The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-14
PORT SHOWS THE MONTHS
DAMAGE WAS S6,34s.
BIDS FOR lEw APPARATUS.
FIRE BOARD AWARDS AsNUMBER
OF CONTRACTS, BUT HOLDS UP
HOSE
-'NtF ~ y IT n ~ FIFtFtIF~s s-tFNF = y
DEPARTMENT FINANCIALLY SOUND
Cut In the vSalaries of Eiremen En-
ables the BOARD ITO Go Through
and Have Money Left Over.

The board Of fire commissioners held
a regular meeting yesterday with
Messrs. Prendergast, Mitsch and Clark
in attendance. Bids were opened and
contracts awarded for furnishing the
department with forage. The contract
was awarded to w. P. Devereux, who
agreed to furnish 5000 bushels Of oats
at, 1874 cents per bushel, and 800 tons
Of hay at 1928 per ton.
The Burns Lumber cornpanv was the
lowest OF seven firms for furnishing
lumber to the department and. were
awarded the contract for $48O.01.
- The j. H. Schumacher Wagon COM
pany was awarded the contract for
/ one morse hose wagon their bid being
! Szlo Tor the vehicle. Mable & Sutmar
| were given the contract for three sup
ply wagons at a total cost Of $751;
Inc American Fire Engine company
VIII furnish two Silsby heaters to the
experiment artnl IT. for $3.50, and a set of coils
Tor $50. There were only two Bidders
Tor furnishing the department with
4,uoo rect or steamer hose and 200 feet
OF chemical, hose. The Waterous En-
glne company offered to furnish 1000
feet of Maltese Cross hose at 81 per
| doot ana 1000 feet of chemical hose at
~ cents per foot. The Crane -Or1way
company offered to furnish 1000 feet
OF White Anchor hose at 81 per foot
ana 1,V00 feet, chemical hose at 35
cents per foot. az This firm, however,
agreed to make discount of three
cents per foot if1,it were given all the
| contract for steamer!ohose Another
proposition made byMl1e firm was to
FURNISH the 5000 feetJadvertised for at
! S4,lOO. The board went. into executive
session on this proposition. The con-
tract FOR the hose win. not be awarded
until the next regular meeting. ow
ing to the absence of two of the com
missioners at yesterdays meeting.
/ Cnier jackson s. report for the month
OF September, showed that "a fire
alarms had been, responded to. The
total insurance involved was $50, $50, of
Whlch $41,S5o was on buildings and
$3.50 on contents. The loss on build
ings was $2,456.53 and on contents. So
SsZl2, total loss OF s6,34S.65. The
| amount of insurance. over loss was
S44,2l1.35 For the nine months ending
Sept. 30, 1896, the total loss was given
| as $22O, 995.51. For the corresponding
period In 1895, the total loss was $685.
OO9S4. The comparison showing the
| loss for the nine months of this year.
10 De S45,0l4.3 81 less than last year.
Inc report of Secretary Hall as to
the financial condition of the depart
ment, was to the effect that after paw
Ing the October and November nav
luis anu meeting all D1llS likely to be
incurred, there would be a balance of
about $4,000 to the credit of the de-
partment fund. The total receipts in
Guiding balance Of $S.938. 13 from last
year amount to $193,7896 Disburse-
ments to date have been $147, O6s. as,
leaving a balance of SAC, 72O15 on hand
During the same period of 1896 the ex-
| penditures were $18,036 Is more than the
amount expended during the current
year. The amount saved by the board
during this year, has nearly all, or
at least $4,000 of the saving has been
made by the reduction in salaries of
the members of the department