The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-02-01
PUMPING PLANT
BIDS REJECTED
Council Committee Decides Prices
Are Too High and Will Recon-
mend Readvertising

After hard fight in which the rep
resentatives or lival bidders toasted
one another with bitter remarks. the
council committee on sewers decided
Monday noon 20 readvertise for bids
for the pumping machinery for the ne"
Fairyiew sewage pumping station. 10
be located near Water Works park.
All the members OF the committee
agreed TO the report except Aid. snap
land, who voted for the acceptance OF
the lowest bid and declared that ne
would put in a minority report unless
the committee gets some satisfactory
guarantee that lower prices will result
from readvertising.
The battle over this contract has
been a spirited one, the represent
tatiyes OF the Alis-Chalmers Co,
which bid $4,000 for the work, and
Of r. d. Wood & Co. which bid Sll2''
600 being about the city hall con
stantly for weeks a junket was
planned, and the report is that the al
dermen were 10 have been royalty
treated. The contest is not over yet,
I'VE Will brinr the fight up in the
council" declared Henry Crother' rep
'resenting the Wood concern, OF Cam
den. y. ]. IF there IS readvertising.
we shall not compete again. What Is
the use? II We we're low again we
would not get the contract, II seems.
There were originally three bidders,
but the third one has dropped out Of
sight. leaving the battle 10 the Alhs-
Chalmers Co, OF Milwaukee, and the
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committee members, Aid. Korte,
Walsh and Shapland. went TO Toledo
10 look over a Wood plant, and re-
turned with the impression that the
price asked here Is high.
A partial promise OF lower bid was
made by The Allis-Chalmers Co. in me
talks TO the committee. c. Odena, Jr.,
told the committee that the company
had reduced its prices on engines 10
per cent since this bid was submitted.
The main argument of the company.
however. was that il would have many
portions II the work done by Detroit
concerns. Aid. Walsh had a partial
list OF the firms TO which these sub
contracts would be given.
The argument OF Detroit labor being
employed had a great bearing with
the committee. Aid Koenig even car
rled this idea so far as TO wish to
specifv what make Of boiler should be
used, but was overruled by the remain
Ger of the committee Crother, for the
Wood company offered TO do as well
for local labor but his offer came TOO
late
When the committee met Aid. Tossy.
a non-member, first made a talk In
favor OF having union labor given con-
sideration. He knew the Allis-Chal-
mers Co was on the fair list. but did
I not know about .he other. Aid Rein
hardt and Walsh insisted that the bids
we're too high, and Aid. Rutter moved
that the bids be rejected and new ones
asked.
Crothers opposed this vigorously,
In reply To the statement Of aldermen
/ that a Toledo plant, which cost only
S65 900, was much cheaper in compari-
son than the larger Detroit plant
would be, he said that prices had risen
since the plant was built In Toledo.
E. c. Sornberger, q former naval Of
ficer, spoke for the Allis-Chalmers Co.
contending that that firm had built
more sewage pumping plants than its
rival, and limiting that bids would be
lowered on a second advertising.
Aid. Korte declared II TO be poor
policy for the city 10 get the name OF
frequently rejecting first bids. but re-
marked that he considered these bids
too high. He took a fling at City En-
I gineer Mccormick, saying that the lat
ter had gone on a junket by himself
to inspect pumping giants and that the
plans would have been different had
the aldermen taken a junket in the
first place. Aid. Rutter wanted TO
send a committee OF engineers on a
iunket at this time but Korte over
ruled his suggestion.
On the final vote, only Aid. Shap-
land opposed readvertising. II was
decided 70 have the boiler inspector
go over the specifications before fur
I Their bids are asked.
Aid. Korte stated that readvertising
would not affect food conditions in
Fairview. inasmuch as contracts for
the building could not be let until the
full appropriation foe the same is avail
able July l.
PILES CURED IN 9 TO 10 DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed 10
cure any case OF Itching. Blind, Bleed
ing or Protrudlng piles In TO IA days
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