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CC having paid his tax, is permitted to operate his 30 horsepower taxi for one year in
the city of Fulton.
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A public service auto is a taxi, I suppose.
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A Bill from an auto repair company. Accounts were handled monthly, at
least for customers like CC. The repairs were made at various dates in
August, the bill was made out on September 1 and CC paid it on September
12. This was a standard procedure and is repeated several times. He
usually paid by check on the Callaway Bank.
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Writing the name of the person owing the money as well as the amount leads
me to believe that possibly these things were not mailed, but rather
picked up in person by the account holder. I suppose bills not picked up
would be mailed eventually. I see CC dropping by the place to ask for his
statement and then paying it. Since I have the statement, I assume
further that CC takes it with him when he pays with the statement marked
paid.
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Boulware H. Jameson. A bill for the month of November, 1915. From this
and other bills from B. H. Jameson, I gather that one did not buy gasoline
from a service station. One had one's vehicle serviced at a service
station. In any case there is no indication that CC ever bought gasoline
from Mr. Jameson.
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The reverse of the bill above. Filed vertically for pick up by the
account holder and probably paid on the spot. I'm getting used to the
alternative spelling of Hofmann, but sometime I am going to address that.
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Notice that B. H. Jameson made road calls. This one to replace an axel.
And grind valves?? Automobile operation was really exciting in 1915. And
unreliable. Notice also two tire exchanges in one month for two
automobiles. Springs were also often replaced, it seems. Repairs came
every several days, according to this bill.
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More interesting things about cars long ago. This continuation of the
bill above includes gas at $0.14 per gallon, and on the 5th a "lamp" is
purchased for $0.45. Was this electrical? Did CC's cars have electric
lights in 1915? The "Com Brush Assem" on the 11th suggests yes.
Commutator brush assembly would be my guess for the entire phrase. Maybe
ole Bessie had a crank start and an alternator or generator to provide
lights once the moter was running. Ford Motor Company bought the broken
axels, it seems, although CC never owned a Ford of record. Maybe axels
were generic? Finally, note that this bill is for a three month period.
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