Re: CF&I -10 Ingoldsby cars ordered-1902

THE CRYSTAL RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY
DENVER, COLO.
J. A. KEBLER, Vice-President and General Manager March 20, 1901

F. S. INGOLDSBY, ESQ.,
Vice-President and General Manager The Ingoldsby
Automatic Car Company, St. Louis, Mo.

DEAR SIR:--Regarding the 40 Ingoldsby narrow gauge cars which were delivered to us last September: We have tried these cars in every possible way, and under the most severe conditions we can find. Twenty of them were for some time in use by The Denver & Rio Grande Railway in ore trade between the Orient mine and the steel works. The ore comes in large chunks, and was unloaded on a trestle at Bessemer. These cars were operated over 4-1/2 % grades and 20 degree curves. We have had absolutely no repairs of any kind on any of these cars and have had no trouble whatever in dumping them.

Yours very truly,
(Signed) J. A. Kebler