Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-08-27
CITY BUYS ROCK CRUsHEp
bid OF Indiana Road Machine Com.
pany To Furnish AII-Steel
Machine Is Accepted.

Inc agitation for the purchase Of q
rock crusher and the permanent
improvement Of Dallas streets which
mas extended over a long period u
years, has at last borne fruit The
city council, at its special session last
night, accepted the bid Of the Indiana
Machine Company to furnish a No. 3
Fort Wayne steel crusher for S1s4e 7s
The City Attorney was instructed to
prepare contract providing for the
delivery OF the machine in Dallas not
later than OctoberI.
All Of the city officers were present
at last nights session of the copncil
except Councilmen vanorsdel and
Stafrin, who are visiting in the eastern
states. Three machinery houses were
represented by their agents, and while
tne rivalry was keen, the competition
was at all times good-natured. Two
firms, the Indiana Road Machine
Company, of Fort Wayne, Indiana
and Beall & Company, of Portland.
submitted bids for furnishing new
machinery. The Rierson Machinery
Company, of Portland, offered figures
on a secondhand crusher. The bids
on new crushers ranged from $3.50. rs
to $2766, according to the size and
make OF the machines. The price
offered on the secondhand crusher
was $lO5O, but as this machine had
been damaged by fire, the council did
not consider the bid.
The Fort Wayne crusher is fully
guaranteed by its makers to do the
work required of it, and is said to be
one of the strongest machines of its
c'ass on the market. The No. 9 size,
purchased by this city, will crush from
IL to 20 tons Of rock an hour.
The city has already secured a
plentiful supply of rock, having
recently purchased a S-acre quarry on
the Boise farm at Glendale. This
rock is of basaltic nature, and the
agent OF the Indiana company says
he has never seen better rock for road
purposes. He informed the council,
however, that owing to the extreme
hardness of this rock, it would be
necessary to equip the crusher with
manganese jaws, and the improve
ment was agreed upon last night
before the contract was awarded. A
machine without the manganese jaws
would have cost $67. so less.
The next step to be taken by the
council will be the purchase of road
roller. No bids on these machines
were considered last night, but Man
ager Evans, of the Buffalo-Pitts Com
pany, was present and invited the
council to send representatives to
Portland to inspect second hand
roller he has on sale in that city. He
assured the council that this roller
would amply meet all requirements,
and that a neat saving to the city
would be effected by its purchase. Mr..
Evans says that of the 81 road rollers
now in use in Oregon, his company
has furnished 80.
The contract for the purchase and
delivery of the rock crusher is being
drawn today, the city being repre-
sented by its attorney and a special
committee from the council, and the
machinery house by its representative
from Portland.
The bids submitted on crushers were
as follows:
BEALL & CO., OF PORTLAND.
Austin Gyratory, No. 4, l5to sOtons,
(. o. b. Dallas. $2766.62.
Aurora, No. /, on skids, I. o. b. Dali
las. 24-foot elevator, manganese dies,
$500.
Aurora, No. 2, on skids, I. o. b. Dal-
las, 3O-foot elevator, manganese dies
$2294S6.
No. is Western, f. O. b. Dallas
$1S25.
No. 10 Western, +. o. b. Dallas,
$14OO.
Austin, No. A, (. o. b. Dallas, $780,
Austin, No. 8. I. o. b. Dallas, $3.50.
INDIANA ROAD MACHINE co.
Fort Wayne No. 9, set up ana
operated. $1279; with manganese
dies, $67.75 extra.
Fort Wayne, No. 10, set up ana
operated, $1,000.
WILL MOVE CENTRAL OFFICE