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1 Governors 1 October 25, 1929
1111 F. LOWRY WALL
C. W. CHASE. JR. 1
A. H. PATTEN 1
S. GROVER MORROW 1 Mr. Carl G. Fisher,
1R. L. ELLIS 1 Montauk, L.I.,
1 W. B. LEDDY 1 New York.
1 Secretary 1
/ CHAS. W. CHASE, SR. 1 •
Dear Mr. Fisher:
Replyingto letter of the 21st inst., we are en-
MIAMI BEACH 1 your
Assessed Valuations 1 closing clippings of the Miami Herald of the past four ,
1915 ..__._ E 224,000.00; days which will give you some idea of the popularity l
1 1916 .�. 836,120.00 • of the WIOD Station, not only in Miami and Miami Beach .
1 1917 ._. 647,600.00 1
11918 ._._— 832,796.001 but also throughout this entire district.
11919 .._____-- 2,579,600.001
t 1920 8,933,700.00' It is doubtful if any commission in Washington ever
%11921 6,540,112.00, received so many letters as has Commissioner Sykes in
1`1922 6,235,539.00, • relation to WIOD.
`1923 _ 8,222,485.00 ;
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1924 12,260,250.00 1
1 1925 _ _ 44,094,960.00 , Re are told, but cannot prove as facts, that Mr. Gorton
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1 1926 66.755,466.00` of the WQAM Station at Miami paid Mr. Sykes' expenses
11927 50,362,350.00' from Jacksonville to Miami, entertained him in his awn
11928 _ 44.087,050.001 home and at the V4QAM Station for three days, that Mr.
11929 47,990,850.001 Sewell and he are responsible for the attempt to close
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i up WIOD entirely and that only fifteen minutes of the
Building Permits from Jan. 1 to; three days were devoted to the consideration of WIOD.
July 1, 1929, compared with 1
same months in 1928 , Under the above circumstances, we very much regret the
January .—_$258,650 $ 80,150
February __-- 260.500 227.384 possibility of MOD closing as it means another victory
March — 853,325 859,600; to the City of Miami and will reflect against Miami ;
April -- 404,125 475,280 4, Beach.
May-.--- 110,495 1,085,200 ;
June_– 401,600 1,105,195 1
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Totals $1,788,696 $3,832,8091 Sincere1 yours,
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