The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-08-25
FIRE HOSE BIDS
HEARD BY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, EVENING
One Thousand Feet Of
Hose Bought From
Neil F.. Boyle
Hardware Co.
Hardware &c
ORDINANCEPA PASSED
New Water System is
@ Gradually Nearing
Completion

/ The regular session Of the city
council opened Tuesday evening BY
hearing bids on fire hose to be pur.
chased by the city.
The Mountain States Rubber com
pany presented bid on two and one
half inch double jacketed hose
guaranteed for three years to stand
400 pounds pressure at IS cents per
foot with rings and couplings COM
plete and another sample by the
same company was shown at 81. The
bid of the American Rubber COM
pany was then read and they offered
q double jacketed hose at $1.10 and
81 complete. This company pre-
sented bid on single jacketed hose
at "A cents with couplings for every
fifty foot length. 49,
The Neil F. Boyle Hardware
company presented a bid on double
jacketed hose at 80 cents and 90
cents per foot complete. On single
jacketed hose their bid was go cents
per foot complete. The United
States Rubber company by the
Eureka fire hose department pre-
sented two bids on double jacketed
hose at 1920 and $1.15. On q.
single jacket sample this company's
price was 81. The Goodyear Tire
& Rubber Co. thru the Blackfoot
Harware & Electric Co.. entered q
bid Of 76 cents on a single jacket
sample.
Councilman Clark stated that the
hose In use in Blackfoot was not
worn out thru use, but thru deterior-
alton and for this reason, he told
the council 1t would probably be ad-
visahle to only consider the single
jacket hose. It being cheaper and
lighter to handle while the outer
Jacket on the double jacket hose was
for protection against cement and
other objects that would injure
hose where It was used considerably.
It was then decided that the coun-
Gil would accept the single jacket
hose presented In the bid of Neil F. |
Boyle at so cents per foot complete
with bronze couplings. This hose in |
every way complys with the supecifi-
cations of the board of fire under |
writer's of the Pacific and it is re-
ported to be superior in every re-
'pect to their requirements.
Lee Faulconer appeared before
The council and stated that the old
council had promised him II he
would put in cement walks around
his property on East Bridge street,
hey would have cement walks put
N conn Getting his walk with the walk
already put in. The old council did
lot carry out their part of the bar
gain and Mr.. Faulconer called on the
council to act in this matter. He
stated that the persons owning the
property between his place and the
,ther walks on the street were not
'esidents of this town, but were just
Is able to have this work done as
le, was. 1t was then moved and
econded that the clerk be instructed
Q communicate with the owners Of
his property and request them to
'ut in the necessary walks, and tho
notion passed on coming to a vote.
Max Epstein who was called be-
ore the police Judge some time ago
or violating the ordinance in force
the keeping of hides and
'elts within the city limits told the
ouncil that 1t was impossible to sell
he hides there being no market for
hem at this time. He asked the
ouncil for time in which to sell his
lides and stated he would sell at the
lrst opportunity. The city council
ecided that this was matter for
he police department and no action
Vas taken in the matter.
o. P. Barber appeared before the
ouncil and asked permission to erect
dvertising boards in Blackfoot.
he city council for some time has
cen opposed to sign boards within [
ne city because in number Of cases !
lth collected and the signs adver- |
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