Arizona republican., 1915-11-13
ORDINANCE NO. 89

An Ordinance Authorizing and Di- recting the City Manager to Award the Contract for Furnishing 50 1 Four Inch Keystone Type B" Fire
 Hydrant With it. Burys, to the | Keystone Iron Works, as the Low est Responsible Bidder at the Con-
 tract Price c+ s24.9O per Hydrant,
 and Appropriating the sum of sI494 1 From the Fire Improvement Fund | Of the City in Payment for the Contract Price Thereof and Au- thorizing and Directing the City
 Manager to Draw His Warrant iJp- l on the City Treasurer. Payable i From the Said Fire Improvement Fund, for an Amount not Exceed
 ing the said sum of s1494 in Pay ment Therefor.
 Be 1t Ordained by the CommissioI1 l of the City of Phoenix, as follows: Section l. WHEREAS, at the re- quest of and under the authority of the City Commission of the City of Phoenix, the City Manager hereto fore advertised and posted, according to law. notice calling for bids ror
 the furnishing of four inch Keystone type "B" fire hydrants with three II. burys. in accordance with specf-
 1lcatIons therefor, approved by the City Commission and on file in the
 office of the City Clerk of the City
 of Phoenix, said fire hydrants being for immediate use in connection with and as part of the water works system of the City of Phoenix, and
 to better promote guard and pro-
 tect property and life within the City of Phoenix from fire; and
 WHEREAS. pursuant to said mo- tice and call for bids, certain bids were filed with the City Clerk for the furnishing of said fire hydrants of the style. material and design as called for by said specified tions so on file in the office of the City
 Clerk, and among which said bids was the bid and proposal of the
 Keystone Iron Works, in the sum Of Twenty Four and 90-000 Dollars
 (S24.90) per hydrant and which said
 bid and proposal Of the said Key stone Iron Works was and is the lowest bid received therefor, and the said Keystone Iron Works being a responsible bidder, the City Manager having received and opened the said bids and having recommended to the Commission that the said bid of the said Keystone Iron Works be accepted, and the contract for fur nishing of not more than sixty of said fire hydrants be awarded to the said Keystone Iron Works as the lowest responsible bidder;
 NOW THEREFORE. the City Man ager is hereby authorized and di- rected to accept the said bid of the said Keystone Iron Works and to award to the said Keystone Iron Works the contract for the furnish ing of not to exceed sixty fire hy- drants. at the price of $24.90 per hydrant. the amount of the bid of the said Keystone Iron Works
 Section ?. There is hereby appro- priated from the unappropriated moneys in the City Treasury now in the Fire Improvement Fund the sum of Fourteen Hundred and Ninety Four Dollars (s1494.00) for the pur- poses and to be expended in carry ing out the terms and conditions of, and to make the payments required by and under the contract so to be awarded to the Keystone Iron Works hereunder. and the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant or warrants upon the City Treasurer, payable from the Fire Improvement Fund, and in favor of the said Keystone Iron Works or it's legal assigns, up to the said sum of Fourteen Hundred and Ninety l Four Dollars ($1494.00) to meet the payments to become due to the said Keystone Iron Works or assigns un- der said contract.
 Section 3. WHEREAS, in the | opinion of the City Commission the | public peace, health and safety will | be promoted by and demand the in 1 stallation of fire hydrants in con- nection with the city water works | system, sufficient in number and l capacity to properly and adequately | protect and safeguard life and prop erty within the City of Phoenix, from damage, loss, and destruction by | fire; and
 WHEREAS, the number of fire hydrants now installed within the City of Phoenix is wholly inadequate and insufficient for such purpose. and therefore it is immediately ne cessary that additional fire hydrants be purchased and installed to prop erly protect and safeguard life and against damage, loss and destruction by fire:
 NOW THEREFORE, an emergency IS hereby declared to exist and this ordinance is hereby exempted from the referendum provisions of the statutes of Arizona and of the City Charter and shall be in full force and effect from and after it's pas sage by the Commission and it's ap- proval by the Mayor and publication