The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-08-04
Motorization of Street Depart
ment Given Careful Consider
alton 10y Council
THREE TRUCKS TO
l3E PURCHASED
City Manager Recommends
Purchase Of Motor Driven
Pump for Water System and
That Wellc Be Deepened

{ AT aYregular meeting of council
held Tueday evening in the council
chamber Mayor l.. ID. Jennings and
Councilmen ID. F.. McCsllum and j. A.
Raffield were present.
| The minutes Of july 13 were read
and approved
The matter of additional help in
the clerks Office was further discuss
ed, and also the advisability of chang
ing the office hours from a.. m. to 8
p. IN. to enaole the present Office
force, with the help of one additional
clerk. which was authorized by coun-
Gil, to balance mp and close the books
for the days work Due notice will
be given the public when the revised
Office hours will go into effect.
The letter of resignation of Mr.. E.
n. Lyman superintendent of the fire
alarm system, was read to council by
the city manager. AS soon as another
man can be secured for this work. Mr..
Lyman will be released.
Motorization of the street depart
rnent of the city again received care
ful consideration by council and it
was decided TO purchase three trucks
for the present 1t is Mr.. Stillwell's
plan to place one truck for the collec-
lion of garbage only; one for the
work at the electric light plant = and
one to be equipped with body suit
able for carrying hose, ladders. and
minor fire. fighting equipment, placed
in the Fire Department as an auxil-
Try truck This piece of apparatus
will remain I'm the Fire Depart
ment until the new apparatus arrives
when ii will replace the Ford equip
ment now in use. 49,.
In response to inquiries Regarding
the purchase'o of garbage cans, the best
bid that the CITY Manager was able To
obtain vas from the Sanitary Supply
Company Of Atlanta, Ga. This COM
pany offers for sale a garbage can
of approximately 25 gallons capacity
at $3.50 f. o. b. Atlanta. These cans
are of the veEy best make reinforced
Throughout and with covers,> said cans
having been used by the United States
army ard guaranteed, to be i'm first
class condition. The Council author
lied Mr.. Stillvtell to purchase 500 cans
for the present An ordinance in ref :
erence TO the use of such cans will
be drafted and approved by Council at
a subsequent meeting.
In reference to an additional boiler
at the water works plant, Mr. Stillwell
stated that he had further .investi-
gated the matter. ascertaining that a
boiler to meet all requirements would
cost approximately $4,000, and ia
his opinion an electric driven pump
would be more economicalsto, install,
and give greater reliability, ina smuch
as the electric light plant would be i'm
a position To furnish power to drive
Ithis pump in the very near future
Mr.. Stillwell was instructed 10 pur-
chase said pump and install same asi
quickly as possible. Mr.. Stillw.A,l'si
Recommendation in regard to increa:;..
ed water supply was that presens
wells be thoroughly cleaned ont and
possibly driven deeper. This recon- :
mendation was approved and the
work Will proceed as rapidly as posi- :
bic.
Due to the fact that the deposit OF
80 on electric meters was too small
to cover the many losses sustained I.y
the city. on account Of parties leaving
without paving their monthly bills, it
was decided by council to increase the
deposit 10 :i4. effective at once
Council then adjourned