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LETTERS OF ROBERT L. HOLT

The following letters to, and from, Robert L. Holt were found in the company office. They were written during the years 1906 to 1916. No analysis of the letters is provided. They have been placed here for your own reading and enjoyment. As additional letters become available, they will added to this collection.

 

Biggs & Reade
Attorneys and Counsellors At Law
Durham, North Carolina
 

May 17, 1906

 
Mr. R. L. Holt
Burlington, N.C.
 
Dear Bob,
 
Has your county convention been called? If so, please let me know the date. Do you have precinct meetings to elect delegates to the county convention?

Won't you take charge of my interests in Alamance? I wish you would send me a list of men in the different sections of the county, to whom my friends ought to write. Can't you get Sam Webb to do some active work. Ned Parker will aid you.

What following will Sam Gattis have? I heard that McBride Holt favors him. Can't you get Mr. Banks Holt for me.

 

Sincerely,

J. Crawford Biggs

 

The Audubon Society of North Carolina

 
 

Greensboro, N.C.

October 15th, 1907

Mr. R. L. Holt
Burlington, N.C.
 
Dear Sir:
Replying to your letter of October 11th I take pleasure in sending you under separate cover fifty cloth warning notices for posting on your game preserve.

 

Yours very truly,

T. Gilbert Pearson

Secretary

 
R. S. NEAL
Engineer and Contractor
 

Washington, D.C.

Jan 10, '08

 
Dear Bob:
 

Enc. please find my chk for $400.00. Will send you the bal. before very long. You know how much I appreciate this. I am inviting myself to come up and spend two or three days with you before long. Will you go hunting with me if I come? Hoping every thing you want is coming your way. I am

Yours Sinc

R. S. Neal

 
Davidson-Dunlap Manufacturing Co.,
Manufacturers of
Rough and Dressed Lumber
 

Causey, Chatham Co., N.C., Feby 7 - 1908

Mr. R. L. Holt
Burlington
 
Dear Sir,

I want to buy a pair of ponies for my children. If you have any, please name lowest prices, if you haven't any, do you know where I could get them? Hope you are getting along nearly as well as you could wish. I am as ever -

Sincerely yours,

I. H. Dunlap

 
R. A. Doughton
Attorney and Counsellor At Law
 

Sparta, N.C.

Feb 20th, 1908

R. L. Holt Esq,
Burlington, N.C.
 
Dear Mr. Holt:-
 

Permit me to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 17th inst in which you express a desire that I should become a candidate for Atty-General. A large number of friends through the State, like yourself, have urged me to enter this contest, and I very much appreciate the fact that they have considered me worthy to fill so important a place. I have not become a candidate for two reasons: one is - I dislike the strife and uncertainty of politics, and the other is - my time has been occupied with the duties of my profession. These prizes are now only secured by effort.

I owe it to my friends however, to give them a definite answer, and this I will do at an early day.

I assure you that I highly appreciate your letter, and thank you for the same. Meanwhile, with cordial good wishes, I am,

Sincerely yours,

R. A. Doughton

 
Ashley Horne Headquarters
Yarborough Hotel Building
 

Raleigh, N.C. March 3rd, 08

Hon. R. L. Holt
Burlington, N.C.
 
My dear Mr. Holt:-

I appreciate most highly the kind words you have spoken about my candidacy, and earnestly hope that you can actively support me in my fight. I am hearing from all parts of the State that the farmers and the business men are determined to have a business man as Chief Executive. The financial stringency has caused a great deal of unrest among the people, and unless I am mistaken, the business men are determined to put in office men whose sole object is to attend strictly to the business of their departments.

While my friends are not so loud in their talking as the friends of the other two candidates, I believe that when the vote is counted the result will be a surprise to a good many people.

Knowing the great influence you have, I most earnestly hope that you are in a position to aid me because your influence would mean a great gain for my interest.

 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON
 

March 4, 1908

Col. R. L. Holt,
Burlington, N.C.
 
Dear Colonel:

If you knew how anxious I am to have your support, how much I would appreciate it and how sincerely I regret not having it, I believe that owing to twelve years of friendship you would actively enlist in my cause, and thus insure to me the solid vote of Alamance County, as well as being of great assistance elsewhere.

Of course, if your judgment is that some other man would add more strength to the democratic party as its standard bearer, or more faithfully serve the commonwealth as its Governor, I could not expect you to support me. When I saw you in Greensboro sometime ago, I exceedingly regretted that we did not have the time to have a good talk about the situation.

