Chas Minot Esq
Supt NY & ERR
Dr Sir
We will sell you 500 tons best coal delivered at Gt. Bend on your cars for $2.62 1/2 per ton.
Very truly & resp your obt svt
Geo W. Scranton Genl Agt
P.S. I noticed the Iron Co reply to your favour in reference to reworking the old iron & will add that the loss in cwt on the old rail last year was over 10 percent. All the old rail gets two workings & 1/2 of the whole 3 workings. It is first rolled into flat bars which is one working, then in the rail press which is 2 & then the rail ends. (1/3) is reheated & bot [unclear] into a flat bar which is generally used for tops & bottoms. Now with the 10 percent of our best iron added you would get the highest or best quality of rail ever made. Since you were here we have advanced the wages of the men the 2nd time for this season.
Yours &C
GWS
