ready and more than will
ling to be gobbled up. If he
can't find a dozen purchasers,
one, I am sure, will be suffl-
cient for the purpose; and, il
he cannot find one purchaser
for a property which he has
advised the County Commits
sioners is worth more than
.EIGHTY-SIX MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS, and for which the
Company now asks but one
million four hundred thou
sand dollars, how does he eX-
pect either the County Com
missioners or the citizens of
this County to have any con-
fdence whatsoever either in
his ability as an engineer or
in the statements which he
made concerning the purchase
of this property? For these
services which he is rendering
the County, I am advised by
the County Controller, that this
expert has already drawn from
the County Treasury the sum