I shall always appreciate the splendid work you did for me and the party in 1896, when I beat Tom Settle. The fact that you did so much for me then and have been such a friend to me ever since, makes it harder for me now to fear that I may be deprived of your valuable assistance in the present contest. You can make me happy by dropping me a line that you will help me in this contest.

Always with best wishes,

Yours truly,

W. W. Kitchin

 
Julian S. Carr
Southern Securities and Investments
Durham, N.C.
 

March 30, 1908

Mr. R. L. Holt,
Burlington, N.C.
 
Dear Sir:-

I understand that Alamance County holds its convention on the 2nd of April.

I hope Mr. Horne's friends will be in attendance and will control Alamance for Ashley Horne.

You, of course, understand how important it is that Ashley Horne should show up well in Alamance County, because it is the first County called in the Convention. Alamance stands at the head of the row. You are perhaps the most influential man in Alamance County, and through your friends can control the situation.

Please give us a good report from Alamance County, in favor of Mr. Horne. You can do it and we shall look for it.

Always with my very best wishes,

Very truly yours,

Julian S. Carr

 
Julian S. Carr
Southern Securities and Investments
Durham, N.C.
 

April 3, 1908

Mr. Robt. L. Holt,
Burlington, N.C.
 
My dear Mr. Holt:-

I am pained to receive your communication advising that you did not stand with me on the question of Governor this year.

I am very sorry indeed to learn this, and I know it will very materially disappoint and hurt my friend, Mr. Horne.

I was speaking with Mr. Horne only this morning, in Raleigh, and he must have been advised that you were going to support him, because he was speaking very kindly with reference to this very matter and especially in connection with you.

I have nothing unkind to say or think of Mr. Kitchin. He is a good man and will make a good Governor, but I have taken my rations and am going to die in the rifle pits with Ashley Horne.

With my very best wishes, I beg to remain,

Very truly yours,

Julian S. Carr

We can expect to have all the good men with us, if so it would be unanimous, but I did want you.

 
General Electric Company
Principal Office
Schenectady, N.Y.
 

In Reply Refer to 12812

Baltimore Office, 1600 Continental Trust Building

April 15, 1908

 
Mr. Robt. L. Holt
Glenco Mills
Burlington, N.C.
 
Dear Sir:-

While in Fayetteville last week, I was told that you were in town, and expected to see you, but was later informed that you had left for Burlington.

Your cousins, Messrs. Lawrence and Edward Williamson, told me you were about to develop a water power, which I believe I figured on with you several years ago.

I was detained in that section until Saturday night, when I returned, and in the meantime, I phoned Mr. E. P. Coles, of our Charlotte Office, and note that he wrote you under date of April 10. I hope you will make an early appointment with Mr. Coles to go over the matter with him. I will keep in touch with him and any time that you think I can be of service, would be very glad to go over the matter with you.

I have very pleasant recollections of my last visit to your mill, and especially to the vegetable dinner to which you treated me that day. I believe, that at that time both you and your partner were bachelors, but I am informed that both of you have mended yours ways since that time, although I doubt very much whether you could improve upon the dinner we had that day.

Yours very truly,

John -----

 
SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
OFFICE OF THE FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
 

Raleigh, N.C. June 17, 1908

 
Mr. R. L. Holt,
Burlington, North Carolina
 
My Dear Sir:-

I had a conference here with Governor Doughton, Attorney and Mr. Eller, Secretary, of the North Carolina Railroad, on May 7th., with respect to the old Hotel property at Burlington, and dictated the following telegram to you, but when the operator started to send it to Burlington, he was informed that you were absent, and would not return until early in June:

"I have a letter from Governor Doughton, Counsel of the North Carolina Railroad, in regard to turning over the old hotel property at Burlington to the North Carolina Railroad. In his letter he states as follows:--

"The officers of the North Carolina Railroad Company have signed the papers prepared on behalf of the Southern Railway and the North Carolina Railroad Company in reference to the Burlington Hotel property, and they are ready for delivery. There is, however, a deed of trust executed by the Southern Railway Company to the Central Trust Company of New York, and also to the Standard Trust Company, both of which are recorded in Alamance County and embrace the property of the North Carolina Railroad Company. Mr. R. L. Holt, has a lease upon said property duly recorded subject to the various conditions, and has permitted some parties to put some small houses on it as I am informed. I suppose there will be bo (sic) trouble with him. You are familiar with all these matters, and will do what is necessary I am sure to make the title of the North Carolina Railroad good to the property at Burlington that is to be released by your company to that Company."

