Evening journal., 1921-08-24
STICK TOLAW
IN fire DEPT.
BOARD SAYS
CcontInued From FIrat PAGE }

5 the contracts for real estate and
: tlement on or about September l.
] They also tell in the affidavit OF the
3 employment Of an expert at a salary
, OF $4,000 TO advise the department.
q The directors say plan and esti-
= mates were submitted to Council
and approved by that body and that
a IL Council cannot issue bonds as ar
r ranged for they believe litigation
s against the city will follow and will
probably result in great cost and
e expense to the city.
v The directors further say that the
Z department has not completed the
e purchase Of property for the estab-
, lishment OF the hre department and
I has under consideration other con-
= tracts for the purchase Of needed
= property
The affidavits follows:
THAT we compose and constitute
the Department of Public Safety Of
the city Of Wilmington; that said De-
, partment of Public Safety was Gre
: ated by virtue of an act OF General
, Assembly of the State Of Delaware, I,
that said act requires the Depart
ment OF Public Safety to establish a
fire department for the city OF Will
mington and to acquire for that pur-
, pose real and personal property at
, such price or prices as may be deter
mined or agreed upon by said depar-
, ment; that said act further provides
that said department shall prepare
a plan for the establishment of a fire
department for said city and the es-
mated cost thereof, and upon the ap-
proval of said plan by the Council OF
the Mayor and Council OF Whining
ton that said department shall pro-
coed to acquire by gift purchase,
r condemnation or otherwise such
real and personal property as may
be contemplated in said plan.
That said department did prepare
/. said plan and the estimate cost
thereof and submitted the same TO
, the Council, and the same received
, the approval OF the Council; that
upon approval of the same by the
a Council, the said department pro-
ceeded 10 acquire real and personal
, property as directed in said act and
did enter into a contract for a build
ing at Third and Union streets upon
the receipt OF at least three competi-
4 tive bids, and did award said con-
tract to the lowest bdded, at the
price OF two thousand. nine hundred
and ninety dollars; that said price
, was five hundred and ten dollars
. lower than the next low bid; that
said department did further ask for
. and receive ten competitive bids for
nj 4 -.
v sand feet Of said hose, five thousand
1 feet at the price OF eighty-five cents
= per foot and FIVE thousand feet al
= the price OF one dollar and hfteer
T. cents per FOOT that the above price:
"a were the lowest prices received b!
v said department for hose OF th'
n grade and quality desired.
mr. THAT said department did ask 70
~ and receive three bids for FIRE en-
a gines and did award a contract foi
~ the purchase Of two fire engines n
(, the price Of twenty-five thousand
>. two hundred dollars. said price be-
- ing the lowest bid for the model and
/, make of fire engines decided by said
q department to be most suitable for
= the purposes desired; that said de-
= partment did ask for and receive two
y bids for FIRE trucks, said bids being
J, from the two principal manufacture
u ers Of trucks in the United States
and upon the advice OF experts and
u after careful consideration by said
d department, did award contract foi
d the purchase Of two trucks for the
d sum OF S25, 600. said contract beinl
d awarded to the lowest bidder, and
IS the price paid for said trucks wal
N about one thousand dollars mor'
lie than said department could hav'
h purchased a similar truck from Del
" aware Fire Company in this city, an,
re said truck had been used for abou
st eight years; that after most careful
consideration and upon the receip
,a OF expert advice. said department di
a. rected that the new hose purchase
, -" should be equipped with screN
H. couplings
er THAT said department has agree
he to purchase and take over on or be
"a fore September /, 1921 ten FIR
ed houses and the land upon which th
es. same are erected, from the followin
companies IN the city OF Wilminl
he ton; Friendship, $52,500; indeper
nr dence. $4,000; Weccacoe. $4,000
he IhotnlNt RoofNNVf WdANt NlAtl
OF S3s, 900; Union. $4,000; Rehanc
All. s21, 900; Brandywine, $4,000; Wasl
are ingtou, $4,000; Liberty S2i, 90
IN making a total cost OF $2s3,500.
ma That said department has furth'
,o~ contracted to purchase persons
properly. apparatus, tools and n,
~. lures from the several fire compal
~ les in the city OF Wilmington at u
- following prices: Friendship. S4.92
'eit independence, $500; Weccaco
$1,000; Phoenix. SSb3.75; Wat
III witch. sl4.90O; Union, S10.5S
oi, i,, Liberty. $500; Brandywine, s7,35
~ washington, 5000; Reliance, S3,5o
~ "That all the above contracts
~ real estate and personal proper
,ie with the said fire companies provi
eN- for settlement on or about the III
day of September. A. ID. 1921; IN
OF said department did further empl
ich appraisers as provided in said a.
IKE and has employed an expert at
us. salary Of six thousand dollars. vi
ne has advised said department in q
vs. selection and purchase OF said re
ut and personal property; that said d
n partment in negotiations for q
purchase OF said property has us
en- It's best business judgment and b
er- lieves that Il has compiled with d
ha law in entering into the aforesa
Ia contracts; that the Mayor and Cou
IN ell OF wilmington has authorized q
Issuance Of bonds TO the mount
OF S697, 600, this being the estimat'
Id c,-t - oafa h1fahinr aafd fire donar