Mr. H. A. Burchfield, Superintendent,

Evansville & Princeton Electric Railway, Ford Branch, Indiana. Dear Sir:

Referring to our conversation of last Wednesday, I would be pleased to make you the following proposition:

We will apply the France metallic
25 packing to the piston rods and valve rods of the Lane & Bodley cross compound Corliss engines, which you are about to install, for the
50 sum of $7.50 per inch. We would also install the France metallic packing on the valve rods of the exciter engines
75 for the sum of $7.50 per inch. We would not recommend the use of metallic packing on the valve
100 rods of the exciter engines owing to the fact that the length of stroke of the valve rods is variable on account of the variation of
125 load.

We will apply our packing to the engines as specified above, subject to a trial of 30 days; and it will be removed by us
150 should it not prove entirely satisfactory to you. We will further guarantee to keep these packings in repair for a period of five years dating
175 from their installation.

Trusting that we may be favored with your order for this packing which will receive our prompt attention, we remain

Yours very truly, (203)

Messrs. Lenox & Benfield,

Oskaloosa, Iowa. Gentlemen:

We have your valued order of the 29th inst., 1239,25 but are not able to make same without the bushings to reduce the size to 3/4 in. Unless we use some kind of a bushing
50 we shall not have sufficient thickness in the wall of the pipe to attach the end lugs.

Do you want these conveyors less than 325 in. diameter as furnished recently to go in a 3 in. pipe?

Thanking you and awaiting your prompt instructions, we are

Yours very truly, (99)

Messrs. N. Staples & Son,

Morris, Illinois. Gentlemen:

We have your favor of the 29th inst. and are pleased to name you a net price of $50.00 f. o. b. Chicago
25 for,

1 36 in. x 8 1/2 in. x 3 15-16 in. friction clutch pulley. The pulley would require 23 inches on
50 the shaft. We hope to be favored with your valued order, and remain

Yours very truly, (66)

Laidlaw-Dunn-Gordon Co.,

Elmwood, Ohio. Gentlemen:

We are enclosing you herewith a small circular of the Crossman engine governor which we trust you will give a careful perusal. This governor is
25 the only throttling governor that has embodied in it the inertia principle. We should be very glad, indeed, to have you try them in connection
50 with your high duty elevator pumps. We feel confident that should you give them a trial we shall be favored with your business for
75 throttling governors. We would be pleased to furnish you with one of these for trial, subject to your own terms of trial and approval, and
100 will guarantee the prices to be not more than you are paying at present for the governors which you are using. This governor has been
125 in constant operation for more than a year; and we have so much confidence in its success that we are now placing it on the
150 market.

We trust that you will give us an opportunity

to ship you one of these governors at an early date. Thanking you in advance
175 for any courtesies that you may extend to us, we remain

Yours very truly, (190)

Messrs. Johnson & Roos,

Arlington, Minn. Gentlemen:

We have your valued order of the 12th inst., but do not enter same as we are not sure about the style of elevator
25 buckets wanted.

The standard Avery buckets are 10x5 1/2 in., but we can furnish 10 x 4 1/3 in Salem pattern,50 or square cornered riveted buckets. Please advise us promptly.

Thanking you, we are

Yours very truly, (66)

Messrs. Beacon & Burpee,

Pittsburg, Pa. Gentlemen:

We have your favor of the 29th inst. and in reply are pleased to name you a net price for $48.5025 f. o. b. Chicago for material for link belt elevator as follows: 1 Head shaft, with pillow blocks and set collars for same.50 1 30 in. No. 77 sprocket wheel keyed to head shaft. 1 wooden elevator boot complete, with shaft projecting for sprocket wheel. Enough No. 77 link
75 belt for elevator 34 ft. from out to out.

8 x 5 Elevator buckets, regular riveted steel buckets, for above elevator. Bolts for fastening buckets
100 to chain.

The boot is figured in at $15.00. We do not figure on the sprocket wheel on boot shaft, as you do
125 not state the speed of the shaft from which you will take the power. We should be glad, however, to furnish the necessary sprocket wheels
150 at a discount of 50 and 10 per cent.

Hoping to be favored with your order, which shall have our prompt attention, we are

Very truly yours, (177)

Messrs. Cooper & Rogers,

Newton, Kansas. Gentlemen:

We have your valued order of the 29th inst. which we have entered for prompt attention.

We understand that style "A" take-up boxes
25 are wanted and that one end of each 25 x 2 7-16 shaft is to be keyseated for coupling.

The last item calling for
50 10 ft. No. 62 chain bits, we interpret as ordinary link belting.

With many thanks, we are

Yours very truly, (70)

Mr. O. X. Tuttle, Pur. Agt., Glucose Sugar Refinery, Chicago. Dear Sir:

The France Packing Company, after a successful career of over twelve years in the manufacture
25 of metallic packings, about a year ago determined to enter into the line of manufacturing fibrous packings of all kinds. Since that time we have been accumulating a stock, and are in a
50

position to make immediate deliveries on all sizes, grades and types of fibrous packings. We are in a position to name you rock-bottom prices
75 in quantity lots. We believe that it would pay you, as a large user of fibrous packings, to give us an opportunity to bid on
100 your supplies the coming year. Upon request we will furnish you with any reasonable amount of packing that you may require to give it
125 a sufficient trial.

We are making all grades of flax, gum core packing, diagonal, spiral, and asbestos, round or square braided packings. We have opened
150 a store, 165 Lake Street, where it is our intention to carry a full line of packings in order to be in a
175 position to make immediate deliveries of small orders.

We are also the representatives of the Cross-mann Engine Governor Company, and the Pittsburg Gage & Supply
200 Company's White Star oil filter, and the Bonar elevator piston rod lubricator, circulars of which are enclosed herewith.

Should you be in the market for
225 any of the articles above enumerated, the writer would be pleased to call upon you at your convenience to take up the matter.

Thanking you
250 in advance for your favorable consideration of this matter, we remain

Yours very truly, (264)