I was not aware that you had had the contract made between the Southern Railway Company and yourself recorded. I will thank you to have this lease between you and the Southern Railway Company cancelled at once, as the lease between you and I has been cancelled a year or more ago, and the possession of this property should be delivered to the North Carolina Railroad. I will thank you to have this done at once."

Learning that you had now returned to Burlington, I am quoting you the telegram above, and will thank you to have the matter attended to.

With best wishes, I am

Yours very truly,

A. B. Andrews

 
DELGADO MILLS
WILMINGTON, N.C.
 

Mar 27th, 1911

Dear Bob,

I staid over until Sunday morning looking for you, as I wanted to get you to come home with me, and stay a week or two for a change. That will do you good to take a change and straighten yourself up. Bob you must do this or the way you are living will break your health. I was distressed to see that you were drinking, and have so many of your friends come to me expressing their kind feelings and desire to help you. I heard it before I went to Burlington, and that is what I went up for, to see you and bring you home with me. Now Bob there is not a man in the state who stands higher than you do, or one who has more friends, and no matter what misfortune should come to you they will stand by you and you will still have their high regard and respect if you do not drink. But no man is himself when he drinks and it will make him have such habits and associates that it will lower the best mans moral standing. A man can not and will not attend to business, or any thing else. Now I expressly went there to talk with you about this, also business, but you avoided me and I could not find you. I had always looked on you as a strong man, and one who would stand up in time of danger or adversity, and the world always loves and admires a man who will.

It is easy enough to stand up when no danger or no adversity. Any one can do that, but the time to show a mans metal is in time of adversity and every man will stand by him. I know you have plenty of metal and if you will let drink alone can do as well as any man. You have the friends and your brothers who will stand by you, and as I wrote you before I will do every thing possible. Now Bob, my dear boy, I was grieved to see you act so, and to see the ladies hanging around you, and longed to put my arm around and take you home with me. Now read this and pack up your clothes and come on down here and spend a few weeks with me, and I will help attend to any business and I know you can get things in shape.

I learned that those H.M. bonds had not been taken up at G.L.&T. Co. so I came home and will go to Fayetteville tomorrow or next day and see Lawrence and Walter and have it done. It must be done and can easily be done if they attend to it. If you had gone down there in Feb. I am sure you and Walter could have placed them in some other bank. Those are as good bonds as in U. S. and the mill can get the money and pay them off. All it needs is attention. I will go up there tomorrow if Walter is at home and try to get it straight this week or next sure. Walter went to Chicago and I feel sure will get M. F. & Co. to take them as well as our stock and if so that will help all around. When things get in a hole the only way to get out is to get to work and do it. One minutes delay makes it just that much harder to do. Banks and financial men will help and back any man who is "on the dot" all the time and shows that he is doing his duty, but neglect will make them shy. I will go up and attend to this and see that it is paid. I wish you had gone down there and had them taken up. Even if we were waiting on M. F. & Co. it should have been attended to and placed elsewhere. We will fix that all right very soon. I will try to do it this week in Fayetteville or in Balto.

Now about your electric power. I waited to see you talk that over and help you get it started. If you keep putting the electrical men off they will get sore. You have a good thing there and the electrical men are the ones to help you. My idea was to Bond it for say $50,000. 6% 30 year bonds with the privilege to call them in in 15 years. Then issue $50,000 common stock which you keep. This would at once give you $50,000 in your pocket for the bonds with which you can complete the work and put motors in Elmira. They are not able to do it and if you do that I will see that they make contract for 250 H.P. for ten years with the agreement that if it take more than 250 H.P. that Elmira is to have all it will require to run them. You see this will at $20 a horse give your Co. $5,000 a year guaranteed and if it takes 300 H.P. it will be $6,000, which is 12% on the Bonds and stock. With this guarantee of an income of over double what the interest on the bonds will be you can easily float the Bonds by guaranteeing 6% interest, and to set aside 3% for a sinking fund to retire the Bonds. This 3% sinking fund would be only $1,500 a year which put at interest and compounded would retire the Bonds in 15 or 20 years. The 6% on the Bonds would be only $3,000 a year and the sinking fund $1,500 on a total of $4,500 a year and if you furnish 300 H.P. at $20 or $6,000 you would have left $1,500 to pay on Common stock, besides having all of your money you have spent on the place in your pocket as soon as the Bonds are sold.

