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F. Q. STORY, President. P. J. DEHER, 1st Vice President. A. P. JOHNSON, 2nd Vice President.
B. A. WOODFORD, Gen'l Manager and Secretary.
R. H. WILKINSON, Sales Mgr. JOSEPH L. MERRILL, Cashier. A. D. FRASER, Claim Agent.
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FORT WORTH, TEXAS Sept. 18, 1907.
To the Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners. Ft. Worth, Texas.
Gentlemen:
Referring to the matter of paving Adams Street with bitulithic paving material:
The estate of my deceased Father owns property fronting 100 feet on Adams street on which the estate has paid taxes for nearly twenty-five years. I believe this fact entitles my interest in this matter to some consideration.
Bitulithic is well known to be a patented article that has only been on the market for about five years. It has not in any city had a chance to stand the test of time. In our own city the bitulithic paving on Sixth street, between Main and Houston, is giving way badly at the edges, where the water stands; this is the only bitulithic over a year old that has come under your observation in this or any other city.
The Bitulithic Paving Co. has, through the efforts of a very energetic canvasser, secured the signatures of a number of property owners on Adams street to his contract. Very few of these know anything of the properties or value of this paving material, and not over two know its composition.
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The price they propose to charge is $2.34 per square yard. I believe: about 20¢ per yard more than vitrified brick would cost. If your Honorable body intends for us to have this paving material, I have it on good authority that you can get a bid from a responsible contractor to put it down for $1.35 per yard. He will, at that price, make his legitimate profit of 10% net.
While realizing the growth of our city, and the necessity for paved streets in the residence districts, I do not feel that our estate should be called upon to pay about $200.00 more than the legitimate price for an untried and probably very inferior pavement.
While the stockholders of this Bitulithic Paving Co. are unknown to me, nor am I able to find out who they are, I am sure that the members of your Honorable body have no interest in forcing this paving material upon us, and I am sure that a proper business investigation of the matter will compel you to decide to use something else.
Respectfully,
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[Hotel Worth logo] HOTEL WORTH W. P. Hardwick Ft. Worth, Tex.
Fort Worth Tex Sept 19/07
This is to certify that I have this day filed my protest against paving the front of my property on Hemphill street and to notify any one doing the property that I will not pay for same.
Signed F. M. Weaver