Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-27
THE ADJOURNED MEETING.
Interesting Session Of the Council
Last Evening.
The New waterworks Engine Bought
Of the Holly Manufacturing
sompauy-OthA Matters.
IoFFlcIA. REPORT. |

except Knox. The mayor appointed as
special committee according 10 the reso.
luton pas sed at the previous meeting
Aid Corkep, Bladel and Huesing in mats
ter. relative to the new election law
Aid. Tindsll. from the waterworks
committee, asked for further time to re-
port on matters referred TO joint cons
mittee
Aid. Kennedy. as q member OF said
committee asked the pr vilege of submit
ting report on the bids referred as to the
waterworks pumping engines AID.
Bladel moved that the report be read.
Motion carried, and the report was read
as follows:
Your committee to whom was referred
the bids for furnishing the city with a
pumping engine would state that We find
the bids of the different companies to be
as follows.
The Worthington Co g bid was on
high duty pump. $25. $50. guaranteed
105 600 900 duty; low duty pump 49,
$50. guaranteed IS. 600 600 duty. They
allow $50 for the old engine which
makes tine high duty engine $25 $50 and
the low duty engine $1S. $50,
The Holly Co g bid was on their
high duty pump $24. 900. guarantee duty
100 000, 600; low duty pump SIC 500,
guaranteed duty 60000.000. They
allow IS. 600 for the old engine which
makes their high duty pump $2l. 900 and
their low duty pumping engine $l3. 500.
The Gordon Co.'s bid on their high
duty pump $2S.050, guaranteed duty
no .OO0,00O; low duty pump $lS 545.
guaranteed duty 100000. They will
allow $3.50 for the old pumping engine
which makes their high duty pumps
$27. 800 and their low duty pump ST., 100.
The Blake Co.'S bid was S25 600 cash
and will allow one cent per pound for the
old pumps. They guarantee duty of
10000 600 foot pounds,
The Dean Co. g bid was SIS, $50 and q
guaranteed duty of IS 100000 foot
pounds. Their other bid was 81 500
with guaranteed duty Of 60 500 900
foot pounds. Their bid was on q cash
basis and allowed nothing for the el6 en-
CINE.
After going over the bids and specif>
cations carefully we find tn, Holly Man
ufacturing company's bid on their high
duty G1skill pumping engine is Sc 800
less than the GORDON high duty and So
093 less than the Worthington hi h duty
Pump as the Worthing'on compsny's bid
was on a cash basis.
After taking all things into considers
ton we think it is to the citY's interest to
get high duty pumping engine. After
q thorough investigation we find that
crank and f1y-wheel engine is better
adapted and safer for our service where
We have no reservoir or stand pipe than
direct acting pump
W. P. TINDALt.
WILLIAM KENNEDY,
CHARLES durham.
Aid. Huesing moved that the report be
laid over. Seconded by Aid Evans, and
report laid over under the law.
Aid Kennedy moved to let the con
tract to the Holly Manufacturing COM
pany for high duty engine. Seconded
by Aid. Corken. Aid Huesing rose to
point Of order, stating that the bids had
been referred to joint committee, nsme>
ly. to the finance and wsterworks COM
mittee, mayor and superintendent of
waterworks. and said committee had not
yet req orted. Aid. Corken moved to take
q recess to enable the committee to make
q report. Motion carried and q recess
was taken.
vi ACoocCLuoAibs VI tuC COuuCli tuC
mayor decided on the point of order by
Aid. Huesing that az the committee had
failed to make q report the council had
right to take the matter out OF the
hands Of the committee and act at
pleasure, in which decision he was sus-
tanned by the city attorney. Aid, Evans
moved that the matter be referred back
to committee. Motion lost:
r. u
ans-4.
Noes-Bladel. Durmann. Hetter. Tin
dali, Kennedy. Frohboes, Thiesen-7.
Aid. Huesing moved that the repre>
sentatives of the different manufacturing
companies be allowed to be heard on the
merits of their proposals. Motion car.
ried, and Is minutes each was al
lowed to the representatives of the Dean,
Holly and Gordon steam pump compa~
MES.
When tbs question was put on the Or
iginal motion Of awarding the contract to
the Holly Manufacturing Co. the city
attorney, when asked. gave it as his opin.
ion that the contract could be awarded
without the final disposition of the par
tial report OF the committee aforemen-
toned. The contract was then awarded
to the Holly Manufacturing Co. for q
| high duty engine by vote as follows:
Ayes-Bladel, Johnson. Durmsnn.
Hetter. Corken. Tindall, Kennedy, Froh-
boes, Thiesen-9.
Noes-Huesing. Evans-2.
The clerk read petition of Charles W.
Gleason and others for the removal of a
nuisance in Edgewood Park addition.
Referred to the committee on health and
the health commissioner.
Also petition of L. Dack and others
for public telephone, the city to pay
one-third of the annual rent, the same to
be placed on Thirty. eighth street near
Thirteenth avenue for police and fire
alarm purposes. Referred to police
committee.
The clerk submitted plat of George
Mixter's sub division of outlets. Refer.
red to street and alley committee.
| The clerk read an accenfanee nv the e.