You can place those bonds on that basis and the Electrical Co. will do it for you or help you. You see you would have guaranteed twice what the interest on the bonds are and by agreeing to lay aside a sinking fund of 3% to retire the bonds it would be as fine a proposition as any man could wish. Now brace up and get right behind this. You can have the motors put in at Elmira without stopping them a day, but it will cost a little extra by putting up jack counter shaft off from the main driving shaft so that the engine could be run in conjunction with it any time the water is low, like this

This can be put up at a little extra cost but that will prevent shutting down and will also be ready at all times to hook the engine on in low waters. We need not change the carding at present to the lower floor, but let it go as it is until we get the opportunity and this way not interfere with delivery to M. F. & Co. Just put motors on jack shafts. We would want that even if we did move the carding down stairs so as to hook the engine on at any time of low water. You are in fine shape on this so brace up and get right after it. I will help you and all the boys will and you have friends there who will stand by you and us all, but we have to attend to it.

The sale of the Bonds will give you $50,000 cash and I understand it will not cost more than 10 to 12,000 to put in the electric plant and the motors at Elmira. That would leave you $40,000 cash money or about what you have in it, and still you will have $50,000 stock and good stock at that. If you can produce more than Elmira takes then you will have even a greater income than $6,000 on the plant. It can be done so write the electric people, or go and see them is best, and get them to place the Bonds. You can go with a guarantee from Elmira to take at least $5,000 power a year for 10 years and that will sell the bonds. You could make contract also with some other of the knitting mills there to take surplus power at $15.00 year to give them the surplus whenever you have it and that will make the proposition of the bonds stronger. We will help you in every way possible and you have it right in your hands. You see the Bonds will be sold in a plant that is already built and not one that is to be built with their money. It is already there and you have a guarantee of double the amount of interest. I don't think there will be three weeks in a year that you could not furnish Elmira with 300 H.P.

Now Bob brace up and have only kind words for every one and they will have the same in return. You have as many friends as any man in the state and all respect you but no man respects a drinking man. If a man stays sober and does his part he will always find brothers and friends who will stay by him and die by him. We all have faults and we must try to excuse those in others and do our best and every thing will come right. Just have faith in God and your own right arm and it will bring you through any thing. Get on the train and come down and spend a week or more with me and we will fix up the electric proposition and get things in good shape. We all three join in best love to you and hope you will come down.

Your devoted brother,

Ed

 
American Motors Co.
Successors to
American Motor Car Co.
Indianapolis, Ind.
 

5/12/11

Mr. R. L. Holt,
Burlington, N.C.
Dear Sir:
 

Replying to your esteemed favor of the 7th:

We hand you herewith sample contract that is self-explanatory. Our minimum deposit with contract is $250, and you will note that you are in no wise obligated under this contract as to the number of cars to be taken, but naturally, to avoid disappointment if you wished to secure deliveries absolutely, your specifications would have to be in in advance of your needs.

Freight rates you can ascertain from your agent there and we can load three of these cars in a carload. The scale weight of the car, standard equipment and fully equipped, is under 2800 lbs, It strips down to manufacturer's weight of approximately 2500 lbs.

Catalogue sent you with our letter of the 4th gives you full description of the car, and the 50 HP catalogue that we are handing you under separate cover is fully descriptive of our larger model.

In August of this year we will have ready for deliveries a two passenger underslung Roadster listing at $1250. We are not ready as yet to give out specifications on this model, but it will be in keeping with our other two models and should prove an excellent seller.

We do not believe a fairer contract has ever been offered to the trade, and if you are interested in our line, it will pay you to get busy at once. There is not going to be any doubt of these cars taking hold of the trade and proving good sellers.

We should be pleased to hear from you further.

Yours very truly,

AMERICAN MOTORS COMPANY
V. A. Longaked (?)
Chairman & General Manager

 

Blossom Texas

May 17 - 1911

Dear Bob:-

I was glad to hear from you, and to know you was feeling well. I am some better than I was last week but still have some rheumatism. In regards to your note will say I really need the money, as I owe some land notes maturing July 1st on a tract of western land (2560) acres, and am paying 8% int. but I went up and had a talk with the bank, and they agreed to carry the notes 6 months. I hated to go to them, but I did it just to accommodate you, and hope dear brother you will appreciate it, and if old Sam should ever strike a bad streak of luck you will come to his rescue.

