The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-21
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ceiTed ssEae important hgzres from C5sy
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EczoT license e1estica- Tie ctr co11cA-s
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reduce The lq1Sv license. and there SAs
tax Of giving > relate 70 those Eso wszl1
pay $50 pr yeaz. Prss8dsat CEicb;oa hS1
the c.erk read fr0zz = communication
xaich M Parry had .r4Eaen O. tns sub
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FER znnGB. ;Ae to:zs sz1oZ1s being t5sss2s.
less tn2l ~ Per ce1E O. xAseh ko~s 20
the state This D1ms<r Of Licenses 81
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bring ! revenue 81 81 So whlca So2a1
maze dIEsrence OF sil S1 In order 70
make 13 the dsles1cy there must oe a.
lezst tReaty-three more s24oons- IL . re-
bzte acre granted 20 the present no-cers
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be Obliged 70 pay ogs the sun OF 81 s3s.aa-
! xn0x q number Of firms and rsersoas
wa0 hare pad their licsase lee OF SoeD
xh0 wEu expect that a rebate vii se paid
10 them or course the question a. 70 their
rsxEt. u the premises all have 20 oe de-
ieTmin@d 81 the corporation counsel
The communication. together zith de-
tailed 6asa furnished President Cricntoa
By the comptroller. w&s referred 70 the
posice, license and reFen8e COMMITTEES.
The finance committee. IN c0mmanI-
cation 10 tbs house. eonc1rred "a City
Comptroller Pzrry's recommendation that
the supplies for the city be purchased BY
person employed Tor that p1rpose-
The IRE and water com mIEse7 reported
IN favor OF having the board OF public
works ascertain If the Fremont Milling
Company xiii rens= the contract which
expires October IL. for furnishing Fremont
TIRE protection. The report xAs adopted,
and u vas suggested that the report De
sent 10 the board for concurrence.
The FIRE and water committee, 20 which
was referred the communication By the L.
C. Niles Company relative 20 the recent
purchase Of fire hose. made report The
committee named had held an informal
meeting 81 which representatives Of the
Miles Company we're present The COM
mistee 81 once decided that as the two and
one-hAlfineh hose vas 5 cents more than
rubber hose equally good. the eommis-
sion aeted wisely ID not considering the
bid The three and oae-hslf-ineh hose
made good showing, bat the COMMITTEES
reported that owing 10 the fact that only
about 100 feet of IL had ever been manu-
featured and that il had never been tested
in the department j: was deemed a9yis-
able TO concur in the Recommendations OF
the FIRE commission. The report was
adopted. President Criehton inquired
why IL was thas the IRE commission had
recommended the purchase OF LEO feet Of
Paragon hose and l25o feet of Imperial
hose, when the latter sold a. 10
cents less per foot than the Paragon,
was guaranteed year longer. a. vel as
having ten pounds more Of pressure Pres
ident Crichton said that IL one was Is
good as the other. the purchase Of ali I'M
| perial would De saving Of SIS. Delegate
| Hurd. IS chairman Of the tire and water
committee, explained that the committee
Was largely governed IN the report ty the
4 information given IL by the ire
/ commission and the department.. The
/ Paragon hose. be said, had been in use in
1 the department for four years and gave ex-
/ ceiieut satisfaction. The Imperial had
| been in use only two years but gave good
| .atisfa ctlOn. As IL had not been ia use So
| long time as had the Paragon the fire
commission had thought II best 70 recon-
/ mend the purchase Of half Paragon and
1 hzlf Imperial, and the committee conenrred
IN the commissions recommendation
Then President Crichton inquired II
I the FIRE and water committee heard that
/ that while Seattle had beea charged %
cents for Paragon hose. Spokane had par
l chaset, or az least been offered II for 50
/ cents per footg Snch information. he
said bad come 10 him from an unofficial
/ source during the afternoon.
Delegate HuFd said the committee had
| given the hose purchase matter very care
I fal consideration. II any member Of the
/ council bad in his possession such informs-
| tion il should have teen given 70 the CON-
| mittse. Delegate Crichton explained that
| Re had only secured his information few
4 hours previous and IL was not official
I Delegate James said he wanted an in
I vestigatioa. II there was snythfng in
/ What President C-ichton had said.
Delegate James said he had Just con-
I verse1 with representative Of the Para-
I gon Company aud vas authorized 10 say
Z that If Spokane purchased Paragon hose
I - IS cents. or ~ any price under % cents,
I Seattle would be given the hose ~ the
same price. That seemed 20 satisfy the
/ house. and a motion adopting the Ere and
/ water committees report vas carried
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