Leon Eastmond

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1993 "I remember opening my mail one day and out came a check for $100,000," he recalled. "I didn't recognize the company. I didn't know who the hell they were."
1993 All County's owners devised another ruse to profit off Mr. Eastmond's boilers. To win Fred Trump's business, Mr. Eastmond had also agreed to provide mobile boilers for Fred Trump's buildings free of charge while new boilers were being installed.
1993 But as All County paid Mr. Eastmond the price negotiated by Fred Trump, its invoices to Fred Trump were padded by 20 to 25 percent, records obtained by The Times show.
1993 Fred Trump, accompanied by his secretary and Robert Trump, drove a hard bargain. After negotiating a 10 percent discount, he made one last demand: "I had to pay the tab," Mr. Eastmond recalled with a chuckle.
1993 There was no mention of All County. Mr. Eastmond first heard of the company when its checks started rolling in.
A. L. Eastmond & Sons
Leon Eastmond can attest to this.