You can make out a new note for $10,600 to take the place of the old one, and send it to me and I will return to you the old note. Bob for God's sake be careful, and don't go into speculation, it would ruin me to lose the money I have raked together to let you have as it is nearly all I have. Of course my wife has property but that is hers and we have 2 small children just ready to put in school.

I am getting old and my health is not good. I know if anything should happen you will protect the loan I have made at a big sacrifice, you are my dear brother and I can't refuse your request, but be careful. With love to you and Ernest from all of us.

Your aff brother,

Sam

 

Blossom Texas

July 30 - 1911

 

Dear Bob:-

I guess that Will is at home by now and can tell you about conditions of crop in Tex. It looks now as if Texas will make four million bales, and will do it unless something happens.

Let me sound a little word of warning and you heed it. Just now we are having quite a lot of cloudy days and some rain and it is raining today. This may bring boll worms and weevils, and it is not too late for them to do great damage yet. Already in the Gulf Coast country complaint is being made and some little complaint here and if we have a rainy Aug, North Tex, Okla, and Ark will suffer from ravages of insects badly, and a big crop is not yet a sure thing.

Hope Will will get settled down again at Lakeside. I certainly enjoyed his stay with me. Why can't you come out and see me? We would be so glad to see you. We will move to Paris in six weeks. Have a nice home there and good schools to send Daisy and Tom. With love to all.

Your aff brother, Sam.

 
The White Company
Motor Cars
Cleveland, O., U.S.A
 

Dated at Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 30, 1911

Mr. Robt. L. Holt
Burlington, N.C.
 
Dear Sir:-

We understand that you are interested in a seven passenger car, or at least a larger car than the usual size touring car.

We have very near you one of our seven passenger 40's which we assure you is well worth your investigation. It is not only built of the best material known to modern science but also built in the best manner. The engineering ideas incorporated into the motor are the very latest and the car as a whole will give you more mileage on less cost of operation and maintenance than any car in this or foreign countries. We say this from experience and without any fear whatever of successful contradiction.

You can get lower priced cars and higher but you cannot get a car that for a like amount of money will give you so much mileage on so small an expenditure of money. This is the real point.

We are asking our district salesman, Mr. J. M. Austin, at Greensboro, to get in communication with you and show you this car. We ask your careful consideration.

The writer happens to be down here from the main office and hence writing you from here.

Yours truly,

E. W. Gaus

 
LEAPHARD LUMBER COMPANY
CHARLESTON, S.C.
 

Oct 31st, 1914

Mr. R. L. Holt
c/o Glencoe Mills
Burlington, N.C.
 
Dear Rob;-

Your wire reading as follows was duly received.

"Offer seven and quarter Fifty Bales Strict Middling Inch Staple shipment by fourth November."

On receipt of your wire with others I had I sent out 12 to 15 telegrams to my best connections, and up to the time I talked with you last evening over phone was unable to get a price made. Nor could I get either Maybank & Co or McCabe here to quote, or to quote on the Types I sent you No-50-51-&52, Wm H. Williamson wrote me to wire him to Deland Fla, best price on No-50 &51 yesterday afternoon, but no one here or any of my other connection would quote. Elberton Ga, wired to make best offer, but stated their market had advanced ¼ to ½ ¢ in past 3 days and Strict Middling was hard to get and buyers paying a premium for same. In fact they write today Strict Middling was be bought in that section in the small town at 7-1/4 ¢ to 7-3/8 ¢ and as it would take 40 to 50 points to land it in Burlington, would make price of 7-3/4 to 7-7/8 ¢ landed Burlington. So far today I have not been able to get a quotation, though I sent out several night letters asking for prices. I have out several letters asking for price Monday, so if get any offerings for prompt or later Nov. shipments will wire you on Monday.

They all here seem to think cotton will be higher. Owing to Germany now taking cotton and all other foreign countries and war risk insurance being largely reduced etc. In regard to copy of letter I sent you yesterday as to forward shipments I can get from Newburger any amount wanted or grades, on such a contract as outlined in said letter. In regard to bill of lumber can give prompt shipment if you decide to place order with me.

Your Afft Bro

Walter G. Green

 
MANN & CO.
PATENT ATTORNEYS
 

BALTIMORE May 5th, 1915

The Glencoe Mills,
Mr. Robert L. Holt, President,
Burlington, N.C.
 
