Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-02

The following bills were ordered paid =
1. Holster, April salary s25 90
F. Young NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. so
E. Redfield, April salary ...... 50 90
HI. w. Sharp, relief 80
K. B. Ladd, gravel. II 40
q. H. Muller, labor. 70
A. Ward. bal. drain contract. 156 "a
J. Hammell April salary 40 90
a Sharp street work %
D. L. Pine, repairs. 2 90
S. Z. Wilmer. sundries. ..............- 6 30
John Ford April salary. so 90
s. E. Wilmer, April salary 100 90
Job. Chew. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ID 90
Geiger, painting City Hail I co
Mr.. Reading reported that he had sub
mitted the financial report to the Constitu-
tons and Times, for bids, and the former
being the lowest bidder, had given it the
i job.
Water Superintendent Wilmer reported
collections for April, 81, 5000.
WOODBURY., N. j., April 80, 1901
TO the President and Members of Woodbury.
City Council:
Your Water Committee, who were in
structed to advertise for a triple-expansion-
duplex-direct-acting steam pumping engine,
beg leave to submit the following report:
On March 80 the Committee received
bids as follows:
One from Henry r. Worthington, for the
sum of Sc, 300, for one triple-expansion-
duplex-direct-acting pumping engine, hay
ing 12|, 1917 and 301 steam cylinders and
water cylinders having 131 plungers, all
having stroke of 24~, the water cylinders
having valves with clear area of 20 per
cent. Of the piston area. The pump having
a capacity of p million gallons in "A hours
One from Camden Iron Works, for the
sum of $4,000, for one triple-expansion-
duplex-direct-acting pumping engine, hav-
12T, 1917 and 81 steam cylinders and water
cylinders having 13| plungers, all having
stroke of 24", the water cylinders having
valves with clear area of not less than 50
per cent. or the piston area. This pump to
have guaranteed capacity of p million
gallons in "a hours and of 3 million gallons
capacity when additional force main is
installed.
After studying the question thoroughly
we find that the Camden Iron Works prop
osition is the best for the following reasons:
Larger steam ends.
Larger water ends.
Larger discharge pipes.
Larger suction pipes.
Larger check, gate and foot valves
Fourteen per cent. more valve area IN
water ends, which allows the capacity to be
u
The engine being put in such shape by
the Camden Iron Works that it will deliver
million gallons in "a hours by increasing
the plungers and rings and not disturbing
any of the suction and discharge connec-
tions.
We therefore recommend that the proper |
city officials enter into contract with the
Camden Iron Works, according to their
proposition, for the pumping engine, for
sum of So, 600.
We also recommend that the old pump
be sold to the Camden Iron Works for the
sum of 5000.
E. c. LEEDS,
HOWARD S. DAVIS.
After the report was read, on motion of
Mr.. Davis it was received and filed. Then |
Mr.. Davis moved that the city enter into a
contract with r. d. Wood & Co., on the |
terms of the report.
Mr.. Best asked if the majority of the
committee had any information not con-
tanned in the report as to why they rec
ommend awarding the contract to the
highest bidder.
Mr.. Davis went into technical explana-
ton of the difference between the bids of
the Woods and Worthington's and the |
mechanical construction of theWood pump. |
He then gave history of the original bids
in which the Worthington's were 81 900 |
higher in price than the Woods, and |
claimed that the city was the gamer by |
81, 900 by reason of the good faith which |
the Woods manifested in their dealings
with the city. They had sought the con-
tract in good faith, and were entitled to it. |
Mr. Reading said Council had nothing to |
do with former bids. The proposition was
that two bids were before Council, one for
Sc, 600 nett, and one for Sc, 400 nett. That |
is all there is of it. Five members of Council |
went to Annapolis yesterday at the expense
of the Woods. He didn'tg go, and would not |
go. 1t amounted to nothing but bride. He
hoped the members had a good time. He |
was told by an engineer that it would be
saving of $500 year to have two pumps Of
the same make, and as we had Worthing-
tons now, and Worthingtons were the
lowest bidders for the seeoud pump, he
should oppose the report of a majority of
the committee.
Mr. Leeds said he hadn't expected to say |
anything, but man who had any sand |
couldn't sit still and stand the charge of
being bribed. He said he went to Annapo- |
lis to see the Wood pump at the expense of
the Woods, not for his own pleasure, but in
the interest of the city, just as other MEM
bers of Council had gone to see Worthing- |
ton pump. If he had consulted his own
interests and pleasure he would have gone
to New York and seen his brother off for
Europe He, too, went into the early
history of the biddings and concluding
said it was clear to him that having saved
the city 81, 900 in the original bids it was
fair in the city to give them the $500 now. |
Mr.. Best, the member of tbs committee |
who had not signed the report, said that if
he had had an opportunity of going to
Annapolis before the bids were open, he |
would have done so, but not atferward. He
then attacked Mr.. Davis logic in claiming
that the Wood pump would discharge |
100000 gallons of water per day. That
statement would also be true of the |
Worthington. As far as the pumps were
concerned, he thought either were efficient, |
and were of equal capacity. The advantage
of the Worthington over the Wood was that |
that the Worthington was standard pump.
No firm claimed that their pump was better
than it, but asserted they were s'as good. "
But the city did not experiment when it |
bought Worthington pump, and expert
menting in pumps had been the most |
expensive luxury the city had ever INDUCED
in. He then went into the history of the
first bids, and claimed that the real figures
of the Woods were 5000 less than the
Worthingtons, not 81 900. But that didn't
enter into the question now, he said. If
the Woods were 81 less than the Worth
ingtons now, he would vote to buy Wood |
pump, but as the Worthingtons were the
lowest by S400, he favored awarding the
contract to them.
Mr.. Reading said the reasons given by a
majority of the committee for purchasing a
Wood pump were sentimental reasons, and
we, as representatives of the city, had no
right to deal in sentiment.
The question then REQUIRED on Mr.. Davis
motion to purchase Wood pump at SIS, 400,
nett, and it was carried by the following
vote =
-Batten, Burkett, Davis Leeds,
Munyan-5
No-Best, Reading, Sithens-3.
The police bills for April, Sloo, were
paid.
An order for 5000 was drawn in favor of
| the Board of Health.
Mr. Best called attention to the fact that