The record-union., 1895-03-20
Session.

The board reconvened at 7:30 P. NJ, IN
order to listen to the explanations and
statements of the different bidders.
Mr.. Small was absent in Sau Francisco,
but the other members Of the committee,
MessrS. Nelson, Horne and SLoddard,
were present.
Mr.. Tucker, the representative of the
HoIIy Company Of LockpOrt, n. Y, said
that he ala not think it Just that the
bids OF the Risdon Iron Works and
the Allls Pump Company should be con-
sidered, as they were not in accordance
with the specifications Of the board
Inc board. however, decided that they
would listen TO all, and then decide the
| question.
! Only the representative of one COM
pany addressed the board at one time, the
| others retiring from the room.
! Mr. Tucker was the first one to address
the board. lie read Il technical descrip-
ton OF the Holly engine and pump, illus
tratlng II by references to blue print draw
lngs. He also exhibited 2 plate showing
now electricity could be applied TO tie
pump If desired. Tie city, he said, had
tested the Holly pump Ior tweuLV-two
years, and he thought if it were over
hauled would do service for ten years
more. lie claimed that il anything hap
! pened one-halt OF the plant could be run
while the other half was being repaired,
/ w. NJ. Ruth, the representative Of the
Edward Z. Allis Company OF Milwaukee,
! Wis, read the specifications OF his bid
| lie explained The difference between his
! bid and the others, which had been OBJ
! Jected to, saying that he had added the
suction pressure to the l4O feet Ii was
question, he said, whether compound
/ or triple expansion engine would do
the work here best, but inclined TO the
! belief that the latter would do best The
ia lar oh l,o
thought, 10 do the work. Any engine
can De driven by electricity il made with
that view, but ne doubted IT, unless cleo
triclty were furnished III a very low cost.
it would be found profitable to drive
steam pumps.
j. Is. Pitcntord, the representative of
W. 1. Garrett d Co. OF san Francisco.
explained his triple, vertical plunger
/ pumps, for which he claimed a cOntinu-
Gus How, causing an absence of any
! shock. lie also showed the triple eX-
! pansion engine which would run the
pump, and claimed tile power could be
| changed from steam 10 electricity at
! short notice, and the pump was on a line
with the suction anu discharge. A
/ horizontal CorIiss engine was also
shOwh, and a vertical compound pump.
a. i. Ellis and Charles {. Moore, the
| representatives Of the Snow Steam Pump
Works of Buffalo, y. y, was the next to
pIGSGuLSu
/ bids on four styles OF pump, which he
said were, although expensive, the finest
pumps made. He had not presented bids
on any vertical pumps, as ne had under
stood that the board favored horizontal
ones. His guarantee was 10000, 600 foot
pounds duty, which, was 10000, ,UO0smoTe
than the highest guarantee by other bid
ders, and 70 per cent. higher than the
others. The company does not spend it's
money In advertising, but puts in a better
material for the pump. 1t has never fur
nIshed pump that did not exceed in
ability its guarantee. The engines re-
terred to IN his bid were horizontal and
vertical. 1t would not be so much a ques-
ton of what the engines cost the COM
! pany as il would of putting one in that
would be 3 credit to the city and no pay
ment would be asked until the plant had
fulfilled TO the very last notch the utmost
requirement called for in the contract.
De also explained how easily the capa-
city could be increased without extra
cost to amount to anything
Mr.. Moore spoke in reference to the
guarantee OF 10000, 600 foot-pounds of
duty, and explained that, reduced to a
commercial basis, it meant that the
pump would do with ninety pounds of
coal what the bidder on 100, 600 0OO foot
pounds would need 100 pounds for, and
eighty pounds for what the guarantee of
( SOUOU,0p0 would take 100 pounds to do.
This was an important saving in expense,
and the pumps had in addition ALWAYS
exceeded their guaranteed duty. This
saving IN coal represents the difference
in the interest yearly on SIC, 900 invest
ment, at the average consumption of
coal by the city.
The board adjourned and the committee
made arrangements tor further eXplans-
ttons by the bidders to-day.