Letters to the Editor

Reprinted from "INSULATORS - Crown Jewels of the Wire", February 1971, page 20

Dear Mrs. Harned: Dec. 27/70

In reply to your letter dated Dec. 17/70, re-RED-INSULATORS, I beg to advise the following: My embarrassment, by the glass CO in not filling the order on or by the 15th of Oct. 1970, causing me nothing but grief. I have sent every one a photocopy letter, offering to return their checks or send Canadian insulators. Most have agreed to wait; others received their checks. If no reds come in the next 3 weeks from this date, I will return the rest of the checks, or in order that every one be satisfied and get their money's worth, I have bought a collection of deep purple beehives, mint condition, Canadian Pacific Ry CO. with the letter C. in Pacific reversed. Will send (4) beehives for $25.00 postpaid. These are valued at around $80.00, so this is a good deal. In 2 years these insulators will have disappeared from poles. They are getting scarce now and prices are going up. This deal takes effect only after 3 weeks from above date. Thank you very much for your kind attention on this matter. 
Yours Very Sincerely,
Stanley Carr 
314 N. Brodie St. 
Thunder Bay (F) 
Ontario, Canada

I see that you have quite a few insulator shows, but we get the magazine too late to go to any of them. Is there any way we could find out about them sooner?
Mrs. B. Senyak

The only way to find out sooner is to let "Crown Jewels" know about them sooner. I really need the advertising 3 months in advance. As soon as I know about them, it is printed in the issue coming up. The 15th of the month is always the deadline for the next month's issue. 
(Editor)

Dear Dora:

Just to show you how busy one can get when the weather is so nice out here in the fall and early winter, I'm just now (Dec. 31, 1970) getting around to sending in my subscription! I must confess, though, my close friend and neighbor is a subscriber, and that explains it.

In my year of collecting insulators I have received a few here and there. But there is one I have which I cannot find in any insulator books or any other material. It is a Westinghouse No. 6. 1 would appreciate any information you might have on this insulator, or which any of your readers can give me. I bought this aqua prize at a flea market in Oklahoma. The drawing below shows the size and shape of this insulator.
Yours truly, 
Arthur T. Lamb

Here are my S. McKee Co. insulators. On the left are 3 S. McKee Co, with 3 Compromises in the center, and 4 to the right as found with the sticks in them. The installers put a piece of burlap over the sticks and wedged them into the insulators, making them so tight that you cannot remove them. 
Yours very truly, 
Franklin Willoughby 
1028 - 6th Street 
Rock Springs, Wyo. 82901