Evening journal., 1890-06-24
DOODLE, SAYS CHAMBERS.
HE CHARGES THE GAYNoR ELEc-
Trio COMPANY WITH BRIBERY.


Pstting In Police sigDal system az
Last Nights session of Council.
City Council held special session last
night to finish some business which had
accumulated The Law Committee re-
ported favcrabiy on the meat inspector
ordinance, originally proposed by Mr..
Sawdon. A question was raised that the
ordinance reported upon, differed from
the ordinance proposed, and on motion OF
Mr.. Curren it was laid ever until Thurs
day night.
Mr.. Baugh moved that Council take a
recess for twenty minutes that it might
make a thorough inspection of the Gay
nor and Gamewell police signal systems,
before considering the bids.
Messrs. Dillin and Roberts objected to
what they called a waste of time.
Messrs. Mccall and Chambers thought
Council should take the recess. Mr..
Dillin said that he did not believe the
opinion Of one man would be changed by
the recess The motion for recess was
lost by a vote Of to IS.
Two Reports ON the Bids
The minority OF the Police Committee
presented its report on the bids, through
Chairman Sawdon as follows;
'To the President and Members Of
Council
I'VE, the undersigned, members Of the
Police Committee, to which was re-
ferred the consideration of bids or pro
posRls for installing police telephone
or telegraph system, beg leave to report
that we have carefully considered the
| proposals Of the three companies who
have made bids to the city, and we have
thoroughly Investigated the merits Of
their several systems and apparatus,
and, after a mature deliberation
upon the whole subject, we beg
/ leave to differ from our col
leagues in our committee, and recon-
mend that the contract be awarded to
| the Gaynor Electric Company of Louis
vile, KY, in accordance with their
proposition, the plant TO be installed in
ninety days after signing the contract TO
the satisfaction of mayor and Council
We have come to this conclusion because
we think the booths and other mechanism
submitted by the Gaynor Company are
better than others submitted for the pur-
poses required, and the said company is
entirely responsible for any contract that
may be made with the city.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCIS Il. sAWD0N,
JOHN WHITE"
The majority report was presented by
Mr.. Baagh and was as follows.
The Police Committee, to whom was
referred the proposals for furnishing the
city Of Wilmington with a police tele-
graph and telephone system, would re
spectfullY report:
1.-The proposals sent to the COMMITTEES
by Council were as follows The Game
well Fire Alarm Telegraph Company oi
New York, $5.S75; the Gaynor Electric
Company Of Louisville, Ky, 50, 637; thl
Municipal Signal Company Of Boston
$3;600.
1.-The proposal of the Municipal Sigma
Company was rejected by the committee
as it failed in many respects to comply
. with the requirements Of the publ,
advertisement inviting the proposals
The consideration of the committee wa
therefore confined to the bids of tn
Gaynor and GameweM companies Be
tween the figures of these two competi
c tors there is a material difference ii
favor Of the latter company, but com
s parison of their propositions in detail
r shows failure on the part Of the Gay
q nor company to provide for certain worl
G connected with the system, the cost o
= which will largely reduce the differenc
b between the two proposals and may en-
! in making the bid of the Gaynor CON
!. / pany the higher of the two. The propo
8 sition Of the Gamewell company is ts cor
: struct the system In a complete forr
: and turn 1t over to the city ready fo
operation for the figures named. Tha
/ of the Gaynor Company does not includ
f the furnishing and erection of the neces
= sary wires and poles. For this work it
d proposed to furnish one kind of wire q
o $50 per mile, OF another kind at $40 pc
It mile, the city to furnish the poles. Jus
"a how much wire would be required for th
# purpose is not known, but from the bes
!. information obtainable by the committe
d about eighteen miles would be required
# which, at the cheaper rate of $50 pe
e mile, would cost 81 ,0S0 At least Il
It poles would be required, the cost {
a which, planted In the ground, would
It $780, These items would increase I'll
q figures of the Gaynor Company's proposi
k from 81, 637 to $6067, or $192 in excel
5. of the bid of the Gamewell Compan,
st This estimate may be too higl
= or 1t may be too low, but 1t is ce
" tainly not far from fair average. 4
any rate, the Gaynor proposal leaves IL
ultimate cost of the system q matter
uncertainty, and 1t is not as satisfaction
al as an offer that covers the entire cost
I'd the proposed system in complete workir
th order Your committee is convinced thi
as in the performance OF the work it will
IS. mach better for the city to have no pa
1t or responsibility beyond accepting al
as paying for the system when found to
Y, operating in an acceptable manne
q With respect to the comparative meri
80 Of the two systems, your committee
OF the opinion that the one furnished
al the Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegra
as Company is far superior In every respeI
TX 1t is simpler in construction, more acc
20 rate and automatic in its operation, q
th gives a much more complete and affecti
re service. 30 thoroughly does 1t cover
ca that is needed In q police alarm tel
D. phone and telegraph signal syste
0 that it would be much better, in the Cpl
ion Of the committee to adopt IL, even
the other system were offered at a mu
lower cost, which Is not the case, as
a shown by the comparison given In I'll
be report This conclusion has been reach
al by the committee after careful invest
). cation of the various systems brought
r. the attention Of the Council includil
he the working models Of the Gamewell 81
Of and Gaynor companies exhibited side
III side in the City Hall. Your commit
therefore recommend that the propoe
of the Gamewell Police aud Fire Alaf
Telegraph Company be accepted and q
re contract for constructing the svstem