The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-15
Committee Report Submitted to the
Council Last Night.
NO ACTION TAKEN On IT
EXPERIMENTATION WAS IN FA-
voR OF STUDEBAKERs,
But Griffin Offered to Furnish Carts,
Teams and Drivers at $50 a Month
For Each Cutft-George a. Snow
Enters a Protsst-Fire and Police
Committees Report.

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Before the council session was ended
last evening it began to look as if all
the bids for sprinkling carts will be
rejected. ]. H. Griffin put in a low bid,
offering to furnish man, team and cart
for $50 per month, and this had the
effect CT a wet blanket on the sprink-
I ling committees report recommending
! for acceptance the bid OF StudcJaker
| Bros.
The bid of the latter firm was not the
lowest, but the committee, which has
labored industriousiy during TIE last
few days and made Thorough inyes-
tisation, unanimously agreed on the
Studebaker wagons-twenty- of
them for SS,570-as being the best and
cheapest in the long run. The bid of
| the Consolidated Imp~srnent company
was 500 lower for practically the same
kind OF sprinkler; that is, so far as at
tachments and general build is con-
cerned. Under these conditions Mana
ser George a. Snow of the latter con-
Germ thought his firm was entitled TO
the contract, and in order to inform
members outside OF the committee on
the status Of the thing, each one found
a. copy of a "confidential'' letter on their
desk when the hour for opening came
| The letter was something Of mild
sensation, beng as follows:
I understand the committee on
sprinkling will report tonight and
make recommendations. 1t has been
intimated to me from several sources
that the committee was disposed to dis
criminate in favor of Studebaker Bros,
by recommending the purchase OF their
sprinkler. Whether this information be
co or I
remains, however, thar we We're the
lowest bidders on new sprinklers, Stud
ebaker Bros. coming next. Our bid was
lower than theirs by S12 each on wagons
with a tank capacity of 100 gallons, and
50 each on wagons with tank capacity
of 600 gallons, q difference in our favor
on the twenty-five wagons of 800
Il submitted a very complete, broad
and concise bid, being particular to
cover every point. / made my bid in
good faith, without any hope or desire
of being permitted to revise it or offer
supplement tary explanations. If the
council VIII read my bid it will be OBJ
served that 1 offered them any kind of
sprinkling attachment desired, includ-
ing that used by Studebaker Bros.
1.-THE Miller-Noblock company of
South Bend, Ind, are exclusive manu-
facturers of Sprinklers, and have been
for many years, in fact, they are the
pioneers in this line. 1, therefore, ask,
is it not fair to presume that their
product should be developed to quite as
high a state of perfection as that Of
manufacturers who make the manufac-
ture of sprinl<lers a stde feature2 Mil
Ter sprinklers are most extensively used
in nearly all the large cities throughout
the United States, and it would there
fore, seem more than passing strange If
they are not in ali respects suited to the
requirements of Salt Lake City.
Should the council decide to pur-
chase the secondhand wagons from Mr..
Griffin, I, of course, have no complaint
to make but if the contract is to be
let for new sprinklers. ] maintain that
as a matter of right and fairness. I am
entitled to the contract. especially 50
when I am prepared to guarantee that
our sprinkler is quite the equal in all
respects of any made IN the United
States.
Il thus take the liberty of bringing
the matter to your attention, thinking
that perhaps you may not understand
the matter in its entirety, and that you
might, therefore, lend your vote to the
purchase of Studebaker sprinklerS
when, as matter Of fact, the city will
save 500 by buying ours. and get a
sprinkler in all respects quite as good,
if not superior. to the other.
"All that desire is that fair and Just
consideration to which ] am entitled.
In conclusion, will say that my guar
antee is a broad one. my specifications
and detailed information complete. the
Miller sprinkler excelled by none, and
my bid the lowest. and if any other
qualification is required to enttle me
to the contract, I must confess being
unable to comprehend what it is. Re-
spectfully submitted,
GEORGE A. SNOW.
lrPrasidarnt and General Mana oaT -