Dear Sir:-

The writer, Mr. Mann, Sr., has given thought to the matter of drafting an agreement to carry into effect the verbal proposal made to you on April 28th to settle the Patent Office Interference so that your Company can get the registration of its trade-mark, and whereby the Franklin Manufacturing Co. can save the expense of taking testimony in this interference, and also whereby the continued use of the mark by them as hitherto will not involve litigation in the Courts, as the agreement provides in the Fifth clause that neither party will dispute the other's right to use.

We here enclose a draft of the proposed agreement and submit that it is in accordance with the talk you and I had in your office in the presence of Mr. Nickel.

The first clause merely recites what your testimony admits, namely, that you did not know the Franklin Manufacturing Co. had a trade-mark similar to yours when your application for registration was filed in the Patent Office. Your answer to question 15. Also the four questions and answers next following, and your answer to question 21.

The second clause only provides that two printed copies be furnished us.

The third clause states on what the Franklin Manufacturing Co. relies.

The fourth clause binds the Franklin Manufacturing Co. not to take testimony in this interference, and also that the Franklin Co. will not offer any opposition to the Glencoe Mills obtaining registration.

The fifth clause is mutual; it provided that neither party will dispute the right of the other to continue to use the mark each has hitherto used so many years.

A duplicate copy of the agreement and also a duplicate of this letter, is today sent to your counsel Moore and Clark in New York City.

Please take early action on this matter.

Yours very truly,

Mann & Co.

Attorneys for Franklin Manf. Co.

 
PRIVATE OFFICE
HOTEL LAFAYETTE
 

Fayetteville, N.C. Jan. 19, 1916

Mr. R. L. Holt,
Burlington, N.C.
Dear Bob:

I had a phone message from Emma today saying that you wanted to buy a one and a half ton motor truck right away, and I write to say that I would be pleased to furnish you a Kelly 1½ ton at $2000.00 for the chassis, less 10%, a special confidential discount to you, above price F. O. B. Springfield, Ohio. The body can be made in accordance with your instructions and will cost around $150.00, including the lettering and painting.

If you wish, I can have the factory make the body and have lettered and painted in accordance with your instructions, which will entail some less trouble to you, but when the job is received it would be ready for business and will be first-class.

The driver's seat and kit of tools are included in the cost of the chassis, the top will cost around $35.00 in addition to the cost of the body and freight, and there is no discount on the price of body or top.

I would appreciate your order for the truck and will say that a ton and one half truck at the price I quote you with a solid steel frame properly braced and made of the very highest grade material all the way through, is very cheap, especially with steel and all material advanced going into the chassis around 100%.

Our repair parts are listed so as not to cost any more including the tires, than a new truck would cost; this in the end will mean a great deal to you, as the up keep on a motor truck is a very important item of the cost. Furthermore, no one make a better truck than the Kelly.

We do not attempt to quote our trucks in competition with many of the medium grade makes, but I believe you appreciate values and merits enough to pay us the price quoted herein.

Our truck will stand 20% overload, not including the weight of the body. This will give you approximately 4000# to the load with absolute safety and without undue depreciation.

I will be in Wilmington, c/o of the Ortor the 20th and 21st, Charleston, S.C. 22, 23, 24 and 25th c/o Charleston Hotel. Wire me at my expense to either point and I will have factory wire you price of body complete, including price of chassis as quoted.

Don't hesitate to wire at my expense, we want to sell you the truck and know that we can give you satisfaction.

Yours very truly,

J. W. Menefee

 
THE KELLY-SPRINGFIELD MOTOR TRUCK CO.
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO
 

January 21st, 1916

L. Banks Williamson,
Glencoe Mills,
Burlington,
North Carolina
 
Dear Sir:

At the request of J. W. Menefee, we take this opportunity of quoting you direct on a 1½ -ton Kelly chassis equipped with combination stake and flare board body.

The price of the chassis is $2,000, and Mr. Menefee informs us that he has offered you a 10% discount.

The price of a wooden body of the type desired will be $175, including painting and lettering. The cost of a cab top is $60. These prices are net.

We have written the body builders as to the cost of a steel body of the same description.

Thanking you for your courtesy, and assuring you of our desire to co-operate, we remain

Yours very truly,

The Kelly-Springfield Motor Truck Company
(signature)
Sales Department

 

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