Show A FROM EX OGDEN utah march ath 1893 1898 replying to the within letter I 1 will say that after my election to mayors office the council put it into my hands to investigate the matter of the purchase e of a chemical and make a report and lecorn becom emendation men dation I 1 wrote to several chiefs of j fire departments of several cities as aa to the merits of the champion a and nd the holloway hollo way there was quite a prefer enoe ence to the Champ champion iGn espres expressed ed in ba answers I 1 received I 1 also received two or three letters from mr stanton chief at salt lake in which he wanted us to bu buy y the holloway and finally he offer offered the holloway at 1800 d delivered eli vered here here the ame same i as asi 0 e I 1 champion folks offered their machine for delivered here As aa j you know we bought the Champ champion lori ap pp I 1 dont think mr stanton visited me personally to try to sell the rollo holloway way it but there was two or three letters from froin 1 him and I 1 kept those letters until I 1 left 1 the office january 1 1893 when I 1 de strayed them I 1 think with a lot of others yours truly WM ff I 1 |