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THE RURAL MEW-YORKER. 
Milburn Hollow Axle Wagon. 
Wager & Atwood, Hardware, Stoves and ) 
Agricultural Implements, 
Punt, Mich, April 11,1531. 
THE BEST WAGON 
TIIE WORLD. 
Wilburn Wagon Co., Toledo O.: 
Gentlemen:— Yours of the 11th Inst, at hand. We 
have this to say in reference to the Hollow Axle 
Wagon, having sold a number of them to our cus¬ 
tomers. We have been very particular to have 
them test the wagons as regards the strength and 
run of them. The universal expression is that they 
have the following advantages over any other 
wagon made, viz.; 1st—The lightest wagon made. 
2d—The strongest wagon made. 3d—The easiest 
running wagon made. These points we claim for 
the Hollow Axle Wagon, and have no hesitancy in 
recommending them as having the above points. 
We claim that they will run at least twenty-five per 
cent, easier than any other wagon made, and think 
we are safe in so doing. Our trade on them is in¬ 
creasing, and at the present time we are selling 
five Hollow Axle Wagons to one Thimble Skein 
Wagon. Yours truly, WAGER & ATWOOD. 
Office of The Eckard & McCord Farm Machinery, / 
Vaxdalia, III., April 14th, 1881. s 
Milburn Wagon Co., Toledo, O.: 
Gents:— Your favor to hand, and in replv would 
say, the Hollow Axle Wagons sold by us are giving 
the best of satisfaction. We .sold one in 1872 , and 
to-day you cannot tell the axle was worn anv. We 
saw the wagon a short time ago and the party own¬ 
ing wagon took off wheels to let us see how the 
spindle looked, and we are free to say we never 
saw a wagon that had run from eight to nine years 
show up as well as this one did. They are lighter 
draft than the solid Iron or thimble skein, and 
are much stronger and will last a third longer, at 
least that is our experience. For our own use we 
will take the Hollow Axle every time. 
Yours truly, ECKARD & McCORD. 
Office, of M. A. Hayward & Co., t 
Lumber Dealers, ’• 
Springfield. O., April 13th, 1881 .) 
Milburn Wagon Co., Toledo, O.: 
Dear Sirs:— Yours of the 11th to hand. We can 
very cheerfully and willingly sav, that after hav¬ 
ing used one of your Hollow Axle Wagons for a 
year in our yard in this city, and two years at our 
Greenfield yard, that we prefer it to any style 
manufactured. We load unusually heavy for one 
horse, often loading from 1,300 to 1,300 feet, and sel¬ 
dom less than 1,200 feet, and for the time we have 
used it have never in the last fifteen years had a 
wagon to stand the wear so well nor run so easy. 
Yours very truly, M. A. HAYWARD & CO. 
These axles are made from wrought iron tubing; of extra quality 
and thickness, (made expressly for this purpose.) The spindles are 
swedged to the proper taper, and thoroughly case-hardened. The axles 
are firmly clipped, not bolted to the stock, are less liable to get out of 
order than either the thimble skein or solid iron axle, We append 
several letters from parties who have thoroughly tried them, and as 
you will see, cannot speak in too high terms of their good qualities. 
Office of Forsyth & Pierson, i 
Wholesale and Retail Hardware, - 
Bay City, Mich., April Kith, 1881. ) 
Milburn Wagon Co., Toledo, O.: 
Gentlemen:— Replying to vcUr favor of the 11th 
insk, we unhesitatingly endorse and recommend 
the Hollow .Axle Wagon. We have sold it to cus¬ 
tomers who have tried It—as tu. / believe—thor¬ 
oughly. To farmers who, on the sandy, heavy 
roads to the north of us. have satisfied themselves 
that for lightness of draft It has no equal. To lum¬ 
bermen who, using It on lumber roads, '• nong 
stumps and roots, voluntarily certify to Its stiff 
ness, light draft and all the other requisites of an 
A 1 wagon. We are making it onr leading wagon, 
and, so far as we can learn, wherever we have sold 
it, it gives the most perfect and complete satisfac¬ 
tion. Wo take pleasure In saying that we believe 
it to be in every respect the wagon of the future 
and we want more sizes of them, a heavier one 
than you make now and a one-horse wagon made 
on the same principle. Yours very truly, 
FORSYTH & PIERSON. 
P. S.—-Prominent lumbermen say that on their 
‘tote” roads, the most trying place It Is possible to 
put a wagon, It. stands up to its work where other 
wagons are breaking down all the time. F. & P. 
Newburgh, N. Y.,Feb. 27th, 1882. 
Mr. J. Van Cleft: 
The two Hollow Axle Lumber Wagons that 1 
bought of you are giving entire satisfaction. The 
2%-lnch wagon Is used dally, loaded with oue-and- 
a-half yards of stone. E. SWEET, Jr., 
Contractor West Point Tunnel. 
Rochester. N. Y. Feb. 27th, 1882. 
Milburn Wagon Co., Toledo, <>,: 
Gentlemen:— Replying to yours of the 25th as to 
my opinion of the Hollow Axle Wagon, I have sold 
a number of them with the very best possible re¬ 
sults. Every customer is delighted with the wagons, 
and I can, without hesitation, recommend them, 
and believe them to be superior In point of 
STRENGTH, LIGHTNESS OF DRAFT, and all the REQUI¬ 
SITES of a first-class wagon to any now In use. 
They have been severely tested In this vicinity, and 
will meet with large sales. Respectfully yours, 
H. W. MAR8ELLUS. 
Milburn Wagon Co.. Toledo, £).. 
Gents:— We have been using a Hollow Axle In our 
two-wheeled wood-cart for about two years, and 
llndlt does Just what you claimed for it when we 
bought of you. We use it constantly and carrv 
about what Is ordinarily put on a four-wheel lum¬ 
ber wagon. We had two wood axles on the same 
cart and broke them both within three months 
We consider it the strongest axle In use, lighter In 
weight, and in every way better than a w ood or iron 
axle. Yours very truly. A. F. HUBBEL, Sec’y. 
We take great pleasure in the fact that out of over TWENTY THOUSAND HOLLOW AXLE 
WAGONS made by us, and now in actual use, only four have been in any way disabled,.the axles 
being slightly bent; all four, we fully believe, by unfair usage, and NOT ONE BROKEN. That much 
cannot be said of solid iron or wood axles, and we think it speaks volumes for this kind of axle* 
To those who have never tried them, and are not familiar with their many good points, we ask as 
an especial favor when ordering, to try one or more, as they will fully demonstrate all we claim. 
They embrace lightness of draft to a wonderful degree, as well as lightness in weight and great 
strength. Send for Special Circular containing Hundreds of Testimonials. Will give a Wagon to 
any one finding a trumped up or false testimonial. MILBURN WAGON €0.. Toledo, Ohio. 
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