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Portland Or Apr 15th 1884
To the Honorable Mayor and Council of
the City of Seattle W T
Gentlemen
We will furnish your city with any
amount of 2&1/2 inch 4 ply with 5 ply
capped ends "Maltese Cross" brand of
carbolized Fire Hose guarentee to stand
a watter pressure of 500 lbs to the
square inch, guarenteed for four
years and all coupled with corpo-
ration couplings at $1.15 pr foot.
In payment we will take
gold coin of the United States, or
the note of the City of Seattle for
one year. drawing interest at the
rate of eight (8%) [?]
Repectfully submitted
The Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg Co
per W F Bowers