Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1908-12-10
MONTHLY MEETING
OF City Council at Which Rou.
tine Business Was Transacted
and Bills Allowed.

Z Regular meeting of city council at
city hall was held Monday evening.
Present Mayor Blewett, Aldermen
Orlady, Kelley, Pearson, Koehn, Kav-
anagh, Seller, Blake, City Attorney
Wilder and City Auditor Lyman.
The minutes of the last regular
meeting were read and approved.
Three bids were opened for fire hose
and representatives of the three con-
Germs were given ten minutes each,
before the council to present the
claims of their various brands of
hose.
The first bid was from the Eureka
Tire Hose company, Agent Dixon ap-
peared for the company and asked
that the other agents of hose COM
panies in the room retire while he
gave his product an exposition before
the council. This was done and the
respective agents had no competitor
listening to their remarks. Mr.. Dix
on stated that the National Board of
Underwriters had laid down certain
rules regarding the quality of hose,
that rubber had advanced so greatly
that manufacturers had resorted to
all kinds of old material, rubber
shoes, and other inferior qualities
of rubber in the manufacture of
hose, which soon became useless. The
board was forced to recommend that
only rubber Of certain quality be
used and purchased by fire depart
ments thruout the country. Mr..
Dixon claimed that he had one of
the oldest houses in the country. that
the rubber lining in his hose was Of
several thicknesses and vulcanized
properly which made it free from any
defects; that the corrugations were
less and resistance to water pressure
less than in any other brand Of hose
on the market. He had several diff
ferent grades Of fire hose, guaranteed
for four and five years according to
tn construction. A number of towns
In the state such as Grafton, Fargo,
Williston, Mandan were using their
hose.
Chenery Il Anderson presented the
bid of the Boston Woven Hose and
Rubber company, also several SAM
Piles. guaranteed for five years, and
stated that the prices were right.
Bismarck, Glen Ullin, Casselton and
other towns were using this brand Of
hose.
An agent of the W. S. Mott COM
pany Of Minneapolis also presented a
bid and appeared before the council
to argue the merits of his product,
which is warranted for five years.
He said that the best hose was the
wax and gum treated hose, but he
did not present that because the
council and fire committee had de-
cided not to use it. He stated that
the bids advertised carried no speci-
fcations and the council would there
fore be compelled to trust to the
guarantee Of the firms and to their
recommendations regarding hose.
This company offers to furnish first
class hose, with an inner tube Of
pure Para rubber, with the best
quality cotton sheathing, guaranteed
to stand q pressure 400 pounds and
warranted for five years. The city
pressure here is seldom as much as
Z l25 pounds and usually about SO. The
agent stated that rubber hose is sell
dom worn out by use, but rots and
\ breaks, and its life is usually from
IL to IA years; that hose laid length
wise to dry allows air to pass thru
which drys out the life Of the rubber
lining; this cracks where the hose is
folded and on being wet and under
\ pressure of water becomes unsuitable.
Other hose from IS to 40 cents q foot
could be had, but he recommended
the use of a 54 cent hose; that his
company had sold both the Northern
Pacific and Great Northern railways
such nose, and there was no use in
Jamestown paying 80 cents foot for
single jacketed hose which price is
not paid except in large cities VIII ee
heavy fire pressure and great use Of
hose is had that jamestown needs
hose more III quantity than the most
expensive quality, and that for the
same price for which 600 feet Of q
certain brand OF hose could be had,
!. the city could get 1000 feet that
would last just as long, and, with
4 care, prove Just as serviceable. The
agent left samples Of hts; hose, and
stated that the best couplings would
be proyide ss
The council decided to refer the
whole matter to the IRE chief and