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Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 16th 1904.

Hon. Mayor & City Council,

Gentlemen:-

We your Purchasing Committee would respectfully state that
we advertised for bigs for furnishing coal for the public schools &
other buildings of the city, by notifying every coal dealer in Fort
Worth, and received three bids. We opened said bids, at 10 o-clock
A.M.this day, and after examining same awarded the contract to B.T.Bibb
& Co for Carterville Big Muddy coal at $5.50 per ton delivered in
bins where needed. Attached you with find bids as
Presented.

Respectfully,
John F Lehane
WH Ward
Q.T. Moreland